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The outstanding issues involving the 24-year-old Belgium midfielder's proposed transfer from Wolfsburg have now been resolved.
The fee will exceed the £49m City paid Liverpool for Raheem Sterling in July.
De Bruyne was not included in the Wolfsburg squad for Friday's Bundesliga game against Schalke.
The former Chelsea player is set to become the second most expensive signing by British club after Manchester United's £59.7m deal for Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid in 2014.
He started just five matches for the Blues after joining from Genk in January 2012 and spent 2012-13 on loan at Werder Bremen.
De Bruyne joined Wolfsburg in January 2014 for an undisclosed fee thought to be around £16.7m.
On Thursday, Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs admitted that Manchester City had made an "astonishing" offer to the player.
He said: "We can't compete with that. I would prefer to keep him, not to get the money." | Kevin de Bruyne is set to have a medical with Manchester City before a club-record move to the Premier League side. | 34075388 |
Managing director Stewart Robertson said Rangers "want to be a modern football club", adding that a director of football would bring "continuity".
"It works provided everyone involved in the club is willing to get behind it," Smith told BBC Scotland.
"I feel it's the right way ahead."
Former Scottish FA chief executive Smith, 62, served as director of football for 10 months under the Craig Whyte regime, leaving shortly after the club entered administration in February 2012.
"It's a continental strategy," Smith explained. "We've been a bit reluctant in Scotland to apply it but you have some clubs now who are doing it, and Hearts are a good example. It's working well there so I think that's exactly what Rangers need to do to take the club forward in a very positive sense."
Ally McCoist was the manager when Smith, a former Rangers player, took up his position.
"If it's something that comes in from the higher echelon then there's more chance of it working.
"When I went in six years ago, there was no, I would say, good feeling about it in terms of the people that were already there. They didn't think it was required and I found it very difficult to do my job even in terms of the reports I had done, the changes that needed made.
"The person who goes into that job actually has to operate the strategy of the club. I was trying to put a strategy in place at that time that was uniform and that everyone could adhere to but I had difficulties with it."
Smith, who made his Rangers debut in 1977 after a move from Kilmarnock, warns that a new approach will take time to bed in.
"You're looking at a medium to long term strategy," he said.
"What you're looking at is to say 'OK we need to put things in place; the club in general has to run in a certain way'. The first team will still have a coach and there will still be pressure on the first team manager to deliver results.
"But other than that, you need to put something in place for the club as a whole in terms of youth development and the scouting department and everything to do with the media and all that sort of thing so the club runs in a very clear and good operative manner.
"It could take a while there's no doubt about that. It needs finance coming in as well to compete at where Rangers want to be."
Willie Miller, Aberdeen director of football from 2011-12
I think it's a good model but there are question marks in Scotland about whether coaches and managers would buy into it, older managers in particular.
I thought it worked well at Aberdeen. It's working well at Hearts.
Managers or head coaches need that help behind the scenes. There's an awful lot of work, particularly in negotiating contracts, that can be taken out of their hands and they can focus fully on coaching the team.
I know how Gordon Smith feels, it is a very difficult job to implement, particularly when you've got a bit of negativity going about in terms of whether it actually is the right way to go or not. | Rangers are correct to pursue a model in which a new manager would work under a director of football, according to Gordon Smith, who previously struggled to make an impact in such a role. | 38978613 |
Bill O'Reilly told his Fox News viewers there was "horrific" violence during an assignment for CBS News in Buenos Aires, even though it was hundreds of miles from the conflict.
An article last week questioned his claims he reported in a "war zone."
Few reporters made it to the islands where the war was fought.
On Monday night's The O'Reilly Factor, he said: "As you may know, some left-wing zealots have attacked me, your humble correspondent.
"They say I trumped up my war experiences in the Falklands conflict and El Salvador - at issue, the huge riot immediately after the Argentines surrendered to the British in 1982.
"As I reported accurately, the violence was horrific."
He showed clips from the CBS video that he said proved what he said was true. And he spoke to journalists who said it was a "real war" on the streets of the Argentinean capital.
But former CBS News correspondent Eric Engberg, who was there, described O'Reilly's account as "dishonest".
In an interview with the Huffington Post, he disputed O'Reilly's claim that his cameraman had been knocked down and needed rescuing.
Mother Jones broke the story shortly after NBC News anchor Brian Williams stood down for six months for misrepresenting his experiences in the Iraq War.
Fox News chief executive Roger Ailes has said he fully supports O'Reilly. | One of the most famous news show hosts in the US has hit back at allegations that he exaggerated his involvement in reporting on the Falklands War in 1982. | 31607065 |
Fans have been delighted by images of players including Gareth Bale, Hal Robson-Kanu and Ashley Williams celebrating with their children in their victorious run to the last four.
However Uefa said: "It is a European Championship, not a family party."
Wales, who beat Belgium 3-1 in the quarter-final, face Portugal in Lyon.
Tournament director Martin Kallan said: "A stadium is not the most safe place for small kids if fans invaded the field, and with stadium staff operating machinery on the playing surface."
A Uefa official said: "It is nice pictures. We are not 100% against it but we are cautious."
Pictures of Gareth Bale holding his daughter Alba on the pitch following Wales' defeat of Northern Ireland were splashed across conventional and social media, and his team-mates followed suit after Wales' victory over Belgium last week. | Wales' players have been asked not to bring their children onto the pitch after Wednesday's Euro 2016 semi-final because it is "not a safe place". | 36714557 |
Sandra Weir, 41, is accused of killing Mary Logie at the pensioner's home in Leven on 5 January 2016.
It is claimed she repeatedly struck Mrs Logie on the head and body with the rolling pin "or similar instrument".
Ms Weir is further accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by cleaning blood at the property and disposing of clothing.
Prosecutors also claim Ms Weir stole from Mrs Logie on various occasions over more than six years.
Ms Weir made her first public appearance at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.
The indictment alleges she took a bank card or cards in the pensioner's name.
She is also said to have stolen greeting cards containing money, cash, two rings as well as what is described as "correspondence".
The charge states this occurred between April 2010 and the day of the murder.
She faces another charge of using a bank card in Mrs Logie's name to steal a total of £4,460.
A further allegation claims Ms Weir fraudulently used a debit card to buy £314 of goods at a shop in Leven.
A separate fraud charge then claims she pretended to be authorised by the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity to collect cash for them.
Prosecutors also accuse her of possessing drugs and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Her QC, Murray Macara, pled not guilty on her behalf. He also lodged a special defence of alibi in connection with the murder charge.
The hearing was told the case could involve 200 witnesses. | A woman is to stand trial in December charged with murdering an 82-year-old woman with a rolling pin in Fife. | 36399667 |
These are just some of the reactions to Barcelona's astonishing Champions League comeback from a 4-0 first-leg defeat by Paris St-Germain.
The Catalans turned the tie on its head - and scrambled the senses of fans worldwide - by winning the return leg 6-1 at the Nou Camp. They were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute.
Social media sites were ablaze with comment but one Tweet, from Dunfermline Athletic's official account, stood out.
".@FCBarcelona... congratulations guys.... fancy a friendly to say sorry for taking our record," read the tongue-in-cheek invite from the Scottish Championship club.
So, what is the record the Fifers are referring to, and is it the finest comeback involving a Scottish team in Europe?
Valencia won the 1961-62 Fairs Cup by beating Barcelona 7-3 on aggregate. The following season the holders journeyed to East End Park on an icy night just before Christmas boasting a 4-0 lead from the first leg.
Manager Jock Stein, less than three years before his appointment at Celtic, had urged his Dunfermline players to attack from the first whistle.
And the team, who had beaten Everton in the previous round, rattled the Spaniards with three goals within 17 minutes.
The Fifers then conceded a goal but scored two more to peg the match at 5-5 on aggregate at half-time.
Centre-half Jim MacLean deflected a shot into his own net to dampen the hosts' hopes before Alex Smith made it 6-2 on the night, 6-6 on aggregate.
In the days before the away goals rule, the tie was decided in a third game in Lisbon, which Valencia won 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals. The Spaniards went on to retain the trophy with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Dinamo Zagreb.
Arguably, Kilmarnock's feat against Eintracht Frankfurt in their first year in European football trumps the Pars' claim.
The Germans, who had lost 7-3 to Real Madrid in the famous 1960 European Cup final at Hampden, were 3-0 up from the first leg.
And they looked to have killed off any Killie hopes of progressing to round two of the Fairs Cup when they scored within two minutes at Rugby Park to make it 4-0.
But the 14,930 fans roared the hosts forward and Ronnie Hamilton netted twice with Brian McIlroy, James McFadzean and John McInally also scoring to seal a sensational comeback.
Celtic came close to over-turning a 5-0 first-leg defeat by Artmedia Bratislava in 2005, winning the second leg 4-0. But can anything better those games involving Killie and the Pars?
Use the comments section to provide us with suggestions and share your memories of great European nights involving your club. | "Crazy and unbelievable", "the best match I have ever played in my life", "a historic achievement that will be remembered forever". | 39218677 |
Mr Bercow said this week he would be "strongly opposed" to US President Donald Trump addressing Parliament, accusing him of "racism and sexism".
James Duddridge said Mr Bercow had "overstepped the mark" although he did not expect his motion to be debated.
The Speaker is the highest authority of the House of Commons and is expected to remain politically impartial.
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Mr Duddridge told the BBC: "I've done this because Speaker Bercow for a long time has been overstepping the mark and with his comments on the state visit [of President Trump] he has clearly expressed views.
"That is not the role of the Speaker, and it is impossible for him to chair debates as Speaker adjudicating on things he has expressed a view on.
"I've tabled a motion to the House of Commons. I expect over the week of recess for people to be supporting that but they can't actually sign it until the first day back.
"But to be frank, I think there's a very real possibility that once the level of discontent is known and Speaker Bercow sees the writing is on the wall he will go of his own accord."
BBC Parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy said other senior backbenchers doubt that Mr Duddridge's tactics would work.
He said Mr Bercow has a reservoir of support on the backbenches - particularly among pro-Brexit Conservative backbenchers - and was seen to have enabled MPs to challenge the government far more effectively.
Mr Duddridge, Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, had already written to the prime minister, asking for MPs to be given a free vote if there was a vote of no confidence in the Speaker.
Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke tweeted on Thursday that he disagreed with President Trump's executive order barring migrants from seven countries but added: "John Bercow has politicised the office of Speaker and his position is untenable."
But fellow Conservative Claire Perry said on BBC One's Question Time: "I think for us to try and remove a speaker over something that he said would be really rather drastic. He's entitled to his opinions, perhaps he just shouldn't have addressed them on this particular issue."
Meanwhile an early day motion calling for officials to withhold permission for Mr Trump to address Parliament, has now been signed by 204 MPs - largely from the Labour Party.
That motion was sponsored by the Labour MP Stephen Doughty - whose point of order about it on Monday prompted Mr Bercow's initial comments.
President Trump has accepted an invitation from the Queen for a state visit to the UK, which can include an address to both Houses of Parliament, later this year.
However, responding to a point of order in the Commons on Monday, Mr Bercow said he was opposed to Mr Trump speaking to MPs and peers saying it was "not an automatic right", but an "earned honour", to applause from Labour and SNP MPs.
He has since said it was time "to move on to other matters".
In March 2015 a bid to change the rules on electing Commons speakers - which was seen by some as a bid by the Tory leadership to oust Mr Bercow - was defeated by 228 votes to 202.
Mr Bercow is one of three "key holders" to Westminster Hall - where Mr Trump's predecessor Barack Obama spoke in 2011 - along with the Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord Fowler, and the Lord Great Chamberlain, a hereditary peer in charge of certain parts of the Palace of Westminster.
All three must agree in order for an address to take place there.
No date for Mr Trump's visit has been announced. | A Conservative MP is hoping to increase pressure on Commons Speaker John Bercow by tabling a no-confidence motion. | 38923451 |
The bodies were found at a house in Dawson Avenue in Spalding on Friday.
Police believe they are Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her 13-year-old daughter Katie although they have not been formally identified.
The two teenagers have both been remanded to appear before Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Monday.
They are believed to be a boy and a girl, but officers have not confirmed this.
Post-mortem examinations on the victims are due to be carried out shortly.
Det Ch Insp Martin Holvey, who is leading the inquiry, has appealed for anyone who was in the Dawson Avenue area from about midday on Wednesday 13 April to the same time on Friday to contact the police.
He added: "Our officers will continue to carry out inquiries in the locality and local uniformed officers will also be in the area.
"If you have any concerns please don't hesitate to talk to them."
Neighbours said that they last saw Ms Edwards, a dinner lady at a local primary school, on Tuesday.
Posting on Facebook, Ms Edwards' partner Graham Green wrote: "My babe has gone but you will always in my heart forever and ever and ever.
"The lady meant the world to me, she was my rock. Katie, so young, lots of good times in front of us been taken away r.i.p."
A friend of Katie's described her as being "like a sister" and Ms Edwards as a second mother. | Two 14-year-olds have been charged with murder after the deaths of a mother and daughter in Lincolnshire. | 36065939 |
Spink, part of Bruce's backroom team at Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland, has been linked to Villa.
But, although he hopes Bruce gets the job, at 58, Spink says he is too old.
"I'm racing towards 60. If I started kicking 100 balls a day, probably my leg would fall off," he told BBC WM.
"I'm pro Steve Bruce. And I'm happy to speak to him about all departments and would give him 100 per cent backing. But there's nothing in that story.
"I haven't spoken to Steve for some 18 months or so. I texted him when Hull City got to the FA Cup final, wished him all the best and got a nice reply. But I've since been busy with my business.
"And if he was to ask me, the answer would probably be no. That might come as a surprise to Villa fans, but a goalkeeping coach job is for a younger man."
Spink continued: "I'm fit and healthy, my business is running well and, if I took the job and it only lasted two years, I would lose business which it would take a while to get back.
"In any case, I enjoy being a fan. I know we haven't had much to jump and down about over the last two years, but I still enjoy going down there. To be sat watching the supporters and their passion has been a real eye opener."
Spink, who came off the bench against Bayern Munich in Rotterdam to help the club win the European Cup in 1982, was also part of the last Villa team to be promoted to the top flight under Graham Taylor in 1988.
After working as a goalkeeping coach for four clubs, he now runs his own white-van courier business, in Sutton Coldfield.
Pat Murphy, BBC Radio 5 live
"Villa's managerial recruitment team have completed their due diligence on the short list and will recommend a candidate in the next 24 hours to the club's owner, Dr Tony Xia.
"Dr Xia is in China on business and, unlike his sole decision in the summer to appoint Roberto Di Matteo, will be relying on the findings of chief executive Keith Wyness, former manager Brian Little and technical director Steve Round. But the final decision rests with Villa's owner.
"Steve Clarke, acting caretaker manager was interviewed on Monday, while the three discussions Bruce has had with Wyness over the past five days constitute a formal interview in the opinion of the recruitment team. But Bruce and Clarke are not the only candidates.
"Villa are also considering an approach to a manager contracted to another club, but need to be certain he is the one they definitely want before committing themselves.
"If they do and they fail in their overtures after asking for permission to speak to that manager, then Bruce and/or Clarke will know they were not first choice.
"There is no timescale on the appointment. Once the candidate agrees to join Villa, there will be detailed discussions over the contract, backroom staff and budgets. It may be a day or so before the successful applicant is publicly confirmed. But Bruce remains the odds-on favourite."
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Aston Villa legend Nigel Spink has dismissed reports of a goalkeeper coaching role with the Midlands club if his old boss Steve Bruce is appointed as the club's new manager. | 37617663 |
The Upper Chinese Pagoda is at risk from ground movement and will be placed in storage, Liverpool City Council said.
The pagoda was a defining image of the 1984 festival, which was launched in a bid to boost tourism in the city.
The council wants to regenerate the festival site with housing and space for public events.
The pagoda, which was initially developed as a temporary structure for the Chinese Garden at the site, will be stored "with a view to possible future re-use", the council said.
It became neglected, but was later refurbished. | One of the last remaining features of Liverpool's International Garden Festival is to be dismantled. | 34594762 |
Ben Staff, 33, and his wife, PC Catriona Staff, 31, are due in court next month.
They were charged with another man, Kevin Nixon, 50, following a police investigation into Norfolk construction business Mr Trades Ltd.
Charges include blackmail, money laundering and fraudulent trading.
Norfolk Police said Mr Staff was a former serving officer, while his wife had been suspended from her duties pending the outcome of the prosecution.
The case follows an investigation by the police's Eastern Region Specialist Operation Unit.
PC Staff, of Lucas Court, Norwich, has been charged with three counts of money laundering totalling over £215,000.
Mr Staff, of the same address, and Mr Nixon, of Shortthorn Road, Stratton Strawless, are jointly charged with blackmail relating to the development of a recycling centre outside Norwich and the transfer of a lease agreement on a piece of land.
Mr Staff is charged with eleven further offences, including fraudulent trading, fraud by false representation and false accounting in relation to Mr Trades Ltd.
He also faces two further counts of false accounting, one in relation to a second company, SES East Anglia, three further counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of money laundering, totalling over £1,113,000.
All three have been released on bail until their appearance before Norwich Magistrates on 12 December. | A former police officer and his wife, who is a serving constable in Norfolk, have been charged with offences relating to a £1.1m fraud. | 30244208 |
Original features at Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds will be restored and accessibility is to be improved.
The 102-year-old cinema is receiving £2.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Kelmscott Manor in west Oxfordshire, which inspired arts and crafts designer Morris, receives £4.7m to help double its opening days and visitor numbers.
Hyde Park Picture House opened in November 1914, just after the outbreak of World War One, when it broadcast news bulletins and morale-boosting dramas. It still has nine working gas lights, which are used every day when the cinema is open.
General manager Wendy Cook said staff were "delighted" about the grant.
"We are so grateful, so happy and every other possible positive descriptive word there is," she said. "We are doing a lot of work to preserve the fabric of the building - the wonderful period features like the gas lighting and the beautiful balcony and plasterwork.
"We're making sure this heritage site is preserved for the next 100 years."
She said upgrades were being planned because there are currently no accessible toilets and there is limited access to the cinema.
"It means there's a whole section of our community who aren't accessing our films and the events we put on - this is our opportunity to open up to them," Ms Cook added.
The cinema's archives, including film programmes dating back to its opening, will also be shared with the public as part of the project.
Meanwhile, two of Kelmscott Manor's rooms, which are currently closed, will be opened as exhibition and archive spaces, and historic buildings in the grounds are to be restored as a cafe, learning centre and activity space.
The manor's buildings were described by Morris, a writer and social activist as well as a designer, as looking like they had "grown up out of the soil".
Gill Andrews, president of the Society of Antiquaries of London, which owns and manages the manor, said: "For William Morris, Kelmscott was a 'heaven on earth' and our aim is to offer visitors of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to explore the inspirational impact that Kelmscott had on Morris and to appreciate his enduring worldwide legacy."
A total of 12 projects and places are receiving a share of the HLF funding.
Other recipients include:
HLF chief executive Ros Kerslake said: "Whether sharing the source of William Morris's inspiration or saving a century of cinema and community heritage, the impact of National Lottery players' money reaches far and wide.
"Today's investment will boost tourism and local economies, secure some of our nation's heritage for future generations to enjoy and provide some fantastic opportunities for volunteers and visitors of all ages."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | The world's only surviving gas-lit cinema and William Morris's former home are among those sharing a £55m National Lottery funding pot. | 37048239 |
The Spitfires made a strong start but were unable to make it count with Bondz N'Gala among those to see good chances saved by Michael Poke.
Gozie Ugwu punished the hosts for their early profligacy, nodding home Dennon Lewis' cross from close range in the 16th minute to notch his 12th goal of the season.
Garry Hill's side, who beat Torquay last time out, went down to 10 men when Lewis saw red for a second yellow in the 68th minute, but they came through a nervy finish unscathed as Eastleigh pushed for a late winner.
Woking are now up to 19th, two places and a point above the relegation zone.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Eastleigh 0, Woking 1.
Second Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Woking 1.
Hakeem Odoffin (Eastleigh) is shown the yellow card.
Max Kretzschmar (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Woking. Max Kretzschmar replaces Charlie Carter.
Substitution, Woking. Jake Caprice replaces Macauley Bonne.
Second yellow card to Dennon Lewis (Woking) for a bad foul.
Dennon Lewis (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Mekhi Leacock-McLeod replaces James Constable.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Sam Muggleton replaces Michael Green.
Second Half begins Eastleigh 0, Woking 1.
First Half ends, Eastleigh 0, Woking 1.
Substitution, Eastleigh. Mikael Mandron replaces Tyler Garrett.
Charlie Carter (Woking) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Woking. Ismail Yakubu replaces Brian Saah.
Goal! Eastleigh 0, Woking 1. Gozie Ugwu (Woking).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Woking climbed out of the National League drop zone with victory at Eastleigh, despite playing with 10 men for most of the second half. | 38701246 |
They say that fossilised traces of the 540-million-year-old creature are "exquisitely well preserved".
The microscopic sea animal is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path that led to fish and - eventually - to humans.
Details of the discovery from central China appear in Nature journal.
The research team says that Saccorhytus is the most primitive example of a category of animals called "deuterostomes" which are common ancestors of a broad range of species, including vertebrates (backboned animals).
Saccorhytus was about a millimetre in size, and is thought to have lived between grains of sand on the sea bed.
The researchers were unable to find any evidence that the animal had an anus, which suggests that it consumed food and excreted from the same orifice.
The study was carried out by an international team of researchers, from the UK, China and Germany. Among them was Prof Simon Conway Morris, from the University of Cambridge.
He told BBC News: "To the naked eye, the fossils we studied look like tiny black grains, but under the microscope the level of detail was jaw-dropping.
"We think that as an early deuterostome this may represent the primitive beginnings of a very diverse range of species, including ourselves. All deuterostomes had a common ancestor, and we think that is what we are looking at here."
Degan Shu, from Northwest University in Xi'An, Shaanxi Province, where the fossils were found, said: "Saccorhytus now gives us remarkable insights into the very first stages of the evolution of a group that led to the fish, and ultimately, to us."
Until now, the deuterostome groups discovered were from between 510 to 520 million years ago. These had already begun to diversify into not just the vertebrates, the group to which we and our ancestors belong and animals such as starfish and sea urchins.
Because they looked so different from one another, it was difficult for the scientists to determine what an earlier, common ancestor might have looked like.
The study suggests that its body was symmetrical, which is a characteristic inherited by many of its evolutionary descendants, including humans.
Saccorhytus was also covered with a thin, relatively flexible skin and muscles, leading the researchers to conclude that it moved by contracting its muscles and got around by wriggling.
The researchers say that its most striking feature is its large mouth, relative to the rest of its body. They say that it probably ate by engulfing food particles, or even other creatures.
Also interesting are the conical structures on its body. These, the scientists suggest, might have allowed the water that it swallowed to escape and so might have been a very early version of gills.
Follow Pallab on Twitter | Researchers have discovered the earliest known ancestor of humans - along with a vast range of other species. | 38800987 |
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said sales volumes fell 0.6%, which followed a 1.7% rise in September when sales were helped by the Rugby World Cup.
The monthly fall in food store sales was the biggest drop since May 2014.
Retail sales volumes rose 3.8% compared with a year ago, compared with a 6.2% annual rise in September.
Average shop prices, including petrol stations, were 3.3% lower in October than a year earlier.
The ONS said department stores and clothing also dragged on retail sales growth last month.
However, sales volumes in the three months to October compared with the previous three-month period - seen as a better indicator of the underlying trend - rose 0.9%.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said October's drop in sales "looks to be a one-off and masks a reassuringly solid underlying trend".
Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight, said shopping in the run-up to Christmas was "of vital importance to retailers", and that the extent of Black Friday discounting would be "interesting".
"Will UK retailers match or even surpass the substantial discounting that took place on Black Friday at the end of November last year? Or will retailers decide that less aggressive is needed this year due to consumers' improved purchasing power and relatively high confidence?" he said.
The ONS said that online sales in October increased by 11.2% compared with the same period in the previous year.
Earlier this week, online retail sales association IMRG said sales had increased by 8.9% compared with last year, which was the lowest growth for fifteen years.
It said the prospect of Black Friday discounts probably caused consumers to hold off on spending in the hope of a bargain. | UK retail sales volumes fell in October after a drop in trading at food stores, according to official figures. | 34866620 |
The value-added tax of 10% is applied to the sale of most goods and services.
The federal government collects GST revenue, which is then paid to the states to fund services.
Monday's Newspoll survey found 54% of participants would oppose a GST rise from 10% to 15%, while 37% would support it, leaving 9% undecided.
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird said a 5% GST increase could raise an extra A$30b ($21b; £15b) to help fund health and education.
"Raise the GST on the existing base, provide those funds towards the Commonwealth Government and give them an opportunity to improve the tax mix," Mr Baird said in a video statement.
The Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government's tax plan would be revealed later in the year.
He also warned against going into a ""tax and spend cycle". | Australian politicians are discussing whether to increase the goods and services tax (GST) as polling shows more than 50% of voters oppose a rise. | 35456665 |
There have been cheers and jubilation in the US and elsewhere in the West, but capital cities around the world are already bracing for the repercussions of Bin Laden's killing.
Hundreds of dedicated and would-be jihadis will be mourning and swearing to give their lives in revenge for his death at the hands of US special forces in the city of Abbottabad.
There is little doubt that the death of Bin Laden is a huge blow to al-Qaeda.
But at the same time the network has moved over the years from a highly centralised hierarchy - with recruiting, training and orders all scrutinised by its top leaders - to something much more loose and amorphous.
Today al-Qaeda's philosophy is one man, one bomb. It does not need another 9/11 to make its mark.
One bomb in Times Square in New York placed by a dedicated suicide bomber or a bomb in a New York subway - both attacks were attempted in in recent years - are big enough indicators that al-Qaeda is alive and kicking.
Al-Qaeda has been a franchise for many years.
Anyone can join it by planting a bomb somewhere. Almost anyone can come to Pakistan or Afghanistan and be offered training with key al-Qaeda allies such as the Pakistani Taliban or the Afghan group headed by Jalaluddin Haqqani.
The facilitator in Pakistan's cities has been Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - a banned militant group which previously fought in Kashmir but now attacks many different targets and helps al-Qaeda.
After 9/11 it helped hide many senior al-Qaeda figures and it may well have played a major role in hiding Bin Laden.
Pakistan has refused to go up against al-Qaeda allies like Haqqani because they were operating in Afghanistan not Pakistan.
Likewise, allies like LeT are close to Pakistan's intelligence services because their main target is Kashmir and India.
Thus the threat is there.
Before 9/11 there were no known al-Qaeda cells in Europe except for the one in Hamburg which launched those attacks.
However, today every single European country has an al-Qaeda cell. Hundreds of Muslims with European passports have travelled to Pakistan's tribal areas for training and returned to Europe.
After the arrest of three Moroccans in Germany last week for planning to plant bombs in public places, German authorities admit that over 200 German citizens have had training in the tribal areas and many of them have returned to Germany.
The same is the case in Britain, Scandinavia, France, Spain and Italy.
The fear now of random suicide bombings in subway or train stations in the US or Europe is particularly high.
So is the threat of plane hijackings and bombings of Western military targets and embassies in the Middle East, where they are already a frequent target.
There is also the possibility of the amateur jihadi placing a bomb in a supermarket.
Other kinds of attacks are also likely.
Some may be carried out by dedicated long-term jihadis who have been placed amid Western societies and who now may spring into action with a plot and target that they have been working on for years.
Such lone attackers have been found in the US before, with individuals travelling to the tribal areas for training and then returning to a major US city and trying to carry out an attack.
These have usually been foiled by law enforcement agencies at the last moment.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are also particularly at risk from more organised attacks.
In the former, the al-Qaeda influence among dedicated jihadis like the Haqqani group is still strong.
Pakistan is also extremely vulnerable to attack. Despite a constant spate of denials from the Pakistani authorities - which have now been proven wrong - al-Qaeda recently had its base in Pakistan.
Al-Qaeda and its affiliated Pakistani groups will be determined to launch a bombing campaign in Pakistan in memory of Bin Laden. This will heighten tensions in a country that is already beset with power shortages and an economic crisis.
Finally al-Qaeda and its allies may find this the right moment to create major divisions between India and Pakistan by launching another Mumbai-style attack on Indian territory.
This would aim to take the heat off the hunt for al-Qaeda members in Pakistan.
The Middle East also remains a big vacuum for al-Qaeda because of the ongoing Arab revolt.
It is still a prime target for al-Qaeda as it seeks to gain influence and clout among the new generation of leaders who have emerged in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and the Gulf states. But this task will be much more difficult after Bin Laden's death.
Clearly Bin Laden's death will give intelligence agencies around the world many clues and leads to catch other leaders, but al-Qaeda will not disappear overnight.
Ahmed Rashid's book, Taliban, was updated and reissued recently on the 10th anniversary of its publication. His latest book is Descent into Chaos - The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. | The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is a huge blow to the organisation but as guest columnist Ahmed Rashid reports, its decentralised nature means it has the potential to carry out attacks on any number of targets. | 13257441 |
Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches had been given red flags when concerns were raised.
Swimming had been banned at the beaches while the problem was resolved.
Donegal County Council said in a statement that this was a "natural phenomenon."
The algae is not toxic to humans but may result in dead marine life washing up on shore.
A local website has reported that some people have been lifting dead fish from the beaches.
The council has said it will be monitoring the beach closely and will keep the public updated on changes. | Two beaches in Donegal that had been closed following the discovery of a toxic algae which was killing fish have been re-opened. | 18800210 |
Lidiane Leite, 25, lived a life of luxury in the capital of Maranhao state, prosecutors said.
They say her only contact with her town, Bom Jardim, was through daily WhatsApp messages to her cabinet.
An arrest warrant has been issued against her and her boyfriend, who served as her main adviser.
Ms Leite's lawyer said she was not aware of any wrongdoing.
She was in her early 20s when Beto Rocha, her boyfriend, was banned from running for mayor in 2012 for alleged corruption.
Ms Leite stepped in and was elected. She appointed Mr Rocha as her main adviser and went to live in the state capital, Sao Luis, 275km (170 miles) away.
"She was too young and and inexperienced when she took office," said her lawyer, Carlos Barros. "She lacked confidence and delegated many tasks to Mr Rocha."
Brazilian media say the couple ended their relationship earlier this year and Mr Rocha resigned shortly after.
Ms Leite went on the run after her name was mentioned in a federal investigation on the misuse of state education funds.
Operation Eden uncovered evidence that some $4m (£2.6m) in funds for Bom Jardim's schools went missing.
The town's already precarious education system has now collapsed. Teachers are not being paid.
An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday and a new mayor - Ms Leite's former deputy - was sworn in on Saturday promising to carry out a full investigation.
A state judge said he would seek an international arrest warrant if she does not hand herself in by Tuesday.
Maranhao, in north-eastern Brazil, is one of the country's poorest states. | A mayor in Brazil is on the run after she was accused of siphoning off funds from the school system and running the town remotely through WhatsApp. | 34104124 |
Ms Park is accused of allowing her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to manipulate power from behind the scenes.
The president has apologised twice, but has so far resisted calls to resign.
Organisers said 1.5 million were in Seoul, and another 400,000 in other regions of the country. Police put the turnout in the capital at 270,000.
About 25,000 officers were deployed in Seoul but there were no reports of violence.
The protests, which began five weeks ago, were the largest in South Korea since pro-democracy demonstrations of the 1980s.
Those attending on Saturday came from a cross-section of South Korean society, with farmers, Buddhist monks and university students all involved.
"I was watching the news and thought this cannot go on - people really want her to step down but she hasn't," one of the protesters, Kwak Bo-youn, told Reuters.
"This is the second time for me to the protests, but the first time for my husband and kids."
Ms Park, whose approval rating has dropped to 5%, apologised earlier this month for putting "too much faith in a personal relationship", and has pledged to co-operate in an official investigation into the scandal.
South Korea's constitution does not allow a sitting president to be prosecuted, and Ms Park has 15 months left in her term.
But now that prosecutors have directly linked her to the scandal, it is possible she could be impeached for breaking the law.
Prosecutors are expected to bring charges against Ms Choi, along with two former presidential aides. She was arrested earlier this month.
Ms Choi is accused of trying to extort huge sums of money from South Korean companies, and suspected of using her friendship with Ms Park to solicit business donations for a non-profit fund she controlled. | Huge rallies have been held across South Korea for what are thought to be the largest protests so far demanding President Park Geun-hye steps down. | 38114558 |
In a referendum organised by the Dover People's Port Trust, 5,244 people voted in favour, with 113 against.
The result, which is non-binding on the government, was a reaction to Dover Harbour Board's privatisation plans.
Dover MP Charlie Elphicke said: "I hope this will give strength to the campaign to ensure the port of Dover is owned by the people of Dover."
Mr Elphicke, a Conservative, said he would now be making "a strong case" to the secretary of state for transport that residents' "voices should be listened to and we should have the port owned by the Dover community as a landmark project".
Dover Harbour Board, which has run the port as a trust since 1606, asked the government for permission to privatise it in January last year. A decision is still awaited.
A Port of Dover spokesperson said it had always recognised the importance of local opinion and had involved the community extensively in the consultation process and beyond.
"As such we will reflect on the result of this Dover town poll, but we remain absolutely convinced that our voluntary scheme, developed over a number of years, represents the best and only option."
But Neil Wiggins, chairman of the Dover People's Port Trust, said he believed the result of the referendum was "possibly more binding" on the government than other referenda in the past because of its own "flagship policy of Big Society and communities taking charge of their own futures".
"This has been a clear example of the community of Dover showing a desire to take charge of its own future," he said.
About 21,000 people were eligible to vote in the referendum, and the turnout was about 25%.
The people's trust started its £200m bid to buy the port in October, a move which attracted support from Dame Vera Lynn.
Dover District Council organised the vote but its cost, which has not yet been revealed, will be met by Dover Town Council, which called for the referendum. | The residents of Dover have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a plan to try to buy the town's port. | 12845107 |
Scores of prisoners reportedly flooded on to the prison's gangways in chaotic scenes at about 17:00 GMT on Sunday.
Police and specially-trained officers were called to the Category B prison amid reports of loud bangs or explosions coming from inside.
The prison service said no staff were hurt, but two prisoners were treated.
However, their injuries were not thought to be serious.
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The Prison Officers Association (POA) said about 230 inmates got out of their cells and seized keys, broke into medicine stores and started small fires.
Glyn Travis, a POA spokesman, said prison officers were brought in from across the country to deal with the situation, which is a common occurrence when dealing with disturbances.
However, he said the number of inmates involved was unusual.
"They'd taken control of two wings. The situation was dangerous and was sensitively and professionally managed to ensure no one was injured," he added.
The Prison Service said the situation was brought under control after an operation that lasted more than six hours.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "Specially trained prison officers and staff from the emergency services have successfully resolved an incident involving a number of prisoners at HMP Bedford.
"An investigation into this incident will take place. We are absolutely clear that prisoners who behave in this way will be punished and could spend significantly longer behind bars."
In a recent report on HMP Bedford, inmates claimed it was easier to get hold of drugs than clothes or bedding.
Steve Gillan, general secretary of the POA, said the incident at HMP Bedford involved "concerted ill-discipline".
He said some officers had retreated to a "safe place" and teams of riot-trained staff had been deployed.
Mobile phone footage apparently from inside the prison was posted online, revealing chaotic scenes, with scores of prisoners out of their cells and in the prison's gangways, shouting and bellowing.
One video showed what appeared to be paper and furniture strewn across an atrium floor, although the footage could not immediately be verified.
In a report on Bedford Prison published in September, almost twice the number of prisoners said it was "easy" to access drugs, compared to a previous inspection in February 2014.
The number saying they had developed a drug problem while at the prison increased from 4% to 14%.
The BBC understands the process of "safe unlocking" of HMP Bedford inmates by prison officers had been a "bone of contention" for some time, according to the POA.
Initial reports suggested staff had refused to unlock prisoners as they had concerns about what could happen. Prison sources told the BBC they were overruled by managers.
Last week, Justice Secretary Liz Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, and plans for 2,100 extra officers, drug tests and more autonomy for governors. | A riot at HMP Bedford saw prison officers from across the country brought in to control hundreds of inmates who had taken over two wings. | 37892360 |
Cricket Australia (CA) has proposed to increase pay for men and women but end benefits from a revenue-sharing scheme.
The offer was rejected, and CA said it would not pay players after 30 June.
Vice-captain David Warner suggested the men's team might strike, but Lehmann said: "I'm sure that won't happen."
He added: "I have my views but I'm not going to share it. I'm talking to both players and CA.
"I think both parties have just got to get talking. They'll get a deal done and once that happens, everyone will be right and we'll move forward and get the game going the way it should be."
If the dispute is not resolved, there would be uncertainty over what team Australia could field after 30 June.
They have a two-Test series in Bangladesh scheduled for August, before a home Ashes series against England which runs from 23 November 2017 to 8 January 2018.
The Women's World Cup also takes place in England between 24 June and 23 July - and Australia's elite female players have shown solidarity with their male counterparts over the dispute, despite CA's March offer to double the elite women's pay.
Australia's men's team play their first warm-up game before the ICC Champions Trophy - held in England and Wales from 1-18 June - against Sri Lanka on 26 May.
"It is going to be a bit of a distraction, there's no doubt about that," Lehmann said.
"But just getting together and working it out is the way to go. There's no panic, it's just about the two parties getting together." | Australia coach Darren Lehmann says the ongoing dispute over players' pay will not threaten November's Ashes series, but admits it will be a "distraction" during the Champions Trophy in June. | 39958936 |
Mr Carson, 28, was shot in front of his family at his home in Walmer Street, Belfast, on 26 February.
He was having a meal with his partner and nine-year-old son when an armed gang forced their way into the house.
The 35-year-old man who was questioned about the murder was detained in Belfast on Monday. | A man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering Stephen Carson in February has been released pending a report to the Public Prosecution Service. | 36535925 |
They are a quirk of ocean currents - a naturally created vortex known as a gyre - where floating rubbish tends to accumulate.
The largest is in the North Pacific and covers an area twice the size of France. Others have since been discovered in the North Atlantic and most recently the South Atlantic.
Scientists now fear the same process is probably taking place in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
As well as damaging coasts and killing marine life who mistake the plastic for food, contaminants in the water, which attach to the plastic debris, are transporting waste chemicals across the world's oceans.
At the UK's University of Sheffield, scientists are investigating how they could accelerate the speed at which the plastic breaks down by looking at micro-organisms already found in the sea that naturally feed on plastic.
Promising results have already been seen in finding out which microbes are attaching themselves to plastic in coastal waters around the UK.
The next stage will be to analyse how these enzymes work in the natural environment and how they might work in controlled environments where plastic would be the prominent carbon source.
But the researchers emphasise that even if they can narrow down the microbes and encourage their proliferation in an area like the plastic waste patch just found in the South Atlantic, this would be a very slow process.
"It's a bit like imagining how long it would take us to eat something the size of Canary Wharf," says the university's Dr Mark Osborn.
"If you have hundreds of thousands or millions of organisms colonising one piece of plastic then you can imagine the potential for scale up in terms of the rates of potential degradation."
Biological intervention to restore the ocean environment, otherwise known as bioremediation, is a relatively new field and would require careful assessment of any potential consequences.
And most current work is based on stopping plastic getting into the oceans in the first place.
In Ireland at a plastic fuel plant, Cynar, scientists are using waste plastic to make a synthetic fuel in a process known as plastic pyrolysis.
Plastic waste that would otherwise have ended up in landfill, is cleaned, dried and then heated to more than 300C (570F) in the absence of air.
The resulting molten liquid is turned into a gas which is then fractioned off to produce a diesel-like fuel.
"We do believe this is a terrific solution to a massive issue of landfill diversion as well as fossil fuel alternative," says Cynar's chief executive, Michael Murray.
Pyrolysis has the potential to be set up at waste disposal sites across Europe, with the fuel produced being used to power the waste disposal trucks and machinery.
But it costs money to establish the plants and burn the plastic, and this is only partly recovered by the cost of the fuel generated.
Much of the solution lies in more recycling says Murray, pointing out that only 50% of the 25m tonnes of plastic waste the EU produces every year is recycled.
The challenge is to prevent it reaching landfill in the first place.
Our plastic lifestyle is at the heart of the problem according to Richard Thompson, professor of marine biology at the University of Plymouth.
Varying colours of plastic and different components such as sports caps which are made of different plastic types, make them harder to recycle compared to clear and strong plastic.
Despite campaigns to improve recycling, many plastics - such as food packaging packaging - are still not recyclable.
"The diversity of different polymers and different forms of packaging we use... is compromising the recyclability of the product," Professor Thompson explains.
"The best way to solve this problem is to close the loop, to turn a bottle back into a bottle," he says.
Eighty percent of the plastic in our seas has come from the land where it has either been flushed through drains or blown off landfill sites.
Until there is an effective alternative to dumping, the floating plastic in our oceans will continue to accumulate.
Costing the Earth, Fake Plastic Sea will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Wednesday 6th October at 9pm and after on BBC iPlayer | Scientists are investigating ways of dealing with the millions of tonnes of floating plastic rubbish that is accumulating in our oceans. | 11478261 |
One of those 10 has three convictions, a BBC Essex freedom of information request revealed.
Deputy Chief Constable Derek Benson said most of the offences were committed before the officers joined the police.
He said cases were judged on their own merits.
The crimes committed also include assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage. Two drink-driving offences were committed by officers after they were recruited.
One officer has three convictions.
All the officers' offences are now spent and were committed before 2009.
Mr Benson said: "There are guidelines available to us now which gives us a framework to work on as to what should or should not happen.
"It would be very unusual now for an applicant to the police service to be accepted with a criminal conviction."
The police and crime commissioner for Essex, Nick Alston, said he understood some of the offences were committed when the officers were young and those people had "turned their lives around". | Ten serving Essex police officers have criminal convictions ranging from robbery to drinking and driving, it has emerged. | 33268211 |
The man, understood to be Robert Gillespie, from Larbert in central Scotland, died on Saturday.
Local media reports in Spain said his death was being investigated. It is thought he fell from a fifth-floor balcony at the Piscis Park hotel in San Antonio.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed that a British man had died.
"We are providing consular assistance to the family at this sad time," he added. | A British man has died whilst on holiday in Ibiza. | 32958574 |
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Ennis claimed gold in the Olympic heptathlon to kick-start a remarkable 45 minutes for the host nation.
Greg Rutherford then took gold in the long jump before Mo Farah capped a stunning night by winning the 10,000m.
"Three golds is unbelievable," said Ennis. "Hopefully we are inspiring a new generation and it'll have a knock-on effect for the next few years."
Britain won a total of six gold medals and one silver on Saturday - their most successful day at an Olympics in 104 years.
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Britain have more medal chances with Andy Murray in two tennis finals, plus Ben Ainslie and the pair of Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson going for sailing medals.
In the gymnastics apparatus final, Louis Smith goes for Britain and Ed Clancy is another British hope on the cycling track.
In athletics, Christine Ohuruogu will try to defend her 400m title, before the men's 100m final.
By the time Sheffield star Ennis entered the Olympic Stadium for the final event of the heptathlon, Britain had already won two rowing golds, in the men's four and women's double sculls, plus track cycling gold in the women's team pursuit.
"We've witnessed something sensational," said Lord Coe, chairman of Games organisers Locog and a two-time former 1500m gold medallist. "I've never known a night in UK athletics like that, it was unbelievable."
He also told BBC Radio 5 Live it must be considered one of Britain's greatest ever days in sport and, like Ennis, hoped it would prove a catalyst for the younger generation.
"This is the best opportunity any of us will have in our lifetime to get more young kids into sport," he said. "We've really got to build on that."
Andy Hunt, chef de mission of the British team, added: "What unfolded over the course of a single day has been years in the making. It is a day unlike any that has been seen in the modern history of British Olympic sport and it is a day our country will never forget.
"Most importantly, it is a day for the athletes - the Olympic champions - and the millions of supporters throughout our country who have lifted them on their shoulders and helped make this possible."
Saturday's stunning haul took GB's medal total for London 2012 to 14 and left them clear in third place, behind the United States and China.
It also put the host nation well on the way to eclipsing their tally of 19 golds at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Denise Lewis on Ennis: "It's hard to find the words. We have witnessed greatness, we have witnessed someone who had a dream to come and deliver on the world stage."
Michael Johnson on Farah: "Mo went in with a race plan. He showed great enthusiasm and guts. I am really pleased for him because he had a lot of expectation on his shoulders."
Darren Campbell on Rutherford: "He is so talented but he hasn't had that bit of luck to get onto the podium in a major championship before. This time he has had that little bit and now he is the Olympic champion."
"I have achieved my goal," said the 26-year-old Ennis, who has been one of the faces of London 2012 in the build-up to the Games.
"You never think you are really going to get there. Then you do and it's just amazing. There has been so much pressure on me, but I have had so much support."
Ennis, who missed the 2008 Games in Beijing, thanked the 80,000-capacity crowd inside the Olympic Stadium for their backing, a sentiment echoed by Farah.
"The atmosphere when you walk into that stadium, it's like someone gave you 10 cups of coffee," he said. "I was pumped up so much. If it wasn't for the crowd, I don't think I would have won that race. It was very close."
Farah uprooted his family, moving to the United States to spend more time with his new coach, three-time New York Marathon winner Alberto Salazar.
"You have to make sacrifices," said Farah, who was born in Somalia before moving to London as an eight-year-old.
"I moved my family, changing my whole lifestyle, a new coach, moved to the other side of the world."
But the sacrifices have paid off for the 29-year-old runner.
"To be Olympic champion right on your doorstep is the best moment of my life and to see my wife and daughter on the track was incredible," said the world 5,000m champion. "It hasn't quite sunk in yet. It's unbelievable."
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Rutherford is already thinking about a defence of his Olympic title at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"I want to go through to Rio and become a double Olympic champion, then maybe keep going until I'm 33 and become triple Olympic champion," said the 25-year-old from Milton Keynes. "You have to have confidence in yourself."
He also believes he can jump much further than 8.31m, the distance that gave him gold.
"I expected to jump much further than that," he said. "Technically, I was very poor. Once I get it together, people better watch out because I'm going to jump very, very far. The sky's the limit. I want to win everything. Why not?"
UK Sport, the body that funds Britain's Olympians, set Team GB a target of at least 48 medals before the Games began. Britain already has 29.
They are expected to add to that tally on Sunday, with a number of strong contenders for gold.
Ainslie can win his fourth Olympic gold from 14:00 BST if he gets the better of Danish rival Jonas Hogh-Christensen in the Finn medal race.
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Fellow Sailors Percy and Simpson are also looking good to defend their Olympic title in the Star class at 13:00.
Clancy is in a strong position to win another track cycling gold for Team GB. He stands fourth in the omnium after three events, with another three to come on Sunday. The final event, the time trial, begins at 18:16.
Murray will also play for double gold at Wimbledon. He takes on Roger Federer in the men's singles final at 14:00, before teaming up with Laura Robson for the mixed doubles. Both matches take place on Centre Court.
In gymnastics, Smith - who won a bronze in 2008 - goes in the apparatus final at 15:41.
Back on the track, Ohuruogu has a chance of defending her Olympic title in the 400m at 21:10.
Troubled by injury, she is beginning to show signs of returning to her best form, although American Sanja Richards-Ross and Russian Antonina Krivoshapka will the start the final as favourites.
The evening of athletics will finish with the men's 100m final at 21:50 BST.
Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin are all through to the semi-finals, which take place at 19:45, as are the British trio of Dwain Chambers, Adam Gemili and James Desaolu. | Jessica Ennis hopes Great Britain's triple triumph in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday can "inspire a generation". | 19132959 |
President Barack Obama managed, during his recent African Union speech, to use almost 400 words to tell us that it is a good thing to have limits on presidential terms.
The truth is many people on this continent do know this, despite President Pierre Nkurunziza's recent re-election in Burundi.
African countries started independent and constitutional life with term limits clearly spelled out.
But whenever they became inconvenient, parliaments simply amended the rules and the constitutions to allow third or fourth terms or declared Presidents for Life.
Often, these amendments came with the enthusiastic support of academics, local and foreign, who found theories to support whatever changes the leader wanted.
The theories ranged from African Socialism to Nkrumahism - the ideology based on the philosophy of Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah.
At the heart of it all was the idea that a particular leader was special and without him, the country would disintegrate.
Or, as Louis XV, who reigned France for almost 60 years, reportedly said "apres lui, le deluge" (after me, the flood).
This was said about all the first presidents and even if they didn't start like this, they came to believe it themselves.
The soldiers who staged the coups and ruled much of Africa in the 70s and 80s said it about themselves and sycophantic followers and academics for hire endorsed them.
The freedom fighters who marched into the capitals and overthrew colonial powers or indigenous autocrats said so about themselves and proceeded to turn into worse dictators before our very eyes.
Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire used to say it and so did Brother Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.
Any criticism about having been in power for too long was answered with: They held their countries together.
You had to wonder if it was possible that Mobutu's Zaire could possibly get any worse than it was under his corrupt rule.
In the event, after he was ousted from power, we looked back with nostalgia.
Much better to have the obscene opulence of Gbadolite, the city in the middle of nowhere, than the disaster that has been the Democratic Republic of Congo that followed the ousting of Mobutu.
Likewise in Libya, better to have Muammar Gaddafi's Green Book of political pronouncements.
Much better to have him crowned the King of Kings of Africa by traditional leaders and let him fund the African Union.
And better surely to put up with his air-conditioned tents and long rambling speeches at the United Nations than the chaos that is today's Libya after he was overthrown.
And if Obama had looked up the files just a few years back he would have found another US President, Bill Clinton, saying during his time that there was a "new Africa".
Two leaders who were part of the new Africa of the Clinton years are now refusing to leave office in the Obama years.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni used to be openly contemptuous of African leaders who cling to office.
Next year, some 30 years after he marched into Kampala to chase out Milton Obote, he is proposing to stand for another term as president.
Next door, an enthusiastic parliament has opened the path for Paul Kagame to stand for another term as president of Rwanda in case the great successes he has achieved are jeopardized by someone else taking his place.
The West African leaders under the auspices of the regional body Ecowas (the Economic Community of West African States), tried to make a two-term limit for presidents binding on their members.
They retreated quietly once Togo and The Gambia protested.
I am told the unspoken answer these days to presidents not wanting to leave office in Africa is: "DRC and Libya, or Mobutu and Gaddafi".
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Tolerating fufu made in a microwave | In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene - a former government minister and member of the opposition - asks why some leaders refuse to leave office. | 33861620 |
The 29-year-old said he would donate the money to Common Goal, run by the organisation streetfootballworld, which supports football charities worldwide.
"I am leading this effort, but I don't want to be alone," Mata said in a blog.
The Spaniard, who joined United from Chelsea for £37.1m in 2014, reportedly earns £7m a year.
Mata said he was shocked by the poverty he saw on a visit to Mumbai, India, and the long-term aim was for the entire football industry to contribute one per cent of revenue to grassroots football charities.
He added: "I am launching something that I hope will change the world, even if only in some small way."
Mata said he wanted to create a 'Common Goal starting XI', made up of 11 players who each donate 1% of their wage to the charity.
He has made his appeal at a time when football clubs are spending heavily on transfer fees and player wages.
This week, French side Paris St-Germain signed forward Neymar for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m) from Barcelona. The Brazilian will earn 45m euros (£40.7m) a year - 865,000 euros (£782,000) a week - before tax. | Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has pledged to donate 1% of his salary to charity and has called for other professionals to do the same. | 40831430 |
Boyd swept home Jeff Hendrick's cross 12 yards out after the Republic of Ireland international had beaten two Stoke defenders on the left flank.
The goal was one of only three shots on target for Sean Dyche's side but gives them their 10th home win of the season.
Stoke had the better chances in the 90 minutes but were not clinical with Marko Arnautovic wasting the visitors' best opportunities.
Victory for Burnley sees them moves eight points clear of the relegation zone and up to 12th, one place below Stoke.
Only Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool have won more home games than Burnley this season and it is no surprise their poor run ended at Turf Moor.
The Clarets' last win came on 31 January against Leicester after which they climbed to ninth but had since fallen to 15th, starting the game just five points clear of 18th.
While Burnley were not at their intense best in the match, they did convert from their only clear opportunity and Hendrick's run - to beat Joe Allen and Charlie Adam - was one of the better moments of quality in the match.
The victory also emphasises the strides Burnley have taken, with their 35 points beating their previous highest Premier League total with seven games remaining.
It also means - in their third Premier League season - survival for the first time is within touching distance.
On the back of consecutive defeats in their previous two games, Mark Hughes made four changes to his starting line-up and switched to a 3-4-3 formation.
The shape suited the Potters - particularly in the first half - allowing them to create more chances from open play than their hosts.
Arnautovic played in a free role behind lone striker Saido Berahino and was twice played in behind by the Englishman and should have been more clinical.
First, the Austrian miscontrolled when clean through on goal and later took too much time on the ball allowing Joey Barton to track back and block.
Then, in the second half, when a cross from Adam glanced off the head of Burnley centre-back Michael Keane, Arnautovic headed a difficult chance wide of the left-hand post with his back to goal.
Hughes' side now fall out of the top half - where they have been since the start of February - and have failed to score in their last five away games.
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Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "It was a very important win, not just because of the remaining games but we have been on a really tough run. Five out of our seven games have been away and the two at home against the top two.
"We knew it was a tough run and to come out with a deserved win is pleasing.
"We have played big games at Turf Moor, the players are adapting. They know there are big games and have produced a performance when it counts.
"We have got to stay focused. We are in good shape with a record number of points and still seven games to go."
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Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "I thought we played well in terms of withstanding what Burnley do and defensively we were rock solid.
"[I thought] it was just a matter of time for us to score. We had a couple of real opportunities when we were clean through and that is the disappointing thing for us.
"We were the side in the ascendency but they were able to go up and put the ball into the box and it was a good strike but I don't recall them having too many others.
"It is disappointing. On the night I thought we were the better team.
"It was one of those nights for Marko [Arnautovic]. On another night we take at least one of those chances. As it was we couldn't get the goal we needed and when that happens you are always at risk at the other end."
Burnley travel to 19th placed Middlesbrough on Saturday while Stoke host Liverpool (both 15:00 BST kick-off).
Match ends, Burnley 1, Stoke City 0.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Stoke City 0.
Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
George Boyd (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by George Boyd.
George Boyd (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marc Muniesa (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Boyd (Burnley).
Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay replaces Joe Allen.
Substitution, Burnley. James Tarkowski replaces Sam Vokes.
Attempt missed. Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Charlie Adam with a cross.
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Foul by Peter Crouch (Stoke City).
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Andre Gray.
Attempt missed. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Crouch with a headed pass.
Foul by Joey Barton (Burnley).
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Charlie Adam (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sam Vokes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Adam (Stoke City).
Attempt blocked. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Saido Berahino.
Offside, Burnley. Ben Mee tries a through ball, but Andre Gray is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Robbie Brady (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joey Barton.
Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City). | George Boyd scored the only goal as Burnley beat Stoke at Turf Moor to end their seven-game winless run. | 39414145 |
The newspaper says traces of a banned anabolic steroid were allegedly found in a sample given by Fury last year.
The boxer's promoter, Hennessy Sports, says it is "baffled" by the story.
Undefeated Fury, 27, this week postponed his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko after injuring an ankle during training.
Hennessy's statement said that fight, originally scheduled for 9 July, will now take place in October.
Fury beat Ukrainian Klitschko, 40, in November to win the WBA and WBO heavyweight titles.
The Sunday Mirror reports "unacceptable levels of nandrolone" were found in a sample taken from Fury in the lead-up to that fight.
Nandrolone, which is produced naturally in the body in small amounts, can increase muscle growth and reduce tiredness.
Ukad says it refuses to discuss cases "until due legal process has been completed".
The British Boxing Board of Control is aware of the investigation, according to the Sun. | British world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has denied doping, after the Sunday Mirror said he was being investigated by UK Anti-Doping. | 36634536 |
The striker immediately signalled he was unable to carry on after having a shot blocked in Sunday's 1-1 draw with the Baggies.
"That worried me more than the result. I don't know if it's too early before the scan but it looks like a muscle injury," said Bilic.
"It's a big blow for us after Enner Valencia and Dimitri Payet."
Attacking midfielder Payet was ruled out for three months with an ankle injury in early November.
Meanwhile, Valencia has been out since July after suffering an ankle injury in a Europa League qualifying match.
Media playback is not supported on this device | West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has concerns over an injury Diafra Sakho picked up against West Brom. | 34959191 |
It was a devastating blow to a country still struggling to recover from another attack on tourists in the heart of its capital just three months earlier.
And it was claimed by Islamic State (IS), whose actions have spread fear throughout the region and beyond.
"We note that Tunisia faces an international movement," Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said shortly after Friday's attack. "It cannot respond alone to this."
While much remains unclear about the extent and nature of the threat within Tunisia that the events in Sousse may expose, observers have pointed once more to two specific risks.
First, the threat posed by neighbouring Libya, a fractured country with porous borders that has been awash with weapons since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, and where Islamic State now has an established presence.
And second, the apparently large number of Tunisians who have left to fight in Syria and Iraq, hundreds of whom are estimated to have returned home.
Other countries in the region also face cross-border threats, and it is hard to get a truly accurate idea of how many Tunisians have been radicalised fighting abroad.
But Tunisia appears to be more exposed than its neighbours to high-impact attacks against foreign civilians.
Neither Libya nor Algeria have mass tourism, and though Morocco does, it also has a pervasive security network and has been politically stable.
Tunisia, by contrast, has a "big, soft underbelly", said Geoff Porter, the head of North Africa Risk Consulting.
"I don't think Tunisia does have a disproportionately greater jihadi problem than Algeria or Morocco," he said. "What Tunisia has is a security problem.
"It's simply that there are a greater number of targets in Tunisia and the security forces are less effective."
Full coverage of the Sousse attack
Before the uprising of 2011, the focus for those security forces was enforcing control under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali - a job at which they were long efficient, developing a vast web of informers.
But security reform has been slow, and the challenge may now be for the police to repurpose towards counter-terrorism work, Mr Porter said.
That will be a complex task, partly because of the demands of training and equipping police officers and soldiers, but also because of the democratic political process and the fine line between ensuring security and reverting to repression.
In a cruel twist, some contend that Tunisia has been targeted partly because it has achieved a democratic transition and is often held up as the single success story of the Arab Spring.
Its progress as a modern democratic state on friendly terms with the West, if halting, is unwelcome to the militants of Islamic State and other extremist groups.
Over the last four years, Tunisian governments are seen to have vacillated between granting radical Islamists political space and cracking down on them - only taking the latter course more decisively after the assassination of Chokri Belaid in February 2013.
A new Tunisian anti-terrorism law that would broaden police powers and provide for harsher penalties has been stuck in committees since the start of 2014.
The attack in March on the Bardo Museum - next to the parliament building - focused attention on the bill, but shortly after it was redrafted, 13 non-governmental organisations called for it to be dropped or amended, saying it would violate international human rights standards and guarantees under the Tunisian constitution.
The president of the Tunisian parliament now says it will be approved within the next month.
Then there are the broader internal challenges.
The Tunisian economy has become more fragile since 2011, and like other states in the region, the country has a large pool of unemployed or underemployed young men who may be susceptible to radicalisation.
As Sayida Ounissi, a Tunisian member of parliament from the Islamist Ennahda party, told the BBC: "What we are seeing today is terrorism is actually nourishing itself from social exclusion, from economic injustice, from the lack of education."
In the short term, the number of potential recruits is only likely to grow as the tourist sector - which accounted for about 15% of GDP last year - takes another big hit. | The attack that killed 38 people in the resort city of Sousse has left Tunisia looking particularly vulnerable. | 33320898 |
Members of the Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted 71 tonnes of tobacco in three shipments, Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said.
Two containers from Indonesia were found in Sydney while the third was seized before it could leave Indonesia.
Mr Dutton said a new ABF "strike team" was being set up to target tobacco smugglers.
"This tobacco would have cost Australia over A$27m (£13m) in legitimate tax revenue if it had been successfully smuggled into the country and sold here," Mr Dutton said in a statement.
The two containers found in Sydney held 47 tonnes of loose leaf tobacco and had come from Indonesia. The third, with 24 tonnes, was seized by Indonesian authorities before it could be shipped out, the statement said.
Mr Dutton said a high degree of organisation had been behind the shipments.
And he said the seizures - made under Operation Wardite - were the result of co-operation between the ABF and Indonesian Customs.
"There are clear links to organised crime and we know that groups smuggling illicit tobacco into Australia are also involved in other illegal activities such as narcotics," he said.
"The ABF is determined to disrupt their activities and the new ABF strike team will focus on the organised crime syndicates behind shipments like this and collect intelligence on their operations."
Earlier this week, the ABF announced it had seized almost six million smuggled cigarettes in raids in Melbourne.
It says it has also recently dismantled two major organised crime groups involved in tobacco smuggling, one in New South Wales and the other in Victoria. | Australia's border protection agency has made its largest ever seizure of illicit tobacco in a single operation. | 34546359 |
Police were called to Nuthurst Park in Moston, Manchester, just before 18:55 BST on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police said officers responded to reports of a girl being raped. A boy was arrested in a nearby shop.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 10 July.
Dressed in a grey tracksuit, he stood in the dock and spoke only to give his name and address during the five-minute hearing at Manchester Youth Court.
Only reporters and lawyers were present in court along with the defendant's mother and father, who sat in the public gallery holding hands.
No plea was entered by the defendant, the court heard, and there was no application for bail.
As he remanded the teenager in custody, District Judge Mark Hadfield told him: "This charge is an extremely serious charge."
The defendant smiled and nodded to his parents as he was taken down. | A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the rape of an eight-year-old girl in a park. | 40407105 |
It follows a deal made by the UK government on behalf of the devolved governments with the drug manufacturer Glaxo Smith Kline.
Negotiations over the cost of the vaccine had gone on for months.
The delay in availability angered campaigners who said children's lives had been put at risk.
It is likely the vaccine will be available in Scotland from September.
The announcement follows lengthy discussions between the UK government with another drugs supplier - Novartis - which used to own the vaccine, called Bexsero.
GSK acquired the vaccine from Novartis, which resulted in the price of the vaccine being reduced and the deal being struck, UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said.
Health advisers recommended a year ago that the vaccination be made available to all babies in the UK.
'Routine immunisation'
Meningitis B is a bacterial infection that particularly affects children under the age of one.
It commonly affects children under five years of age, and is also common among teenagers aged 15 to 19.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "The Scottish government has been consistent in its support for the introduction of the Meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero.
"We will now work to roll out the vaccination programme as quickly as possible.
"The Meningitis B vaccine will now form part of the routine childhood immunisation programme in Scotland, underlining our commitment to ensuring the health and wellbeing of our children."
The vaccination will be given in three doses at two, four and 12 months, with all babies in Scotland aged two months at the point of introduction being eligible.
There are about 1,870 cases of the infection each year in the UK.
Symptoms include a high fever with cold hands and feet, confusion, vomiting and headaches.
'Step forward'
Most children will make a full recovery with early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment, although it is fatal in one in 10 cases.
About one in four of those who survive is left with long-term problems such as amputation, deafness, epilepsy and learning difficulties.
Sue Davie, chief executive of the charity Meningitis Now, said: "To know that babies will be protected against MenB is fantastic and another great step forward in our fight against meningitis." | Health Secretary Shona Robison has confirmed that a vaccine for meningitis B will be made available for babies in Scotland. | 32106048 |
Campaigners have said the law was discriminatory as most couples end up using the husband's surname.
However, the court said the law did not violate the constitution, public broadcaster NHK reported.
It did, however, deem a separate law that stops women remarrying within six months of a divorce unconstitutional.
Both sets of laws date back to Japan's 19th Century Meiji era.
Surname row: What do other countries do?
Judge Itsuro Terada noted that among the Japanese there was already informal use of maiden names, which eased the impact of the surname law.
He said parliamentarians should decide on whether to pass new legislation on separate spousal names.
The Japan Times cited studies in the past 40 years which show that more than 96% of Japanese couples opt for the husband's surname.
The surname case was brought by three individual women and one couple in a civil partnership, who argued that the law was unconstitutional, discriminatory and archaic.
Two lower courts have already ruled against them and public opinion on the questions was split.
Women in Japan were traditionally able to retain their maiden names after marriage, until 1898 when the law was enacted as part of a feudal family system where all women and children came under control of the male head of the household.
The system was abolished in 1948 - but the surname law has been retained.
Separately, a divorced woman had filed a legal challenge to a law that states women cannot remarry within six months of divorce.
The law was originally intended to help determine the paternity of a child born shortly after the divorce.
The Supreme Court agreed with her that it was unconstitutional, but in its ruling left room for the possibility of retaining the law with a shorter waiting period.
The two sets of laws were previously debated in the 1990s when a government panel suggested changing them, but were retained unchanged when conservative politicians opposed the move. | The Japanese Supreme Court has upheld a law that married couples must have the same surname, in a blow to women's rights activists. | 35109455 |
Mrs Danczuk, who found fame posting "selfies" on Twitter, is hoping to be chosen to stand for Labour in the marginal Bury North constituency.
The 33-year-old served as a Labour councillor from 2012 to 2015 in her home town of Rochdale.
The seat is held by Conservative David Nuttall who had a majority of 378 at the last general election.
She waived her right to anonymity last year after her brother was jailed for raping her as a child.
She then became patron of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood and stated previously she wants to become an MP to help victims of sexual abuse.
"Politics is changing, you only have to look across Europe and the rest of the world," she said.
"Parliament needs more common sense and someone who can connect with voters. I really believe I'm a voice of the people."
Mrs Danczuk is the ex-wife of Simon Danczuk, the sitting MP in Rochdale.
He was suspended by Labour in 2015, pending an investigation, following revelations he exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl.
Mr Danczuk, 50, who currently serves as an independent MP, recently said he "expects" to fight the general election for Labour in Rochdale on 8 June.
The snap election has resulted in the suspension of the usual Labour Party selection procedures of a panel interview and a vote by local members.
Instead, candidates in seats where there is no Labour MP, such as Bury North, will be selected by a panel of the party's ruling National Executive Committee.
A spokeswoman for the party said candidates selected to stand for Labour in the general election will be made public on 2 May. | Karen Danczuk is hoping to become an MP after applying to be a Labour candidate at the general election on 8 June. | 39708731 |
The Labour manifesto included a pledge to raise the minimum wage to the level of the Living Wage - now paid to those aged 25 or over - for 18-24 year olds.
But questioned about whether 16-year-olds should get it, Mr Corbyn said it "should apply to all workers".
"I don't think young people eat less than old people," he added.
The National Living Wage was introduced by the Conservative then-chancellor George Osborne in his July 2015 Budget.
As of April this year, it is paid at a rate of £7.50 an hour for workers aged 25 and over, with the aim of increasing it to £9 an hour by 2020.
Labour's general election manifesto pledged to raise it to at least £10 an hour by 2020 for workers aged 18 or over. But when Mr Corbyn was asked whether 16-year-olds should get it as well, he replied: "You're absolutely right.
"Yes, the £10 an hour living wage, real living wage, is correct and also should apply to all workers, because I don't think young people eat less than old people - that's my experience anyway."
Currently workers aged 21-24 get a minimum wage of £7.05 an hour, while those aged 18-20 get £5.60 and under 18s get £4.05 an hour. If you are an apprentice. it can be as low as £3.50 an hour.
Mr Corbyn also used his address to the conference to link the Grenfell Tower fire, which is thought to have killed at least 79 people, to "austerity economics".
"Make no mistake about it - this is the brutal reality of austerity economics that has failed in its own terms, and leading to falling living standards, rising inequality and disasters," he said.
He added that Labour was "ready for another election at any time, to finish the job of beating the failed, clapped-out Tories and form a government that works for all". | Jeremy Corbyn has said that 16-year-old workers should be paid at least £10 an hour, as he addressed the Unison conference in Brighton. | 40383699 |
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) sent a message saying their email addresses, usernames and passwords had been "compromised".
The incident has been reported to police and the UK's data watchdog.
The NCT stressed no other information had been accessed.
A spokesman confirmed 15,085 users were affected and said: "NCT has suffered a data breach which, regrettably, has caused some users of our website to have their registration details compromised.
'Change passwords'
"These details are limited to their email address, username and an encrypted version of the password that they created to register on the site.
"We stress that no financial or personal details are held as part of this data so no financial or personal details have been accessed.
"We discovered the breach (on Wednesday), upon which we contacted everyone affected advising them of the breach and suggesting that they change their username and passwords."
The charity, based in London's Euston Square, supports hundreds of thousands of new and expectant parents.
In the email to parents chief executive Nick Wilkie said: "While your password is encrypted, as a precaution, I would advise you to change any password as soon as possible for other accounts or registrations that use these details.
"We discovered the breach today, are reporting the matter to the police and Information Commissioner and contacting all who are affected immediately." | A childbirth charity has apologised to 15,000 new and expectant parents after their registration details were accessed in a "data breach". | 35990085 |
The 19-year-old made 14 appearances on loan at Dumbarton last season.
Miller joins the Cappielow outfit as they prepare for life in Scottish League One, after they were relegated last season.
Manager Kenny Shiels left the Greenock outfit in the wake of relegation, and was replaced with former Clyde boss Jim Duffy.
Midfielder Dougie Imrie left Morton this week to rejoin his former side Hamilton Academical. | Greenock Morton have signed defender Michael Miller from Celtic on a one-year-contract. | 27836156 |
Michael Christopher Hayes is a self-confessed republican bomb-maker.
He said he was sorry that 21 innocent people died in the attack in 1974.
Bombs exploded in two pubs in Birmingham, in what was one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles.
"What occurred in Birmingham was wrong and should not have happened and Sinn Féin extends our sympathy to the families of those killed and injured.
"The comments from Michael Hayes are a personal matter for him but they do underline the need for a comprehensive process to deal with the legacy of the past.
"All victims of the conflict have a right to the truth and Sinn Féin supports the process as agreed in the Stormont House Agreement.
"Our focus as a political party for almost three decades has been on building and defending the peace process. Sinn Féin is absolutely determined that the failures of the past are never repeated."
"It's difficult at this stage to know whether there is validity to what this man is claiming.
"But given the seriousness of the crimes involved and the large number of innocent people who lost their lives, I think it is now vital that the opportunity is now given to the police to question this man.
"I think the police in Great Britain should apply for the extradition of this individual from the Irish republic so he can be questioned about what he has done."
"This apology will bring little comfort to the families searching for justice.
"The case for truth, justice and reconciliation here is just as pertinent today, as it was 40 years ago.
"I urge the PSNI to follow up on the comments made alongside the apology."
"What Michael Hayes has done is stick two fingers up to the families, the justice system and the search for a legacy solution.
"I call on the UK government to seek [his] extradition from the Irish Republic to face questions about his role in the Birmingham bombing.
"I also ask the Dublin government to commit to investigating these shocking admissions from both men and take some action as opposed to being merely a passive bystander."
"There is now a need for police to follow up these comments and to further investigate these atrocities.
"It is also incumbent upon Michael Hayes to name those he was working with when these bombs were planted.
"These revelations further reinforce the ongoing need for justice and truth recovery to always remain on the agenda."
"Hayes... should be extradited to face charges of conspiracy to cause explosions.
"His admissions are sufficient to warrant such action and it would be beholden on the BBC to cooperate with such an investigation.
"A European Arrest Warrant should be issued for his arrest." | Northern Ireland's political parties have been reacting after a former IRA man who said he was part of the group responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings issued an apology. | 40561904 |
The firm's net profits fell 22% to $205m Australian dollars ($146.9m; £105.5m) in the six months to December.
Crown said its overall gaming revenue in Macau, the only place in China where casinos are allowed, fell 30%.
But it said gaming revenue at Crown's Australian resorts had increased 9.8%.
The firm's Sydney-listed shares lost more than 9% on the profit report, but were down just over 5% later.
Crown holds a big interest in Melco Crown Entertainment (MCE), which operates casino and hotel properties in Macau.
A special administrative region of China, Macau is the world's largest gaming centre, ahead of Las Vegas. Its economy relies heavily on gambling and shopping - especially by big spending tourists from the mainland.
But Chinese President Xi Jinping's campaign against corruption and luxury spending, which began in December 2012, has seen officials and others more wary of gaming and spending in the city.
"The decline in MCE's result was attributable to weak market conditions in Macau," Crown's chief executive Rowen Craigie said.
"Overall gross gaming revenue across the Macau market in the half year to 31 December 2015 declined by more than 30%," he added.
Crown Resorts was started in Melbourne and has since expanded to Sydney, Perth, London, Macau, Manila and Las Vegas. | Australia's biggest casino company, Crown Resorts, has reported a slump in half-year profits, which were dented by a sharp slowdown at its Chinese operations. | 35656902 |
Millions of spermatogonia produce a constant supply of sperm in the testes.
But the University of Oxford study showed mutant spermatogonia gain a "tumour-like" competitive edge, leading to a greater proportion of sperm becoming defective.
Experts said couples should consider having children earlier in life.
A range of diseases including autism and schizophrenia are more likely with older dads due to mutations in their sperm.
And the risk of very serious health problems goes from around four in every 200 births to five in every 200 once the father passes the age of 50.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analysed 14 testes from men aged between 39 and 90.
The sexual organs were considered healthy, but were removed for other conditions such as a hernia causing swelling in the groin.
The researchers explored the "massive tangle of spaghetti" inside the testes to find the areas producing diseased sperm.
The analysis of the DNA - the instructions for life - in those defective zones showed mutations linked to a range of bodily processes.
They were linked to malformations and a predisposition to cancer, but they also had a role in growth and reproduction in the testes.
The same mutations that were ultimately damaging to children were encouraging the defective spermatogonia to spread - leading to a greater proportion of sperm being defective.
Prof Andrew Wilkie, one of the researchers, told the BBC: "This is why we call it selfish selection.
"These mutations within the testes get an advantage over their normal neighbours, but if that sperm fertilises an egg then that [mutation] carries a disadvantage to that person and causes disease.
"It's the first time anyone has been able to look at a piece of testis and say that's where this is happening."
That "selfish" growth is more commonly seen in cancer.
The researchers were able to find the mutations because their impact is so severe.
It is still unclear what the study means for the sections of DNA that increase the risk of disorders such as autism.
Allan Pacey, a professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, said the risks associated with being an older dad were well known.
But he told the BBC the explanation had been unclear: "These are important processes to understand because more and more men are waiting until they are older before they have their children.
"Moreover, it is a sobering reminder that men are not as immune from reproductive ageing as we might think.
"If they have a choice, couples should always consider having their children earlier in their lives than perhaps they want to."
Follow James on Twitter. | Mutant sperm-factories spread in men's testicles as they age to increase the risk of children with genetic diseases, researchers have shown. | 35525889 |
Appearing with US Secretary of State John Kerry, he played down remarks about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Mr Kerry said the UK's vote to leave the EU posed "complicated questions" regarding future trade deals.
Earlier, Mr Johnson and Mr Kerry held talks focusing on Syria.
They will also meet European foreign ministers before talks with Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirate representatives about the situation in Yemen.
Until his appointment as foreign secretary by new Prime Minister Theresa May, Mr Johnson wrote a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph.
In 2007, he wrote that Mrs Clinton, the Democrat candidate for US president, was "like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital".
He also faced criticism ahead of the EU referendum for remarks about President Obama's "part-Kenyan" ancestry.
Asked whether he would like to apologise, he said: "We can spend an awfully long time going over lots of stuff that I've written over the last 30 years," adding that they had all been "taken out of context" and insisting the focus should be on Syria and the other issues being discussed.
Pressed on his comments, by US journalists, he said it would take too long to apologise to everyone mentioned in the "rich thesaurus" of things he had said.
Mr Johnson and Mr Kerry both emphasised that the "special relationship" between their countries remained strong.
Asked about President Obama's remark - made before the EU referendum - that the UK would be "at the back of the queue" on trade deals if it voted to leave, Mr Kerry said it could take "at least a couple of years" to reach an agreement as the UK could not sign a new deal while it remained an EU member.
He said Mrs May had "hit the ground running" as prime minister, adding: "The United States of America depends on a strong United Kingdom."
On Syria, Mr Johnson said a "clear plan" was in place but that the situation on the ground was "dire".
He said it had always been his view that Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, had to step aside as part of a peace plan, and that Russia had a "unique ability" to press him to "end the carnage".
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will also participate in the talks in London on Syria.
Peace talks on Syria, co-sponsored by the US and Russia, have not formally examined whether any deal could require President Assad's departure from the country.
Mr Johnson, who made his debut on the international stage in Brussels on Monday, when he met EU foreign ministers, will travel to Washington on Thursday for talks on combating so-called Islamic State. | Boris Johnson said some of his outspoken comments had been "taken out of context" as he faced hostile questions in his first press conference as foreign secretary. | 36831052 |
And, as a result of the SFA judicial panel decision, the case against Rangers has also been withdrawn.
A large-scale invasion by Hibs fans at full-time was followed by clashes between fans from both sides on 21 May.
Meanwhile, Hibs say they have now paid money to the SFA following damage to the pitch at Hampden.
Hibs won the match 3-2 to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1902.
At an SFA board meeting in 2013, clubs voted against an amendment to the organisation's articles which would have led to strict liability - clubs being held responsible for the behaviour of their supporters.
And, on this basis, the judicial panel ruled that Hibs could not be punished following fans' actions in the aftermath of the match.
The SFA charged both clubs with breaches of disciplinary rule 311.
In both cases the following references were made:
The panel chair's notes of reason on the decision to dismiss the case against Hibs begins with the statement: "The Panel unanimously dismiss the complaint as irrelevant."
The notes continued: "[Compliance officer] Mr [Tony] McGlennan accepted that he is relying on Rule 28 to import strict liability to the club for the actions of the supporters. The panel has to be satisfied that the provisions are clear and unambiguous and do not conflict with requirements of procedural fairness and natural justice before taking that step."
And, in closing, the notes of reason state: "It may be thought odd that there is no apparent disciplinary sanction for this event. But that is a matter for the members to deal with, in clear terms, rather than for the Judicial Panel to innovate by a purposive interpretation of the rules. From the information which we have, there is a limited appetite for strict liability within Scottish football."
The panel also say the "decision is without prejudice to the right of the SFA to seek reparation or restitution".
Following the decision, Hibs said in a statement: "Hibernian FC welcomes the decision of the Judicial Panel which has dismissed the complaint raised against the club for the reasons set out in the judgment.
"Receipt of the complaint was the first quantification to the club of the damage to the pitch at Hampden. The club has today paid that sum to the Scottish FA."
Following the cup final, the SFA asked Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen to investigate the pitch invasion.
Bowen's independent report said the Scottish government should consider making it a criminal offence to run on to a football pitch and that neither club were to blame for crowd trouble.
Later in Hibs' statement on Wednesday, the club's chief executive Leeann Dempster said: "We hope that this now brings an end to the matter and the Scottish FA can concentrate on implementing the recommendations made by the Independent Commissioner, Sheriff Principal Bowen." | The disciplinary case against Hibernian over the pitch invasion that followed the Scottish Cup final has been dismissed as "irrelevant". | 37500343 |
The Punch Bowl stone on the A5183 St Albans Road was stolen in August 2012.
A second stone was taken from opposite the Chequers pub, a mile further down the road near Redbourn, last month.
Officers responding to reports it was now in Hemel Hempstead realised it was actually the first stone. The second was found hours later in Kings Langley.
Hertfordshire Police said the first stone, which is 5ft 8ins (1.7m) tall and had stood close to the Punch Bowl Lane turning on Watling Street, was discovered by a member of the public in Dodds Lane on Friday morning.
The second, which was taken between 15 and 27 March, was found just over six miles away in Barnes Lane, Kings Langley, again by a member of the public.
A police spokesman said both would be "placed back in their rightful place at some point in the future".
Sgt Tom Fisher said the first stone had probably been discarded after a police appeal about the second theft.
"I suspect someone had it in their garden, saw the press [appeal] and probably thought 'I'm going to be in a bit of trouble' and dumped it to try and get rid of the evidence," he said.
The force has asked for anyone who may have been in the areas where the stones were recovered to come forward if they had seen anything suspicious.
Local historian Sandy Ross said the milestones between St Albans and Redbourn had been erected from 1722 onwards as a requirement of the Dunstable - St Albans - London Turnpike Act of Parliament.
This allowed a private business to repair the roads but to make a charge to users based on the distance travelled.
Mr Ross, who reported both thefts to police, called the finds a "happy outcome for our local heritage". | Two 18th Century milestones stolen three years apart in Hertfordshire have been found in two separate locations on the same day, police said. | 32377527 |
They join England, Northern Ireland and Wales who had already qualified.
Stoke striker Jon Walters scored twice to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 on the night. It meant the Irish won 3-1 over two matches.
Manager Martin O'Neill said, "I'm thrilled, thrilled for myself naturally, rather selfishly if that's the case.
"But I'm thrilled for the players because they have put heart and soul into the games."
Euro 2016 will be held in France. | The Republic of Ireland will be taking part in Euro 2016 after beating Bosnia-Herzegovina in the play-offs. | 34841779 |
There will be a grace period for projects which already have planning permission, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said.
Energy firms had been facing an end to subsidies in 2017.
The funding for the subsidy comes from the Renewables Obligation, which is funded by levies added to household fuel bills.
After the announcement was made, Fergus Ewing, Scottish minister for business, energy and tourism and member of the Scottish parliament, said he had warned the UK government that the decision could be the subject of a judicial review.
Analysis: Roger Harrabin, environment analyst
The Conservatives promised in their manifesto to hold down bills and increase renewable energy.
But onshore wind is the cheapest readily-available form of clean energy in the UK. That's why some experts have described their decision to kill the onshore wind programme as bizarre and irrational.
Speaking to business leaders in London last night, Amber Rudd said it was time to shift subsidies from onshore wind to other technologies that needed them more. But she did not say what those technologies would be, and the government has not announced compensatory subsidies for other forms of energy.
Some of the business leaders are baffled why ministers will give local people a unique veto over wind turbines, when they cannot veto shale gas fracking or even a nuclear power station on their doorstep.
The government's policies are seen by green groups as nakedly political. Another reason may be partly at play - the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange calculates that the energy subsidies programme has simply run out of cash.
If this is accurate, it presents a formidable challenge to an energy secretary who says she is committed to transforming the UK into a low-carbon economy.
"The decision by the UK government to end the Renewables Obligation next year is deeply regrettable and will have a disproportionate impact on Scotland, as around 70% of onshore wind projects in the UK planning system are here," he added.
The move was part of a manifesto commitment by the Conservative party ahead of the general election in May.
"We are driving forward our commitment to end new onshore wind subsidies and give local communities the final say over any new wind farms," said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.
"Onshore wind is an important part of our energy mix and we now have enough subsidised projects in the pipeline to meet our renewable energy commitments," she said.
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onshore turbines in the UK
18,000 gigawatt hours of electrcity generated by onshore turbines in 2014
5.5 million homes could run for a year on that power
5.6% of the UK total electricity needs
The Conservatives also say that the onshore turbines "often fail to win public support and are unable by themselves to provide the firm capacity that a stable energy system requires".
Some reports estimate that almost 3,000 wind turbines are awaiting planning permission and this announcement could jeopardise those plans.
Friends of the Earth's renewable energy campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: "While the government rolls out the red carpet for fracking, they're pulling the rug out from under onshore wind.
"Proposed changes to the planning system could make it more difficult for local authorities to give the go-ahead to new wind installations - even if it's the local community who want to build and run them."
And Gordon MacDougall, managing director of Renewable Energy Systems, a Sir Robert McAlpine Group company, told the BBC that "what we are seeing is political intervention".
He criticised the intervention in what he says is the cheapest form of low-carbon energy.
The grace period could allow up to 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of wind capacity to go ahead, which could mean hundreds more wind turbines going up across the UK. | New onshore wind farms will be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016, a year earlier than expected. | 33177025 |
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The Welsh 24-year-old, who had hernia surgery 10 weeks ago, defended his title with a best of 14.95m in Doha.
Iran's Sajad Mohammadian was in front after throwing 14.54 but Davies's 14.88 in the penultimate round put him ahead.
"If you had told me 10 weeks ago that I would be here and be world champion, I'd have taken that," he said.
"I have to thank the British Athletics medical team for getting me here. The rehab was long and I only picked up the shot three or four weeks ago so to come here and deliver a half-decent throw and win, I'm happy with that."
Davies was the first Briton in action on the first day of the 10-day competition and will also take part in the discus next Wednesday.
"It was a tough competition for me and I wasn't at my best," he told BBC Sport.
"I started panicking early because I wasn't executing the way I would have wanted, so after the third round I just went out and tried to throw as hard as I could.
"It meant I had to sacrifice a few technical things but it all paid off and hopefully I can do the same in the discus and come away with another gold." | Aled Davies threw a new championship record in the F42 shot put to win Britain's first gold on day one of the IPC Athletics World Championships. | 34602747 |
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit banned the group from "physically attacking any vessel engaged by the plaintiffs".
The court was responding to an appeal by Japan's whalers, after an earlier case was rejected.
The injunction remains in force until the court formally rules on the appeal.
The ruling by the court also bans Sea Shepherd from "navigating in a manner that is likely to endanger the safe navigation" of any whaling vessel.
Every year, vessels from the US-based Sea Shepherd follow the Japanese whaling fleet south to try and disrupt its activities.
Numerous collisions, clashes and boardings have occurred in the past, with each side blaming the other for aggressive tactics.
Guide to the Great Whales
The group was founded by Paul Watson, who is wanted by Interpol after skipping bail in Germany. He is accused of endangering the crew of a Costa Rican ship that was fishing for sharks in 2002.
He is currently on a Sea Shepherd vessel preparing to pursue the Japanese fleet.
Japan's fleet sails to the Antarctic in the autumn or winter each year, returning the following spring.
There has been a ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but Japan catches about 1,000 whales each year in what it says is a scientific research programme.
Critics say it is commercial whaling in another guise. Australia and New Zealand are pursuing a legal case against Japan in international courts.
Last year Japan cut short its whaling season - a move attributed to the harassment by Sea Shepherd.
Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research, which oversees whaling, welcome the court's move.
But Sea Shepherd vowed to continue its activities, questioning the legality of the ruling.
"It is a complex situation whereby a United States court is issuing an injunction against Dutch and Australian vessels carrying an international crew, operating out of Australia and New Zealand in international waters," it said in a statement on its website. | A US court has ordered conservation group Sea Shepherd to stay at least 500 yards away from Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. | 20778616 |
He urged the international community to address the "immense humanitarian tragedy" in both countries.
The Pope also called for peace in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
And he once again referred to the persecution of Christians in many countries.
Addressing the faithful in a rain-drenched St Peter's Square, the Pope said: "We ask Jesus, the victor over death, to lighten the sufferings of our many brothers and sisters who are persecuted for his name, and of all those who suffer injustice as a result of ongoing conflicts and violence.
"We ask for peace, above all, for Syria and Iraq, that the roar of arms may cease and that peaceful relations may be restored among the various groups which make up those beloved countries.
"May the international community not stand by before the immense humanitarian tragedy unfolding in these countries and the drama of the numerous refugees."
He also said his thoughts and prayers were with the young people killed in last Thursday's massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya.
Referring to the outline agreement on Iran's nuclear programme recently reached in the Swiss city of Lausanne, he expressed hope that it might be "a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world".
The Pope concluded his address by saying: "We ask for peace and freedom for the many men and women subject to old and new forms of enslavement on the part of criminal individuals and groups.
"Peace and liberty for the victims of drug dealers, who are often allied with the powers who ought to defend peace and harmony in the human family. And we ask peace for this world subjected to arms dealers."
Two days ago, during a Good Friday service in Rome, the Pope condemned what he termed the "complicit silence" about the killing of Christians.
The service came a day after almost 150 people were killed in the attack on the Kenyan university by Islamist militants who are said to have singled out Christians as their victims. | Pope Francis has called for peace "above all" in Syria and Iraq during his traditional Easter Sunday message. | 32188231 |
The Castle Rushen time piece had been in continual use in Castletown for more than 400 years until it was removed for repairs in 2011.
It was raised back into position by an abseiling team working with Manx National Heritage (MNH).
An MNH spokesman said the restoration project cost about ??5,000.
He said many of the parts had been replaced.
"In a turret clock such as this, the movement of the big wheels is transferred one to another by little ones called pinions.
"These pinions take a lot of the stress during the operation of the clock and tend to wear out.
"We replaced all six pinions with superior, bespoke cast iron leaf more in keeping with the age of the clock." | A clock on the Isle of Man, which is believed to date back to the 16th Century, has been reinstalled after a four-year restoration project. | 35361948 |
Matteo Vitaioli equalised with a free-kick after 55 minutes - but Lukas Spalvis snatched victory for Lithuania in the 92nd minute.
Vitaioli's goal was San Marino's first on foreign soil since Nicola Albani netted against Latvia in 2001.
In Group G Austria sealed qualification for Euro 2016 with a 4-1 win in Sweden.
Martin Harnik scored twice to help Das Team qualify for a major tournament for the first time since the 1998 World Cup.
Russia are now in pole position to claim the second automatic place in the same group after a 7-0 win in Liechtenstein.
Leonid Slutsky's side are now two points clear of Sweden in third with two matches remaining.
In Group C, Belarus eased to a 2-0 victory over Luxembourg, who had considered asking for the game to be postponed after 16 members of the squad contracted food poisoning.
Reigning European champions Spain remain on course for automatic qualification after a 1-0 win in Macedonia.
Match ends, Lithuania 2, San Marino 1.
Second Half ends, Lithuania 2, San Marino 1.
Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino).
Offside, Lithuania. Linas Klimavicius tries a through ball, but Fedor Cernych is caught offside.
Foul by Fedor Cernych (Lithuania).
Manuel Battistini (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Lithuania 2, San Marino 1. Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arvydas Novikovas with a cross.
Corner, Lithuania. Conceded by Elia Benedettini.
Attempt saved. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Second yellow card to Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino) for a bad foul.
Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino).
Attempt missed. Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arturas Zulpa.
Attempt missed. Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arturas Zulpa.
Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lukas Spalvis (Lithuania).
Mirko Palazzi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Georgas Freidgeimas.
Substitution, Lithuania. Karolis Chvedukas replaces Linas Pilibaitis.
Attempt missed. Deivydas Matulevicius (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, San Marino. Andy Selva replaces Matteo Vitaioli because of an injury.
Offside, Lithuania. Linas Klimavicius tries a through ball, but Deivydas Matulevicius is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Fedor Cernych (Lithuania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arvydas Novikovas.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matteo Vitaioli (San Marino) because of an injury.
Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mirko Palazzi (San Marino).
Foul by Marius Zaliukas (Lithuania).
Danilo Rinaldi (San Marino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Lithuania. Deivydas Matulevicius replaces Vaidas Slavickas.
Substitution, San Marino. José Adolfo Hirsch replaces Mattia Stefanelli.
Linas Klimavicius (Lithuania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mattia Stefanelli (San Marino).
Attempt blocked. Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vaidas Slavickas.
Substitution, San Marino. Maicol Berretti replaces Lorenzo Gasperoni.
Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nicola Chiaruzzi (San Marino).
Cristian Brolli (San Marino) is shown the yellow card. | San Marino scored their first away goal since 2001 - but they could not prevent a 2-1 defeat against Lithuania in Group E of the Euro 2016 qualifiers. | 34193976 |
Loach said the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) asked for cuts to some language in The Angels' Share.
The British middle class is "obsessed by what they call bad language", he said at the Cannes Film Festival.
The BBFC said the film company chose to reduce the number of uses of very strong language in order to get a 15.
An 18 certificate was available for the uncut version, they said.
The Scotland-set comedy - partly shot at the Balblair Distillery near Tain in Ross-shire - tells the story of young, unemployed father to be who discovers a talent for whisky tasting.
It is in competition for the Palme d'Or, six years after Loach won the festival's top prize for The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
The director said the BBFC should pay attention to "the manipulative and deceitful language of politics" rather than "our ancient oaths and swear words".
"The British middle class is obsessed by what they call bad language," he told reporters. "But of course bad language is manipulative language.
"They're very happy with that. But the odd oath, like a word that goes back to Chaucer's time, they ask you to cut."
The film's producer Rebecca O'Brien said the film's script represented "natural" language spoken by young people.
"We have made films with heavy scenes of torture and waterboarding and fingernails being torn out - they have been 15 certificates," she said.
"If they're looking for diversity in Britain they should look no further than this film and Glasgow and see that there are different ways of speaking and see that that should be acceptable to all and sundry and should not be censored."
The film, Loach's 11th in competition at Cannes, had its first screening on Monday with English subtitles for those unfamiliar with the strong central Scotland accents used by the cast.
Loach said it would not have English subtitles for its British release.
"They were for the benefit of those for whom English is not their first language," he said, but added: "We did fight the matter quite hard because it's perfectly comprehensible."
Writer Paul Laverty admitted that he "had no problem" with the subtitles.
"I think if someone genuinely can't catch it or understand it and it helps them, then I've got no problem with that," he said
"I think it's much better than someone trying to dilute their language or find some mid-Atlantic accent to suit the US."
The central role of Robbie, who comes up with a whisky scam which will see him and his oddball gang of misfit friends either rich or in jail, is played by newcomer Paul Brannigan.
He was discovered working part-time as a football coach in a Glasgow community centre and said the character of Robbie is not too far from his own background, raised in a tough part of the city with few prospects.
"After this I'm unemployed, that's just the way it is right now," he said. "Paul found me and came with Ken and they saved me.
"Things were tough, I had no money, it was around Christmas time. I'd say hands-up he saved my life because I had nowhere to turn, got a kid, who knows what I'd have done for money?"
The film is a broad comedy but writer Laverty insists the film reflects the huge scale of youth unemployment in the UK.
"You have to breathe in what's around you and you'd have to be blind not to notice this crisis in Scotland and around the world. I heard the figures, 75 million 15-24 year olds out of work," he said.
"That doesn't make a film but what we wanted to do was tap into that and go into the life of one young person." | Film director Ken Loach has criticised British film censors for asking him to remove swear words from his new film in order to qualify for a 15 certificate. | 18157711 |
Abdul Raheem, 40, was arrested in December after police found he had used the name Ray Abdul Raheem Edmundson for five years.
Raheem, of Coleshill Road, Birmingham, was jailed for a year in March 2009 after admitting terrorism offences.
He was released under an order that required him to notify police of any changes to his personal details.
However, the trial at at Birmingham Crown Court found him guilty of failing to comply with the order.
Assistant Chief Constable Gareth Cann, who heads the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, said the orders helped police manage people who had served a sentence for terrorism offences and are now out of prison.
"We will seek the prosecution of convicted terrorists who break their conditions in order to keep the public safe," he added. | A convicted terrorist who changed his name without informing the police has been jailed for 15 months. | 40612859 |
The UK government estimates that 91 million so-called "orphan works" exist.
Museums, publishers and film-makers will now be able to use them as long as they have done a "diligent" search for the rights holders and pay a fee.
Photographers had raised concerns that it would make it possible for people to take their images from the internet.
Launching the licensing scheme on Wednesday, Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said it would enable "access to a wider range of our culturally important works".
"The scheme has been designed to protect right holders and give them a proper return if they reappear, while ensuring that citizens and consumers will be able to access more of our country's great creations, more easily," she said.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills gave several examples of how it could work:
Last year, photographers and illustrators launched a petition complaining that their work could be used online by others providing they "have made a small effort to search for the original owner".
Intellectual property specialist Iain Connor, who is a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, told the BBC the requirement for a "diligent" search, the application process and the fee should prevent people freely taking and re-using things on the internet.
"Striking a balance to allow those [works] to be used sympathetically, appropriately and in context seems to be a genuinely worthy and noble cause," he said.
"The implementation of it needs to be done delicately so it doesn't become a charter to allow people to rip off the genuine people who are trying to make a living out of commercially exploiting their copyright works."
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals has launched a campaign to reduce the term of copyright protection in unpublished text-based works to the author's lifetime plus 70 years.
Presently, the duration of copyright for unpublished works created before 1989 ends in December 2039.
The Intellectual Property Office said the government will shortly publish a consultation on reducing the duration of copyright on those works. | Millions of photos, diaries, letters and recordings whose copyright owners cannot be traced may be made accessible for the first time under a new scheme. | 29819136 |
An investigation by South Africa's anti-corruption body suggested the Gupta family exercised political influence over President Jacob Zuma.
One witness, Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas, said Ajay Gupta offered him money to accept a promotion.
The Guptas welcome a proposed public inquiry in order to "clear our name".
"Our cursory reading of [the report] shows the evidence gathered is riddled with errors and is subject to rebuttal," a statement from the family says.
For example, it says Mr Gupta "never met with Deputy Minister Jonas".
The report's author, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, recommended the establishment of a judicial commission to look into her evidence within 30 days.
She was looking into allegations that Mr Zuma had an improper relationship with the wealthy businessmen.
The Guptas' lawyer, Gerd van der Merwe, told the BBC that Ms Madonsela did not give his clients the chance to present their evidence during her investigation.
He said the family now wants to be part of the process.
The deputy finance minister is quoted in the report as saying that Mr Gupta offered him 600m rand ($44.6m; £36.2m) last year, "to be deposited in an account of his choice", if he accepted the post of finance minister.
Mr Gupta also asked him if he had "a bag which he could use to receive and carry 600,000 rand in cash ($44,400) immediately", Mr Jonas alleged, adding that Mr Zuma's son, Duduzane, was present at the meeting.
Mr Jonas said he did not accept the money.
He was expected to remove key Treasury officials from their posts and advance the Gupta family's "business ambitions", Mr Jonas is quoted as saying.
Another allegation that Ms Madonsela explored was that Brian Molefe, head of the state power company Eskom, deliberately weakened the financial position of one of its suppliers, Optimum Coal, thereby allowing the Guptas to buy it up.
Her report says that there were 58 phone calls between Mr Molefe and Mr Gupta.
Also, using mobile phone records, it places the Eskom boss near the Gupta family home on 19 occasions during the period that the Optimum Coal deal was being discussed.
In a tearful press conference on Thursday, Mr Molefe denied the allegations and complained that he never had the opportunity to give his side of the story, the News24 website is reporting.
The Guptas say that the evidence about the Optimum deal is "flawed".
The 355-page report by Ms Madonsela is entitled "State of Capture" and is illustrated on its front page with a hand strung with puppet wires.
The president has been dogged by corruption allegations for more than a decade, but has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. | The wealthy family at the heart of South African corruption allegations has denied meeting a top politician, who said he was offered a bribe. | 37858291 |
The man was struck by a silver or grey Audi A1 car as he was crossing Greenock Road, near the junction with Kingston Road, at about 21:50 on Saturday.
The car failed to stop and carried on in the direction of Renfrew.
The man was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley where his condition has been described as "serious but stable".
Sgt Kenny Malaney, of Police Scotland, said: "The car failed to stop after it struck the pedestrian and extensive inquiries are ongoing to trace the car involved and its driver. However, officers are following a number of lines of inquiry in relation to this incident.
"I would ask any witnesses to the crash who have not yet spoken to police to come forward, and I would also ask anyone who may have seen a silver or grey Audi A1 being driven in the local area around the time of the crash on Saturday night to contact the divisional road policing unit at Greenock through 101." | A 21-year-old man has been left with serious injuries following a hit-and-run in Bishopton. | 38211128 |
Prof Colin Riordan said higher fees and the inability to access loans will "probably" lead to a decline.
But he thinks Welsh universities "will be able to adapt" by replacing EU students or restructuring.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Brexit was a chance to bring more money into higher education.
The latest figures show applications from EU students to Welsh universities has fallen after several years of growth.
There were 4,400 applicants for 2017, compared to 4,920 for courses starting last year.
But the latest figure is still higher than 2015 when 4,040 EU students applied to universities here.
Prof Riordan, who is also chair of Universities Wales, told the BBC Wales Today programme Brexit was a "shock" but the higher education sector has "accepted" it.
"All EU students, once we leave the EU, will no longer have the ability to access the same conditions that UK students, and that means in our case Welsh students, can.
"They'll be paying higher fees, they won't be able to get a student loan.
"That makes me think that probably fewer of them will come."
But he said Welsh universities were now "very adaptable institutions".
"Student numbers have gone up and down over the years," he added.
"We've been around a long time and I'm sure that universities in Wales and across the UK will be able to adapt to changing circumstances."
Prof Riordan said universities will have to find ways of replacing those students or restructure.
There were 5,460 EU students at Welsh universities in 2015/16, around 3.7% of the total.
Andrew RT Davies said he was not convinced EU applications would continue to fall and Brexit was a chance to bring more money into Welsh higher education.
He added: "There's a great opportunity here to market the positive aspects of Welsh universities.
"The research base facilities we've got are second to none.
"We've got a great academic experience here and we've got a great student experience.
"Instead of trying to talk this down let's talk it up as a great opportunity to bring more money in to the HE sector here in Wales and I'm confident we can do that."
Prof Riordan said that EU students may be seen as more valuable in the future, adding: "Those that do (come to Wales) will obviously bring in more revenue per student to the university.
"So, in that sense, perhaps they could become more valuable to Welsh universities." | It is expected fewer EU students will come to Wales post-Brexit, the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University has said. | 39259690 |
King, 20, has made just one first-team appearance for the Swans since joining the Premier League club from Scottish side Hearts in January 2014.
The Scotland Under-21 international spent time on loan at Crewe last season, scoring five goals in 26 games.
King's move is subject to international clearance, ruling him out of Saturday's season opener against Gillingham.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Southend United have signed Swansea City midfielder Adam King on a season-long loan. | 36997175 |
Maylyn Couperthwaite, 52, died after being attacked along with her 80-year-old mother at a house on Woodward Close at about 16:55 GMT on Sunday.
Audrey Couperthwaite is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Oliver Faughey, 62, of Woodward Close, is due to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Court.
Her sister Lucy Walton said, "Words can't describe how devastated I am by what has happened. I love them both so very much."
Anyone with information about the incident should contact police or Crimestoppers. | A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after two women were stabbed at a house in Bury, Greater Manchester. | 35529974 |
The 39-year-old is in his second season as assistant to Wayne Pivac after joining from Wasps.
Jones left Scarlets for Wasps in 2012 where he made the transition from player to coach.
He said he was pleased with the deal "especially as we head towards a pivotal period in the season".
Scarlets' announcement did not specify the duration of the new contract.
Jones added: "We've been working tirelessly behind the scenes over the last few years and the players have bought into the ethos with great enthusiasm and energy.
"We're seeing the improvements on the field and it's great to see such a high number of the region's young talent making a name for themselves in the Pro12 and stepping up to the plate in Europe."
Jones' fellow assistant Ioan Cunningham's contract extension was announced in the same week as they prepared to travel to Leinster in the Pro12 on Saturday.
Scarlets go into the weekend's round of games fourth in the table hoping to remain there or higher to be part of the play-offs that determine the cross-border competition's winners.
Head coach Pivac said: "We have another big challenge ahead of us this weekend as we do everything within our power to secure a place in the top four.
"A big part of the success is the compatibility of the management group and the fact that it's enjoyable coming to work every day.
"Stephen is a tireless worker and his enthusiasm, as well as his technical and tactical ability rubs off on the boys and that is evident both on and off the field." | Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half Stephen Jones has signed a contract extension to remain Scarlets backs coach beyond the 2016-17 season. | 39138210 |
Ryan Harley started the comeback in the 84th minute with a neat finish from Reid's knock-down, before Rhys Bennett brought down Reid inside the area in the 97th minute.
Reid stepped up confidently to dispatch the winning goal to move the Grecians into sixth place in the League Two table.
Mansfield had been good value for their interval lead and had put the ball in the net after just 80 seconds before the referee spotted Shaq Coulthirst had controlled with his hand before netting off the post.
Danny Rose headed a corner against the bar on the half-hour before the breakthrough came on 38 minutes as left back Mal Benning cut past Pierce Sweeney and slotted inside the far post.
However, the visitors raised it a gear in the second half and on 70 minutes Jack Stacey forced Jake Kean into his first real save, before the late double sealed a dramatic win.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Exeter City. Reuben Reid draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Alfie Potter (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 1. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Taylor.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Jack Stacey.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Alfie Potter replaces Danny Rose.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Luke Croll.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Lee Collins replaces Alexander MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Exeter City. Reuben Reid replaces Lloyd James.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Kyle Howkins replaces George Taft.
Foul by Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town).
Ryan Harley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) because of an injury.
Hand ball by George Taft (Mansfield Town).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. | Reuben Reid's penalty deep into stoppage time capped off a dramatic turnaround as Exeter claimed an unlikely win at play-off rivals Mansfield. | 39390908 |
Police were called at 09:50 GMT after shots were fired at the Marriott Hotel in Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey.
The victim, a man in his 20s, got into a passing couple's car which was driven to the nearby Volunteer pub where they tried to get him help.
He was treated by paramedics but died. Armed police units were at the scene as officers sought witnesses to the attack.
Police said there was no evidence of terrorism.
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Ch Supt Luke Collison, of Essex Police, said: "We will be constantly reassessing the information we receive as the investigation progresses to ensure that the safety of the public remains paramount."
Essex Police said it has yet to identify the victim.
They have appealed for witnesses to contact the police.
The force said it was liaising with the Metropolitan Police and other forces. | A man has died after being shot in a hotel car park in Essex. | 35040167 |
Six of the seven councils that make up the North East Combined Authority voted in favour of the plan.
Only Gateshead Council voted against the move and there are fears it could lose out on millions in investment.
The new authority will give regional figureheads power over transport, planning and employment policies, Chancellor George Osbourne has said.
People will choose a directly-elected mayor in 2017.
The deal is part of the government's Northern Powerhouse programme to help towns and cities in the North of England compete with those in the South for investment.
The North East Combined Authority represents Labour-led Durham County Council, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
£30m Budget new North East authority would have for economic investment
6 Of the seven councils have agreed to the plan including Durham, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland. Gateshead rejected it
2017 Year elections would be held for a new mayor
Luke Walton, BBC Political Correspondent
Today's vote poses the question: can a new system for running the North East work with a Gateshead-sized hole in the middle?
So far six councils from Northumberland to Durham have agreed to be part of a mayoral authority - headed by a directly-elected mayor working alongside the six council leaders.
That will control a £30m a year investment fund, have a say over Whitehall and EU expenditure in the region, and have powers over local transport, economic development, training and planning.
But Gateshead is still planning to opt out of the city-region mayor, a position that has led to warnings the town could miss out on government investment as result.
That said, this afternoon its outgoing Labour leader, Mick Henry, talked of continuing "open dialogue" with ministers on the devolution plan.
That would seem to suggest there is still a chance of Gateshead opting back in to the plan in return for a better deal from Government.
Otherwise, it seems the rest of the region will press on with plans for mayoral elections in May 2017, and Gateshead faces potential isolation.
In 2004, more than three-quarters of voters in a North East referendum rejected the government's plans for an elected regional assembly.
Greater Manchester and Sheffield have signed up to having a directly elected mayor.
Alexandra Jones, chief executive of Centre for Cities, an urban economics think tank, said: "The North East mayor would be operating at a much bigger level, with the position comes power - power over transport and housing and with it comes money the government has already agreed too.
"But it also brings profile - a person batting for the North East with national governments and investors and that kind of profile has a strong mandate.
"It will really benefit the area. The mayor offers more of a chance to make decisions at a local level rather than them being taken in Whitehall where they don't really know the area.
"It will be complicated without Gateshead - lots of negotiations on transport and how this is going to work. However, in the future Gateshead may decide to be in it." | A North East devolution authority run by an elected mayor with £30m funding a year has moved a step forward. | 36312143 |
Dan Bull spends 10 weeks a year on a cherrypicker trying to tame this 55ft (17 metre) hedge at Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys.
He admitted it was "a bit scary" initially, but considers himself lucky.
Back in the day, the 300-year-old yew took a team of 10 with huge ladders to clip the bushes using just hand shears and scythes.
Head gardener David Swanton added: "It's a huge task for us to get all the trimming done.
"Two gardeners spend six weeks trimming the box hedge and two more spend 12 weeks working on the yew.
"One gardener spends about 10 weeks in the air on this hydraulic cherry-picker getting all the high trimming done." | If you struggle to simply mow the lawn at this time of year, spare a thought for this extreme gardener. | 33945568 |
The large gash, some 400ft (120m) long and 35ft (11m) wide, opened up late on Saturday in Meridian, near the Alabama state line.
The area had suffered heavy rains over the past two weeks, the Meridian Star newspaper reported.
No-one was injured, and engineers will assess the ground on Monday.
Buck Roberts, the director of public safety in Meridian, told the newspaper it did not appear to be a sinkhole, which is usually caused when an underground water aquifer dries and the ground above it collapses.
"You can call it what you want, a cave-in or whatever, but it is not a sinkhole," Mr Roberts said. | Tests are to take place to determine why the ground opened up in a Mississippi city, swallowing 12 cars in a restaurant car park. | 34763157 |
They said both bodies were found in a ravine at an altitude of 4,000m.
A search and rescue effort began late on Thursday, but emergency services were hampered by bad weather on Friday.
It is believed that the pair, who have not been named, were surprised by unseasonably cold weather, and reports suggest one was wearing light clothing.
A member of the Italian mountain rescue said: "We have had a rapid change in the weather.
"On Thursday afternoon and overnight into Friday we had a lot of storms with snows in the high altitudes."
The Matterhorn straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy and the Britons had been ascending the rocky Cresta del Leone ridge on its southern side, the standard route up for climbers.
The climbers are thought to have told rescue services of their planned route before setting off, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes said.
But she said weather conditions made it impossible for rescuers to fly to their location on Thursday night or Friday morning.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of two British nationals in Mount Cervino [the Matterhorn], Italy and we are in touch with local authorities." | The bodies of two British climbers who went missing on Thursday have been found on the Matterhorn, Italian rescue workers have said. | 36999025 |
The Cherries flew out to the UAE following Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Tottenham and return on Friday.
"We want to recover, rest up and go again in training over the next couple of weeks and continue to work hard," Francis told BBC Radio Solent.
Bournemouth's next league game is home against Manchester City on 2 April.
Eddie Howe's squad made a similar trip to Dubai last season during the international period and their run to the Championship title.
"People might look at it as a breather, relaxing and not doing anything," Francis added. "But, we benefited from it hugely last season at the same stage. It got us promoted basically.
"It's a bit of team bonding and everyone getting together for a week. Training in the warm weather means you get more out of it and you come back fitter." | Bournemouth defender Simon Francis says people would be wrong to think their training trip to Dubai during the international break is a "holiday". | 35870565 |
The 29-year-old Argentine, who has made 129 appearances for the Baggies since being signed by Steve Clarke in 2012, is now tied to The Hawthorns until the summer of 2018.
There is also a clause for a further 12-month option for Yacob, who was in the final year of his previous deal.
"Players like Claudio are vital. He is a great pro," said boss Tony Pulis.
"It wasn't a difficult decision because everyone working at the club have all made me feel very comfortable since I've been here," said Yacob, who has started all six of West Brom's Premier League games this season.
He is approaching the third anniversary of his only goal for the club against Arsenal in October 2013, having arrived as a free agent from Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club de Avellaneda.
The Baggies, who visit Sunderland on Saturday (15:00 BST kick-off), are 10th in the Premier League, having won two, drawn two and lost two this season. | West Bromwich Albion midfielder Claudio Yacob has signed a new two-year contract with the Premier League club. | 37512069 |
Haitian politician and film-maker Raoul Peck, who spent a decade making the film, says he also believes "the class discussion in America is crucial right now".
"When your ideology is that everyone can become a millionaire or billionaire - this is nonsense," he says.
"The American Dream has continued to be offered in the form of reality shows - and says that if you are lucky, or beautiful, you can become a celebrity.
"There is nothing in life that is easy. You need to build up your life and take responsibility.
"Make America Great Again - every word of that sentence is a lie... But it's easier to accept that slogan instead of deconstructing it."
I Am Not Your Negro is based on an unfinished book, Remember This House, by African-American author James Baldwin.
Peck uses Baldwin's essays to build up a non-linear history of racism in the US and urges both black and white to take responsibility for their attitudes and actions.
"Many people have told me how timely this is," says the director. "I'd been working on it for a decade - before Obama, before Ferguson and before Trump."
As well as an Oscar nomination, the film has won 15 other international awards to date and made $6m (£4.8m) at the US box office within a couple of weeks of release.
"It's incredible and just a great response to James Baldwin and his work," says Peck. "The phrases he wrote 50 years ago are so impactful and modern, you would think he wrote them this morning.
"The film confronts the audience with their story, whether they are black or white.
"Baldwin tells us that 'as a black person, I did not invent slavery, I did not invent racism. You, the white majority, who do not consider yourself racist - what is your role in this society? Come and take back your history because you created it'."
Peck says he discovered Baldwin's writings when he was a teenager. He calls the writer "a scientist of the soul".
"He knew a soul could contain a monster, or an angel, or everything else in between," he continues.
Peck was Haiti's minster of culture between 1996 and 1997 as well as a film-maker. He says his ideal of race relations is "like Baldwin's - turning the burden to the wider society".
"If you want to change your world," he adds, "you don't do it by being angry, sitting on a sofa and sending a few tweets, or even just by going to a protest.
"We are so stuck on the next big tweet, or the next outrage in the 24-hour news cycle, we are missing the point. Karl Marx didn't change the political landscape of Europe by demonstrating - he went to the library.
"Read a book. Educate yourself. You need to be able to have a discussion and to argue with others, and make allies.
"By all means, you can be angry as your first step, but after that you have to go and do your homework," Peck concludes.
"That's actually what James Baldwin did - and eventually he built something solid, in the form of the writing he gave back to the world."
I Am Not Your Negro is out in the UK on 7 April. | The director of Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, a commentary on the history of US race relations, says America's problem "is not just racism - it's sheer ignorance." | 39501703 |
Theodore Silvester, who was a foundation pupil, was taken ill at Anlaby Primary School on Friday lunchtime.
Paramedics were called to the school, but he was later pronounced dead.
A post-mortem examination is yet to take place, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.
On Saturday, head teacher Gareth May said the whole school community was "deeply saddened by this tragic event".
Flowers have been left outside the school's gates, with staff and pupils offered support over the coming days.
Anlaby Primary School has about 325 pupils aged between 4 and 11. | A five-year-old boy who is believed to have choked to death during a dinner break at a school in Hull has been named by police. | 38872967 |
The living room is awash with colour. Pink, red, blue and yellow rosettes hang precariously from every surface.
In fact, there are more than 120 rosettes crammed into the living room and they belong to 12-year-old Samara.
She has become a champion in her very unusual hobby - showing pigs.
Samara is quite often the only child taking part in the shows and regularly goes head to head with experienced adults in pig competitions.
However, pig breeding can sometimes be a harsh learning experience.
"I told my dad I wanted a pig for my sixth birthday," she said.
"Dad got me two to keep for the summer but then they disappeared and I didn't know what happened to them but suddenly the freezer was a lot fuller."
Samara's mum and dad do not keep pigs, she started this hobby entirely on her own, so they have been forgiven for the early freezer mishap.
Her parents got her another piglet called Winter and Samara began to show the animal and started to win awards.
She now has four saddleback pigs and they live at the family farm in Corbet, just outside Banbridge.
"I love rare breeds, I like saddlebacks because they are kind and docile," she said.
The schoolgirl also admires saddlebacks' parenting skills and said the pigs make "a good mother".
Samara acknowledges that showing pigs is a strange hobby for a young girl and admits to getting bullied in primary school because of it.
However, she says the bullies have changed their tune now they have seen how many awards she has won.
Samara spoke to BBC News NI was she was preparing for the Castlewellan Show in County Down.
It involved showing her pigs in a number of different categories, taking on the adults as well as competing in junior handler competitions.
"It can get a bit hectic in the show ring if the pigs get out of control," she said.
Last year, her mother Sharon ended up with a broken finger when two pigs started to fight.
Putting on her waterproofs and wellington boots, Samara, accompanied by her new puppy Chip, heads down to the farmyard to get the pigs ready.
They have to be washed, scrubbed with washing-up liquid, brushed down and oiled to get them ready for the show,
In fact, the local shop only stocks pig oil because Samara uses so much of it.
"You put oil on the black bits and talc on the white bits to get them looking their best," she said.
On the day of the show, Samara and her parents are looking smart and dressed in their white show coats.
Samara is competing against adults but heads in the ring confidently with her pig, Holly.
The judge asks details about when the pig was born, what type of pig it is and asks Samara to walk and back to forth around the ring to see if she can keep the animal under control.
"I'm really delighted to see a young girl here today," said judge Nigel Overend from the British Pig Association.
"Not only being able to show the pigs but to be able to compete against people who have been showing pigs for 20 to 30 years.
"It is quite a challenge and I think she has acquitted herself very well today." he said.
The hard work seems to have paid off - Samara picks up a number of awards, including best young handler and show champion.
Samara would like to see more young people get involved in pig competitions but for her the season is not over just yet.
"Next week I've the Antrim show and from then on who knows, if there is a show that does pigs - I'll be there." | When you walk into the Radcliffe family home just outside Banbridge, County Down, the first thing that strikes you is the colour. | 40698245 |
He made the remark as he was presenting an award to George Osborne at the Spectator magazine's Parliamentarian of the Year ceremony in London.
After loud laughter from the audience, he clarified his comments, saying Brexit would be a "colossal success".
The annual ceremony from the magazine awarded Mr Johnson the political comeback of the year prize.
Accepting it, he said: "In the words of our great prime minister... I understood that Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a Titanic success of it."
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But it was not just Mr Johnson getting the laughs.
Prime Minister Theresa May paid sartorial tribute to former chancellor George Osborne, appearing alongside him wearing a hard hat and high-visibility jacket as she accepted her politician of the year prize.
The apparel was much favoured by Mr Osborne during his cabinet days for official visits to factories and large-scale infrastructure projects.
As she accepted her award, the prime minister told the audience: "Oh, come on. We're all builders now."
Mr Osborne was the guest of honour, using his speech to mock himself and his party colleagues as he handed out his own "real parliamentary awards".
His self-styled "Sam Allardyce campaign manager of the year award" went to Michael Gove - who Mr Osborne said "made up with the quantity of his leadership campaigns what they lacked in quality".
He gave his "President Erdogan prize for the attempted coup that makes the leader stronger" to the entire parliamentary Labour Party, referring to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader in September.
Mr Osborne later presented Mrs May with her politician of the year award.
Accepting it, Mrs May added a dig over Mr Osborne's warnings on behalf of the Remain campaign ahead of the Brexit referendum.
She said: "I'm particularly pleased to receive this award from George, because I gather that when it came to the voting it actually got very tight and I owe it to George that he just nudged me over the line - because he told the other members of the jury that if they didn't vote for me, the economy would collapse and World War Three would start."
Mrs May also joked about Sir Craig Oliver, former director of communications for her predecessor, David Cameron.
She said: "I understand that in his book about the referendum campaign, Craig says that, when he heard the result of the referendum, he walked out of the office, he walked out into Whitehall and he started retching violently.
"I have to say, I think we all know that feeling. Most of us experienced it too - when we saw his name on the resignation honours list."
But she changed the tone by raising a toast to Mr Cameron, who recently stood down as an MP. | Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said the UK will make a "Titanic success" of Brexit. | 37858143 |
The rail seating area will initially accommodate up to 2,600 supporters and be introduced for the 2016-17 season.
Chief executive Peter Lawwell said: "Celtic has worked tirelessly on this issue."
Scotland is not bound by the law that banned standing areas in top-flight football in England.
Terraces were banned following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the issue about whether to allow some standing areas has been revisited since all-seater stadiums became compulsory in England in 1994.
Prior to the merger of the Scottish Premier League with the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Professional Football League, top-flight clubs were given the all clear to have safe-standing areas within their stadiums.
Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson announced in February that he planned to invest £200,000 to help United become the first Premiership club to do so.
However, Celtic were on Tuesday given permission for their plan by Glasgow City Council, which had twice previously rejected applications from the Scottish champions.
"Across football globally, the reality is that some supporters are choosing to stand at matches," said Lawwell.
"Rail seating has been in place in European football for some time and there has been considerable demand for some form of safe standing within the UK and particularly from our supporters."
Celtic, who say they have been working on the plan for five years, will consult with their fans before any changes but are confident that it will prove popular.
Independent safety and security expert Dr. Steve Frosdick told Celtic's website: "For the first time in the UK, football fans will be able to stand to watch the game from purpose-built accommodation which is demonstrably safe.
"Glasgow City Council and the emergency services are also to be commended, firstly for their rigorous scrutiny of the proposal and secondly for having the courage to grant the first approval.
"There was of course no question of going back to the standing terraces of old.
"However, the new style rail seating found in Germany and Austria provides the solution the club was seeking."
A council spokesman added: "Previously it was felt that a stewarding plan alone would not ensure spectator safety in the standing area.
"But the introduction of appropriate barriers, widened gangways, along with the kind of rail seating often found in European grounds and other measures, will address those concerns." | Celtic have been granted permission to introduce a safe standing area and could become the first top-flight club in Scotland to do so. | 33061483 |
Police and intelligence officers will be able to see the names of sites people have visited without a warrant, Home Secretary Theresa May said.
But there would be new safeguards over MI5, MI6 and the police spying on the full content of people's web use.
Mrs May told MPs the proposed powers were needed to fight crime and terror.
The wide-ranging draft Investigatory Powers Bill also contains proposals covering how the state can hack devices and run operations to sweep up large amounts of data as it flows through the internet, enshrining in law the previously covert activities of GCHQ, as uncovered by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The draft bill's measures include:
Mrs May told MPs the draft bill was a "significant departure" from previous plans, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, which were blocked by the Lib Dems, and will "provide some of the strongest protections and safeguards anywhere in the democratic world and an approach that sets new standards for openness, transparency and oversight".
But Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights campaign Liberty, said: "After all the talk of climbdowns and safeguards, this long-awaited Bill constitutes a breath-taking attack on the internet security of every man, woman and child in our country.
"We must now look to Parliament to step in where ministers have failed and strike a better balance between privacy and surveillance."
And Mr Snowden warned the communications data covered by the proposed legislation was "the activity log of your life".
In a message on Twitter he said: "'It's only communications data' = 'It's only a comprehensive record of your private activities'."
The proposed legislation will be consulted on before a bill is formally introduced to Parliament in the New Year, Mrs May said. It will then have to pass votes in both houses of Parliament.
It would order communications companies, such as broadband firms, to hold basic details of the services that someone has accessed online - something that has been repeatedly proposed but never enacted.
This duty would include forcing firms to hold a schedule of which websites someone visits and the apps they connect to through computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices.
Police and other agencies would be then able to access these records in pursuit of criminals - but also seek to retrieve data in a wider range of inquiries, such as missing people.
Mrs May stressed that the authorities would not be able to access everyone's browsing history, just basic data, which was the "modern equivalent of an itemised phone bill".
But investigating officers will not have to obtain a warrant, just get their request signed off by a senior officer, just as they do now - some 517,000 such requests were granted last year.
If officers want to mount more intrusive spying operations, including accessing the content of emails, hacking into computers and tapping phones, they will still need a warrant from the home secretary or another senior minister - 2,700 such warrants were signed last year.
But the draft bill proposes giving a new panel of judges, known as the Investigatory Powers Commission, the ability to veto such requests.
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When police or security agencies apply to intercept someone's communications, their plans would have to be first signed off by the home secretary but then approved by one of these judges.
In urgent situations, such as when someone's life is in danger or there is a unique opportunity to gather critical intelligence, the home secretary would have the power to approve an interception warrant without immediate judicial approval.
The judges would also be able to refer serious errors to an outside tribunal which could then decide to tell the individual their data has been illegally collected.
The bill does not propose forcing overseas companies to comply with these orders.
The bulk collection of internet messages flowing through the UK by GCHQ, as revealed by Edward Snowden, is currently in a legal grey area, covered by legislation originally meant for other purposes.
The security services argue they need access to large amounts of data to help them monitor suspected foreign terrorists or criminals deemed to pose a threat to the UK.
The new bill would aim to put bulk collection on a firm legal footing, with the home secretary given the power to issue warrants, as set out in the graph below.
The estimated cost to taxpayers of implementing the Bill is about £247m over the next 10 years, including storage of internet connection records and the new warrant approval regime.
The draft bill is a response in part to a review by the government's terror watchdog, David Anderson QC, who said in June the UK needed a "comprehensive" new surveillance law to replace the current "fragmented" rules.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, Mr Anderson gave Mrs May's proposals "four stars" but said it would be for Parliament to determine the extent of surveillance powers and safeguards.
He said: "This isn't a licence for the police to simply prowl over everything you have been doing, but I quite accept that a lot of data is being kept by these service providers and under the government's proposals it would be kept for a very long time."
This creates "obvious risks" he said, adding: "I simply wouldn't vote for this unless I had been very substantially satisfied that those risks had been minimised."
Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham backed the draft bill, saying it was "neither a snooper's charter nor a plan for mass surveillance".
Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said it was a "much improved model" of the legislation he blocked during the coalition government but said the "devil would be in the detail". | The internet activity of everyone in Britain will have to be stored for a year by service providers, under new surveillance law plans. | 34715872 |
Sam Simon had been battling colon cancer, his agent said on Monday.
Simon won seven Emmy awards for his work as a writer, director and executive producer for the longest-running sitcom on American television.
The Simpsons, which chronicles the life of a clumsy father and his dysfunctional family, first aired in 1989.
Simon led the show's writing staff and is credited with developing the characters that feature in the show.
He left the show after four seasons, but continued to receive between $20m (£13.2m) and $30m (£19.9m) each year after striking a deal that gave him a part of the show's future earnings.
After his diagnosis, he said he wanted to donate all of his fortune to charity.
Simon gave much of his money to social causes, especially those working on animal welfare issues.
In 2002 he founded the non-profit Sam Simon Foundation, which is devoted to rescuing dogs from shelters and training them to assist the disabled.
"I have a desire to help animals," Simon said in an interview with Reuters in 2014.
"It's my money and I get to do what I want with it. It's an expensive hobby I picked up at the end of my life."
"It is with much sadness that we must let you know that Sam Simon has passed over," the organisation announced on its Facebook page.
Fellow Simpsons producer Al Jean tweeted "a great man; I owe him everything" from his verified account in response to the news.
Simon also worked as a writer for a number of hit sitcoms, including Taxi and Cheers. | The co-creator of the hit animated show The Simpsons has died aged 59. | 31801198 |
Rovers trailed to a fourth-minute strike when Ashley Hunter's angled right-foot shot found the top left corner.
But Matty Taylor headed home Daniel Leadbitter's cross on 61 minutes to level.
And Leadbitter was again the supply line when Cristian Montano shot home right footed to win the game on 73 minutes.
Rovers, who have lost just twice in 13 games, stand fifth in the table, having risen three places, now four points above 10th-placed Fleetwood.
Fleetwood's livewire strikers Hunter and Chris Long caused Rovers plenty of problems in the first half, both having efforts saved.
But, at the other end, Taylor forced three saves from Chris Neal and had another effort deflected over.
Match ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jermaine Easter replaces Matty Taylor.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town).
Charlie Colkett (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Long (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Charlie Colkett replaces Cristian Montaño because of an injury.
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers).
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Eggert Jónsson.
Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town).
Foul by Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers).
Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Bristol Rovers 2, Fleetwood Town 1. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Leadbitter.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Rory Gaffney replaces Ellis Harrison.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Bobby Grant.
Attempt missed. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Nathan Pond.
Foul by Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers).
Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Eggert Jónsson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Victor Nirennold replaces Jimmy Ryan.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Kyle Dempsey.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town).
Goal! Bristol Rovers 1, Fleetwood Town 1. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Leadbitter with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.
Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Fleetwood Town).
Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town). | Bristol Rovers climbed into the League One play-off zone as they came from behind to beat Fleetwood Town. | 37758905 |
Scottish Hydro-Electric Transmission Ltd, a division of energy giant SSE, said the "needs case" was a key part of the planning process.
Regulator Ofgem will assess whether the interconnector is efficient and economic.
The project has been hit by delays and a rise in costs to an estimated £780m.
Islands local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has said major renewable energy projects planned for the isles cannot go ahead without the cable.
The comhairle has welcomed the submission to Ofgem.
Leader Angus Campbell said swift approval of the project could allow a contract for the cable to be awarded this year.
The interconnector would export electricity to the mainland for distribution.
It would stretch to about 50 miles (80km) from Gravir on Lewis to Ullapool on the north-west coast of mainland Scotland. | A document outlining why a subsea cable is needed to carry electricity generated on the Western Isles to the mainland has been sent to Ofgem. | 22893191 |
The six men, who were hanged, were accused of being members of militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS).
They were found guilty of killing of two officers during a gunfight in March 2014.
However, rights groups had called for a retrial for the six men, arguing that the court process was flawed.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said that three of the men were in custody at that time, and could not have carried out the attack in Arab Sharkas, a village north of Cairo.
Amnesty described the men's trial as "grossly unfair" and said the men said they were tortured into confessing to the charges.
The Sinai Province group has carried out a series of attacks against military targets in Egypt's Sinai peninsula since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The group has been involved in suicide bombings, drive-by shootings, assassinations and beheadings.
The group was previously called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), but announced a name change in November 2014 after pledging allegiance to IS.
The execution comes a day after a court handed down death sentences to Mr Morsi and more than 100 other people, over a mass prison break in 2011.
Shortly after the ruling, gunmen shot dead four people, including three judges, in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish. | Egypt has executed six men convicted of carrying out an attack on soldiers last year, state media report. | 32771728 |
Kate Brandon, 33, set up a social media campaign two weeks ago for her husband Mike, 31, after his consultant said all NHS routes were "exhausted".
She hoped to raise enough money to send him for "revolutionary" cancer trials at the University of Pennsylvania.
The target was reached within days and the couple flew out on Tuesday.
Mrs Brandon said: "We have had some preliminary tests done and have met with Mike's medical team.
"All being well we are hoping to go for cell collection on Thursday."
She added that she was "overwhelmed and grateful" for the support of the public and the media, and wanted to thank everyone "from the bottom of our hearts".
Mr Brandon was diagnosed two years ago with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
An earlier social media campaign found a stem cell donor for his condition, but he relapsed in February and was told there was "little" his consultant could do.
Mr Brandon said his "family and friends have had to bear the true load" of his illness, and described his wife as his "ultimate superhero".
Mrs Brandon said £400,000 was the minimum needed to cover medical costs, flights and general living costs.
The CAR T-cell therapy treatment will be carried out at the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Centre.
Any extra money raised by the #donate4Mike appeal will be donated to Bristol's oncology unit. | A man with a rare type of leukaemia whose wife raised £400,000 to cover his medical costs in the USA will begin treatment on Thursday. | 36209063 |
The Irish company said that the service was one of three routes set to be slashed as part of its cost-cutting plans.
Management told staff that they had no option but to implement "immediate cost savings".
The bus operator currently runs twice-daily return journeys to Dublin, alongside Translink's Goldline service.
A Translink spokesperson said it was aware of the changes but was "fully committed" to keeping the route.
"Translink will continue to provide the services we operate on this route, including our current X3 service to Monaghan, Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre and our X4 direct route through mid-Ulster to Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre," they added.
The Republic of Ireland's transport unions have said that they will commence an all-out strike at Bus Éireann next week, in response to the cost-cutting plans.
The National Bus and Rail Union and SIPTU has also warned that there will be redundancies and impact on pay - but says the moves are necessary to save the company.
The company is also closing their Dublin to Clonmel and Athlone to Westport services. | Bus Éireann has announced it intends to close its Londonderry to Dublin bus service on 28 May. | 39113431 |
The 25-year-old German, who is based in Oklahoma, was competing at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Arizona, which she won with a 4.65m jump.
She tweeted: "My running legs got stolen today. Please help me find/replace them!"
Low is scheduled to compete in this summer's Paralympics in Rio.
She jumped a world record 4.79 metres to claim gold at the 2015 World Championships in Doha. | World long jump T42 champion Vanessa Low has appealed for the return of her running blades after they were stolen at the Desert Challenge Games. | 36296217 |
The on-loan Norwich player, 20, sustained the injury in a challenge with the Ton's Joe McKee near the end of the Bairns' 1-0 win.
The player wrote on Twitter: "Gutted to say I've suffered a double leg break.
"Can't thank everyone enough at the pitch and in the hospital for keeping me calm and helping me."
McGrandles was stretchered off with his right leg in a splint after lengthy treatment and taken to Inverclyde Hospital.
Bairns manager Peter Houston said after the match that he was "prepared for the worse".
Houston told BBC Scotland: "He said right away to his team-mate that it's broken and the doctor and physio thought the same thing when they went on the field."
Falkirk won their first match since 2 January thanks to John Baird's first-half strike.
"My thoughts are more with Conor than being delighted with any victory," added Houston.
"He's a young lad we've brought up from Norwich; a former Falkirk player. It's certainly put a huge dampener on what was a valuable three points for us." | Falkirk midfielder Conor McGrandles suffered a double leg break in his team's Championship match against Morton at Cappielow. | 35622000 |
Friends and family of the media mogul and the former supermodel gathered at St Bride's near Fleet Street a day after their civil ceremony.
The church has a long association with newspapers and writers.
Around 100 guests attended, including the couple's 10 children from previous relationships.
It is Mr Murdoch's fourth marriage and the first for Miss Hall, 59, after her 1992 Bali wedding to Sir Mick Jagger was later deemed legally void.
Australian-born Mr Murdoch 84, whose News UK company publishes The Times and The Sun newspapers, tweeted he was "the luckiest and happiest man in world".
St Bride's says it offers "a spiritual home to all who work in the media" lying in the heart of an area which was once the home of most UK national newspapers.
But Mr Murdoch's decision to dispense with his Fleet Street newsroom in the late 1980s marked a key stage in the abandonment of the area by the media industry.
By Richard Lister, BBC News correspondent
A cold drizzle fell on St Brides and on the noisy scrum of photographers and camera crews penned into the narrow entrances to the churchyard trying to get a glimpse of the celebrity guest list.
Every now and then a shout went up as a famous face appeared at the church gates. "Bob! Bob! This way" shouted the snappers as Sir Bob Geldof paused silently in front of the church for a few seconds.
Sir Michael Caine was immune to their shouts and went straight in. One less well-known face outstayed the snappers' welcome as she preened for the cameras. "You can go in now" said one of the paparazzi, to general laughter.
There was irritation when we learned that Jerry Hall had gone in by another entrance. There is little that this couple need to learn about how to manage the press.
Playwright Tom Stoppard, musician Bob Geldof and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman were at the service along with newspaper editors and media executives.
Justice secretary Michael Gove was also in attendance along with actor Michael Caine, artist Tracey Emin and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. | Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have marked their marriage with a service of celebration at the "journalists' church" in London. | 35735651 |
The 11-day 2010 AIYF - featuring groups from more than 20 countries - runs from Wednesday until Saturday 7 August.
Russia, South Africa, Canada and Trinidad are among the various nations taking part in the event's 38th year.
AIYF chief executive Stewart Aitken said it was not just about the performances but also the "sharing of cultures and experience". | The annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival - featuring music, dance and theatre - is getting under way. | 10778788 |
Rather than stalking birdies, Burmese cat Merlin has been plaguing players at Aldeburgh Golf Club, in Suffolk.
His owner Peter Bryson said he would bring home up to six a day.
The club has told golfers who fall foul of Merlin's rough treatment they can substitute stolen balls without incurring a penalty.
Merlin has been spotted creeping onto the 14th hole fairway and carrying balls off in his mouth.
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A sign on the notice board at the golf club on Saxmundham Road warns: "A large brown coloured Burmese cat has been seen picking up and carrying away golf balls in the vicinity of the 14th hole.
"Where this has been witnessed or when it is virtually certain that a ball has disappeared from the closely-mown surfaces, a substitute ball may be dropped."
The notice informs players that a cat is considered an "outside agency", referring to the ball being moved by someone other than the player or a caddy.
It says that a substitute ball may be used "without penalty", unless it is in the rough.
Mr Bryson, who lives close to the golf club, said he would see the balls "protruding" from Merlin's teeth as he brought them back.
"In the end, he brought about 30 balls back," he said.
He said he thinks Merlin associated the golf balls with ping-pong balls, which he would play with at home. | A ball stealing cat has been ruining rounds at a golf course - forcing the club's exasperated owners to change their rules. | 37407796 |
Many services were cancelled after a water main burst near South Croydon station on Monday, causing a landslip.
Southern said four out of five lines were now available and a full service was planned on Wednesday morning.
A reduced half-hourly Gatwick Express route has operating, and there were restrictions between London Bridge, Uckfield and Reigate stations.
South Croydon and Purley Oaks stations remained closed all day.
There were timetable changes to many First Capital Connect routes between Bedford, London and Brighton, with some trains cancelled.
Travellers have been told they can check details of changes at the National Rail Enquiries website.
Thames Water said it was "really sorry for the disruption", which was caused by a burst main at Water Tower Hill.
"We had a team on site to deal with the burst within an hour," it added.
"Despite the water pipe being buried 4.5m (15ft) below ground, we were able to shut the main off within two hours, without disrupting water supplies to 15,000 customers."
Network Rail said there was a significant amount of water on the track, along with mud and other debris.
Engineers worked through the night to stabilise the embankment. | Trains between London and Gatwick Airport continue to be disrupted after tracks were flooded in south London. | 14368158 |
The victory for the Brown Panther, trained by Tom Dascombe, was the 11th of the horse's career.
It follows previous triumphs in the Goodwood Cup in 2013 and last year in the Irish St Leger.
Meanwhile Prince Bishop beat favourite California Chrome in the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race.
Former England international footballer Owen said Brown Panther had been "a superstar from day one and this man [Dascombe] has trained him to perfection".
"He always jumps really well out of the traps and he found himself right up there.
"The rest is history, as they say. He's a special horse. I'll probably never replace a horse like this," said Owen.
It is hard to argue with Dascombe's assertion that the horse is now probably better than ever.
Jockey Richard Kingscote deserves particular mention having bravely fought back - only returning recently - from very serious injury incurred in a bone-crunching fall at Wolverhampton in November.
The Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, which is more than half a mile further, has inevitably been mentioned as a likely target, although last summer, when fourth, Brown Panther's stamina appeared to run out.
In the Dubai World Cup, William Buick rode 14-1 shot Prince Bishop to victory for Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor, his seventh World Cup winner.
The race has a purse worth $10m dollars (£6.7m) with more than £3.8m going to the winner. | Michael Owen enjoyed another success as joint-owner of Brown Panther after the seven-year old added the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan to his already glittering CV. | 32100895 |
Roedd Elli Norkett o Landarsi ger Castell-nedd yn ei blwyddyn olaf yn astudio cwrs datblygiad chwaraeon ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd ac roedd wedi chwarae rygbi i dimau'r Gweilch, Abertawe, y brifysgol a Chymru.
Wrth dalu teyrnged iddi dywedodd ei theulu ei bod yn "garedig ac yn poeni am eraill".
Cafodd yr heddlu eu galw i'r A4109 rhwng Banwen a Glyn-nedd tua 19:40 nos Sadwrn.
Cafodd y gyrrwr yn y car arall, dynes 42 oed a merch 12 oed anafiadau ond dim rhai difrifol.
Dywedodd ei theulu: "Yn 2013 hi oedd y chwaraewraig rygbi ifancaf ym mhencampwriaeth rygbi'r byd ac roedd wedi cael pedwar cap rhyngwladol llawn i Gymru yn 17 oed.
"Fe gynrychiolodd Elli ei gwlad yn rygbi saith bob ochr ac fe gafodd ei dewis ar gyfer tîm myfyrwyr Prydain rygbi saith bob ochr."
Dywedodd ei theulu hefyd bod "nifer yn caru ac yn gwerthfawrogi Elli ac mae wedi cyffwrdd calonnau ei holl deulu a ffrindiau am ei bod yn garedig a gyda phersonoliaeth hoffus".
Roedd hi'n awyddus i fod yn hyfforddwraig rygbi yn y dyfodol.
'Person da'
Mae'r Gweilch hefyd wedi rhoi teyrnged iddi gan ddweud mai "rygbi oedd ei bywyd".
"Nid yn unig oedd hi'n chwaraewr rygbi talentog roedd hi'n berson da ac mae'n siŵr mai dyna'r peth pwysicaf amdani."
Roedd hi wedi bod yn hyfforddi plant ac wedi "ysbrydoli bechgyn a merched o bob oed".
Dywedodd Undeb Rygbi Cymru ei bod yn chwaraewraig "dalentog, ymroddedig ac yn boblogaidd gyda'i chyd chwaraewyr. Roedd Elli yn aelod gwerthfawr o deulu rygbi Cymru.
"Mae ein meddyliau gyda'i theulu a'i ffrindiau ar yr adeg anodd yma." | Mae Heddlu'r De wedi dweud mai Elli Norkett oedd y ferch 20 oed fu farw yn dilyn gwrthdrawiad ger Glyn-nedd ddydd Sadwrn. | 39095200 |
Drusillas Park, near Berwick, Sussex, said 11 rainbow lorikeets were accidentally killed in their enclosure after a pest control company put toxic bait underground to catch rats.
A spokeswoman for the zoo said "very unfortunately" the birds ate some residual bait dropped by the rats.
The Eastbourne Animal Rights Action group was tipped off to the deaths by a whistle-blowing employee.
Group member Roberto Lopez said: "We were very concerned when we heard the news. This person has risked their job in coming to us, and they were right."
A protest was held by the animal rights group over the weekend, outside Drusillas. They also took issue with the decision to poison, rather than trap and release, the rats.
The zoo said it had called in the pest control company after five other lorikeets were attacked and killed by rats.
The spokeswoman for the zoo added: "This was an unprecedented situation with the rats becoming bolder and more numerous, and we made the decision that we had to take firm action.
"As a result of this situation we will be reviewing our procedures for pest control to ensure nothing like this ever happens again. This was a very unfortunate accident that has upset the entire zoo team."
Lorikeets are Australian forest birds, they mate for life and both male and female partners take dual responsibility in raising their young. | A group of exotic birds have died at a zoo after eating rat poison. | 39027540 |
In the latest incursion, 100 migrants broke through a fence and entered the Eurotunnel terminal, with some making it into the tunnel itself.
In the same week, a man died near the tunnel entrance in Calais - the 13th migrant to die trying to reach the UK since late June.
But many migrants are undeterred, although the numbers trying to get across the Channel have fallen - in July, some 2,000 migrants a night were trying to get into the terminal, compared to 150 in August.
The migrants, who are living in camps known as "the Jungle" on the edge of Calais, attempt to stow away on lorries headed for Eurotunnel, or jump or cut security fences to try to hide on Eurotunnel trains themselves. They also try to board lorries bound for cross-Channel ferries.
Extra security, including fencing, paid for by the UK, has been put in place.
In August, the UK and France signed an agreement on new measures to help alleviate the crisis, including a new command centre to help tackle the trafficking gangs.
While the scenes of thousands of migrants storming the tunnel over the summer were unprecedented, the issue is far from new. In 1999, the controversial Sangatte refugee camp was opened in Calais, attracting thousands of would-be asylum seekers and people traffickers.
Its closure in 2001 and 2002 - on the orders of France's then minister of the interior, Nicolas Sarkozy - led to riots. Since then migrants have continued to arrive in Calais and build makeshift camps near the port. French authorities estimate there are about 3,000 people currently living in "the Jungle", although other estimates put the number higher.
The issue made headlines again in September last year after a ferry bound for the UK was stormed by about 235 illegal migrants.
The Home Office said the UK Border Force and the French authorities together prevented more than 39,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 - more than double the number prevented the previous year, while Eurotunnel, which operates the Channel Tunnel says it has blocked 37,000 attempts since January.
French and UK authorities, and cross-Channel operators, continue to bring in measures to improve security, but migrants are still breaching barriers.
The Calais Chambers of Commerce has responsibility for the security of the port. Last autumn the UK government pledged £12m over three years to help France tackle the problem.
Earlier this month, the UK announced a further £2m for a new secure zone at Calais for UK-bound lorries. It later confirmed it would provide further £7m for measures to improve security at Calais and the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. The UK is also building a fence, known as the "National Barrier Asset", around the terminal at Coquelles.
The port is now protected by 16ft (5m) fences topped with coils of razor wire and CCTV, with the gates and exterior guarded by heavily-armed French riot police.
Eurotunnel has spent £9.2m on security in the first six months of 2015 alone, including money for fences, cameras, infra-red detectors and extra guards.
French police have been widely criticised for taking migrants off lorries, driving them a few miles away then releasing them - free to walk back to Calais. But many undocumented migrants are arrested - reportedly more than 18,000 in the first half of 2015.
The problem, police say, is that there are simply too many to arrest and deal with. They also say their focus on the motorway is safety, so getting people off the road is the priority. Extra French police have been deployed to Calais to try to cope with the volume of migrants.
French authorities are also struggling to stop illegal migrants crossing its border from Italy, where more than 60,000 people are thought to have arrived by boat from Africa already this year.
The situation in Calais is part of a wider migration crisis in Europe - caused largely by the displacement of people from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and Eritrea, and also North Africa.
Many want to claim asylum in the UK. Others want to enter the country incognito to remain as illegal workers.
Natacha Bouchart, Mayor of Calais, has said illegal migrants perceive Britain as a "soft touch" for benefits, and a better place to find jobs in the black economy than France - although studies do not necessarily back up this view.
The British Red Cross said most migrants wanted to make the move because they believed there was a better prospect of finding work in the UK, or because they speak English and want to use the language. Others have relatives in the UK, or are drawn by a belief that there is better housing and education available.
The UK is certainly not alone as a target destination. According to the EU's statistics body Eurostat, Germany saw the most non-EU asylum seekers in 2014 - almost 203,000 - followed by Sweden, Italy, France, Hungary, and then the UK.
But the huge influx of migrants into Europe has seen asylum applications soar. Germany - the most popular destination - says it is expecting 800,000 refugees to arrive this year.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' representative in France, Philippe Leclerc, said most of the migrants in Calais were fleeing violence in countries such as Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Afghanistan.
According to data from the UN Refugee Agency, Eritrea topped the list of countries of origin for people seeking and making asylum applications in the UK during the 12 months to the end of March 2015.
The UK and France both have a range of aid programmes in place in an attempt to address the root causes of the migrant crisis.
The short answer is, no-one knows. Home Secretary Theresa May has conceded that "a number" of migrants do make it across, but has not given specific figures. The Home Office says it has neither official figures or estimates for the number of illegal migrant crossings.
There were 25,020 applications for asylum in the year ending March 2015, but the figures are not broken down by point of entry, so there is no way of knowing how many of those people travelled through Dover. A Home Office spokesman said this was for security reasons.
Both Kent Police and Kent County Council also say they do not hold official figures - although the leader of Kent County Council has said its children's social services department is under "enormous strain" because of the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children entering the Port of Dover. The county is currently caring for more than 600 under-18s, council leader Paul Carter said.
Operation Stack is an emergency procedure used by Kent Police to park freight vehicles on the M20 in Kent - essentially turning it into a giant lorry park.
It has been used since 1996 whenever there is disruption to cross-Channel services, generally as a result of migrant activity, bad weather, or industrial action. The road is closed in three phases, depending on how much space is needed. It can remain closed for days at a time, with thousands of Calais-bound lorries sitting dormant, leading to severe delays in areas of Kent.
Between 1996 and the end of 2007, Operation Stack was implemented 95 times for a total of 145 days. It has been used intermittently since 2007 but rarely for more than a few hours or a day or two at a time. However, June and July of this year saw "unprecedented" use of the tactic, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA).
In August, the government announced the temporary use of Manston Airfield in east Kent to hold freight lorries bound for Dover. | Attempts by migrants to cross the Channel from France into England continue unabated, causing delays and disruption to train services. | 29074736 |
Jamie Murphy's composed finished put Brighton in front before Emile Heskey equalised, but the Seagulls went in ahead at the break through Tomer Hemed.
Jay Spearing's low shot levelled the scores and, after Albion keeper David Stockdale made a crucial save, Beram Kayal restored Brighton's lead.
Brighton remain fourth while Bolton slip back to the bottom of the table.
Both sides wore black armbands in memory of Bolton chairman Phil Gartside, who died at the age of 63 on Wednesday, with a minute's applause from supporters in the 63rd minute.
Neil Lennon's Bolton side went into the match with the worst away record in the Championship, and are now without a win in 16 league matches on their travels this season.
The visitors had fewer clear-cut chances but Kayal's winner came moments after Stockdale had denied Wanderers winger Liam Feeney from a one-on-one.
After referee Robert Lewis was forced off with an injury, Bobby Zamora and Kayal had chances to wrap up the points before Brighton survived six minutes of second-half injury time.
Wanderers suffer a first defeat in four league games and drop a place to 24th after Charlton drew 0-0 at home to Cardiff.
Brighton assistant manager Colin Calderwood:
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"We are more or less where you`d want to be. Now we`ve got to try and win away from home.
"We are close to the top and if we have everybody fit we`ll have a fair shot at it.
"We looked as though we can score and that is very encouraging. I felt we always looked dangerous."
Bolton boss Neil Lennon:
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"Against a good side like Brighton I can take a lot of good things from the performance.
"There is still a long way to go. We`ve been in decent form and we have got to put this one away.
"We`ve got some catching up to do but there`s 15 games to go; plenty of time. We must capitalise on good performances and we need to start grinding out results.
"I don`t think many would`ve given us a chance today and it gives me encouragement going forward." | Brighton beat Championship strugglers Bolton Wanderers to record their fourth successive league victory. | 35509178 |
Mbappe, who is under contract until June 2019, has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Manchester City have also been linked, but BBC Sport understands they are reluctant to pay the reported 180m euro (£160m) asking price.
Vasilyev said the Ligue 1 club Monaco have had several "serious" enquiries.
But he added: "We are in discussions over a contract extension with Kylian and we hope to reach an agreement."
Mbappe, who has won four caps for France, scored 26 goals in all competitions for Monaco last season.
Earlier in July, Monaco said "important European clubs" had made contact with the player without their permission.
Monaco may ask world governing body Fifa and the French league to consider disciplinary action, but Fifa said it has not received a complaint.
BBC Sport understands Manchester City are the only English club accused.
"We haven't reached an agreement with any club for Mbappe," Vasilyev said.
"We are negotiating to extend his contract but you mustn't push the player too hard. We must allow him to take his time, not rush things.
"There is too much media pressure. I remind you he's only 18."
Vasilyev also described Thomas Lemar, a key target for Arsenal, and Fabinho, who has been linked with Manchester United, as "essential" players who are "staying with us". | Monaco are in talks with 18-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe over a contract extension, says vice-president Vadim Vasilyev. | 40731095 |
It follows incidents in Linlithgow, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland and Kincardine on Monday.
A four-figure sum of money was taken in total and a 44-year-old woman suffered minor injuries.
The man is expected to appear at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Friday. Police Scotland said efforts were ongoing to trace a second individual.
Det Insp Colin Robson said officers had been "working tirelessly" on the investigation.
He also thanked staff and the public for their "ongoing support". | A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with robberies at four post offices in central Scotland. | 38602984 |
Officials say a search for survivors and bodies is continuing after Friday's accident in the area around Hpakant.
Last month, more than 100 people were killed in the same area after a massive landslide.
Jade mining produces piles of waste rock. Itinerant workers climb the heaps to search for the gem stone.
The Bangkok Post quoted Hpakant official Tint Swe Myint as saying five bodies had already been found.
"According to witnesses, about 50 people are still missing," he said.
But Myo Htet Aung, another local official, told the AFP news agency that "just three or four people are missing at the moment" and no bodies were found at the site.
In November's disaster, many of those killed were people who made their living scavenging on or near the waste dumps left by large-scale industrial mining firms.
In a report in October, advocacy group Global Witness said the value of jade produced in 2014 alone was $31bn (£21n) - the equivalent of nearly half of Myanmar's (Burma's) GDP - yet hardly any of the money was reaching ordinary people or state coffers.
Local people in mining areas accuse the industry of a series of abuses, including poor on-site health and safety and frequent land confiscations. | Dozens of people are reportedly missing and feared dead after a landslide hit a jade mining region in Myanmar's northern Kachin state. | 35179214 |
Trish Knight has told the BBC her whole family was still struggling to come to terms with the death of James, 26, following a drunken row at his home in Leicester in March.
The father-of-two was attacked with a steak knife by Emma-Jayne Magson.
Magson is serving a life sentence for murder following a three-week trial.
Mrs Knight said: "You just see the hurt in everybody's faces. With my grandchildren, two of them have lost their dad.
"The rest of them have lost an uncle. Life will never be the same for any of us ever again."
Mrs Knight said they were initially told James had been in a fight with a bouncer and were shocked when Magson was arrested and charged with his murder.
She said: "We'd met her a few times. They'd been here for dinner and she'd always been OK."
During the trial, which concluded in November, the jury was played a 999 call by Magson in which she said James had collapsed but did not mention him being stabbed.
She also told the call handler it did not matter if paramedics were delayed.
Mrs Knight said: "They said in court that you can hear James's last breaths on that phone call.
"It's chilling. She's just so calm. I can't get it into my head how you can actually watch someone die."
Now the family are struggling to move on from the loss of the "loveable rogue".
Mrs Knight said: "Every Christmas is going to be hard. His birthday was on New Year's Eve.
"Everyone's celebrating and he should be celebrating his birthday, but he never will again.
"But James wouldn't want you to not celebrate because he loved a party - he'd be the first one there - but it just doesn't feel right." | A mother has said she still cannot understand how her son's girlfriend stabbed him in the chest before she coldly watched him die. | 38734686 |
After a public showing on Friday of the film - based on a slave uprising led by preacher Nat Turner in 1831 - Parker described it as "a labour of love".
There were gasps in the audience at some of the harrowing scenes.
After the screening, Parker, who has faced media scrutiny over a historic rape trial, got a standing ovation.
Parker acted in, wrote and directed the film. It gained a huge amount of awards buzz when it first screened at the Sundance film festival in January.
However, recent media attention has been focused on Parker's acquittal for rape in 1999 and his accuser's subsequent suicide.
Parker said: "I didn't have the benefit of learning about Nat Turner when I was at school, yet I grew up 42 miles (68km) east of where the rebellion happened.
"So you can imagine learning about this person, in the absence of heroes, meant a lot to me."
He said it was a "no brainer" that he would choose to tell the story on film.
"We should all look at this film in the sense that this was a person that stood against a system that was oppressing people," he told the audience.
"If we can relate to that in 2016, we must ask our selves what we would be willing to sacrifice for what we want our children, and our children's children, to enjoy."
Cameron Bailey, the Toronto festival's artistic director, described the film as a "painful story from American history and a story that needed to be told".
The Toronto International Film Festival runs until 18 September. | Actor and director Nate Parker received an enthusiastic welcome as his film The Birth of a Nation screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. | 37327122 |
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