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Officials have also banned demonstrations to prevent unrest after the elections. Estate agent Adama Barrow is challenging President Yahya Jammeh, who says divine intervention will give him a fifth term. The Gambia has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence. The BBC's Umaru Fofana in the capital, Banjul, says turnout in the election appears to be very high. Our correspondent went to a polling station outside Banjul, where he witnessed long queues of voters waiting to cast their votes. The results of the election are said to be expected later tonight. The Gambia has a unique way of voting for the president. Instead of using ballot papers, voters put a marble into a coloured drum for their candidate. The system is aimed at tackling illiteracy and preventing rigging. In the 2011 election, only two votes were declared invalid after people placed their marbles on top of drums. Observers say Mr Barrow, who, according to British news reports, was once a security guard in the UK high street store Argos, has generated fresh enthusiasm among opposition supporters. Human rights groups accuse Mr Jammeh, who has in the past claimed he can cure Aids and infertility, of repression and abuses. Several previously better-known opposition leaders are in jail after taking part in a rare protest in April. Observers from the European Union (EU) and the West African regional bloc Ecowas are not attending the vote. This poll in The Gambia is different. An unprecedented number of people turned up at opposition rallies ahead of the election. For a country that has known only two presidents since independence from the UK 51 years ago, its mostly young population is yearning for change. The economic challenges besetting this small West African nation have forced many to make the perilous journey to Europe, with some drowning on the way. President Jammeh has said he will rule for a billion years if Allah wills. Mr Barrow says he wants to bring the country back from the brink and restore human rights and true democracy. Mr Jammeh's supporters say he has spread education and health care to remote parts of the country. However, his critics accuse him of repressive tendencies with many dissenting voices either killed, jailed or forced into exile. Gambian officials opposed the presence of Western observers, but the EU says it is staying away out of concern about the fairness of the voting process. The African Union, however, has despatched a handful of observers to supervise the vote. The Gambia, a tiny country with a population of less than two million, is surrounded on three sides by Senegal and has a short Atlantic coastline, which is popular with European tourists. Mr Jammeh took power in a 1994 coup. Ahead of the vote, rights groups expressed concern over a possible flare-up of violence. However, campaigning passed off almost smoothly without a major incident. On Tuesday Mr Jammeh warned his rivals against contesting the outcome of the vote. "Our election system is fraud-proof, rig-proof, you cannot rig our elections," he said. "There is no reason that anybody should demonstrate. [Demonstrations] are the loopholes that are used to destabilise African governments.'' Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress is also in the race.

Kay's book was chosen from 91 submissions to win the £30,000 prize. It is the first time the public have voted for a winner but the novel was also unanimously selected by the award's judging panel. Leila Aboulela, Stewart Conn and Sue Peebles came in as runners-up, winning £5,000 each. Kay was born in Edinburgh to a Scottish nurse and a Nigerian student, then adopted at birth by a white couple from Glasgow. Red Dust Road follows the author in her search to find her birth parents. She said: "I happened to write the book, but it feels like my whole family is the winner. The book doesn't just belong to me. "And now it seems like it has a whole life of its own in the heart-warming and unexpected way that readers have been finding connections to their own life in it." The prize has been won by James Kelman and Edwin Morgan in previous years. Andrew Dixon, chief executive of Creative Scotland, said: "With more than 40 literature and book festivals from the Borders to Ullapool, Scotland's writers continue to raise Scotland's cultural profile to an international audience. "Jackie Kay is one of Scotland's national treasures."

Lifelong fan Hearn sold the club to the Italian for £4m in July 2014. This week the club was served with a winding-up petition from Revenue & Customs for non-payment of tax, with a High Court hearing set for 20 March. "Looking where we are now, I would never have sold if I had thought this was going to happen," Hearn said. "Hindsight is a wonderful advisor." He told BBC Radio 5 live: "At the time I thought it was perfect for everybody - fans, myself, the club." Hearn, who was Orient chairman for 19 years, said when the takeover was completed, he and fans were "pretty certain" that Becchetti, who made a fortune in waste management and recycling, would prove to be a good owner. "He had a very engaging personality," the 68-year-old said. "He seemed passionate about what he wanted to do, and he has done what he told me he was going to do - he has injected many, many millions of pounds into Leyton Orient. "It is just that putting the money in, and spending it wisely are not always the same things." A meeting of the Leyton Orient Fans' Trust (Loft) on Thursday night agreed on what the group calls "a last-resort measure" to try to save the relegation-threatened club. Should Becchetti not pay the tax bill before the court date, then at the winding-up hearing the fans would seek the appointment of an administrator, despite the fact it would mean the club being deducted 12 points under English Football League rules. An administrator would then look to sell the club as a going concern to a potential new owner. "That application would be made as late as possible to give the club's current owner time to settle the bill," said Loft spokesman Tom Davies. However, he added that should an adjournment of the court hearing provide a more stable course and future for the club, then they would favour an adjournment. In addition, Loft has launched a crowd funding page to try to raise £250,000 - reportedly the tax sum owed by the club. Loft also want to meet Hearn, still the chairman of World Snooker, to discuss its plans for saving the club. "I have been a bit critical of fans' trusts in the past up and down the country. Some of them have worked, but some of them have been abysmal failures," he said. "But I think they should be encouraged and applauded for looking at the situation. It comes down to what plan they have in their mind, what is the sustainability of the club within that plan and what management, because it is all about management." Hearn still owns Orient's Matchroom Stadium. But for that, he believes it could have been sold for redevelopment. "Fortunately Leyton Orient have got a 20-year lease on the ground, with another 20-year option. I did it on purpose because I could never be 100% sure where I was selling," he added. "I kept the ground to make sure it wasn't used for the wrong reasons - that it wasn't the wrong reasons for buying a football club. Thank goodness I kept it because I would imagine now, with the situation it is, developers would be knocking on the door tomorrow." When asked by BBC Sport, Leyton Orient declined to respond to Hearn's remarks or comment on Loft's proposals.

Alistair Fitt, vice chancellor of Oxford Brookes, was giving evidence to the Education Select Committee, holding a special away-day session at the University of Oxford. With the elegant panorama of Pembroke College behind them, the MPs wanted to find out what would be the impact of Brexit on the UK's university sector. You would be hard-pressed to find any sector in the country more opposed to Brexit than higher education. So it was probably no surprise that the MPs heard an unrelenting message that leaving the EU was a grim prospect for higher education and research. University organisations, which usually put much effort and ingenuity into not really being for or against anything in public, took to open campaigning for a Remain vote. Universities, bastions of liberal thinking, intensely international in their outlook and staffing, seemed culturally allergic to Brexit. And the referendum result hangs over them like they've fought and lost a civil war. Professor Catherine Barnard from the University of Cambridge told MPs that her own university had seen a 14% drop in applications this year from EU students. The university had asked why potential students had turned down a chance to study at Cambridge - and she said among the reasons were fears over an "anti-immigrant sentiment" and uncertainty over the future of the UK's involvement in international research. Prof Barnard warned that talented mathematicians at Cambridge from countries such as Hungary, Poland and Romania would take their sought-after skills elsewhere. The committee of MPs heard warnings that in some elite research institutions in the UK, vital to the national infrastructure, as many as two thirds of the staff were EU nationals from outside the UK. Would they hang around and see if they were still wanted after Brexit? Or would research rivals in Germany or China snap them up to the detriment of the UK economy? Showing how seriously they take this, Oxford University has appointed its own head of Brexit strategy. So you could say that at least Brexit has already created one extra job. But this new postholder, Professor Alistair Buchan, saw leaving the EU as threatening to relegate the UK's universities behind their global competition. Oxford has been ranked as the world's top university, but Prof Buchan said that in 1970s the UK's universities did not have that top status. This had been built through the EU years and growing networks of international partnerships. He described Brexit for universities as the "Manchester United problem". Why would any football team with international ambitions deliberately want to restrict its access both to better talent and to bigger markets? There were warnings about the financial impact of losing European research funding. The UK's universities are among the biggest winners from Horizon 2020 research network, bringing more than £2bn into the higher education sector. This is no small-bière, with some individual universities worrying about the loss of hundreds of millions. If the UK is to stay ahead in research, Dr Anne Corbett of the LSE said the UK government had to be ready for some "serious funding". Professor Stephanie Haywood, president of the Engineering Professors' Council, warned that losing access to EU students would make skills shortages in engineering even worse. But could there be an upside in higher tuition fees? If EU students are designated as overseas students after Brexit, UK universities could charge them much higher fees. But such a tuition fee windfall depends on those students not staying at home or going somewhere else. Prof Barnard raised the example of those talented eastern European mathematicians. Would they really be able to pay £17,000 or so a year? Or would it mean that universities in the UK would have pay for scholarships rather than see them go elsewhere? Committee chairman Neil Carmichael pushed his witnesses for more evidence and facts. But what came back most often was even more questions. What's going to happen to the EU staff in UK universities? What will be the visa system for students? What will happen to the intricate networks of European research? How much will the UK government be willing to cover for any lost income? And of course, so far, these are unknowns being piled up on unknowables. But as another European refugee scientist, Albert Einstein, once said: "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research."

Alan McBride, from the victims' group Wave, said although police had acted within the law at the time, there was a "moral obligation" to inform relatives. Mr McBride urged police to contact all of the families affected as quickly as possible to allay fears. The PSNI has apologised for the distress caused to families. The body parts and tissue samples were retained as part of police investigations into suspicious and unexplained deaths between 1960 and 2005. The cases, including 23 related to the Troubles, were revealed as part of a UK-wide audit of all police forces. Mr McBride told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme that although he personally did not know any of the 64 families whose loved ones' body parts had been retained, there was fear among many relatives that police would knock on their door. "For these families to be told all these years later, when perhaps they have buried their loved ones and even gone through the grieving process and moved on - the potential here for re-traumatisation for some families I think is immense," he said. Mr McBride called on the PSNI to ensure family liaison officers, or police with the "appropriate skillset" carried out personal visits to the relatives. Meanwhile, the mother of a murdered schoolgirl - who had consented to the retention of part of her daughter's body as part of the police investigation - said it was very important that families were told the truth. Margaret McAlorum's 16-year-old daughter, Megan, died from head injuries after she was assaulted in 2004. Mrs McAlorum said the PSNI had kept her family informed "every step of the way" and had fully explained the need to retain the teenager's head as evidence. The family later held a second burial for Megan. Her mother said families would understand why body parts had to be kept in certain circumstances to help with investigations, but she said it would be much easier to cope if they were kept informed. "If someone had rapped my door now, I would be extremely, extremely stressed," she said. Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton said the PSNI had acted within the law and that all the items had been retained for "police purposes", but he admitted relatives should have been informed. He explained that until 2006 police were under no legal obligation to inform relatives. Officers are now visiting affected families to advise them of their options. ACC Hamilton said families "needs, wishes, trauma and upset" were at the heart of its response, but admitted that the matter could have been better handled. "We offer an apology for the upset we are causing to families," he said. "The problem has been that there was no review mechanism in place, there was no monitoring or audit so that decisions could be made... about how we would handle those pieces of human tissue, once the criminal justice element had been fulfilled. He said police were satisfied that there was a "good reason" for retaining the items, a decision that was largely based on the judgement of pathologists. ACC Hamilton said most of the samples will be suitable to be handed back or dealt with in accordance with family's wishes. "Even if it does need to be retained, there still needs to be that important conversation with families to explain that we have these items and why we have it and what we intend to do with it," he said. State Pathologist for Northern Ireland, Prof Jack Crane explained that material would be kept for two reasons. "One would be that it would assist or help us determine the precise cause of death, and the other one would be for evidential purposes," he said. "In many cases we carry out, we don't feel the need to retain material." Prof Crane said some of these cases had not gone through the criminal justice system and could still possibly come to court. "We would be failing in our duty if there was something that could possibly have evidential value and we had destroyed or disposed off that might still be required," he said. "There are a number of old cases being examined by Historical Enquiries Team and on some occasions they have come to us to ask us what material we might have that may be of assistance to them." Last week, it emerged that two police forces in England - Hampshire and City of London - kept body parts and tissue samples in 89 suspicious and unexplained death cases without notifying relatives. The legislation was changed in 2006 making the retention of body tissue illegal.

The newly elected MP won the seat from the Liberal Democrats' Sarah Olney with a majority of only 45 votes. Mr Goldsmith lost his seat last year after resigning and calling a by-election in protest at the decision to expand Heathrow Airport . There were no fewer than four recounts before a result was declared. Mr Goldsmith won 28,588 votes, with Ms Olney receiving 28,543 votes on a turnout of 79%. Mr Goldsmith admitted he had won by a "narrow margin" but thanked the voters of Richmond Park for giving him another chance to represent them. ''I hope my constituents know I will never let them down. " he added. Ms Olney took the seat from Mr Goldsmith, who stood as an independent after his temporary departure from the Tories, last year. The Lib Dem win was attributed to her opponent's pro-Brexit stance in the largely Remain-voting constituency.

The bank will plough more profit into its capital base - the buffer it keeps to absorb surprise losses. It is now targeting a tier-1 capital ratio of 11% by the end of 2016, having already beaten its current 10% target. SocGen reported second-quarter net income of €1.35bn ($1.5bn; £943m) and revenue of €6.87bn. Analysts had estimated net income of €969m and revenue of €6.13bn. France's second-biggest listed lender said it planned to save another €850m in costs by 2017 on top of its annual target this year of €900m. Following in the footsteps of other large banks, it set aside €200m against potential litigation. Its French retail bank's revenue rose 4.2% as the economy improved, while investment banking sales advanced by 16.6%, helped out by a weak euro and stronger demand for share deals as stock markets rally. SocGen shares jumped 7% in early trading in Paris.

In early trade, the FTSE 100 was 5.51 points lower at 6,815.28. Anglo American shares fell 2.1% while BHP Billiton dropped 1.9%. Mining shares have been hit as prices of commodities have come under pressure from a recent strengthening in the value of the US dollar. Morrisons fell 2.4% after Goldman Sachs cuts its rating on the firm to "sell". Banking shares were having a better day, with HSBC up 1.4% and Barclays rising 0.5%. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.2% against the dollar to $1.3103 but rose 0.2% against the euro to €1.1757.

College budgets are not protected and might be vulnerable to cuts in the 2015 Spending Review, says the party. The analysis comes as further education members of the University and College Union strike over pay. The government says it is determined young people should have funding to "enjoy high-quality courses". Chancellor George Osborne has asked government departments to come up with savings plans for 25% and 40% of their budget ahead of the Spending Review on 25 November. Labour commissioned researchers at the House of Commons library to model the effect of a 25% cut on college budgets. The researchers used last year's budgets, updated to this year's prices, to calculate that savings of 25% would amount to £1.625bn from a total budget of £6.5bn. Almost three-quarters of the money goes to further education colleges, so if the cut fell proportionally FE colleges would lose £1.173bn and sixth-form colleges £451m overall, say the researchers. According to the calculations this could mean the closure of 80 FE colleges and 56 sixth-form colleges - a total of 136 or 40% of the 335 colleges, says Labour. Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said the government was "putting post-16 education on a cliff edge, harming opportunities for the next generation and holding our young people and our country back". "It is simply not possible to build a 21st-Century economy on falling investment in education," Ms Powell argued, saying Labour would have protected the whole education budget from cuts. James Kewin, deputy chief executive of the Sixth Form Colleges Association, called the analysis "deeply worrying". It "confirms our fears that some sixth-form colleges could be wiped from the educational map after the Spending Review. "Funding for 16- to 19-year-olds, already significantly lower than for younger students, has been cut three times since 2011 and it seems certain that further reductions will be made next year." FE college staff, striking over a pay freeze, say they have suffered a real-terms cut of more than 17% over five years. University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt said she feared for the future of the sector. "Colleges need stable investment to continue to help people of all backgrounds fulfil their potential," she said. The Association of Colleges said the pay freeze reflected "stringent financial circumstances in the sector". Colleges "simply cannot take more cuts", said chief executive Martin Doel. Mr Doel urged the government to fund post-16 education at the same level as education for younger students, "to ensure adult skills training does not become a thing of the past". The government announced area-based reviews of post-16 education and training in the summer, aiming to streamline spending. "We need to move towards fewer, larger, more resilient and efficient colleges," wrote Skills Minister Nick Boles in guidance. A Department for Education spokesman did not directly address Labour's figures but reiterated that the government was "reforming further education to give employers and local authorities a greater say over how and what young people are taught so that training meets local labour market needs, while ensuring the best return on investment for public funding". "We are determined that post-16 providers have the resources they need to ensure young people in further education can enjoy high quality courses."

Finnish electricity company TVO says the Olkiluoto 3 plant will not be ready by the latest deadline of 2014 and a new timetable has not yet been set. The plant will be powered by a new generation of nuclear technology called the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR). China looks set to be the first country to operate an EPR reactor with one due to enter service in 2013. Olkiluoto 3, originally due to be ready by 2009, is being built by French nuclear company Areva and German engineering giant Siemens. In a statement, TVO said it was "not pleased with the situation" although solutions to various problems were being found one by one and work was "progressing". It said it was waiting for a new launch date from Areva and Siemens. Work on the site in south-west Finland began in 2005 but has been hit by repeated delays and has run way over budget. Correspondents say that the French designed EPR is the big hope for a so-called third generation of reactors, said to offer increased safety and better economic competitiveness. However, a similar project in Flamanville in northern France is itself running four years behind schedule. China is building two such reactors at Taishan in the south-east of the country with the first due to enter service at the end of next year and the second a year later.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said Labour - which is opposing the cap - was "in denial" over the state of the economy. But Labour argued the cap would be a "hit and run" on working families. Benefits have historically risen in line with the rate of inflation. The Commons vote is due at 19:00 GMT. The House of Commons is debating the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill, which would keep benefit rises to 1% for three years from next April. The coalition argues this is necessary to reduce the deficit, and is fair at a time when public sector pay is being capped and salaries in the private sector are rising below the rate of inflation. But Labour, which opposes the cap, says it will result in a real-terms cut in support for millions of working people. Some Lib Dem MPs, including David Ward, John Leech, Julian Huppert and former minister Sarah Teather, are expected to rebel against the government while others - including Julian Huppert - could abstain. Mr Leech, MP for Manchester Withington, said he found it "objectionable that the Tories are using 'skivers versus strivers' rhetoric to justify a cut to seven million working families". Despite the concerns of some Lib Dems, the coalition is thought likely to win the vote. Legislation is needed to implement changes announced by Chancellor George Osborne in last month's Autumn Statement - to cap increases in jobseeker's allowance, employment and support allowance, income support and elements of housing benefit. The cap would also apply to maternity allowance, sick pay, maternity pay and paternity pay as well as the couple and lone parent elements of the working tax credit and the child element of the child tax credit. These benefits traditionally rise in line with consumer prices in an annual process known as "uprating". By Ross HawkinsPolitical correspondent, BBC News Glance at the spreadsheets and the scale of the saving is apparent. Figures in the Autumn Statement show raising many benefits and tax credits by 1% a year will save £2.8bn in 2015/16, compared with the government's previous plans. The overall welfare budget in 2011/12, as calculated by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, is £201bn. The political debate will centre on who should feel the pain. Jobseekers Allowance totals 2.4% of the total bill, according to the IFS. Benefits for those on low incomes make up just under 21%. Those for elderly people, including the state pension, make up over 42%. The estimated value of fraud and error overpayments in benefit expenditure in 2011-12 is £3.2 billion. They increased 5.2% this year and without the planned change would have been set to rise by 2.2% - the rate of CPI inflation last September, on which the figure is calculated. The rate of inflation has since risen to 2.7%. During lively scenes in Parliament, Mr Duncan Smith said: "The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War." He added that the gap between the rate of income inflation between workers and the unemployed had "grown" in the last few years. "These are decisions that we are not taking easily but these are circumstances that they [Labour] are in denial about," Mr Duncan Smith said. For Labour, shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne accused the government of presiding over an increase in unemployment. But Mr Duncan Smith said this was not the case and that the US and other European countries were faring worse than the UK. Mr Byrne said the government was showing "contempt" by trying to "ram this bill through the House in just one day". He added: "It's turning into a hit-and-run on working families and we should not stand for it." Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said: "Isn't the truth of this that it's a mean and miserable piece of legislation from a mean and miserable government?" Sarah Teather, who was replaced as an education minister in last autumn's government reshuffle, said she would oppose the bill "with a heavy heart" because it was "disingenuous" to try to "find someone to blame for our own woes". "A fissure already exists between the working and non-working poor," she told MPs. "Hammering on that fault line with the language of 'shirkers and strivers' will have long-term impacts on public attitudes, on attitudes of one neighbour against another. "It will make society less generous, less sympathetic, less able to co-operate." However, Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes told the House: "It's difficult but the government has got the right and I believe, after this parliament, it will be vindicated by getting more people in work and fewer out of work." David Cameron's official spokesman said: "The prime minister's view is that the welfare system has to be brought back under control. The measures that the government has been taking, ever since the government came to power, have been designed to that end." The BBC's political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue said an "impact assessment" published by the government suggested single parents would be most affected by the cap - losing £5 a week or about £250 over the three year period. The majority of working age households in receipt of state support are likely be an average of £3 a week worse off.

R&B Distillers is turning Borodale House, a derelict Victorian hotel on the Isle of Raasay, into a distillery and visitor centre. Getting to the island, which has a population of about 120 people, involves a ferry journey from Skye. The job description includes formal qualifications and experience and a willingness to live on an island. The production of the first whisky at the site could begin in April next year.

This is according to a study revealing that 96% of the chicks are dying at two to three weeks old. Conservationists say that human activity has driven the birds to one remaining wetland, but that that site has insufficient food for the ducks. The research is published in the journal Bird Conservation International. The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), which led the research, estimates that only 25 individual birds now remain in the wild. Human activity, including deforestation, farming and fishing, has destroyed their habitat to the point that this last population is now restricted to one wetland in north-east Madagascar - a complex of lakes near Bemanevika. After the rediscovery of the species at this site in 2006, the WWT and its partners, including the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Peregrine Fund, set up a conservation breeding programme and began to monitor the wild birds. Dr Geoff Hilton, head of species research at the WWT, said that with such a small number of birds, keeping a close eye on the population was straightforward. "We had about 10 or 11 females, [and] we were able to tell that most of those females were laying eggs, and those eggs were hatching," he told BBC News. But at the point when the ducklings were two to three weeks old, they would start disappearing. Piecing the evidence together, including samples of food from the bottom of the lake, the researchers realised that the chicks were starving to death. These diving ducks feed from the bottom of lakes, and this steep crater lake was simply too deep for them. WWT senior research officer Dr Andrew Bamford, who led the study, said: "The last refuge of the Madagascar pochard is one of the last unspoilt wetlands in the country, but it's simply not suited to its needs. "Something similar happened in the UK when the lowland red kite became confined to upland Wales, and in Hawaii, where the last nenes survived only on the upper slopes of volcanoes because introduced predators had occupied their favoured grassland habitats." Dr Hilton added: "What we think we're seeing is a bit of a classic wildlife conservation conundrum. "The place where the species hangs on at the end is not a particularly good place for them - it's just the place that's been least badly affected by human activities." But the researchers say the species could thrive in Madagascar again if the captive-bred ducks can be found a new wetland home. "We have been very successful in establishing a captive population," said Dr Hilton. "And we have recently identified a lake that we think has potential to be restored and become a reintroduction site. "The main thing we have to do is work with the local people to reintroduce and restore the pochard, but also to restore the lake and help people to get a better livelihood from the lake they live around." Follow Victoria on Twitter

President Joko Widodo proposed the changes in May following the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. The laws were subject to fierce debate in parliament, with two opposition parties voting against castration. Human rights groups have objected to the punishments, arguing that violence will not be stopped by violence. The Indonesian Doctors Association said administering chemical castration would violate its professional ethics and said its members should not take part. The procedure entails injecting convicts with female hormones. It is used on sex offenders in Poland, South Korea, Russia, and some US states, among others. Prisoners in UK jails can volunteer for the treatment. The new laws also allow judges to sentence paedophiles to death or tag them electronically, and applies a 10-year minimum sentence for child sex crimes. Human rights groups including the National Commission for Women (NCW) criticised the laws and called for them to be re-evaluated each year to test whether they are a deterrent. Azriana, the head of the NCW, said: "Other countries that have chemical castration have not seen a reduction in sexual crime against children. Also it's a very expensive procedure and what we should be spending and investing our money in is services to support and help the victims." Dr Yohana Susana Yembise, Indonesia's Minister for Women Empowerment and Child Protection, said the administration was "praying" that the punishments "will have the desired effect". She said: "Now we have the harshest punishments: the death penalty, life in prison, chemical castration, the public naming of perpetrators and the electronic chip. These are now law, so even if you hate the idea of them everyone now has to support this." The punishments follow a number of high profile cases of child sexual abuse in the country. Last year, a British-Canadian teacher and an Indonesian were jailed for 10 years for sexually abusing three children at a Jakarta kindergarten. And earlier this year, the body of a nine-year-old girl was found in a cardboard box in Jakarta after she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted and killed.

The electrostatic coating allows the netting to carry much higher doses of insecticide. In experiments, the coating killed off many more mosquitoes than usual. Dutch researchers, writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, say this could help control diseases such as malaria. Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes has become a significant problem in many parts of the world where malaria is endemic. It is thought that water-based spray insecticides and bed nets, which often contain low levels of insecticide, don't always kill the mosquitoes, allowing them to develop resistance. In this study, researchers from the Netherlands used a charged surface, originally developed for trapping airborne pollen, and applied insecticide to it. The long-lasting electrostatic charge allowed high levels of insecticide to stick fast to the netting, giving the mosquitoes a lethal overdose when they came into contact with the surface - even for just a few seconds. The technique was tested on different strains of mosquito in South Africa, Tanzania and at a lab at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The research team found that the electrostatic coating of insecticide killed more mosquitoes than other nettings and, for certain insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, was 100% effective. Conventional nettings kill fewer than 10% of mosquitoes, the study said. Marit Farenhorst, who led the research, from In2Care at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, said the coating could be used on screens on windows and doors around the home, on curtains and walls, and in mosquito traps and wall ventilation tubes in homes. "It's a new way of trying to target and contaminate mosquitoes," she said. She also said the new method would be suitable for a number of different types of chemical insecticide. However, she said the coating was probably not suitable for bed nets because people regularly touch and wash them so the insecticide would come off over time.

The Dow Jones index finished 0.19% ahead at 20,090.29 points, while the Nasdaq closed up 0.19% at 5,674.22. The S&P 500 just managed to scrape an increase, closing up 0.02% at 2.293.08. Oil prices fell on Tuesday, pushed down by higher stockpiles in the US, and as a result energy company shares came under pressure. Brent Crude dropped by 1.7% to $54.79 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate Crude fell by 2.2% to $51.86. Shares in Chevron closed down by 1.41% and Exxon Mobil was 0.65% lower. "If we are going into a quarter or two of lower energy prices... the story of improving earnings for the S&P 500, with the help of improving earnings in energy companies, may be suspect," said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management. Shares in luxury handbag maker Michael Kors saw the biggest fall on the S&P, losing 10.8%. Earlier the firm had reported disappointing third-quarter sales and cut its full-year revenue forecasts. Also on the S&P, General Motors ended the day 4.7% lower after the carmaker posted a fall in net profits.

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She also said that lewd comments Donald Trump made about women that were caught on videotape were unacceptable but did not represent the man she knows. The Republican presidential nominee was guilty of "boy talk" but was "egged on" by TV host Billy Bush, she added. The tape prompted dozens of Republicans to drop their support for him. In the video, Mr Trump tells Mr Bush, who was then host of NBC's Access Hollywood, that he can force himself on women because he's a star. Several women have since come forward and accused Mr Trump of sexual assault, which he denies. "I know he respects women but he is defending himself because they are lies," Mrs Trump said in an interview with CNN. "I believe my husband," she said. "My husband is kind and he is a gentleman and he would never do that." She claimed the scandal had been "organised and put together to hurt his candidacy" by Hillary Clinton's campaign team and the media. "With the details [the media] have got, did they ever check the backgrounds of these women? They didn't have any facts," she added. Speaking for the first since the scandal began, Mrs Trump defended her husband's conduct with women, saying he had never behaved inappropriately over the years. Women commonly approached her husband in front of her to give him their phone numbers and behave inappropriately, she said. Reflecting on the 2005 Access Hollywood videotape leaked to the media 10 days ago, she said: "I said to my husband that, you know, the language was inappropriate. It's not acceptable. "And I was surprised, because that is not the man that I know." After the taped remarks became public, Mrs Trump issued a statement saying she found the words he spoke to be offensive but she accepted his apology. Now she believes Billy Bush, who was fired by NBC over the tape, was the main culprit. Mr Trump, she said, "was led on - like, egged on - from the host to say dirty and bad stuff". She also justified her husband's tactic of appearing with the women who have accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault. With three weeks to go before Americans cast their vote, polls show Mr Trump with considerable ground to make up on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in key battleground states. Who is ahead in the polls? 48% Hillary Clinton 44% Donald Trump Last updated November 8, 2016

The pair will be taking over the job from Sarah-Jane Crawford, who only hosted the show for one series. This year's X Factor will see big changes, with judges Louis Walsh, Mel B and presenter Dermot O'Leary leaving. Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini are the only faces returning. Olly Murs and Caroline Flack have already been named as The X Factor's new presenters. The judging panel will be completed by newcomers Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora, who was poached from BBC One's The Voice. Rochelle's new co-host Melvin Odoom is best known for presenting Kiss FM's breakfast show in London since 2007. The Xtra Factor is a spin-off show to the main weekend programme, and follows the backstage action, as well as chatting with judges and contestants. Humes said: "I have watched The Xtra Factor for years so I am beyond excited about joining such a brilliant team and getting to work with my old friend Melvin makes it even better. "I also can't wait to meet the contestants and be a part of their X Factor experience."

Media playback is not supported on this device Walkden became the first Briton to successfully defend a taekwondo world title with victory in the +73kg category at the 2017 tournament. She says she speaks "all the time" about MMA with double Olympic taekwondo champion and compatriot Jade Jones. "You never know what the future holds," the 25-year-old said. "You'd have to train completely different." Speaking to Radio 5 live's Sportsweek, she added: "If we got offered a spectacular fight, it was a one-off, a big event - then I would definitely do it." Jones said last year that she could be tempted by a big-money move to MMA after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Jardim, in charge since 2014, described the last three years at the club as "exceptional". Monaco finished eight points ahead of nearest rivals Paris St-Germain to be crowned champions of France in 2016-17. "I feel part of AS Monaco and the principality," said Portuguese Jardim, the former Olympiakos boss. Monaco also beat Tottenham and Manchester City on their way to reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League during 2016-17, before losing to Juventus 4-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals. Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said Jardim had received offers to coach elsewhere. "He is one of the best coaches in European football and despite other offers he has chosen to continue the adventure at Monaco, which demonstrates our ambition," added Vasilyev.

The camera has gone into operation at the Blackhall Place-Benburb Street junction on the Luas red line. Motorists breaking a red light will automatically receive three penalty points and a fine of up to 120 euros (£88). Penalty points will increase to five if there is a court conviction. The first such system in Ireland has been introduced in response to the large number of collisions between road vehicles and trams at the junction. Since the Luas went into operation in 2004 there have been 338 collisions between trams and vehicles and 95% have occurred on the red line, which serves Saggart and Tallaght to the city centre. One of the worst junctions for collisions was identified as the Blackhall Place-Benburb Street junction in Dublin 7. It is understood the system could be rolled out to other junctions.

Astley's 50 gave the singer his first UK number one for almost 30 years. It will compete for the BBC Radio 2 album of the year award with Adele's 25, Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams, ELO's Alone in the Universe and Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate. But there is no place on the shortlist for David Bowie's Blackstar, which came out days before his death in January. The nominees were chosen by the Radio 2 playlist committee. The winner will be announced at the BBC Music Awards on 12 December. The shortlists for other categories, including BBC Music British artist of the year and song of the year, will be announced shortly. Bowie was nominated for British artist of the year at the inaugural BBC Music Awards in 2014, but lost out to Ed Sheeran. Rick Astley has enjoyed a successful comeback this year, but if he wins the BBC Music Award it will be far from his first taste of awards glory. In his first flush of fame in 1988, he won best single at the Brit Awards - as well as worst dressed person in the Smash Hits Readers' Poll. And, more improbably, at the height of the Rickrolling phenomenon he was voted the best act ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2008. To be eligible for the BBC Music Award, albums must have been released between 17 October 2015 and 16 October 2016. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

As the form of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea side hit a new nadir with a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool, social media took great delight in mocking the under-pressure Blues boss. But only around 3,700 tweets, of around 200,000 which were sent, contained both the words 'Mourinho' and 'sack'. Does, deep down, the public want to keep a man who tends to create talking points? Maybe. But even so, no one said they can't have a giggle. By 16:00 GMT on Saturday the term 'Chelsea' had been tweeted 578,000 times - the leading worldwide trend - while there were roughly 200,000 tweets sent containing the term 'Mourinho' between midday and 15:00 GMT. Golf's world number three Rory McIlroy simply posted, #TaxiforJose. Within three hours it had been re-tweeted more than 2,000 times, gaining traction as far afield as Melbourne and Jakarta. Popular YouTube personality and West Ham fan Spencer Owen wrote: "Chelsea should have got rid of Mourinho weeks ago before Big Sam joined Sunderland! He was their best chance of staying up this season!" Meanwhile, cartoonist Omar Momani was quick to link a Halloween nightmare as he depicted Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp arriving at Mourinho's home. Everton fan Andy tweeted: "Poor Jose, he was just fully committed to being Brendan Rodgers for Halloween, and now he's going to lose his job over it." And Twitter user Kobi the Key opted for some lyrics from the 2003 R Kelly hit 'Ignition'. His adapted lyrics read: "It's the remix to ignition. The Mourinho Edition. Bought Falcao to spite Man U. Now I'm in 15th Position." Popular website Bleacher Report simply used the following image along with the words: "Chelsea FC—The Sinking Bus." Of course, after such a humbling defeat, with a pack of baying journalists ready to fire questions, Mourinho's post-match news conference suddenly became a must-see event. In it, the 52-year-old - charged by the Football Association with misconduct earlier in the week - refused to answer questions about key incidents in the game on the basis he may be punished again. His guarded nature led to the hashtag #Nothingtosay being used just over 6,400 times in around 90 minutes. Paul Hayward, chief sports writer for The Telegraph, tweeted: "Chelsea's players are the best in the business at seeing off managers. Nobody could say they fought to keep Mourinho today."

The new rates will be implemented in October and will benefit a million workers. Business Secretary Vince Cable said he had accepted a recommendation from the Low Pay Commission that the minimum wage should increase by 3%. It is the first time in six years that the rise will be higher than inflation. The rate for 18 to 20-year-olds will go up by 10p to £5.13 an hour, a 2% increase. The rate for those aged 16 and 17 will rise by 7p to £3.79, also a 2% rise. Apprentices will earn an extra 5p an hour, taking their wages to at least £2.73. The consumer prices index (CPI) rate of inflation is currently 1.9%. "The recommendations I have accepted today mean that low-paid workers will enjoy the biggest cash increase in their take-home pay since 2008," said Mr Cable. He also suggested that all companies should consider helping their staff to share in the fruits of an improving economy. "I urge businesses to consider how all their staff - not just those on the minimum wage - can enjoy the benefits of recovery," he said. Meanwhile, the man who set up the minimum wage 15 years ago, said it is in need of major reform. Professor Sir George Bain, founding chair of the Low Pay Commission, said the benchmark was a "child of its times" when launched in 1999. But speaking to BBC Newsnight on Wednesday, he said it had become a "blunt instrument" and that many employers could now afford to pay their workers much more. "If you set it at the 'living wage', which is about £7.65 an hour, you would cause massive unemployment in areas like retail and social care," Sir George added. "But there's only about five sectors where this is true. There's a whole range of sectors where you could easily afford to pay more than the minimum wage." Sir George, who has chaired a review of the minimum wage for think-tank the Resolution Foundation, also said there should be a "special case for London to have a higher national minimum". His report also recommends that the Low Pay Commission give longer-term forecasts for the benchmark, to help employers plan for the future. The latest rise means the national minimum wage is still well below the definition of low pay, as set by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This equates to two-thirds of the median full-time hourly wage - about £7.71 an hour. About five million UK workers currently earn below that level. The latest figure is also well below the living wage, which is £8.80 per hour in London, and £7.65 in the rest of the country. "Across the country, people are struggling to make ends meet," said Dave Prentice, the head of the Unison trade union. "The sooner we move to a living wage, the better," he said. In January this year, Chancellor George Osborne said he backed the idea of the national minimum wage reaching £7 an hour by October 2015. The latest announcement could pave the way for that to happen, but it would need a rise of more than 7% next year to do so. Unite, the country's biggest trade union, said the rise announced was "timid". "To make matters even worse, George Osborne cruelly held out hope that the rate would rise to £7," said Len McCluskey, Unite's general secretary. "The government claims it is on the side of working people but companies are sitting on a cash mountain of £500bn and they should be forced to share more of it with the lowest paid," he added.

Anna Signeul's team have lined up home games with Romania and Republic of Ireland either side of a trip to meet fellow finalists Sweden. Euro 2017 runs from 16 July - 6 August, with the Scots making their debut at a major finals. Scotland open the competition against England on 19 July, with Spain and Portugal also in Group D. Friendly dates: Scotland v Romania (Falkirk, 9 June) Sweden v Scotland (Vaxjo, 13 June) Scotland v Republic of Ireland (TBC, 7 July)

Prof Higgs, who does not own a mobile phone, said a former neighbour had pulled up in her car as he was returning from lunch in Edinburgh. He added: "She congratulated me on the news and I said 'oh, what news?'" The woman had been alerted by her daughter in London that Prof Higgs had won the award, he revealed. He added: "I heard more about it obviously when I got home and started reading the messages." The 84-year-old emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh was recognised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his work on the theory of the particle which shares his name, the Higgs boson. He shares this year's physics prize with Francois Englert of Belgium, and joins the ranks of past Nobel winners including Marie Curie and Albert Einstein. The existence of the so-called "God particle", said to give matter its substance, or mass, was proved almost 50 years later by a team from the European nuclear research facility (Cern) and its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. Speaking for the first time about the award at a media conference at the University of Edinburgh, he said: "How do I feel? Well, obviously I'm delighted and rather relieved in a sense that it's all over. It has been a long time coming." An old friend told him he had been nominated as far back as 1980, he said. Prof Higgs added: "In terms of later events, it seemed to me for many years that the experimental verification might not come in my lifetime. "But since the start up of the LHC it has been pretty clear that they would get there, and despite some mishaps they did get there". Stressing the involvement of other theorists and Cern, he added: "I think clearly they should, but it is going to be even more difficult for the Nobel Committee to allocate the credit when it comes to an organisation like Cern. "I should remind you that although only two of us have shared this prize, Francois Englert of Brussels and myself, that the work in 1964 involved three groups of people, (including) two in Brussels. "Unfortunately Robert Brout died a few years ago so is no longer able to be awarded the prize, but he would certainly have been one of the winners if he had still been alive. "But there were three others who also contributed and it is already difficult to allocate the credit amongst the theorists. "Although a lot of people seem to think I did all this single-handed, it was actually part of a theoretical programme which had been started in 1960." Prof Higgs was born in Newcastle, but developed his theory while working at the University of Edinburgh. The landmark research that defined what was to become known as the Higgs boson was published in 1964. Discovering the particle became one of the most sought-after goals in science, and the team of scientists behind the $10bn LHC at Cern made proving its existence a key priority. In July of last year, physicists at Cern confirmed the discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. Prof Higgs, who had often been uncomfortable with the attention his theory brought, was in Geneva to hear the news, and wiped a tear from his eye as the announcement was made. Reacting to the discovery at the time, he told reporters: "It's very nice to be right sometimes."

The IPO is the first this year by a so-called technology "unicorn" - start-ups valued at more than $1bn (£700m). Twilio's platform that enables developers to incorporate phone calls and text messages into their apps. Shares were priced at $15 but closed at $28.19, valuing the company at more than $2bn. Its software is used by companies including OpenTable, WhatsApp and Uber, which uses the technology to withhold the actual mobile numbers of drivers when they call passengers. The appetite for Twilio shares has revived investors' hopes in the US technology sector. Analysts believe that its successful debut market could be a positive sign for other "unicorns" looking to go public. Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, said: "[This year] has really been an arid desert in new issuance and equity ... I'm encouraged that the success here will spawn other IPOs [initial public offerings]."

The "birth tourism" hotels hosted mainly Chinese women who paid between $15,000 (£9,756) to $50,000 for the services. The raids focused on hotels suspected of engaging in visa fraud. Court records said companies would coach women to falsify records and claims for their visa screening. Birth tourism is not always illegal and many agencies openly advertise their services as "birthing centres". The raids represent a rare federal crackdown against the widespread practice of foreign nationals giving birth in the US. Undercover operation It is estimated that 40,000 of 300,000 children born to foreign citizens in the US each year are the product of birth tourism, according to figures quoted in court documents filed to obtain search warrants for the schemes. In one of the investigations into an Irvine "birthing centre", an undercover agent posed as a pregnant mother. She was helped to provide false proof of income and a college diploma, told to enter through popular US destinations like Hawaii or Las Vegas and make reservations with hotels and tours. A China-based "trainer" assigned to help put together the visa application asked for full-length frontal and side photo of the undercover agent's belly to see how visible her pregnancy was, according to agents. Agents were also concerned that the schemes defrauded hospitals. Even though the women were paying birth tourism operators between $15,000 and $50,000 for their service, they paid local hospitals nothing or a reduced sum for uninsured, low-income patients, according to the affidavit. No arrests were expected on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times, but authorities said investigators would be seizing evidence and interviewing the mothers to build a criminal case against scheme operators.

The 35-year-old replaces Pakistan international Sharjeel Khan, who has been provisionally suspended from the Pakistan Super League as part of an ongoing anti-corruption investigation. Ronchi has played 32 T20 internationals and can play in all 14 T20 group games. He has previously played in England for Somerset and Warwickshire, as well as touring with New Zealand. "It seems like an exciting time at the club with a few personnel changes and talented additions," Ronchi said. "I love playing county cricket and can't wait to get started. "I hope I can make a difference both on and off the field and contribute to a successful campaign."

Couples will now be allowed to have two children, it said, citing a statement from the Communist Party. The controversial policy was introduced nationally in 1979, to slow the population growth rate. It is estimated to have prevented about 400 million births. However concerns at China's ageing population led to pressure for change. Couples who violated the one-child policy faced a variety of punishments, from fines and the loss of employment to forced abortions. Over time, the policy has been relaxed in some provinces, as demographers and sociologists raised concerns about rising social costs and falling worker numbers. The decision to allow families to have two children was designed "to improve the balanced development of population'' and to deal with an aging population, according to the statement from the Community Party's Central Committee carried by the official Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese) on Thursday. Currently about 30% of China's population is over the age of 50. The total population of the country is around 1.36 billion. The Communist Party began formally relaxing national rules two years ago, allowing couples in which at least one of the pair is an only child to have a second child. China's one-child policy What was China's one-child policy? Trauma and sympathy shared online Correspondents say that despite the relaxation of the rules, many couples may opt to only have one child, as one-child families have become the social norm. Critics say that even a two-child policy will not boost the birth rate enough, the BBC's John Sudworth reports. And for those women who want more than two children, nor will it end the state's insistence on the right to control their fertility, he adds. "As long as the quotas and system of surveillance remains, women still do not enjoy reproductive rights," Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch told AFP. I was born in 1979, the year the one-child policy was implemented. And even then, I wasn't supposed to be born. In my parents' work unit, there were also quotas for babies. By the time my mother announced her pregnancy, the quotas were all used up for the year. But kind-hearted officials decided to look the other way and allowed my birth. My would-be siblings were less lucky. As a result of the policy, my mother had to endure two abortions. Even today, she talks about 'Number Two' and 'Number Three' and what they might have been like. Read more personal stories Carrie Gracie: U-turn may not bring prosperity Writing in The Conversation, Stuart Gietel-Basten, associate professor of social policy at the University of Oxford, says the reform with do little to change China's population and is instead a "pragmatic response to an unpopular policy that made no sense". The announcement in China came on the final day of a summit of the Communist Party's policy-making Central Committee, known as the fifth plenum. The party also announced growth targets and its next five year plan.

Culture Minister Ali Jannati said flights would only resume once those responsible had been punished. The teenagers allege that before returning to Tehran from the Umra, or lesser Islamic pilgrimage, in March they were abused by security officials at Jeddah airport. The move is likely to deepen tensions between the two regional powers. They are currently at odds over the conflict in Yemen, where a coalition led by Sunni Muslim-ruled Saudi Arabia is carrying out air strikes on Shia Houthi rebels, which the US says are receiving military assistance from Iran. Iran and the Houthis deny this. On Saturday, hundreds of people protested outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran and demanded that the Iranian government "end the unnecessary Umra". On Monday, Mr Jannati told state television: "I have ordered the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organisation to suspend the Umra until the criminals are tried and punished." "Considering what has happened, Iranians' dignity has been damaged and a public demand has formed," he added. The minister said Saudi officials had "promised to punish the persons in custody". "They even asserted that they would execute them, but nothing has been done in reality so far." Each year about 500,000 Iranians undertake the Umra, an optional pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time of the year other than during the main pilgrimage, or Hajj. Although the Umra includes some of the rituals of the Hajj, which every sane adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their lives if they can afford it and are physically able, they are shortened and there are fewer of them.

Wednesday's clash between Sunderland and Manchester City at the Stadium of Light saw a figure dressed as the superhero walk among the players. Bradley Minto, 18, of Fordfield Road, Sunderland was charged with entering an area designated for football matches. Mr Minto will appear at Sunderland Magistrates' Court on 23 December. Manchester City won the match 4-1.

The search giant has launched a series of legal actions against the London-based firm in California, claiming four of its patents have been violated, and has also filed a separate case in the UK. BT had been expecting such action after it launched its own case against Google in 2011. That dispute has yet to be resolved. "We have always seen litigation as a last resort, and we work hard to avoid lawsuits," said a spokeswoman for Google. "But BT has brought several meritless patent claims against Google and our customers - and they've also been arming patent trolls." The term "patent troll" describes firms that acquire patents so that they can later extract settlements from companies on infringement claims. In 2012, New Jersey-based intellectual property owner Suffolk Technologies sued Google and US internet service provider AOL over two patents it had acquired from BT. In addition, Steelhead Licensing - another firm which owns patents but does not produce products of its own - has filed a case against 14 handset makers and mobile networks, including Google's Motorola unit, claiming infringement of a wireless technology which used to be owned by BT. A spokesman for the British firm said it did not comment on pending litigation. Google has struck back with claims that BT has infringed a method to allow PCs to use an internet-based telephone system based on a patent originally filed by Fujitsu. And it says BT failed to license a system used to let computer servers prioritise data - an IBM invention now owned by the search firm. Patent consultant Florian Mueller said this was the first clear case of Google suing another company over its patents. Previous cases involving Motorola were filed ahead of Google buying the Razr handset maker. BT and Google are next set to meet in court in Delaware in July for a mediation hearing about the 2011 case.

John Edward Bates, formerly of Spalding, Lincolnshire, but now living in London, faces a total of 22 charges, including two counts of indecency with a child. The 67-year-old is accused of committing the offences between March 1972 and October 1989. Mr Bates denies all the charges. Grace Hale, prosecuting, told the jury that the allegations of sexual abuse were made by made by four male complainants and related to when Mr Bates was a scout leader in South Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. "The defendant says nothing of that sort happened between himself and all these individuals. He says they are all fabricating their accounts and telling lies," said Mrs Hale. The prosecutor claimed Mr Bates invited one 15 year old to his home offering him the chance to look at cine films made at scout camps but then showed him pornographic films. She told the jury that the boy was then sexually abused leaving him confused and frightened. Mrs Hale said: "The complainant's recollection is that on a number of occasions sexual acts would happen with the defendant either in the defendant's car or in his cottage." She told the jury a second boy was taken by Mr Bates for a weekend in London at the age of 13 or 14 and after visiting pubs he was later sexually abused. Mrs Hale said two boys from the Spalding group had also made complaints of being sexually abused. The jury has been told that Mr Bates was in the RAF before serving as a Lincolnshire Police officer between 1976 and 1983. The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues.

The event, entitled Shifting the Curve - Sharing the Challenge, is aimed at addressing the relatively static rates of breastfeeding in Scotland over the last decade. Figures show 48.4% of babies were breastfed at around ten days old in 2013/14, compared with 44.4% in 2004/05. The data shows a trend towards babies being fed both breast and formula milk, as well as a decline in breastfeeding by the six to eight week stage. Experts in the field will come together to share the latest evidence on the benefits of breastfeeding, review what is working well and identify ways to drive up rates. A key focus will be on increasing rates of breastfeeding in the most deprived areas in order to help reduce health inequalities. Mothers in the wealthiest areas are nearly three times as likely to exclusively breastfeed at six to eight weeks, compared with those in the most deprived areas. Public health minister Maureen Watt said: "Breastfeeding has major health benefits, in the short and longer term, for both mother and baby. That is why the Scottish Government continues to promote it as the best source of nutrition for babies. "We know it is important to understand the factors which influence a mother's infant feeding decision and develop effective strategies to encourage more women to breastfeed. "Research shows that women who know about the health benefits of breastfeeding are more likely to start, therefore it's essential that in the antenatal period the health benefits of breastfeeding are discussed and explained to all women." Earlier this month, a study by Unicef concluded increasing the time women breastfeed could save the NHS millions of pounds by improving the health of mother and baby. The summit will be held on 24 February at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Elland Bridge in Elland partially collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday after significant flooding in the area. A barge was wedged against the grade II listed bridge and several others were left stranded on the towpath after high water receded. Councillor Tim Swift said the crossing would not reopen until December at the earliest. A temporary footbridge has been installed over the canal near the the bridge. Road diversions are also in place. Calderdale Council said it had been having regular discussions with the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which owns the bridge. Cllr Swift said: "We have requested CRT make an immediate start to designing a replacement for Elland Bridge. "Unfortunately this will be a major project and initial estimates are that a new bridge would not be in operation until at least December 2016." Other bridges in Yorkshire suffered serious damage during the recent floods, including Tadcaster Bridge in Tadcaster.

Lennon Toland, from the city's Tollcross area, was struck by a white Ford Transit van in Dalness Street, Shettleston, at about 15:15 on Monday. The St Paul's Primary School pupil was taken to hospital with serious injuries and died a short time later. The 62-year-old van driver was not injured. Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident to contact them.

Having banked the biggest cheque of his career as Scottish open runner-up, a tie for fifth at the Open at Royal Troon earned him a further £235,557. He now heads for Springfield, New Jersey for the US PGA in 10 days' time. Hatton admits he still needs to work on keeping a cool head, saying: "It's something I needed to get better at and I'm slowly getting there." His finish at Troon was the best by an Englishman at the Open since Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood tied for third behind Phil Mickelson at Muirfield three years ago. He acknowledges, however, that his emotions can still get the better of him on the course. "The fire is still burning inside and I'll show that from time to time," said 24-year-old Hatton, from Marlow, who plays at Harleyford. "I try my best not to, but I'm only human, and I'm going to make mistakes every now and then. "I'm so passionate about wanting to do well, and sometimes that just overspills." As well as the support of his father, who is his coach, this year's change of caddie, when he brought in the calming influence of a new bagman in Chris Rice, has been a big factor. "We started working together at the beginning of this year, and it's been a great year for me so far," added Hatton, who has risen a further 13 places to 55th in the world rankings. "We make a good team. He's helped me a lot." As well as earning 429,468 Euros at Castle Stuart, prior to moving on to Troon, he also secured a place in the field for the USPGA for the second year running, giving him a chance to build on last year's tie for 25th at Whistling Straits. "I can't wait," Hatton told BBC Sport. "I really enjoyed my time at Whistling Straits. I'm going to enjoy a week off to get ready for a return to the States. "I got a lot of confidence from last week and I took it into the Open and it's great that I now don't have to try and qualify again (following his Top 10 finish) for Royal Birkdale next year." Hatton's surge in form also means he is now within reach of a Ryder Cup place, but after the USPGA his main interest is the holiday he has planned afterwards in New York with his girlfriend. Aside from a double bogey on the par-five 4th on the second day, Hatton only dropped four other shots all week at Troon, fewer than champion Henrik Stenson. "My best performances are on links courses," points out Hatton, who had not previously made the Open cut in four attempts. "I played a lot of links as an amateur. When conditions get tough, I can grind out a decent score and thankfully my short game helped me out and was the reason why I finished as well as I have. "I holed a lot of putts out there. That was the only downside from the previous three rounds but this time the big thing was the par putts I holed. "I holed a really good par putt on the eighth after pulling it left into the bunker. Then I holed a really good par putt again on nine, and that sort of just kept the momentum going. The only blip was on 11, but that was the hardest hole on the course." We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here.

The Scottish Sentencing Council will look at crimes committed by young people, death by driving and environmental and wildlife offences. It will also begin research into the sentencing of sexual offences. The council was established a year ago in an attempt to improve public confidence in the sentences passed by the courts. Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, who chairs the council, said: "The topics we have selected to begin preparing guidelines on are of importance to local communities and families across Scotland. "We will take the time to properly research each area and consult widely, not only with our justice partners, but with relevant groups and the wider public. "We welcome input from those interested and encourage you to have your say in helping to shape Scotland's first sentencing guidelines." The council will now consider how young people should be sentenced and begin work on its first offence-specific topics. In a statement, the council said: "Death by driving is a serious matter that affects people across Scotland. The circumstances are often complicated and this can lead to extremely difficult sentencing decisions. Fatalities have a huge impact on families and local communities. "Environmental and wildlife issues have particular significance in Scotland relevant to tourism, rural industry and the local economy. Guidelines on environmental offences will be particularly helpful in setting down an approach to how corporations should be sentenced." The council will also look ahead to considering theft, property offences and domestic abuse from 2018-2021.

Former Scotland centre Sean Lineen will be the English Championship club's director of rugby. And Roddy Grant, who retired through injury after playing for Edinburgh, joins as a forwards coach. SRU chief executive Mark Dodson said: "This is an exciting partnership which benefits both organisations." Their most immediate goal will be to prevent London Scottish, who are third from bottom of the English Championship table, being relegated. Dodson said the arrangement was the result of months of planning between two organisations that "share the common objective of developing and improving Scottish rugby". "It provides a new, competitive step on the performance pathway for both players and coaches and we look forward to working with London Scottish CEO Rod Lynch and his team," he said in a statement. Players sent on loan from Pro12 clubs Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, along with Scottish rugby academy and national age-grade players, will be based at the Richmond Athletic Ground and will be available to London Scottish for Championship and B&I Cup fixtures. London Scottish chairman Sir David Reid said: "We will benefit from having experienced players, while we can provide the level of on-field competition that younger Scottish players need to aid their development. "London Scottish intends to remain a successful and ambitious Championship club. Sean Lineen and Roddy Grant will help us achieve this. "The relationship between the union and London Scottish has never been stronger. I really appreciate the leadership and vision shown by Scottish Rugby in this exciting initiative and the support they have shown to London Scottish." Former Glasgow Warriors coach Lineen will work part-time at Richmond to support London Scottish head coach Peter Richards while continuing as Scottish Rugby's head of international age-grade rugby. The 54-year-old will have responsibility for support staff, facilities, match scheduling, pre-season preparation and player recruitment. Grant, the 28-year-old who played for Scotland A, joins the coaching team for the remainder of the season. Scotland back Rory Hughes is currently on loan with London Scottish, while Scottish Rugby Academy players Robbie Fergusson, George Horne and Jack Cosgrove have also been with the Championship club this season.

They tweeted: "The fire brigade were quickly on the scene and the AOC's emergency plan was put in place." The fire involved two pieces of cardboard in a basement car park, Rio 2016 officials said. The Australian delegation initially refused to move into the building on Sunday citing "blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring". "The incident in the basement car park of building 23 in the Olympic Village was quickly controlled by the fire authorities who are constantly present," said Rio 2016 media manager Philip Wilkinson. "The occupants of the building were evacuated and were allowed to return inside the building after 30 minutes. The incident is being investigated." Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

The London businessman has reassured staff that "all payments and wages due to themselves, players and football creditors would be paid in full this week, subject to Conference status". The Football Conference say they need concrete assurances from the club. If football creditors are not paid by Saturday's Conference Annual General Meeting, the club risk expulsion. I want to see the club back in the Football League as soon as possible and I'm confident that we can do that Conference general manager Dennis Strudwick said they did not want to expel any member club, but had to protect the integrity of the competition. "We're not here to put clubs out of business, we're here to protect our members," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "We have made it very clear to Hereford what is expected. They have to pay their football creditors and, thereafter, the board will consider its options. "They have just had a winding-up petition, which has been adjourned, and given them a bit of time, but the debt is still there. "They then face another winding-up order in a short period of time and have a number of football creditors. "We need compelling evidence that Hereford United will not only start next season but will finish it." In the club statement released by Hereford, Agombar, whose son Harry played for both Swindon Town and Macclesfield Town, said: "I'm a football man and I want what is the very best for Hereford United and its supporters. "They've endured a very hard time in recent months and years. We have to put things in place to avoid that happening again. Media playback is not supported on this device "I want to see the club back in the Football League as soon as possible and I'm confident that we can do that. "We are currently liaising with the Football Conference regarding the club's current situation." Bulls chairman David Keyte, whose own future is not yet clear, was reported to have been in talks with three different rival bidders regarding a takeover. A statement was released last Thursday saying that the consortium of investors involved in trying to take over at Edgar Street had "begun the process of payments" to the Bulls' football creditors. But the club are also overdue with their latest PAYE tax demand and they remain under a winding-up petition brought by former Hereford manager Martin Foyle, which was adjourned on Monday for 28 days.

The German side allowed the 44-year-old speak to the Swans, who are bottom of the Premier League. Clement was interviewed by the club before Bob Bradley was appointed as their manager in October. He is set to be Swansea's third manager of the season and it is likely he will be at Selhurst Park for their game against Crystal Palace on Tuesday. The former Chelsea and Real Madrid assistant manager was in charge of Derby County for eight months before he was sacked by the club in February of 2016. After Bradley was sacked following a spell of seven defeats in 11 games, Clement emerged as the frontrunner to be Swansea's next manager Former Manchester United assistant Ryan Giggs, Wales boss Chris Coleman and former Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett were also linked with the job. The Swans are four points adrift at the bottom of the table and have lost their last four games, including Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth.

The Coseley School in Dudley has 557 pupils - just over half its 975 capacity - and last year's GCSE results placed it bottom in the borough. About 100 people protested outside Dudley Council house on Monday as the decision was made to put the closure plan to the public. The consultation will run until 5 April, with a decision due in May. 'Safe haven' If the plan goes ahead, years seven, eight and nine will go to different schools next year. Current year 10's would stay and complete their GCSE's with the school shutting altogether in August 2017. Head girl Tatiana Davies protested with fellow pupils against the closure. She said: "This place is like a safe haven for kids and it's a community that's being ripped apart by the council. "It's not fair whatsoever that they've made a decision to do this... We care about our school so much." Councillor Ian Cooper, cabinet member for children's services, said: "Proposing the closure of the school is very much the last resort and not something we have taken lightly. "During recent years it has experienced a dramatic decline in pupil numbers, which are forecast to drop even more over the next three years, as well as results below the national minimum standards. "We know the school has worked hard to try and raise attainment but unfortunately all these factors have led us to take this action." Only 54 parents have chosen the school as their first preference for September 2016 and the council says the school is facing a £1m shortfall. Ofsted rated the school "inadequate" following an inspection in September 2012 and "requires improvement" in September 2014.

In the first of the studies, vets are assessing dogs that have had surgery to repair damage to their knee ligaments. Edinburgh University's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies aims to improve health outcomes for pets receiving veterinary care. The team will explore whether dogs can also produce vitamin D in their skin after exposure to the sun. Previous studies have shown that animals with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood often show signs of increased inflammation. The team will examine whether inflammation linked to reduced intake can hamper dogs' recovery from surgery. Blood samples will be taken before and after surgery to allow the team to measure their levels and any symptoms of inflammation. They will then monitor the dogs to see whether having higher levels of vitamin D before surgery have a positive effect on their recovery. If a link is found, researchers will test if supplements can help to lower inflammation and improve the chances of better recovery from surgery. In a separate study, vets will investigate how dogs acquire vitamin D in the first place, taking blood samples to examine whether levels fluctuate with the changing seasons. The findings will help to determine whether dogs are getting enough vitamin D in their diet throughout the year. Dr Richard Mellanby, Edinburgh University's head of veterinary clinical research and companion animal sciences, said: "Vitamin D plays a vital role in bone health and there is growing evidence that it has other health benefits for people and animals. "Our research aims to understand whether dogs' vitamin D levels fluctuate throughout the year, which is important for making sure we're feeding our pets the right diet. "We're also interested in how vitamin D affects recovery after surgery and whether having less vitamin D is a cause or consequence of inflammation. "Untangling this complex relationship will help us to devise new approaches to improve the welfare of animals after surgery."

Nathan Smith had a header well saved early on, while Shaun Harrad also went close for the Gulls. Smith broke the deadlock when he headed in Dan Butler's second-half corner. And substitute Iffy Allen tapped in number two from a Butler cross shortly after coming on. Torquay are now level on points with Welling, with both sides seven points from safety.

It will cease operation at the end of August, after being told it would no longer receive legal aid funding. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) ruled the firm had breached contractual requirements. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the firm's closure was the "right outcome for our armed forces". The LAA took its decision after reviewing information submitted by the firm, following a Solicitors Regulation Authority investigation. PIL, which has offices in London and Birmingham, represented complainants in the £31m Al-Sweady inquiry into a 2004 battle in southern Iraq. The firm was criticised when the inquiry's 2014 report concluded that the subsequent war crimes allegations were based on "deliberate lies, reckless speculation and ingrained hostility". That report concluded the behaviour of some soldiers towards detainees breached the Geneva convention, but was highly critical of the claims it was initially set up to investigate. These were that Iraqi detainees had been murdered, mutilated and tortured following the Battle of Danny Boy on 14 May 2004 near Al Amarah in southern Iraq. The report found that British forces responded to a deadly ambush by insurgents with "exemplary courage, resolution and professionalism". And it suggested some detainees - all described as members or supporters of the Mahdi Army insurgent group - lied about the most serious allegations, so as to discredit the British armed forces. In 2010 PIL called for a full public inquiry into allegations made by 142 Iraqi civilians that they were abused by British soldiers in southern Iraq. The firm's lead lawyer Phil Shiner said that the case "raises a number of very troubling systemic issues about the practices and techniques used on Iraqis". He also called for a single inquiry into the UK's detention policy in Iraq. In January 2014 PIL submitted a legal bid with the International Criminal Court to prosecute British politicians and senior military figures, for alleged war crimes in Iraq - a move which the then Foreign Secretary William Hague said should be rejected. It submitted the bid along with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. Speaking at the time, Mr Shiner said the move was "about individual criminal accountability for war crimes". It led to an initial investigation into claims that UK forces abused Iraqi detainees being opened by the ICC. And in September 2015 PIL and the ECCHR submitted further evidence, which the ICC says added "substantively to the allegations... expanding the list of alleged crimes in relation to new cases of alleged detainee abuses". Mr Fallon said the UK's armed forces "show bravery and dedication in difficult circumstances". "For too long, we've seen our legal system abused to impugn them falsely. We are now seeing progress and we will be announcing further measures to stamp out this practice." A Number 10 spokesman said: "We made a manifesto commitment to addressing these types of spurious claims that companies like PIL are pursuing. "The closure of PIL shows that we are making progress on that, tackling these types of firms head on to make sure we get the right outcome for our armed forces who show such bravery in the most difficult of circumstances." The spokesman also said ministers were considering a "suite of measures" to prevent firms making bogus claims, including strengthening the penalties for abusers of the system.

In the six months to September, 39,174 people were given three days' emergency food from the network of centres run by the Trussell Trust. This is a 20% rise on the same period in 2013. But the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said there was "no convincing evidence" linking benefit changes and more use of food banks. Source: Trussell Trust CASE STUDY: EBBW VALE The Blaenau Gwent food bank runs from a church in Ebbw Vale twice a week and was the first to open in Wales in October 2008. It has helped just over 1,500 people from April to September 2014. This is about 200 fewer people than the same period last year but compares to 900 in April to September 2012. Martin Abel, food bank manager, said: "All food bank vouchers are numbered and people are allowed up to three so we notice if a pattern is emerging we put them in touch with agencies and find help, whether it's with budgeting or whatever." Read more - Blaenau Gwent food bank finds goodwill in troubles In Wales, those helped included more than 13,200 children. The most common reasons for seeking help are benefit delays, low income and benefit changes. Oxfam Cymru has blamed a "perfect storm" of "benefit cuts, low wages, sanctions and insecure jobs". But Works and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said it was "quite wrong" to suggest it was just to do with benefits-related problems. The DWP has consistently claimed welfare changes are not to blame. A spokesman added: "The reality is the vast majority of benefits are processed on time, with improvements being made year on year. "And we continue to spend £94bn a year on working age benefits to ensure there is a strong safety net in place."

A report into HMP Dovegate also found high levels of violence, insufficient staffing, unjustified segregation and poor visiting arrangements. It was, though, praised for good living conditions and resettlement work. The Category B jail houses about 1,060 male prisoners and is run by the private firm Serco. Chief Inspector of Prisons, Nick Hardwick said the jail's performance "had dipped" since its last inspection in 2013 under a new management team. The report said there had been an influx of prisoners convicted of serious violent offences, and a large number of men who had to be separated from the rest for safety reasons, including gang affiliations. The use of force by staff was higher than average, attendance at activities was poor, and skills provision was inconsistent. Mr Hardwick said Dovegate had struggled to respond to the "destabilising impact" of new psychoactive substances. "There remains much to do," he said. Michael Spurr, from the National Offender Management Service, said: "The prison is working hard to tackle violence, and is working with Ofsted to improve education outcomes for prisoners." HMP Dovegate houses a 200-bed therapeutic unit, which is subject to a separate inspection report.

It follows claims of cronyism within the land and environmental services department. A long-running internal investigation has been looking at a number of issues, including alleged procurement irregularities. The department's executive director resigned last November. Police Scotland said their inquiries were at an early stage. BBC Scotland understands officers have taken an interest in issues that arose through Glasgow City Council's internal investigation and that the local authority would be willing to co-operate with police. It is also understood that a meeting took place recently between the council and police and that some of the issues spoken about involved people outside the council. The land and services department looks after services such as cleansing, bin collection, park, roads to environmental health and trading standards. The department has about 4,000 employees and a revenue budget of £190m. In November 2016 its executive director Brian Devlin - whose salary was about £120,000 - resigned after five years in the role. It is understood that Mr Devlin was spoken to during the internal investigation. The others interviewed by the internal investigators included two members of staff with close personal links to housing repair company Mears Scotland, which had also been at the centre of a local controversy over council contracts in neighbouring North Lanarkshire. One is the son of its managing director who is married to Glasgow's Lord Provost Sadie Docherty. The other is the partner of an executive with Mears who is now working in a different role at the council. However, Mears currently has no major contracts with Glasgow City Council and the company has denied wrongdoing. A spokesman for Labour-run Glasgow City Council said it would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing internal investigation. The broader issue of openness and transparency within Glasgow City Council is set to be a key theme in the campaign ahead of May's local elections. Supporters of the Labour administration may argue that the internal investigation demonstrates that they take such matters seriously. However, the SNP believe that, in general, the council could do more to ensure it is transparent and seen to be so. The leader of the SNP group on the council, Susan Aitken, stressed she did not wish to comment on this specific investigation or any of the individuals concerned. However, she said: "Glasgow SNP have already expressed serious concerns about public trust in the council in the light of a number of incidents over the years and have committed to appoint an independent expert to conduct a root and branch review of governance if elected." The Times newspaper, which first reported the story in its Scottish edition, claimed the council's ties with Mears and a number of other firms were being looked at by the local authority's internal auditors. In general, councils are expected to follow tight procurement rules and statutory procedures to ensure an open and transparent process is followed for any contract being awarded - major contracts also have to comply with EU law. They should not be awarded on the basis of personal connections and no company tendering for a contract should be given an unfair advantage or disadvantage. It would be seen as bad practice - and possibly a breach of rules - for anyone with a close personal connection to a company to be involved with decisions on whether or not they are awarded a contract. Any allegation a council employee was able to give one company bidding for work an unfair advantage, through for instance sharing information, would also be taken very seriously. Recommendations on who to award significant contracts to are made by council officials, although the actual decisions are taken by committees of councillors. It is unusual for these committees to go against the officials' recommendations. Police Scotland said: "A matter has been raised with the police and inquiries are at an early stage to assess this information."

Jordan Kemlo, 18, admitted carrying out the Peterhead sexual assaults between 2011 and 2014. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Burns ordered Kemlo to be supervised for five years following his release from custody. The judge said there was no alternative to custody. Defence advocate Drew McKenzie told the court: "He did express that he is remorseful and that what he did to this boy was wrong."

Eight Type 26 frigates are due to be built on the Clyde, but the UK government has not announced a timescale for the project. Harriet Baldwin faced calls from SNP and Labour MPs to confirm a time-frame for cutting steel on the frigates. But she said it would be "inappropriate" to do so as negotiations continue. Work had originally been due to start this year, but SNP defence spokesman Brendan O'Hara predicted during a Commons debate on Tuesday that construction of the ships would not start until at least the summer of next year. He also said the delays could be in part blamed on the economic impact of Brexit, as well as the government committing too much of its procurement budget to renewing the Trident nuclear deterrent. Mr O'Hara told MPs: "It would be an unforgivable betrayal of the Clyde workers if they were the ones that had to pay the price of Brexit, but also the price of Trident." In reply, Ms Baldwin told the Westminster Hall debate: "The timing of the award of the build contract and the build schedule itself are key components of the ongoing commercial negotiations between the Government and BAE Systems. "We are negotiating a deal that aims to optimise the requirements of the Royal Navy in terms of the capability the ships will deliver, to achieve value for money for defence and the taxpayer, and to deliver a build schedule that drives performance. "These negotiations are continuing, so I am not this afternoon in a position to give a specific date as to when an agreement will be reached. "To protect the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence, disclosing any such detail would be inappropriate at this time." Under questioning from the SNP's Chris Stephens, Ms Baldwin confirmed the national ship building strategy will report by the time of the Autumn Statement on 23 November, which could reveal fresh information about plans for the Type 26 frigates. Ms Baldwin also resisted calls to disclose further reasons behind delays and cuts to the project. The project has already been cut from 13 to eight new ships, while a target to start cutting steel in May has been delayed indefinitely. Tory MP Bob Stewart, a former British Army officer, said: "I don't think we need the minister to answer that - the answer is we had no money. "That's why we had to cut down the number of Type 26 ships. We did not have the money, and we actually had to cut our means to suit our coat." SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes said the delays left Scotland and the United Kingdom "dangerously under-defended", adding it was a "tale of under-investment and neglect".

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Fifteen people, including the bombers, died and more than 35 were injured in the attacks at a mosque and house of vigilante leader, they said. More than 100 people died in similar attacks in the city two weeks ago. Maiduguri is where Boko Haram Islamist militants were first based when they began their insurgency six years ago. Some 17,000 people are said to have been killed in that time and attacks by the group have intensified since Muhammadu Buhari became president in May, vowing to defeat the insurgents. The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in the capital, Abuja, says people were waiting for the final evening prayers when three suicide bombers struck the mosque. The girl carrying the fourth bomb ran off into the nearby bush where her explosives detonated, killing her. The vigilante leader was not at home when a suicide attacker struck his house, our reporter says. Witnesses and security sources said the children were aged between nine and 15. Earlier reports said all five of the bombers were girls. Our correspondent says the attacks in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, come as the military says it is winning the war against Boko Haram. In June, the military's headquarters were moved to the city as President Buhari wanted to centralise operations against the militants. This year, the security forces have reclaimed most of the territory captured by Boko Haram fighters and freed a number of people kidnapped by the militant group. But the boosted regional multinational force - central to Mr Buhari's strategy in defeating the militants - has not yet started operations in earnest because of reported funding difficulties, our reporter says. Mr Buhari has given his newly appointed security chiefs until mid-November to defeat the fighters, who now have ties with Islamic State group. More than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 from the town of Chibok in Borno state have also yet to be found. Using football to tackle Boko Haram Who are Boko Haram?

A third of people surveyed by housing charity Cymorth Cymru said health problems contributed to them losing their home. Seven recommendations have been made to health boards, landlords and councils to ensure better support. The Welsh Government said it welcomed the report and would consider its recommendations. The charity - an umbrella body for providers of housing support and social care services - analysed responses from 332 homeless people from 21 out of 22 local authority areas. It was commissioned by the Welsh Government to look at the experiences of people who had slept rough, stayed in a hostel or B&B, stayed with friends or relatives, or applied to the council as homeless. A third of the sample stated their homelessness was caused, at least in part, by a health problem, when drug or alcohol problems were included as part of a broadly defined health issue. Nearly a quarter who were admitted to hospital said they were discharged to the streets or "unsuitable accommodation". More than two-thirds of respondents had not had a hepatitis B or flu vaccination and half the eligible female respondents did not have cervical smears or breast examinations on a regular basis. Waiting times, the inability to make an appointment, as well as drug and alcohol problems are some of the factors which prevent people from accessing health services, the report said. Cymorth Cymru director Katie Dalton said the results suggested poor health was a cause as well as an effect of homelessness. "People can start to experience a physical or mental health problem and that can impact on their ability to engage in employment - they could see their income reduce or stop, not be able to afford their rent or mortgage and lose their home," she said. "We know that around 30% of people who are homeless saw their health get worse in the past 12 months and that many of them face barriers to accessing a range of health services that could have prevented that deterioration from happening." Recommendations Ms Dalton added: "It's really important that we think more creatively to improve those health stats in future… this isn't necessarily about more resources - it's about being smarter. "Significant proportions of homeless people use emergency departments and ambulances to access hospital - we believe that if early intervention was working, those people could be prevented from needing those services and reduce pressure on the NHS. "We actually found that 63% of people who filled out the questionnaire didn't have a drug or alcohol problem - that's probably in contrast to what public perception is around substance misuse." A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We continue to work closely with Public Health Wales, health boards, local authorities and homelessness organisations to ensure appropriate services are planned and delivered to meet the health needs of homeless people and those at risk of homelessness."

The game had promised to be an entertaining one with the Magpies' Stanley Aborah letting fly from distance and forcing a corner early on. Following that set-piece, County's Haydn Hollis forced a superb save from Barry Roche before Aborah struck another effort just wide. But with the players struggling to move the ball as the rain came down, that was enough for referee Dean Whitestone to bring play to a halt after consulting both managers. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match abandoned due to waterlogged pitch, Notts County 0, Morecambe 0. First Half ends, Notts County 0, Morecambe 0. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Foul by Alex Rodman (Notts County). James Jennings (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing. Michael Rose (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Alex Rodman (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe). Attempt saved. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt missed. Stanley Aborah (Notts County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt saved. Haydn Hollis (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Barry Roche. Attempt saved. Stanley Aborah (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

The 35-year-old, appearing in his first competitive match in six months after injuring his knee, won 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2. World number four Stan Wawrinka needed five sets to beat Slovakia's Martin Klizan 4-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4. Japan's Kei Nishikori, ranked fifth, is through after beating Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-2. The 27-year-old will next play France's Jeremy Chardy while Wawrinka, 31, will face American Steve Johnson. Federer, who hit 19 aces in his two-hour match against Melzer, faces 20-year-old American Noah Rubin in round two. "Any match is a good match, even if I had lost, because I'm back on the court," the 17-time Grand Slam champion said. "Last year was tough but it is nice to be playing normal tennis again. It was a long road but I made it." Chardy, ranked 72nd in the world, progressed when Spain's Nicolas Almagro pulled out with a calf injury four games into their match. Almagro, 31, rebuffed suggestions he had only turned up to claim the $50,000 (£31,000) that comes with a first-round exit. He said: "I have more than $10m. I'm not going to play for $50,000. It is not the reason." Wawrinka, winner in 2014, is appearing in his 12th Australian Open and has never lost in the first round. The Swiss fought back from a break down in the final set to edge Klizan in a testing three-hour encounter during which Wawrinka climbed over the net to apologise after accidentally striking his opponent with the ball. "I was fighting a lot and I never give up but it was most important to get through," he said. Nishikori, who is attempting to become the first Asian man to win a Grand Slam, secured victory despite receiving medical treatment in the final set. "It wasn't easy, especially mentally and I should have finished it in four sets," he added. Australian Nick Kyrgios raced to victory in his opener against Portuguese Gastao Elias, who is ranked 77th in the world. The 14th seed took only 84 minutes to win 6-1 6-2 6-2, despite an eight-minute medical timeout to treat a nosebleed in the first set. Despite the stoppage, it took him just 19 minutes to win the first set as he powered into the second round. "I'm getting some great treatment for it from my team and it didn't cause me any problems," Kyrgios said. Kyrgios will next play Italy's Andreas Seppi, who beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5. Tenth seed Tomas Berdych, twice a semi-finalist in Melbourne, also had a comfortable passage as his Italian opponent Luca Vanni retired after losing the opening set 6-1. Seventh seed Marin Cilic fought back from two sets down to beat world number 278 Jerzy Janowicz 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-3 in three hours and set up a meeting with Britain's Dan Evans in round two. France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked 12th in the world, advanced after a 6-1 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 victory over Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.

Recent hacked emails are "consistent with the methods and motivation of Russia-directed efforts", the Department of Homeland Security said. Data revealing discussions within the Democratic Party was hacked earlier this year. Some states reported "probing" attempts made on "election-related" systems. However, officials said those attempts could not be directly linked to the Russian government. Russian officials told Interfax news agency the claims it was involved in the cyber attacks were "nonsense". But a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security said high-ranking officials at the Kremlin were almost certainly involved in the successful attacks. "We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," they said. However, altering any actual ballots or election results would be "extremely difficult", they added, because of a decentralised system and multiple checks and balances. A number of embarrassing emails have come to light during the 2016 election campaign. In July, a hacker calling himself Guccifer 2.0 claimed responsibility for the release of documents from the Democratic Party. Gigabytes of files including emails and other documents that revealed the inner workings of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were taken. At an early stage, many US officials linked the breach to Russia. At the time, Moscow denied any involvement and denounced the "poisonous anti-Russian" rhetoric from Washington. The leaked emails appeared to show that Democratic Party officials were biased against Bernie Sanders in his primary race against Mrs Clinton. The hack led to the resignation of the party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and sparked protests at the national convention in Philadelphia. Adam Schiff, a senior member of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said he applauded the decision to publicly name Russia as the culprit. "All of us should be gravely concerned when a foreign power like Russia seeks to undermine our democratic institutions," he said. He called for co-operation with "our European allies" to develop a response.

Officers have been searching for the 36-year-old, from Petworth in West Sussex, since 22:00 BST on Thursday. Ms Weeks, who is known for her role in the ITV drama, was last seen an hour earlier 14 miles away in Chichester. Sussex Police said they were concerned for her welfare and it was unlike her not to get in touch. She had recently told family and friends she was feeling anxious. Det Kate Wilt said: "If you read this Honeysuckle, please get in touch to let us know you are ok. "Although she travels around a lot and has links in London and has family in Wiltshire, it is unlike her not to be in touch with family." Earlier this year the actress was reportedly ordered to wear an electronic tag after she was caught speeding on the A3 in south-west London in August 2015. A child in the back seat was not wearing a proper seat belt and it emerged she was already banned from driving. Her agency The Artists Partnership said it was currently "unable to get hold of Honeysuckle". She recently finished work on shooting Lewis for ITV and a Sky mystery The Five. As well as starring as Samantha Stewart in drama Foyle's War, she has also appeared in The Bill, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Death In Paradise. The Cardiff-born actress is described as around 5ft 4in (1.62m) with cropped gingery blonde hair. She was last seen wearing a blue anorak and faded blue jeans.

The Communists' president, Guillermo Teillier admitted his party approved an armed operation targeting the late General Augusto Pinochet in 1986. Five troops escorting the leader died and 11 were injured in the ambush. Around 3,000 people disappeared or died in Chile between 1973 and 1990 and 30,000 are believed to have been tortured by the authorities. In an interview with the Chilean newspaper La Tercera in April, Mr Teillier said his party had approved the failed attempt against Gen Pinochet's life and other armed operations in the 1980s. It was "nothing more than a reaction" to what the government had been doing against the Communist leadership, Mr Teillier said. The women taking legal action say they want him jailed for the deaths. "We want justice and equality before the law, that's all we want," one of the widows told Chilean Radio Bio Bio. The recent 40th anniversary of the 1973 coup headed by Gen Pinochet re-ignited nationwide debate about responsibilities and punishment for crimes committed during the period of military rule. The daughters of an ally of the deposed leader Salvador Allende, former President Michelle Bachelet, and of a Pinochet assistant, Evelyn Matthei, are pitted against each other in next months presidential elections, which has heightened the country's political sensitivity further.

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The Cobblers made the early running and should have gone ahead, as Marc Richards got goalside of Cian Bolger, lofting a neat ball to Michael Smith who rattled the woodwork from barely five yards out. Justin Edinburgh's side seemed determined to stamp their mark on the game, Michael Smith firing wide from close range as the high-flying hosts looked to be limping to the break. But the game turned in a second when Adam Smith hesitated under pressure from Ball. The Fleetwood striker's chip was gathered by Devante Cole, who was denied at the first attempt but pounced on the rebound to find the net from the tightest of angles. Ball might easily have doubled Town's tally within minutes of the restart, another moment of uncertainty going unpunished as his shot slipped just wide of the back post. Fleetwood did soon find their second, Bobby Grant skipping around two men and firing past Smith from the right of the six-yard box. A second goal in the space of four minutes ended any hopes of a Cobblers comeback, Ball this time the architect and scorer. He made the most of David Buchanan's slip, racing in from the left and picking the moment to lift the ball over the advancing Adam Smith to bag his 13th goal of the campaign. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Fleetwood Town 3, Northampton Town 0. Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 3, Northampton Town 0. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town). Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town). John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Jak McCourt (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Paul Anderson (Northampton Town). Substitution, Northampton Town. Jak McCourt replaces Matthew Taylor. Attempt missed. Hiram Boateng (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Attempt saved. Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Cameron Brannagan replaces Kyle Dempsey. Attempt saved. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town). Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Zander Diamond (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Zander Diamond (Northampton Town). Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Ashley Hunter replaces Devante Cole. Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by John-Joe O'Toole. Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Zander Diamond. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Neal Eardley (Northampton Town). Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Victor Nirennold replaces George Glendon. Substitution, Northampton Town. Paul Anderson replaces Marc Richards. Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town). Substitution, Northampton Town. Hiram Boateng replaces Gregg Wylde. Goal! Fleetwood Town 3, Northampton Town 0. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Davies. Goal! Fleetwood Town 2, Northampton Town 0. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Gregg Wylde (Northampton Town). Foul by George Glendon (Fleetwood Town). David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Smith. Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Carlos Vela and Juanmi, formerly of Arsenal and Southampton respectively, scored the hosts' goals as Granada suffered a fourth successive defeat under Adams. "We are all sad, the players, the fans, everybody," said Adams. "There's been a lot of mistakes. We're going to try to rectify it and rebound very quickly." The 50-year-old, who took charge on 10 April, has a contract to the end of the current campaign. However Adams has been working at the Spanish club since November and is vice president of the company owned by Granada's club president. "If the team played like this at the beginning of the season, there's no way we'd be in this situation," he added. "I thought they were incredible today, but it's not a day for incredible, it's too late, you're down, you're finished, it's over." Granada's relegation ends a six-season spell in the top flight. They play Real Madrid at home in their next match on 6 May with fans having walked out of previous defeats in protest at how the club is being run. Match ends, Real Sociedad 2, Granada CF 1. Second Half ends, Real Sociedad 2, Granada CF 1. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Uche (Granada CF). Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Granada CF). Corner, Granada CF. Conceded by Mikel Oyarzabal. Hand ball by Juanmi (Real Sociedad). Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Guillermo Ochoa. Attempt saved. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Martin Hongla (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card. Juanmi (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Martin Hongla (Granada CF). Foul by Zaldúa (Real Sociedad). Andreas Pereira (Granada CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal! Real Sociedad 2, Granada CF 1. Juanmi (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Canales with a through ball. Attempt missed. Raúl Navas (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Sergio Canales following a set piece situation. Ezequiel Ponce (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ezequiel Ponce (Granada CF). Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Uche (Granada CF) because of an injury. Substitution, Real Sociedad. Jon Bautista replaces Carlos Vela. Attempt missed. Yuri (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal. Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Victorien Angban. Attempt blocked. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zaldúa. Attempt saved. Jeremie Boga (Granada CF) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreas Pereira. Hand ball by Yuri (Real Sociedad). Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Juanmi. Offside, Granada CF. Jeremie Boga tries a through ball, but Gastón Silva is caught offside. Foul by Zaldúa (Real Sociedad). Jeremie Boga (Granada CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Real Sociedad. Sergio Canales replaces Xabi Prieto. Substitution, Granada CF. Ezequiel Ponce replaces Adrián Ramos. Attempt saved. Juanmi (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Asier Illarramendi. Goal! Real Sociedad 1, Granada CF 1. Adrián Ramos (Granada CF) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitri Foulquier with a cross. Attempt blocked. Adrián Ramos (Granada CF) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andreas Pereira. Substitution, Granada CF. Jeremie Boga replaces Aly Mallé. Offside, Real Sociedad. David Zurutuza tries a through ball, but Carlos Vela is caught offside. Offside, Granada CF. Andreas Pereira tries a through ball, but Adrián Ramos is caught offside.

He felt a problem after coming on as a second-half substitute at St James' Park and a scan showed a strain. It is the latest in a long line of injury absences for the 26-year-old, who had just returned to action after knee and foot problems. Sturridge has made six appearances so far this season, scoring four goals. Having scored 28 times for Liverpool and England in 2013-14, he was restricted to just 18 appearances last season because of thigh, calf and hip injuries. After recovering from a hip operation in May, Sturridge played three games at the start of this term but then did not feature from 4 October until 29 November. He scored twice in the 6-1 League Cup quarter-final win at Southampton last Wednesday but was hurt at Newcastle after coming on in the 62nd minute. When a foot problem picked up in training forced him to miss the Reds' Europa League win over Bordeaux on 26 November, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said Sturridge had to learn "what is serious pain and what is only pain". Liverpool, currently eighth in the Premier League, face seven games from now until the first leg of their League Cup semi-final at Stoke on 5 January.

Its leader, Heinz Christian Strache, said the way postal votes were handled was among numerous irregularities. "We are not sore losers," he said. "This is about protecting the foundations of democracy." The party's candidate was defeated by the former Green Party leader by just under 31,000 votes. The filing of the challenge was confirmed by Christian Neuwirth, a spokesman for Austria's constitutional court. The court now has four weeks to respond. If it takes the full four weeks, its findings will come just two days before the poll winner, Alexander Van der Bellen, is due to be sworn in. Is Europe lurching to the far right? Europe's nationalist surge, country by country Is populism a threat to Europe's economies? The presidency is a largely ceremonial post, but a victory for the Freedom Party could have been a springboard for success in the next parliamentary elections, scheduled for 2018. Correspondents say the legal challenge threatens to renew divisions created by the vote, which split Austria and exposed, once again, deep differences in Europe over how to deal with the migrant crisis, the economy and how to balance national interests against those of the EU. Mr Van der Bellen was declared the winner of the election the day after voting, with 50.3% of the vote against Mr Hofer's 49.7% - despite preliminary results placing the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer slightly ahead. But the Freedom Party is alleging numerous irregularities in its 150-page submission to the constitutional court. Mr Strache says he has filed evidence that postal ballots were illegally handled in 94 of 117 district election offices, reports said, suggesting that more than 570,000 ballots could have been affected by this. The party also claims it has evidence that under-16s and foreigners were allowed to vote. "The extent of irregularities is more than terrifying. That's why I feel obliged to challenge the result," Mr Strache told a news conference. "You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to have a bad gut feeling about this whole election. Without these irregularities Mr Hofer could have become president." The BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna says that if the constitutional court accepts the evidence presented by Mr Strache, there could be several possible outcomes, including a partial recount or a fresh vote in affected areas. But the court will have to decide whether the law was broken and whether any possible breaches would have affected the outcome of the election.

The blaze caused thousands of pounds of damage to Bishopbriggs Cultural Centre, in the town's Auchinairn Road, at about 02:20 on 17 November 2015. The CCTV footage shows the man pouring liquid around and setting it alight. He is about 5ft 10in tall and was wearing a blue tracksuit, a hat with an luminous rear band and dark shoes. Det Con Stephen Cooke, of Police Scotland, said: "This was a deliberate and dangerous act which has caused extensive damage to the centre. "I would appeal to anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV images to contact police as he may hold information vital to our inquiry."

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Courts such as Stirling, Kilmarnock and Dundee were jailing nearly 20% of women appearing before them, compared to 7% in Edinburgh and 5% in Airdrie. The judiciary said it was not appropriate for an active sheriff to be interviewed for the programme, but retired sheriff Peter Gillam gave the view from the bench. He served as a sheriff from 1991 until 2013, and said the variations reflected the independence of the judiciary. He said: "Obviously there is now, as I understand it, a board set up for advising on sentence to the judiciary. "But every judge is his own person or her own person, and they all have different ways of dealing with things, they all have different views and they are all independent. "There has to be a certain degree of uniformity and that is undoubtedly enforced by the existence of an Appeal Court so anyone who does something which is particularly outrageous, as far as what is perceived to be the appropriate way of dealing with people, that can be corrected. "But variety is the spice of life and I think that it would be wrong to try to dragoon the judiciary into dealing with things which they believe to be the correct way of dealing with things. "They have local knowledge, they know the person, they have full information and they deal with it to the best of their ability and you have to trust that person to deal with it in that particular way."

He was in charge when the programme dropped an investigation into disgraced TV presenter and DJ Jimmy Savile. Mr Rippon will help to build a public record of the corporation's television and radio journalism over 80 years. BBC Online and Future Media's chief operating officer Andy Conroy described the post as an "exciting opportunity". "It is a significant challenge that requires an experienced leader and editor, and I'm delighted that Peter will be joining us to develop the BBC's Journal of Record," said Mr Conroy. BBC Online and the BBC News website launched in 1997, leaving a permanent public daily record of the news output. However, with more than 80 years of journalism, the aim is to make more of the BBC News archive available to the public. The process has begun in recent years with a permanent collection of Desert Island Discs and the archive collections for channels, such as BBC Four, made available to the public. The Journal of Record plans to publish a television and radio news bulletin from every day of the BBC's history, in the form of daily news broadcasts and scripts, together with the live coverage of key events. Mr Rippon, who took the helm of Newsnight in 2008, takes up the new post in London on 25 February. After the publication of a blog post in October 2012 explaining his editorial decision to drop the Savile investigation was found to have factual errors, Mr Rippon was asked to "step aside" while an inquiry was held. His deputy Liz Gibbons was acting editor when Newsnight aired a story that led to former senior Conservative politician Lord McAlpine being falsely accused of sex crimes. She also subsequently stepped aside and was told that she would be moved to another job, although the BBC has not yet confirmed in what capacity. Former BBC Radio 5 live boss Adrian Van Klaveren was part of a temporary management team that approved the programme and has been moved after a BBC review. He is now overseeing the corporation's coverage of the 100th anniversary of World War I and Jonathan Wall succeeds him at the helm of 5 live. The former Director of BBC News responsible for flagship programmes like Today, Newsnight, Question Time and Panorama, Helen Boaden, takes on the role of Director of Radio starting on 15 April.

The Labour MP for Hove, Peter Kyle, told the House of Commons that urgent action was needed with only seven armed officers on duty in the county. Calls for help to neighbouring forces had increased by 43%, he said. The prime minister said it was "possible" the pool of armed police could be grown, but he did not want to see "routine arming". Mr Kyle said: "Can the prime minister assure the people of Brighton and Hove, who have a long history of dealing with terrorism, that should another terrorist attack happen the local force can cope without calling on neighbouring forces?" The prime minister responded: "As for forces sharing between each other and going to each other's aid, that has always been part of the way British policing has worked." Brighton's Grand Hotel was bombed by the IRA in 1984. Five people died and 34 were injured in the attack aimed at prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.

Mark Wylie, from Calne, beat off competition from 24 criers from around the world to take the title in Bermuda. Entrants in the three-day event were judged on "sustained volume" from a 20m (65ft) distance, diction and bearing among other things. Mr Wylie, who almost lost his voice in the effort, said: "I decided to give it my all and my all is what it took." Having been Calne's town crier since 2007, Mr Wylie normally dons a heavy, "made-to-fit" uniform in the colours of the town's flag. But to compete in the tropical heat, a special lightweight cotton outfit had to be made. "My normal regalia is 100% wool and I would have melted in that," he said. "So my wife made me a new set which was the right weight and very comfortable to wear." Held over three days with a different cry staged each day, Mr Wylie managed to oust the reigning world champion - Canadian Chris Whyman - by winning all three. "My voice is better than it was but it's still rough," he said. "Some criers seem to be able to bellow for as long as they like and it doesn't affect them at all. I'm not too bad usually but in the final round, I could feel it was already pretty hoarse." Despite almost losing his voice in the final stages of the competition, the Wiltshire crier not only took the championship trophy but the winner's reward as well. "It was an awful lot of rum, would you believe, which I need for medicinal purposes," he said.

The 17-year-old fell some 40m (130ft) into a dry riverbed below. The teenager had been in a group from the Netherlands and Belgium staying at a nearby surf camp. Last month, British tourist Kleyo De Abreu died in a bungee jump off a bridge near Granada, southern Spain. She suffered fatal injuries when she hit the wall of the bridge below her. A police spokesman told Dutch media that the latest "ghastly accident" may have been caused by carelessness, although it was unclear what had gone wrong. The teenager had been taking part in a type of bungee jump known as "puenting", which involves diving with two cords attached, and then swinging beneath the bridge or viaduct. Bungee jumping has become extremely popular in Spain in recent years, both among locals and foreign tourists. Spectacular settings in rural areas of Andalusia in the south, or Cantabria and the Pyrenees in the north are common destinations both for bungee aficionados and first-timers. Companies offer both bungee jumping and its bridge-swinging variant, "puenting". There have been around 10 deaths linked to bungee jumping since it took off in the 1980s. Prior to the two fatalities this summer, the most recent was that of a 48-year-old man at Robledo de Chavela, near Madrid, in 2013. How to check your jump is safe Local police chief Joaquin Gonzalez said he had not known that puenting took place on the bridge, adding that it was "extremely risky". The jump took place from the top of a bridge over the A8 road at Cabezon de la Sal in Cantabria. Mayor Isabel Fernandez told Dutch TV that it was an enormous tragedy. "The girl was so young. We're ready to help her family as much as we can."

The victim was walking countrywards on the Sydenham Bypass between 22:00 and 23:00 GMT on Saturday night when she was forced into the man's dark-coloured car and attacked. The woman then escaped. The car was reported to have travelled along the road in the direction of Holywood following the attack. The man was said to be in his 30s and was wearing a dark top with the hood up.

Ronnie Frost, 19, of High Street, Halmer End, and Joe Cordon, 21, of Eastbourne Road, Northwood, were arrested on Sunday night. They were charged with directing or shining a light at aircraft in flight so as to dazzle or distract the pilot. The men are due to appear at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on 17 November. More from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire The helicopter was over the Northwood area searching for a missing person at the time.

Statistics gained under the Freedom of Information Act show nine councils have reduced how much they plan to spend. It has led to concern that vulnerable groups are denied support some carers call "light at the end of the tunnel". The Welsh Government said it was up to councils to ensure they had necessary respite placements. According to figures provided by 21 of the 22 local authorities to BBC Wales, cuts have been made to defined respite budgets in Blaenau Gwent, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Swansea and Torfaen. In Carmarthenshire, Conwy and Monmouthshire, the overall residential care budget, which includes provision for respite, has been cut. In several other counties the budget for respite in 2011-12 was up on last year, but in some cases represented a cut on previous years. No figures were provided by Anglesey council. The figures show Swansea Council has cut its internal provision respite budget for older people and younger adults by over 80% in the last two years. In 2009-10 it spent over £680,000, but this year the budget is less that £108,000. Director of social services Chris Maggs admits the council is operating in a tough financial climate, but insists the changes will improve choice. "We're faced with some incredible challenges as local authorities, and we obviously need to look at how we use all of our resources." said Mr Maggs. The council has decided to transfer money from respite care into its own residential homes, who will provide short breaks in the future. "What we're doing is re-using our money," he said. "Whilst it is true that we're reducing the total amount of money, we're also improving the range of services we have by using our existing services in a different way, so it maximises what we've actually got." But the potential changes have angered some families who depend on respite care. Suzanne Hayes, from Rhossili, near Swansea, is a carer for her 27-year-old stepson John, who has cerebral palsy. She described the six weeks of respite allocation they are given every year as "light at the end of a tunnel", but she feels strongly that the family need more support. "John needs to have breaks because he can mix with different people," she said. "We live in a beautiful area, but it is very isolating for John." The short respite breaks also give the family time to recover while John is away. "It's not the big things, it's going for a coffee. It's having your own knife and fork in your hands, because we have to feed John." According to the charity Carers Wales, respite provision is already in short supply, but the cuts being made by local authorities will limit support even further. "For individual families if a respite service which they've relied on gets cut, that's a real problem," said director Roz Williamson. "But for most families, the problem is that they can't get access to anything - so the qualification for getting any help from a local authority keeps going up and up and up - so most families get nothing." A consultation on the future of respite care in Wales has recently closed, following an independent review which said there was "a strong case for funding more outcome focussed respite services in Wales". The Welsh Government said it recognised "the important role that respite care has in supporting individuals and families at what can be an extremely difficult time". A spokesperson said: "We are protecting the social services budget through the local government settlement. Funding for social services will increase in cash terms by £35m by 2013-14. "It is a matter for local authorities to ensure they have necessary respite placements."

Molly-Mae Wotherspoon, aged six months, was attacked by a pit bull in October at the Daventry home of her mother Claire Riley. Ms Riley and the baby's grandmother, Susan Aucott, have been charged with owning a dangerously out of control dog resulting in a death. Ms Riley did not appear before Northampton magistrates due to illness. The baby died as a result of blood loss from head wounds inflicted by an American pit bull following an attack at an address on Morning Star Road on 3 October. The breed is prohibited for ownership under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act. Ms Aucott, 55, of Alfred Street in Northampton, appeared before magistrates but did not not enter a plea. She was remanded on bail and is due to appear at Northampton Crown Court on 7 October. The magistrates hearing for Ms Riley, 22, whose address was given as West Cotton Close in Northampton, has yet to be arranged. She was remanded on bail in her absence.

Ms Borst, 81, helped push through legislation in 2001 that made the Netherlands the first country to legalise euthanasia. Forensic scientists were unable to say why she died. Police have said it was either an accident or a crime. Ms Borst, who was a medical academic, served as minister from 1994-2002. Her body was found on Monday evening and the area around her home near the central city of Utrecht was cordoned off. Initial inquiries proved inconclusive, however police on Tuesday ruled out death by natural causes. A full post mortem examination will now take place at the Netherlands Forensic Institute, they say. "She may have had an accident after she felt unwell, but that cannot yet be said with certainty," a police spokesman told Dutch media. "So we cannot yet say whether any crime may have been involved." A spokesman had earlier told Dutch radio there were no indications of anything untoward happening. Els Borst had appeared at a conference of her liberal D66 party on Saturday and her death came as a shock to political colleagues in The Hague. For a time, she led her party in the 1990s and Prime Minister Mark Rutte said her death was a great loss for Dutch politics. "She ensured a breakthrough in the field of euthanasia for which very many people are still grateful," said Health Minister Edith Schippers. She was also behind legislation governing the use of tissue from aborted foetuses for medical research.

All three have joined the Championship side until the end of the season. Oxford, 18, made his Hammers debut in the Europa League when he was just 16 and signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal with his parent club in December. Mutch, 25, has played eight times for Palace this season while Grabban, 29, has made just six appearances. All three players could feature for the Championship promotion hopefuls against Ipswich on Saturday. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

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Davide Nicola made the deal in April, when Crotone looked certain to go down. But they won six of their final nine matches of the season to avoid the drop by two points, after having won just three games from their previous 29. The 44-year-old arrived in his home town of Vigone near Turin on Sunday - nine days after leaving Crotone. "Am I tired? I still do not feel any particular pain," he said. "It's been a beautiful journey, a fairytale. From tomorrow maybe I will feel a bit tired, but what matters most to me is that my goal has been achieved." Three years ago, Nicola's 14-year-old son Alessandro was killed after being knocked off his bike by a bus in Vigone. "I kept the promise and, with the help of many people, we have also attracted the attention of many people to the question of safety on the roads," he added. "Here in Turin I was greeted with great enthusiasm, I am very excited." Nicola made the deal with his players after a 2-1 win at Chievo - Crotone's first victory away from home in Serie A. Crotone took just 14 points from their first 29 games but won six of their last nine matches to finish on 34 points, two points above the relegation zone. Even with their remarkable late run, the side began the final day of the season in the bottom three, but a 3-1 win over Lazio and Empoli's defeat by Palermo saw them survive in their maiden top-flight campaign.

Once in the doldrums, production of the country's cocoa crop has risen sharply, registering a 10-fold increase since 2004. Many of the small farmers, who were previously living on the edge of poverty, have seen a boost to their incomes. The key to the success has been the development of farmers' co-operatives, which have allowed the farmers to cut out the middlemen who took a large chunk of the profits. "My life is different now," says Jose Esperansa, a small-scale cocoa farmer, who is now the managing director of CECEAQ-11, a cocoa-fermenting, drying and exporting co-operative. The initiative, supported by the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) and Cafedirect, a British Fairtrade firm, has helped the co-operatives produce Fairtrade certified beans. Sao Tome and Principe, a Portuguese colony until 1975, has an ideal climate and rich soils that are ideal for growing cocoa. The crop was introduced in the 19th Century and cultivated by slaves brought from the African mainland, where they worked on plantations, known as rocas. But by the late 1990s, the crop was in severe decline, partly because of a crash in the price of the commodity. The results were crippling, since cocoa made up 95% of the island's exports. Farmers lost faith in cocoa as a source of income and one politician even predicted the end of the industry on the islands. A quarter of farmers were left living below the poverty line. In order to reverse the industry's decline, Ifad commissioned French organic chocolate producer Kaoka to assess the country's cocoa sector. Kaoka found that if the farmers could produce cocoa certified as organic, they could improve the price of their crop. Now - in a scheme backed by Ifad and Cafedirect - the farmers' fortunes have been transformed. By coming together in co-operatives and by processing their cocoa, they have managed to get a much better return on their crop. "Before Cafedirect I would work from day-to-day, hand-to-mouth," says Mr Esperansa. "I did not think about the future." Cafedirect head Anne MacCaig recently travelled to the islands to see how it was done. "They have the facilities to ferment the product and then from that they are able to work together across the different organisations to dry the cocoa, collect it all in one central warehouse," she said. "Then they are able to export it. "They are benefiting from five times the price they had when they sold it as a gloopy white liquid." Before the programme began in 2004, Sao Tome produced just 50 tonnes of cocoa. By mid-2010 this had risen to 600 tonnes of organic, Fairtrade beans. Many producers have invested in home improvements and can now afford items like bicycles, generators, radios and refrigerators. The co-operatives are investing in primary health-care clinics and better sanitation. But is the support for the cocoa crop tying the farmers into a single crop, monoculture? Mrs MacCaig says it will not. "Sao Tome is an island with incredibly rich volcanic soil, so if you can do this with cocoa, there are so many other products that can be grown as well."

The 32-year-old midfielder had trained alone or with the club's under-23s since Jose Mourinho was appointed United boss in the summer. Former Germany captain Schweinsteiger last played for the Red Devils in March, when Louis van Gaal was manager. He said in August he had "no personal problems" with Mourinho, and United will be his last club in Europe. "It's great to see him back," said United left-back Luke Shaw. "We found out the news a couple of days ago. "He's a big influence in the dressing room and obviously on the pitch, especially for the young players like myself." It is unclear whether Mourinho will now consider Schweinsteiger for first-team action. He was named in United's Premier League squad for this season, but left out of their Europa League squad. Schweinsteiger has made 31 appearances for the club since his £14.4m move from Bayern Munich in July 2015. Simon Stone, BBC Sport Before Schweinsteiger can think about a return he still hoped for during the dark days of being forced to train on his own, he needs to know why Mourinho brought him back into the fold. After all, he cannot play against Fenerbahce on Thursday because he is not in Mourinho's Europa League squad. With Ander Herrera banned, Schweinsteiger is an option for United's Premier League trip to Swansea. However, given he is so short of match practice, is that really an option? Or is Mourinho merely reminding potential January suitors that the 32-year-old still exists?

Rebels fired rocket launchers on an army post in Hakkari province just after midnight, NTV in Turkey said. Military jets are pursuing them and bombing their escape routes, NTV said. The interior minister says at least 115 rebels have been killed in a large-scale military offensive in the area in the last two weeks. Idris Naim Sahin said the offensive close to Semdinli town - also in Hakkari province - was ongoing and that troops were taking steps to prevent rebels fleeing into northern Iraq. The offensive is one of the biggest in years, with NTV reporting that about 2,000 troops are involved. Several thousand Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels are believed to be based in hideouts in northern Iraq. According to the governor for Hakkari province, Orhan Alimoglu, six soldiers, two village guards and 11 Kurdish rebels were killed in the attack near the village of Gecimili. He said 15 soldiers were injured in the incident. The number of clashes between the PKK and the Turkish armed forces has risen in south-east Turkey over the past year. A series of clashes in June left dozens dead. The PKK is classified as a terrorist organisation by the EU and the US. It launched a guerrilla campaign in 1984 for an ethnic homeland in the Kurdish heartland in the south-east of Turkey. It has now dropped its claim to an independent Kurdish state, but says it is fighting for autonomy and the cultural rights of the Kurdish people.

The Italian, 26, scored 15 goals in the French Ligue 1 last season as Nice finished third to reach the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Balotelli signed on free transfer from Liverpool in August 2016, two years after a £16m move to Anfield. The ex-Manchester City striker has also scored 13 goals in 33 appearances for Italy but has not played for the national side since the 2014 World Cup.

The drones will be able to fly autonomously and "overwhelm an adversary", the US Office of Naval Research said of its Low-cost UAV Swarming Technology (Locust) programme. Wings unfold once the drones are in the air and then they can fly in formation. The US Navy plans to demonstrate the launch of 30 Locust drones in 2016. As the drones and the launcher are relatively compact, the Locust system can be deployed from ships, aircraft or land vehicles, the ONR said. Missions can be pre-programmed, but there "will always be a human monitoring the mission", it added. "This level of autonomous swarming flight has never been done before," said Lee Mastroianni, ONR programme manager. "UAVs that are expendable and reconfigurable will free manned aircraft and traditional weapon systems to do more, and essentially multiply combat power at decreased risk to the warfighter." US use of military drones has attracted criticism from human rights groups, who say that despite their highly targeted nature, innocent non-combatants are often killed in the process. The prospect of autonomous swarms of drones carrying out pre-programmed military missions is only likely to increase such concerns.

M Squared Lasers said it had attracted a funding package worth more than £2.5m from Barclays and a further £750,000 from BGF (Business Growth Fund). M Squared is based at the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow, and has offices in the US including San Jose in Silicon Valley, California. The company develops and manufactures lasers and photonic instruments. It has designed products for a range of sectors, from explosives detection to biomedicines. M-Squared co-founder Graeme Malcolm said: "We've been expanding our export business for some time and have been making great headway in world markets. "This latest investment will provide important support as we continue to pursue our ambitious growth objectives. "Our US business has been growing strongly, with revenues doubling in 2014 as a result of rising demand for laser systems in areas such as quantum technologies." M Squared currently employs more than 50 staff and has a turnover of £10m. The company achieved year-on-year revenue growth of 40% in 2014 and expects to see similar annual growth this year.

The Rushden Lakes development is due to open in spring 2017, with the 12-screen cinema completed a few months later. LXB Properties have been granted permission for a bowling alley, climbing structure, cycle hire business and restaurants to replace a planned garden centre. Local councils had objected, saying it threatened their town centres. The Rushden Lakes plans have been criticised amid fears the development is could poach shoppers from towns as far away as Kettering, Corby, Northampton and Bedford. Councils in Kettering and Bedford objected to the cinema and bowling alley. The amended plans were considered and approved by East Northamptonshire District Council planners on Wednesday night. A public inquiry in 2013 heard concerns about the development's impact on shops in nearby town centres. However, council officers recommended that the plans should be approved. Work on building the main shopping complex, given permission in June 2014 by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, has already begun.

A statue of General Robert E Lee was among those taken down from the Austin campus early on Monday. Monuments to Confederate figures are symbols of "modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism", the college said. A woman's death at a far-right rally in Charlottesville has reignited debate over America's racial legacy. "Last week, the horrific displays of hatred at the University of Virginia and in Charlottesville shocked and saddened the nation," University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves said on Sunday. "These events make it clear, now more than ever, that Confederate monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism." As well as Lee, who was military commander during the 1861-65 American Civil War, a statue of another rebel general, Albert Sidney Johnston, and of Confederate postmaster John H Reagan were taken down. They were moved to a centre for American history on campus. A statue of Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg, who served from 1891-95, was also removed and will be considered for re-installation at another site. "The University of Texas at Austin has a duty to preserve and study history," Mr Fenves continued. "But our duty also compels us to acknowledge that those parts of our history that run counter to the university's core values, the values of our state and the enduring values of our nation do not belong on pedestals in the heart of the Forty Acres." The university removed a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its campus in 2015 following a mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr Fenves added that he spoke with members of faculty, students and alumni following the deadly demonstrations in Virginia. Dozens of schools and local governments have begun removing statues dedicated to the Confederacy, which was a pro-slavery rebellion against the federal government. It follows violent clashes at a march on 12 August in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists and neo-Nazis protested against the removal of a monument of General Lee. A 32-year-old woman was killed and nearly 20 people injured when a car was driven into a crowd of counter-protesters. Last week, four Confederate-era statues were taken down in Baltimore, Maryland, while the governors of Virginia and North Carolina have ordered the removal of similar monuments in their states. Recent removals of Confederate statues has sparked backlash among an outspoken group of Americans who view the statues as symbols of US history and southern culture. President Donald Trump weighed in on the debate on Thursday, tweeting that controversial monuments are "beautiful", adding that they would be "greatly missed" from US cities. But opponents argue the monuments serve as an offensive reminder of America's history of slavery and racial oppression. "The historical and cultural significance of the Confederate statues on our campus - and the connections that individuals have with them - are severely compromised by what they symbolise," Mr Fenves said. "Erected during the period of Jim Crow laws and segregation, the statues represent the subjugation of African Americans. That remains true today for white supremacists who use them to symbolise hatred and bigotry.

The play, written by Jack Thorne, is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series by JK Rowling. It opens officially at the Palace Theatre, in London's West End, on Saturday. Audiences have been urged to "keep the secrets" since the play began previews in early June. Presented in two parts, the play - showing the stars of the wizarding saga as adults in their mid-30s as their own children head off to school - stretches over five hours. Daily Telegraph critic Dominic Cavendish awarded the play five stars, writing: "British theatre hasn't known anything like it for decades and I haven't seen anything directly comparable in all my reviewing days." He said "those involved can give themselves a pat on the back", adding: "It's a triumph. Not an unqualified one - there are some quibbles - but in all key respects, it grips, it stirs, it delights." Cavendish praises the "thrill-a-minute" stage craft which sees pupils heading to Hogwarts, at the start of the play, change into school uniforms "in the blink of an eye" as they head to the infamous Platform 9¾ to make their way to school. The Stage also gives a five-star review, with Mark Shenton describing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - co-devised by Rowling, with director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne - as a "truly game-changing production and a thrilling theatrical endeavour". It is an "entirely original" piece of work, with "Dickensian sweep and momentum to the storytelling", writes Shenton, adding: "It earns its place on the stage, feeling distinct from both the books and the screen adaptations. "By turns playful and gripping, disturbing and detailed, poignant and powerful, it is superb family entertainment." Shenton also praises "the theatrical wizards who've created this stunningly-realised alternative universe deliver one coup de theatre after another". In a nod to the Kings Cross platform number, Ann Treneman gives the play four and three-quarters stars in The Times, saying the "wizardry on display" is "out of this world". She says the plot is complex ("there are mazes that are more straightforward") but adds: "It's a raunchless Game of Thrones with heart. Crucially, it's authentic Potter but, most importantly, it's new. "It's not the movie of the book. It's the real deal, live in front of you, so much better than any film could be." In The Guardian, Michael Billington noted the Cursed Child will make more sense to "hardened Potterheads", but applauded Tiffany for directing a "thrilling theatrical spectacle", giving it four stars. He praised the strong performances that meant acting was central to the story, despite the dazzling special effects, singling out Sam Clemmett as Harry's son Albus, "wonderfully quirky" Anthony Boyle as his friend Scorpius Malfoy, and the adult Harry (Jamie Parker), "authoritative" Hermione (Noma Dumezweni) and "bluntly commonsensical" Ron (Paul Thornley). It's another five stars from The Independent, with Jack Shepherd describing it as "magical". He argues Part One should be billed as a magic show, due to the effects used, also praising its moments of comedy. Shepherd adds: "It's quite apparent this isn't written to be either a book or a tie-in film; it's a spectacle for the theatre, one that is filled to the brim with fan service and magical imagery that will amaze." Quentin Letts grumbles about the length of the play in the Daily Mail, noting: "There were moments I could have done with a glug of gurdyroot infusion to keep me alert." But he admits: "Potter addicts will love it. JK Rowling is going to make (another) fortune. The West End's ornate Palace Theatre, itself a little like Hogwarts, has a hit probably for years." Variety describes it as "spellbinding", Matt Trueman writing that it is: "The Show That Lived Up to Expectations — and Then Some." He says the relationship between Albus and Scorpius is "the friendship of two bullied boys bound together, and it's a beautiful, tender thing", adding: "The script by Jack Thorne recognizes that rejection breeds resentment, and outsiders stew into outcasts. "No one's born a villain, nor sees themselves as such, and where the books gave us stock baddies, Cursed Child fleshes them out." Chris Jones, in the Chicago Tribune, says that "heretical as this may sound", the play left him "quietly lamenting that the movies were ever made". Ben Brantley in the New York Times writes: "Like the novels that preceded it, The Cursed Child is stuffed with arcana-filled plots that defy diagrams and baldly wrought sentimental life lessons, along with anguished dives into the earnest, tortured solipsism of adolescence. "By rights, such a combination should try the patience of any grown-up. But like Ms Rowling's books, the play vanquishes resistance." The Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted into eight films. The script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is published this weekend. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or email [email protected].

The oyster beds were laid off the coast of Porlock Bay in 2013 as part of an initiative to boost employment and "improve the image of the area". Now, the farming of the shellfish has taken off, secured the highest quality rating and are due to be sold locally. Roger Hall, from the Porlock Futures Community Interest Company, said it had been a "brilliantly successful trial". Using oysters from Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, trials were set up to establish whether the shellfish could be farmed in the seas around Porlock. "We've proved the oysters not only grow but have got the best Class A classification for cleanliness you can get," said Mr Hall. "It's the realisation of what started off as an interesting idea and now we've got 70 trestles with thousands of oysters on them all waiting to be eaten in the restaurants." Following a successful trial, the project has been awarded £75,000 from the Power To Change fund and raised more than £65,000 from the local community. David Salter, from the Community Interest Company, said they "haven't got the fastest growing site in the South West" but are hoping to sell around 30,000 oysters this year. "Next year, we'll be getting up to the 80,000 and then in four to five years we'll have 500,000," he said. "It's really growing and in a few years we'll have 500 trestles out here."

Tim Robinson, 54, slipped while walking under Golden Cap, east of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast on Saturday. After crawling for three-quarters of a mile (1.2km), he was found by his wife who had become concerned for his welfare. A coastguard statement said it was "quite an ordeal" for Mr Robinson. The coastguard said Mr Robinson had been walking on rocks on the western end of the beach at about 16:30 GMT when he slipped and injured his leg. With no means of calling for help, he dragged himself off the rocks back on to the beach and then crawled in the darkness towards Seatown. He was eventually discovered by his wife who had gone to look for him and she raised the alarm. The couple, from the Derby area, were on holiday in Bridport. The coastguard rescue team saw "faint torch lights" on the beach and crew from an RNLI lifeboat swam ashore to reach Mr Robinson. With a rescue helicopter unavailable due to fog, he was transferred on to the lifeboat and taken to Lyme Regis from where he was taken by ambulance to hospital in Dorchester. Mr Robinson, who is a full-time member of the Territorial Army, said: "I just slipped on a rock and have two fractures of the right leg. Everyone who helped me was just terrific." RNLI helmsman Jon Broome said: "His military background came to the fore. He found some sticks and used them to get to the beach. He then crawled on his hands and knees for a good two hours. "The position he was in wasn't easy to get to. It was tricky, but you want to look after the guy as best as possible." The coastguard statement said people should take a fully charged smartphone when walking on the coast.

Mark Allison has already run across across the USA and Australia, and is now taking on the 3,400 miles from Lisbon to Istanbul. The software developer from Bedlington, Northumberland, aims to complete the route across 14 countries in 100 days. Money raised will go to two charities: the Children's Foundation and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. Mr Allison set off from Tynemouth in the motor home that will be his support base for the duration of the challenge, and will take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander in Spain on Tuesday. "This run is a big step up for me in terms of distance and especially elevation," he said. "I'm looking forward to actually getting started and putting all the preparation into effect. "But knowing there are 9,000ft climbs like the Stelvio Pass and 15 Tour de France climbs ahead of me is daunting."

Vincent Ryan, 25, was shot as he sat in a car at McKee Road, Finglas, at about 15:15 local time. His brother, Alan Ryan, was killed in 2012. Both men had been well known to Irish police. It is believed Vincent Ryan was shot in the head, throat and chest. He later died in hospital. Irish police (gardai) have begun a murder inquiry. Vincent Ryan has also been described by police as a well-known dissident republican. A burnt-out vehicle was found near the scene of the shooting. Police are not linking Monday's murder to a gangland feud in the city that claimed two lives earlier this month.

The federation represents thousands of rank and file PSNI officers. Its chairman, Mark Lindsay, has said confidence in the office of the ombudsman is at an all-time low. A spokesperson for the ombudsman said the comments were "disappointing" and "at odds with the feedback from police officers who had been investigated". Mr Lindsay told the federation's annual conference that "reform is not so much desirable as essential". He also said the PSNI is in a state of crisis because of reducing budgets and officer numbers. Criticism of the office of the ombudsman by the federation is not new. In his speech on Wednesday, Mr Lindsay said the federation accepted the need for the independent investigation of complaints against police officers. But, with Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire among the audience at the La Mon House Hotel, he suggested some feel they are victims of a "witch hunt". "It gives me no pleasure to say that, unfortunately, there is very little officer confidence in relation to the operation of the ombudsman's office," he said. "The credibility of the office is also seriously questioned." The federation chairman highlighted the ongoing PSNI investigation into the theft and unlawful disclosure of documents from the ombudsman's office. He also cited the discovery of a gun and ammunition in a filing cabinet belonging to a member of staff in the office last year. "There is an obvious need for an independent avenue of appeal, whereby officers will have meaningful redress against malicious and inept investigations," he said. "The ombudsman is with us today and I say to him that this isn't about you, but rather the legislative architecture of the system you preside over. "If your office conducts itself with the high standards you demand of police officers, then surely you have nothing to fear from such accountability." Mr Lindsay said the level of assaults against police officers by members of the public is "unacceptably high" and called for tougher action to protect them. He told the conference that eight out of 10 PSNI officers who responded to a survey said they had been victims of a physical or verbal assault during the past year. It's understood that 14% of PSNI officers took part in the survey. The federation has called for the introduction of "spitguards" to prevent people in custody spitting at officers. He also warned of "dire consequences" for the PSNI because of reducing budgets and officer numbers. "We're now beyond the point of warning of a crisis. Right now, we're in the middle of a crisis," Mr Lindsay said. "What's needed now is for our politicians from all sides to make a stand against this madness of continuing austerity. "They must make policing one of their main priorities and campaign as never before to get the government to re-think its disastrous policy."

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He equalled the record when he scored the first goal in the FA Cup third round tie against Reading. Sir Bobby Charlton played for Manchester United 758 times between 1956 and 1973. In that time he won the League title three times, the European Cup and the World Cup with England. Rooney broke Sir Bobby's goal scoring record for England in 2015 and only needs one more goal to do the same for Manchester United.

The animal has been studied for some time, but new research confirms it is different from all other gibbons. It has been named the Skywalker hoolock gibbon - partly because the Chinese characters of its scientific name mean "Heaven's movement" but also because the scientists are fans of Star Wars. The study is published in the American Journal of Primatology. Dr Sam Turvey, from the Zoological Society of London, who was part of the team studying the apes, told BBC News: "In this area, so many species have declined or gone extinct because of habitat loss, hunting and general human overpopulation. "So it's an absolute privilege to see something as special and as rare as a gibbon in a canopy in a Chinese rainforest, and especially when it turns out that the gibbons are actually a new species previously unrecognised by science." Hoolock gibbons are found in Bangladesh, India, China and Myanmar. They spend most of their time living in the treetops, swinging through the forests with their forelimbs, rarely spending any time on the ground. But the research team - led by Fan Peng-Fei from Sun Yat-sen University in China - started to suspect that the animals they were studying in China's Yunnan Province were unusual. All hoolock gibbons have white eyebrows and some have white beards - but the Chinese primates' markings differed in appearance. Their songs, which they use to bond with other gibbons and to mark out their territory, also had an unusual ring. So the team carried out a full physical and genetic comparison with other gibbons, which confirmed that the primates were indeed a different species. They have been given the scientific name of Hoolock tianxing - but their common name is now the Skywalker hoolock gibbon, thanks to the scientists' taste in films. Dr Turvey said the team had been studying the animals in the Gaoligongshan nature reserve, but it was not easy. "It's difficult to get into the reserve. You have to hike up to above 2,500m to find the gibbons. That's where the good quality forest usually starts - everywhere below there has been logged. "Then you have to wake up really early in the morning and you listen out for the haunting song of the gibbons, which carries in the forest canopy. "And when you hear it, you rush through the mud and the mist, and run for hundreds of metres to try and catch up with these gibbons." The researchers estimate that there are about 200 of the Skywalker gibbons living in China - and also some living in neighbouring Myanmar, although the population size there is currently unknown. The team warns that the primates are at risk of extinction. "The low number of surviving animals and the threat they face from habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and hunting means we think they should be classified as an endangered species," said Dr Turvey. In response to the news, actor Mark Hamill - the original Luke Skywalker - said on Twitter that he was so proud to have a new jungle Jedi named after his character. Follow Rebecca on Twitter.

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Militants led by the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) took over parts of the cities of Falluja and Ramadi in late December. Since then, troops and allied tribesmen have struggled to regain control. The number displaced by the unrest is the highest since the peak of the sectarian insurgency from 2006 to 2008. A further 1.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) have still not returned to communities in Iraq wracked by violence since 2003. By Nahed AbouzeidBBC Arabic, Baghdad The tourist village of Habbaniya, south-west of Falluja, was once a popular destination for the Iraqi elite during Saddam Hussein's rule. It has now turned into a refuge for those fleeing the fighting in Anbar. Inside the village's chalets and seven-story hotel are hundreds of families, crammed into rooms that lack adequate sanitation and other basic facilities. In the absence of appropriate medical care due to the army's blockade of the area, skin diseases and viral and bacterial infections are spreading uncontrollably. Children and women are the most vulnerable, especially pregnant women who cannot get access to female doctors. The main roads in and out of Fallujah and Ramadi are part of the battlefield as the army aims to secure supply routes for troops and tries to cut off militant groups. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said some 50,000 families had fled their homes since clashes erupted in Ramadi and Falluja after security forces dismantled a long-standing anti-government protest camp led by the Sunni Arab community. While security forces backed by pro-government tribesmen have made steady progress in retaking areas of Ramadi, they have not launched an offensive to recapture Falluja, fearing a repeat of the two bloody urban battles US troops fought in the city in 2004. Over the weekend, Anbar Governor Ahmed al-Dulaimi gave the militants a week to surrender, but said officials would not negotiate with Isis. "With the conflict in Anbar continuing UN agencies continue to receive reports of civilian casualties and sustained hardship in communities impacted by the fighting and the influx of internally displaced persons," said UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming. Most of the displaced had fled to outlying communities in Anbar province, while 60,000 had ended up in more distant provinces, she added. Many are living in schools, mosques and other public buildings and urgently needed humanitarian aid. In Anbar, Ms Fleming said access remained a challenge, citing reports that a consignment of World Health Organisation (WHO) medical supplies had been detained at an Iraqi army checkpoint since 30 January. Many bridges have also been destroyed and roads blocked.