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Justine Henshaw-Bryan chased Damien Doughty through Stoke Newington, north London, sending him flying into a tree. Henshaw-Bryan, who is due to give birth in November, said her then boyfriend told her to follow the cyclist, but the judge rejected her claim. Mr Doughty, 38, was badly hurt, spending three days in intensive care. Sentencing 25-year-old Henshaw-Bryan at Wood Green Crown Court, Judge Gregory Perrins said her actions could have killed Mr Doughty. "This was a calculated attempt to run him over and use your car as a weapon," the judge said. "It would have been obvious that to do so would have carried significant risk of injury." The court heard how the pair nearly collided on Stoke Newington High Street on 10 February 2016, when Henshaw-Bryan pulled out in front of the cycle courier while using her mobile. Mr Doughty confronted the driver over her use of the phone, at which point she shouted at him, the court heard. Angered by the exchange, he kicked her wing mirror when they met at the next set of lights. He was then chased down Victorian Grove and hit by Henshaw-Bryan's car. Mr Doughty was left with a number of serious injuries, the court was told. Henshaw-Bryan, from Hackney, who was driving with her then boyfriend in the car, claimed it was he who grabbed the wheel and aimed the car at Mr Doughty. She alleged she had been a victim of domestic violence while in the relationship, but Judge Perrins said he did not accept she had been frightened of her boyfriend. Henshaw-Bryan, who was found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, was also banned from driving for four-and-a-half years. Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning

The 21-year-old from Wiltshire needed to finish 14th in Spain to secure the title and began 18th on the grid. He finished ninth on his Honda, with race winner Miguel Oliveira of Portugal second in the final standings. Barry Sheene was the last British champion, winning the 500cc in 1977. Kent won five of the first nine races of the season, but two retirements and a highest finish of sixth in the last five events saw his commanding lead reduced to 24 points going into the final weekend. Oliveira's third successive victory was his sixth of the season, matching Kent's tally of wins, and the pair will be team-mates in Moto2 next season. "The emotions are so high, in the last four races there was a slight chance of being world champion and it's normal to be disappointed each time but for sure we are going to have a great evening," Kent said. "It's an amazing feeling, a dream come true. You need luck, a great bike and a great team behind you."

But he warns that the number of children doping to reach the elite level is Wada's "biggest concern". Howman said sport's increasing profitability had led to young athletes becoming more "vulnerable". Drug testing is limited in non-elite events, and Howman admits teenagers are "under the radar" of doping agencies. He also said doping could become a criminal offence in five years. Howman said Wada's estimation of the level of cheating varied between sports. "We have some guestimates based on some research undertaken over the last years," he told BBC's Hardtalk. "It's far more than we would wish it to be - over 10%. That is of concern because those being caught by the system is far lower than that. Not in all sports, in some sports. Media playback is not supported on this device "The area of most concern for us is the level of young athletes who have not broken through into the elite who are trying to get that breakthrough and are susceptible to taking drugs because that's a shortcut. "Not only are they susceptible to taking drugs, they are being encouraged to do so by any one of a number of people that surround them - coaches, trainers, even parents - because it's way to make a lot of money." Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha, 16, was stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test at last year's Commonwealth Games. Former Wada president Dick Pound has previously said that four out of five cheats are not being caught. And Howman said he was concerned there might still be riders doping at this year's Tour de France after former winner Lance Armstrong was stripped of seven titles following his admission he took performance-enhancing drugs. Leader Chris Froome has been questioned about his performance during this year's race but the Team Sky rider has always denied doping. Howman said the numbers of riders doping had fallen "majorly" since Armstrong won Tours from 1999 to 2005, adding: "I have great respect for the way in which the UCI [world cycling's governing body] are now running their anti-doping programme." Regarding other sports, Howman said: "Significant ground has been made to make sure the clean athlete achieves a level playing field." American sprinter Justin Gatlin is due to compete in next month's World Championships following two previous doping bans. Asked whether he knew some of the world's top athletes were cheats, Howman said: "Not to the same level as the information we had on Lance Armstrong but certainly we have information that is being investigated about a number of athletes around the world." Howman, who is to step down in 2016 after 12 years at Wada, admitted his organisation's effectiveness was limited by a lack of resources. "When I started at Wada, Wayne Rooney was being paid $4m a year by Manchester United," Howman added. "He's now being paid something like $30m. "We were getting $20m when he first started, we're now getting $30m. Sport is saying to us [your money] should be increased but they are not doing it in the same proportion. "That probably is not a good way of addressing the issue."

Northern Ireland's McIlroy, twice a winner in seven US PGA starts, bogeyed the last for a one-under 69 to finish three over and miss the cut by one. American Walker also bogeyed the 18th for a 66 and nine-under total, matched by Streb who birdied his last for 63. Defending champion Jason Day had eight birdies in a 65 to get to seven under. The Australian world number one is tied third with Argentina's Emiliano Grillo (67), while Open winner Henrik Stenson of Sweden is one shot back after carding a second three-under 67 to move to six under. Germany's Martin Kaymer (69), who won this tournament in 2010, and Americans Patrick Reed (65) and Brooks Koepka (67) are four adrift on five under. Wales' Jamie Donaldson (67) is the highest-placed Briton at the final major of the season on four under, one ahead of world number three Jordan Spieth, who also shot 67. With the cut mark hovering between one and two over par, McIlroy, who holed a 30-foot putt on the 17th to get to two over, thought he needed another birdie on the last. The four-time major winner hit his second on the par-five 18th into greenside rough and took three more shots to get on the green before holing out for a bogey. "I thought I needed to make four, so that's what I was trying to do," said the 2012 and 2014 US PGA champion. "It was a tough lie. I hit the first one as hard as I really could considering how close the pin was to the edge of the green." The world number four went straight to the practice green after taking 35 putts in round one but he said his efforts on Friday, when he took 30, were "pathetic". "Putting let me down at [the US Open in June at] Oakmont and then putting let me down here again," he said. "My tee to green game - there's not much wrong with that. It's pretty solid. If you had given anyone else in this field my tee shots this week, they would have been up near the top of the leaderboard. "It just shows you how bad I was around the greens." The Swede was grouped with the year's other two major winners - Masters champion Danny Willett and US Open victor Dustin Johnson - and he outscored them on both days. He dropped to one under par after three-putt bogeys on the 12th and 13th holes but a three-foot eagle putt on the par-five 18th, his ninth, followed by three birdies on the front nine, moved him one clear of the field. "I got off to a bit of a wobbly start and stood over a six-foot putt on the 14th to avoid going three over, so I'm quite happy that went in and I turned it on from 18," said the 40-year-old, who won his first major at Royal Troon two weeks ago. "That could easily have gone the wrong way but I was hanging in there and got the good stuff coming in." Willett birdied the ninth to card a 70 and make the cut on one over, but pre-tournament favourite Johnson is going home after adding a 72 to his opening 77 for a nine-over total. Neither American has never won a major and while Walker has five victories on the PGA Tour, Streb has just one and has missed nine cuts in 23 events in 2016. Walker, 37, made a solid start to round two with two birdies and seven pars in his opening nine holes before moving clear of the field with a run of three successive birdies from the 12th. He pulled his tee shot on the 17th into a hospitality area and escaped with a free drop and par five but an almost identical shot on the last was not so lucky, ending up in a lake and resulting in a dropped shot. "The finish wasn't what I was looking for, but it's fine," said Walker. "I think you take 66 at any tournament all day every day. So it's good. "I will watch the leaderboard on Saturday. I don't think that's a big deal. I enjoy watching it. I think you need to know where you are at." Streb started on the 10th and had four birdies and a bogey in his opening nine holes and closed with three in four holes to become the 30th player to card a 63 in a major - no player has ever shot a 62. The 29-year-old, who missed the cut at each of the first three majors of 2016, said he turned up this week "just to see if I could play some good golf and have fun". He added: "Obviously it's going pretty well, but my expectations are pretty low, which maybe is a good thing." Day was Friday's other big mover, knocking in seven birdies in eight holes from the eighth to sit two off the lead. "I kind of gave myself a little bit of a kick up the bum with the double bogey on seven," he said. "It was a bit of a mess but to come back and birdie eight and nine made things a lot better for me on the back nine." Former world number one and two-time major winner Spieth had five birdies in his opening nine holes to get to four under par but missed several opportunities to better his score on his back nine, while a bogey saw him close on three under. "It was a really solid round and I'm back in contention," said the American. "I'm hitting the ball fantastic. I just can't get a putt to go in from beyond 10 feet." Kaymer, who started at four under, began the front and back nines with bogeys but three birdies in his last four holes lifted him to five under. "I made a few putts here and there. I enjoyed the last few holes," he said. "It was important for me to finish the way I did." Andrew Johnston continued to impress in the majors, after finishing tied for eighth at The Open, with a one-under-par 69 to reach halfway at one under. The Englishman, better known by his nickname 'Beef', started on the 10th and was two under after nine holes. He dropped back to level with bogeys on the fifth and seventh holes, but he then birdied the eighth. "Every hole, man, I get so many nice comments," said the 27-year-old. "Even after the fifth hole, when I three-putted, they are like, 'Don't worry, Beef, come on, bounce back, you've got this one'. And it's just nice, man. It's a nice atmosphere." Lee Westwood (70) hit 92% of greens in regulation as he also finished on one under, alongside fellow Englishmen Ross Fisher (73) and Tyrrell Hatton (68). Andy Sullivan, who reached five under, dropped away with six bogeys in nine holes through the middle of his round before finishing birdie-eagle on the two par-five finishing holes to post a 71 and a two-under total that matched Paul Casey (69). Scotland's Russell Knox is also playing the weekend after a second 70 left him level par, along with Wales' Bradley Dredge. English pair Matthew Fitzpatrick (70) and Justin Rose (72) beat the cut by one shot.

Prosecutors described the Paralympic athlete's punishment for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 as "shockingly lenient". At the hearing in Pretoria, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the petition had no reasonable prospect of success. The state now has 21 days to take its case to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Pistorius, 29, was given a five-year term for manslaughter in 2014, but was found guilty of murder last December after a prosecution appeal. He shot Ms Steenkamp through a locked toilet door and said in his his defence that he mistook her for an intruder. The judge said at the sentencing that she had deviated from the minimum 15-year sentence because of "compelling personal circumstances". She said mitigating circumstances, such as rehabilitation and remorse, had outweighed aggravating factors, such as his failure to fire a warning shot.

The victory represented a gain from the SNP, who took the seat in the 2011 Holyrood election. The by-election was caused by the resignation of sitting MSP Bill Walker, who was thrown out of the SNP and jailed for domestic abuse. Cara Hilton, the parliament's newest MSP, said the people of Dunfermline "deserved better". The SNP won Dunfermline as part of its landslide election win in 2011 with a majority of just 590 votes, but was not able to hold on. In the end, Labour took the seat with a majority of 2,873 - a 7% swing from the SNP. The Liberal Democrats came third in the contest, with the Conservatives in fourth place. Ms Hilton said: "After the disgrace of Bill Walker, Dunfermline deserves better and I will ensure that we will be better - far better than what went before." Labour majority: 2,873 Turnout 24,200 - 42.65% Swing: 6.94% from SNP to Labour And ahead of the SNP administration's independence referendum next year, she added: "We need a Scottish government that will address the needs of Scots, not one that will simply make promises about what will happen after 2016. "Today Dunfermline has sent a message to Bute House and Alex Salmond: it's time for you to focus on the real priorities of Scots, not your constitutional obsession." The by-election campaign centred on contentious local issues, including proposed school closures, while the SNP focused on its national policies such as the council tax freeze and the decision to remove the tolls on the nearby Forth Road Bridge. Despite the result, SNP candidate Shirley-Anne Somerville said she was proud of the campaign she fought. "We've run a positive campaign trying to support local parents in their schools and I hope we can come together, all of us in the party, to make sure those three schools in the Dunfermline constituency stay open," she said. The Liberal Democrats saw their vote drop by 8% on the night. Candidate Susan Leslie said: "I think it has been a victory for women in politics in Scotland that four women stood in this by-election and fought positive campaigns on the issues for Dunfermline." Scottish Conservative candidate James Reekie - whose party saw a 1% increase in its vote - added: "When the people of Dunfermline are faced with the dilemma of Labour and the SNP, they chose the Conservatives." Turnout in the by-election was 42.65%.

Shamsul Arefin brought four people from his native Bangladesh to work at the Stewart Hotel near Appin in Argyll over a three year period. His victims took out loans to pay him substantial sums for employment at the hotel. One was threatened with having his kidney removed by money lenders back home if he didn't pay his debt. Arefin's crimes were described as a "clear case of modern day slavery". At Fort William Sheriff Court, he was found guilty of breaches of the Asylum and Immigration Act. He carried out the crimes between 2008 and 2010. He recruited his victims by offering them jobs as chefs at his hotel. They were told to pay him substantial sums of money which he described as a "deposit" in exchange for employment and a salary. On their arrival at the hotel, their wages were reduced to a fraction of the contracted amount and they were required to work far longer hours with their duties extended beyond the kitchen. The men told how they had to paint the hotel, clean rooms and cut and move logs in the hotel grounds in freezing winter temperatures. Arefin threatened his victims with termination of their employment when they complained and refused to return the money they had paid him. In one case the victim described how money lenders in Bangladesh had threatened to remove his kidney as a result of his inability to pay back what he owed. The crimes came to light following an investigation by the UK Border Agency and the then Northern Constabulary. Responding to Arefin's sentencing, Kath Harper, the Crown's national lead prosecutor for human trafficking, said: "Arefin's greed had life-changing implications not just for his victims, but for their families and others who supported them. "Human trafficking can come in many forms and as prosecutors we are committed to doing all we can do eradicate it from Scotland." Kevin Hyland, independent anti-slavery commissioner, added: "The victims of these particular crimes endured exploitation and abuse many thought was a distant memory of the past. "This is a clear case of 'modern day slavery' and I commend the bravery of the four men who gave evidence at the trial. I hope that receiving justice in the courts assists in their journey of recovery." Det Insp Richard Baird from Police Scotland said: "Shamsul Arefin was driven by financial greed and held no regard for the working conditions of those in his employment. "This was apparent by the poor condition that his victims were subject to through working long hours at no extra pay and often with substandard equipment and working supplies. "In bringing this individual to justice we have disrupted, if not dismantled, one more illegal enterprise and hopefully saved other potential victims from inevitable suffering."

The Hampshire County Men's Final between Southsea Waverley and Boscombe Cliff was held in Southampton on Sunday. A Boscombe player squared up to an opponent after a dispute over "bowls etiquette", reports the Bournemouth Echo. Other Boscombe players then conceded. It meant Waverley retained the men's county champions title. Waverley secretary Peter Aldridge said both clubs were "mortified by the behaviour". He said he had been told by members who were present that the player, in his 30s, was hurt after the argument blew up during the final and a headbutt was attempted. Mr Aldridge said: "Bowls has changed over the years - people do get excited but this was not acceptable. "It doesn't represent the attitude of Boscombe Cliff and is not representative of the game." Boscombe Cliff Bowls Club has declined to comment. The sport's governing body in the county, Bowls Hampshire, confirmed there was an incident which resulted in a Boscombe player being "asked to leave the green" and the team conceding the match. Secretary Spencer Kerley said: "I am awaiting statements from the two clubs and from the county officers that were present before inviting the county to consider what further action may be necessary." A Hampshire Constabulary spokeswoman said it had not been reported to police.

The Battle, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, lasted from 31 July until November 1917, and led to the death, disappearance or wounding of 500,000 Allied and German soldiers. Colonel Richard Kemp, the former British army commander in Afghanistan, shared his tribute to his great uncle Second lieutenant Philip Duncan, who was killed in the battle. 2nd Lt Philip Duncan was killed in action near Poelcapelle in Belgium during the Second Battle of Passchendaele on 30 October 1917 at the age of 26. He died leading his men in battle just 21 days after joining his battalion on the Western Front. Matt Pitcher remembered his great-grandfather, Sergeant William John Timbley, fought in the battle and survived to tell his story. Matt told the BBC his great-grandfather was a career solider with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. He turned 38 a month before the first battle of Passchendaele and saw action in the Boesinghe sector in Poelcapelle. Before he fought in the battle, he was one of just 200 men who survived the first Battle of Ypres in 1914. After the war, he didn't speak of his time in the army. Sam Barnett's also posted about his great-grandfather, Private Maurice Walter Barnett, who was killed in the opening attack of the battle on 31 July 1917. Private Barnett served in the 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment after a spell at the 9th Battalion. "It is hard to imagine what he went through, surviving Boar's Head and the Battle of the Somme," said Sam. "It's easy for us to think of the casualties as just numbers of soldiers but, to Walter, they would have been his local shopkeepers, neighbours, and friends." Russell Craig tweeted an image in remembrance of his great uncle, Private James Kelly, who was killed in the battle on 16 August 1917. Kelly was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1897. He attempted to sign up for service with local military units, but he was rejected so he went to Randalstown in Ireland to enlist with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. His body was never recovered. His name is commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery alongside 35,000 other missing soldiers. Paul Brown shared the story of his great-grandfather, Richardson Robson Flinn. He served with the Northumberland Fusiliers Labour Corps in 1914, then aged 22. He was gassed during fighting in 1915 and recuperated in Britain before going back to the frontline at Passchendaele. "Richardson made it almost to the German lines before being felled by gunfire, and lay wounded in a shell hole," said Paul. "Once the initial chaos had subsided, German officers emerged waving red cross flags. One German gave Richardson some water from his canteen. Eventually, the wounded from both sides were evacuated. "Richardson was discharged in December 1917 with a disability shot wound, although it was the gas that had done the worst damage. "He returned home, but never fully recovered his health, and died young. Unfortunately, none of his living relatives ever got the chance to know him." Twitter user @DaveVForce shared his memory of his distant cousin who was killed in the battle. Gunner William Potterton enlisted for service on 11 July 1916 and served with the 72nd battery Royal Field Artillery. He was killed in action on 19 October 1917. He has no known grave and his memory is also commemorated at the Tyne Cot Cemetery. Complied by Paul Harrison, UGC and Social news team

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The largest shareholder in Hafren Power has previously been declared bankrupt three times during a lengthy business career. Another businessman has been declared bankrupt twice but said it should not detract from the project's legitimacy. Backers claim the £25bn barrage could generate 5% of Britain's electricity. Hafren Power wants to build an 11 mile (17.7km) barrage between Lavernock Point near Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, and Brean near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Richard Bazley - the largest shareholder in Hafren Power - was declared bankrupt in 1977, 1994 and 2005. Mr Bazley, described by Hafren Power as its founder and "the visionary" behind the barrage, describes himself as a "serial entrepreneur". He declined to be interviewed but Hafren Power chief executive Tony Pryor denied Mr Bazley's background undermined the credibility of the project. Another founder Idwal Stedman, who sits on Hafren Power's regional committee, has been declared bankrupt twice: in 1994 while working as an architect and in 2006 while working as an antiques dealer. Although Hafren Power describes Mr Stedman as having run "a highly regarded architecture firm," he is currently barred from calling himself an architect. He was struck off by the Architects Registration Board last year after complaints about unpaid bills. The board removed him from the register for "conduct that is fundamentally incompatible with continuing to be an architect". Mr Stedman has also been the subject of seven separate county court judgements totalling more than £20,000 between 2009 and 2011. He told BBC Wales in a statement: "Richard Bazley and I originated the idea of a privately funded barrage seven years ago and have worked tirelessly since because we recognised the enormous value of the economic regeneration and clean energy. Without us, there would be no proposal. "Today the project is maturing and growing, led by a new team of outside business talent. We are still involved and are shareholders. "Past bankruptcies or mistakes, unconnected to the project, are of course painful for everyone involved. But they should not detract from the legitimacy of the barrage and its importance to Wales and the West of England." Supporters of the barrage say the privately-financed project could generate up to 5% of Britain's energy needs by using more than 1,000 turbines and tidal power. But the project cannot go ahead without UK government support. Ministers say they want to see more detailed proposals before they allocate parliamentary time for a bill to allow the project to go ahead. Neath Labour MP Peter Hain resigned from the shadow cabinet to campaign for the barrage. He declined to comment. Supporters say the scheme would be financed by sovereign wealth funds and not require taxpayers' cash. A similar project was rejected by the UK government in 2010 on grounds of cost, but Hafren Power says the revised barrage would overcome that issue and also be more environmentally friendly. Backers say a barrage would create jobs and help tackle climate change, but opponents warn it would harm the local environment and endanger wildlife.

A review of a "great deal" of CCTV and dash-cam footage is under way, Thames Valley Police said. The 14-year-old was raped after being snatched on her way to school between 08:15 and 08:40 BST last Wednesday. Officer patrols are continuing in the Summertown area to gather "further witness information", the force said. Det Supt Chris Ward, head of major crime, said: "We are securing evidence, interviewing witnesses and reviewing the substantial quantity of CCTV, dash-cam footage and information received from the public. "A team of specially trained officers continues to support the victim." Supt Joe Kidman, local policing area commander for Oxford, thanked the public for its support. "I know the shock this rare incident has caused and want to add my thanks for all the support provided by the public," he said. The teenager was found by a member of public at midday in Cavendish Drive, Marston. Descriptions of two suspects have been released. The first offender was a white man who spoke with a northern accent. He was described by the girl as aged in his mid 20s, balding with shaven dark blonde hair and blue eyes. He was of medium build and about 6ft (1.82m) tall. Police said he was described as wearing black trousers and a hooded top with one pocket on the front and no drawstrings or logo. The second man was white, with brown gelled hair, the girl said. He was cleanly shaven and had brown eyes. He was aged in his late teens or early 20s and described as slightly smaller in build than the first offender. Police said they were focusing patrols and inquiries on the nearby Marston Meadow area.

The New South Wales premier's page was flooded with comments, almost all negative, after he mounted a defence of controversial "lockout laws" that many say have killed off Sydney's night-time economy. Mr Baird says the laws are reducing assaults, and that a number of small bars have opened since the laws were introduced. But questions have also been raised about why the city's Star Casino and another planned casino are exempt - the Star falls just outside the zone - leading to the premier being mocked with the hashtag #casinomike. Since February 2014, bars and clubs within parts of Sydney have been required to shut their doors to new patrons from 1.30 in the morning and stop serving drinks at 3:00, with severe penalties for bar owners who breach the conditions. Sales of takeaway alcohol from hotels and shops are banned statewide after 22:00. The origin of these laws can be traced to July 2012, when 19-year-old Kieran Loveridge walked up to Thomas Kelly in the entertainment precinct of Kings Cross and, without provocation or warning, punched him in the head. Mr Kelly, 19, fell to the ground and later died in hospital. Kings Cross saw its second "coward punch" death on New Year's Eve in 2013, when bodybuilder Shaun McNeil, 27, killed 18-year-old Daniel Christie with a single blow in an unprovoked attack. Both attackers were jailed. Public outcry over these incidents was immense, and the NSW government responded by designating Sydney's most popular party zones a "CBD Entertainment Precinct". But it had a devastating impact on businesses that depended on late-night trade, particularly around the Kings Cross area. Some of Australia's best-known bars and clubs shut down, among them Hugos Lounge, which had operated for 15 years and was voted best nightclub in Australia six times. Owner Dave Evans said the laws caused a 60% drop in trade, forcing him to close his doors and put 170 staff out of work. Frustration over the laws' impact on Sydney's nightlife crystalysed last week with the publication on LinkedIn of an 8,000-word essay by businessman Matt Barrie. Mr Barrie passionately denounced the impact of the laws and pushed a philosophy of personal responsibility that touched a nerve with many Sydneysiders. "You've been tricked into thinking that you have done something wrong, in some way that you are genetically an idiot, or that somehow you have to feel responsible for a couple of random tragic, yet unrelated, events that occurred in the vague proximity of having fun," he wrote. "Two young men that would be turning in their graves if they knew that their deaths had been hijacked to beat up some moral outrage over the sort of human tragedy that sells newspapers to put up a political smokescreen, push a prohibitionist evangelical agenda, sell a suburb to developers, and boost the coffers of a couple of casinos." Reaction to Mr Barrie's piece prompted Mr Baird, a conservative and Christian, to respond on social media, where he had previous success live-tweeting amusing responses to the finale of reality television show The Bachelor. "Alcohol-related assaults have decreased 42.2% in the CBD since we introduced the 'lockout laws'. And they are down by over 60% in Kings Cross," he wrote. "But didn't we achieve this by shutting down the whole city and killing its nightlife? The number of small bars in Sydney has more than doubled in the same period." "Doctors right across the city are now telling us they are seeing far less emergency room presentations on the weekends." But this time the move appears to have backfired, with the post attracting more than 12,000 comments, overwhelmingly negative. "I am not proud of our city and embarrassed to invite guests here from overseas," said one. Another said the state was "treating us all like kids because of the actions of random street scum". "Sydney has a rich history of the inner city pub which you are destroying," said another. "Thanks mate #casinomike." Popular Australian DJ and musician Alison Wonderland was one of the many who responded to Mr Baird. "Words can't explain how embarrassed I am that my home, the most beautiful and once most vibrant city in the world has become a laughing stock internationally," she wrote. "People are asking me if it's true Sydney has become a nanny state and voice their genuine concerns about visiting it." Another commenter was Justin Maloney, owner of the restaurant Jimmy Liks, which closed last month after 14 years. "You said you wanted to 'eliminate drinking ghettos' - well, Mr Baird, my award-winning restaurant was no ghetto but you certainly eliminated it," he wrote. Even Mr Baird's "cherry picked" assault statistics were called into question. The lockout laws are almost two years old now and due to be subjected to a detailed review. But Mr Baird indicated he was unlikely to change the policy, which he believed was "so clearly improving the city". But it remains to be seen if the popular premier will hold his ground if anger at the lockout laws continues to gather momentum.

Nick Hedges travelled the country in the 1960s and 70s for the housing charity Shelter, taking pictures of families living in run-down homes. Mr Hedges said he was "shocked to the core" to witness the conditions in large parts of the UK. "I often wonder what happened to them, if they went on to lead happy and healthy lives." "It's heart-breaking to know that the conditions some people have to live in today aren't a million miles away from the photos I took all those years ago," Mr Hedges said. "A home should be a place of safety and security, but too many families are having to live without." Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive, said that while the slums had disappeared, the UK was "in the midst of another housing crisis" and called on the government to provide more support to vulnerable families. "The double blow of sky-high house prices along with cuts to welfare support means just one thing like an illness or cut in hours can leave a family hurtling towards homelessness," he said. The images are available online and can be seen at a free exhibition at the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham until Friday. Vicky Hines, manager of Shelter's Birmingham services, said the pictures captured "an incredibly important part of this city's history". She said: "They show how far we've come in the past 50 years, but remind us how much more we must do for the tens of thousands of families still desperate for a safe and secure place to call home." A spokesman for the Department of Communities and Local Government, which has responsibility for housing, said it was "an absolute priority" to build more homes in the UK, and said its current plans were "the most ambitious housing programme in a generation". An exhibition of the photographs has already been held in Sheffield, and another will take place in Manchester later this month.

The 67-year-old suffered a broken collarbone when he was knocked to the ground outside his Gateshead home in January. An online appeal set up by beautician Katie Cutler raised £330,135. Richard Gatiss, 25, from Gateshead, had pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob at Newcastle Crown Court. After the sentencing, Mr Barnes said it was "just about the right length of time" and he hoped prison would give Gatiss time to reflect on what he had done. "I hope while he's in prison he'll do some thinking and when he comes out he'll do something useful," he said. Gatiss, from Split Crow Road, was caught after police retrieved DNA evidence from a pocket on Mr Barnes' jacket. He had been desperate for money to buy legal highs but ran off empty-handed when Mr Barnes shouted for help, the court heard. Judge Paul Sloan QC described Gatiss' actions as "despicable and opportunistic" and said he had picked on Mr Barnes because he was vulnerable. Mr Barnes has lived with disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant. He is visually impaired and stands 4ft 6in (1.21m) tall. After the hearing, Mr Barnes, who was joined by 21-year-old Miss Cutler, said: "I'm pleased he's been sentenced and I think the sentence of four years is just about the right length. "I hope while he's in prison he'll do some thinking and when he comes out he'll do something useful. Maybe he might decide to help people, which I think would be a good idea for him. "It's sad that he was brought to the stage of doing something like this - not necessarily just me, it could have been anybody and they might not have got over the incident. "But I've moved on," he said. Holding back tears, Miss Cutler added: "It's hard for me to talk about Richard as it wasn't me who was attacked, but I just hope he gets the help that he deserves. "I'm just glad that that some good has come from this and we can move forward." While on remand, Gatiss was kept in segregation for his own safety. Jamie Adams, defending, said it was "an awful case" but publicity surrounding it made it difficult to "keep a proper outlook on what the sentence should be". On the prison bus to court Gatiss had been "the subject of some pretty awful double-standard behaviour" from other inmates, Mr Adams said. "Life is not easy for him. He is going to be in the public glare for a long time to come and he knows that." His father, Karl Gatiss, refused to comment on the sentence outside court but called for legal highs to be banned. Northumbria Police said the sentencing "should send a message out to those criminals who think it is acceptable to target the vulnerable".

Media playback is not supported on this device It's 1997 and ID7 television are filming at Dunkirk rugby club in northern France. Their subject is in his mid-30s, has a full head of hair and is strangely familiar. He's not French, but he's fluent. Only when the cameraman asks him to say his name does the penny drop. "Je m'appelle Vernon Anthony Cotter." For four and a half minutes he doesn't miss a beat - and why would he? Cotter had been in the country for years by then. Four seasons playing in the back row with Rumilly in the south-east, two years with Lourdes in the foothills of the Pyrenees, a year with Saint-Junien in west-central France and he would soon kick on for the small southern village of Castelnau-Riviere-Basse, where he played and coached while briefly contemplating a new life as a winemaker. Cotter is now sitting in Murrayfield talking about the past, the present, the future. The New Zealander has been Scotland coach for 31 Test matches - 16 victories, 15 defeats, nine of which were by seven points or less, five of them by three or less. He's given a first cap to 26 players. Eighteen of the squad he has just named for the Six Nations have appeared on his watch. He has just five more Tests before France reclaims him. Montpellier await. Time for reflection, then. Time to remember where Cotter came from and where he has taken Scotland in his two and a half eventful years. Cotter is big into culture. Rugby culture. He learned about it first as a player with Counties in New Zealand but a lot of his knowledge came in those early years in France. "I used to think I was a reasonably physical player, but I was a baby," he says. I understand New Zealanders so much more after living in Scotland because a lot of the influence comes from here "I learned a lot about character and defending the jersey. You couldn't help but get swept away. The French flair - I used to laugh at that. It wasn't true. Overlaps were created because two forward packs were generally having a good whack at each other." He tells a story about a derby match from the mid-90s, his own Lourdes team versus Pau. No love lost between them. In their previous meeting there'd been "scuffles" and Lourdes had come off second best. "Our players were doing cartwheels going on to the paddock," Cotter recounts. "The coach said, 'Right boys, tactics for the day. The first five [eighth] kick it straight into the stand and we run up and punch them.' That's what happened. I had somebody who had given me a gentle tickle in the away game and I managed to line him up. "There was an all-out brawl, but no penalty. We had a scrum in midfield and our locks came through and caressed the opposition front row a little bit with their hands. A couple of them needed treatment and we scored a try from there. It was an insight. "It wasn't just a game. I enjoyed the fact that you were playing for your town and your colours. They could be absolute psychopaths on the paddock and gentlemen afterwards." Years later, while coaching at Clermont, Cotter was given a nickname - les yeux de glace ('eyes of ice'). Years after that, in Scotland, he was christened Stern Vern. To understand what makes him tick, the period of his life in a country where he's already done 17 years, and where he will soon return for another three, is important. Eight seasons at Clermont turned Cotter into one of the hottest coaching tickets in world rugby. The season before he took over, the club finished a poor eighth in the French championship. In his first year - and for the three years that followed - they made the final. In 2010 they won the first league title in their history. Cotter - with his great friend Joe Schmidt as assistant coach - had become immortal in the French game. Clermont were never out of the top four on Cotter's watch. Then, the move to Scotland. Not a lot of people in France could understand why he did it. Going to New Zealand, they would have understood. England, they could get. Ireland, perhaps. But Scotland? "It's something that I didn't have to do, it's something that we wanted to do as a family," he explains. "One of the key motivating factors was that people [in France] would take the mickey out of Scotland and its rugby. It sort of upset me. I was defending the underdog. "Before the Six Nations, everybody would take a sweepstake and Scotland was always last pick. "Look, I remember the 1990s. I remember Scotland coming to New Zealand [in the summer of 1990] and they should have beaten the All Blacks. We weren't inventing the game, Scotland were doing it. When we first came together as a squad we looked at some footage of those days. They were brave, confident warriors. "Trying to bring that back to Scotland was one of the key things. They [Jim Telfer and Ian McGeechan, the coaches of the era] were ahead of their time. Any comparison to those two great men is very nice. I would take inspiration from what they did. The game has moved on but some of the essential things they were coaching are still relevant, especially to the Scottish psyche. "Scotland has a proud history. It's a humble country and it's a place you can become attached to very quickly." In Cotter's first Six Nations, in 2015, Scotland got whitewashed, Wooden-spooned and, at times, embarrassed. Last season brought progression. The brilliance and pain of the near-miss against Australia in the World Cup, the home win against France in the Six Nations, the fact - incredible as it seems - that 2016 was the first time in the 17-year history of the competition that Scotland managed to score more points than they conceded, and hit double figures for tries scored. Media playback is not supported on this device Scotland have become an exciting team. More than at any point since last winning the championship under Telfer in 1999, they're posing a threat to the big nations. "The principal foundations are mindset and skill-set," says Cotter. "It was about creating clarity. "The other thing is leadership, creating a leadership group so that they determine behaviour and standards because it's always much easier when you have a group that can think on its feet, that's autonomous. I think that's where we're getting. "You've got a team that's experienced some good things and some bad things. We've become aware of what we can do. Winning is the most important thing. So how do we win? We go through a painful process of learning how to win. "There's been improvement. Would we have liked quicker improvement? Yeah, we probably would. Would we have liked to nail some of those close games? Yes. But we've used them as benchmarks." Media playback is not supported on this device On the opening day of the Six Nations, Ireland come to Edinburgh. "We played them at the end of the competition in the last two years and their strength in depth showed through," Cotter recalls. "We have more depth now to stay a bit more robust until the end. I'd like to think this game will be closer than those two. "It's a really big challenge for our guys. Joe [Schmidt, Ireland coach] is a really good friend and we'll probably have a beer afterwards. Unfortunately, he's always the one with the smile on his face - and I'd like it to stop. I'd like to get one back on him." Beyond that, it's a trip to France, then a visit from Wales, then a journey down to England. Scotland have moved forward, but that's no guarantee of victories in the coming weeks. "We know that these teams are very good," he insists. "When they see us on the fixture list they know they're going in as favourites, very confident that they'll beat us. It's our job to try to surprise them somehow, to have something that will take them away from the comfort zone and create errors in their game that we can exploit." Five more games and then he's away. It's not the way he planned it. It's just the way it is, he says. When the news broke that this was going to be Cotter's final Six Nations, an audible gasp could have been heard around Scottish rugby. There had been little hint of it, no suggestion his time was coming to an end. He would have preferred to stay on, but Gregor Townsend was ready for an elevation and there was only one way that was going to happen. Will he miss it? "Undoubtedly, but we'll come back on holiday," he says. "You never know, you might find that Glasgow are in Montpellier's pool next year in European rugby. "It was always going to be the deal. The SRU had made it known at the outset that they'd like a Scottish coach in the national position sooner or later and I respect entirely the decision. Would I have liked to continue? Yeah, probably would have, but that's the way it is." Cotter, without doubt, has been good for Scotland but he says Scotland has been good for him, too. "I understand New Zealanders so much more after living in Scotland because a lot of the influence comes from here," he explains. "I recognise it in our rural communities. "I'm not an extroverted person - I'm introverted, I'm quiet - and I love the countryside, I love what Scotland has got to offer, whether it's the coastline, the mountains, the rivers. I enjoyed my time in Colonsay, fishing on the west coast in Plockton, stalking in Glen Shiel. "We've got some good friends in the Borders who love their rugby and it's nice to see their passion. They talk about passion in France, but there's some real passion here for the game. "It's been a privilege, the whole thing. I've only got fond memories. I move on. The game has existed in this country for over a hundred years and it will exist long after I've left. There's another project to move to after I finish here. We were going to go back to New Zealand but then Montpellier came up. They wanted something constructed and the communication I had with the president convinced me that there was perhaps another adventure to take on." More than anything he wants to exit on a high. In the coming weeks he says he wants the team to deliver moments that will bond them together not just in the here and now but for decades down the road. "They give everything, these guys," he adds. "They're striving to give people something to be proud of. The stadium is a sell-out for Ireland. So, game on..."

Hills Quarry Products has submitted a planning application to the county council for a sand and gravel quarry near the village of Clifton Hampden. It said the development, known as Fullamoor Quarry, will see 2.5m tonnes of earth extracted over 10 years. But residents said the plan poses a threat "to the health and wellbeing" of their communities. Chairman of campaign group Bachport (Burcot and Clifton Hampden Protection of the River Thames) Ian Mason said: "It's vital that people express their deep concerns. "A quarry would devastate a tranquil part of the Oxford Green Belt bordering the Thames and we fear more flooding as the proposed site is in the flood plain." He added that the biggest concern was the traffic a quarry would generate, with 570 lorry movements a week. Hills Quarry Products director Peter Andrew said the application followed an 18-month public consultation, which included meetings with residents. He said: "As a result of the feedback received, we significantly reduced our plans in relation to the volumes of material we hope to extract and the time we will take to work the site. "The final restoration plans were also scaled back so that no additional material is brought on to site, which in turn reduced the overall number of vehicle movements." In a statement the company said the proposed quarry covers an area of 104 hectares, of which 76 hectares will be worked. People have until 13 May to comment on the application.

A rugged, mountainous country, with lush valleys to the south and north, it is Central Asia's poorest nation. Tajiks are the country's largest ethnic group, with Uzbeks making up a quarter of the population, over half of which is employed in agriculture and just one-fifth in industry. A third of Tajikistan's population is under 14 years of age. The Tajik language is very close to Persian, spoken in Iran, and to Dari, spoken in Afghanistan. Tajikistan profile - home Read more country profiles Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring The five-year civil war between the Moscow-backed government and the Islamist-led opposition, in which up to 50,000 people were killed and over one-tenth of the population fled the country, ended in 1997 with a United Nations-brokered peace agreement. Tajikistan's economy has never really recovered from the civil war, and poverty is widespread. Almost half of GDP is earned by migrants working abroad, especially in Russia, but the recession in 2009 threatened that income. The country is also dependent on oil and gas imports. Economic hardship is seen as a contributing to a renewed interest in Islam - including more radical forms - among young Tajiks. Tajikistan has been accused by its neighbours of tolerating the presence of training camps for Islamist rebels on its territory, an accusation which it has strongly denied. Tajikistan has relied heavily on Russian assistance to counter continuing security problems and cope with the dire economic situation. Skirmishes with drug smugglers crossing illegally from Afghanistan occur regularly, as Tajikistan is the first stop on the drugs route from there to Russia and the West. Russia maintains military garrisons in Tajikistan and in 2004 took back control over a former Soviet space monitoring centre. These developments were widely seen as a sign of Russia's wish to counter increased US influence in Central Asia. Economic ties with neighbouring China are extensive. China has extended credits and has helped to build roads, tunnels and power infrastructure. Chinese firms are investing in oil and gas exploration and in gold mining.

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The biggest riser was the world's biggest cruise ship operator, Carnival, whose shares rose 3% to £41.45. Higher ticket prices and greater onboard spending by customers had boosted its quarterly revenues and profits. Lloyds bank shares rose 2% to 64p after it bought the MBNA credit card firm. Lloyds paid £1.9bn in its first acquisition since the financial crisis in 2008. Other significant risers were Barclays bank, up 2.5% to £2.28 per share, and the Prudential insurance company, up 2% to £15.93 per share. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the dollar to $1.235, and was 0.2% lower against the euro at €1.189.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Operation Midland was "extensive and carried out diligently". There was no evidence to indicate "bad faith, malice or dishonesty" by the officers, the watchdog said. The much-criticised operation closed last March without a single arrest. Of five officers referred to the Commission, three were cleared of causing "prolonged and undue stress" to those being investigated. One of the three - an unnamed detective chief inspector - is being investigated over an alleged failure to present relevant information to a judge when applying for a search warrant. Former MP Harvey Proctor, who was among those cleared of being part of an alleged Westminster abuse ring, said the "bungled and disastrous" police operation had ruined his life and left him destitute. He said he believed no police officer would ever be held responsible for it, and accused the IPCC of conducting a "whitewash". The £2.5m Met investigation was launched in 2014 after a man known as "Nick" claimed that boys had been sexually abused and even murdered by a group of powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies. The abuse was said to have been carried out at locations across southern England and London in the 1970s and 1980s. Retired judge Sir Richard Henriques reviewed the investigation and identified 43 serious failings in his report, including that "Nick" had been believed for too long and that search warrants had been applied for with flawed information. Former Met Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe apologised to those affected by the inquiry, including Mr Proctor, former military chief Lord Bramall, and the wife of the late Lord Brittan, a former home secretary. The force referred five officers to the IPCC. The IPCC has now cleared three of them - Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Rodhouse, Detective Superintendant Kenny McDonald and an unnamed detective chief inspector - of causing prolonged and undue stress to those under suspicion by failing to properly investigate "Nick's" claims. Mr McDonald had, at one stage, publicly described "Nick's" allegations as "credible and true". In a statement, the IPCC said: "There is no evidence to indicate bad faith, malice or dishonesty and no indication any of the officers may have behaved in a manner which would justify disciplinary proceedings. "The information available indicates the investigation was extensive and carried out diligently with the majority of the decisions made appropriately recorded." But the watchdog said there was an indication that the DCI and two other detectives may have failed to accurately present all relevant information to a district judge when applying for search warrants for three properties. The searches - in March 2015 - resulted in those under suspicion being named in the media. The IPCC said it was discontinuing its investigation into allegations of irregularities in the seizure of exhibits during the searches. There will also be no further investigation of Mr Rodhouse for his conduct in relation to a separate inquiry involving Lord Brittan. IPCC commissioner Carl Gumsley said: "The allegation that incomplete information may have been provided to a district judge when applying for search warrants is serious and the IPCC will thoroughly investigate this matter."

Scientists believe kissing helps people judge the quality of a potential mate through taste, smell and fitness. Once in a relationship, the Oxford University study found kissing was a way of getting a partner to stick around. Women were found to value kissing more highly in long-term relationships. An online survey of 900 adults by the Oxford team, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour, showed that men and women who were more attractive or had more casual sex partners were more selective in choosing mates, and those groups valued kissing more highly. This suggests that kissing helps in sizing up a potential partner, the study says. Professor Robin Dunbar, from the department of experimental psychology at Oxford University, said courtship in humans was complex and involved a whole series of assessments before men and women decided to carry on their relationship. "Initial attraction may include facial, body and social cues. Then assessments become more and more intimate as we go deeper into the courtship stages, and this is where kissing comes in. "In choosing partners, we have to deal with the 'Jane Austen problem': How long do you wait for Mr Darcy to come along when you can't wait forever and there may be lots of you waiting just for him? At what point do you have to compromise for the curate?" Prof Dunbar said that Jane Austen, whose works of romantic fiction included Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, realised that people were extremely good at assessing where they were in the "mating market" and pitching their demands accordingly. "It depends what kind of poker hand you've been dealt. "If you have a strong bidding hand, you can afford to be much more demanding and choosy when it comes to prospective mates," he said, If kissing plays a part in selecting a partner then it also plays an important role before sex in short relationships and at a range of different times in committed relationships, the study found. The study found that kissing was particularly important to women in long-term relationships. This may be because it plays a role in increasing feelings of affection and attachment among couples, the researchers suggest. Previous research had found that women placed greater value on activities that strengthen long-term relationships because being pregnant and raising children is easier when two parents are present. In another study in Human Nature, researchers from Oxford suggest that women's attitude to romantic kissing also depends on where in their menstrual cycle and their relationship they are. Women valued kissing most at the start of a relationship and around the time they were most likely to conceive in their cycle.

His departure was said to be one recommendation of a report by former US Attorney-General Eric Holder about the company's culture and practices. Uber said the board had voted unanimously to adopt all the report's recommendations. However, its contents will not be released until Tuesday. Mr Holder was asked to undertake the review in February after former Uber engineer Susan Fowler made claims of sexual harassment. The Financial Times reported that neither Uber nor Mr Michael would comment on whether he had resigned or been fired. James Cakmak, an analyst at Monness Crespi Hardt, said Mr Michael's departure reflected Uber's need for a "fall guy" and could help protect Mr Kalanick. "If Kalanick did leave, we think it would be very difficult for him to come back," Mr Cakmak told Bloomberg. It is possible Mr Kalanick could be forced to take a leave of absence or have his role altered. That issue was on the agenda at a seven-hour board meeting held in Los Angeles on Sunday. Mr Kalanick has been on bereavement leave following the death of his mother in a boating accident. An Uber insider said the recommendations in Mr Holder's report include introducing more control on spending, human resources and other areas where executives led by Mr Kalanick have had an unusual degree of autonomy for a company of Uber's size. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing service has more than 12,000 employees. Mr Kalanick has earned a reputation as an abrasive leader and was criticised earlier this year after being caught on video berating an Uber driver. He said in response to the video: "I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up." Uber board member Arianna Huffington has said Mr Kalanick needed to change his leadership style from that of a "scrappy entrepreneur" to be more like a "leader of a major global company". One Uber investor said the board's decisions were a step in the right direction, giving the firm an "opportunity to reboot". Jan Dawson, an analyst with Jackdaw Research, said: "This week we finally learn just how committed Travis Kalanick and the rest of the senior leadership team at Uber is to meaningful cultural change." Last week Uber said it fired 20 staff after another law firm examined more than 200 cases including complaints about sexual harassment, discrimination and bullying. As part of its attempt to draw a line under its recent problems, Uber said it had appointed Wan Ling Martello, a Nestle executive and Alibaba board member, as an independent director. She is the third high-profile female appointment to the company in the past week. Uber, which is still privately owned with voting control resting with Mr Kalanick and his two board allies, is valued at about $68bn. Although revenues hit $6.5bn last year, it is yet to make a profit.

Pacheco, 17, has made three appearances this season for Liverpool, who are fifth in the WSL One table. Doncaster are currently bottom of the league, having failed to pick up a point from their opening four games. "She's an extremely exciting and talented young player," Belles manager Emma Coates told the club website.

The visitors made a strong start to the game but it was the hosts who opened the scoring courtesy of Ryan Hardie's strike. Dumbarton levelled when Christian Nade nodded in. Daniel Harvie gave them the lead before Gregor Buchanan turned the ball in at the back post. The win ended a three-game losing run for Stevie Aitken's side, but the home side were booed off the pitch as their winless run extended to 12 league and cup matches. Raith boss Gary Locke made three changes to the side beaten by Hearts in the Scottish Cup in midweek and he saw his team take the lead in controversial fashion. Mark Stewart looked to have fouled Harvie before crossing for Hardie to score his fifth goal of the season, but referee Mat Northcroft waived away the Dumbarton appeals. Kevin Curthbert had done well to save efforts from Robert Thomson and Sam Stanton in the first half, but he was well beaten after the break when Nade rose above his marker to head Stanton's cross into the net for an important equaliser. Referee Northcroft then waived away a strong penalty appeal when Andrew Stirling looked to have been brought down in the box, but the visitors did go in front when Aberdeen loanee Harvie was allowed to run and shoot past Cuthbert from 20 yards. To compound the home fans' misery, the Raith defence then allowed a Stanton corner to drive right across the box to Buchanan, who made no mistake with an angled shot. Raith have not won a match since 29 October and they go to Dundee United next week in danger of being dragged towards the relegation zone, while Dumbarton will face St Mirren in confident mood after a thoroughly well deserved win. Raith Rovers manager Gary Locke: "The second half showed the after effects of the cup ties against Hearts, but we need to look to win our home games and we have to do better than what we produced today. "Heads went down and there should not have been any reason for that, it was one of those days where we looked tired, but the run is alarming and while we did well against Hearts we have to find the consistency and we cannot go blaming each other. "It is a tough spell, but at the end of the day you either disappear or come out fighting and we intend to do that." Dumbarton manager Stevie Aitken: "After 10 minutes [new assistant] Ian [Durrant] turned to me and said 'what am I doing here', but he has made a massive difference in the time he has been at the club and this was a terrific result. "Ian's presence about the place gives everybody a lift and we are delighted to get somebody with his ability in. "There is a spell of games coming up that will test us, but if we keep producing performances like that, I am sure we will continue to do well." Match ends, Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton 3. Second Half ends, Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton 3. Calum Gallagher (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers). Calum Gallagher (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers). Hand ball by Stuart Carswell (Dumbarton). Ross McCrorie (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers). Substitution, Dumbarton. Tom Lang replaces Andy Stirling. Attempt saved. Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal. Attempt missed. Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Substitution, Dumbarton. Ross McCrorie replaces Samuel Stanton. Attempt missed. Rudi Skacel (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation. Ryan Stevenson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Mark Docherty (Dumbarton). Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Kevin McHattie. Substitution, Raith Rovers. Rudi Skacel replaces Jason Thomson. Foul by Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton). Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Corner, Raith Rovers. Conceded by Stuart Carswell. Attempt blocked. Ross Callachan (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Substitution, Dumbarton. Calum Gallagher replaces Christian Nade because of an injury. Substitution, Raith Rovers. Scott Roberts replaces Bobby Barr. Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton 3. Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andy Stirling with a cross. Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto. Attempt blocked. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Substitution, Raith Rovers. Ryan Stevenson replaces Chris Johnston. Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Kevin McHattie (Raith Rovers). Calum Gallagher (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing. Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton 2. Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Jean-Yves Mvoto. Foul by Ryan Hardie (Raith Rovers). Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers). Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Ross Matthews (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Andy Stirling (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card. Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Dumbarton 1. Christian Nade (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner.

Antony Ricketts, 20, was also ordered to pay costs of £186.31 after being convicted in his absence in Carmarthen. He was also found guilty of putting non-recyclable waste out in blue bags in Barnsfield Terrace. "Bags of rubbish left littering the streets for days on end will not be tolerated," said Councillor Jim Jones, environment executive member. Ricketts must also pay a victim surcharge of £20 after the conviction under the Environmental Protection Act. Ricketts was warned by council officers, but problems continued and they found evidence linking him to black bags and contaminated blue recycling bags on several occasions. Two people from Llanelli have already been fined £100 after Carmarthenshire Council announced it was getting tough with householders who put out waste on the wrong day. Mr Jones added: "If a resident continually ignores the council's advice we have no choice but to issue a fine or prosecute them in court. "I hope residents take notice of this case and act responsibly to reduce the amount of rubbish littering our streets."

The 31-year-old, who will have the support of newly-appointed head coach Keith Bertschin, succeeds Marcus Bignot, who left Solihull on 7 November to join League Two side Grimsby Town. McDonald, who took over the Pitmen in May, leaves them fourth in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. His first game will be Tuesday's FA Cup first-round replay at home to Yeovil. Solihull are 16th in the National League after being promoted last season. McDonald will also be joined at the Moors by assistant manager Nick Green and coach David Bridgwater, his backroom team at Hednesford and his previous club Redditch. "With my ambitions as a football manager, the opportunity to come to Solihull was just too good to turn down," McDonald told BBC WM. "Part of the decision to come was to help with my development. Keith has a wealth of experience which will help that. "But I'm in charge. I have my management team with me, I want to put my stamp on things and carry on the good work Marcus has done in transforming this club. "It was a tough decision and Saturday was an emotional day for me, but the people at Hednesford understand why I've made it." Liam McDonald was talking to BBC WM's Rob Gurney.

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Regardless of the horse race that sprung from Lord Derby calling it right and winning that toss at Epsom in 1779, defeat would have had a much wider significance. The event and its name are believed to be the root of the expression 'derby match', and it's worth considering that the loser was Sir Charles Bunbury. You'll agree the 'Merseyside Bunbury' or the 'North London Bunbury' hardly have the same ring. More than two centuries on from that coin toss to decide whose name the race should take, trainer John Gosden - who is due to have five runners in the 238th Derby, including big fancy Cracksman - marvels at what was created. "It's a unique track," he says, staring out over the course as it snakes its way up, down and around the Surrey Downs barely 15 miles south west of central London. "Obviously Bunbury and Derby had had a very good lunch when they came up here and pegged it out and flipped a coin. "It's a very demanding track. You have to stay, you have to have great dexterity, agility, balance and a turn of foot comes in very handy. "It is a proper test of a horse - you wouldn't necessarily design it as a track for anything other than a rigorous test of a three-year-old in the first week of June, and that's what it is." Gosden, whose ever-powerful string based at Newmarket is the biggest threat to the prevailing dominance of Ireland's Aidan O'Brien, should know. It's 20 years since he saddled Benny The Dip to win, and two since he masterminded Golden Horn's big-race success with Frankie Dettori riding in the silks of owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer. Golden Horn, who by that point had won the regularly significant Dante Stakes at York, went on to stamp his authority on proceedings that season. After Epsom, he galloped off with the Eclipse Stakes, the Irish Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before suffering one of just two defeats, at the Breeders' Cup fixture in Kentucky. Cracksman represents the same owner-trainer-jockey combination, and comes to Epsom with two wins from two starts, the second at Epsom when narrowly beating fellow Derby hopeful - and this year's Dante winner - Permian. "Cracksman is not a Golden Horn," Gosden told BBC Sport, "but he's a superior horse to Benny The Dip. "He's still learning a lot, and when he came here and won the trial he grew up overnight, so we're excited." Believing there is no standout in this year's Derby, worth a total of nearly £1.625m - a record, Gosden fields three more runners than ever before. Cracksman, who like fellow leading contender Eminent is a son of champion racehorse-turned-fledgling stallion Frankel, is joined by striking Goodwood winner Khalidi - added as a late entry, for £85,000 - plus three longer shots in Crowned Eagle, Glencadam Glory and Pealer. A multitude of runners under a single, or near-single, banner is something of a feature of the 2017 staging of the world's best-known flat racing prize. O'Brien - looking for a sixth win after Galileo, High Chaparral, Camelot, Ruler Of The World and Australia - saddles another formidable Coolmore-owned challenge. Cliffs Of Moher, winner of the Dee Stakes at Chester, with Ryan Moore riding, leads six, ahead of well-supported Capri and Venice Beach. Douglas Macarthur, The Anvil - on which the trainer's apprentice jockey daughter Ana becomes the third female jockey to take part - and Wings Of Eagle make up the raiding party. O'Brien's son Joseph, the jockey on board when Camelot and Australia were victorious but now training, saddles Rekindling. Via his Godolphin operation and his son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, owner Sheikh Mohammed is represented by Permian, Lingfield Trial winner Best Solution, once-raced Dubai Thunder and Benbatl, the Dante Stakes runner-up. Strongly supported Eminent, sixth in the 2000 Guineas, trained by Martyn Meade and the mount of flat racing's champion jockey Jim Crowley, heads 'the rest'. It does look genuinely wide open. "We don't have any exceptional favourite standing out and frightening everyone away," said Gosden, whose father 'Towser' trained 1966 winner Charlottown as a two-year-old before ill health forced his own retirement. "That's why we're winding up with a pretty big field. But I still think that the first three will be very, very good horses. "The biggest problem is probably going to be for the jockeys getting around in a big field. You try riding around Epsom with so many other runners. It's not an easy job at all." Food for thought for apprentice jockey Paddy Pilley, who replaces Gina Mangan - barred from taking part on safety grounds - on 1,000-1 outsider Diore Lia. However, the presence of Diore Lia, the large field and the chance for Frankel to father a first European Classic winner gives the whole thing an intriguing narrative. It'll take a lot more than a spin of a coin to sort out this one.

The former Northern Ireland international, who died last week, was remembered with a minute's applause and a video tribute following a career that saw him score more than 140 goals for the club. On the pitch, however, the Bantams were looking for a response to the loss at Roots Hall and they started in positive fashion. Mark McNulty and Nicky Law each had shots deflected for corners and Bradford twice appealed in vain for a penalty, with Hanson and McNulty both going down inside the area to no avail. The hosts continued to press after the interval as Haris Vuckic and Law went close before the home side's pressure paid off in the 56th minute. Vuckic's overhit cross from the right was kept in play by Mark Marshall, who clipped the ball into the area where Hanson scored with a header from close range. However, Northampton came close to equalising when only a brilliant one-handed save by Colin Doyle kept out Alex Revell's header from Paul Anderson's cross, before substitute Marc Richards had the ball in the net in the 84th minute only to be ruled offside. Report supplied by Press Association. Match ends, Bradford City 1, Northampton Town 0. Second Half ends, Bradford City 1, Northampton Town 0. John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card. Romain Vincelot (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town). Nicky Law (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card. Foul by James Hanson (Bradford City). John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Substitution, Bradford City. Rory McArdle replaces Josh Cullen. Substitution, Northampton Town. Alfie Potter replaces Paul Anderson. Attempt missed. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Raheem Hanley (Northampton Town). Foul by Filipe Morais (Bradford City). Matthew Taylor (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Marc Richards (Northampton Town). Substitution, Bradford City. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Marc McNulty. James Meredith (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Paul Anderson (Northampton Town). Attempt saved. Josh Cullen (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Filipe Morais (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by David Buchanan (Northampton Town). Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by David Cornell. Attempt blocked. Filipe Morais (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by David Cornell. Attempt missed. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick. Josh Cullen (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Paul Anderson (Northampton Town). Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Paul Anderson. Attempt missed. Marc Richards (Northampton Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. James Hanson (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Rod McDonald (Northampton Town). Foul by Filipe Morais (Bradford City). John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Alex Revell (Northampton Town) because of an injury. Attempt saved. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Foul by James Hanson (Bradford City). David Buchanan (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Joseph Tsang, 31, from Oxford, was convicted in his absence last month at the city's crown court of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault. The crimes were committed in Hampshire. When the IT worker fled he was also awaiting sentence for other offences, including three counts of sexual activity with a child under 16. Tsang, of Sandy Lane, was due before magistrates in Hong Kong on Saturday. The Chinese national was convicted of sexual offences against a teenage girl at a trial at Oxford Crown Court earlier this year. He was on bail awaiting his second trial when he fled. During the hunt for Tsang, Det Chief Insp Katy Barrow-Grint said his victims had been through "a living nightmare at his hands". The process to have Tsang returned to the UK for sentencing will now get under way.

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The 7% rate was slower than the previous quarter's rate of 7.4%, but beat analysts' expectations of 6.4%. Economists had expected the economy to suffer from the government's decision to withdraw high-denomination banknotes as part of an anti-corruption drive. The federal statistics office retained its growth forecast for the year ending in March 2017 at 7.1%. The figures surprised economists, who had expected the economy to take a bigger hit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision last November to withdraw old 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee banknotes, taking 86% of the currency out of circulation virtually overnight. "Perhaps this data is not capturing the impact of demonetisation," said Aneesh Srivastava, chief investment officer at IDBI Federal Life Insurance. "I am totally surprised and stunned to see this number... I believe that, with a lag, we will see an impact on GDP numbers." Saugata Bhattacharya, a chief economist at Axis Bank, said "big rises" in agriculture and manufacturing "show that the impact from demonetisation on growth has been less than expected". However, Rupa Rege Nitsure, chief economist at L&T Holdings, said the current year's growth "appears to be overstated as our National Accounts Statistics does not adequately capture activities from the unorganised sector". "While the numbers make sense in terms of direction of change, their actual magnitude appears to be overstated," she said. The so-called "unorganised sector" - made up of informal workers - is believed to account for about 40% of India's economy.

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Oates, 32, beat Slovenian Adrian Gomboc in the semi-finals but came up short against Margvelashvili in the final. Fellow Briton Nekoda Davis, 22, lost to Nora Gjakova of Kosova in the -57kg bronze-medal match. Ashley McKenzie, 26, lost to eventual champion Walide Khyar of France in round two of the men's -60kg.

Blues fans were shocked by the Chinese-owned club's decision to replace the immensely popular Rowett with the club eighth in the Championship table. "The difficulty was that my predecessor was doing very well," Zola told BBC WM. "Sometimes that makes it not easy for a new manager, but I'm professional, it was a good opportunity and I could not refuse it," added the Italian, 50. Zola played against Birmingham twice during his illustrious career with Chelsea. He scored in both matches in the 2002-03 season - a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge and a 3-1 win at St Andrew's - as part of a Chelsea team that also contained future Birmingham players Mario Melchiot and Jesper Gronkjaer. A return to the Premier League is the main target for the former West Ham and Watford boss. "When I was first asked two days ago, I said it is fine for me," he said. "It is a good club with good players and I like these things. It is a chance to build something and get in the Premier League as quickly as possible. "The fact that the previous manager had done very well will make it more of a challenge but it will also make me more focused to become more accepted." Brighton manager Chris Hughton, who takes his second-placed Seagulls side to Birmingham on Saturday, led Blues to the Championship play-offs in his one season in charge in 2011-12. "My reaction was like most people, who were quite shocked," Hughton told BBC Sussex. "Gary's done a wonderful job in the period of time that he's been there and made real progress. "In this day and age in football, there aren't many surprises, but that was one of them. "It's wonderful to see Gianfranco back in the English game. Nobody will begrudge somebody of his stamp coming back in, but it will more a case of feeling for Gary. It's always sad to see a very good manager lose his job. "We can only prepare ourselves like for any other game. They have some very good players and are now on the back of a good win against Ipswich." Former Blues defender Michael Johnson knows Zola well, having done his FA coaching badge on the same course. "He's one of the most decorated footballers in English football, somebody I now consider a friend," Johnson told BBC WM. "He's a great guy, very well mannered and very well spoken but, make no bones about it, if he does not get his way and the players do not adhere to what he wants, he'll come down heavily on them. "It will be difficult to get people onside in the outset. But, in Gianfranco Zola, they've got someone who can do well for them."

The broadcaster is planning to move from its current premises on Ormeau Avenue but has yet to decide on a location. The property news service, Co-Star, said land agent Lambert Smith Hampton is now advising on the relocation. It said the Sirocco site and a site near the new Ulster University campus have "emerged as early favourites". Co-Star said that "market sources" have suggested that the BBC's need for studio space and parking for broadcast vehicles mean it will need a development site rather than refurbished space. Sirocco is a 16-acre site beside the river Lagan. The Carvill Group had planned to develop a hotel, supermarket and 2,400 apartments there before the property crash. It ultimately ended up in the control of the Cerberus investment fund which recently sold it to an unnamed buyer. The BBC has previously been linked with a move to Titanic Quarter or as part of the redevelopment of Great Victoria Street station. Belfast City Council has said it would like the broadcaster to move close to Ulster University. It has said land to the rear of Belfast Central Library, a site north of Great Patrick Street or the stalled Royal Exchange development could all be suitable.

Official figures showed the value of sales rose by 0.1% north of the border between January and March, compared with 0.3% for the UK. Sales volumes were up by 0.7% - compared with a UK figure of 0.8%. The Scottish Retail Sales Index also showed that the volume of sales in Scotland went up by 2.7% over the year, while the value rose by just 0.1%. Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale said the return to growth was encouraging, but added there was a "continuing fragility" in consumer confidence which was affecting retailers. He urged the next Scottish government to prioritise policies which encouraged investment and expansion in the sector. Mr Lonsdale said: "The prospects for retailers are ultimately determined by the state of the economy and their own ability to adapt and seize on the opportunities that arise. "Our new MSPs can help by channelling their collective energies into ensuring that the retail industry, Scotland's largest private-sector employer, is even better-placed to be able to invest, expand and create jobs." Euan Murray, of Barclays Corporate Banking in Scotland, said the "measured increase" in the volume of sales in the first quarter had been mainly driven by food sales, in contrast with the previous three months. He added: "We are continuing to see non-food retailers benefit from a strong online offering with more value-conscious consumers comparing prices online to secure the best bargains. "We would expect to see the online retail space continue to become ever more important as we move forward." Recent industry figures suggested Scotland's retailers experienced a mixed month in March. The SRC-KPMG monitor found total sales for the five weeks to 2 April were 1.3% lower than the same period last year. The non-food category saw household goods such as furniture and flooring doing well. But fashion and footwear registered its worst decline since May last year. The report said that fall was influenced by the early Easter.

A 44-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were arrested on Sunday following a search at a house in Broom Close in Twinbrook. Items recovered from the house included 700 rounds of assorted ammunition and seven mercury tilt switches. A detonator cord, firework powder and assault rifle magazine were also found. Det Insp Philip Montgomery said: "We believe this is a significant find because it has taken off the streets materials designed to kill and injure." Although the searches took place at the weekend, police have just released details and photographs of what was found. Det Insp Montgomery said the items were concealed in a bag in the roof space. He said: "Inside the brown paper bag were more than 700 rounds of assorted ammunition packed into items of clothing, plastic bags and containers." Officers later searched another property at Glenwood Walk in Poleglass and several items have been taken away for detailed examination. Det Insp Montgomery said: "We are not in a position at present to disclose what we have found there." He also apologised to local communities who were inconvenienced by Sunday's searches. "I am sure the overwhelming majority of people in these communities are thankful that such items have been prevented from causing harm. "We will continue to work with communities to reduce the threat posed by those involved in such activity and would ask people to contact police if they have any suspicions about terrorist activity."

Labour said 160,000 people would lose out as a result of changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs). The disability minister said new rules to clarify eligibility criteria for payments would ensure those most in need received maximum support. The action follows two court judgements on how benefits claims are scored. Labour said the government was not listening to criticism of how payments are assessed. The Liberal Democrats said the government was using court losses "as an excuse to severely restrict disability benefits". Disability rights campaigners said the changes were one of a number of cuts and changes faced by disabled people and those in ill health. Two tribunal rulings came in late 2016. One found someone who needed support at home to take medication or monitor a health condition like diabetes would score the same on the benefits criteria as people who needed help with a therapy such as kidney dialysis. A second ruling said people who struggled to travel independently because of conditions such as anxiety scored the same as someone who was, for example, blind. The government said the combined effects of the rulings would have added £3.7bn to the benefits bill by 2023. The benefit payments are aimed at helping people cope with the extra costs of living with ill health or disability and are made according to the points a person scores in an assessment of their needs. The replacement of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), which was partly self-assessed, with PIPs, where eligibility is tested by a company, has been controversial. Eligibility for PIPs is reviewed regularly and the qualifying criteria are also stricter. In a written statement to the House of Commons on Thursday, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Penny Mordaunt said the government monitored how effective the payment was in supporting those facing the greatest barriers to leading independent lives. She said that PIPs were designed to give "non-physical conditions... the same recognition as physical ones". But she added: "Now, over two thirds of PIP claimants with mental health conditions get the higher Daily Living award, worth £82.30 per week, compared to 22% under DLA." She said amendments to the criteria would "provide greater clarity", saying: "This will not result in any claimants seeing a reduction in the amount of PIP previously awarded by DWP (the Department of Work and Pensions)." But Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams, said: "Instead of listening to the court's criticisms of Personal Independence Payment assessments and correcting these injustices, the government has instead decided to undermine the legal basis of the rulings." It was an "unprecedented attempt" to subvert a tribunal judgement, she said. She said Labour would fight changes to "strip" entitlements from more than 160,000 disabled people - describing them as a "step too far, even for this Tory government". A Lib Dem work and pensions spokeswoman said it was "utterly outrageous" the government was using the ruling to "make matters worse" for disabled people. "What makes things even worse is that they have sneaked this announcement out under the cover of [Thursday's] by-elections," she said. Campaigners said the government should instead embrace the tribunal's findings. Philip Connolly from Disability Rights UK said the changes showed "escalating levels of unfairness" in the government's approach to a benefit it had created. People with "very serious conditions" including dementia, learning difficulties and diabetes would be hit, he said. This change was one of several benefit cuts disabled people faced, he said. Campaigners are due to stage a protest in Westminster on Wednesday about a £29-a-week cut to employment support payments. A DWP spokeswoman said the government was "committed to ensuring our welfare system is a strong safety net for those who need it. "That's why we spend around £50bn a year to support people with disabilities and health conditions."

The singer died in April 2016 at his Paisley Park studios, from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. He did not leave a will and did not have any children. Reports place the value of his estate at around $200m (£153m), though taxes will likely absorb around half of that. In a protracted legal battle, as many as 45 people have staked a claim to the fortune, including a prisoner in Colorado who wrongly claimed to be Prince's son. Last July, a judge rejected claims by 29 would-be heirs, and ordered genetic tests to be carried out on others. Prince's assets include properties and the rights to his music, including hits like Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry, and previously unreleased material. District judge Kevin Eide said that those people denied the status of heirs must have time to appeal against the ruling. As a result, Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, and five half-siblings - Sharon Nelson, Norrine Nelson, John Nelson, Omarr Baker and Alfred Jackson - must wait another year to get their share of the millions. The music icon's estate has struck deals to make his albums available by streaming, and is planning a series of releases including a remastered Purple Rain album, two albums of unreleased tracks, and two concert films.

Jean Jeanie, an eight-year-old Dexter cow, was "adopted" by Derbyshire woman Trisha Boyko who "fell in love" with her after walking past her field. But struggling to meet costs, Ms Boyko raised ??3,500 online and called her "the people's cow". Now Cornish accountant Martin Sands, who saw the news story, has agreed to pay ??65 a month for ongoing keep. Mr Sands said it was "not a normal thing" for him to sponsor a cow as he did not have a particular interest in animals. But he said Jean Jeanie was "a really beautiful cow" and he was overwhelmed by her story. "Some of her sponsors had promised income for 12 months and then dropped out, so I promised to fund her for 12 months - probably longer." The cow was spotted alone in a field by Ms Boyko who, after hearing she might be destined for market, purchased the animal. The 52-year-old made a Facebook page for Jean, short for the cow's registered name of Mooridge Jeanie, which attracted donations. "She lit my days up and I'd like to think I cheered her up. She's got a lovely character, she's really gentle, she's lovely. "She is the people's cow," she added. Ms Boyko said on her Facebook page that Jeanie and her Cornish sponsor got along well: "I am pleased to say he was most impressed to meet the beautiful Jean and she was on her best behaviour." She added the cow was "so much better than this time last year - what a difference a year makes".

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This is an edited version of the session. Question from Sean on Facebook: Why is #Florida always the last to announce the results? Can't they count there? Katty answers: They can count in two languages there! It's one of closest fought, most populous states so it takes longer Question from @SHSPolitics: How have Dems been able to increase their senate seats? Is it due to akin/mourdock? Katty answers: Yes. The GOP didn't do itself any favours with those two candidates Question from @errant1977: Jeb Bush for GOP run in 2016? adage says without "Bush or Nixon on the ticket" they've never won since 28? Katty answers: Hmm. In their dreams, yes. He can expand the party but his last name still isn't Smith and he's told me that's an issue Question from @alyssaweis: How do you feel the legalization of marijuana in certain states will affect the rest of the nation? Katty answers: For me, question is whether this is like gay marriage, part of a social/demographic trend - I'm not sure yet Question from @lizrob92:Where do you think Mitt will go from here? esp. considering his own people in Mass. didn't vote for him? Katty answers: He'll get some sleep, spend time with his family and then look at his future. I'd guess some non-profit, GOP leadership role Michael in London asks: What is the future of the GOP after the re-election of Obama? Katty answers: This is THE biggest question out of the election. GOP needs to be more inclusive, but may start w a conservative backlash A friend on our BBC World News Facebook asks: Are you wearing your hipster glasses today? Katty answers: My 16-year-old daughter says it's never good to be hipster anything! Does this mean I have to be blind again? Question from @benlhcarpenter: Why do Americans want change yet vote in the same man? Katty answers: Understandably they aren't happy with the economy but they seem to have decided to give Obama's policies more time. Question from @ds_andrews asks: What do you believe the #GOP'ers have to do to obtain more diverse votes? (Hispanic, African American etc.) Katty answers: Changing their tone on immigration would help and signing up to comprehensive immigration reform would help even more. Question from @Elly1J: What do you think would be the impact among the black people if Obama hadn't won? Katty answers: The prospect of the first Af Am president being a 1-term president was part of what drove so many black voters to polls Question from @NairnMcD: When will the inauguration be held for his second term? Katty answers: This year it was due to be held on a Sunday, so it's been pushed back to Monday 21st January. It'll be chilly either way! Michael in the UK asks: Could you explain why there is so much#Republican resistance to so called "Obamacare"? Katty answers: Republicans believe Obamacare represents a costly, inefficient expansion of government. It was a big deal for GOP voters Question from @jmesaghafi: Do you think #Obama has a strong mandate - given the dropoff in votes vs. '08 (9 million less)? Katty answers: Remember, voters also chose to keep Republicans in the House, this was a vote for divided government Question from @laurenlamack: What do you think the #GOP can do to become more "woman friendly" than they are/appear today? Katty works: Ask Mr Mourdock and Mr Akin to keep quiet. Question from @essex_tom: What should Obama's main priorities be in his second term of presidency? Katty answers: First off is the budget but today Harry Reid mentioned immigration and climate change - expect to see both on the agenda Question from @ChristopherJor5: What of Paul Ryan. Potential candidate for 2016? Katty answers: Yes. At the Republican convention this year they were much more excited about Ryan than Romney Question form @fergold: Why do so many Americans view socialism as some kind of evil? Katty answers: Getting govt off your back is part of the American DNA, the pioneering spirit of individualism. It's also easy politics. John Happ from Hingham, USA emails: Who will replace Mrs Clinton, now that the election is over? Katty answers: I heard today that Hillary may stay for a bit longer to clear up Benghazi mess - beyond that Susan Rice or John Kerry Question from @Steve_Map: Did you enjoy the election? Do the US have the same amount of coverage of the UK General Election? Katty answers: Yes and no Question from @SimenAndersen2: Is John Boehner really a nice guy? Doesnt seem like the most cooperative republican Katty answers: I've never met him. I never hear that he isn't a nice guy Question from @rhysbart: Who gets to keep the "Mitt Romney for President" plane? Does Mitt get to take it home ? Katty answers: Even Gov Romney doesn't have a garage big enough for a plane. There was a rumour Bruce Springsteen was taking it on tour Question from @robertch07: Without enjoying majority in house of representative, Can Obama pass any major bill? Katty answers: Yes, if he can get compromise. That will take strong effective leadership Question from @AndrewWork:Does Obama keep the same VP? Katty answers: A snr WH official tells me Biden is there for the full four years and Obama has a lot of time for his VP Q from @AmrNail: Now that Obama has been re-elected will the#republicans concede the fact that they have to increase taxes? Katty answers: Speaker John Boehner has just said he knows revenue has to be part of the deal Question from @dandemay: Any ideas on Dem candidate for 2016? Hillary perhaps? Katty answers: Hillary, possibly. Rahm Emmanuel. Gov Martin O'Malley. Gov Hickenlooper - though I confess the name's a tad tricky From Google+ user William D: Why wasn't there more coverage of Gary Johnson or other third party candidates? Katty answers: Because they weren't going to win, or make a real impact on the race Question from @MarkCWarner :How do you view the Tea Party's future in subsequent elections? Katty answers: with confusion Question from @RestlessRani: Think #Obama will act on pressure re action in #Syria? Katty answers: There is still very little appetite for intervention in Syria, but he may have more freedom to focus on foreign issues now Question from @CleverDemocrat: Puerto Rico voted in favor to be a US state, but will they actually become the 51st state of the US? Katty answers: It would have to be voted on by Congress so chances are slim that GOP would approve a new hispanic state Mike on Google+ asks: I'd like to know what's being said in Britain about the election's outcome? Katty answers: After Romney's super successful trip to London this summer, Brits were mildly relieved not to see him elected Katty says: Thank you for joining us today & following #election2012 with the BBC. Now go get some sleep! #AskKattyBBC For more tweets from Katty Kay you can follow her Twitter account: @KattyKayBBC Produced by Glenn Anderson, Claudia Milne and Susanna Cooper

12 March 2015 Last updated at 13:26 GMT It's part of its push to make the UK more digital. One million Micro Bits will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term. The BBC is also launching a season of coding-based programmes and activities. It will include a new drama about the creation of Grand Theft Auto and a documentary on Bletchley Park. The initiative is part of a wider push to increase digital skills among young people. The UK is facing a significant skills shortage, with 1.4 million "digital professionals" estimated to be needed over the next five years. The BBC is joining others like the British Computing Society, BT, Google, Code Club and Young Rewired State to try to solve the problem. It is hoped that the Micro Bit will encourage children to get involved in coding and programming. The device is tiny - fitting easily into the palm of a hand. Children will be able to create text via a series of LED lights. They will also be able to use it to create basic games. Watch two young children making a robot at home.

The 14-time major champion, who has twice undergone surgery during 15 months out, is nine shots off the pace set by fellow American JB Holmes. Woods, 40, had four birdies in eight holes but he bogeyed the ninth after a wayward drive and poor chip. Another shot went on the 11th, while double bogeys on the 16th and 18th left the world number 898 a stroke over par. Woods said he "felt pretty good" and "looking forward to the next few days" after completing his round at the event he hosts to benefit his charitable foundation. "I hit the ball in three bushes and the water, so it could have been something really good," he said on Sky Sports. "I got off to a solid start but then I made a few mistakes. I didn't play the par fives particularly well. "I had some awkward shots. If you drive great you can take advantage of this golf course, but if you don't you can end up in bushes or rocks and go sideways." His first double bogey came after he pulled his approach to the green from the centre of the 16th fairway and was forced to chip out short of the green. He over-hit his fourth and two putted from the back edge for a six. Woods then pulled his drive on the par-four 18th into a lake and although he hit the pin with his fourth shot, he two-putted from 12 feet for the fourth six of his round. He had briefly tied for the lead at four under after a run of three birdies from the sixth hole as he played the first nine holes in three-under-par 33. And although he cancelled out his bogey on the 11th with a birdie on the 15th, his two late double bogeys blotted an otherwise encouraging round. Holmes leads the 18-man event after an eight-under-par 64 that featured seven birdies and an eagle. Japan's Hideki Matsuyama is a shot further back on seven under, with US Open winner Dustin Johnson on six under. Open champion Henrik Stenson, American Matt Kuchar and South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen finished the first round tied for fourth on five under. England's Olympic champion Justin Rose, playing his first event after a seven-week break, props up the field on two over. Media playback is not supported on this device

Afrobasket 2015 is being held in Rades, on the outskirts of the capital Tunis, having moved from the coast after two deadly attacks on tourists this year. In June, an Islamist gunman killed 38 people at the beach resort of Sousse. The winners of this year's tournament will be crowned African champions, as well as qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The other three semi-finalists will go into an Olympic qualifying tournament next year. The opening match of the event is between Egypt and Gabon. Defending champions Angola are favourites to win the tournament.

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The clip, said to have been filmed in the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq, is the first footage of John Cantlie to emerge in more than a year. In the footage, Mr Cantlie ridicules US attempts to destroy IS. The Foreign Office said it was "looking at the contents of this latest propaganda video". Mr Cantlie was last seen in a similar video in Syria in February 2015. Like the latest film, it also had him addressing the camera as if he was presenting a television report. Mr Cantlie, who is originally from Hampshire, has seen his work appear in the Sunday Times, the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph. He has been held captive in Syria twice. After being kidnapped in July 2012, he escaped with help from the Free Syrian Army. He was then kidnapped for a second time when he returned to the country towards the end of 2012. It is believed he was with US journalist James Foley, who was later killed. Last month, Mr Cantlie's supporters set up a petition on Parliament's website urging the government to ensure his safe release.

A selection of photos from across the African continent this week:

The 29-year-old world number 204 began two shots behind leader Adam Hadwin of Canada, but birdied three of the last four holes to finish on 20 under par. Hadwin was one clear of the field after Saturday's round of 59, only the fourth on the PGA Tour on a par 72 course. He followed it with four birdies and two bogeys in a 70 to finish runner-up. Scotland's Martin Laird was the highest-placed European, tied for ninth place on 14 under.

Vardy, 29, is serving a three-match ban after being sent off at Stoke on 17 December for a two-footed challenge on Mame Biram Diouf. The Foxes had 30,000 masks printed after Vardy had an appeal rejected by the Football Association. Vardy sat in the stands and wore one of the masks himself. The England international will also miss games against West Ham and Middlesbrough but will be available for the FA Cup third-round tie against Everton at Goodison Park on 7 January. Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri said he did not emerge from the tunnel at the King Power Stadium in time to see the masks. "I'm sorry, I didn't see when I came out. I don't know, it's not my matter. I didn't see. I'm sorry," he said. "It's difficult to say how much we missed Vardy. I didn't see the masks." In an Instagram post, Foxes owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha said the decision to suspend Vardy was "unfair". Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez was left on the bench against Everton by Ranieri and the Foxes boss has demanded an improvement from the Algerian. "He's not in good form now and I wanted to stimulate him," said the Italian. "I didn't see him do well during the training sessions and he must give more for the team. I want more." The Premier League champions have won only four of their opening 18 league games and are three points above the relegation zone. "This season is this way - nothing is right, nothing is easy," added Ranieri. "We wanted to give a good present on Boxing Day, but it was not possible. Here everything was right in first six months and now everything is wrong."

The rate of deforestation has increased so much that Indonesia has for the first time surpassed Brazil in the rate of its clearance of tropical forests. The study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Scientists monitored the growth of deforested land in Indonesia between 2000 and 2012 using satellites. They say the land was cleared to make way for palm oil plantations and other farms. By 2012, the loss of primary forest every year in Indonesia was estimated to be higher than that in Brazil, said scientists. In that year, Indonesia lost 8,400 sq km of forest compared to Brazil which lost 4,600 sq km. The researchers, from the University of Maryland, said that deforestation had led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and a loss of biodiversity. Indonesia has 10% of the world's plants and 12% of the world's mammals. It is known for its diverse wildlife which includes orangutans and Sumatran tigers. A government moratorium on deforestation was signed in 2011 and was intended to slow down the pace of deforestation. But environmental activists say corrupt politicians are quick to sell off huge swathes of rainforests for profit, and they point to the need for more monitoring and sanctions to stop the rate at which Indonesia is losing its forests, says the BBC's Karishma Vaswani. Massive forest fires in Indonesia to clear land last year caused a heavy smog to blanket neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, triggering health concerns in those countries. Norway has pledged a billion dollars to Indonesia if it can prove it is serious about stopping deforestation. Agencies report that Norway has paid almost $50 million to Indonesia to help set up new institutions to reduce deforestation. But Indonesia will only start to get large amounts of money if deforestation is slowed down.

Administrators confirmed the redundancies affecting 38 staff at Galashiels-based Murray and Burrell. The business, established in 1928, went into administration last week citing "adverse trading conditions". There are hopes some of the workers affected could find posts at another building firm in nearby Melrose which currently requires staff. Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner was appointed as administrator at Murray and Burrell on Monday. A statement confirmed: "Directors explored all options in an effort to preserve trading and jobs. "Regrettably, 38 jobs were lost as there is no prospect of continuing to trade." South of Scotland MSP Rachael Hamilton described it as a "sad day for the Borders". However, some of the workers laid off could find employment with a Melrose-based company. JS Crawford has said that, with several housing projects on its books, it needs staff.

Jose Manuel Barroso, who left the key post last October, said that Alexis Tsipras's Syriza-led administration lacked experience. Greece's demands were "completely unacceptable to other countries", he told the BBC's Business Live programme. In its election campaign, Syriza promised to ease economic austerity. Mr Tsipras pledged new jobs and a rise in the minimum wage. But Greece's creditors have made it clear they will not support a bailout for the country unless there is a comprehensive plan to reduce spending and increase revenues. On Wednesday, the Greek government submitted fresh reform proposals. The new plan foresees increasing government revenues through a crackdown on tax evasion and fraud, and a new lottery designed to encourage payment of sales tax. But it also includes extra spending, including increased pension payments and and rise in the minimum wage. Greece's creditors will now decide whether these latest reform proposals go far enough to unlock the bailout money. In the interview, Mr Barroso pointed out that there were poorer countries lending money to Greece who would not support the idea of Greece's debts being written off. He called on Greece to take responsibility for its financial plight and implement structural reforms, which was now the most important issue for the country. "It was not Germany or any other member of the EU that created the problems in Greece - the problems in Greece are structural: low productivity and previous governments." Nations such as Ireland, Portugal and Spain had come back from the financial brink and Mr Barroso said Greece could do the same: "There is nothing regarding Greece that prevents it being successful, but... bad politics have created a lot of problems for Greece." Greece's previous proposals failed to satisfy its main creditors, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But France's finance minister, Michel Sapin, said Greece's new proposals did represent some improvement in Athen's position. "There is progress with the last list... Is there a need for more progress? Yes - in the quantification of the measures," he said. A decision may not come before Greece is due to make a €450m (£330m) payment to the IMF on 9 April. Eurozone finance ministers are likely to reserve any formal judgement for the next scheduled meeting in Riga on 24 April. Despite the ongoing bail-out negotiations, Mr Barroso said a Greek departure from the eurozone was still a possibility. He said that would still be "negative", but that he believed it would be less damaging now because financial markets were much more confident than they had been in recent years. However, he added that a "Grexit" would still leave the idea of monetary union in doubt. "It breaks a taboo and sets a precedent," he said. The former EC chief and Portuguese prime minister also reiterated his view that Britons would be worse off if the UK left the European Union. "I believe they would lose a lot if [the country] leaves the EU, because today, in the 21st century, versus the US, China, countries of 60 million people cannot speak at the same level - they do not have the same leverage - and we have to use the EU and our common leverage to count in the world." Mr Barroso, 59, is now a visiting professor at Princeton University and the University of Geneva. Business Live airs at 07.30GMT each weekday on BBC World TV.

14 March 2016 Last updated at 15:10 GMT More than 30,000 local and international artists performed at the event. Produced by Vikas Pandey, filmed and edited by Devashish Kumar

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Michael Sheill, who runs private clinics across the south east, had his registration erased nine years ago. An undercover BBC investigation found him breaking medical rules by performing consultations without a registered practitioner being present. A director of his clinics maintained they were "fully compliant with legal requirements". Mr Sheill runs clinics in Ashford, Tunbridge Wells, Crawley and Hastings. The botox drug can only be prescribed by a registered doctor, dentist or nurse - which Mr Sheill is not. Prescribers must also "undertake a physical examination of patients" before any treatment. But when a BBC reporter met Mr Sheill he was the only person holding the consultations. When the BBC tried to contact him, the director of the Wells Clinic in Ashford - Paul Sheill - said they are not regulated by the GMC, but their "prescriptions are prescribed according to the law". The BBC understands at least two doctors - currently registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) - are prescribing the Botox to Mr Sheill without examination. The GMC confirmed if it can establish their identities, it would be their "lawful duty to investigate" and they could also be struck off. Ashton Collins set up a government approved company, Save Face, to inspect and register cosmetic clinics. She said the consultations allow the prescriber to determine dosage and check the person's medical history does not put them at risk, adding, "those things are essential to making sure the patients have a safe procedure and what Michael is doing is actually removing those safeguards". The GMC were shown footage of a consultation between Mr Sheill and a BBC reporter, in which he recommended treatments and bragged "I did 11 people's botox yesterday". The reported, who visited the clinic after a tip-off, questioned him about his registration and medical licence. He was filmed saying "yes, no problem", despite not having either. James Ruby-Wicks, a former botox patient of Michael Sheill, said he was also never told a registered prescriber should carry out a face-to-face examinations and added: "I probably went to him about four to five times, I never did see anybody else just Dr Michael. I was definitely naïve." A GMC spokesman confirmed by misleading patients in this way Mr Sheill has "potentially breached Section 49 of the Medical Act", which is a criminal offence. The GMC is now urging all patients to check the medical register to ensure that their doctor has a licence.

Richard Tutt, head of Magna Academy in Poole, told the BBC the technique would only be used in cases where pupils are on the verge of permanent exclusion. It was part of a much wider system, he said, where pupils are rewarded with points which they can use to buy items. But some parents accused the school of humiliating or bullying pupils. Mr Tutt, who took over the secondary modern four years ago, said his students were rewarded far more than they were punished. "This needs to be taken in a far wider context. We have a very well established behaviour sanction and reward system," he said, adding that behaviour was impeccable at the academy. This included an online reward system, where students received points for good behaviour, which could be used to buy things like nail manicures or footballs. Pupils at the school, 40% of whom are classed as disadvantaged, are also rewarded with free coffees or by being allowed to go to the front of the lunch queue, Mr Tutt said, as well as usual status positions, such as being made prefects. One Facebook post, from Jodi Taylor, said: "My god-daughter goes to this school and this is just a few of the things they threaten. "She is frightened to go to school and she is a good girl. It is nothing short of bullying, the good kids are being treated as bad and been threatened on a daily basis. "School is meant to be a fun part of growing up?" A parent, also writing on Facebook, said that the idea was an "absolute disgrace", adding: "My boys go to this school. If they try that with my boys I will seek legal action." Mr Tutt said the assembly apology sanction was reserved for extreme cases and had not yet been used. "It is to deal with repeat offenders who have received fixed term exclusions. The type of behaviour being punished might include being in complete defiance of a teacher or physical violence. "And bear in mind we are a school in a challenging environment and we want them to learn." He said there had been a very small minority of parents who did not sign up to the idea. A letter to parents said: "Any student whose behaviour disrupts the learning of others will be expected to stand up at the front in their faculty assembly, face their peers, and apologise to the whole faculty for letting them down. It also says: "As from now, if any student receives a repeat fixed term external exclusion then, as part of our reintegration process, their parent(s)/carer(s) will be expected to sit next to them in lessons and to supervise them at break and lunchtime, for the day following the exclusion. "This will help students, whose poor behaviour has caused them to be excluded, settle back into lessons and academy life." Mr Tutt said students at risk of being excluded were offered a range of support and given pastoral care, because the school did everything it could to avoid permanent exclusions. The school was in the top 7% of for academic progress across eight GCSEs in England during the 2015/16 academic year. Join the conversation - find us on Facebook

Documents and computer equipment were seized from the Mossack Fonseca office, officials said on Twitter. The attorney general's office said the Mossack Fonseca sign had been removed a day earlier and quoted an employee as saying the firm was moving. The leak showed how some wealthy people use offshore companies to evade tax. The raid was overseen by El Salvador's Attorney General Douglas Melendez. Mossack Fonseca's El Salvador branch was able to provide "back office" functions for the firm's clients all over the world, according to a document posted on Twitter by the attorney general's office. Local news website El Faro reported (in Spanish) that Salvadoreans had used Mossack Fonseca to buy property in the country without declaring the purchases to the Salvadorean authorities. The firm has denied it has done anything wrong and says the information is being presented out of context. Elsewhere:

Sarah Sands, 32, killed her 77-year-old neighbour Michael Pleasted weeks after finding out he allegedly abused three boys, the Old Bailey was told. She told police that Mr Pleasted, who had been charged with sexual assaults on two children aged under 13, had been "asking for trouble". He was killed in his Canning Town flat on 28 November. Ms Sands denies murder. The court heard how Ms Sands armed herself with a knife after drinking two bottles of wine and a bottle of brandy. The case's prosecutor Jonathan Ree said CCTV footage showed she was in his block of flats for 20 minutes. Mr Pleasted, who was stabbed eight times, had been on bail awaiting trial. Police were also investigating an allegation he had abused a third boy. Ms Sands had befriended the pensioner who was a familiar local figure and ran a bric-a-brac shop from a Mace convenience store, the court heard. She used to visit him at his flat and bring him meals before she became aware of the abuse allegations. After the stabbing, Ms Sands went to the Isle of Dogs, putting the knife and clothes she had been wearing in a carrier bag. Before deciding to hand herself in, she told a family friend: "I stabbed him". During a police interview, she said she had tried to help him, while all the while he was abusing young children. She later said in a statement that she denied intending to kill Mr Pleasted or cause him serious bodily harm, claiming she went to confront him and took a knife for protection as she was scared. The trial continues.

He made the comments on BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics programme. It is understood that Sinn Féin have proposed an individual to chair the new talks process. It is believed the name has been forwarded to the British and Irish governments but there has not yet been a response. A number of politicians strongly criticised the handling of previous negotiations, which ended without success last weekend. Mr Brokenshire has invited parties to another round of talks on Monday. The UK and Irish governments have said they want the talks at Stormont Castle to have an agreed agenda and regular roundtable meetings. The two governments have described it as "an intensive process to drive progress". The parties missed Monday's deadline for forming a power-sharing executive. However, Mr Brokenshire said he believed there was still a window of opportunity for further dialogue. Mr Brokenshire also told MPs earlier this week that he does not believe there is an appetite for a fresh snap election. He said he does not want to see a return to direct rule from London, but has to keep all his options open.

Media playback is not supported on this device There was never more than a frame between the two before Higgins produced a break of 85 to move into a 5-4 lead. Liang missed a green along the cushion to allow Higgins, who had made three centuries of 119, 104 and 133, to win. UK Championship winner Neil Robertson had an easier victory as he thrashed an out-of-sorts Marco Fu 6-0. Fu was ill with a virus on Tuesday and nearly pulled out of the match. Media playback is not supported on this device Robertson will now play world number five Judd Trump in the quarter-final on Friday, which starts at 13:00 GMT. Higgins faces world champion Stuart Bingham from 19:00 GMT on the same day. "A lot of players will think it was an easy shot on the green, but I knew it was difficult," said Higgins after his win over Liang. "It was great to come through. We all know he is a great player. He played great today, stuck in there and potted some unbelievable balls." He added: "If I play like that I have got a chance against anybody."

The decision comes after 170,000 activists from around the world demanded action to help lesbians targeted for "corrective rape". The authorities have been accused of not doing enough following the recent killing and rape of lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza. Police say they do not consider sexual orientation when investigating murder. "To us, murder is murder, whether somebody is Zulu, English, male or female - we don't see colour, we don't see gender," police ministry spokesman Zweli Mnisi told the BBC on Tuesday, after rights groups urged the police to do more to find those responsible Ms Nogwaza's death. She was stoned, stabbed and gang-raped in the KwaThema township east of Johannesburg over the Easter weekend. Unlike in many African countries, homosexual acts are legal in South Africa and discrimination based on sexual orientation is banned, but activists say gay and lesbian people are often attacked in townships. They say "corrective rape" - when a lesbian is raped to either punish her, or "correct" her behaviour - is becoming increasingly common. Ndumie Funda, founder of the gay rights organisation Luleki Sizwe which works in 10 black townships and rural areas near Cape Town, welcomed the government's announcement. She said it was important to get "corrective rape" classified as a hate crime. "The South African constitution is one of the highly respected and acknowledged constitutions and it says we are all equal; we're therefore reminding our government to say that this was being promised and we voted for you so we need protection," she told the BBC's Network Africa programme. Luleki Sizwe started an online petition at Change.org to get the government to take action. "In less than six months, a tiny group of township activists has mobilised more than 170,000 people from 163 countries and gotten the highest levels of government to address their basic demand, that the sadistic crime of 'corrective rape' be taken seriously," Change.org representative Benjamin Joffe-Walt is quoted by the Sapa news agency as saying. Justice ministry spokesman Tlali Tlali said the the task team would begin its work in July and include six representatives from the judiciary, police and department of social development and six representatives from the gay community. "The team will be charged with developing a legislative intervention plan, a public awareness strategy, and LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex]-sensitive shelters," he said. In 2008, female footballer and gay rights activist Eudy Simelane was also killed in KwaThema, some 80km (50 miles) east of Johannesburg. Two people were given long prison terms for her murder and rape, although prosecutors denied that her sexuality had been a motive.

You might argue about the order in which they should be placed, but few fans - aside from some Barcelona or Real Madrid followers who are unwilling to praise their greatest enemy's biggest star - would question the suggestion that those two are head and shoulders above everybody else. That impression is supported by the result of the annual Ballon d'Or award, which has been presented to Messi in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to Ronaldo in 2008, 2013 and 2014, with nobody else claiming the prize since Kaka in 2007. Now, however, perhaps it is time to reconsider the old notion that nobody else comes close to touching Messi and Ronaldo, because another flamboyant talent is also performing at similarly outrageous levels: Neymar. And this weekend he could have no bigger stage to prove it, as Barcelona travel to Real Madrid for the first Clasico of the season. Late on in Barcelona's home game with Villarreal this month, with the hosts leading 2-0 through goals from Neymar and Luis Suarez, a familiar chant echoed around the Nou Camp as fans reminded an injured hero that he had not been forgotten: "Meeessi, Meeessi, Meeessi…" While they sang, Barca surged forward and Luis Suarez advanced down the left before curling a bouncing cross towards Neymar on the edge of the penalty area. What Neymar did next will never be forgotten by those fortunate enough to witness it, with the Brazilian forward conjuring a piece of magic which his national team coach Dunga later described as "the sort of thing that makes football the beautiful game". With his back to goal, Neymar controlled the cross with his stomach, then immediately flicked it over his head to lose his marker and swivelled 180 degrees to meet the dropping ball with a fierce low volley which flew into the back of the net. The goal was met with astonishment as much as jubilation, and more than 70,000 fans rose to their feet to acclaim the scorer by quickly adapting their previous chant: "Neeeymar, Neeeymar, Neeeymar." Same song, different name and, although he obviously did not mean it in this way, the goal felt like a symbolic moment with Neymar delivering an emphatic message to the watching world: 'Forget Messi. I'm king now.' That goal against Villarreal was Neymar's 11th of the season in La Liga, making him the league's top scorer - three ahead of Ronaldo despite playing 93 fewer minutes. Not insignificantly, he has been in a particularly rich vein of form during Messi's spell on the sidelines, rising to the challenge of compensating for his fellow South American's absence by scoring 10 goals in his past seven club games. Although this season's achievements have been particularly impressive, nobody should be too surprised to see Neymar making such a big impact because he has been scoring goals for fun ever since breaking into the Santos first team at the age of 17. He is still only 23, yet Neymar has 249 career goals: 136 for Santos, 67 for Barcelona and 46 for Brazil. To put those figures into context, by the time Messi and Ronaldo reached the age Neymar is now (23 years and nine months), they had 'only' registered respective career goal tallies of 186 and 127. Each case is different, with Ronaldo needing some time to develop into the awesome physical specimen he is today, while Messi's younger years were spent in a Barcelona team containing other established stars who commanded more than their fair share of attention. Furthermore, you could argue that a chunk of Neymar's early goals came 'cheaply' as they were scored in the relatively low standard Brazilian state championship. While it does not necessarily follow that Neymar will end up scoring more goals than Messi and Ronaldo simply because he has scored more than them by his current age, surely it suggests that this young man from Sao Paulo should be taken seriously as a potential all-time great? Neymar's electrifying performances over the past few weeks have attracted considerable attention in Spain and Albert Masnou, the deputy editor of Barcelona-based newspaper Sport, believes he is playing better than Ronaldo. "At the moment he is surpassing Ronaldo," Masnou told BBC Sport. "Cristiano is enduring a 'grey' period, uncomfortable with his club and his coach. He isn't leading his team or serving as their reference point, although that could easily change in just one game. "But Neymar has become more integral to Barca. He is more consistent and growing a lot as the years go by. Now he is capable of leading the team when Messi's not there, and we are seeing his full potential." Those views were echoed by a man who knows Neymar extremely well: Tata Martino, who was his coach at Barcelona when he arrived from Santos in the summer of 2013 and who is now in charge of Argentina. Before last week's World Cup qualifier between the two nations, Martino commented: "Neymar has reached a point of maturity. What he's doing now puts him on a level with the two footballers we consider above the rest." Ronaldinho, who remains a revered figure among Barcelona fans, was also glowing in his tribute of his countryman as he enthused: "Neymar is a phenomenon. It's nice to see a Brazilian continuing to make history and I think he can be the greatest in the world." It will soon get much harder for Neymar to maintain his recent standards, however, because Messi's absence through injury is nearly over. And when that happens, the focus of the Barca team and everyone else - fans, media and opponents - will immediately return to the Argentine. Messi is, quite simply, the man around whom the Catalans have built their team, and when he is on the pitch the primary function of the other 10 players is to service him. Messi's status is illustrated off the pitch by the parrot-like phrase trotted out weekly by every Barca player that he is "the best player in the world", and manager Luis Enrique notably brushed aside a question after the Villarreal game asking whether Neymar is the second best, instead blandly asserting that he is proud to coach lots of great players. Considering Messi's consistent greatness, the reliance upon him is understandable. But it does mean the other players are forced to somewhat subdue their natural games in order to meet the demands of contributing to a team built around Messi. Some, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez, have been forced to leave in order to allow their personal talents to flourish. Others - and there is perhaps no better example than Neymar - have accepted that role and made the most out of playing for Messi first, the team second and themselves third. Masnou says Neymar will, in the short term, have no problem stepping out of the spotlight once Messi returns. "He didn't join Barca to overshadow Messi, but to be his heir," Masnou said. "Neymar has been the king for two months but he knows that when Messi is there, the leader is Messi." Neymar is widely regarded in Barcelona as the heir apparent: the player lined up to become the team's focal point when Messi has retired or entered into decline. The question, however, is how much longer Neymar will be prepared to accept that role. Messi is only 28 and could still be performing at or near his peak for another four or five years. By then, Neymar will be in his late 20s and may well have grown tired of being the chief member of the supporting cast rather than taking the lead role. Perhaps the key for Barca will be to create a slightly more level playing field, one which places just as much importance in Neymar as it does in Messi: to use Masnou's poetic phrase, a system which makes them "equal protagonists". The past few weeks have suggested that Neymar is good enough to merit a more elevated standing, placing him shoulder to shoulder with Messi rather than deferentially looking up to him. Whether Messi will be prepared to share his crown is another matter.

Connie Yates's and Chris Gard's son Charlie is receiving 24-hour treatment for a condition that causes progressive muscle weakness. UK doctors have said there is no accepted cure and Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity. A High Court judge will decide on Monday what is in his best interests. The judge will analyse medical evidence at a hearing in the Family Division as Charlie's parents seek to keep him on life support at London's Great Ormond Street hospital. Though born healthy in August 2016, Charlie began to lose weight and strength by the time he was eight weeks old. He was admitted to Great Ormond Street in October after developing aspiration pneumonia and was diagnosed with mitochondrial depletion syndrome - a condition that causes progressive muscle weakness. Last month, his parents told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that they would continue to fight for their child's survival. They said: "He can move his mouth, he can move his hands. He can't open them fully, but he can still open his eyes and see us, in response to us. "We don't feel he's in pain at all." The couple, who live in London, believe Charlie may have a chance of surviving if he receives pioneering treatment in the US. "We just want to have our chance. It would never be a cure but it could help him live. If it saves him, amazing," Miss Yates said. "I want to save others. Even if Charlie doesn't make it through this, I don't ever want another mum and their child to go through this." Charlie is thought to be just one of 16 children in the world to suffer from mitochondrial depletion syndrome. Earlier this month, a spokesperson for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust said: "Charlie has a very rare and complex disease, for which there is no accepted cure. "Charlie was very unwell when he was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital and has remained under 24-hour care on our intensive care unit. "But his condition has continued to deteriorate and we now feel we have exhausted all available proven treatment options. "We cannot imagine how hugely distressing this is for his family. "We continue to support them in every way we can, while advocating, what we believe, is best for Charlie."

The 18-year-old came through the club's academy and made 38 appearances in all competitions this season. He has been called up to the England Under-20 squad for the first time and could make his debut later this month in the Toulon Tournament. Vieira is the first player to sign a new contract with the club since they were taken over by Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani on Tuesday.

But boss Rafa Benitez is missing Dwight Gayle, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Vurnon Anita and Isaac Hayden through injury. Birmingham manager Gianfranco Zola says he may rest defender Michael Morrison and striker Lukas Jutkiewicz. Blues are without new signing Craig Gardner (ineligible), Clayton Donaldson (knee) and Greg Stewart (Achilles). The teams drew 1-1 in the original tie at St Andrew's, Jutkiewicz's strike cancelling out Daryl Murphy's early opener. Whoever wins Wednesday's replay will travel to League One side Oxford United in the fourth round on 28 January. Media playback is not supported on this device Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez: "Isaac Hayden is doing well, hopefully not serious. Vurnon Anita has a problem with his ankle, could be six weeks, more or less. "Dwight Gayle is much better than expected. No time frame, he will be assessed every game. It's too early." Birmingham manager Gianfranco Zola: "It's a tough place to go but I will make some changes because we also have a very important game at Blackburn on Saturday. "I have to try to change some players, especially because we have one or two that have little issues physically and I want to preserve them." Attempt missed. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Che Adams. Attempt blocked. DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds. Foul by Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle United). Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. Foul by Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United). David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Matt Ritchie. Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt missed. Viv Solomon-Otabor (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Foul by Yasin Ben El-Mhanni (Newcastle United). David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal! Newcastle United 1, Birmingham City 0. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal. Penalty Newcastle United. Yoan Gouffran draws a foul in the penalty area. Adam Legzdins (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Penalty conceded by Adam Legzdins (Birmingham City) after a foul in the penalty area. Attempt missed. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Viv Solomon-Otabor (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Amateur rocket enthusiasts have gathered in Scotland to mark 30 years of aiming for the skies. International Rocket Week 2016 traces its roots back to the first Scottish Rocket Weekend in 1986. Rocketeers coming together in Scotland have a base camp near Paisley and launch to heights of up to 16,000 ft (4,876m) from a farm near Largs.

Assembly Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said although devolved, health was one of the main election issues for voters. "Wherever you go across Wales people raise the issue of the NHS, and Labour are running the NHS in Wales," he said. Labour responded saying that Tory sums on the NHS "simply don't add up". Mr Davies said Welsh Conservatives would protect health spending and introduce a cancer drugs fund. He defended his party's decision to campaign on an area of policy that was not controlled in Wales by Westminster. "(Labour leader) Ed Miliband has used the example of 'compare and contrast', and I think it is perfectly reasonable to point out we don't have a cancer drugs fund here in Wales and some of the most disappointing ambulance response times on record," he said. "There is a real dilemma for voters in May. Do they want to vote for the Conservative party who want to protect health spending or do they endorse a party who have drastically cut health provision in Wales?" But Welsh Labour's Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething accused the Conservatives of wanting to privatise the NHS. "The Tories have had three opportunities in the campaign so far to rule out privatising the NHS and they have refused to do so" he said. He added: "This election is a clear choice between a Labour government that would invest in the NHS to train an extra 1000 doctors, nurses and front-line staff, or a Tory government that would introduce a tablet tax for sick people and privatise health services." Elsewhere on the campaign trail on Monday, Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams was promising better rural health care while visiting target seats in mid Wales. Ms Williams said her party wanted to invest in cottage hospitals and community care. "An urgent care centre in Montgomeryshire is essential if we are to relieve pressure on A&E departments and cut waiting times," she said. Plaid Cymru accused its rivals of neglecting the economy of north Wales. Party leader Leanne Wood said: "Every community has a stake in making our country a success and it is time the north of Wales got the investment and vision it deserves from governments in Cardiff and London." UKIP's leader in Wales Nathan Gill was campaigning in Brecon and Radnorshire. Meanwhile Labour has promised more powers for Wales over transport, energy and assembly elections in its manifesto launched in Manchester on Monday.

Ferrari appeared in a position to challenge until the final laps, when the Mercedes stretched their legs to go half a second clear of the red cars. Sebastian Vettel will start third ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. The world champion subsequently escaped punishment for reversing in the pit lane, which could have seen him stripped of pole. But stewards only handed Hamilton a reprimand, after governing body the FIA said "no clear instruction was given on where he should park". Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne out-qualified McLaren team-mate Jenson Button on his Formula 1 debut. Vandoorne was 12th and Button 14th, complaining of a handling imbalance on his final lap but admitting the newcomer "did a good job and I didn't". Mercedes were wary of Ferrari's pace before qualifying after Vettel and Raikkonen finished one-two in final practice, and their concerns appeared to be well founded as the red cars mixed it with the silver through most of qualifying. After the first runs, Rosberg was ahead, with Vettel and Raikkonen splitting him from Hamilton, who made a mistake at the final corner on his first lap. But Hamilton saved his best for last, fastest in every sector of his final attempt, to beat Rosberg by just 0.077secs after the German had out-paced him throughout practice and in the first qualifying session. Vettel rued a mistake at the final corner on his last lap, but the truth is that with the gap at 0.517secs to Hamilton there was nothing he could have done. The gap suggests Mercedes are favourites for the race, even if Ferrari can be expected to push them. Vettel said: "Last year we were very strong in the race and I think we are in good shape for tomorrow. We will try to give them a hard time." Vandoorne's preparations for his grand prix debut were far from ideal - he only found out he was racing on Thursday when FIA doctors declared Fernando Alonso unfit because of a broken rib sustained in his huge crash at the first race of the season in Australia two weeks ago. The Belgian rookie had to fly overnight from Japan, where he had been testing in the Super Formula car he races there, and arrived in Bahrain only hours before first practice on Friday. He also had a difficult final practice, missing all but the final quarter of the session because of a water leak. Button was quicker in the first qualifying session, but Vandoorne pipped him by 0.064secs when it mattered. The 24-year-old said: "I knew after yesterday I had quite similar pace to Jenson and I knew if I improved a little bit I could maybe challenge him and even out-qualify him and that is what has happened. "Jenson is a very good benchmark for me because he is a world champion and he is well known to the team so I am very satisfied with the qualifying." Button, who was 0.5secs quicker than Vandoorne in the first session, complained of oversteer on his final run in the second: "Q1 was what I was expecting. Q2 he did a good job and I didn't. Very, very good job. We knew how quick he was." The controversial new elimination qualifying system was retained for this race despite teams voting at the first race in Australia to go back to the 2015 system. FIA president Jean Todt said earlier on Saturday that he "felt it necessary to give new qualifying one more chance", adding: "We live in a world where there is too much over reaction." The system worked on the basis of mixing up the grid a little - Force India's Sergio Perez ended up out of position in 18th place after the team miscalculated the timing of his final run, leaving him not enough time to complete it before the elimination clock timed him out. But it will come in for more criticism as a result of lack of track action at the end of each session. There were three minutes at the end of the first session with no cars on the circuit, and the end of the second session was a similar damp squib. Only one car - Nico Hulkenberg's Force India - was out on the track with six minutes to go. The two Williams cars did go out in the final three minutes but were already through to Q3 and so nothing was at stake. The teams are meeting with Todt and F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday at noon local time to decide on what to do with qualifying for the rest of the season. Todt said he was "optimistic" they would be able to reach unanimous agreement on a change. "We should listen to the people watching on TV," Rosberg said. "If they are still unhappy, which I am sure they will be, we should change it." Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fifth on the grid, ahead of the Williams cars of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg. Ricciardo's team-mate Daniil Kvyat was eliminated during the second session - way below the team's expectation - and the Renault of Brit Jolyon Palmer only managed 19th fastest. German Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein managed an excellent 16th in the Manor car. Bahrain GP qualifying results Bahrain GP coverage details

Oxford City Council's executive board agreed BMW could build on its land in Cowley, and that it will relocate leisure facilities currently on site. The 24-acre land is currently home to the Oxford Sports and Social Club, Oxford Cricket Club, and Oxford United's training ground. The expansion proposals are still subject to planning permission. The council said the new facility would include replacement football and cricket pitches, a classroom and a gym. It intends for the existing facilities used by the football club to remain in use until their replacement is ready. More than 2.5m cars have been made at the plant since BMW took over in 2001. Oxford United is already looking for an alternative location for its training grounds. When Oxford Sports and Social Club closes it will be the last of the old motor manufacturing social clubs to go, but its lease ends in March, and its owners aren't looking to carry on. A spokesman from Oxford Cricket Club told me they've effectively been evicted from the site - they played their very last game there on Saturday. He said they were disappointed not to have been involved in any discussions.

It happened at about 08:00 GMT on Friday morning on the Belfast Road between Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, and Brookborough, County Fermanagh. The road has since reopened. The man, who has been named as Daniel Morris, was from the Brookborough area. Police have appealed for witnesses. DUP MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Maurice Morrow, said the crash had "thrown the community into shock". "There is no good time to suffer such tragedy, but for such an incident to occur at Christmas is particularly severe," he said. "I am very familiar with the stretch of road in question and have travelled it many times. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victim at this extremely harrowing time."

Mr Modi coaxed the United Nations into declaring 21 June International Yoga Day and announced a grand event to be held in Delhi on that day. His government plans to get tens of thousands of people to perform yoga in the heart of the capital on Sunday. Mr Modi is an enthusiast himself - he told a biographer he tries to do yoga for an hour after waking up in the morning. So what does Sunday's mass yoga session tell us about India? Mr Modi's plan to get 35,000 people to perform yoga for 35 minutes on the stately Rajpath (King's Avenue) is aimed at setting a new Guinness World Record. The Guinness people have been invited to document the largest yoga class at a single venue. Indians already flaunt a number of yoga-related world records: the largest yoga class, longest yoga chain, longest yoga marathon and longest yoga class at multiple venues. Inspired by Mr Modi's call, even India's National Cadet Corps want to set another record on Sunday - "the largest ever demonstration of yoga by a uniformed organisation on a single day concurrently at multiple venues all across India". It says a million cadets will simultaneously do yoga at 1,900 locations. Yes, we are crazy about breaking world records. A reality check: Indians applied for some 3,000 records with Guinness World Records in 2013, just behind record-seekers from the US and Britain. The number of Indian record holders has risen an astonishing 250% in the past five years. It helps that we are the world's second-most populous nation, so we have also set records in things like the biggest blood donation drive and most number of people shaking hands. Writer Samanth Subramanian describes this as a "fevered subculture of record-setters". If a place in the Guinness World Records looks remote, no worries. We have our thriving, home-grown Limca Book of World Records and India Book of Records to take care of our achievements. But Mr Modi, clearly, has set his sights higher. More seriously, Sunday's gathering is a timely reminder that urban Indians need to get fitter. Doctors say India's cities are riding a diabetes and heart disease epidemic. India's diabetes rate jumped an alarming 123% between 1990 and 2013, compared to 45% worldwide, a new study found. One in four Indians die of heart disease. Obesity is on the rise. As the middle class swells and grows richer, more Indians are leading desk-bound, sedentary work lives and enduring stressful commutes in pedestrian-unfriendly cities, where there is no culture of walking. Gorging on junk food and fat-rich diets doesn't help matters. If Mr Modi's move encourages more Indians to take to yoga - with or without the spirituality attached to it - it would have served a purpose in making more Indians healthier. The moment Mr Modi's government unveiled its mega yoga plans, political rivals cried foul. Mayawati, the feisty leader of India's Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) said Mr Modi's party and its hardline allies were trying to use yoga to "vitiate communal harmony". The main opposition Congress party has taken pot-shots at the event, and a senior party spokesperson issued a snarky broadside: Some Muslim clerics are uneasy about the government's motives and equate Mr Modi's government's promotion of yoga with promoting Hinduism. A recent story by Reuters was headlined: PM Modi's yoga offensive gets Muslims stressed. Firebrand ruling BJP MP Yogi Adityanath fanned the flames by saying that those who opposed the surya namaskar - a series of yoga positions designed to greet Surya, the Hindu Sun God - "should drown in the sea" - a remark that was swiftly put down by Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. The government has even taken out the sun salutation exercise from Sunday's performance, and is very keen to showcase it as secular. Political analyst Neerja Chowdhury says Sunday's event serves the prime minister well. "It's a win-win situation for Mr Modi. It boosts his image and keeps the hardliners happy," she told me. However, critics say Mr Modi's move comes at a time of rising anxiety among India's minorities, many of whom suspect that his party is trying to make India a pronouncedly Hindu nation. Analyst Ajaz Ashraf says Mr Modi's yoga celebration is a "mix of cultural nationalism, commercialisation and subtle coercion". Historian Dilip Simeon decries what he calls the "deceitful polemic about yoga" and says Indians will learn yoga not to please Hindu nationalists, "but for our health". "Yoga is part of ancient India's cultural heritage," says Manmohan Vaidya, a spokesperson of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the hardline ideological godfather of the BJP and the largest Hindu nationalist group in India. "By celebrating yoga on a mass scale we are validating our glorious past." Others say yoga is India's biggest contribution to society after, perhaps, zero and is a symbol of its cultural richness. There are concerns that India has lost control of "brand yoga" to the West - yoga is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide - although Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has said India would "never like an Intellectual Property Rights stamp on yoga". Is yoga essentially a religious activity? This BBC magazine piece has some answers. But closer to home, the Yoga Day is being seen by many as (Hindu) India "reclaiming" yoga. Wendy Doniger, leading American academic and author of The Hindus: An Alternative History, says many Hindus, concerned about their image, fear that their religion has been stereotyped in the West as a polytheistic faith of "castes, cows and curry". They look at yoga as the poster-child of Indian spiritual wisdom and the essence of Hinduism. But this, Doniger believes, ignores yoga's complex and contested history: there are at least five conflicting claims about when yoga began, including a provocative assertion by Mark Singleton that the roots of modern yoga actually do not lie in ancient India. The transnational, Anglophone yoga, Singleton argues, derives from a curious mix of British body-building and physical culture, American transcendentalism, Christian science, naturopathy, Swedish gymnastics and the YMCA. Yoga's appeal grew far and wide. Even Fritz Lang made a film about trippy yogis. In the end, as Doniger says, "for some people yoga is a religious meditation, for others an exercise routine, and for others, both". "It is a rich, multi-cultural, interdisciplinary construction, far from the pure line that its adherents often claim for it." There's no shortage of humour in India - and Sunday's event is no exception. I think sociologist Shiv Visvanathan puts it best. "[Mr Modi] is looking for a new kind of cultural revolution. I like the comic part of it - the fat cops, the bureaucrats, doing exercise. Here is India, getting fat on hamburgers and milkshakes. Modi is the Benjamin Franklin of India in many ways," he told the New York Times. Even India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh has managed to encourage officials in his office to practice yoga after work, as he keeps a watchful eye on their moves: Shripad Naik, the yoga minister, told the New York Times that yoga practice would help lower violent crime and produce better bureaucrats. "There will be a definite change in the way the bureaucracy functions," he said. "When they are thin, all their energy will go into producing better work." And popular yoga guru Baba Ramdev told a yoga rehearsal at a Delhi stadium last week that a yoga position would help "rid the world of gas". But this man practising on the soggy rain-soaked field did not quite appear to be listening to the guru's exhortations to put on the world's best yoga show on Sunday.

According to AP, the lawsuits accuse them of serious safety lapses. Rashad Charjuan Owens has been in jail on murder charges since March after four people died when his car broke through a barrier at the music, film and interactive festival. The crash, which happened outside the Mohawk venue, also injured 23 people. Among several wrongful deaths lawsuits was one from the family of Steven Craenmehr, a Dutch music executive, who was knocked off his bike. His widow and mother claim that SXSW organisers didn't put enough traffic safeguards on the roads for pedestrians during the event, which sees thousands of bands performing at venues across Austin. "A festival organiser or traffic design consultant of ordinary intelligence would have anticipated the danger," the lawsuit says. Lawyers for SXSW released a statement which read: "What happened on Red River was a terrible tragedy, caused by Rashad Owen's utter disregard of human life. "Our hearts continue to ache for those injured and the families of those who lost their lives. "We look forward to his prosecution for his awful crimes." Authorities say that Owens drove his grey Honda Civic through a barricade after an officer on a drink-drive patrol tried stopping the car. According to police, his blood alcohol level was .114, above Texas' legal driving limit of .08. In September, a SXSW safety report found that alcohol consumption and overcrowded venues during the event had left Austin facing a "critical point where public safety could be compromised" if changes are not made. Organisers called the report incomplete and said it failed to address root issues. SXSW is known as one of the world's best platforms for rising music talent. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Its Secretary General Bheki Ntshalintshali said he was no longer the "right person" to lead the country. Anti-apartheid struggle veterans have also called on the African National Congress (ANC) to recall the president. Mr Zuma has been under growing pressure following a major cabinet reshuffle which included the sacking of respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. That led to South Africa's credit rating being cut to junk status putting more pressure on a troubled economy. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), a key part of the governing alliance, says it has 1.8 million members. It forms part of what is called the Tripartite Alliance along with the the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The SACP has also called on Mr Zuma to go. Cosatu General Secretary of Bheki Ntshalintshali told a media briefing that the union's decision was driven by Mr Zuma's failure to consult it before making changes to his cabinet. He termed the president's leadership as "inattentive, negligent... and disruptive". He added that the organisation was not concerned about Mr Gordhan's sacking because he was, like his predecessors, "not a friend of the workers". "We will support the new minister where necessary and fight with him where necessary," he added. Mr Ntshalintshali also criticised ratings agency S&P's decision to downgrade South Africa to junk status saying the union views it as political interference. ANC veterans, who include former high commissioners, ministers and many respected anti-apartheid activists, also told a media briefing in Johannesburg that the ANC should do "the honourable thing and recall the president", especially after the party's integrity commission advised that he should resign. President Jacob Zuma is certainly politically weaker today than he was over the weekend. Cosatu's call for him to step down is a crushing blow to the beleaguered head of state. The workers' union federation had been a reliable backer of Mr Zuma against unrelenting calls for his removal. Focus now shifts to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ANC which is currently meeting. However, regardless of the outcome of that meeting, deep divisions within the body will entrench positions between the pro and anti-Zuma factions. Mr Zuma is due to step down in 2019 at the end of his second five-year term as president. Last week, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa called the sacking of Mr Gordhan "totally unacceptable". Later, in a speech at the weekend, which has been interpreted as a public broadside against Mr Zuma, he called for a renewal of the country and criticised "greedy and corrupt people". Former President Kgalema Motlanthe also said that it was difficult for Mr Zuma to command respect after the constitutional court found him in breach of the law when he failed to repay government money spent on his private home. But President Zuma's obituary has been written many times before only for him to rise from the ashes, says the BBC's Milton Nkosi in Johannesburg.. Despite the reported scandals that have dogged his administration, several attempts to remove Mr Zuma have foundered. Meanwhile, new Finance Minsiter Malusi Gigaba has been working to reassure South Africans about the state of the economy. Mr Gigaba told a media briefing that Monday's downgrade to junk status by ratings agency S&P was a setback, but that people should not be despondent. "I'm not saying it's easy to get out of a rating downgrade, yet I remain confident," he added. He said he would lead a meeting with ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's.

The Liverpudlian is second on 3,932 points, 40 behind leader and reigning champion Brianne Theisen-Eaton. Johnson-Thompson has said her main aim this weekend is to get the 6,200 points needed for Rio. She needs 2,268 points on Sunday in the three remaining events. The 23-year-old began the day equalling her personal best of 13.37 seconds in the 100m hurdles and followed it up by clearing 1.92m in the high jump, a personal best outdoors. After two events, Johnson-Thompson was in the overall lead but slipped to sixth following a disappointing 11.55m in the shot put - the worst mark in the field and 1.59m below the personal best she set earlier in the season. She made amends for that poor display with a personal best 22.79 secs in the 200m, which pulled her closer to Canada's world silver medallist Theisen-Eaton. Johnson-Thompson will start with the long jump on Sunday, the event which ruined her chances of gold at last year's World Championships following her failure to record a legal jump. She said: "I'm sure I'll be nervous again in the long jump. I really want to get a good jump in the first round. "This is my first big competition especially after a knee operation last autumn so I just want 6,200 points and to be injury free and to be going home with my ticket for the Olympics." The Briton has also said her experience in Beijing changed her, created a "new Kat" who is determined to bounce back and quash her demons. Her performances on the opening day in Austria promised much not only for this competition but the summer ahead. Although she has repeatedly said Olympic qualification rather than regaining the title she won in 2014 is her priority this weekend, she looks set to vie with favourite Theisen-Eaton for first place. And despite a poor display in the shot, her weakest event, Johnson-Thompson will take heart that she achieved her best heptathlon score of 6682 points in Gotzis two years ago, when her total after the opening day was also 3923. The long jump, javelin and 800m remain on Sunday but fellow Brit Morgan Lake - adrift of her personal bests in all four events on the first day - is likely to fall short of the total needed for Rio. Lake - recording 14.43 secs in the 100m hurdles, 1.86m in the high jump, 13.18m in the shot put and 26.12 secs in the 200m - is 29th overall. British decathletes John Lane (4159 points) and Ashley Bryant (4121 points) are ninth and 13th respectively at the halfway stage in Austria, with the pair needing 8100 points to be selected for the Olympics.

An Icelandic court found him guilty of market manipulation in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. "This sentence is a big surprise to me as I did not nothing wrong," Sigurjon Arnason told Reuters. The former chief executives of Iceland's two other big banks, Glitnir and Kaupthing, have already received jail sentences. The three banks imploded in 2008 after acquiring assets worth approximately 10 times the size of Iceland's economy. A Reykjavik court said that nine months of Mr Arnason's sentence would be suspended. Two of his colleagues - Ivar Gudjonsson, a former director of proprietary trading, and Julius Heidarsson, a banker - were also convicted and sentenced to nine months in prison, of which six months would be suspended. Unlike other Western countries, Iceland has pursued prison sentences for the chief executives and others who were involved in the 2008 financial crisis. Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson, the former chief executive of Kaupthing - formerly Iceland's largest bank - received a jail sentence of five and a half years - the heaviest sentence for financial fraud in Iceland's history. The country's former prime minister, Geir Haarde, was also found guilty of negligence leading up to the crisis but was not given a jail term.

On-loan striker Holman opened his account on his home debut with a fine half-volley before doubling his tally with a 12-yard finish. Danny Wright then matched Holman's feat, heading home from James Rowe's corner before striking from six yards for a second-half double of his own. Alex Wall snatched a consolation goal but the Robins secured their seventh win in eight in the National League. Cheltenham remain second in the table, one point behind Forest Green Rovers, while Bromley slip to 14th having won just once in their last 11 games. Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: Media playback is not supported on this device "It's the best we've played for a little while. We've still been getting the results, but I enjoyed the way we played today - we created lots of chances. "I was really pleased with our performance and hopefully our supporters can go home nice and happy. "Our passing had a bit of an end product to it without going long. All in all the boys have put it together."

The prescriptions could provide free visits to national parks or gardening sessions at National Trust properties, for example. A small number of GPs already do this. The LGA says it needs to become universal policy to tackle the nation's obesity crisis. It's calling on NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups to drive the initiative forward. In Dorset, doctors already prescribe walks, conservation work, gardening and sailing. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has developed an IT system which links up GPs with leisure centres so they can book patients directly on to exercise plans. The LGA, which took on responsibility for public health under the recent NHS shake-up, says exercise prescriptions would encourage people to be more active, lose weight and keep fit. Spokeswoman Izzi Seccombe said: "There are some instances where rather than prescribing a pill, advising on some type of moderate physical activity outdoors could be far more beneficial to the patient. "There are already some good examples where this is being piloted in the UK and it is something we should consider on a nationwide basis." The Royal College of General Practitioners said any decision to invest in social prescribing schemes, and roll them out more widely, must not be an alternative to investing in general practice services. Spokesman Dr Steve Mowle said: "Social prescribing schemes can certainly be beneficial to a patient's overall health and wellbeing - as some pilots have shown - but to be effective, there needs to be better integration between health and community services, so that GPs and our teams can signpost our patients most appropriately." One in four women and one in five men in England do less than 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per week - way below the recommended amount of 150 minutes per week. Physical activity can help to prevent and manage over 20 chronic conditions and diseases, including some cancers, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression. People who do regular physical activity have: Source: NHS Choices

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The Bacc was introduced about a decade ago to offer a more rounded education. Researchers at Cardiff University found students were 15% less likely to achieve a first or 2:1 degree. The Welsh government said the Bacc will be more rigorous from September 2015, and it will address many findings in the report, which it commissioned. The Welsh Bacc brings together traditional qualifications like GCSEs and A-levels with the Bacc "core," comprised of a range of modules including team enterprise activities, community participation and Wales' place in Europe and the world. There are currently more than 78,000 learners registered on Welsh Baccalaureate courses studying at more than 250 schools and other institutions. "Participation and progress are kind of connected," Prof Chris Taylor from Cardiff University, a co-author of the report, told BBC Radio Wales. "On the one hand you'll find that students are significantly more likely to get into university with the Welsh Baccalaureate. Crucially, they are more likely to get into a leading Russell Group university, which is very good news. "However that seems to come at the expense then in terms of their successes of degree outcomes. "Although we find significant results, it does appear that students without the Welsh Baccalaureate are more likely to get a first or a 2:1." He added: "The number of students who are not likely to get a good degree isn't as significantly as large as we first thought." Prof Taylor said the Welsh Bacc's success in terms of getting students into university "far outweighs" the disadvantages found in terms of their results. But he said: "We do make the recommendation that it could be more challenging. It could be more tailored to the particular needs of the students in terms of their choice of subjects at university they're going to study. "We also recognise there needs to be greater support for the qualification because it has some added value. "There are clearly some benefits to some students in terms of essay writing skills, in terms of time management and independent learning that most other qualifications don't offer. "But it doesn't translate in terms of degree results and that may be because it's at the expense of subject knowledge which is missing." "On the one hand it's a core qualification that every student should undertake and it provides a set of core skills that everybody like employers, labour markets and higher education universities can understand is there but at the same time it's got to be challenging, got to be tailored to the individual needs of students. "That challenge is very difficult for sixth forms and FE colleges." Last year, a study by the Welsh Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) also suggested undergraduates completing the Welsh Bacc fare less well at university than those who have not. The Welsh government said the research by Cardiff University was commissioned to help with the development of the Welsh Bacc. A spokesperson added: "Our independent review of qualifications addressed many of the findings in the WISERD report, and we are already taking action to deliver the review's recommendations regarding the Welsh Baccalaureate. "As a result, we are working towards delivering a more rigorous Welsh Baccalaureate to be taught from September 2015. "This will provide further assurance to higher education institutions about the ability of Welsh Baccalaureate learners and will help university admissions tutors make offers to prospective learners."

Radovan Krejcir was arrested on Friday at his home in Johannesburg on a charge of kidnap and assault. His lawyers filed a court application, saying he needed medical attention and risked kidney failure. Krejcir has repeatedly denied having links to the criminal underworld. The police have been accused of reacting slowly to reports of his alleged involvement in the killing of underworld bosses, reports the BBC's Pumza Fihlani from Johannesburg. A number of his associates have been killed in separate incidents in recent months, local media report. In July, Krejcir survived an attempt to kill him carried out by guns hidden behind a car number plate operated by remote control opened fire on him in Bedfordview, a suburb east of Johannesburg. Krejcir reportedly described the shooting as "something out of a James Bond film". He is challenging the government's attempts to extradite him to the Czech Republic, where he was convicted in absentia last year on tax fraud charges. He moved to South Africa in 2007. Our correspondent says South Africans have been keenly watching Krejcir's extraordinary career over recent months and the series of gangland shootings and killings with which he is allegedly linked. They are worried that it might show that a well-connected, sophisticated and violent underworld still exists on the streets of Johannesburg, she says. On Saturday, police chief Riah Phiyega said Krejcir's arrest was a major breakthrough. "There are many investigations that are taking place, even on the charges that the suspects have been arrested for. We hope to arrest more suspects as the investigations unfold," she told reporters in the capital, Pretoria. She did not reveal details of the charges against him. The police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), said it had launched an investigation into Krejcir's claim that he had he had been tortured. Police are accused of taking him to an open field where he was "allegedly shocked with a taser and a plastic bag was placed over his head to suffocate him", Ipid said in a statement. The High Court in Johannesburg ordered that Krejcir be transferred to hospital after his doctor testified that his injuries were consistent with those of someone who had been assaulted. He could face renal failure if he was not taken to hospital, the doctor said. In his ruling, Judge Ramarumo Monama said the doctor was a credible witness. "He has provided more than enough evidence," local media quotes the judge as saying.

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The Doncaster Central MP was one of three members to be chosen in a secret ballot, succeeding Natascha Engel who lost her seat at the election. Labour's Lindsay Hoyle topped the ballot and was re-elected as chairman of ways and means. In that role, he will preside over Budget debates. Tory Eleanor Laing was also re-elected as another deputy to John Bercow. The Commons Speaker, who has held the role since 2009, was himself re-elected without a formal vote two weeks ago. As he first stood for the Commons as a Conservative MP, Mr Bercow's deputies must be comprised of one Conservative and two opposition MPs to ensure balance. Labour's Roberta Blackman-Woods was the only other candidate who stood in the election. Details of the number of votes each candidate got will be published later. As no other Conservative candidate put their name forward, Mrs Laing was automatically chosen as first deputy chair of ways and means. Deputy speakers, who stand in for Mr Bercow in the main Commons chamber and have a range of other duties, were elected for the first time in 2010.

The procession, which included floats, pipe bands and dancers, set off at 12:00 GMT in the Digbeth area of the city. Last year, more than 80,000 people turned out to celebrate the occasion. The parade, which has passed through Digbeth since 1996, is regarded as the third largest in the world after those in New York and Dublin. This year's celebrations have been taking place on the actual date of St Patrick's Day and have the theme of The Gathering, which organisers say is about encouraging people of Irish descent to visit the county, town and or village of their ancestry. Pat Murphy-Wright, cultural development officer for the charity Irish in Birmingham, said: "The parade is about people embracing their roots and helps to teach children at local schools about their cultural background." John Lines, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, told BBC News the celebrations were going really well. He said: "The weather looks fine and everyone's smiling. Such wonderful costumes - people must have spent all year preparing for this. "Aren't we lucky in Birmingham?"

The 36-year-old is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after a gun was fired in Dalkeith in the early hours of Sunday morning. No-one was injured and police said it did not appear any damage was caused to the property on Woodburn Road. Searches took place on Meadowfield Terrace in Edinburgh and Kippielaw Steading in Dalkeith on Monday in connection with the investigation. A firearm has since been recovered. Ch Insp Kenny Simpson, of Police Scotland, said: "I want to stress this was an isolated incident and we are not looking for anyone else as part of this investigation. "Nevertheless, we fully appreciate the impact this had on the local community and extensive inquiries were launched along with dedicated high-visibility patrols. "A swift arrest has now been made and I want to thank residents for their assistance and support. "Offences involving firearms will not be tolerated and should such crimes occur we will use all resources at our disposal to bring anyone found to be involved to justice."

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In a Commons debate, the ex-Labour leader said Conservative plans to limit the voting powers of Scottish MPs on Commons laws would "rip up" hundreds of years of parliamentary procedure. The SNP said the Conservatives wanted to create a "quasi-English Parliament". But ministers said it was vital England was treated fairly as further powers were devolved to other parts of the UK. At the end of the debate, Labour staged and won a vote in which the government abstained. And Conservative MP David Davis raised a point of order to urge the government to allow more time for the matter to be considered. The government believes bills applying exclusively to England should not become law without the explicit consent of MPs from English constituencies and it wants to change Commons rules known as standing orders to give them a "decisive say" during their passage. Ministers say this will address the longstanding anomaly by which Scottish MPs can vote on issues such as health and education affecting England but English MPs have no say on similar matters relating to Scotland, where such policies are devolved. Mark D'Arcy, BBC Parliamentary correspondent Panic stations? From the point of view of the government whips this afternoon's emergency Commons debate on English Votes for English Laws was really rather alarming. The debate, so skilfully secured by Lib Dem ex Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael, produced a slightly pointless vote in which the Conservatives mostly abstained, but it brought all kinds of nasty tensions to the surface. Conservative MPs are supposed to be signed up for EVEL under the terms of their manifesto, but there were clearly quite a few with doubts, some about the policy, many more about the process, which was Mr Carmichael's line of attack. Read the article in full However, the plans came under sustained attack from Labour, SNP and Lib Dems in an urgent debate, secured by former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael. MPs are due to debate and vote on the government's plans next week but Mr Carmichael, the MP for Orkney and Shetland, said the plans required more detailed consideration, arguably through primary legislation. If MPs representing constituencies in England had a "veto" on certain legislation, it would breach the longstanding principle that MPs, no matter who they represented, were "all equal". "To go as far as the government wants to go in the timescale they want to go brings with it an attendant level of risk that I would consider to be irresponsible," he said. "They are not entitled to use the UK Parliament as a proxy for an English Parliament." Assurances that the new system would be reviewed by MPs after a year were inadequate, he added, saying this would not be capable of "putting a dangerous genie back in the bottle after it had been let out - we all know that is the political reality". But Commons Leader Chris Grayling said it was "simply incorrect" to claim some MPs would be prevented from debating and voting on certain legislation and would continue to exercise the same rights as they do now. Pressed by Mr Miliband on "what the meaning and definition" of English-only legislation would be, Mr Grayling said it would be up to the Speaker to decide but he believed a "simple test" would be what things were devolved to Scotland. Requiring bills to have the support of a "double majority" of the whole of the Commons and those MPs representing England would also help mitigate "any resentment" felt by English voters about the slower pace of devolution to England. "It is of vital importance that English citizens of the UK, as we move to an extra layer of devolution to Scotland and Wales and devolve additional tax powers to Northern Ireland, that they think it is fair," he said. "It is what we pledged to do in our manifesto. We set it out in detail, step by step by step. We are implementing these changes and keeping our promises. I think the people who elected us would expect nothing else." Mr Miliband said the Conservatives had the power to address the issue after winning the election but urged them to think again. "Is this true to the traditions of Conservatism? No because the last thing you do is rip up hundreds of years of constitutional practice in a standing order vote just before the House goes into recess," he said. "Doing this procedure in the way it is being proposed is an act of constitutional vandalism. It really is." The SNP said Scottish voters would be affected by legislation on schools and NHS budgets in England through the Barnett Formula used to allocate public spending to different nations of the UK. "This not just English votes for English laws, this is English votes for Scottish laws," said Pete Wishart, MP for Perth and North Perthshire. "It is totally and utterly unacceptable." He added: "Why don't they just tattoo our foreheads 'Scottish' and then they would be able to identify us." And Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh said the move would not make any difference to the outcome of votes and urged ministers to omit laws which indirectly applied to Scotland, saying not to do so would be a "gift" to the SNP's independence campaign. Responding to a question by an SNP MP on Monday, Mr Grayling said the only English-only measure during the last Parliament had been the Education Bill, and there were 13 Bills which applied to England and Wales.

Jonathan Dowdall was on trial with his father, Patrick, who was jailed for eight years for his role in the attack. The victim, Alexander Hurley, had come to Jonathan Dowdall's Dublin home to buy a motorcycle in January 2015 when he was tortured. The attack was filmed on a mobile phone and played in court. Mr Hurley was filmed tied to a chair in the Dowdalls' garage as Jonathan Dowdall, who was wearing a balaclava, put a tea towel on his face and poured buckets of water over him. Patrick Dowdall took out pliers and threatened to pull off the victim's fingers, starting with the smallest. The victim is heard pleading for his life as the Dowdalls threatened to chop him up and feed him to the dogs. He was tied with cable ties and told "one more twist and you're dead". It is believed Dowdall and his father believed the victim was a fraudster after researching him online. The victim said he was tortured to the point of "death's door" and in a statement said the psychological injuries would never completely heal. The court heard that he was also told he was "stupid" to "mess with the IRA" and that Jonathan Dowdall was a good friend of the party's president Gerry Adams and his deputy, Mary Lou McDonald. The Special Criminal Court said it could not see how Mr Dowdall's friendships could form a threat, Irish national broadcaster RTE reported. Ms McDonald welcomed Jonathan Dowdall's conviction last month, and said he had left the party "some years ago".

The figures for the Walmart-owned supermarket, filed at Companies House, confirm a torrid spell for Asda as it faced stiff competition in the grocery sector. Like-for-like sales were down 5.7% compared with the previous year. Pre-tax profits dropped almost 19% to £791.7m at the Leeds-based company. "The grocery market has continued to experience low growth throughout the year and competition in the sector has remained intense. Our sales performance, relative to the market, was behind our expectations," the company said. Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - the so-called big four UK supermarkets - also face competition from German discounters Aldi and Lidl. Asda suffered more than most and, unlike others, has struggled to fight back. In May, it reported decreasing sales in the first quarter of 2017 - the 11th consecutive quarter of falls - as it continued to lose ground to its rivals. However, Asda added that despite the disappointing results, there had been an improvement following "strategic changes" under new boss Sean Clarke. Mr Clarke, who replaced previous chief executive Andy Clarke a year ago, has slashed the prices of everyday items as he attempts to arrest falling sales. The chain reported a 2.8% fall in like-for-like sales in its first quarter of this year, a moderate improvement on the previous period, which saw sales fall 2.9%. Analysts have said that a major turnaround is required at Asda. "Sainsbury's and Tesco have always had more opportunity for differentiation from the discounters, but Asda has chosen to focus on price rather than range and in-store experience, which has clearly been the wrong strategy," said Tom Berry, retail analyst at GlobalData. "Asda has been flailing without direction for too long, and a comprehensive plan is needed if it is to survive in the highly competitive UK grocery market." Phil Dorrell, of consultancy Retail Remedy, is a previous marketing chief at Asda. He said that it was a difficult market for Asda and it "had a lot of catching up to do". "It is not changing significantly or fast enough to pull around the results. It did not get its proposition right," he said.

That is one of the findings from an opinion poll commissioned by the BBC from ORB International that examines public opinion in both Iraq and Syria. Some 66% of those questioned in Iraq and 57% in Syria think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Perhaps more shocking is that one quarter of those questioned in Iraq and more than one third in Syria think their country is actually on the right track. 66% think the country is going in the wrong direction 90% believe a diplomatic solution to national differences can be found 84% think Islamic State are a "strongly negative" influence 56% Oppose coalition air strikes But what is fascinating is that it was possible to conduct this opinion poll at all - especially given the continuing violence in Iraq and the chaos in war-torn Syria. Johnny Heald of ORB International said his company has been polling in Iraq every year since 2005, though he admits that the security situation is challenging in some governorates. The Iraq poll is not nationally representative, he notes, since it was restricted to 10 of the 18 governorates, with no interviews conducted in the three Kurdish governorates or in some of the smaller Shia governorates. He argues though that what gives his Syria poll credibility is the geographic distribution of those interviewed. "In all polling the data is only as good as the sample upon which it is drawn," he told me. "This data from Syria covers opinion throughout all 14 governorates across the country. "So it includes those people living under the control of the regime, under the control of the so-called Islamic State [IS], [al-Qaeda affiliate] al-Nusrah, the wider opposition and the YPG [Kurdish fighters]." More than 14 supervisors and 40 interviewers travelled throughout the country to collect data. "It starts with one week's training in southern Turkey where the supervisors come to Gaziantep and we go through the methodology, the questionnaire and the quality control procedures," Mr Heald said. "We pilot the questionnaire before it is fielded. We then ensure we have the relative permits/permissions to operate and undertake a risk assessment." But how do you set about conducting field research in an IS-controlled area? "In the IS-controlled areas of Raqqa for each survey we visit the head of the town and ask him for permission to randomly interview people," Mr Heald says. "His response is 'so long as you are not an international media station and pull out video cameras, I don't mind you doing this'." "Why is this his reaction? Because, as the data verifies, many of those living in Raqqa now are happier since IS took over. "They welcome the security, they see IS trying to help the people with electricity, with food, with petrol. In many respects it is a story they are keen to tell." 57% think the country is going in the wrong direction 50% oppose coalition air strikes 48% said Islamic State are a "strongly negative" influence 21% prefer life now compared to before the war This perhaps surprising finding is one of the values of this kind of survey. As Mr Heald said, the survey suggests that "the majority in both countries are opposed to IS but that they also think that IS is a product of foreign countries… which to you and I may seem like some crazy conspiracy theory but to them it is a common perception. "Widespread opposition to the coalition bombing, should also make policymakers reconsider their strategy. I think the official British government line is that coalition air strikes are 'degrading' IS. "But while we can accept that it may be slowing them down," he says, "there is little evidence to suggest they are losing the war. People aren't leaving Raqqa now because of IS - they are leaving because of the coalition air strikes." For Western policymakers there is a lot to be gloomy about here. More than one quarter of those questioned in Syria still see President Bashar al-Assad as exercising a strongly positive influence over the country. But the ORB survey does find some guarded grounds for optimism. "Majorities in both Iraq and Syria, oppose the break up of their country," Mr Heald said. "Majorities think that despite doctrinal differences they are stronger together than fighting each other. Self-identifying as an Iraqi or a Syrian is a preferred option to identifying as a Sunni or a Shia." But what of the broader value of such opinion surveys? Mr Heald is a pollster so he is clearly not going to undermine his own business. But he surely makes a valid point when he says: "Policymakers need to understand public opinion in these countries. IS have an incredibly well-oiled strategic communication operation. Politicians and military leaders need to track public opinion to see where hearts and minds are and how they are shifting. "There are also significant operations taking place in country - whether they be aid-related, messaging-related or kinetic (air strikes). Only by tracking public opinion can they measure the performance and effect of these activities and thereby determine which, if any, are successful in changing behaviour."

Three years after Russia annexed Crimea, a move bitterly contested by Ukraine's government, the region remains in a state of flux. It's difficult to get into, and for many people, it's difficult to know where it's going. At Kiev International Airport, I hand my passport to a border guard. "Purpose of visit?" he asks. "Journalism. I'm with the BBC." He pauses. He studies my passport. He seems to be checking a list. He goes to pick up a telephone and asks a question. He does not realise I can hear. "You remember that pro-Russian journalist from the BBC? Was his surname Rosenberg?" Another pause. "It wasn't? OK, thanks." He hangs up. He stamps my passport and returns it. "Welcome to Ukraine!" he smiles. Those pauses at passport control are an indication of the current tension between Moscow and Kiev - a relationship clouded by enmity and suspicion. Our BBC team is only passing through Kiev. Our final destination is Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia three years ago. For journalists based in Russia, there are faster ways of reaching the Crimean peninsula. Board a plane in Moscow and two hours later you can be in the Crimean capital Simferopol. Ukraine, however, warns foreign nationals that anyone entering "temporarily occupied Crimea" without Kiev's permission and without crossing an official Ukrainian border may be banned from future entry to Ukraine. We're taking the longer route. Direct flights from Russia to Ukraine stopped in October 2015. We flew from Moscow to the Belarusian capital Minsk, then on to Kiev. Ahead of us is an eight-hour road trip to Crimea. First, we visit the Ukrainian Migration Service in Kiev to obtain the "dozvil" - a document issued by the Ukrainian authorities permitting travel to Crimea. Three hours later, permission slips in hand, our long car journey south begins. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was a watershed moment. It pushed Moscow and the West to the brink of a new cold war. Three years on we are travelling to Crimea to gauge the mood. It is dark by the time we reach the final Ukrainian checkpoint before the peninsula. Ukraine does not call the Kalanchak crossing a border - officially, it is a "control point for entry and exit". We show our passports and dozvils. Minutes later we are waved through. The no-man's land between the Ukrainian and Russian checkpoints is tiny - no more than 50m long. We stop here to change cars - our Kiev driver will turn back. A driver from Simferopol has come to meet us. On the Russian side this is called the Armyansk crossing. As far as the Russians are concerned, it is an official state border. We show passports and visas and fill out immigration cards. Our documents are in order, but we are asked to wait. The appearance here of British journalists has raised official eyebrows. A young man in civilian clothes approaches me. "Come with me, please," he says, "I'd like to have a chat." We enter a small room and sit down at a table. He checks my phone to make sure I am not recording our conversation. Then come the questions. Lots of them. "What mission have your editors set you? What will you be filming? How will you be saving your material, on computers or hard drives? What SIM card will you be using in Crimea? As the correspondent, will you be making notes each night about what you have filmed? Can you show me some of the photos on your phone? Where will you be staying? Why didn't you fly direct from Moscow?" My interrogator notes down my answers on a piece of paper. His questions are not limited to Crimea. "What street do you live on in Moscow? What is the nearest Metro station to your home? What does your wife do for a living? You've been in Russia a long time. Have you ever considered applying for a Russian passport?" "My British one suits me just fine," I reply. "What do you think of English cuisine?" he asks, adding, "I like Jamie Oliver. Although I consider he uses too much oil." The questioning lasts an hour. Then the official escorts me back to the van. I ask for his name. "I have no name," he replies, "only a rank." The inquisitive young man with "no name, only a rank" invites my colleagues for similar conversations. Three hours pass. Interrogations over, we are still not free to go. We spend the night in the van waiting for Russian customs officers to process our papers and allow our TV equipment through. Ten hours after arriving at the Armyansk crossing, we finally clear the checkpoint. Simferopol is the administrative centre of Crimea. The name of our hotel is the "Ukraine". But three years after annexation, the town feels Russian. Most of the cars have switched to Russian number plates, brand new buses manufactured near Moscow have taken to the roads. And, peering down from billboards is the Russian president with some of his choicest Crimea quotations - just to remind everyone who is in charge. "Crimea was famous for being the spa of the Soviet Union," declares Vladimir Putin in one poster. "We will, of course, develop this." "All Russian army social programmes will be extended to Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet," he promises in another. Near our hotel, the wall of a building is covered with a giant painting of President Putin dressed as a sailor and the words: "Crimea belongs to all of us". As far as retired teacher Olga Koziko is concerned, the more Putin in Crimea, the better. "Crimea is a place where people support Putin," Olga assures me. "We just adore him. He's our hero. I even have a T-shirt with Putin and the words: 'In Putin We Trust', like 'In God We Trust.' Thanks to Putin, Russian soldiers came to protect us." On 22 February 2014, Ukraine's pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych fled the country after what he - and his Russian allies - called an "illegal coup" in Kiev. On 27 February masked men in unmarked uniforms appeared in Simferopol. Armed with Russian weapons, they seized government buildings, the parliament, the airport and blocked Ukrainian army bases. This mysterious military force picked up a variety of nicknames, including The Little Green Men and The Polite People. Today Moscow admits the soldiers were from Russia's secretive Special Operations Forces (the SSO). President Putin subsequently signed a decree making 27 February an annual celebration in Russia - "Special Operations Forces Day". Following a hastily organised referendum, it was announced that more than 95% of people who had taken part had voted for Crimea's "reunification" with Russia. The referendum was not recognised by the international community. To the outside world, Russia had grabbed a piece of Ukraine. A statue honouring The Little Green Men has been erected near the Crimean parliament building. It depicts a young girl handing flowers to a man with a gun. The inscription reads: "To The Polite People from the grateful people of Crimea." This is how Moscow wants to be seen here: as a force for good, protecting the people of Crimea from violent Ukrainian nationalists. In 2014 Russia's state-controlled media characterised the new Ukrainian government as "fascists", "neo-Nazis" and an "illegitimate junta''. Olga uses similar language as she recalls the past. "Without Russia, a lot of people would have been killed here," maintains Olga. "Ukrainian Nazis said Crimea would either be part of Ukraine or empty. People would have been oppressed. Perhaps even put in concentration camps." There is absolutely no evidence to substantiate Olga's claims. Many of those in Crimea who welcome Moscow's rule see the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine as confirmation that Russia is a safer home. They discount evidence that unrest in the Donbass was incited and bankrolled by Moscow. Out on the street I get chatting to a pensioner called Nadezhda. Until recently her sister had been living in Luhansk, one of the self-proclaimed separatist republics in eastern Ukraine. "Life in Luhansk is terrible," Nadezhda says. "So I moved my sister to Crimea. I will do everything to make sure that kind of violence doesn't break out here." There is another reason why Nadezhda, an ethnic Ukrainian, trusts Moscow more than Kiev - it is out of nostalgia for Soviet times, when she regarded Moscow as her capital. Nadezhda describes Crimea joining Russia as "a return to the Soviet Union. Our generation was, is and will always be in the USSR. We will die in the Soviet Union." Nostalgia and fear are powerful feelings. But they are not enough to sustain pro-Russia sentiment in Crimea at the level of 2014. Severing ties to Ukraine has brought problems. With economic links to Ukraine cut, the only way of keeping the peninsula supplied is by sea or air. That means higher prices. Moscow insists that will change once it has completed a road and rail bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland. The bridge is a multibillion-dollar statement that Moscow is here to stay. As well as higher prices, there is Russian red tape. I visit a document registration centre in Simferopol. More than two hundred people are queueing outside. They have come to exchange Ukrainian documents, like deeds for apartments, for Russian ones. Some people, like Alyona, have been queuing here all night. "Life hasn't got better or worse," Alyona tells me, "We're still standing in lines, like we always used to. Maybe some people had big expectations three years ago. But I don't believe in miracles." I ask Alyona if she could imagine Russia handing Crimea back to Ukraine. "Nothing would surprise me any more," she laughs. "I wouldn't be surprised if we suddenly ended up as part of Turkey. To be honest, I don't care if we're with China! The most important thing is that there is no war. "I've learnt that your life can be turned upside down in a day. And there is nothing you can do about it. We're like pawns on a chessboard. They're playing with us. Today our place is in Russia. And tomorrow? Who knows. Maybe that's for the best: if we knew, we might have a heart attack." Across town, I meet Nadia. She is complaining to me about potholes. "Where I live there are potholes everywhere," Nadia says. "People have been hurting their legs. I've written to the authorities asking them to do something. They haven't lifted a finger." Nadia's disappointment extends further than pavements and roads. "Many people here were happy, but there is disillusionment now," she tells me, "because there is no investment and salaries and pensions are small. My pension is 8000 roubles ($140; £112) a month. Just about enough to cover utility bills and the medicines I need." I am talking to Nadia beside the statue of Ukraine's most famous 19th Century poet, Taras Shevchenko. It is Shevchenko Day and a group of twenty people have come here with flowers to mark the poet's birthday. Russian police have come, too - with cameras. They are filming everyone, including us. In Russian Crimea, public expressions of Ukrainian pride attract special attention. Nadia is an ethnic Russian, but she is wearing a small Ukrainian flag. "In my soul, Crimea is still part of Ukraine," Nadia tells me. "I'm here because this statue is the last symbol of Ukraine left in Crimea." A woman called Lidiya overhears our conversation. She is furious. "It was the Russian Empress Catherine the Great who built up Crimea," says Lidiya sternly. "Well, if you're going to bring up history, we could go right back to the days of the Crimean khans," retorts Nadia. Lidiya switches to modern history. "Three years ago America was planning to station soldiers in three schools in Sevastopol," she claims. "Nato troops wanted to be in Sevastopol. Crimea would have been wiped from the face of the earth." "How do you know that?" I ask. "I read it in the internet," she replies. "Does that make it true?" Lidiya changes tack. "If people think they live badly in Crimea today, let them go and live in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine. They will be crying to come back here." We drive to the town of Bakhchysarai in central Crimea to meet Umer Ibragimov. Umer, a Crimean Tatar, is desperate for information about his son Ervin. In May 2016 Ervin was abducted late at night. CCTV cameras caught the moment he was seized by men in uniform and bundled into a vehicle. "I've written to everyone asking for help," Umer tells me, "from the bottom levels right up to the president. But there has been no information about my son." Ervin Ibragimov was a member of the executive board of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars. Since annexation, the Crimean Tatar community has come under pressure. Its elected representative body, the Mejlis, which had opposed the 2014 referendum on joining Russia, has been ruled an "extremist organisation" and banned. Human rights group Amnesty International accuses the Russian authorities of "systematic persecution" of Crimean Tatars. This month the European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini concluded that "the rights of the Crimean Tatars have been gravely violated". Moscow denies the accusations. Over piping hot tea, Umer tells me the story of his family. In World War Two, his father had fought in the Red Army. "He was wounded and came home," Umer says. "Ten days later, all Crimean Tatars were deported from their homeland." It was Josef Stalin who had ordered the deportation - an act of collective punishment and paranoia. The Soviet dictator suspected Crimean Tatars of collaborating with the Nazis. More than 230,000 people were forced on to cattle trains and transported to Central Asia. "My mother and father told me later they'd be given just 15 minutes to gather their belongings," recalls Umer. Umer grew up in Soviet Uzbekistan. Conscripted into the Soviet army in the late 1970s, he spent a year fulfilling his "internationalist duty" fighting in Afghanistan. Umer looks at a photograph of his missing son. "There is no justice," he says. And yet this Crimean spring feels calmer than three years ago. While Russia and the West argue over sanctions, sovereignty and borders, it seems that most people here are just trying to get on with their lives, trying to adapt. "Everything calmed down," artist Svitlana Gavrilenko says. "Everyone who used to be 'pro' something - either pro-Russia or pro-Ukraine - everybody calmed down." Three years ago Svitlana had opposed annexation. Today her perspective has changed. "A lot of small and medium-sized businesses fell apart after Russia came because they were all connected to Ukraine. Now they have reconnected to Russia and China. If we become a part of Ukraine again, we will need to solve all this stuff again. Everyone's life is going to be screwed up again." In the Black Sea resort of Yalta I find the promenade packed with people enjoying a seaside stroll in the sunshine. The sound of the waves crashing on the shore mixes with jazz chords from street musicians. From the conversations, there is an overriding sense of a population desperate for peace. "Many people in Crimea still love Ukraine," Rodion says. "Russia and Ukraine are too similar, their peoples too inter-connected to feel bad about each other." Rodion believes "it's not completely impossible" that Crimea would one day return to Ukrainian rule. "Nobody ever imagined it would become a part of Russia," he says, though he resents Western leaders who demand the peninsula's return. "Crimea is not just a thing to be given to one country or another. It's a place. It's the people who live here. It's history. It's many things that cannot be bought or inter-changed." Svitlana Gavrilenko believes that the changes that took place here three years ago are irreversible. "I don't think Russia in its modern state, with Putin at the top, could ever give Crimea back," she tells me. "They made so much effort to connect it. They suffered through all these sanctions just to have Crimea. Why would they give it back?"

He was brought in to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by an offshore rescue helicopter from BG Group's North Everest platform, 145 miles east of Aberdeen. Aberdeen Coastguard, which co-ordinated the operation, said it was alerted at 11:30 on Sunday. There are no further details on his condition.

Varela, 20, had a trial at Old Trafford last season and is David Moyes's first signing as Manchester United manager. The defender has made one appearance for Penarol but has nine caps for Uruguay's Under-20 side. "I'm very pleased to be a part of this club, one of the best in the world," he said after signing a five-year deal. "As everyone in the world knows, this is a huge club that has won everything and I really hope that continues." Varela is taking part in the Under-20 World Championships, which runs from 21 June to 13 July, in Turkey. Last week, Penarol head coach Jorge Da Silva, who is reported to have since resigned, said he believed the youngster has earned the move. Da Silva said: "This is what he deserves. It is a shame to see him go but you can't deny him the opportunity to join a club like this." Rafael was United's regular right-back last season, with Phil Jones and Chris Smalling also featuring in the role.

In a speech on Tuesday, Royal College of Physicians president Prof Jane Dacre will warn ministers the issue must be addressed if their policy is to work. She will highlight research that shows vacant posts are not being filled and gaps in rotas are being seen. It comes as ministers are locked in a dispute with junior doctors over their plans for improving weekend care. Last week thousands of medics went on strike over the government's decision to impose a new contract on them, designed to make it cheaper to rota on staff at weekends. Prof Dacre will raise her own concerns at the RCP's annual conference in Harrogate, saying NHS trusts are struggling to find enough staff to cope with existing demands. Physicians are doctors who focus on diagnosis and treatment as opposed to surgery. They cover a whole range of areas including stroke and heart disease to the care of the elderly. Research by the RCP showed last year there were just over 13,000 consultant physicians across the UK - one in four of all consultants. But four in 10 vacant posts advertised last year went unfilled, while one in five consultants reported gaps in their junior doctor rotas. Meanwhile, one in 10 consultants say they often have to carry out junior jobs to ensure patients' care is not harmed. Prof Dacre will tell delegates: "I feel sorry for NHS trusts, I really do. Across the country, they have created a raft of new posts to meet the rising demands for patient care, only to find that there is no-one to fill them. "If we have neither enough trainees nor consultants to run the service now, how are we going to implement a safe seven-day service?" She will go on to set out the case for extra funding, pointing out hospitals are racking up deficits and that funding lags behind other countries such as France and Germany. "It is time to revisit our national contribution to healthcare," she will say. But a Department of Health spokeswoman pointed out extra money was being invested during this Parliament - £8bn more by 2020. She said this would help "make sure the right staff and support is available to create a safe NHS seven days a week". Read more from Nick Follow Nick on Twitter

Emergency services were called to the scene near the Cantref Reservoir at Nant Ddu at 10:00 BST on Saturday. Firefighters said five vehicles were involved in the incident, with the casualties taken to hospital. The road was closed in both directions for two hours while crash investigations took place.