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Bottas, on whom Williams have a contractual hold, is Ferrari's number one option should they decide not to retain Kimi Raikkonen alongside Sebastian Vettel. Sources close to the deal say Ferrari and Williams have discussed Bottas's transfer but have no agreement yet. Williams view Button as a leading candidate should Bottas leave. Should the 2009 world champion join Williams in 2016, it would bring his career full circle. Media playback is not supported on this device He made his F1 debut for Williams in 2000 before moving on to Benetton/Renault, BAR - which became Honda and then Brawn - and finally McLaren in a career in which he has won 15 grands prix. McLaren have not yet decided who they will pick to drive alongside Fernando Alonso in 2016. The team have a contractual option to retain Button, which means that the 2009 world champion cannot join another team unless McLaren decide not to keep him - or fail to decide until after whatever date is set in the contract as the team's deadline to do so. Their other options are their Danish reserve driver Kevin Magnussen, who raced for McLaren alongside Button in 2014, and the Belgian rising star Stoffel Vandoorne, who is leading the GP2 championship. McLaren have contracts with both men. Williams said they could not comment on driver contracts and Button said he had not yet considered his future. "I've had a lot of questions thrown at me about what I am doing next year but I have not thought about anything, seriously," the 35-year-old said. "I just have to get my head down and concentrate on improving the car and then in a couple of months we will sit down and talk about next year." Media playback is not supported on this device Bottas, on whom Williams have an option for the next two seasons, said he "did not know" whether he would be at Williams next season. "Nothing is confirmed," the Finn said. "We have to wait and see. As a driver, you want to know as soon as possible but sometimes you have to wait." Although Ferrari have pursued various options, sources close to the team say they have decided to put off a decision on Raikkonen's future until later in the summer. Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne said last month that Raikkonen's "future is in his own hands" amid concerns at the team that he is not performing well enough compared to team-mate Sebastian Vettel. These come on the back of his poor season in 2014 during which he was comprehensively out-performed by former team-mate Alonso. Ferrari technical director James Allison said this week in an interview with an Italian magazine that Raikkonen was as fast as Vettel but that his results were being affected by the fact he was making more mistakes. Raikkonen said: "I don't know any more than I knew at the start of the year. For me, the whole thing hasn't changed for months. If I knew I would easily say. Unfortunately I don't know. "Somehow I end up every year in the same position, and it makes no difference if I have a contract or not. There is no contract, but there is an option now. "I have made it very clear to the team what I would like to happen, and it is to be here next year." If Bottas leaves and Button stays at McLaren, Williams may still look to McLaren's driver pool for a partner for Felipe Massa, on whom they have an option and is expected to stay. Magnussen and Vandoorne could both be of interest to Williams.

Jenson Button has emerged as a potential target for Williams next season if they lose Valtteri Bottas.

In April, Northern Ireland's secretary of state published a plan for a budget to be imposed if the Stormont parties could not reach a deal. The indicative figures included a 2.5% cut to education. At the time, the group of more than 40 principals in schools in the Belfast area called the proposals "totally unacceptable". They sent a letter to parents, the Department of Education, the Education Authority and the secretary of state saying they could not impose the cuts "without seriously compromising their children's education". On Tuesday, they went to a meeting of Belfast City Council to ask for support in fighting the cuts. Lord Mayor Alderman Brian Kingston has now agreed to write to the secretary of state, MLAs and MPs. Damian O'Neill, principal of the Good Shepherd Primary School in Dunmurry, told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme the principals did not know where else to turn. "They (Belfast City Council) are the only elected body at the minute who we could reach out to. "It's very, very important for us as principals that we see the best-possible outcomes for our children. "But the circumstances at the minute would suggest to me that we won't be able to do that."

Belfast City Council has backed a group of principals who say they will refuse to make cuts to school budgets.

Back-row forwards Horstmann, 35, and Salvi, 31, have agreed one-year deals, while lock Atkins, 26, has extended his contract by two years. Six team-mates, including Phil Dollman, Michele Campagnaro and Olly Woodburn, signed new deals last week. "It's fantastic to have all three guys with us again next season," said Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter. Exeter are currently second in the Premiership, six points behind leaders Wasps, and travel to face Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on Friday.

Exeter Chiefs trio Kai Horstmann, Julian Salvi and Ollie Atkins have signed new contracts with the club.

Its new official forecast is for the gap between spending and taxes still to be a deficit of £7bn in 2019-20, compared with the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast made at the last budget for a surplus of £7bn. Its gloomier projection may be seen as a particular embarrassment for the Tories, given that unlike Labour and the Liberal Democrats they are committed to generating a surplus on the overall budget. However a small part of the forecasting difference between the IMF and the OBR is that the IMF assumes there will be a weakish minority government after the election and therefore spending will be a bit higher than the Tories' plan. So a senior Tory put a brave face on the IMF's disagreement with the OBR and said it showed the risks of voters not giving them a clear mandate. However that is not the whole story, in that the IMF also believes the OBR is being a bit too optimistic about growth and tax revenues in the latter years of the next parliament. In truth therefore the IMF is highlighting that whoever leads the next government may be forced to increase taxes or cut spending a bit more than currently planned. This may represent a bigger headache for the Tories than Labour or the LibDems given that in the last few days the Tories have committed themselves to £6bn of tax cuts and £8bn of increased spending on the NHS, without saying where the money for these giveaways would come from. In fact just yesterday a senior Tory pointed to the OBR's projected surplus for 2019/20 and said that would cover (almost) the NHS commitment. Well the IMF today says that £7bn surplus is a chimera. All that said, the IMF forecast is a million miles from being devastating for any party: the difference between a £7bn deficit and £7bn surplus in 2020 is just 0.6% of GDP or national income - which is a rounding error in the context of a deficit that was a humongous 10% of GDP just five years ago.

The International Monetary Fund has today highlighted the challenge to be faced by the next government in returning the public finances to balance.

Mr Ordonez said Gen Palomino would be investigated over the alleged creation of a male prostitution ring. The general is also under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and conducting illegal wiretaps. Gen Palomino welcomed the probe, which he said he knew would clear his name. "I hope that the justice system can restore the dignity which has been taken from me through lies and infamy," the general said in a statement. The investigation was triggered by allegations by a police captain who said he had been abused by higher-ranking officers during his time as a cadet. Mr Ordonez said that allegation had been backed up by a complaint by a now retired police captain. According to the complaint, young male police cadets were cajoled and threatened into having sex with higher-ranking officers. Mr Ordonez said that according to the testimony gathered by his office, a senator had also allegedly been implicated in the prostitution ring, called "Community of the Ring". He also said that the alleged incidents had taken place "with the help and complicity of police officials, including the director general [Rodolfo Palomino]". The wiretapping accusations also relate to the case. Allegedly police officers tapped the phones of journalists investigating the scandal. Gen Palomino has strongly denied any wrongdoing. He has also denied allegations of illicit enrichment and has provided prosecutors with documents which he says show where his money and properties come from. He says the allegations are a political vendetta designed to drive him out of office.

Colombia's prosecutor general, Alejandro Ordonez, says he will open a "disciplinary investigation" against the country's chief of police, Gen Rodolfo Palomino.

The Conservative peer became ill last month and spent 18 days in intensive care, he confirmed on Twitter. A spokeswoman said Lord Ashcroft was now recovering in the US and was "out of danger". The book, Call Me Dave, contains a series of allegations about the prime minister's student days. It includes claims of drug-taking and a club initiation ceremony, involving a dead pig, that Mr Cameron is said to have taken part in, but the book has been heavily criticised by allies of the prime minister. Sources have said Mr Cameron was never a member of the club in question, the Piers Gaveston Society, during his time at Oxford University. Lord Ashcroft suffered septic shock leading to renal and liver failure and heart damage, a report from Channel 5 TV in Belize reported. The report, which was played to guests at the launch event in London, said he had become unwell in Turkey on 22 September - where he had been visiting war graves to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign - the day after the Daily Mail started serialising the book. He later flew to Turks and Caicos but his condition deteriorated and on his arrival he was admitted to hospital before being rushed by air ambulance to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Lord Ashcroft, who grew up in Belize, is said to be recovering in hospital in America. At the London book launch, a speech was read out on his behalf by publisher Iain Dale. "As you will have just seen, I have been a little preoccupied for the last four weeks," he said. "I haven't of course set foot in the UK since my illness but I am reliably informed that my book has caused a bit of a stir." The former Conservative Party chairman and donor has previously admitted to having personal "beef" with Mr Cameron after not being offered a major job in the coalition government. In the book, he says Mr Cameron had been aware of his non-domiciled tax status, which was heavily criticised by Labour, in 2009. But co-author Isabel Oakeshott has insisted the book was not motivated by revenge.

Lord Ashcroft has missed the UK launch party of the controversial book he co-authored about David Cameron, after suffering liver and kidney failure.

Jessica Taylor suffers debilitating fatigue and painful muscles caused by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). The 25-year-old, of Cliffe Woods, Kent, met Samuel Bearman, 24, through friends and they plan to marry next year. She is working with a physiotherapist in her bid to walk again, and said the wedding would be a "dream come true". "I've tried to defy doctors. They've given me boundaries and I've tried to extend those boundaries as much as possible," she said. Mr Bearman said his fiancee was much more than just "someone stuck in a bed". Ms Taylor added: "There's still a life you can live and it's not wasted years." Two years ago, with her sister Ruby, Ms Taylor started a charity called Share a Star, which supports sick children who spend their lives indoors. Last month she was invited to the Houses of Parliament to talk to her local MP, Kelly Tolhurst, about its work.

A woman is planning to walk down the aisle on her wedding day despite being bed-ridden for almost half her life.

Griffin Place Communications Limited, in Llantarnam, Cwmbran, employed up to 140 people, with many staff claiming they were sacked days before. Torfaen AM Lynne Neagle said the Welsh government has "serious questions to answer", while Welsh government said it would be reviewing the situation. Attempts have been made to contact the company for comment. On Friday, employees arrived at the Llantarnam offices to find the rooms empty and the doors locked. The company has notified some workers that it has commenced liquidation proceedings and many of those have claimed they are owed thousands of pounds in wages. A letter to employees from insolvency firm Finn Associates advised there will be a meeting of creditors on 13 August. Ms Neagle has arranged a public meeting for former workers on Monday at Mount Pleasant Hall in Pontnewydd. "The immediate priority now has got to be to try and support the many staff who have been devastated by this news," she said. Shadow Economy Minister William Graham said Welsh taxpayers "will rightly question" whether Welsh government's investment in the project represented value for money. Torfaen council confirmed it will be contacting seven clients employed by the company as part of the UK government's Work Programme. According to the Welsh government, support provided to the company stipulated jobs should be in place for at least three years. "We will, with immediate effect, be seeking repayment of relevant grant sums," the spokesperson added. "We have also mobilised the Welsh Contact Centre Forum, who can signpost affected staff to potential new job opportunities, and we will keep the situation under review."

A call centre in Torfaen which received £600,000 funding from the Welsh government has gone into liquidation.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 27 January 2015 Last updated at 07:56 GMT Dr Tim Ladbrooke said: "The week before Christmas was 175% busier than any week we'd ever had before." In the first of a series on London healthcare, BBC London political correspondent Karl Mercer speaks to those feeling the strain, including nurse Eugene Maynard; Andrew Rees, from the Liberty Road Practice; receptionist Lucy Dogley-Darani; and pharmacist Rubinder Authi.

Frontline NHS staff at 111 centres, GP clinics and pharmacies say they are facing unprecedented pressure.

The deal to stop fighting was agreed between the Syrian government and some rebel groups fighting against them. There has been a war in Syria since 2011 and since then, it's thought 300,000 people have lost their lives. Four million people, including children, have been forced to leave the country and seek safety in nearby countries and Europe. So far, the new ceasefire, which started at midnight on Thursday, seems to be holding, although there have been reports of isolated fighting in some areas. Read our guide to find out more about why there is a war in Syria and why the city of Aleppo is so important. A ceasefire is an agreement by opposing sides to stop fighting in a war. This can be for a certain amount of time as a short break or it can be agreed for a longer period of time. In this ceasefire in Syria, there are many groups involved. Syrian government forces, the Free Syrian Army and many rebel groups have all agreed to the ceasefire. But not all groups operating in the country are part of the deal. The group that calls itself Islamic State and other extremist Islamist groups, are not part of the ceasefire. Islamic State have taken over large parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq and fighting against them is continuing, whilst the ceasefire is underway. If the ceasefire does continue to hold, then peace talks aimed at ending the war in Syria could be held within a month.

A new ceasefire is underway in the war torn country of Syria in the Middle East.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Martin Dempsey said the shipment "will embolden the regime and prolong the suffering" that has killed 80,000. The sophisticated anti-ship missiles could be used to counter any future foreign military intervention, US officials told The New York Times. Some 1.5 million people have fled the conflict, says the UN refugee agency. Most have fled to Jordan and Lebanon, but not all have been registered yet, meaning the true total is likely to be far higher, according to the UNHCR. Meanwhile, Syria's national production has dropped by 40% and the number of people living below the poverty line has risen from two million to five million in just two years, according to the man in charge of the UN's plans for reconstructing Syria after the conflict. Abdullah al-Dardari, a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar al-Assad's administration, told the BBC that rebuilding what has been destroyed would cost up to $80bn. Gen Dempsey's description of Moscow's decision to send missiles to Syria as "ill-timed and very unfortunate" comes amid growing alarm that chemical weapons may have been used in the country, something US President Barack Obama has said would be "a red line". Statistics: IISS Why Russia sells Syria arms Russia is one of Syria's few remaining allies and a long-term arms supplier to the Assad regime. Over the years, in contracts worth billions of dollars, it has sold thousands of tanks, artillery units, aircraft, helicopters and defence systems to Damascus. In 2007, the two countries signed a deal on the supply of Yakhont missiles which, with a range of 300km (200 miles), could prove a threat to warships in the Mediterranean. Although there have been growing calls for arms to be channelled to the rebel fighters in Syria, there has so far been very limited enthusiasm in the West for outright military intervention. But there is concern that the presence of sophisticated Russian-supplied weaponry will make it much harder to agree and carry out such intervention, implement a blockade or conduct targeted airstrikes in the future. Without confirming reports of the missile shipment, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said the supply of missiles did not break any international rules. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Mr Lavrov in Sochi on Friday to discuss plans for an international conference to try to find a way of ending the Syrian conflict, which would aim to bring together the Syrian opposition and members of Mr Assad's government. The UN estimates that 80,000 people have died in the uprising, and that some 4.25 million people have been displaced within the country. The simmering conflict has raised tensions on Syria's borders: On Friday, Turkish state media reported at least 10 people were killed when a fuel tank exploded in the southern town of Altinozu in Hatay province, where car bombs killed 50 people last week. The fuel tank was set alight by smugglers during a raid by police, officials said. Frustrated by the lack of international consensus on Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has had talks this week with President Obama in Washington where he was expected to call for a more assertive stance. Mr Erdogan said on Friday the UN should discuss imposing a no-fly zone inside Syria at the international conference being mooted. "With respect to a no-fly zone... it is not a decision that could be taken between the United States and Turkey. It is something that would have to come through the UN Security Council," he said.

The US has chided Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government.

After beating France 19-10, Wales have two wins and a draw as they travel to face unbeaten England at Twickenham in round four. But the style of their fifth consecutive win over the French has been criticised in some quarters. "It's a bit baffling, but it is Wales isn't it, it [the reaction] does happen doesn't it?" said Jenkins. "I'm not going to lie, it was a funny feeling after the game - but we've just won a test match and we've beaten France, five times on the bounce. "The most important thing for us to keep doing what we're doing, keep trying to improve, keep winning if we can- that's the be-all and end-all isn't it?" The victory over France was Wales' seventh consecutive Six Nations match without defeat. Kicking coach Jenkins, Wales' record points scorer, was a member of a Wales team that endured a 51-0 hammering against France in 1998. And between 1982 and 1993 France won 12 consecutive internationals against Wales. But even captain Sam Warburton admitted that Friday's win was a not the most exciting. "I remember thinking on the pitch 'the fans are going to start a Mexican wave in a minute - it's pretty boring'," he said. The flanker believes the best is still to come from his side, who face unbeaten England at Twickenham on 12 March. Ospreys scrum-half Rhys Webb, who was first-choice in the 2015 Six Nations, could be called up for training next week. Webb missed the World Cup and the start of the current campaign with a foot injury. His replacement for Wales, Scarlet Gareth Davies has scored six international tries this season. Webb scored a try in his first start for Ospreys this season in Connacht and is set for another appearance away to Leinster on Saturday. "Rhys is a quality player, ideally (he'll get) some more game-time this week and I think they'll re-assess from there. If he can get up and running, he's surely going to be there or thereabouts for us," Jenkins told BBC Wales Sport. "I'm not saying (he could be in the squad) against England, but he could well come into the equation in terms of the wider squad." Wales do not yet know whether lock Luke Charteris will recover from a knee injury in time to play for Racing 92 against Agen on Saturday, or to be back in contention for the England game. Meanwhile, Jenkins has defended Wales's achievements in the Six Nations, as they head to Twickenham still unbeaten.

Neil Jenkins says he is baffled by some of the criticism of his team's style in the Six Nations.

Convicted murderer Sweat, 35, was shot twice and captured less than two miles (3km) from the Canadian border. His prison-break partner Richard Matt, 49, was killed by police on Friday. The two murderers escaped three weeks ago from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora through the sewer system after using power tools to break out of their cell. The spectacular escape set off a massive manhunt. Sweat was shot and seized in the town of Constable on Sunday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo told a news conference. He said Sweat was shot twice in the torso and was now in hospital in stable condition. The convict was spotted by a police officer on patrol and shot when he tried to run away. "The nightmare is finally over," the governor said. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wrote on its Twitter page: "#DavidSweat of the #PrisonBreakNY captured. Sleep peacefully New York." The Buffalo News website earlier quoted a source who said that the convict's wound were "life-threatening" and he was bleeding badly. Matt was shot dead near the town of Malone. The pair had been making their way through rugged forests in upstate New York, stealing food and guns from woodland cabins along the way. US officials have charged prison worker Joyce Mitchell with aiding the two inmates in their escape. Prosecutors allege that she gave the men power tools that allowed them to saw through a steel cell wall before bashing a hole through a brick wall and crawling through. Ms Mitchell denies the charges. Clinton correction officer Gene Palmer is also accused of aiding the convicts. Officials allege that he gave Sweat and Matt the frozen hamburger meat Ms Mitchell had used to hide hacksaw blades and a screwdriver. Mr Palmer's attorney said his client had no knowledge that the meat contained the escape tools. Matt was serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life for the killing and dismembering of his former boss. Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff's deputy. Manhunt timeline

Second New York State prison escapee David Sweat is in custody after being shot by police, US officials report.

The "twisted light" approach relies on what is called light's orbital angular momentum, which has been put forth as an unexploited means to carry data. Now a number of researchers, including some formally commenting in New Journal of Physics, say the idea is misguided. Responding in the same journal, the approach's proponents insist the idea can in time massively boost data rates. That promise is an enticing one for telecommunications firms that are running out of "space" in the electromagnetic spectrum, which is increasingly crowded with allocations for communications, broadcast media and data transmission. So others are weighing in on what could be a high-stakes debate. "This would be worth a Nobel prize, if they're right. Can you imagine, if all communications could be done on one frequency?" asked Bob Nevels of Texas A&M University, a former president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Antennas and Propagation Society. "If they've got such a great thing, why isn't everyone jumping up and down? Because we know it won't work," he told BBC News. The disagreement in New Journal of Physics provides a window on the time-honoured practice of open debate in academic journals (as opposed to the increasingly widespread approach of debating issues before they are even formally published): a kind of "he says, she says" with references. The principle behind the idea is fairly simple. Photons, the most basic units of light, carry two kinds of momentum, a kind of energy-of-motion. One, spin angular momentum, is better known as polarisation. Photons "wiggle" along a particular direction, and different polarisations can be separated out by, for example, polarising sunglasses or 3D glasses. But they also carry orbital angular momentum - in analogy to the Earth-Sun system, the spin angular momentum is expressed in our planet spinning around its axis, while the orbital angular momentum manifests as our revolution around the Sun. The new technique aims to exploit this orbital angular momentum, essentially encoding more data as a "twist" in the light waves. That the phenomenon exists is not in question - it has been put to use recently in studying black holes, for example. What makes the current debate devilishly complex is arguing whether experiments by Bo Thide of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and colleagues really do use and benefit from it. The team has carried out very public demonstrations of the idea, sending data across a Venice lagoon in a test first described in a New Journal of Physics article. But even before that article made it to press, other researchers were questioning the approach's validity. In a paper in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Lund University's Ove Edfors and Anders Johansson argued that what was going on was a version of "multiple input, multiple output" - or Mimo - data transmission, a technique first outlined in the 1970s. "I've been trying to have a discussion with these guys, asking for arguments - because all the arguments they have put forward have been perfectly explainable by standard theories," Prof Edfors told BBC News. "What I get back is 'you don't understand, you're not a physicist', and I say 'well, try to convince me'." Julien Perruisseau-Carrier at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL), and colleagues make much the same argument in their comment paper published this week. But it seems clear that the controversy arises as a conflict between the disciplines of physics and engineering. "These people are physicists, they have their own research," Prof Perruisseau-Carrier told BBC News. "But the authors are trying to spin off some of their work into a telecommunications issue. "The fact is they didn't understand that what they were doing, as we explained, is a subset of something very well-known and documented." Detractors argue that the demonstrations so far have only used two "modes" to transmit information, perfectly replicating a Mimo setup - and that if Prof Thide and colleagues try to extend the work - to the promised tens or hundreds of possible modes, they will fail. For his part, Prof Thide insists that it is the engineers who have misunderstood. "The typical wireless engineer, even if a professor, doesn't know anything about angular momentum," he told BBC News. "The points made by these people... are in contradiction to each and every textbook there is in electrodynamics. This is not something invented by us, something we found out on a coffee break - this is on solid theoretical foundations going back through several Nobel prizes." But the groundswell of resistance to the technique seems to be growing. Prof Nevels and his Texas A&M colleague Laszlo Kish have published a paper in PLOS ONE that they believe is the simple, final proof of its impossibility - and more academics are signing on as co-authors. Prof Perruisseau-Carrier says that the idea will prove itself valid or otherwise soon enough. "They mentioned they have some contact with telecoms companies - we were very happy to see that. There's no doubt that as soon as they defer to a real expert, that people will notice [that the idea is flawed]," he said. "We are convinced that this will not go anywhere."

An idea to vastly increase the carrying capacity of radio and light waves has been called into question.

Mr Marshall-Andrews told The Times he had jumped ship in light of the Brexit campaign and Labour's refusal to stand aside in the Richmond Park by-election. The QC and barrister was MP for Medway from 1997 to 2010. A Labour spokesman said: "Bob Marshall-Andrews has not been a member of the Labour Party for some years." Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said he was "coming over to the only party that is offering a credible opposition to a divisive Tory Brexit government". Mr Marshall-Andrews used to sit with the socialist group of Labour MPs alongside Mr Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell. He pointed to last year's by-election in South West London as a key moment in his decision-making. That Richmond Park election saw the Conservatives and UKIP stand aside in order to avoid taking votes from Zac Goldsmith, while the Greens refused to put up a candidate to allow the Lib Dems a free run. Labour rejected calls to not put up a candidate. "Faced with a common enemy on this historic issue there was an urgent requirement for a common strategy if not common sense. Labour rejected both and fielded a candidate," said Mr Marshall-Andrews.

Former Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews has defected to the Lib Dems after describing Jeremy Corbyn's party as a "political basket case".

The 32-year-old former Charlton, Fulham, Chelsea and Bristol Academy player has been with Yeovil since 2015. She netted seven goals in her first term for the Lady Glovers and a further seven in 2016 as Yeovil won WSL 2. "I am so happy to be given another opportunity with Yeovil to play in WSL 1," Heatherson told the club website.

Yeovil Town Ladies forward Annie Heatherson has signed a new contract with the Women's Super League One club ahead of the 2017 WSL 1 Spring Series.

Radioactive cooling water was also mistakenly discharged into a submarine reactor compartment, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) reported. Reporting of safety incidents at the base, which refits Britain's nuclear submarines, was "below standard". Contractor Babcock International said safety was its "highest priority". The ONR issued a legal notice to improve after an incident last year in which a worker was contaminated with radiation. The ONR said the dose was "very small" but it "highlighted shortfalls" in health and safety at the yard. Babcock has been ordered "to bring the arrangements up to an acceptable standard" before the end of January 2016. The ONR said five other incidents broke safety rules between October and December last year. They were: The ONR also reported "shortfalls in the operation of the emergency monitoring vehicles" during a nuclear submarine accident exercise. Peter Burt, researcher at the anti-nuclear weapons pressure group Nuclear Information Service, said: "This is a worrying string of events in a short time at Devonport. "If the site operators are not able to improve performance rapidly the MoD should take steps to take the operating contract away from Babcock." Nuclear engineering consultant John Large, who has advised the government and environmental groups on nuclear issues, said: "These are not uncommon incidents in a complex operation like Devonport. "But the level of detail is not good enough. For instance what is the connection with the torpedo tubes and a radiological incident on the submarine?" The ONR declined to go into any more detail on the incidents, saying the reports were intended as summaries. Babcock said in a statement: "Improvements relating to the ONR enforcement notice and other recently reported incidents at Devonport Royal Dockyard are being addressed through a broader nuclear safety improvement programme to further enhance our current high levels of safety, in agreement with ONR." Plymouth City Council said it "takes the safety of nuclear operations at Devonport extremely seriously, as does the site operator. "It is protocol that we are informed immediately of any safety issues or incidents that are likely to be of concern to the wider public. "The operator also reports on its safety performance every six months at the local liaison committee." The Ministry of Defence (MoD) declined to comment.

Devonport naval base has been warned of legal action after a worker received a dose of radiation amid a series of safety breaches.

The Bath winger, 22, missed matches against France and Wales after injuring his hamstring in January. Head coach Eddie Jones said on Sunday that he was "confident" Watson would feature against Italy. The defending champions have also retained Northampton Saints prop Paul Hill for the week-long training camp. Forwards: Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Jamie George (Saracens), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), Paul Hill (Northampton Saints), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins) , Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints). Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).

Anthony Watson has been included in England's 25-man training squad for their Six Nations game against Italy on 26 February.

Mr Murray, who was elected as Labour's only Scottish MP in 2015, held the Edinburgh South seat with 26,269 votes. The SNP came second with 10,755 votes. His majority increased significantly from 2,637 two years ago to 15,514. Across the capital, the SNP held three seats - Edinburgh South West, North and Leith and Edinburgh East, while the Lib Dems gained Edinburgh West. In his victory speech at the Meadowbank count in the city, Mr Murray told his supporters: "I stood here two years ago bemoaning the loss of my colleagues but tonight the Scottish Labour Party is back. "Nobody wanted this general election. Theresa May called this election to get rid of scrutiny in parliament for the hard Brexit she wanted to deliver. "Well the people of this country, the people of Scotland, have said tonight that we do not give the prime minister a blank cheque for a hard Tory Brexit." Mr Murray also told Nicola Sturgeon that his party's result was a verdict on SNP calls for another vote on independence. He said: "And to the first minister, we said at the start of this campaign that Scotland didn't want a second independence referendum. "The people of Edinburgh South have hammered the final nail in that coffin tonight." Tommy Sheppard won Edinburgh East with 18,509 votes, beating Labour's Patsy King into second place on 15,084. "The overwhelming story of tonight is that this is the Conservative Party snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," Mr Sheppard said. "There is one clear victor in the general election in Scotland, one party that is on course to win more seats than all other parties put together, and that party is the Scottish National Party. "Ruth Davidson sought a mandate in this election to try to prevent the people of Scotland having a choice about their future and she has overwhelmingly been rejected by the Scottish electorate." Nationalist Deidre Brock held her constituency Edinburgh North and Leith with 19,243 votes, despite a strong challenge from Labour's Gordon Munro on 17,618. The SNP's Joanna Cherry also kept her Edinburgh South West seat, with 17,575 votes to the Conservative Miles Briggs on 16,478. But Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine took Edinburgh West with 18,108 votes to 15,120 for the SNP's Toni Giugliano. The seat was won by Michelle Thomson in 2015, who later resigned the SNP whip after allegations relating to property transactions. Ms Jardine said: "We've been away for a wee while but the Scottish Liberal Democrats are back." Across the Forth in Fife, the SNP held the area's North East seat with just two votes. It was the final Scottish seat to declare in the UK general election, after a third recount. The SNP's Stephen Gethins won 13,743 votes compared with Janet Riches of the Scottish Liberal Democrats who polled 13,741. It is the joint-third narrowest victory in UK general election history and the closest since the Lib Dem's Mark Oaten won Winchester by two in 1997. Mr Gethins saw his majority cut from 4,344 in 2015. Labour's Lesley Laird took Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from the SNP with 17,016 votes, while the SNP's Peter Grant held Glenrothes with a much reduced majority over Labour's Altany Craik. The SNP also held Dunfermline and West Fife, with Douglas Chapman securing 18,121 votes compared with Labour's Cara Hilton on 17,277.

Labour's Ian Murray has increased his majority by more than 15,000 to secure his seat in Scotland's capital.

The labour peer, who died in December, was accused of sex offences against children - which his family deny. The hearings, part of the Goddard Inquiry into child sexual abuse, were due to start in September but have been put back because of other inquiries. Leicestershire Police and the IPCC are investigating people allegedly linked to the case. The Goddard Inquiry, chaired by Dame Lowell Goddard, set to be the biggest public inquiry in British history, held a preliminary hearing earlier for its investigation into the former Leicester MP, one of 13 cases it has announced so far. On Monday, the IPCC announced 11 people are to be investigated over their handling of allegations against the peer. Announcing the delay Ben Emmerson QC, counsel to the inquiry, said there are "good reasons to reconsider on timing and structure of the hearings." He said the Leicestershire force and the IPCC (Independent Police Complaints Commission) will soon interview complainants and witnesses who are also scheduled to give evidence. Postponement was "only responsible" in the circumstances, meaning the public hearings will now commence on 7 March 2017 and conclude by the end of May. Mr Emmerson revealed 33 alleged victims of Lord Janner have now been granted core participant status in the inquiry, meaning they have the right to make statements, see documents and seek permission to ask questions. Seven organisations and institutions, including the Labour Party, have previously been given the same status, which has also been granted to two individual police officers, including current Derbyshire chief constable Mick Creedon, who investigated Lord Janner for the Leicestershire force in the early 1990s. The inquiry has not received an application for core participant status from Lord Janner's family, but Mr Emmerson said there was "ongoing correspondence with their legal representatives". There have been suggestions from the family, Mr Emmerson said, that it would be "unfair" for the inquiry to make findings of fact because Lord Janner is unable to defend himself and alleged victims will not be subject to cross-examination. He said that in some cases it will be necessary to make findings of fact but only if it was fair to do based on the evidence. On the issue of cross-examination, Mr Emmerson said the inquiry is an inquisitorial process rather an adversarial one, but that he, as counsel, could still nevertheless explore the credibility of witnesses. In a statement, the peer's lawyer said: "Lord Janner was an honourable man, entirely innocent and never convicted of any crime." The hearing, at the Royal Courts of Justice, was also told the Goddard Inquiry as a whole has so far received disclosure of 35,000 documents and is receiving up to 100 communications from the public each week.

Public hearings into allegations of abuse relating to Lord Janner have been delayed by six months.

One of Tata's two galvanised steel lines could be closed from the end of October or November, according to Keith Jordan from the Community union. The company said the line could be restarted in better market conditions. Last month, Tata announced it was mothballing part of its plant in Newport for the third time in six years with the loss of hundreds of jobs. Mr Jordan said it was hoped many of the Shotton workers will be moved to the second line, which produces 350,000 tonnes of steel per year or 7,000 tonnes per week. The Shotton site is part of Tata Steel Colors which produces metallic and paint coated products for the construction industry and domestic appliances. A company spokesman said: "We continue to be in discussions with employees, their representatives and the employers of contractors and agency staff about possible implications for employment levels. "Every effort will be made to redeploy any affected employees within the business."

A production line at Deeside's Shotton steelworks is being mothballed which could affect 40 jobs, a union has said.

The shadow education secretary wants the GCSE system updated to include academic and vocational subjects. In a motion in the House of Commons, he will call for a "new political consensus" on education policy. "We have a long-standing mismatch between the education system and the labour market," says Mr Hunt. Mr Hunt is understood to want a more "constructive" approach to opposition after Labour's general election defeat. The motion in the House of Commons will emphasise the common goals of wanting to improve education to drive economic growth and calls on the government to create a cross-party review "to cover exams, educational institutions and curriculum". Mr Hunt wants to build a political consensus on moving away from the current GCSE system, which he argues needs to be overhauled when the leaving age has risen to 18 and these are no longer the final school-leaving exams. The shadow education secretary wants a broader baccalaureate system incorporating both vocational and academic exams. But such a change would need to be introduced over a longer period than the next Parliament - and Mr Hunt's move is an attempt to "begin a conversation". Mr Hunt says that the exams system is no longer delivering the skills needed for the labour market. "We need a new political consensus to put it right. That is why I am calling on the government to initiate a cross-party review of 14-19 education in this country. "We should leave nothing off the table. Our only goal should be establishing consensus on the changes needed in our 14-19 education system to secure for our country the long-term economic growth and productivity that we need to succeed." Education Secretary Nicky Morgan promised during the election campaign there would be no more "constant upheaval or constant change" in the next five years. The major changes to the exam system and curriculum, announced in the previous coalition government, will be implemented during the next Parliament. These include phasing in a more "rigorous" set of GCSEs and A-levels, with less coursework and modules and a greater emphasis on exams at the end of two years. On Tuesday, the education secretary announced that the revised grading system for GCSEs would have a tougher pass mark than at present.

Labour's Tristram Hunt is calling for a cross-party review to work on long-term changes to England's exams and curriculum for 14 to 19-year-olds.

The admission comes a day after mSpy told BBC News it had not been hacked and no data had been stolen. It has also emerged that the UK's Information Commissioner is investigating the company. It told the BBC it was "aware of the breach and is trying to find out where the company is based". MSpy offers software it says is aimed at parents worried about what their children are up to online and employers who want to legitimately track their employees. But it is also used for more nefarious purposes, such as spouses spying on their partners. Security expert Brian Krebs broke the news that a vast vault of highly personal data from mSpy customers had been dumped on the so-called dark web - an area of the internet that cannot be reached by traditional search engines. He had been contacted by an anonymous source who had sent him a link to the data on a Tor-based site - technology that allows people to mask the identity of their websites. BBC News has now also been sent links to the data, which it is currently analysing. After insisting that the data was fake and no breach had taken place, mSpy has now admitted that data had been stolen. "Much to our regret, we must inform you that data leakage has actually taken place," spokeswoman Amelie Ross told BBC News. "However, the scope and format of the aforesaid information is way too exaggerated." She said that 80,000 customers had been affected. Initial reports suggested up to 400,000 customer details had been exposed. "Naturally, we have communicated with our customers whose data could have been stolen, and described them a situation. We put in place all the necessary remedial measures and continue to work on mechanism of data encryption," she added. Mr Krebs said that he had also contacted "multiple customers of mSpy" via the link he had been sent. "I spent the better part of the day today pulling customer records from the hundreds of gigabytes of data leaked from mSpy. I spoke with multiple customers whose payment and personal data — and that of their kids, employees and significant others — were included in the huge cache. All confirmed they are or were recently paying customers of mSpy," he wrote in his blog. Katherine Till, one of the customers contacted by Mr Krebs, confirmed to him that she and her husband had paid mSpy to monitor the mobile device of their 14-year-old daughter. She told the security expert that she was unaware of any breach. "This is disturbing, because who knows what someone could do with all that data from her phone," she told Mr Krebs. Another user whose financial and personal data was in the cache asked not to be identified but told the security expert that he had paid mSpy to secretly monitor the mobile device of a "friend." The Information Commissioner's Office advised customers worried that their data might have been exposed to contact mSpy in the first instance. "If they get no joy with the company, they can get in touch with us," a spokesman said. Its initial investigation is aimed at finding out whether the company, which has a London office, is based in the UK. The BBC has been told the company is based in California. The company is also under fire in the US, with Minnesota senator Al Franken describing the software as "nothing short of terrifying" and likening it to "stalking apps". He wants the government to investigate the company and has written to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. He writes: "I believe every American has a fundamental right to privacy, which includes the right to control whether and with whom personal, sensitive information - including location data - is being shared."

A company offering software that allows people to spy on others has admitted it has been hacked and had thousands of customer records leaked online.

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr, 74, targeted the sites in Kansas last year and will be put to death by lethal injection. Johnson County District Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan said: "Your attempt to bring hate to this community, to bring terror to this community, has failed." Miller responded to the sentence, by shouting "heil Hitler" before he was removed from the courtroom. He was convicted of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges. Miller, also known as Frazier Glenn Cross, represented himself during the trial. He admitted to killing William Corporon, 69, and his grandson Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, outside the Jewish Community Centre in Overland Park, Kansas. Terri LaManno, 53, was killed outside a Jewish retirement centre. Miller told the jurors he "knew" they were going to put him on death row, and he did not care what sentence he would receive. He said he was motivated to kill Jews before he died because he believes they have too much power. Before the shooting, Miller founded several white supremacist groups and later ran twice for elected office on a white power platform.

A judge has sentenced a white supremacist to death for the killing of three people at two Jewish centres.

New analysis for BBC News shows that many people relying on their savings income are worse off than ever before. Savings rates plummeted after the Bank of England slashed its base rate in the financial crisis. Since last autumn, as the economic outlook has worsened, they have fallen again. Tax-free Isas, fixed rate bonds and easy access accounts are all at or near their lowest points. In research carried out for the BBC, the rate-checking firm Savings Champion recorded 1,440 savings rate cuts last year and more than 230 so far this year. While low interest rates are welcomed by mortgage borrowers, they strike fear into those at or near retirement who had hoped that income from their nest eggs would help pay the bills. "There's no light at the end of the tunnel," says 76-year-old Mick Bridge, one of a group of ramblers from Chesterfield who all depend on savings. "Like most retired people, there was a plan and suddenly it's not like it was anymore. The pot's disappearing." Fellow walker Sharon Beresford is worried that low interest rates will leave more older people needing help to pay for care. "It's helping young people buy houses, but it's not helping me," she says, "There are a lot of us to be looked after." The fall in rates has come across the board, with significant reductions from National Savings & Investments, Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Nationwide Building Society. The average return from the five best easy access accounts has dropped from more than 3% in 2012 to under 1.3%. Tax-free Isa rates are at their lowest ever. The average variable rate Isa is down to 1%, while a typical fixed-rate Isa pays 1.4%. Another Chesterfield rambler, 63-year-old Judith Knowles, started dipping into her savings when she discovered she would have to wait for her state pension because women's pension ages were being raised. Low savings rates have forced her to dip in again. "It's worrying," she says. "I've had letters saying the rates are going down even more." Some rates of return are so tiny that savers can improve their situation by switching to a better offer. First Direct pays just 0.05% to customers in its Savings Account, while Santander has an Easy Isa with an interest rate of a mere 0.1%. Anna Bowes, director of Savings Champion, traces the problem back to a decision by the previous Coalition government to supply banks with cheap money to boost their lending. "The competition between providers has been sucked out of the market," she explains, "They just don't need to raise money from savers any more, which has had a devastating impact." A spokesman for the British Bankers' Association said: "These have been frustrating times for savers. The Bank of England's base rate has remained at a record low for several years. "While this has been good news for borrowers, it has fostered a low-interest-rate environment which has not been easy for many savers to bear." The looming EU referendum has confused the outlook for savers, with George Osborne warning borrowers that a vote to leave could lead to higher interest rates and others speculating that uncertainty could prompt the Bank of England to cut its base rate again. Behind the scenes, senior bankers warn that very low savings rates are likely to be the "new normal", given the precarious economic situation across the world.

Interest rates for savers have fallen to new record lows, after hundreds of cuts in recent months and more than 1,000 in the past year.

MI6 and and GCHQ advertised on the Mumsnet website for the first time this year, and MI5 has raised its target for women employees to 45% by 2021. Flexible working and the importance of "high emotional intelligence" are also being stressed in recruitment. The agencies were responding to calls from MPs to recruit more women. Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee reported in March 2015 that 37% of intelligence agency staff were women and women only make up 19% of senior civil servants in the agencies. One year on, the government says that it and the agencies - internal security service MI5, external spy agency MI6 and the government listening post GCHQ - "agree wholeheartedly" with the need for "diversity" in agency staff. It says action has been taken since the report was published to "increase their focus" on "all aspects of diversity", including recruiting more women. Recruitment targets, "diversity champions", events such as a recent "Women in Cyber" event and more career support for female officers are part of efforts to employ more women and encourage talented existing women to apply for promotion. They also say they are doing more to "promote a flexible working culture" for men and women with childcare commitments and to allow women returning from maternity leave to take up their old jobs - including in intelligence roles. The three agencies also said they were always looking for "new and innovative ways to recruit those with the right skills, mind-set and diversity of approach". MI5 had already used Mumsnet as well as local newspapers to target women "not currently in work" while the other two agencies did so for the first time this year. GCHQ has also removed a requirement of a 2:1 university degree from its "fast-stream" recruitment to encourage women who had followed a "non-traditional graduate route". The government said the initiatives were having an effect as MI5 had recently been placed in the Times Top 50 employers for women and had increased its number of new female employees by 5% to 46% of new recruits. GCHQ had seen applications from women rise to 40%. MI6 had increased its female recruitment targets for 2016/17 after seeing a 4% drop in women - to 41% of new recruits. The government also said career support for female staff was having a "real impact" with increased numbers of women applying for senior roles in MI5.

UK intelligence agencies say they are recruiting more female staff - and are targeting middle-age and "mid-career" women for jobs.

It comes after one was found hiding under a water tank in a garden at Kirton Holme, near Boston, Lincolnshire, over the Easter weekend. Inspector Becky Harper said: "While he is very cute, we'd like to stress that raccoon dogs don't make good pets." "They are wild animals and we would strongly discourage people from buying or keeping one," she said. "They need a great deal of space, and their needs cannot be met in a typical domestic environment." More on this and other local stories from across Lincolnshire The RSPCA said it had dealt with a number of call-outs in recent years to stray pet raccoon dogs that have escaped, or been deliberately released to the wild. Ms Harper added that the animals posed a high level of threat to our native wildlife. The raccoon dog - now nicknamed Cedric by RSPCA staff - is being cared for at a specialist centre after efforts to trace its owners failed. He is due to be re-homed to a specialist keeper.

The RSPCA has issued a warning against what it says is a growing trend for keeping raccoon dogs as pets.

It addresses his 1952 conviction for gross indecency following which he was chemically castrated. He had been arrested after having an affair with a 19-year-old Manchester man. The conviction meant he lost his security clearance and had to stop the code-cracking work that had proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. The pardon was granted under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy after a request by Justice Minister Chris Grayling. "Dr Alan Turing was an exceptional man with a brilliant mind," said Mr Grayling. He said the research Turing carried out during the war at Bletchley Park undoubtedly shortened the conflict and saved thousands of lives. 2012 saw a series of events that celebrated the life and work of Alan Turing. The events were held to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth Celebrating Turing Turing's work helped accelerate Allied efforts to read German Naval messages enciphered with the Enigma machine. He also contributed some more fundamental work on codebreaking that was only released to public scrutiny in April 2012. "His later life was overshadowed by his conviction for homosexual activity, a sentence we would now consider unjust and discriminatory and which has now been repealed," said Mr Grayling. "Turing deserves to be remembered and recognised for his fantastic contribution to the war effort and his legacy to science. A pardon from the Queen is a fitting tribute to an exceptional man." The pardon comes into effect on 24 December. Turing died in June 1954 from cyanide poisoning and an inquest decided that he had committed suicide. However, biographers, friends and other students of his life dispute the finding and suggest his death was an accident. Many people have campaigned for years to win a pardon for Turing. Dr Sue Black, a computer scientist, was one of the key figures in the campaign. She told the BBC that she hoped all the men convicted under the anti-homosexuality law would now be pardoned. "This is one small step on the way to making some real positive change happen to all the people that were convicted," she said. "It's a disgrace that so many people were treated so disrespectfully." Some have criticised the action for not going far enough and, 59 years after Turing's death, little more than a token gesture. "I just think it's ridiculous, frankly," British home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair told the BBC. "He's been dead these many years so what's the point? It's a silly nonsense. "He was such a fine, great man, and what was done was appalling of course. It makes no sense to me, because what's done is done." Lord Sharkey, a Liberal Democrat peer who wrote a private member's bill calling for a royal pardon in July 2012, said the decision was "wonderful news". "This has demonstrated wisdom and compassion," he said. "It has recognised a very great British hero and made some amends for the cruelty and injustice with which Turing was treated." Vint Cerf, the computer scientist known as one of the founding fathers of the internet, also welcomed the development. "The royal pardon for Alan Turing rights a long-standing wrong and properly honours a man whose imagination and intellect made him legendary in our field," he told the BBC. Technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch added: "Society didn't understand Alan Turing or his ideas on many levels but that was a reflection on us, not on him - and it has taken us 60 years to catch up." Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said: "I pay tribute to the government for ensuring Alan Turing has a royal pardon at last but I do think it's very wrong that other men convicted of exactly the same offence are not even being given an apology, let alone a royal pardon. "We're talking about at least 50,000 other men who were convicted of the same offence, of so-called gross indecency, which is simply a sexual act between men with consent." Mr Tatchell said he would like to see Turing's death fully investigated. "While I have no evidence that he was murdered, I do think we need to explore the possibility that he may have been killed by the security services. He was regarded as a high security risk," he said. Glyn Hughes, the sculptor of the Alan Turing Memorial in Manchester, said it was "very gratifying" that he had finally been pardoned. "When we set out to try and make him famous - get him recognised - it was really difficult to collect money," he said. Turing's life is the subject of upcoming Hollywood movie The Imitation Game, which focuses on the cracking of the Enigma code. Starring Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, the film is due for release next year. Channel 4's TV film Codebreaker, about the highs and lows of Turing's life, was aired in 2011. And during the 2012 celebrations of the centenary of Turing's birth, a Welsh digital arts festival - the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival - featured a laser image of Turing projected from Conwy Castle into the sky. Although Turing was born in London, he had strong connections with north Wales. The Italianate village of Portmeirion in Gwynedd was one of Turing's favourite places. But it was in northern England where Turing spent the last six years of his life, working at Manchester University in various specialist fields including mathematical logic and philosophy. "None of the big computer companies would stump up a penny for a memorial. They perhaps would now - we've come a very long way." But he said he was "not entirely comfortable" that Turing had been pardoned while thousands of other gay men had not. "The problem is, of course, if there was a general pardon for men who had been prosecuted for homosexuality, many of them are still alive and they could get compensation." In December 2011, an e-petition was created on the Direct Gov site that asked for Turing to be pardoned. It received more than 34,000 signatures but its request was denied by the then justice secretary, Lord McNally, who said Turing was "properly convicted" for what was at the time a criminal offence. Prior to that in August 2009, a petition was started to request a pardon. It won an official apology from the prime minister at the time, Gordon Brown, who said the way Turing was persecuted over his homosexuality was "appalling".

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon.

The Super League side have played at the ground, which is owned by Bank of Ireland, since 1895. As it stands, their lease will terminate at the end of December. "The current lease and cost of repairs is crippling the club," Carter told BBC Radio Leeds. "We made a reasonable offer of what we could afford over the next 18 months but never got a reply and Wednesday was the deadline that we had to give six months' notice. "The ball is in their court now and it may be that we get no response and they are happy to take back ownership of the ground. I can't talk on their behalf." The Wildcats were hoping to move to a purpose-built stadium for the start of the 2015 season but work has never started on the project. Carter says he has spoken to several different clubs about possible groundshares for 2016. He added: "We've already looked at alternatives because it's no good us saying we have six months to get something sorted - realistically you need to have something in place well before then. "We've had a number of discussions with other grounds at this time, which will remain confidential."

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats chairman Michael Carter says the club could be forced to leave their Belle Vue home after serving notice to the administrators of the ground's lease.

Sylvia Blackburn, 72, suffered serious head injuries outside Bedford Road Lower School, Kempston, on 19 December 2014. Luton Crown Court heard Brian Wright, 55, of Kempston, said he was unable to see at the point of impact. He denies causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Prosecutor Sally Mealing-McLeod said Mrs Blackburn, a lollipop lady for 20 years, had been on duty in Bedford Road as pupils were leaving school on the last day of term. She was wearing a long-sleeved high-visibility orange and yellow coat which had reflective strips and "school crossing patrol" written on the back. When the traffic lights turned red, she stepped out to escort a woman and her six-year-old daughter across the road. Traffic travelling in the opposite direction stopped, but Mr Wright's VW Golf failed to stop and hit her at 14mph, the jury heard. Witnesses described Mrs Blackburn's head hitting the screen pillar of the windscreen before she struck the wing mirror and then the road. The married mother of three was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. She was later transferred to Bedford Hospital and is now at a residential care home for people with an acquired brain injury. Mr Wright, of The Dell, declined to comment in police interview but in a statement said he was blinded by the setting sun and lowered his visor but was unable to see when the collision happened. The court heard the sun was 10 minutes from setting and could have been shining into Mr Wright's eyes. Ms Mealing-McLeod told the jury that if his vision had been affected he should have stopped. The trial continues.

A driver "blinded" by the sun drove through a red light at a pedestrian crossing and knocked down a lollipop lady, a jury has heard.

The Colombia international, who has not played since October following a thigh injury, has been replaced in the squad by new loan signing Alexandre Pato. The 29-year old has made just one Premier League start since signing on a season-long from Monaco last July. Former AC Milan forward Pato, 26, signed for Chelsea last week on a six-month loan from Corinthians. However, the Brazil international has not featured since November as he looks to regain full fitness following a series of injuries. Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink has also included new signing Matt Miazga in both his Champions League and Premier League squad lists for the second half of the season. The United States defender, 20, joined Chelsea on a four-and-a-half-year contract from New York Red Bulls last week. Falcao, who was linked with a deadline day move to former club Atletico Madrid, has been named in Chelsea's 25-man Premier League squad. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed on Monday that Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho, 19, will replace Samir Nasri in City's 25-man Champions League squad. France international midfielder Nasri, 28, is set for at least another two months on the sidelines following a hamstring injury and tendon surgery in November. Clubs featuring in the knock-out stages of the Champions League were required to supply European football's governing body Uefa with their updated squad lists by Tuesday night, but Arsenal have yet to publicly announce any changes to their 25-man squad. The Gunners are expected to make one change, with new midfield signing Mohamed Elneny, 23, replacing defender Mathieu Debuchy, 30, who has joined Ligue 1 side Bordeaux on loan until the end of the season.

Radamel Falcao has been omitted from Chelsea's 25-man squad for the Champions League knock-out stages.

The leaflets said the patient had been referred for an urgent appointment as their symptoms might indicate cancer. East Sussex NHS Trust has put the mix-up down to an external company that distributes its printed material. It said the wrong patient information leaflets were added to hospital appointment letters sent out in March. It has now contacted everyone affected to apologise and explain what went wrong. Liz Fellows, assistant director of operations at the trust, said: "It was an administrative error and we apologise for any unnecessary anxiety this error may have caused." East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust covers Hastings, Eastbourne and Rother, and is responsible for the Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District Hospital. The trust said that due to the large number of appointment letters it sends out it uses an external printing company to print and distribute appointment letters. It said each letter is coded to indicate any supplementary information that needs to accompany it. Ms Fellows said: "Unfortunately, for a short period in March, the printing company inadvertently miscoded approximately 850 letters resulting in a 'two-week information leaflet' being inserted with an appointment letter. "As soon as the error became apparent it was stopped immediately, and letters of apology sent out."

Hospital bosses in Sussex have apologised after about 850 patients were sent leaflets in error suggesting they might have cancer.

Francois Hollande was taking part in a ceremony to mark 70 years since Allied troops liberated the last Nazi camps at the end of World War Two. "The worst can always happen," Mr Hollande said at the site of Natzweiler-Struthof in Alsace. "We prevent it by knowing." Most of the 50,000 inmates were French resistance fighters, but they also included Jews and gypsies. By the time of its liberation, almost half the prisoners had died. The Nazis built and tested one of their first gas chambers at the camp. France has been grappling with rising attacks on both Jews and Muslims after deadly shootings by Islamist gunmen in January, sparking fresh debate about growing social tensions, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris. Commemorations have also been held in northern Germany to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where an estimated 70,000 people were killed, including the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank. The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, remembered the first shocking images to emerge from the camp. "We saw the bulldozers pushing naked bodies into open pits," he said, according to AFP news agency. He remembered "the walking skeletons, the unbelievable sadness and loss," at a ceremony attended by about 70 survivors. Another emotional ceremony took place at the site of another camp - Jasenovac in Croatia - to mark the 70th anniversary of an escape attempt by about 600 inmates. Only 80 or 90 inmates escaped, with the rest shot by guards.

France's president has warned that anti-Semitism and racism "are still here" on a visit to the only Nazi concentration camp on French soil.

Critics of BT say it has not invested enough in Openreach and want it sold. Ofcom's chief executive, Sharon White, is currently reviewing the company's provision of superfast broadband. She said one option was "the structural separation" of Openreach from BT. Ms White explained this was among four possible options being explored. They are: BT is responsible for connecting almost all households to the network regardless of their service provider, as well as improvements to and maintenance of the network. Ms White said the UK was doing fairly well in rolling out superfast broadband compared with other major European economies which suggests a split is not a foregone conclusion. But she said it was unacceptable that 2.5 million homes did not have access to minimal broadband speeds of 10 megabits per second. The UK government has promised that internet providers will be legally obliged to provide this speed to everyone who wants it by 2020. Ofcom completed the first phase of its digital communications review in the summer and is expected to report its recommendations next year. Ms White, a high-flying Treasury civil servant before she arrived at Ofcom, is used to making these kind of decisions, though not under quite the same spotlight. When I interviewed her she told me that Ofcom was still examining all options - but suggested that she was minded to act rather than let things carry on as before: " I think there will be change," she tells me. "We're looking at a number of options, but I think it is very unlikely we will conclude that the status quo which has worked over the last 10 years is where we are likely to be over the next decade." Now, it is still far from certain that Ofcom's Sharon White will recommend that Openreach is split off - and the digital minister Ed Vaizey has already indicated that the government is sceptical about such radical action. But BT knows that it is now under the microscope of a regulator determined to prove that it is the consumer's friend. Read Rory's blog in full Previously Openreach's chief executive Joe Garner has defended their record saying they were installing broadband throughout the country at a "tremendous" rate. BT has always maintained splitting off the Openreach division would be a "mistake", saying only a company the size of BT can ensure future delivery. A spokesperson for BT said in a statement: "The UK's broadband market compares well with other major European countries, but it has also changed beyond recognition in the past decade and regulation needs to be updated to reflect that." "We believe the current model works extremely well but there is always room for improvement and for deregulation given the UK market is now far more competitive than it was a decade ago." Rivals within the industry, who have complained of poor quality of service, slow installation times and repairs, believe dramatic change is needed. A Vodafone spokesperson said: "Regulators must decide. Either break up BT and get the true competitive fibre Britain needs to compete with the world.....or let BT recreate its monopolist past and watch Britain's economy fade away." Following Ofcom's last strategic review 10 years ago, BT was obliged to create Openreach, which gives competing providers equal access to its telephone and broadband network. Essentially, those providers, such as Sky and Vodafone, pay a wholesale price to BT for use of the network and then charge telecoms customers for services.

The status quo between BT and its subsidiary Openreach, which provides the infrastructure connecting people to the internet, is unlikely to continue warns the head of the telecoms regulator, Ofcom.

Police hope the scheme will help reduce financial crime by spotting scams before money has been handed over. The plan is to train every single front-facing employee of banks, building societies and Post Offices. Cash payments to fraudsters are typically much harder to trace than online payments with the vast majority of cases going unsolved. Typical frauds of this kind include paying rogue builders, romance scams and elderly abuse. 'It just didn't add up' Staff at one bank which has trialled the scheme helped stop a customer being swindled out of £13,000. Ray, who is in his 60s, was approached by a builder at his home in London about some work on his house. He had withdrawn £6,000 from his local branch after explaining to staff what it was going to be used for. But when he returned a week later to take out another £13,000 he was recognised by staff member Ann-Marie. She asked him questions about his cash withdrawal which raised suspicions. Ray handed over the flier he had been given with the builder's contact details and staff gave him a call. Ann-Marie added: "The person that answered wasn't very professional and the alarm bells started to ring. Plus the amount he [Ray] wanted to cash and the work he needed done just didn't add up." Staff contacted the police who visited Ray the next day when the builder was at his property. Officers did a background check on the builder and which uncovered suspicious activity and he was arrested. The new scheme, known as the Banking Protocol, is aimed at ensuring banks and police are more active in protecting customers. It is being run as a joint venture between the police, Financial Fraud Action - which represents banks - and Trading Standards. All customer-facing bank staff will be told to look out for specific signs that a client may be the victim of ongoing fraud. If they have suspicions, they are encouraged to call the police and give a special password. Police trained under the protocol will also commit to investigating the fraud as a priority - often visiting the bank branch, or the customer's home, immediately. In some cases, they may be able to catch the criminal waiting outside the bank or the victim's home to collect the cash. Bank staff taking part in the trial scheme in London made 178 calls to police which resulted in 16 arrests. Banks say £1.4m has already been stopped from leaving customer accounts. Police, Financial Fraud Action and Trading Standards have hailed the trial a success. The scheme is expected to begin in the next few weeks with the first 16 police forces trained by the end of June.

All bank staff are to be trained to spot signs that a customer may be withdrawing cash to give to a scammer.

Yates, 19, spent time on loan at both National League club Barrow and League One side Shrewsbury last term. He is the second Forest midfielder to join Kevin Nolan's Magpies, with Jorge Grant making the move last month. Yates is the sixth Notts addition in five days, with ex-Bolton defender Nicky Hunt also among arrivals ahead of Saturday's season opener at Coventry. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Notts County have signed midfielder Ryan Yates on a season-long loan from neighbours Nottingham Forest.

Benjamin Herman, 80, of Hook, Hampshire, denies four counts of sex abuse against a girl under 13 in the early 1970s. Mr Herman is a former equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh. Under cross-examination, the woman told Blackfriars Crown Court: "I am not fantasising, lying or imagining it." Mr Herman held the equerry post between 1971 and 1974, managing the duke's official diary and accompanying him on official visits. He faces three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 13 and one count of indecency with a child between January 1972 and January 1974. The court heard the woman wrote in a letter to her brother last year: "He groomed and manipulated me and assaulted me four or five times." Defence counsel Nerida Harford-Bell accused her of making up "lies", hating "posh people" and hunting for attention. She also suggesting the woman was "hoping to get money from this". The woman told the court: "I don't want any money, I don't want his wretched money. I don't want anybody's money." Members of Mr Herman's family in the public gallery wept as the exchange took place. The trial continues.

A woman who claims she was "groomed" and sexually abused by a former royal aide told a jury she had not made up the story and did not "want his money".

A team from Glasgow University studied recorded speech of Glaswegians from the early 20th Century to the present. They found evidence of common UK accent changes, such as the use of "f" for "th" in words like think, and a dropped letter 'l', as in people to peopo. Overall though, the researchers said the Scots accent remained distinctive. The three-year Sounds of the City study, was led by Professor Jane Stuart-Smith, director of the university's laboratory of phonetics. "We were quite surprised by what we found," she said. "The assumption is that traditional dialects generally across the UK are being eroded and some are dying out altogether, but what we have learned, particularly with the Glasgow accent, is that Scots accents are actually flourishing. "Interestingly, what is not happening in Scotland is the dilution of accents to a more homogenised anglicised accent on the scale that we are seeing in England, and in fact the Scots accent remains very distinctive." As part of its study, the Glasgow team built up a digitised body of recorded speech sounds. The team said its work suggested the distinctive Scots accent had undergone two kinds of changes. One set are common accent changes, which have spread right across the UK, such as the "f" and "l" examples. The team said this change was being spread partly by dialect contact and partly by the popularity of TV shows set in London. The project also uncovered a second set of finer changes local to Scotland. These included how vowels were pronounced in words such as boat, goat and coat, or stop sounds that are pronounced in words like pin, top and cat. The researchers anticipated these sounds either to be stable over time, or perhaps to be changing in the same way as in Anglo-English accents. Their evidence suggested, however, that these features and others were all changing, the changes were local to Scotland and not affected by Anglo-English changes, and that they had been happening for 100 years or more. The Glasgow team said the trigger for some of these changes appeared to be the period around the First World War. The study focused on six audio recordings, made in 1916 and held by the British Library, of Scots soldiers from German Prisoner of War camps. From those recordings researchers found evidence to show that even a century ago, and perhaps even earlier, Scottish accents were already changing. The research and findings of the project will be made available to students and other researchers via an online resource.

The Scots accent is flourishing and proving resilient against a growing homogenised anglicised accent across English regions, new research suggests.

The club will appoint a head coach to look after the first team, with Slade overseeing scouting among other duties. He will be in charge for the final time when they host Birmingham as the Championship season ends on Saturday. "The club feels that it is necessary to have a change. We want to create a spark to take us to another level," said chief executive Ken Choo. Slade joined Cardiff in October 2014 from Leyton Orient and has said he wants to stay with the Bluebirds. He held talks with chairman Mehmet Dalman following the defeat at Sheffield Wednesday which ended their play-off hopes. Slade has insisted he has made ''progress'' at Cardiff this season with the Bluebirds destined to finish either seventh or eighth, having been placed 11th at the end of the 2014-15 season. He succeeded Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who was in charge when Cardiff were relegated from their only season in the Premier League, 2013-14. Cardiff had targeted a place in the play-offs, and fell short as they recorded one win in their previous six matches. Choo's comments hint that the club feel Slade has taken the team as far as he can. "We feel it is necessary to have a vacancy in that position," he said. "And then have some body take it to another level. "This season we have improved significantly. We want to build on it so we are trying to create a leaner and meaner team for next season." "It's going to be different, that's for sure and I've done an awful lot of games as a manager and now that has come to an end," said Slade. "But I will look forward and focus and look to see what I can do help in the process of moving the club forward. "I'm looking forward to the Birmingham game and it really would be nice to go out on a high and get three points to finish the season." BBC Wales football correspondent Rob Phillips says: "The bookies have already installed Craig Bellamy as favourite to take over from Slade, but that is highly unlikely to happen. "Cardiff are looking for an experienced candidate who they believe will build on the stability Slade installed. "Any new recruit would also obviously have to be happy to work with a head of football, which might be off-putting for some."

Russell Slade is to be removed from his role as Cardiff City manager and will take up a new role as head of football.

The 23-year-old joined QPR from Swindon in May but he has only made three appearances for the Championship club. Mark Cooper's League One side have been hit by several injuries this season. "An injury has meant he's subsequently struggled for game time," said QPR's director of football Les Ferdinand. "He's only away for a month. He's still got a massive future at QPR." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Swindon Town have re-signed midfielder Ben Gladwin on a 28-day emergency loan deal from Queens Park Rangers.

Ukrainian officials said inventory work began on Saturday morning with the actual pullback to start in the afternoon. The rebels in the Luhansk region said they were withdrawing tanks. Both sides have committed to pulling out materiel carrying weapons with less than 100mm (4in) calibre. The rebels in the Donetsk region were quoted as saying that they would start pulling out their weapons on 18 October. The withdrawal process is yet to be verified by international monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The pullout date was announced at a meeting of leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany on Friday. Moscow denies sending troops and heavy weapons to the pro-Russian separatists. However, the Kremlin admits that Russian "volunteers" are fighting alongside the rebels in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In a separate development, OSCE monitors said in a statement on Friday they spotted the powerful TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher in Luhansk. A spokesman for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine told the BBC the discovery was particularly significant because of the damage the rockets could cause. The rebels have not commented on the OSCE report. Ukraine crisis: Russia tests new weapons Ukraine 'can't stop Russian armour' In Paris, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, France's Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since they agreed a peace deal for Ukraine in Minsk in February. The so-called Normandy Four meeting assessed all elements of the deal, including the staging of local elections in the rebel-held regions and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. After the meeting, Mr Hollande said the pullout would start on Saturday, with Mr Poroshenko later confirming this in a statement (in Ukrainian). Mr Poroshenko said this process would then continue in stages and should be completed within 41 days. He said the 100m calibre pullout would include not just artillery pieces "but also tanks and mortars". Regarding the elections in the rebel-held areas, the French leader said they must be held according to Ukrainian law, as envisaged in the Minsk peace deal. Mr Poroshenko said the four leaders had supported the idea of the elections based exclusively on Ukrainian legislation and in the presence of OSCE observers, who should be granted full access. However, the rebels said before the Paris talks that they still intended to proceed with staging local elections on their terms. Kiev says such elections - to be held on different dates from the rest of Ukraine and not according to Ukrainian law - would be "fake". A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has been holding since September, although there have been reports of occasional shelling. The clashes in the Luhansk and Donetsk region began in April 2014, a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.

Ukraine's government forces and pro-Russian rebels say they have begun withdrawing weapons from the line of contact in the east of the country.

Torrents of water brought down a suspended ceiling and damaged stock in the Victoria Centre store at about 22:40 BST on Tuesday. Managers had hoped for a weekend reopening but it is now closed "until further notice". Staff have been helping with the clean-up operation. Water poured through from a rooftop room, leaving the top floor under three inches of water and stock "significantly" damaged. A spokeswoman said: "Our teams are working around the clock to get the shop open as quickly as possible and we're sorry for the inconvenience this has caused to our customers."

John Lewis's Nottingham store is to remain closed longer than expected after 80,000 litres of hot water leaked from a ruptured heating pipe.

The plans, "Project Thor" were put forward by the company two years ago in an attempt to build up the scheme. At the time, BHS was owned by Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group. The plans were not implemented and BHS went into administration last month, with a £571m pension scheme hole. BHS at that time was owned by the little-known consortium Retail Acquisitions which bought it from Sir Philip for £1. Project Thor was a complicated set of plans, revealed for the first time on Newsnight but planned in 2014. Among its proposals was giving holders of smaller pensions the chance to have them paid off, as well as changes to contracts with suppliers and an £80m injection from Sir Philip Green, comprised of cash and cancelled loans. Its ambition was to push the BHS scheme nearer to being 100% funded. Newsnight understands the plans were put forward to the Pensions Regulator for approval, but this was never granted. The plans were eventually withdrawn some months before the sale to Retail Acquisitions. The project was not mentioned when the Regulator's chief executive, Lesley Titcomb, gave evidence to a joint meeting of the Works and Pensions and Business, Innovation and Skills committees. The chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, Frank Field, has now written to Ms Titcomb, asking for her analysis of what Project Thor was, how it was structure and why approval was not granted. She has also been asked to provide more details of meetings between the regulator and Arcadia during the run-up to the sale of BHS. During her evidence, Ms Titcomb said that she had first read of the company's sale "in the newspaper", leading to an angry response from Sir Philip Green and a clarification from herself.

MPs investigating the collapse of BHS have written to the Pensions Regulator, demanding more information about plans to restructure the pension scheme - first revealed on the BBC's Newsnight.

The shows will be filmed in early June at Westminster's Central Hall, around 18 miles from where the actor, TV host and Hillingdon native was born in 1978. "To bring The Late Late Show to the UK is a dream come true for me," said the 38-year-old, who now has to make do with a five-storey property in Malibu. "We're going to do our best to make this week in London memorable." The three episodes will air on 7, 8 and 9 June on Sky 1 and will also be available on Now TV. In a video posted on YouTube, Corden and his bandleader Reggie Watts can be seen packing up his show's Los Angeles set. Watts ruefully assumes the show has been cancelled, only to learn it's merely heading across the Atlantic. Corden has been a big hit in the US since taking over the late-night talk show slot on the CBS network in 2015. His Carpool Karaoke segments, which have seen him pootling around La La Land with such luminaries as Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, have proved a particular viewers' favourite. Sky 1's Adam MacDonald said he was "beyond excited" to see "what he and The Late Late Show gang have in store for us". Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

James Corden has had a capital idea - to film three episodes of his late night US talk show on home turf.

The plan, likely to come into force in 2017 and the first in the UK, has already divided opinion among health and medical groups, including some anti-smoking campaigners. But ministers say it is a "balance of risk" and will stop children smoking. Tattoo parlours will also need licences under the Public Health Bill. In taking the decision to bring in the e-cigarette ban, ministers have argued they did not want to take the risk of seeing smoking "normalised" again after the success of the smoking ban. The new tobacco and e-cigarette measures will mean: This final measure is proving the most controversial and is likely to come into force in 2017, but a precise date has not been given. Public Health Wales, local health boards and the BMA are in favour of the e-cigarettes curbs. But anti-smoking campaign group ASH Wales, Cancer Research UK and Tenovus are among those opposed and the British Heart Foundation, British Lung Foundation and Royal College of Physicians want more evidence. In a public consultation on the proposals last year, 79% of responses were opposed. 19% of adults in Wales smoke 16% target by 2020 70% of smokers want to quit 44% tried to quit in past year 2.6m British adults use e-cigarettes 61% of vapers want to quit smoking There have been concerns that it might make it more difficult for smokers using e-cigarettes as a way of stopping. George Butterworth, tobacco policy manager for Cancer Research UK, said there was no evidence of normalisation of e-cigarettes with young people - and those using them were "very, very small numbers". "Those that are, are the type of people who would try alcohol or tobacco cigarettes anyway - so without that evidence we wouldn't support a ban on the use of e-cigarettes indoors under the idea of normalisation," he said. "E-cigarettes are an opportunity for people to move away from tobacco smoking which is very, very bad for their health, and we wouldn't want to put up any barriers to prevent people from quitting cigarettes. " By Nick Triggle, health correspondent E-cigarettes have really divided health opinion - and that in turn has caused confusion. However, the arguments for and against them are in fact typical of many that have been heard down the years in the field of health. That is to say it is all about balancing risk and benefit - and as evidence is still emerging it is only natural to find a variety of opinion. On their own, there is little to recommend the use of e-cigarettes. They contain some toxins and, therefore, in theory are potentially harmful - both to those using them and, possibly, through passive smoking. But this debate is further complicated by the fact that it is not just the merits of e-cigarettes that are being discussed, but their impact on smoking tobacco products. Some, for example, have argued they act as a gateway to real smoking. But, of course, e-cigarettes cannot be seen in isolation. Smoking them - and this is about the only thing that is not disputed - is less harmful than tobacco products. That, in a nutshell, is why some claim they should be treated sympathetically. Officials acknowledge there is divided opinion but believe the evidence is now growing to support a ban. Although the numbers of children using e-cigarettes are low, ministers do not want to take the risk of children seeing smoking "normalised" again after the success in banning smoking. There are similar e-cigarette restrictions in countries like Belgium, Spain and Malta, with proposals in France and Ireland. But this would be a first for the UK. The BMA says it is "vital" that e-cigarettes do not undermine tobacco control and they are particularly worried that the way they are marketed is making them attractive to children. It also says more research is needed to find out whether e-cigarettes actually help smokers to quit. TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS A licensing system is also being drawn up with the tattoo and piercing industry - to produce enforceable professional hygiene and health standards by 2017. There are already around 350 tattoo premises with licences in Wales but there are many others, including self-taught tattooists called "scratchers". It is a recognition that times have changed dramatically since the last legislation in the early 1980s, with tattoos and piercings more popular. There will also be a ban on intimate piercings for the under-16s. Ministers say the industry welcomes the new system - backed up by the threat of prosecution and fines - which will see tattooists having to show they are competent. BETTER ACCESS TO TOILETS Councils will also be expected to produce a local toilets' strategy and to involve shops and other businesses in providing "creative solutions" to meet local needs. It recognises the budget constraints to councils and that it has become an issue of access to "toilets in public" rather than public toilets - those owned and run by local authorities. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said they wanted to get the balance right between all the things that would make a big difference to people's health in the future "while not wanting to intrude on the legitimate rights people have to run their own lives." He added: "The Welsh government has a responsibility to create the conditions which enable people to live healthy lives and avoid preventable harm to their health." Attempts to bring in a minimum price for alcohol are still being worked on but will not be included in the bill until the outcome of a European Court of Justice hearing on similar legislation in Scotland. REACTION Shadow Conservative health minister Darren Millar AM said he feared some aspects of the bill interfered in individual rights. "E-cigarettes are a staging post for many smokers on the road to quitting and moves to restrict them will make it more difficult for smokers to kick the habit," he said. Plaid Cymru health spokeswoman Elin Jones said the assembly now needed to "consider all of the evidence that relates to the effect of e-cigarettes on public health, most of which is newly-emerging". "E-cigarettes are used widely by people who are trying to give up smoking, so we should be very careful not to halt that trend," she said. Welsh Lib Dems leader Kirsty Williams AM said the e-cigarette ban was completely unjustifiable. "The evidence for this decision is wafer thin," she said. "Banning things just for the sake of it isn't a position any government should take." The Royal College of Physicians was disappointed there was no firm action on tackling obesity and physical inactivity "which has a huge impact on health and chronic illness".

People will be banned from using e-cigarettes in enclosed places such as restaurants, pubs and at work in Wales, under a new public health law.

In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the group accused the social network of "disproportionate censorship of Facebook users of colour". The coalition wants the site to specify which rule a deleted post has broken, and provide an appeal process. Facebook has previously responded to a letter submitted by the group, but has not yet replied to the latest one. The social network sometimes removes content that has been reported or flagged by members, if it is judged to have broken the website's guidelines. But the coalition argued that the moderation was "racially biased". "Activists in the Movement for Black Lives have routinely reported the takedown of images discussing racism and during protests, with the justification that it violates Facebook's community standards," the coalition wrote. "At the same time, harassment and threats directed at activists based on their race, religion, and sexual orientation is thriving on Facebook. "Your recent response indicates you are adequately addressing the problem. We disagree." The social network has faced a variety of complaints over perceived censorship of content such as political views, nudity and historical photographs. The coalition behind the letter includes organisations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, Color of Change, and the Center for Media Justice. It said it wanted Facebook to: In a statement, Facebook said: "We have received the letter and are reviewing it."

A coalition of more than 70 civil rights groups has urged Facebook to be clearer about the content it removes.

He said in a tweet: "I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings." Days after he fired Mr Comey in May, the president had tweeted: "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations..." He has been under pressure to produce the tapes amid inquiries into alleged Russian meddling in the election. The House Intelligence Committee had earlier this month asked the White House to hand over any such recordings. James Comey was heading the FBI inquiry into alleged Russian interference in last year's presidential election, and whether the Trump team had any links to Moscow, when he was fired on 9 May. In the days that followed, a succession of stories appeared in US newspapers with allegations surrounding a private meeting Mr Trump had with Mr Comey in the Oval Office in February. They included the claim that the president had asked Mr Comey to drop an investigation into fired National Security Adviser Mike Flynn. It was in that context that Mr Trump sent his tweet, hinting that there were tapes of the conversation. Appearing before Congress earlier this month, Mr Comey confirmed he had been asked by the president to "let go" any possible prosecution of Mr Flynn for lying to federal agents about a conversation with the Russian ambassador. He said he was also asked by the president in no uncertain terms to give assurances that he would be loyal. When asked whether he thought the conversation had been recorded, Mr Comey replied: "Lordy, I hope there are tapes."

US President Donald Trump says he did not make secret recordings of ex-FBI chief James Comey despite an earlier hint to the contrary.

City Quays 3 has a proposed cost of £46m and will be 16-storeys tall. With a target completion date of late 2019, it will provide Grade A space for 3,000 staff. The harbour said it will support 600 jobs during its construction phase. It will be situated beside a hotel, which is currently being built, and two other office developments. Graeme Johnston, the harbour's property director, said the move "is a reflection of how strong the demand for quality office space in Belfast is". He added that at 250,000 sq ft, City Quays 3 will be one of the largest office developments in Northern Ireland. City Quays 1 is home to, among others, US law firm Baker & McKenzie, while City Quays 2 is nearing completion.

Belfast Harbour has submitted a planning application for what would be a third major waterfront office block.

South Africa-born Berg suffered the injury while playing against Nottinghamshire in Barbados. The 35-year-old will be assessed in the next two weeks to decide whether he will need an operation. "If there is an operation then you're looking at probably mid-season," said Benkenstein. "I'm hoping it's only six weeks if he doesn't have to have an operation," he told BBC Radio Solent. "I never like operations and there's a chance he can get better without the operation."

Hampshire coach Dale Benkenstein says all-rounder Gareth Berg could be miss up to half of the upcoming season should he require knee surgery.

Mr Cairns said it would be "completely wrong" to remain in the EU's single market as both major UK parties told voters they wanted to leave. But he played down differences with the Welsh Government over Brexit. The UK government is under pressure to change its approach to leaving the EU, which critics call a "hard Brexit". Mr Cairns's predecessor, Stephen Crabb, claimed the election had changed the terms of the Brexit debate. The Preseli Pembrokeshire MP is backing calls from Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson for Theresa May to adopt a more flexible approach that achieves a consensus across parties. Mr Crabb told BBC Wales: "The majority of business opinion in Wales and the UK supports Britain staying in the single market and staying in the customs union but still coming out of the European Union legally. "And I think that argument needs to get looked at far more closely and if we can't achieve a satisfactory deal based on membership of the single market we need something that is pretty close to it if it's going to achieve the consensus that it needs to across the parties." Wales Office Minister Guto Bebb said the process of listening to devolved governments had begun. "It is seven times more important now because of the result of the election that the devolved countries have a real voice in the process of leaving the European Union," he said. Mr Cairns, newly re-appointed to his role, said he wanted Brexit negotiations, due to start next week, to focus on the right outcome with businesses trading freely. "We've talked about frictionless trade, the Welsh Government have talked about unfettered access. These are one and the same things," he said. "Even the Labour Party don't want to remain part of the single market so it would be completely wrong to stay in the single market when the two largest parties are opposed to that." But Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart echoed Mr Crabb's call for cross-party consensus. He said he did not buy the idea that because Theresa May has had "an unquestionably difficult time for which she takes some of the blame" it means "it's game over".

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has rejected calls for a "softer" Brexit after the general election result led to a hung parliament.

Indonesian jazz pianist Joey Alexander is the youngest performer ever to be nominated for the prestigious music award. He did not win a Grammy but while the young musician performed on stage, the cameras panned across to singer Bruno Mars, who was watching with glistening eyes. Many from Joey's homeland also expressed their admiration and support for the young star. You were definitely the star of the show," tweeted Indonesian music composer Sherina Sinna. Movie-maker Joko Anwar also described him as a "hope". Josiah Alexander Sila was born in Bali's Denpasar city to Christian parents Denny Sila and Farah Leonora Urbach, who ran a tourism business. His parents have described their son's talents as a "gift from God". There were no formal jazz classes in Bali where he grew up, so the young musician took part in jazz sessions with more experienced performers. It was then that his parents decided to make the move to the Indonesian capital Jakarta - home to one of the world's largest jazz festivals - to pursue Joey's musical dream. He went on to win music competitions before his family moved to New York in 2014. The child prodigy taught himself to play piano at age six, after his father bought him an electronic keyboard. Joey has said that learning music came naturally for him, thanks to listening to songs from his father's personal jazz collection. "My dad played a little bit of piano and guitar, but not that professionally," Joey said in an early interview, about falling in love with the piano. "I saw him play and I said, 'I want to play. I want to try this instrument.'" The young musician considers Harry Connick, Jr. and Herbie Hancock among his main musical influences, and also admires Clifford Brown and Miles Davis. There could be something in the blood because he is also the nephew of Indonesian rock singer Nafa Urbach. Renowned Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, discovered Joey after seeing him perform in a YouTube video in 2014. Praising the young pianist on Facebook, he then invited him to play at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's gala, making him him an "overnight sensation". Joey went on to make his US debut, performing at several Jazz festivals. Joey's debut album titled, "My Favourite Things" was released on 12 May, 2015. He was 11 years old at the time of its release. He became the first Indonesian act to crack the US Billboard album charts, debuting at number 174. The record re-entered the charts and peaked at number 59 in January 2016.

He may be only 11, but he delivered a performance that brought the audience at the 2016 Grammy awards to their feet in a standing ovation.

Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres scored the pivotal goal on 72 minutes as Atletico moved within eight points of leaders Barcelona. Antoine Griezmann put Atletico ahead and Denis Cheryshev equalised for Valencia before Torres struck. Valencia had Anderlan Santos sent off on 80 minutes before Yannick Carrasco completed the scoring. Neville suffered just a second defeat in seven games as goalkeeper Diego Alves endured a tough night. Atletico made the brighter start so it was no real surprise when they went ahead in the 24th minute. They squandered possession 25 yards from goal and Griezmann let fly with a low shot that crept inside the near post with home goalkeeper Alves slow to react. The lead lasted just four minutes, however, before Valencia scored as a long pass was cushioned by the head of Paco Alcacer to Cheryshev, who lashed home a left-footed drive from 15 yards. Cheryshev lifted a shot over the crossbar from another Alcacer header seven minutes before half-time as Valencia grew in confidence. Alcacer had a chance to put Valencia ahead just before the hour mark when he latched onto a pass by Sofiane Feghouli but fired straight at goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Moments later Alves made up for his earlier error with a fantastic, one-handed save to keep out a powerful effort by Luciano Vietto. But the keeper could do nothing to stop substitute Torres, who was making his 300th Atletico appearance, putting his side ahead with 18 minutes remaining as he slid in at the far post to turn the ball home after Jose Maria Gimenez flicked on a corner. Santos saw red for two bookable offences with five minutes remaining and Carrasco made it 3-1 five minutes later when he fired straight at Alves, who allowed the ball to creep in under his legs. Earlier in the day, Barcelona kept up their run with a comfortable win at Eibar.

Atletico Madrid kept their La Liga title hopes alive with victory over Gary Neville's Valencia.

Pham Minh Hoang had written articles that "blackened the image of the country", according to the judge at the trial in Ho Chi Minh City. Hoang, 56, admitted having joined an opposition group but said his writings were not aimed at overthrowing anyone. Human rights activists say dozens of government critics in Vietnam have been given long jail terms in recent years. France's foreign ministry had earlier voiced "serious concern" about Hoang's case. His family has said he will appeal against the sentence. His wife, Le Thi Kieu Oanh, said she was "utterly shocked" by the court's decision. "I am losing hope... but as a wife, I will fight until the very end," she told the BBC's Newshour programme. Hoang, who was said to have written 33 articles under the pen name Phan Kien Quoc, asked for leniency, saying he did not know he was breaking the law. "My writings were not aimed at overthrowing anyone," he told the court. "I only pointed out the negative things in society, and I think the country needs to be more democratic." His lawyer said Hoang was only exercising his right to free speech, and drew from his experience in France "where there is a civilised education environment". Subversion has become an increasingly common charge brought against democracy activists in Vietnam - resulting in sentences of up to 15 years in prison, says Nga Pham of the BBC's Vietnamese service. But Hoang received the more lenient jail term of three years for a number of reasons; he is a French citizen, and although he confessed to belonging to the banned opposition group Viet Tan, he said he was not acting under its instruction. Viet Tan is a California-based pro-democracy group that Vietnam considers a terrorist organisation. The US has said there is no evidence to suggest that Viet Tan is a terrorist group.

A French-Vietnamese dissident blogger has been jailed in Vietnam for three years for attempted subversion.

The Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Islamic Action Front, called for broader political representation and a more democratic parliament. People at the protest chanted: "The people want to reform the regime." On Thursday evening, the king dissolved parliament and called early elections, though he did not specify a date. He has said he wants polls to be held by the end of the year. The IAF said it expected 50,000 people to take part in the protest outside the capital's al-Husseini mosque after Friday prayers. But the BBC's Wyre Davies put the turnout at 10,000 people, which he said was the biggest protest seen in Jordan for several years. Video footage showed protesters chanting slogans and waving flags. The AFP news agency quoted people as shouting: "We demand constitutional reform before the people revolt. The people want to reform the regime." A counter-rally, in support of King Abdullah, which organisers had predicted would attract 200,000 supporters, was cancelled late on Thursday in order to prevent clashes between the two groups. Earlier, police said they had detained eight people travelling towards the rally and had seized three vehicles containing sticks, knives and guns. Friday's protest in the capital and the dissolution of parliament come amid mounting opposition anger at the electoral law passed in July by the government of the conservative Prime Minister Fayez al-Tarawneh. The electoral law increased the number of seats in the House of Representatives from 120 to 150 seats and gave the electorate two votes - one for a district representative and one for national level lists that include political parties - replacing the single non-transferable vote. The IAF's leader, Hamza Mansour, dismissed the legislation as "just a cosmetic change meant to buy time and insufficient for real reforms". Opposition parties demanded that 50% of seats be allocated to party lists, but the new electoral law gave them just 27 seats, or 18%. They also complained that the new law would strengthen supporters of the king by allocating three more seats for women from Bedouin districts. This, they argued, would continue to marginalise Jordanians of Palestinian origin - who make up 60% of the population but have little political power - in favour of those descended from Jordan's original Bedouin inhabitants - whose tribes dominate the government and security forces and are the bedrock of the Hashemite monarchy. Traditionally, many of the IAF's supporters have been Jordanians of Palestinian origin. The opposition also demanded that parliament, rather than the king, should have the right to appoint and dismiss the prime minister. Despite the call for reforms, Jordan has so far avoided the unrest and political upheaval that rocked much of the Arab world last year. Protests have been relatively small and have not gained the same level of political momentum as those in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria. Correction 25 January 2013: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that members of the Jordanian security forces were allowed to vote for the first time.

Thousands of Jordanians have attended a protest demanding political reforms in Amman, hours after King Abdullah called early parliamentary elections.

After centuries as a powerful medieval kingdom, Hungary was part of the Ottoman and then Habsburg empires from the 16th century onwards, emerging as an independent country again after World War I. The Hungarian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family and is one of the handful of languages spoken within the European Union that are not of Indo-European origin. A landlocked country, Hungary is home to Lake Balaton, the largest in central Europe, and to a large number of spa towns and hot springs. Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring It has especially rich traditions in folk and classical music and was the birthplace of numerous outstanding performers and composers, including Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly. Hungary became co-equal partner with Austria in a dual monarchy in the mid-19th century after an unsuccessful revolt against the Habsburgs in 1848. After a period of turmoil following World War I, an independent kingdom of Hungary was established under the authoritarian regency of Admiral Miklos Horthy. The redrawing of European borders that took place after World War I left about five million ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries. Their status remains a sensitive issue and has complicated Hungary's relations with its neighbours. Following World War II, in which Admiral Horthy had allied himself with Germany, Hungary fell under communist rule. An uprising in 1956 was crushed by Red Army forces, but Hungary did later become the first Eastern European country to gain some economic freedom. Hungary played an important part in accelerating the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe when it opened its border with Austria in 1989, allowing thousands of East Germans to escape to the West. Just a few months later the Berlin Wall was history. Hungary's post-communist economic transition was achieved relatively smoothly. Within four years of the collapse of communism nearly half of the country's economic enterprises had been transferred to the private sector, and by 1998 Hungary was attracting nearly half of all foreign direct investment in Central Europe. Ten years later, the picture looked rather less rosy. A high level of both private and state borrowing left the country particularly vulnerable to the credit crunch of 2008, and in October of that year the government was forced to appeal to the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank for massive loans in a bid to stave off economic collapse. Dissatisfaction with the centre-left coalition government's handling of the economy from 2002 to 2010 coincided with the rise of the right-wing nationalist party Jobbik, known for its anti-Semitic and anti-Gypsy rhetoric, and a move to the authoritarian right by the Fidesz party, which won parliamentary elections in 2010 and 2014. The two-thirds parliamentary majority gained by Fidesz in 2010 allowed it to throw out the comparatively liberal post-communist constitution and replace it with a constitution that critics say cements the governing party's hold on power and removes checks and balances essential for the healthy functioning of a democracy. Fidesz insists that the constitutional change was necessary in order to complete the work of eradicating the legacy of communism. Fidesz scored another comfortable victory in the 2014 election, albeit with a reduced majority. Jobbik increased its share of the vote, becoming the second-largest political party in the country.

Hungary traces its history back to the Magyars, an alliance of semi-nomadic tribes from southern Russia and the Black Sea coast that arrived in the region in the ninth century.

Four councils have pledged £250,000 for a detailed traffic modelling plan to look at traffic on both sides of the proposed bridge in detail. The idea for a new bridge to ease congestion in Reading town centre has been circulating for about 40 years. There are three main routes over the Thames in the area, two in Caversham, Reading and one in Sonning, Wokingham. Wokingham and Reading Borough Councils, along with Oxfordshire County Council and South Oxfordshire District Council have all pledged money for the study. A spokesman for South Oxfordshire District Council said: "We are mindful of the potential negative impact that a scheme such as and additional bridge could have on the road network within South Oxfordshire. "However we are committed to working with neighbouring authorities to identify solutions which may ease the traffic problems." Wokingham council leader Keith Baker, said other ideas to ease the traffic congestion including an expanded park-and-ride route were "tinkering at the edges - we need to do something big". Mr Baker said: "We've had an extensive traffic model for our area but what we didn't have was going across the river into Oxfordshire. "That hopefully will give us the definitive evidence to start mitigating against some of the issues that Oxfordshire County Council have." The bridge and any road alterations would cost between £60m and £100m, which would require government funding.

A feasibility study into a third River Thames bridge in the Reading area has been given council backing.

Kieran Ridley, 32, poured petrol onto a nearby bin and lit it, the High Court in Edinburgh was told. He then left the property at Mallaig, Lochaber, having locked the front and back doors and some windows. Mr Ridley denies the charges. His lawyers argue he was not criminally responsible due to mental disorder. The court was told that 11 people were inside the property including four children between the ages of two and 16. In a statement agreed by the Crown and Mr Ridley's defence team, the court heard that Mr Ridley turned on the gas valves on the kitchen cooker late on 27 October last year. At some point between 23:00 and 23:30 he poured petrol onto a nearby waste bin and set fire to it, causing cladding and a skirting board to catch light. He then left the house, having locked both front and rear doors and some of the windows. The trial heard that Mr Ridley, whose address was given as HMP Inverness, was detained by police later that night at Cameron Avenue, Mallaig The people in the house - called Mallaig Mhor- included his mother, brother, children aged two, eight, 15 and 16 and five other adults. The trial, before judge Craig Scott QC continues on Monday.

A man accused of attempting to murder 11 people at a remote Highland holiday home started a fire after opening gas valves on a cooker, a court has heard.

Adam Burton, 23, and a French tourist were caught posing naked on Wednesday by surveillance workers and were removed from the Unesco World Heritage site, Cusco police said. A police spokesman told the Press Association the pair were questioned over minor offences "against morality". The Foreign Office said it was in contact with the Peruvian authorities. It is understood the men have not been arrested or charged. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with local authorities in Peru following an incident involving a British national in Machu Picchu." Surveillance was increased at Machu Picchu in March 2014 after nude photos and streaking became increasingly common at the site. The Machu Picchu citadel, built by the Inca Empire in the 15th Century, stands at 2,430m (7,972ft) above sea level. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the site, which is one of Peru's main tourist attractions, each year. In June, four tourists who posed naked on a mountain in Malaysia, including one Briton, were given jail sentences of three days for causing a public nuisance.

A British man has been been questioned in Peru after posing naked at the Machu Picchu ruins, local police have said.

Towns and cities along the Baltic coast were flooded, from Kiel in the far north to the resort island of Usedom near the Polish border. Sea levels were recorded in the port of Wismar at 1.83m (6ft) above normal overnight. Severe winter conditions also hit Sweden and Finland. The overnight temperature fell to -41.7C at Muonio in Finnish Lapland, near the north-western border with Sweden, the coldest night of the winter so far. Further west in northern Sweden, temperatures fell as low as -41.3C and road conditions were treacherous in much of the country. A passenger train became stuck without power and heating for several hours in the north-eastern Norrbotten region with outdoor temperatures at -38C. Swedish media said no replacement buses were prepared to venture out because of the cold. Some of the worst flooding in northern German was in the historic centre of Rostock and in Stralsund, as well as on Usedom, where major damage was reported. Outdoor staircases were washed away and snack bars badly affected. "This is no children's tea party," said one local official. However, water levels were expected to fall in the coming hours. Storm Axel was also responsible for the arrival of several hundred thousand plastic eggs on the island of Langeoog on Thursday. Local reports said the eggs contained little toys with Russian messages inside and appeared to have come from a container that had fallen off a ship.

A storm surge has caused the worst flooding on Germany's north-east coast since 2006, leaving streets and cars submerged and causing major damage.

The man, who was in his 20s, was rescued by a volunteer crew from Bangor RNLI. The lifeboat's operations manager said medical personnel told him the man could have died if he had remained in the water for another five minutes. The alarm was raised by Mark Pollock, who was working in Banks Car Park. Hearing faint shouts, he initially thought it was someone calling for their dog, but kept looking until he realised there was someone in the sea. He then called the Coastguard. Bangor RNLI's helmsman James Gillespie said when they arrived "the early morning light made it difficult to see, but fortunately the water was flat calm, and on scanning the area I saw a slight movement as the casualty raised his hand". Another crew member, Johnny Gedge, entered and helped the man, who was only just conscious, until he could be lifted on board. Mr Gillespie said: "Our extensive training in casualty care is invaluable at a time like this. "Because of this, we know the importance of not trying to warm the patient too quickly, as this can cause cardiac arrest. "Instead, we made the patient safe, and prevented further cooling, and returned as quickly and safely as we could to the lifeboat station where an ambulance and paramedics were waiting to take over." The rescued man was wearing only tracksuit bottoms, a t-shirt and socks. It is not clear why he was in the water. "I am just delighted that I heard his calls, and hope he makes a full recovery," Mr Pollock said.

A man has been rescued from the sea 200 metres off the coast at Ballyholme Bay, near Bangor, after a man working nearby heard shouts and called the Coastguard.

Conservative MP Damian Collins made the call after US media claims that former Fifa executive Chuck Blazer recorded conversations with football officials at the London 2012 Olympics. Russia will host the 2018 World Cup after England's unsuccessful bid. The 2022 World Cup will be in Qatar. The SFO can investigate "cases which undermine UK commercial/financial PLC in general and the City of London in particular" and has been following bribery claims stemming from the December 2010 decision to award rights for the next two World Cups. Fifa has already undertaken its own investigation into the corruption allegations, led by independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia. American Blazer was a member of Fifa's executive committee from 1996 to 2013. On Sunday, the New York Daily News alleged US FBI agents recruited Blazer by threatening him with arrest and prosecution for tax fraud if he failed to cooperate. Media playback is not supported on this device The paper says Blazer was supplied with a modified keyring that contained a tiny microphone in order to secretly record conversations with leading football officials during a visit to the London 2012 Olympic Games. "If there is evidence that Chuck Blazer held meetings during the Olympics, that would come under the jurisdiction of the SFO," Collins told BBC Sport. "I want to see if they would now be prepared to act." Fifa declined to comment about Blazer when contacted. BBC Sport has seen a letter from the SFO to Collins, sent before the allegations about Blazer were published, which said the crime bureau was watching corruption allegations "with interest". The letter added that the SFO did not believe it had the right to launch its own inquiry. SFO director David Green told Collins: "The allegations that have occurred so far are against non-UK nationals and the alleged conduct took place outside of the UK." That could now change if reports of Blazer recording officials in London are accurate. Green's letter adds: "I can... assure you that the SFO will continue to keep the jurisdictional position under review." Collins wrote to the SFO in September asking it to seek access to the report produced by Michael Garcia. Garcia spent 18 months interviewing individuals from nations wanting to stage the 2018 and 2022 finals - and wants greater transparency from Fifa. But Fifa president Sepp Blatter said Garcia's full report will not be published because of legal issues. The information that will be eventually be revealed is now in the hands of Hans-Joachim Eckert, a German judge tasked by Fifa with deciding if any individuals breached the organisation's code of ethics. He is due to make an interim statement later this month, which may include redacted sections of Garcia's findings. Collins is concerned that information relating to claims made by former chairman of the FA Lord Triesman concerning alleged corruption could be contained within Garcia's files but will not be made public. Lord Triesman made a series of allegations concerning his time involved with England's 2018 bid in evidence to a House of Lords committee in 2011. Furthermore, Collins asked the SFO to consider whether evidence of any additional wrongdoing, which might fall under its jurisdiction, could be revealed by obtaining access to Garcia's report. In light of the SFO's response and Chuck Blazer's alleged role as an FBI informant, Collins believes Fifa must now publish Garcia's findings and inform the relevant law enforcement agencies. "If Fifa is sitting on evidence relating to acts of bribery and corruption, then it is more than just a football matter," Collins said. "It is unthinkable they wouldn't reveal what they have. "There are people who are stopping evidence being made available. You'll have to draw your own conclusions as to why that is."

The Serious Fraud Office has been urged to reconsider its decision not to investigate allegations of Fifa corruption during the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process.

The 27-year-old winger, who joined the English Championship side from French Ligue 1 team Angers in January 2016, had his Rams contract cancelled by mutual consent on Thursday. Camara played 26 games and scored just once during his time at Derby, netting in the FA Cup fourth round replay defeat to Leicester last season. The much-travelled and vastly-experienced Camara has previously played for French outfits Rennes and Sochaux, Greek club PAOK and Spanish side Mallorca. But the Guinean is desperate to salvage what is left of his career at Guingamp, who finished tenth in Ligue 1 last season. The club has also confirmed Camara will wear the number nine shirt next season. Camara began his professional career in France and represented them at U-17, U-18 and U-21 level. He opted to play for Guinea as a senior international and has featured 12 times for his country of birth, scoring four goals.

Guinea international Abdoul Camara has joined French top-flight side Guingamp on a two-year deal, a day after parting company with English club Derby County.

Media playback is not supported on this device Like Cook before him, Root has been promoted from vice-captain, an elevation such a formality that the anointing of another leader would have come as a seismic shock. But an expected coronation does not guarantee that the crown will sit right, especially when Root is such an inexperienced skipper. Why is he the man for the job? What type of leader might he be? And how will it affect his batting? Root has long been tipped for the top job. As a 13-year-old playing club cricket for Sheffield Collegiate he was nicknamed 'FEC', for 'future England captain', a title once bestowed on Michael Atherton with similar accuracy. Since he made his debut at the age of 21 in December 2012, no batsman on the planet has made more than Root's 4,594 Test runs and only India's Virat Kohli has a better tally in all international cricket. He is perhaps the most complete three-format player that England have ever produced. The English way is to push the batting totem towards leadership - it was the same with Atherton, Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen and Cook, with varying degrees of success. Now it is Root's turn. Although his leadership experience amounts to only four first-class matches, the tiny glimpses offered when he has briefly deputised for Cook hint towards an enthusiasm and dynamism for the job. At 26, he is a year older than Atherton when he took charge, but a year younger than Cook was. With 53 Tests to his name, he has 22 more than Vaughan when he was named skipper in 2003. "He's the obvious candidate," said England pace bowler James Anderson. "The decision is a big one because he's our best player, so you obviously don't want that to be affected. "He is fairly quiet but he has got that fire in his belly. He's a really impressive young man. "Root gets into situations, one-on-ones, with people. He speaks a lot of sense when he does speak and he's a really impressive young man." Root hasn't quite been named captain by default, but it's not far off. Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler were all consulted after Cook's resignation, but it always seemed incredibly unlikely that any would beat Root to the job. Still, there is the suggestion that Root's carefree, jovial approach might not be best suited to leadership. "Root is the outstanding candidate, but you wouldn't want it to be a case of making your best player captain, only for it to backfire on you later," said former England off-spinner Graeme Swann. "I'm still not convinced Root is the right man for the job. I want him to concentrate on being the best player we have ever had, rather than having his talent curbed by the pressures of captaincy. "He has tried to be more sensible later, but part of his cheeky chappy persona makes him the player he is, and I don't want to see that taken away." And although Cook proclaimed Root to be "ready" for the captaincy during the tour of India, it was Root himself who said that he needs to "start growing up a bit" after an angry reaction to a dismissal in the fifth Test in Chennai. Fatherhood should help, a first-born son having arrived on 7 January, but if it is a different Root who leads England out against South Africa at Lord's on 6 July, will he have the same success that brought him to the captaincy? "It's hard to say how ready I am," said Root in January. "I've got quite a lot experience in Test cricket now, but it's one of these things where you have to learn on the job. "Being a dad you don't know what to do, you just have to go with it and see how it goes. I imagine being captain would be very similar." It is a downside of central contracts that England players have little or no opportunity to learn captaincy in the county game. Arguably, another related negative is that a player can only ever be schooled by the limited number of captains he has played under. Root, for example, has never played a Test under anyone other than Cook, while Cook's style of leadership was heavily influenced by predecessor Andrew Strauss. With just those four first-class matches under his belt, Root is one of the most inexperienced captains ever appointed by England - at least Cook had benefited from 18 months in charge of the one-day side. Root's style of leadership is therefore something of a mystery. The perception is that he will be more adventurous than Cook - but so is popping to the corner shop in your slippers instead of your shoes. "Joe will know what he would like to improve or what he would like to do differently," said former England captain Vaughan. "When all the speculation over Cook's future began, he will have gone home at night and thought 'what if I do get the job?' "But you're never too sure how you're going to be as a person until you get it. You can think you're going to be X or Y, but you can't be 100% sure." Of the four times Root has led in the first-class game, one match was in charge of England Lions, with the other three as Yorkshire skipper. In each of Root's matches as Tykes captain, fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom was part of the Yorkshire team. "I get changed next to him and he can be a scruffy little git, but when it comes to cricket knowledge he's very clued up and knows everything about the game," said Sidebottom. "If you look at the way he bats, he's got all the shots. He works hard on innovation, so I think he will be a creative captain. "When he plays, he takes the game to the opposition. The English way can be quite conservative; I'm sure he'll change that for the better." Media playback is not supported on this device It is incredibly English to fret over how taking on the responsibility of captaincy might affect the new leader's batting (they are almost always batsmen, after all). However, of the seven men with the most Tests as England captain, only one - Vaughan - has an average significantly worse as captain than when in the ranks. The batting records of Cook, Strauss and Nasser Hussain are similar whether captain or not, while Atherton, Peter May and Graham Gooch saw their runs increase with responsibility, the latter two dramatically so. It is not just English leaders with lengthy tenures who have seen a spike in their scoring. Of Root, India's Kohli, Australia's Steve Smith and New Zealand's Kane Williamson - widely regarded as the four finest batsmen on the planet right now - the Englishman is the last of the quartet to take over as his nation's Test captain. Each has seen an improvement in his batting average, Williamson by a small amount, Kohli and Smith by more than 20 runs each. Realistically, though, England would probably settle for Root's record to hold steady. His batting average of 52.80 is the highest by any England player to have played at least 20 innings since 1968. Any improvement on that would be pretty remarkable. The status quo of Cook leading the Test side and Eoin Morgan taking charge of the one-day and Twenty20 outfits worked well for England because neither was a threat to the other. Both were miles away from getting into the teams they did not lead. Three-format man Root's elevation to lead the Test side poses a problem for the England and Wales Cricket Board. Do they leave Morgan, who has presided over an incredible improvement in England's one-day cricket and guided them to the World Twenty20 final, in charge, or give Root three sets of reins? Those in favour of change will say there are very few examples of a Test captain playing for too long under a different limited-overs skipper, while any dip in results or form could increase pressure on Morgan. However, director of cricket Strauss' crusade to bring limited-overs success to the England side has seen greater and greater separation between the red-ball and the white-ball teams. One skipper for all could be seen as a return to a uniform approach that had largely been abandoned. And the relentless scheduling of international cricket more than justifies two skippers, particularly if resting Root from the shorter formats helps him cope with the mental and physical demands of Test leadership. Consider the winter schedule of 2017-18. The five Ashes Tests that begin at the end of November are followed by an ODI series against Australia, which rolls into a T20 tri-series also involving New Zealand. After that, England play five more ODIs and two Tests against the Kiwis, which might not conclude until the end of March. A player involved in all parts of that tour could be on the other side of the world for five months or more. Even two captains might not be enough. England captains have a natural shelf-life. Of the seven skippers with the most Tests, discounting any time as a stand-in, only May's reign spanned more than five years - and that ended in 1961. Of the longest-serving skippers since the late 1980s, Gooch managed five years, Atherton four, Hussain four, Vaughan five (with an enforced 18-month break because of a knee injury), Strauss four and Cook just over four. From the seven longest serving of all-time, Cook has taken charge of most matches thanks to the Test-hungry nature of the ECB's scheduling department. That Root's tenure begins with five Test-free months is an anomaly, but one that will soon be compensated for. Over the succeeding 14 months or so, England will cram in 21 Tests. If we take July to be the proper start to Root's reign and assume that the fickle mistresses of form, fitness and results allow him to be in charge for four and a half years, then his spell as skipper could end with the 2021-22 Ashes in Australia. By then, he could have been at the helm for more than 60 Tests - an England record - and, at his current rate of scoring, will have become the second Englishman to reach 10,000 runs. He will have just turned 31, so will still feasibly have half a decade of Test batting left in him, much like Cook does now. At the point, a 25-year-old Haseeb Hameed could be the next unsurprising candidate to be given the keys to the kingdom.

In the least surprising move since England last needed a new Test captain, England have appointed Joe Root as the successor to Alastair Cook.

17 August 2017 Last updated at 07:56 BST It seems to have the body parts from different dino species. This new finding gives more of an idea of how the group of dinosaurs, known as the Ornithischians, evolved over the years. So what do you get when you cross a plant eating dino, like Stegosaurus, with a meat eating one, like T. Rex? Ayshah?

Scientists have discovered a new type of dinosaur.

The four are now in police custody, after a crime spree that included raids on hotels, small shops and amusement arcades, Italian media report. On one occasion they allegedly raced off in a Porsche Cayenne after pointing a pistol in the driver's face. The gang reportedly boasted of their crimes in video clips on social media. They stole cash, smartphones, tablets and even on one occasion a youth's luxury shoes worth €530 (£465; $601), according to police. The crimes took place in Milan's Quarto Oggiaro district. Two of the young suspects are Italians aged 14 and 16, the others are of foreign origin, aged 15 and 17. They came from broken homes and are thought to have been controlled by an Egyptian man, aged 23. He is under arrest on a drugs charge and was convicted for previous offences. Police found that the youths - dubbed a "baby gang" in Italian media - possessed several firearms, including a pump-action shotgun. Italy's Rai news website said investigators "stressed that the baby gang used brutal violence on their victims in the style of A Clockwork Orange". One victim, a young man attacked in the street, was pistol-whipped and needed 10 stitches for a deep wound. The 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was a box-office hit. Based on a futuristic novel by Anthony Burgess, it portrayed a gang of juvenile delinquents who made a cult of gratuitous violence.

Italian police say four teenagers accused of 12 robberies in Milan gloried in violence like the notorious gang in the film A Clockwork Orange.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 16 December 2014 Last updated at 18:06 GMT With a rented boom box the pair took to the streets, filming passers-by in Accra, school children in Akim and the landscapes of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. "People were just so excited and happy. When people hear music and a beat they want to dance. You don't have to ask. They will just come and dance and jump in front of your camera," says Ollie Williams, one of The Busy Twist duo. Inspired by highlife, reggae and dance sounds emanating from Ghana's streets and clubs, the track represents something different from digitally driven dance music.

London DJs The Bush Twist shot a music video of their track Friday Night around Ghana.

The new world was found beyond our Solar System, 100 light-years away. It's been named 51 Eridani b and is only 20 million years old - very young by astronomical standards. The alien world could give us more information about the formation of our Solar System. The find was made by the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), which looks for young planets orbiting bright nearby stars. Our own Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system - it's so big you could fit over 1,300 Earths inside it! It's also the fastest rotating planet too, with 1 day only lasting 10 hours - but a year on Jupiter lasts for 12 Earth years. Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface and is made up of gas, giving it the name 'gas giant'. The baby Jupiter has the strongest methane gas signature ever found on an alien planet. The astronomers also detected water using the GPI's spectrometer instrument. Scientists hope that by studying far away worlds, they can learn more about how common the structure of our Solar System is. Astronomers believe the gas giants in our Solar System formed slowly - by building up a large core over a few million years and then pulling in a huge amount of hydrogen and other gases to form an atmosphere. This is known as a "cold-start". But the Jupiter-like planets that have been discovered so far are much hotter than scientists have predicted. Which could mean they formed quickly - as gas collapses to make a scorching planet in what is known as a 'hot-start'.

Astronomers have discovered a baby planet which looks like a young version of Jupiter.

The sign - on the Beeston-bound platform of the Queen's Medical Centre stop - points commuters towards the "Univeristy Of Nottingham". The error could have been there for "seven to eight months", it is estimated. A Nottingham Express Transport (NET) spokesman said they will now be looking to replace the sign next week. People were quick to condemn the "unfortunate error", captured by a BBC journalist. It follows another spelling mishap spotted on a sign last July on the network, which stated "Chillwell Road" rather than Chilwell Road. "Absolute joke - what is happening with the world," Melanie Winskill wrote on BBC Radio Nottingham's Facebook page. Gill Bennett pondered: "Maybe the people responsible didn't go to university." A NET spokesman said it is unsure how long the error has existed at the stop, but added it "could have been there for seven to eight months". "Clearly this is an unfortunate error made during the production of the sign," the spokesman said. "We will be looking to replace it as soon as possible next week now it has been pointed out."

A misspelt sign at a stop on Nottingham's tram network has been branded an "absolute joke".

The 95% target had not been hit for 33 consecutive weeks, since late last September. Figures for the week ending 24 May show 95.1% of A&E patients spent four hours or less from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge. NHS England praised its front-line staff for dealing with high workload demands during a tough winter. A spokesman said: "These latest figures are testament to the excellent services our front-line staff continue to deliver while coming under sustained pressure." The improvement comes as the NHS enters the summer period when these pressures tend to ease. Dr Clifford Mann, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said there was no room for complacency. "There is still pressure on the system, which in our view is operating at full capacity." He said some A&E units were still not meeting the four-hour target and were stymied by a shortage of hospital beds. "This exit block must be addressed otherwise the winter of 2015-16 will be hugely challenging," he warned. Latest figures show targets for waits in A&E are being missed in other parts of the UK. In Wales, 83% of patients are being seen within four hours. In Scotland, the figure is 92% and in Northern Ireland it is just under 74%.

The NHS in England has met its four-hour A&E waiting-time target for the first time since September.

The images are all the more striking when you consider that Mr Jenkinson, 42, from Y Ffor, near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, is blind. He suffers from panhypopituitarism, a condition which has left him with just 5-10% vision in his left eye and 50% in his right eye. He has no perception of 3D and is also colour-blind. Nevertheless, he is a keen photographer who works hard to capture "the best shot I can". Mr Jenkinson, who was diagnosed at the age of 28, said doctors think the condition was caused by a piece of his skull not forming correctly in the womb. This allowed fluid from his brain to squash his pituitary gland and his optic nerves. "The last 10 years or so have been crushing, medically," he said. "I was put on hormone therapy and have been taking steroids for 14 years but a side effect of that is that I now have osteoarthritis in both knees and hips." An operation to try to correct his vision was not successful and temporarily left him with seizures. He has also suffered a "severe" aneurysm and 18 months ago, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. A former building control officer for Gwynedd council, Mr Jenkinson's health problems have meant he has not been able to work for a decade. "I have had some very, very low days after my cancer diagnosis, even some suicidal moments," he said. "But my photography helps me cope. "When you're concentrating on something, like how to get the best shot or where to set up your tripod, you're not thinking about your problems. "I hope my story will help others in the same situation to know that there can be some light at the end of the tunnel, as I have found in my photography."

From Afon Dwyfor to the animals in the Welsh Mountain Zoo, Paul Jenkinson's pictures show his native north Wales in all its glory.

The 33-year-old was injured at Colchester police station in Essex during a struggle when he grabbed hold of a toilet bowl in his cell. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has started an investigation into the incident. It is believed seven Essex Police officers will be questioned. The force has not commented. It is thought the IPCC will investigate claims the man was handcuffed after his fingers were severed, and allegations of a significant time delay in taking him to hospital. The prisoner, who lost part of three fingers on his left hand, was taken to hospital following the incident on 1 May. He had been taken into custody in connection with a public order incident. A spokesman for the IPCC said: "The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to independently investigate an incident at Colchester Police Station on May 1, 2015 where a man suffered serious hand injuries while in custody. "Further information is likely to be published in due course."

A police force is being investigated after a prisoner had three fingers severed while in custody.

The 35-year-old, who played six Super League games for Hull KR in 2011 before moving to French rugby union side Toulon, was at Manly last season. He played 290 NRL games during his 15-year career spent with five clubs, including Canterbury, where he won the 2004 Premiership. "Willie knows the job a prop has to do," coach Laurent Frayssinous said. "He is a physical and aggressive player, both in attack and in defence and we have spoken a lot about the quality of our group and he is really excited to join the club." Frayssinous' Dragons side have lost their first two games in Super League this season, with defeats by Wigan and Hull FC. Veteran front-rower Mason scored seven tries and played 24 tests for the Kangaroos, including the famous Great Britain 2006 Tri-Series defeat in Sydney where he struck Stuart Fielden and was involved in a scuffle with tourists captain Jamie Peacock. He also played 13 games for the Blues in State of Origin, scoring once.

Catalans Dragons have signed former Australia and New South Wales prop Willie Mason on a one-year deal.

The Transocean Winner rig ran aground at Dalmore on Lewis in a storm while being towed to the Mediterranean. It was later refloated and anchored at Broad Bay before being put on board the heavy lift ship Hawk nearly three weeks ago. The rig will be repaired and stripped of fittings in Malta before being taken to Turkey to be scrapped. The rig's grounding on 8 August sparked pollution fears due to the 280 tonnes of diesel on board. Investigations found two of its four fuel tanks were damaged in the incident which resulted in the loss of 53,000 litres of fuel, most of which is thought to have evaporated with no damage to the environment. Three weeks later it was towed to the safer anchorage at Broad Bay before being floated on to the deck of the Hawk, a semi-submersible ship used for transporting large maritime structures over long distances.

A 17,000-tonne oil rig which ran aground on the Western Isles in early August has arrived in Malta.

Shortly after telling the BBC his story the father, called Jahangir, received a call from Ashraf Ghani assuring him that arrests would be made. His wife was allegedly raped in Badakhshan province eight years ago. But Jahangir says he has been unable to get the alleged rapists arrested because they are politically powerful. His wife told BBC Persian about the incident. "I told one of them, for God's sake, I have just given birth, I'm like your child, even your daughter is older than me," she said. "I cried a lot, they beat me all over my head and body," she said. "Their bite marks were still on my body until a couple of years ago." Analysis: Inayatulhaq Yasini, BBC Pashto The stand taken by Jahangir and his wife breaks something of a taboo in Afghanistan, where victims of sexual crime are generally cowed into silence. Soon after the media picked up the case, President Ghani spoke with Jahangir and promised him that "the case will be investigated properly and perpetrators will face justice". The victim herself told the BBC: "I want justice to save other women from such a fate." In the wake of the publicity, the Afghan government will be under pressure to investigate the incident properly and ensure some kind of resolution. But there are also hopes that the stand taken by Jahangir and his wife will embolden other victims of sexual crime, and have a lasting affect on how such cases are dealt with. Jahangir, a policeman, told the BBC eight men were arrested after the incident, but six have now been freed because of their political connections. He says he and his family had to flee to the capital, Kabul, fearing for their lives. He has threatened to kill himself unless that changes: "If they are not put on trial, I'll have to commit suicide to escape the tensions I'm suffering from. There's no other way." Jahangir went public with the threat on Afghan television. He later met the country's interior ministry to press his case. While speaking to the BBC following the meeting, he received a phone call from Mr Ghani. He wept as they spoke. Mr Ghani was sworn in as Afghan president in September, pledging to tackle the issue of corruption as a priority. As well as political corruption, activists say violence against women is rife in Afghanistan, but rarely attracts much public attention. In one case that did spark national outrage, five Afghan men convicted of gang raping four women were hanged in October.

The president of Afghanistan has told an emotional husband that a group of men accused of gang raping his wife would be brought to justice.

A spending timeline until 2022 shows the price could be about £435,000 more than approved in the Scottish Borders authority's budget earlier this month. The Scottish government contribution to the project has been estimated at about £32.5m. The council is being asked to approve the final outline design of the scheme and aim to publish it in April. A report to the local authority described publication as "the most important stage of the project for determining the programme and successfully obtaining funding". It warned that if the objection resolution process went beyond an estimate of three months, it could put funding at risk as well as the delivery target of June 2021. However, the project team has tried to avoid that prospect with extensive consultation over the past two years.

A council report has shown the total estimated costs of a flood protection scheme for Hawick could top £41m.

The airline had suffered years of financial losses even before it was hit by two major disasters in 2014. Flight MH370 disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and is still missing, while MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine. Mr Mueller said he was leaving due to "changing personal circumstance." He took up his role in May 2015 to oversee a $1.56bn (£1.1bn) turnaround plan which included massive job cuts and dropping unprofitable destinations. "We are very disappointed to lose Christoph as CEO but we fully understand his reasons and respect his need to do this," Malaysian Airlines Chairman Md Nor Yusof said. Mr Mueller will continue to serve until September 2016 and will stay on the board as a non-executive director. The carrier has already begun to look for a new chief executive and says it is considering both internal and external candidates. It said that Mueller had set up a strong management team which would be the foundation for a successful turnaround.

Malaysian Airlines chief executive Christoph Mueller has resigned after less than one year of leading the carrier's reorganising efforts.

Kevin Standing's vehicle was taken from his home in Patcham, East Sussex, on Saturday morning. It did not have a tracker and there was no CCTV evidence. He said he had wrongly assumed an officer would visit him, but he was told there were no lines of inquiry. Sussex Police said they focused on crimes that "cause most harm". Mr Standing said he received a letter from the force on Tuesday saying the "investigation was closed" and to check the CCTV footage of local garages. "It basically says to car thieves in Sussex, 'carry on stealing cars because there's very little chance you're going to get caught'," he said. Ch Insp Bruce Mathews said proportionate inquiries had been completed. "Our investigations teams focuses its efforts on the crimes which cause the most harm. "Operating with new demands against a shrinking budget, we can't do everything but that doesn't mean we will be ruling out certain types of crime such as shoplifting or vehicle crime. "We will continue to do so where there are lines of inquiry." The force said a marker had been placed on the vehicle to bring it to the attention of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras.

A motorist whose £40,000 Jaguar car was stolen from his driveway has said he is "astounded" after police said they would be closing the case.

Russia's plan for "de-escalation" zones was backed by Iran at talks in Kazakhstan. Both countries support Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Turkey, which supports rebel groups, also agreed to act as a guarantor. But some delegates from the rebel forces angrily rejected the plan. As the three countries were invited to sign the document on Thursday in the Kazakh capital, Astana, rebel delegates angrily shouted that they did not accept it and walked out. Reporters at the talks said the rebels were unhappy about Iran's involvement in the deal as a guarantor. The US also expressed concern over Iran, saying the country had "only contributed to the violence, not stopped it". The Syrian government is not a signatory, but its state news agency said it supported the plan. The talks were meant to shore up an oft-violated ceasefire which was originally agreed in December. A partial cessation of hostilities was declared at the end of last year, but violence has continued on several fronts. Under the Russian plan, safe zones would be established in rebel-held territory in the north-western province of Idlib, in parts of Homs province in the centre, in the south, and in the opposition enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, the AFP news agency reported. Syrian and Russian warplanes would stop bombing rebel positions while opposition groups would halt attacks inside the "de-escalation zones". The objective is to "put an immediate end to the violence" and "provide the conditions for the safe, voluntary return of refugees" in addition to the speedy provision of relief supplies and medical aid. The safe zones would remain in place for six months, the Kremlin has said. They would be surrounded by checkpoints manned by rebels and government troops, and foreign troops could also be deployed in observer roles, according to AFP. The UN's envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called the agreement a step in the right direction. Syria's envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said he hoped Russia and Iran would discuss the plan's details with the Syrian government as soon as possible. Syria's war has claimed more than 300,000 lives since it erupted in 2011.

Three countries backing different sides in Syria's war have agreed to set up "safe zones" in the country, while delegates for rebel forces stormed out in protest.

But there is one country that, while producing its worst ever performance at the Rio Olympics last month, becomes a world superpower once the Paralympics start - Ukraine. Sixth in Athens in 2004, they finished fourth at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Now they are poised to go one better, sitting a comfortable third in the medal table in Rio. But the Rio performance is particularly astonishing given the country's recent history, with an economic crisis, war in the east and the loss of their main training centre in Crimea after the region was taken over by Russia. The country's President, Petro Poroshenko, has described the performance of the Ukrainian Paralympians as "incredible", adding that the athletes prove "that the impossible is possible". Ukraine's own Paralympic chief, Valeriy Sushkevych, is the man credited with much of the success, in particular a programme he developed called Invasport. Invasport works by having schools and facilities dedicated to Paralympic sports in every oblast (region) of Ukraine. "In Ukraine we have set up the best system of physical education, sport and rehabilitation for people with disability," Mr Sushkevych told the BBC. "There is infrastructure in all regions of Ukraine, with schools for children with disabilities. This system works and brings results. "But the system can't work without people… people who withstand all these problems: lack of money, political crisis, war and all other troubles. And these people are extremely dedicated." Mr Sushkevych, who himself had polio as a child and who has spent most of his life using a wheelchair for mobility, says the system emphasises rehabilitation for all disabled children who enter it - but promises much more for those who appear promising at sport. "We invite people for rehabilitation, and amongst those 100 who come, we find maybe five who are good at swimming, or football or athletics," he explains. "We have to give them opportunity to realise their own potential." The way that Invasport works means that facilities and recruitment are spread out through the country, rather than concentrated in one area. As Mr Sushkevych told the BBC, this meant that Ukraine's Paralympians were able to come even when the main training base, the Yevpatoria facility in Crimea, was taken over by Russia in 2014. "We had to find other options for athletes to train - and I have to say that those were not the best conditions," he said. "But we had to adjust to those conditions, and even had to train in old post-Soviet facilities. Experience, knowledge and huge professionalism of the team made this result possible." The pay-off has been an extraordinary 72 medals at the time of writing - some 42 of which are in the pool. Powerlifter Lidiya Solovyova, who has won a gold medal, says that her main motivation to succeed is the fact that Ukraine does not offer many opportunities to people with disabilities outside of sport. For many, it is quite literally sink or swim. "This is my main job," she explains. "In our country it is very difficult to find a job for people with disability... Paralympic sport is my main income. I live off it." After the loss of the Yevpatoria camp, she has been training at her hotel - which she acknowledges may have affected some of her teammates and prevented them from achieving even more. "The camp was specifically designed for athletes with disability, all facilities," says Solovyova, who has dwarfism. "!We felt like home over there and at the hotel we were like guests. For me it was OK, I don't know about others." Mr Sushkevych says he agrees that - not least because of the war - the level of preparation was "not the highest possible". "The world sees the successful side of my team, what has been achieved - but no-one sees what has not been achieved," he says. "I can definitely tell you that we could have performed better if there was no war in Ukraine. And the aim for my whole team in the Ukrainian Paralympics movement is to show the best possible as it is so important for my country."

When it comes to the Olympics and Paralympics, China, the US, Russia and Britain (these days) are usually to be found near the top of both medal tables.

The line from Llandudno Junction, Conwy, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, was shut after water reached platform level at North Llanrwst station. In Ceredigion, a tree has been removed from the line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International after a reported landslip at Llanbadarn. Network Rail said it was "pulling out the stops" to keep services running. On Anglesey, speed restrictions remain in place around Gaerwen due to flooding. Network Rail said the situation would be monitored as more heavy rain is forecast for Wednesday. Wales route managing director, Paul McMahon said: "We're working really hard to keep services running, but unfortunately the Conwy Valley line will be closed for several days with flood waters having reached platform level at North Llanwrst. "Elsewhere in Wales the impact on services has been relatively limited so far. However, we are monitoring the situation very closely, and with more bad weather predicted it's really important passengers check before they travel, via the National Rail Enquiries website or by calling 03457 48 49 50." Four flood warnings are in place for north and south west Wales, along with dozens of alerts. Check if this is affecting your journey

The Conwy Valley rail route in north Wales could remain closed for several days after heavy rain caused flooding.

Australian Matthews, 25, of Orica-BikeExchange won a sprint finish ahead of Peter Sagan and Edvald Boasson Hagen to claim his first Tour victory. Slovak Sagan took the green points jersey from Briton Mark Cavendish. Defending champion Froome finished in the peloton, nine minutes 39 seconds behind Matthews, on the 197km stage from Escaldes-Engordany to Revel. Britain's Adam Yates, Matthews' 23-year-old team-mate, was in the same group to keep the white jersey for best young rider. 2013 and 2015 winner Froome and his main rivals enjoyed a relatively comfortable day, which started with a big climb but flattened out to suit a breakaway win. The main contenders for the yellow jersey were happy to let a group of 15 riders - none of whom threatened the overall lead - surge ahead. Britain's Steve Cummings, who won stage seven, was part of the breakaway but dropped back as two Orica team-mates helped Matthews earn an emotional win. Matthews said he came close to "giving up" on the Tour de France after breaking four ribs in a crash last year, and missing the 2014 race following an accident. But his win continued Orica's impressive Tour, with Yates second in the general classification standings, 16 seconds behind Froome. While Yates has produced some superb solo performances, Matthews was helped by team-mates Luke Durbridge and Daryl Impey as they neutralised the threat of Tinkoff's world champion Sagan. Durbridge's pace reduced the breakaway to seven riders before he dropped out, with Impey launching several attacks in the last few kilometres. Matthews waited until the final 200m to make his move, overtaking BMC's Greg van Avermaet and Sagan in the last 50m. "To have won a stage after two really bad years in the Tour de France, the emotion is just sinking in," said Matthews, who has also won stages at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana. "I was close to giving up on this race, thinking it was maybe not for me, but today was incredible. "It was never the plan to go in the breakaway. We were hoping for bunch sprint after the last climb but we had strong guys, and whoever is up we give them 110%. Daryl and Luke gave me everything." Sagan overtook Cavendish in the green jersey standings after winning the intermediate sprint and finishing second to Matthews. Cavendish, who has won three stages in this year's race, finished in the peloton and now trails Sagan by 38 points. Sagan has won the green jersey in each of the past four years, and Manxman Cavendish, 31, said before this year's race that he cannot beat the world champion. Cavendish, whose tally of 29 career stage wins is bettered only by Eddy Merckx's 34, could challenge for a 30th on a largely flat stage 11, which takes the riders 162.5km (101 miles) from Carcassonne to Montpellier. 1. Michael Matthews (Aus/Orica-BikeExchange) 4hrs 22mins 38secs 2. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff) same time 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) 4. Greg van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) 5. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) 6. Daryl Impey (SA/Orica-BikeExchange) +2secs 7. Luke Durbridge (Aus/Orica-BikeExchange) +1min 10secs 8. Damiano Caruso (Ita/BMC Racing)+3min 1 sec 9. Gorka Izaguirre (Spa/Movistar) +3min 10 secs 10. TonyGallopin (Fra/Lotto Soudal) same time 1 Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 49hrs 8mins 20secs 2. Adam Yates (GB/Orica-BikeExchange) +16secs 3. Daniel Martin (Ire/Etixx - Quick-Step) +19secs 4. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +23 secs 5. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha) +37secs 6. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek-Segafredo) +44secs 7. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) same time 8. Sergio Henao (Col/Team Sky 9. Louis Meintjes (SA/Lampre) +55secs 10. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +1min 1sec

Michael Matthews won stage 10 of the Tour de France as Britain's Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey.

The German investment firm, JAB Holding will pay a 78% premium to Friday's closing price to buy the company. JAB is offering $92 a share. While more than Friday's price, it's a discount to the $157 share price high the company enjoyed in November 2014. The deal will make JAB the biggest player in the North American single-serve coffee pod market. "Keurig Green Mountain represents a major step forward in the creation of our global coffee platform," said JAB chairman Bart Becht, in a statement. JAB has invested heavily in the US coffee market. It bought Caribou Coffee Co and Peet's Coffee & Tea in 2012 and formed a joint venture between coffeemakers DE Master Blenders and Mondelez International in July. Keurig will continue to operate as an independent company after the purchase. Coca-Cola - Keurig's biggest investors- voiced its support for the deal in a statement. Coca-Cola will take a 17.4% stake in the new private company. "We have enjoyed a strong partnership with Keurig Green Mountain, and will continue our collaboration with JAB in order to capitalize on the growth opportunities in the single-serve, pod-based segment of the cold beverage industry," said Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola's chief executive. Despite the higher cost of a single-serve coffee pod compared to a cup of filter coffee, the popularity of the machines continues to grow globally. According to Euromonitor International over the next three to five years, sales of single serve coffee pods are expected to grow by 5% in the US, 10% in Canada and 8% in Mexico. The research firm said the coffee pod business already accounts for 40% of the $15bn global coffee market. The business is not without its critics. The plastic pods have been criticised for increasing the amount of waste in landfills In March the creator of the K-cups, John Sylvan, told The Atlantic magazine he did not use the machine and acknowledged their cost and impact on the environment. "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it," Sylvan told the magazine.

Keurig Green Mountain, which makes K-cups single-serve coffee pods, said it has accepted a $13.9bn (£9.2bn) bid.

However, she said there were "many, many other questions" about Brexit and there was "still a lot to do". The UK proposal was unveiled by Prime Minister Theresa May at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. It would grant EU migrants who had lived in the UK for five years a new "UK settled status". That would allow them to stay in the country and access health, education and other benefits. The plan would affect 3.2 million EU citizens now living in the UK. Their rights - and the rights of UK citizens living in the rest of the EU - are among the thorny issues that have to be resolved early on in Brexit talks, along with the UK's divorce bill and the Northern Ireland border. "Theresa May made clear today that EU citizens who have been in Great Britain for five years can keep their full rights. That's a good start," said Mrs Merkel at the end of Thursday's talks. "But of course there are many, many other questions about Brexit - about finances, about the relationship with Ireland - which means we still have a lot to do until October." She insisted that Brexit was not the focus of the summit - the UK's split from the EU is being negotiated separately. "For me the shaping of the future of the 27 is a priority coming before the issue of the negotiations with Britain on the exit," she added. Before Mrs May's offer, the EU proposed that EU citizens in the UK and the estimated 1.2 million Britons living in EU countries should continue enjoying the same rights, enforceable by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). At the summit, the PM sought to reassure the 27 other EU states, saying the UK "does not want anyone here to have to leave, nor does it want families to be split up". "No-one will face a cliff edge," she said. The UK stunned the EU when it voted to end its membership in a referendum a year ago on Friday. The exit deadline is 30 March 2019. The summit's final day is to focus on migration, security and economic issues. Counter-terrorism has been a key issue at the summit which comes in the wake of an attack in Brussels on Tuesday. Several EU states have been attacked in recent weeks, including the UK, France and Sweden, and Mrs May said that an attack against any member state was an attack on all. Both sides would like to get the issue of citizens' rights wrapped up as soon as possible - it would be good for morale to get an early win, and they have more difficult issues to tackle. But while there is a sense that progress can be made, there are still some tricky technical questions to deal with. Which rights will be extended to immediate family members living elsewhere - to children in particular? And who will guarantee citizens' rights in the event of any legal dispute? The EU has already insisted that the European Court of Justice should be involved; the UK insists that British courts should uphold the deal. It is also not clear what the cut-off date should be for citizens to qualify for any offer that is agreed. The UK proposal suggests a date between March 2017 and March 2019 - although it is highly unlikely that the EU would be willing to accept a date that has already passed. From an EU perspective, what we've heard so far from the UK side remains rather vague. EU negotiators will want to see the details of this proposal which are only due to be made public next Monday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described UK plans to ensure the rights of EU citizens in Britain after Brexit as "a good start".

Just as the fighting for Mosul moved from east to west over the course of many months, the Iraqi military is now moving westwards towards the Syrian border. Although much smaller in size, Tal Afar has been a so-called Islamic State (IS) stronghold that the jihadist group has used as a strategic "base" since 2014. And Tal Afar has had ruthless rulers before - between late 2004 and early 2006, the city was controlled by al-Qaeda in Iraq, a precursor to IS. Before it fell to IS, the city's population of 200,000 was predominantly ethnic Turkmen, a Turkic people who have their own language and customs. The majority were also Sunni Muslims. Tal Afar's residents are not viewed as helpless victims by many in the region; for a relatively small population, security sources say a disproportionate number of men from the city filled the ranks of IS as commanders, judges and members of their vicious religious police. The battle for Tal Afar could also escalate tensions between Iraq, its ethnic Kurdish minority, Turkey and Syria. Turkey refuses to close or move its military base near Mosul, claiming it could be needed to protect Iraqi Turkmen as well as the Turkish border. The mere idea of Turkish military action on Iraqi soil has been enough to cause many, from Washington to Baghdad, to lose sleep. Kurdish leaders in Irbil are also keeping their eyes wide open as well - juggling the real or perceived threats from Sunni Arab insurgents, Turkish forces and an ever-growing number of Shia Arab militiamen. Tal Afar is a two hour drive from the Turkish border, and the main road from Mosul to Syria runs through the city. It is, in many ways, the perfect location - and the right time - for a perfect storm. The military assault on Tal Afar might seem clear cut, but the combination of forces involved invites complications on the ground. Approximately 40,000 troops are taking part in the fighting - three Iraqi Army divisions, Iraqi and US-led coalition special forces personnel, as well as "government-backed" paramilitary fighters from the Popular Mobilisation (Hashd al-Shaabi). The Popular Mobilisation is an umbrella organisation under whose banner are militias like Kataib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades), Moqtada al-Sadr's Saraya al-Salam - the current incarnation of the Mehdi Army - and the Badr Organisation. The Popular Mobilisation's ranks also include fighters from Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a group trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force that has been accused of a number of kidnappings and attacks in Iraq. The factions in the Popular Mobilisation are predominantly Shia and many are backed and funded by Iran. When you speak to them, many of their fighters do not try to hide their deep-seated disdain for Iraqi's Sunni population. Regardless of fears, internally and internationally, about the size and ultimate intentions of the Popular Mobilisation, it is not going away any time soon. It is needed, many argue. Once Tal Afar has been recaptured, this menagerie of forces will face a tougher operation on a wider scale that could last for months. A case can be made that the number of ground troops available to take part in it will be as important as their weaponry and air support. About 290km (180 miles) south-west of Mosul, IS also holds a string of towns along the Iraqi part of the River Euphrates in Anbar province. These villages are known collectively as "al-Qaim", and they are connected by the Euphrates to the last IS stronghold in Syria - Deir al-Zour province. Deir al-Zour is now the heart of the "caliphate" proclaimed by IS three years ago. Accurate figures are hard to come by, but there are an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 IS fighters on the Iraqi and Syrian sides of the Euphrates valley. Simply pushing the IS extremists over the Syrian border from Iraq will not be enough - and is likely to add to the problem of IS in Syria - but there is little more than inaudible rumblings about how Iraqi forces will maintain security once they have retaken al-Qaim. One solution may be to leave the Popular Mobilisation in the area as a substitute police force, because it has enough manpower and will need a new task, and also because Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has spoken out against disbanding them. In this scenario, Iraqi border security would be handled by forces that are heavily involved with Iran, yet backed by the government in Baghdad - which in turn, is backed by the US government and other powers. Iraqi regular forces, as they work their way back to Baghdad, will have another problem to deal with; a large pocket of IS territory in the middle of the country that has been contained primarily for three years by Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The fight for the city of Hawija may be as deadly as any so far, as it is a cut-off viper's nest. The IS fighters holding it truly have nowhere to run, should they try. The minute the smoke clears from Hawija, the Iraqi military will be looking across the battlefield at the Peshmerga. They distrust each other with equal fervour, and the only thing they have agreed on is need to the defeat IS.

Tal Afar, about 55km (35 miles) to the west of Mosul, was always going to be next on the "to do" list for Iraqi forces.

Pars goalkeeper Sean Murdoch denied Jamie Adams in a first half of few chances before two quick fire goals put the visitors in control. El Bakhtaoui raced on to a Ryan Wallace ball to score his first, before scoring a stunning 30-yard volley from Michael Paton's cross. Craig Moore fired a late chance over for Ayr United, who remain third.

Faissal El Bakhtaoui netted a second-half double as League One leaders Dunfermline claimed victory at Ayr.

Campaigners from action group Plane Stupid staged the demonstration on Monday in opposition to the airport's expansion plans. The men and women have been charged with aggravated trespass and entering a security restricted area of an aerodrome, police said. They will appear in court on 19 August. The protest took place on the northern runway at 03:30 BST on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said security at the airport would be reviewed.

Thirteen people have been charged after climate change protesters stormed onto the runway at Heathrow Airport and chained themselves together.

The President argued that even if the accord was fully implemented it would only have a "tiny, tiny" impact. But researchers have told BBC News that the President was "cherry picking in the extreme" in his use of the facts. They say that the Paris deal could make the difference between tolerable and dangerous levels of warming. While much of his statement on withdrawal was concerned with the negative economic impact of being part of the Paris agreement, the President also mentioned the negligible impact that the deal would have on temperatures. "It is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree … Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100," he said during his lengthy explanation. "Tiny, tiny amount." Climate researchers have immediately taken issue with the President's use of the data. "This is cherry picking in the extreme," said Prof Niklas Höhne, who works with the Climate Action Tracker to monitor likely emissions levels. "He picked the study that has the least impact of the Paris agreement on the global temperature increase." The study on which this assertion was based was carried out by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and published in 2015. Crucially the study didn't include all the commitments made by countries in the run up to the meeting in the French capital at the end of 2015 that agreed the wide-reaching Paris deal. Another major question is that the study presumed that none of the actions proposed would continue past 2030. "Their study assumes that countries implement their Paris pledges by 2030 but then move back to high emissions," said Prof Höhne. "We think that is unrealistic because if the countries implement Paris they will likely continue with similar policies." A subsequent investigation in 2016 by the same group at MIT suggests that up to one degree of warming could be averted if all the promises made in the Paris agreement were honoured. The authors believe that withdrawing from Paris is the wrong approach. Their findings on how much difference Paris will make are echoed by the Climate Action Tracker researchers who found that 0.8 of a degree of warming could be avoided if countries stuck to their pledges. This difference could help prevent dangerous levels of warming for the whole planet. "It is a considerable impact, and it is the first time since 2009 we see a considerable downward trend in temperatures because countries have made proposals for what they are going to do," said Prof Höhne. "This, for me, is a really strong point of the Paris agreement." How strongly the US pullout will impact future global temperatures is currently being assessed by scientists, including those at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). "This is an additional 0.3 degrees on the warming, due to the withdrawal of the US," Deon Terblanche, the head of the WMO's Atmospheric Research and Environment Department, told a meeting in Geneva, stressing that this was an estimate and not a modelled result. "That's a worst case scenario, and this is probably not what will happen." Prof Niklas Höhne agrees that the full impact of the US pullout could be less than feared. "President Trump wants to stop the Clean Power Plan, but it is very likely that some of the states will go even further and be more aggressive and we also hear there is pushback from many major companies that they want to go towards more renewables. "In essence progressive states and companies could compensate for Trump." Follow Matt on Twitter and on Facebook

Climate scientists have taken issue with some of the research used by President Trump to bolster his case for withdrawal from the Paris agreement.

The French manager has yet to say whether he will sign a new contract to stay beyond this season, but believes the spirit he has created in 20 years at the club can live on without him. "It's more natural for local players because they have been educated in Arsenal - players like Ramsey, Chamberlain," Wenger said. "They have to take charge." He added: "They should lead and take responsibility to say 'yes, that is how we want to behave, this is how we want to play, let's go together'. "If they didn't want it, that would be a huge disappointment." Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City (kick-off 15:00 BST), which could be Wenger's last trip to Wembley Stadium, is also his 11th semi-final as Arsenal manager. It is the Gunners' last chance of a trophy this season. Wenger could field as many as five British players - Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Kieran Gibbs and Rob Holding - but he says a player's nationality is less important to him than "players who integrate the values of the club" and are "ready to defend these values". "A lot is said about my future but my future is more important in the value and spirit of what we have built in 20 years than my own person," added the 67-year-old Frenchman. In the opposite dugout, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has happy memories of Wembley as both a player and a manager with Barcelona. The Spaniard was a member of the Barca side who won the European Cup at the ground in 1992 and he was manager when the side beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final in 2011. Guardiola said: "Wembley in my life has been so important in terms of football. We were able to win the first Champions League when Ronald Koeman made a fantastic goal against the Sampdoria of Roberto Mancini. "The second one, we beat one of the best teams in the world in Manchester United at Wembley and, especially the way we played, always I will remember in my heart. "Wembley is an important part of my life. Going back there will always be special."

Arsene Wenger has challenged Arsenal's British players to take responsibility for the club's future.

Paul Wilmott, 63, died in the explosion at his home in Haxby, near York, on 19 February 2016, which was caused by the fracture of a corroded gas pipe. One house was "completely missing" and others were left seriously damaged, the inquest in York heard. Andrew Hewitson said: "It's something I've never seen before." Live updates on this story and others in North Yorkshire The Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedic told the jury: "My first personal thought was it was a possible plane crash, the way the house had caved in. "The street was covered with debris, cars were covered with concrete. "Windows looked to be blown in, all the glass was shattered. Complete devastation." Michael Jamieson, a watch manager at North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, told the inquest the scene was "almost like an airstrike". "There was virtually no house left," he said. "I've been to gas explosions before but I've never seen something with that level of destruction." Mr Jamieson said he found Mr Wilmott's body underneath rubble at the back of the house, on Springwood. Mr Wilmott died of multiple fractures of the skull and injuries to the brain consistent with having been sustained in a domestic explosion, the jury heard. A statement from Mr Wilmott's partner, Olivia Costello, was read out to the jury in which she said the pair had noticed a "very extreme and pungent" smell in the house before the blast. They thought it was "caused by a dead ants' nest in the wall". Coroner Rob Turnbull said an inquiry found the copper pipe fractured at a point where two concrete floor slabs met and had moved "possibly as a result of bad weather". The inquest continues.

A paramedic called to the scene of a gas blast that left a man dead has told an inquest he thought the devastation was the result of a plane crash.

Violence has broken out between England fans, rival supporters and police for the last three days in the port city. There were also clashes in the stadium following England's 1-1 Euro 2016 draw with Russia, after Russia fans appeared to rush at England supporters. French police said one Briton had been seriously hurt in the earlier clashes. Witnesses said trouble began in the stadium after flares were let off by Russian fans near the end of the game. Some fans then climbed across barriers designed to keep rival fans apart. Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday: "We will have a fine from Uefa, so I understand. We behaved incorrectly," R-Sport news agency reported. But he added there were "many nuances" to what happened, and Russian officials would investigate. Ned Ozkasim, from London, who was in the stadium, told the BBC: "There was a large explosion, and after the Russian goal they started invading the area where some England fans were. "I didn't see any retaliation from the England fans - they were just trying to get away. There were no riot police at the grounds as we expected. There were just stewards in hi-vis, and they just let it happen." Euro 2016: 'England fans are not idiots' From the moment England and Russia fans started flooding into Marseille on Thursday and Friday, there was an undercurrent of tension and violence that was transformed into scenes that were a throwback to some of football's worst hooligan excesses of the past. In the steamy, humid environment of this port city in the south of France, with alcohol flowing freely in searing temperatures and demonstrations of aggression from both sets of fans, all the ingredients were in place for events that unfolded in the Vieux-Port de Marseille. As a long, hot Saturday wore on towards a late kick-off at 21:00 local time, the scenery shifted to the magnificent, sweeping curves of the Stade Velodrome, culminating in the disgraceful incidents that took place just seconds after full-time. It was particularly disturbing given the high levels of security and policing that were in evidence around the stadium as the authorities remain on high alert after November's Paris attacks. Security, here at least, seemed in very short supply. It was the sort of hooliganism the game's rulers hoped had been stamped out but has reared its head in sinister fashion less than 48 hours into Euro 2016. It demands a strong reaction, not just from European football's governing body Uefa, but also those who saw the shortcomings of security exposed after the final whistle here. Read more BBC sports editor Dan Roan said England fans began jumping over the perimeter fence in panic. "Big questions for Uefa here," he tweeted. "Stampede appears to have been triggered by explosion. How did such a device make it inside and where was segregation?" A senior FA security official said he had not witnessed anything like it in nine major tournaments he had attended. Kevin Miles, of the Football Supporters' Federation, said the incident came at the end of "a very torrid day for many England fans". Some fans had been attacked "brutally and violently" by Russian hooligans and locals youths, and it was "clearly premeditated", he claimed. Police had "failed entirely" to protect fans, he said. The British ambassador to France, Julian King, tweeted: "Number of Brits in hospital overnight. Consular following closely with French authorities." He added that the embassy was "reviewing the situation" with the French authorities. Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham said the safety measures and security inside the stadium needed to be urgently looked at, and called for more stewarding. Earlier on Saturday French police said one Briton had to be resuscitated by officers and was left in a critical condition. Police in riot gear clashed with England fans, and used tear gas for a third day and a water cannon to try and stop outbursts of violence. There were also clashes in the city of Nice between police and fans from Northern Ireland and Poland, who are due to play their opening match later. Six people were reportedly injured, before order was restored. Before the game fans walked past ranks of police officers in riot gear on their way to the Stade Velodrome venue. The great majority of fans appeared to be peaceful, but there were some reports of trouble between English, Russian and local fans. BBC News correspondent Nick Eardley said he witnessed bloodied England fans being "dragged away by police", to the sound of sirens blaring out across the city's main square. Police told the BBC six people had been arrested and at least five injured during the scuffles. Some British journalists in the area pointed the finger at a gang of black-clad Russians, who they said had entered the port city's main square from a side street apparently seeking violence. The FA condemned the violence saying it was "very disappointed by the terrible scenes of disorder", while European football's governing body Uefa said it "firmly condemns the incidents in Marseille". England fans are now moving on from Marseilles as the team's next match is against Wales in Lens on Thursday afternoon. Russia play their next fixture against Slovakia the previous afternoon. Marseille's Stade Velodrome next hosts a match on Wednesday, when France play Albania.

A number of England fans were taken to hospital in France following a series of clashes between football supporters in Marseille.

Stuart Coffey, 44, transferred cash from Bracebridge Heath Medical Practice into his own account between 2008 and 2013. Lincoln Crown Court heard he stole so much money the surgery fell into rent arrears of £37,000. Coffey, of Bede Close, Quarrington, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud. The fraud was discovered when Coffey left the practice and staff discovered the rent had not been paid and other invoices were outstanding. Prosecutor Jonathon Dee said a review of accounts found "pretty much consistently over five years the defendant had been stealing from the practice". The judge, Recorder Stuart Sprawson, said: "This was deliberate. It was clearly planned." Coffey's barrister, Mark Harries, said his client was "ashamed and disgusted with himself". He said he had begun taking the money after struggling to meet mortgage payments. Denise Bluck, the current practice manager at the surgery, said the theft had a "significant impact" on the practice but it was "working hard to deal with the impact".

A former GP practice manager who stole nearly £250,000 from the surgery he managed has been jailed for two years and eight months.

James Alabi netted for the Blues early on after taking Elliott Durrell's cross with a deft touch before turning and rifling home. John Askey's men equalised against the run of play when right-back Andy Halls made a forward run and played a neat one-two before placing past Chester goalkeeper Alex Lynch. Jack Mackreth's superb cross then allowed Anthony Dudley to put Macc ahead with a firm header. Alabi hit the post in the second half, but Kane Richards did eventually stab Chester level from another Durrell ball in. Norburn, however, took on Rhys Browne's ball and struck in low from outside the area with five minutes remaining. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Chester FC 2, Macclesfield Town 3. Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Macclesfield Town 3. Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Chris Holroyd replaces Anthony Dudley. Ollie Norburn (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card. Goal! Chester FC 2, Macclesfield Town 3. Ollie Norburn (Macclesfield Town). Goal! Chester FC 2, Macclesfield Town 2. Kane Richards (Chester FC). Danny Whitaker (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Chester FC. Theo Vassell replaces Danny O'Brien. Substitution, Chester FC. Kane Richards replaces Blaine Hudson. Second Half begins Chester FC 1, Macclesfield Town 2. First Half ends, Chester FC 1, Macclesfield Town 2. Goal! Chester FC 1, Macclesfield Town 2. Anthony Dudley (Macclesfield Town). Goal! Chester FC 1, Macclesfield Town 1. Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town). Goal! Chester FC 1, Macclesfield Town 0. James Alabi (Chester FC). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Ollie Norburn grabbed a late winner as Macclesfield overcame Chester 3-2 at the Deva Stadium.

The Dons boss has guided his team to successive second-place finishes in the Scottish Premiership, and lifted the 2014 League Cup. Going into Sunday's game against Rangers, Aberdeen are 12 points clear of the Ibrox side in second place. "Derek's doing everything he can, extracting every ounce out of the club," Thompson told BBC Scotland. "I thought last summer, could they achieve more than they had done, was it maybe the right time for Derek to go, what else could he do with this Aberdeen team? "He's come up trumps again. If anything, they've been better than they were last season. With Rangers in the league, with a stronger Hearts team, they've still been the second-top team in Scotland and I think Derek and his players deserve enormous credit for that. Media playback is not supported on this device "Even if Rangers were to win (on Sunday), I don't think they will finish second. Aberdeen have been so consistent, especially at home, so I fully expect Rangers to lose." The Dons have made Pittodrie a fortress this season, embarking on a 10-game winning streak on their home patch. They may have been eased aside by all-conquering Celtic in November's League Cup final, but have the chance to reach another national showpiece when they face Hibernian in the Scottish Cup last four on 22 April. "Derek can't win the league, not against this Celtic side," Thompson added. "Success can be measured in other ways. To reach both cup finals would be success in itself, to finish second, to get European football again, to break records - I'm not sure what else he can do. "The consistency they've shown in the last two seasons has been phenomenal. I just think there aren't enough plaudits out there for Derek McInnes and the work he's done." Meanwhile, former Rangers player Thompson admits he has been baffled by the actions of new Ibrox boss, Pedro Caixinha. The Portuguese took the unusual step of revealing his team line-up a day before Wednesday's goalless draw with Kilmarnock, and two days ahead of their showdown with the Dons predicted the starting XI McInnes would select. Media playback is not supported on this device "For me, it's nonsensical to give the opposition your team," Thompson said. "It gives them extra time to prepare, and insight into how they're going to go about beating your side. "I've never worked under a manager who would consider giving away his team lines, let alone a day before like he did. I found that puzzling. "Possibly even more puzzling was to name the Aberdeen team. I think he's trying to show he's done his homework, but you can pretty much name the Aberdeen team because it doesn't change too often. "If I was Derek McInnes, what would I think of that? Is it mind games? It's not very good mind games, if you ask me." Thompson, who made over 60 appearances for Rangers, says Caixinha's carefree style sits in stark contrast with the rigidity and structure of his predecessor, Mark Warburton. The 46-year-old led the Gers to a thumping win over Hamilton Academical in his first game in charge, but has since dropped points with successive draws against Motherwell and Kilmarnock. "It's far too early to be making judgements," Thompson asserted. "None of these players are Caixinha's players. I suspect in the summer you'll see a substantial recruitment drive. "One thing that struck me is he's not afraid to do something radical. I know he had injury problems, but he took off three of his back-four, completely changed his shape against Motherwell. That raised a few eyebrows, although they got back into the game. "Caixinha looks like he's going to start taking risks. With that, you have to make sure you're getting results as well. It won't happen this season, but if he continues to take risks like he does and he isn't getting results next season, it won't be long before he receives criticism."

Derek McInnes deserves more praise for his achievements at Aberdeen, says ex-Scotland striker Steven Thompson.

Media playback is not supported on this device The Reds drew 2-2 at the Stadium of Light, less than 44 hours after beating title rivals Manchester City. "I told the players if nobody wanted to play I would never speak about it and not tell anyone, but nobody came. That was a good thing," said Klopp. Match of the Day pundit Martin Keown said: "Klopp looked tired himself." The draw left Liverpool five points behind leaders Chelsea, who visit Tottenham on Wednesday (20:00 GMT). Former Arsenal defender Keown said: "The high-intensity game has taken it out of them but it has been a good half of the season for them." Klopp said he "does not know exactly what I saw" during the draw at the Stadium of Light. Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane twice put the Reds ahead, but two Jermain Defoe penalties pegged them back. "I'm not able to explain it," said Klopp. "We can play better football but I'm not sure if you can play better with that break." Klopp made just one change to his starting XI, with forward Sturridge coming in for injured midfielder Jordan Henderson in an altered formation. Liverpool covered a total of 118.63km as a team, outrunning Sunderland, who clocked up 115.89km. That is in keeping with their performances over the rest of the festive period, during which they ran 116.87km in beating Manchester City and 118.94km in their 4-1 win over Stoke on 27 December. Media playback is not supported on this device Sunderland manager David Moyes suggested Klopp would have been widely praised had he been responsible for the home side's tactics. Klopp described the Black Cats as "the most defensive team I ever saw" after his side won the reverse fixture at Anfield 2-0 in November. "Maybe if I was a German manager, you might praise that, actually," said Moyes. "If I had been German, you might have been saying, 'great, you're doing something different'." England striker Sturridge was forced off 10 minutes from full-time on his first Premier League start since October. However, Klopp is hopeful the 27-year-old, who has scored six goals in 14 club appearances this season, will be back sooner rather than later. "He got a knock on his right ankle. I don't think it's too bad," said Klopp. Sturridge has had a series of injuries since signing from Chelsea in January 2013, including hip and thigh problems.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he gave his players the chance to opt out of Monday's match at Sunderland if they were too tired - but nobody wanted to.

The shooting occurred at a hostel attached to the private Pragati Residential School in Bangalore city. Police say the alleged gunman, identified as Mahesh, was working as an office assistant in the school. Incidents of gun crime at schools and colleges in India are very rare. It is not clear what prompted the shooting. Police said on Thursday that Mahesh had been remanded until 12 April. Mahesh is alleged to have barged into the room of 18-year-old Gautami and shot her in the head with a pistol on on Tuesday evening. He then shot another student, Sirisha, who suffered severe injuries but is believed to be out of danger, say police. He was arrested on Wednesday after a manhunt. India has strict control laws, although a large number of feuds are settled with firearms. In 2007, a 14-year-old schoolboy was shot dead by two fellow students at a school campus near the capital, Delhi.

A man arrested on suspicion of shooting a female student dead and wounding another at a school in India has been remanded in custody.

Speaking in Kiev, Gen Breedlove said Russian military assets being installed in Crimea would have an effect on "almost the entire Black Sea". Mr Breedlove is in Ukraine for high-level talks with Ukrainian leaders. Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014. Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that it had deployed a batch of 14 military jets to Crimea, as part of a squadron of 30 that will be stationed on the peninsula. An initial batch of fighter jets were flown to Crimea's Belbek air base "from military air bases in Krasnodar Territory," Russian agency Interfax reported. Gen Breedlove had said earlier on Tuesday that a large number of Russian troops were also active inside Ukraine, training and advising separatist rebels. Russia has continued to deny allegations from western countries that it played any direct role in the conflict in Ukraine, which has claimed more than 4,317 lives. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia "poses no threat to anyone" and would "resist efforts to draw it into geopolitical intrigue," Russia's Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched a strong attack on Russia's actions against Ukraine whilst addressing a session of parliament in Berlin. "Nothing justifies or excuses the annexation of Crimea by Russia... Nothing justifies the direct or indirect participation of Russia in the fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk," she said, speaking in the Bundestag. "Russia is calling into question Europe's peaceful order and it is trampling on international law." She added that the possibility of a lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was unlikely and therefore continued economic sanctions on Russia remained "unavoidable". The US and the EU have placed sanctions on Russia for its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis. Human cost of conflict in east Ukraine 4,317 deaths since April - 957 of them since the 5 September ceasefire, and 9,921 people wounded 466,829 internally displaced people within Ukraine 454,339 refugees living abroad, 387,355 of them in Russia UN data from 18 November Ukraine's year of chaotic events

Nato's top military commander, Gen Philip Breedlove, has warned that Russian "militarisation" of the annexed Crimea Peninsula could be used to exert control over the whole Black Sea.

England international Chase, 29, had been suspended pending an internal disciplinary investigation, but will now been given a free transfer. Captain Hansen, 29, is also released while Salford owner Marwan Koukash says Paterson, 28, is moving to Leigh. Half-back Fages had resigned from the club and will now be allowed to leave. "We're very close with his advisers to reaching a deal and we want to wish him all the very best," Koukash said of 21-year-old Fages. Salford secured their Super League status for next season with their win at Widnes and that will be the catalyst for their recruitment drive for next season, according to Koukash. "Everything was on hold until we secured our position in Super League," he said. "Having done that now, it's a matter of finalising the deals. "I have no doubt that there will be at least six to eight new arrivals."

Salford Red Devils will let Rangi Chase, Harrison Hansen, Cory Paterson and Theo Fages leave the club at the end of the season.

Media playback is unsupported on your device 1 July 2014 Last updated at 16:43 BST The country's largest union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), claims that more than 200,000 members are striking.

Engineering and metal workers in South Africa have gone on strike after talks on Monday failed to reach an agreement over pay.

Media playback is not supported on this device The Toffees will pay about £5m compensation for the 53-year-old Dutchman, who leaves Saints after two years in charge. Everton have been without a manager since they sacked Roberto Martinez just before the end of the 2015-16 season. It is expected Koeman's appointment will be confirmed by Friday. Listen: Saints fans feeling let down by Koeman BBC Radio 5 live's Football Daily podcast Koeman, who has been headhunted by new Everton owner Farhad Moshiri, will sign a deal reported to be worth about £6m a year. The former Netherlands international, who is on holiday, will take brother Erwin and fitness coach Jan Kluitenberg with him to Goodison Park. Saints have finished seventh and sixth under Koeman - their best Premier League campaigns. Martinez promised Champions League qualification when appointed but Everton finished 11th in 2015-16, his third year at the club. In April, Saints chairman Ralph Krueger said discussions with Koeman over a new deal were progressing "in a very good direction", but added the club was "not in any real hurry". And last month the former Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Barcelona defender said he expected to stay with the Saints for the final year of his contract. Koeman made more than 763 appearances as a player, scoring 253 goals, and won the 1988 European Championship with the Netherlands. He won the European Cup - now the Champions League - with PSV Eindhoven in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992, scoring the winner for the latter against Sampdoria at Wembley. He also won four domestic league titles apiece in the Netherlands and Spain. Koeman has since managed Vitesse Arnhem, Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord and Southampton. He has won the Dutch league with both Ajax and PSV. Reaction Former Southampton and England forward Matt le Tissier said he was "disappointed" and "quite surprised" at Koeman's decision to leave, particularly with Saints playing in the Europa League next season. "He may feel he has got a better chance of winning trophies at Everton. I'd be of a slightly different opinion," Le Tissier told BBC Sport. "I understand they've got a new owner and want to splash a bit of cash, but it might not be as easy a job as he thinks. "Most clubs in the Premier League are pretty wealthy now and can compete in the transfer market. We just have to move on and look to the next man to take us forward again. "The players' loyalty lies with the football club and hopefully they will kick us on again next season."

Everton have agreed a deal with Premier League rivals Southampton that paves the way for Ronald Koeman to become their new manager.

The Marine Conservation Society said more than 8,000 bottles were picked up during its Great British Beach Clean Up in September, up 43% on 2014. It wants deposit return schemes, which give money back to people who return empty bottles, to encourage recycling. More than 6,000 volunteers collected and recorded litter along 340 beaches across the UK. The MCS said putting a charge on the bottles of up to 20p, which gets refunded when they are returned, would change behaviour, and called for the UK government to explore the potential of such a scheme. Lauren Eyles, the charity's Beachwatch manager, said: "The bottles we find on beaches are either dropped directly on to the beach, blown from land or sea, or end up there via rivers. "The more we use as a nation, the more we'll see ending up on our shores." The survey also found: All countries within the UK saw an increase except Wales, where levels dropped after a record rise the previous year, the MCS said. England saw record levels of litter across 189 beaches, with highest levels of rubbish - averaging 5,170 items per kilometre - in the South West. The Channel Islands had the lowest levels of litter for the UK, but rubbish still increased by a fifth (22%) compared with 2014.

Conservationists say they found 160 plastic bottles for every mile of UK coastline cleaned last year.