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Volunteers were asked to act as traffic wardens at Tilbury Pioneer Academy in Essex in September 2015. But the BBC can reveal the powers were enforced by just one parent, with no penalty imposed. Thurrock Council defended the project, saying it highlighted the "deterrent value of the project". The pilot was introduced after the council said it only had six full-time traffic wardens to police illegal parking outside its 50 schools. However, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by the BBC showed it was halted after three months A lone parent volunteer enforced the rules and no tickets were issued, the FoI showed. A spokeswoman for Thurrock Council said the trial would not be rolled out across the borough. She said: "There has been considerable improvement in parking behaviour as a result of the scheme but, due to the significant training commitment for the volunteers, continuing the project will be difficult." Jerry Glazier, national executive member of the National Union of Teachers in Essex, said the scheme had "the right motivation, but the wrong approach". "In the cold light of day the practicalities were such that this was simply not an effective runner," he said. "There needs to be proper engagement with parents."

Not a single fine was issued during a £5,000 trial to get teachers and parents to police roads outside a primary school, it has emerged.

The news comes as a major boost to Britain's technology sector. Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, told the BBC that the UK was still an attractive place to do business. He said open borders and free movement for skilled migrants were "absolutely" important to the success of the technology sector in the UK. It was Mr Pichai's first European broadcast interview since he became chief executive last year. Sources at the technology company also said if barriers were thrown up to skilled immigration following the vote to leave the European Union, some of Google's investment could be at risk. Turning to the "fake news" controversy in America - and choosing his words very carefully - Mr Pichai said that, at the margin, false stories about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could have affected the outcome of the US election as the margins were "very narrow". And that it was important that companies like Google and other social media businesses promoted "accurate" stories to their billions of users. Although Google refused to be drawn on the cost of the UK investment, development experts said the new building in King's Cross and the cost of employing thousands more staff was likely to put the figure at over £1bn. At present, Google employs around 4,000 people in the UK, a figure that could now rise to 7,000. The office space owned by Google in King's Cross will more than double. "The UK has been a tremendous market for us," Mr Pichai told me. "We see big opportunities here. This is a big commitment from us - we have some of the best talent in the world in the UK and to be able to build great products from here sets us up well for the long term." The new 650,000 sq-ft headquarters has been designed by Thomas Heatherwick, the designer behind the "garden bridge" across the Thames. He was brought in by Google after its founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, rejected initial designs for a new headquarters as "too boring" in 2013. Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group are also involved in the project. Many companies raised fears before the referendum that if Britain voted to leave the European Union, foreign investment would be affected. Questions were raised over whether Google would commit to the new building. But Mr Pichai made it clear the strength of the UK economy went far beyond the Brexit vote. "The innovation we see here, the talent we have available here and how on the cutting edge of technology we are able to be here makes it an incredible place for us to invest," he said. "We do value how open and connected it is and we can bring in talent from anywhere in the world and we value those attributes and we are optimistic that those will stay true over time. "So we did [make the investment decision] taking into consideration [the referendum], but we are very optimistic." He said Brexit may have complicated "secondary effects" over the longer term but it was too early to say what they may be. I asked Mr Pichai what the government's approach should be to immigration controls. "I want to be respectful," he answered. "These are important questions for the citizens of the UK to answer. "I think there are thoughtful debates to be had. "In our experience as a company, when we have been able to bring people together and operate in an open and connected way it achieves tremendous impact over time. "Those are the values we cherish, and we have been open and public about how we think about these things. "When I look at London [I see] a place in which we are able to attract great talent, find great talent in the UK, thanks to a great educational system here, but it has also been a place where people are willing to come from anywhere in the world. "Increasingly, for the kinds of complex things we do, we need to bring people who are across many disciplines - with many different backgrounds - together to solve problems. That's how you can build newer things, so that is particularly important for us." He said that he would "worry" if controls on skilled migration were made more stringent. Turning to events in America and the election of Donald Trump, Mr Pichai said it was clear the country was "deeply divided". "I come from India, I am used to a vibrant democracy, and it is the same in the United States. "It is important to remember that we had a democratic process and there has been an outcome. "As you can see the country is deeply divided so I tend to look forward and I think we need to figure out how to constructively engage with the new administration and hear the voices of people, as at Google we care about certain values - be it freedom of expression, the notion of inclusion and fairness, building open systems, building a connected world. "But it is also important to acknowledge that there are people, through a process like this, who feel left behind, and I am glad the democratic process gives voices to everyone." I asked him if the atmosphere in America had become nastier during the campaign and in its aftermath. "The rhetoric, for sure, did bother me, as it did many people during the election but I am hopeful there are a lot of founding principles - what makes the US the country it is - and I hope post the campaign season, as we move back into a governing phase, I think people will come together and we have a lot of important problems to work through." Following the presidential election, Facebook and Google have faced protests over the dissemination of "fake news", with their computer systems often promoting stories about Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton that were false. Some have even suggested that the stories may have affected the way people voted, and ultimately, the outcome of the vote, an argument dismissed by Mark Zuckerberg as "pretty crazy". In his interview with me, Mr Pichai was more circumspect, saying that social media companies needed to do more to promote accurate stories. "This is very important to us," he said. "At Google we have always cared about bringing the most relevant, the most accurate results to users and that is where almost all of our work goes at the end of the day. "It is important to remember that we get billions of queries every day. "There have been a couple of incidences where it has been pointed out and we didn't get it right. "And so it is a learning moment for us and we will definitely work to fix it. "Just in the last two days we announced that we will remove advertising from anything we identify as fake-news. "Over the last year we have looked at things like how do we fact check articles, the notion of trusted sources in journalism - how do we promote those better. "So there are a lot of initiatives we are undertaking so hopefully all of that will help us do it even better." I asked Mr Pichai whether he believed fake news could have affected the outcome of the election. "I think there is a lot of discussion about this in the context of social media. "I am not fully sure. "Look, it is important to remember this was a very close election and so, just for me, so looking at it scientifically, one in a hundred voters voting one way or the other swings the election either way. "So, when you talk about such narrow margins, obviously there are many, many contributing factors and so I think there is enormous debate because of that - I am not fully sure what caused this." Given those tight margins, I asked, could fake news have affected some people's vote - and maybe enough people's vote to affect the outcome. "Sure," he answered after a pause. "You know, I think fake news as a whole could be an issue. "From our perspective, there should just be no situation where fake news gets distributed, so we are all for doing better here. "So, I don't think we should debate it as much as work hard to make sure we drive news to its more trusted sources, have more fact checking and make our algorithms work better, absolutely." Mr Pichai said it was too early to say whether Google would change its corporate tax structure if Mr Trump followed through with his campaign pledge to cut American business taxes. With business tax rates currently above 30%, many global companies like Google shelter a substantial proportion of the profits they make in offshore tax jurisdictions. "We have always said that the US corporate tax structure is part of the problem in the overall corporate structure globally for multi-nationals," Mr Pichai said. "To the extent that there is progress there I think it will help us arrive at a better construct but the solution needs to be comprehensive and needs to work for all companies involved." I asked the Google chief executive about the controversies the company has faced over the payment of taxes and over accusations it has used its market dominance to crush opposition businesses. "As a company, we want to be a good citizen in every market we are in and that is true for the UK as well," he said. "To your question on tax - today, we contribute a lot to the UK economy and we enable for example small businesses to be the engine of any economy. "We are happy to pay our fair share of tax. "As you know tax is a global construct. We are a multi-national company in well over 100 countries and we have advocated comprehensive tax reform so we can engage and get to a better place. "But I think it is important to remember that we are one company in a global system and it is more important for governments and citizens to sort out the right structure and we are always happy to engage in a thoughtful and constructive manner." On criticisms from competitors and in Brussels that Google has acted anti-competitively, Mr Pichai said "there has never been a day at Google where we have had a construct like that". He said the company developed technology that was shareable and focused on what consumers wanted.

Google is to open a new headquarters building in London which could see 3,000 new jobs created by 2020.

Grant Ward's scuffed shot put Town ahead before Luke Varney rolled the ball into an empty net after QPR keeper Alex Smithies miscued a clearance. Cole Skuse's long-range shot fell to Tom Lawrence, who capped the scoring with a calm finish into the corner. Rangers offered little in attack, but sub Sandro headed Tjarron Cherry's corner against the post late on. Ipswich had failed to score in seven of their previous 10 Championship games, but could have had plenty more, with Christophe Berra heading wide from six yards, and Skuse firing a volley straight at Smithies. The Rs have won only once in their last six matches away from Loftus Road, and rarely looked like improving that record in Ian Holloway's second game in charge. The win lifted Mick McCarthy's Ipswich up four places to 14th and above Rangers, who slipped to 15th. Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy: "The irony was that poor old Alex Smithies cost them the second goal which set us up to win as comprehensively as we did. He then kept it from being an embarrassing scoreline, but I'll take three. "With Luke Varney and also Jonathan Douglas, I knew what I was going to get - even though I bet some people weren't thinking that when they saw the teamsheet. Luke epitomised everything what I want in this team. "We have not been bristling with confidence. I have had a couple of rotten weekends after Rotherham and Nottingham Forest. But hopefully Ipswich can be a happier place than it has been." QPR boss Ian Holloway: "I am sure everyone will say everything hinged on the second goal, but it shouldn't have. "The goal was a calamity and after that we were awful and it could have been four or five. "Everyone will blame my keeper but I won't as my defenders should have made an angle for him. Even with my legs, I would have ran back and tried to help him. "My players need to be mentally tougher as a group. I am disappointed with how we finished today. We have got to try and be a bigger, braver and more solid team." Match ends, Ipswich Town 3, Queens Park Rangers 0. Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 3, Queens Park Rangers 0. Attempt saved. Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Luke Chambers (Ipswich Town). Attempt saved. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Douglas. Offside, Ipswich Town. Leon Best tries a through ball, but Jonathan Douglas is caught offside. Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Best. Attempt saved. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cole Skuse. Karl Henry (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town). Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Alex Smithies tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside. Sandro (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town). Attempt blocked. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Grant Hall. Karl Henry (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town). Attempt missed. Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Freddie Sears with a cross following a corner. Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Alex Smithies. Attempt saved. Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Freddie Sears with a through ball. Alex Smithies (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town). Corner, Ipswich Town. Conceded by Alex Smithies. Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Grant Ward. Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Skuse following a set piece situation. Substitution, Ipswich Town. Leon Best replaces Tom Lawrence. Foul by Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers). Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Grant Ward. Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Adam Webster. Sandro (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town). Sandro (Queens Park Rangers) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery with a cross following a corner. Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Christophe Berra. Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Lawrence. Foul by Sandro (Queens Park Rangers). Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Karl Henry (Queens Park Rangers). Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Ipswich Town put their scoring problems behind them with their biggest win of the season to sink QPR at Portman Road.

Fire crews were called to the blaze in a second-floor property on George Street at about 05:15. The man's condition is not thought to be serious.

A man has been taken to hospital following a fire at a flat in Aberdeen.

Media playback is not supported on this device El Shehaby was roundly booed by the crowd and was called back to the stage for his failure to bow to his opponent as it contravenes judo rules. "El Shehaby backed off after Sasson went over to him," said BBC judo commentator Mark Doran. "That is very disappointing. That is what the Olympics is not about. To his credit, Sasson just moved on." Sasson later revealed his coaches had warned him El Shehaby might refuse to shake his hand. The Egyptian had come under pressure from some conservative voices in his homeland to withdraw from the bout. "I knew he would do it, so it wasn't a surprise for me," Sasson said. The International Olympic Committee said it was looking into the incident. "The Olympic movement should be about building bridges, not erecting walls. There's absolutely no excuse for it," a spokesman said. You can catch up on the judo here. Available to UK users here

Egyptian Islam El Shehaby refused to shake the hand of Israeli opponent Os Sasson after losing in the men's judo at the Rio Olympics.

But Ms Atwell has promised to donate the money from the Global Teacher Prize to the school that she founded. There was one UK representative in the top 10, Richard Spencer, who teaches science in Middlesbrough. The prize was created to raise the status of teaching. The winner of the inaugural Global Teacher Prize, who received her award at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai on Sunday, was recognised for her work in teaching reading and writing. On receiving the award, she said it was a "privilege" to work as a teacher and to help young people. Giving away the prize money was "not being selfless, but being committed to public service", she said. Former US president, Bill Clinton, told the audience that he could still remember almost all the names of his teachers and that the prize would help to remind the public of the importance of the profession. It was "critically important" to "attract the best people into teaching" and to hold them in "high regard", said Mr Clinton. In 1990, Ms Atwell founded a school, the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, Maine, where ideas for improving the teaching of reading and writing could be tested and shared. This school, which will receive Ms Atwell's prize cash, has a library in every room and pupils read an average of 40 books a year. She is also a prolific author, with nine books published about teaching, including In The Middle, which sold half a million copies. The award has been created by the Varkey Foundation, the charitable arm of the GEMS education group, as a high-profile way of demonstrating the importance of teaching. The attention-grabbing top prize is meant to show that teaching should be recognised as much as other high-paying careers, such as finance or sport. "We introduced the prize in order to return teachers to their rightful position, belonging to one of the most respected professions in society," said Sunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation. The prize is "not only about money, it's also about unearthing thousands of stories of inspiration", he said. Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's education director, said that the status of teachers was reflected in international test results, with a high value put on teaching in high-performing Asian countries. "Where teachers feel that society values their job, outcomes can be a lot better," he said Among those supporting the project have been Bill Gates, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai. The winner was one of three US entries in the final top 10, which included Stephen Ritz, a teacher in the South Bronx in New York, who has developed a project growing food in the inner city, so that pupils can eat healthily as well as learning. Ahead of the announcement of the winner, the US secretary for education, Arne Duncan, rang the US finalists to congratulate them. Another finalist was Phalla Neang from Cambodia, who has been working with blind students in that country since the 1990s. She helped to develop a Braille version of the Khmer language and worked to prevent blind children from being treated as "outcasts" by the education system. Richard Spencer, who teaches science at Middlesbrough College in the north east of England, was commended for his success in making science accessible, with an active style of teaching that includes using song and dance. The international panel of judges included educators, entrepreneurs and leaders of education charities. The 10 finalists were: Nancie Atwell, US Guy Etienne, Haiti Jacqueline Jumbe-Kahura, Kenya Neang Phalla, Cambodia Stephen Ritz, US Azizullah Royesh, Afghanistan Kiran Bir Sethi, India Madenjit Singh, Malaysia Richard Spencer, UK Naomi Volain, US

Nancie Atwell, an English teacher from Maine in the United States, has been named as the winner of a competition to find the world's best teacher, with a prize of $1m (£680,000).

St Michael's Hospital is joining other UK foetal medicine centres to set up a twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) registry to share information. Consultant Mark Denbow said they were "constantly learning" about TTTS. He said the "rare and often devastating condition" occurs in about 10-15% of identical twin pregnancies. St Michael's Hospital is also one of a few UK centres offering laser ablation surgery, where doctors can operate on the babies while they are in the womb. Jo and Finbarr O'Halloran, from Backwell, said they were "devastated" when they discovered their twins had the syndrome during a hospital scan. Mrs O'Halloran was given laser ablation surgery at about 22 weeks into the pregnancy in 2013. A few weeks later, daughters Eve and Amy were born by emergency caesarean section. Jo O'Halloran said: "I am literally thankful every single day that they survived and that they're here." Keith Reed, from the Twins and Multiple Birth Association (Tamba), said they were "still only skimming the surface" in terms of data collection. He said: "In order to build the best possible picture of TTTS cases in the UK, and help see which treatments offer the best possible outcomes, we need more hospitals with foetal medicine departments to sign up." TTTS affects twins who share a placenta, where the babies are not sharing blood equally. One baby gets too much blood and the other baby does not get enough. If left untreated 90% of these babies will die and even with treatment there is only up to 70% chance of both babies surviving.

A study to improve the survival rate of unborn twins, with a potentially life threatening syndrome, is under way in Bristol.

Tevez, who missed a penalty against Wigan last Saturday, was back on the bench for the midweek Champions League game against Napoli. Mancini insists that Tevez, who failed to secure a summer move away from the club, must accept the situation. "In this moment there are players that are better than him but Carlos is here training," he said. "Carlos will have a chance to play. I don't know if he is happy but every player that can't play is not happy. This is normal. "He will have his moment." The form of fellow strikers Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero, who have scored six league goals apiece so far this season, mean that the 27-year-old Argentina international's chances have been limited, while Mario Balotelli has also played just one league game. But Mancini believes his free-scoring side still need to be more ruthless in front of goal than neighbours and arch-rivals Manchester United, who have scored 18 goals - three more than City - in their first four Premier League games. When City underlined their title credentials with a 5-1 win at Tottenham last month, United bettered them with a 8-2 victory over Arsenal. Mancini's men impressed again by beating Wigan 3-0 last week, only for United to hammer Bolton 5-0. The Italian said: "Man United are a top team - they have been used to winning for a long time. They have strong players. "When they played against Arsenal, when they scored two or three goals, they continued trying to score. "We need to have this mentality. If we have a game like Tottenham where we can score, we need to continue to try to play."

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tevez must wait for his chance to get back into the team.

The coins, which are known as Scottish groats, were discovered by keen metal detector Tom Crawford last January. They were buried about eight inches beneath the soil on a farm near Banbridge. Experts believe they are part of a larger hoard of coins found by Mr Crawford in the same field in 2001. The collection was probably dispersed over time through ploughing. This was Mr Crawford's fourth time at a treasure trove inquest. He said his success was about "knowing where to go" and "having a fair idea of where to look". "There is more chance of finding something where you know people would have been living 1,000 years ago," he added. He said discovering long-buried artefacts was a "euphoric" feeling. "It's not so much the money, it's the fact that you are the first person to touch something in 700 years," he said. "I found a 3,000-year-old bronze axe about 10 years ago and it's the idea that something has been hidden for so long and then you get to see it and touch it." Former curator at the Ulster Museum, Robert Heslip, said the hoard of coins was probably buried near a landmark - a small Rath ring fort. The person who left them may have died before reclaiming them. He said finds like this one are significant because they are specific to a particular time and to this part of Northern Ireland. "You find virtually nothing like this in the south of Ireland and they peter out in the west," he said. "There have been a cluster of these sorts of finds in eastern Ulster." The coins will now be sent to the British Museum in London for valuation. It is thought they are probably worth between £50 and £100 each. They will be offered for sale and any profit is split between the finder and the owner of the land where the treasure was uncovered.

Four silver coins dating from the 14th Century that were found on County Down farmland have been declared to be treasure at an inquest in Belfast.

The former Nottingham Forest defender signed for struggling Longford AFC in January in a bid to end its season-long losing streak and 178-goal deficit. He was due to get his boots on for the Gloucestershire non-leaguers last month, but the match was called off. A club spokesman said with Pearce on side, it was hoping to get its "very first win of the season" on Saturday. Rooted to the bottom of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two, Longford AFC has lost all its games this season and conceded nearly 200 goals - earning it the name of "the worst team in England". But following their star January signing, club treasurer Mike Dean said the squad had been training hard and "games haven't been as bad". "We went down to Bisham Abbey - the old England stomping ground - a couple of weeks ago with Stuart and were training down there for about two-and-a-half hours," he said. "We have been getting beat but the scores are only 1-0, 2-0 - very low now. So things are getting better and the confidence is in the side." On Saturday, 53-year-old Pearce - nicknamed Psycho - will be turning out for Langford AFC in a bottom of the league clash with Wotton Rovers. Simon Graham, Wotton Rovers manager, said it was "chuffed" but their right winger was a "little bit nervous" about marking an "ex-England superstar". "We've got a young squad and Stuart Pearce's legs aren't as fresh as they used to be so we'll run some rings around him," he said. Pearce, who won 78 England caps, was part of Sir Bobby Robson's squad that reached the last four of the World Cup in Italy in 1990, and the Terry Venables-led side that was eliminated at the same stage of Euro '96. He retired from playing six years after that, having enjoyed spells at Newcastle United, Manchester City, West Ham, Coventry and non-league Wealdstone, as well as captaining Forest under the management of Brian Clough.

England football legend Stuart Pearce is set to finally make his debut for a team dubbed "the worst in the UK".

It is a tale of billions of pounds for schools, hospitals and transport projects. At its heart is a question: if we leave the EU, will the cash dry up? The answer lies with a little-known bank that commands vast resources. Stand on the new tram stop in Exchange Square in Manchester and you can watch workers tear up concrete to lay tram lines. Greater Manchester is set to receive half a billion pounds to help develop its tram system. Walk away from the EU - say remain campaigners - and wave goodbye to fresh loans for schemes like this. Not so, say the Leave side; there is nothing the European Investment Bank (EIB) does in its Luxembourg offices that the UK couldn't do for itself at home. The EIB is handy for governments and councils because it helps pay for major projects, lends at cheap rates and guarantees those rates for years into the future. It lent more than £5bn in the UK in 2015. EU bank could fund big NI projects £230m loan for Welsh Water agreed The UK's EU vote: All you need to know No surprise then that it's a hit with some local politicians. Remain supporter and Labour leader of the City Council Sir Richard Leese says leaving the EU could put a stop to similar schemes in the years to come. "That would mean in the future that if we needed to do something on this scale, and we undoubtedly will need to do more things on this sort of scale in Greater Manchester, it would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to do so in a way that gives good value for Council Tax payers," he says. But the bank is just that: a bank, not a fairy godmother. It doesn't magic money from thin air. Instead, it uses capital from EU members including more than £3bn of the UK's cash, alongside guarantees that it could demand much more from them, to borrow on the markets. Then it lends out the money to individual projects. Mancunian and UKIP MEP for the area Steven Woolfe says there is no reason the UK couldn't create a British bank to do just the same thing if necessary. Surveying a new tram stop, Woolfe says: "Richard Leese is wrong to suggest that big infrastructure projects, whether it's here or in other places in Europe, wouldn't get funded. It just wouldn't get funded by the EIB." Where the bank makes loans to private companies, he says, it nationalises the risk of lending but privatises the profit; if a firm defaults EU taxpayers pick up the bill, if it prospers then shareholders benefit. The bank's vice president Jonathan Taylor is a former British Treasury official. I ask him why the UK couldn't simply establish its own bank, on its own terms, under its own control. He says: "Board members of institutions like mine, all of whom are nominated by the governments concerned and all of whom are accountable to those governments, will be making those decisions taking full account of what those governments want." If the UK left the EU, current funding deals would continue but it would, he says, be "vanishingly unlikely" that the EIB would do the same scale of business in the UK as it does now. David Cameron recently highlighted the EIB's work, including trains for the East Coast Main Line, the extension of the M8 motorway and new facilities at Oxford University. Alternative funding if we left, the PM said, would be unlikely. At this, some Brexit campaigners roll their eyes. They believe the EIB is not merely a financing tool but a way of wielding the EU's power, letting it paint itself as a bountiful provider. Yet on the new tram station partly funded by the EIB in central Manchester I could find no attempt to advertise its contribution. Unlike other arms of the EU, it doesn't make a habit of plastering its logo on projects. Sir Richard accepts it's unlikely the passengers in Exchange Square have any idea of the EU bank's role. With Britain's EU membership in the balance, it is hard to believe the Luxembourg financiers will get much of a PR bang for their not insubstantial buck.

This is a story of money and power.

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond's visit to Tripoli is intended to provide visible international backing for the fledgling Government of National Accord. He also arrived with further practical assistance; £10m-worth of aid, in part intended to combat people smuggling and terrorism. Guide to key Libyan militias Here then is the fundamental driver for Britain's renewed engagement with Libya (and indeed for that of other key European Union partners like France and Italy). Libya's problems of instability are creating new ungoverned spaces in which so-called Islamic State (IS) is taking root. The refugee crisis and trafficking of people is compounding the European Union's wider problems as refugees sometimes literally wash up on its shores. The real question though is why now? Why has a British foreign secretary returned to Tripoli - the first visit since 2011? And secondly what exactly are the parameters of this relationship, how far will British (and European) support go and to what extent will it have an explicitly military dimension? The timing is the easiest to answer. The chaos in Libya has spawned two competing governments and a plethora of armed militias. But the new UN-backed Government of National Accord, which recently set up shop in Tripoli under Fayez Sarraj, is seen as the best, albeit slim, chance of establishing some order in the country. However, given its origins in the UN process, outside assistance carries a risk - a danger that the new government will not be seen as an outgrowth of Libyan aspirations but as something emanating from outside. Despite the risks, the new government needs lots of help to put down roots in unpromising terrain. Britain has been giving aid - and is going to be giving more aid. Funds will go to tackling illegal migration, smuggling and organised crime as well as counter-terrorism. But what about practical assistance? There are persistent reports that British special forces are on the ground in Libya to counter IS. Indeed their French counterparts have been far less successful in evading the media spotlight. Their presence was spectacularly "outed" by the French newspaper Le Monde back in February. Special Forces are one thing but regular combat troops quite another. For some time there has been discussion about deploying a 6,000-strong European force to Libya under Italian command. This would secure the airport in Tripoli and use this as a base to train up the Libyan military. This proposed mission has drawn strong criticism from the Chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Crispin Blunt, who has warned that such troops could simply become targets for local militias and IS. The British Government has been less than explicit in responding to Mr Blunt, largely taking refuge in assertions that no decisions have been taken and that no request has yet come from the new Libyan government itself. Some kind of training may be needed and Britain is likely to play a role. An earlier effort that brought Libyan personnel to Britain ended in controversy when some of the Libyan students were found guilty of rape and other sex attacks. Indeed their behaviour terrorised the neighbourhood and led to their prompt return to Libya. But some kind of training assistance will be required, for the police, coastguard, and Libya's military. The EU is likely to coordinate a significant proportion of this and it's not clear yet how much of this will take place inside Libya or in a neighbouring country - Tunisia for instance. There could also be pressure on the Libyan government to allow international naval forces to enter Libyan territorial waters to help combat people smuggling. This could give Britain an expanded naval role. Much will depend upon exactly what the Government of National Accord thinks it needs. Libya's instability is now though a key threat to southern Europe and beyond. Thus if the new government can consolidate its position it will be very difficult for the key European military players - like Britain - to refuse assistance.

After playing a leading part in the Western air campaign that helped to oust the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Britain is once again pushing to play a leading role in bringing stability to Libya's shattered society.

It is the first time the high-security facility has invited watchdog Healthwatch to speak to its residents. They will be asked for their views on a range of healthcare issues, including GP services and dentistry. West London Mental Health NHS Trust, which runs the unit, said it was a "groundbreaking initiative". The announcement came after the hospital, based in Crowthorne and home to some of the UK's most notorious killers, was issued with a Care Quality Commission warning notice in December. Carolyn Regan, chief executive of the trust, said receiving patient feedback was "crucial to ensuring we are providing a responsive and high-quality service". She said: "Having an external independent organisation such as Healthwatch listen to patient feedback is even more valuable." Mark Sanders, of Healthwatch Bracknell Forest, said: "Patients within a high secure forensic hospital should have as much say about the services they receive as any other patient. "We are happy to be able to support that voice for patients and feedback to West London Mental Health NHS Trust to improve the services and environment offered."

Psychiatric patients detained at Broadmoor are being asked for feedback on their care by an independent watchdog.

But few players admit to trying even harder in the very biggest games. Former Nottingham Forest and Derby County striker Robert Earnshaw refuses to pretend otherwise prior to the East Midlands meeting at the iPro Stadium on Saturday. "I can say it wasn't extra special and I didn't go harder in those games - but I did," Earnshaw told BBC Radio Nottingham. "I felt I needed to go the extra step and I needed to score in that game because it meant so much to the fans and the team. Going into that game I was always a little bit nervous. I don't get nervous too much, but had a little bit of anxiety. "After a few touches I felt more confident. But I always felt I would score, that I would get a some space and a chance." Five goals in seven appearances, including a lovingly recalled away winner for Forest in January 2011, meant his feeling was often proved right. And his happy knack of derby goals - he also got two in a 5-2 victory at the City Ground in the previous month - proved a few doubters wrong. The 33-year-old ex-Wales international, who was last season playing for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer in the United States, had a miserable year-long stay with the Rams, scoring just two goals in 25 appearances following a £3.5m move from Norwich City. But Earnshaw was a hugely popular figure during his time with Forest. And the derby goals certainly helped. "It wasn't great at Derby because of a lot of off-the-pitch stuff that happened," said Earnshaw, who only started eight games for the Rams. "After about six months I was thinking I need to move. Footballing-wise it wasn't run right and it wasn't about football. Moving to Forest was perfect. "It was about playing football and that's why I enjoyed myself at Forest." The move along the A52 and winning over the "other" set of fans is never an easy one. The legendary Brian Clough obviously managed it. As did many of the men associated with his teams, like Peter Taylor, John McGovern, John Robertson, Archie Gemmill, Peter Shilton and Colin Todd. More recently Darren Wassall, Lars Bohinen and Lee Camp are among those that seem to have earned respect. But Earnshaw's troubled Derby spell, during a dismal season in the Premier League, meant he knew he would get plenty of grief on his return. "Every time I played there the crowd gave me stick," admitted Earnshaw. But the increased attention did make 'that' away winner even better. He was a substitute that day, but got over his anger at being dropped by manager Billy Davies - "I was very annoyed to say the least" - to help Forest complete a first double over Derby in 21 years. "I thought if I get a goal here the crowd will go nuts," he explained. "It was more about pleasing the fans but I was going to milk it. I got booked but it was brilliant. I loved those moments. You have to enjoy it." Earnshaw was signed for Forest by Colin Calderwood, and feared the worst when Davies - his manager at Derby - took over. "If I am being honest I did think I was in trouble," said Earnshaw. "With a new manager you wonder which direction they will go in. Will he play me? "We had a few arguments, but I always got on with him. But it was more about the playing side." And the current playing side is something of a major concern from a Forest perspective. The Rams are second in the Championship table, level on points with leaders Bournemouth and full of confidence. The Reds topped the division early in the season. But they have not won in eight games following Saturday's 2-0 home defeat against Sheffield Wednesday, and have dropped to 13th place. "I think it's the best game for them because they have been struggling," said Earnshaw. "You need an automatic surge - an energy surge and a change of mentality. The Derby game is totally different. With the pressure and the fans, and what it means, you get that surge. It is the perfect time to play. "What a game to go in and come away with the win and lift your season." Robert Earnshaw was talking to Robin Chipperfield on BBC Radio Nottingham Pre-match.

Cliched chat of bragging rights and form going out of the window while still "only being three points" are plentiful around derby day.

Sir Richard Leese is a senior figure in the drive to unite the north of England as an economic force. North Wales could benefit from better transport links and growth potential and the Welsh government had been supporting the development, he said. But Sir Richard also said the region "needed more freedom". "Devolution to Wales has to go beyond the Welsh assembly," he told the BBC's Wales At Work programme. "I'd argue Cardiff and its city region ought to be able to do some of the things we're doing in Greater Manchester. "North Wales again needs to be given more power by the Welsh assembly to enable it to work better with us in the north of England." "From the discussions I've had in north Wales, the growth potential is enormous but it's more likely to be realised if we can work out those synergies between what's happening in north Wales and just the other side of the border. "They need to be given the freedom by the Welsh assembly to do that." The cities of the "Northern Powerhouse" stretch from Manchester and Liverpool to Sheffield, Leeds and Hull and up to Newcastle and Sunderland in the north east. Radical improvements to transport connections over the next 15 to 20 years could create a single labour market and "virtual city" of 15 million in the north of England, which could provide an economic counter-balance to London. Sir Richard, who is also chair of the Core Cities cabinet which includes Cardiff, said north Wales could also benefit from that and there was a recognition in Cardiff Bay that the links between north Wales and northern England were more important than those with south Wales. Sir Richard said energy production, advanced manufacturing and health innovation and digital industries were not just based in the urban cores and some of these sectors already existed in north Wales. "North Wales has the opportunity to play into and contribute to those sectoral strengths of the north of England. "For industry in north Wales its route to market is through the North of England. So what we're do to improve transport connections, there's a shared interest in extending that beyond the north of England." He said care had to be taken with comparisons, as Wales had the same population as Greater Manchester but he said areas like transport and business support might benefit from greater devolution within Wales. Tracy North, chair of the CBI in north Wales said company owners and managers wanted to be involved with the Northern Powerhouse but there was not an obvious body or mechanism for doing so. "The CBI wants the next Welsh government to create a regional development corporation for north Wales," she said. "It would need to be set up immediately after the election. It would have funding and staff, run in partnership with business and be unencumbered by local red tape. "This way, the north Wales region can act independently to optimise economic opportunities, without going through the impracticality of discussing and voting on devolution, which would out of necessity take years and years." A Wales Office spokesman said it was committed to delivering a fundamental shift of power from Westminster to the people and communities of this country and wanted the Welsh government to "have the same confidence and faith in Wales". "Only by giving local areas the powers and freedom they need can we further drive economic growth and create the jobs and investment opportunities this country needs," he said. The Welsh government said: "As part of the Mersey Dee Alliance, we already recognise the economic importance of cross border working and links. We will work with the UK Government to ensure north Wales has full potential to exploit the maximum economic advantage from any Northern Powerhouse proposals."

North Wales needs more devolution if it is to fully benefit from the "northern powerhouse," Manchester city council's leader has said.

Speaking to the BBC at the Paris Airshow, Mr Bregier said the aircraft manufacturer was committed to its 16,000 employees based in the UK. He added Airbus had no plans to relocate its British factories. Airbus has said in the past that a "Brexit" might change its plans. Last month, Airbus UK's chief executive, Paul Kahn, said that if the UK voted to leave the EU in the planned in-out referendum, Airbus would reconsider future investment in the UK. On Tuesday, Mr Bregier admitted he would have to make a judgement about what the consequences would be for the competitiveness of his business following the referendum. His comments come as ministers tabled an amendment to the EU referendum bill on Monday evening, ruling out holding the plebiscite on 5 May 2016, the same day as Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish assembly elections and local elections. It means the referendum is unlikely to take place before the autumn of 2016, depending on the prime minister's ability to negotiate concessions from his European counterparts and despite calls for the UK to get the vote over with. Businesses have repeated raised concerns about the level of uncertainty caused by the timing of the referendum and the potential economic harm caused as investment decisions are delayed as a result. Last month, Mr Kahn said the UK must compete for international investment. "The best way to guarantee this is by remaining part of the EU," he said. "I believe that it is vital for a company such as Airbus to come out and make a stand in favour of Britain remaining in the European Union." Airbus, the world's second-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing, employs 6,000 people at its site at Broughton, north Wales, where it assembles the wings for all Airbus aircraft. Several thousand more people are employed at Filton, near Bristol, designing wings and testing landing gear. Mr Kahn stressed that if the UK were to leave the EU, the company would not suddenly close. But he added: "If after an exit from the European Union, economic conditions in Britain were less favourable for business than in other parts of Europe, or beyond, would Airbus reconsider future investment in the United Kingdom? Yes, absolutely." Airbus is one of Europe's biggest industrial enterprises spanning civil aviation, defence and space, with operations in Germany, France and Spain. In the event of a British exit from the EU, Mr Kahn suggested the company could face more red tape in areas such as work visas and trade barriers. He said he was not "blindly supporting Britain's membership of the EU", adding: "I welcome the UK government's intentions to deliver positive and hoped-for reforms - which would create a leaner and more efficient EU."

Airbus chief executive Fabrice Bregier has said he has "no intention" of pulling manufacturing out of the UK if the country votes to leave the European Union (EU).

Shots were fired from a car near St Brendan's Primary School and the victim was hit a number of times. The shooting happened shortly after 15:00 GMT. Ch Insp Jon Burrows said: "There are no words to describe the foolhardiness and complete disregard for the safety of the children and parents who were in the area at the time." BBC News NI's home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney said the victim is a well-known criminal. The man is receiving treatment for his injuries. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.

A man has been shot outside a primary school in Craigavon, County Armagh, as children were leaving the grounds.

The 45-year-old's Honda Fireblade crashed in the opening practice session of the Jurby Motodrome racing meet on Saturday morning. The Andreas Racing Association said Carswell sustained serious injuries in the crash and was taken to Noble's Hospital, where he later died. An investigation into the crash is due to take place, the association said.

TT rider Gary Carswell has died after a crash during a practice race on the Isle of Man.

And yet, according to the Islamic Society of Nevada, there are six mosques and around 30,000 Muslims in this oasis of neon. For the Islamic minority in Sin City, life is not always easy. Gazing out of a bus window at the garish lights, Talibah Abdul-Wahid, a student who also teaches pupils at the city's Masjid as Sabur mosque, is worried. As an American Muslim in a black hijab, the traditional shawl covering head but not face, she does not always find these journeys pleasant. "I get people who don't want to sit next to me, people who whisper things like, 'Does she have a bomb on her, is she going to harm us?'" she says. This week, Ms Abdul-Wahid, 19, joined fellow Muslims and members of other faiths to condemn the murders of 14 people in California, which are being investigated as an act of Islamist terrorism. Surrounded by banners proclaiming Islam's respect for America and promotion of tolerance, freedom and democracy, they talked about the violence, the backlash and about Donald Trump. The Republican presidential candidate responded to the killings in San Bernardino by proposing the suspension of all Muslim immigration to the US, a statement that sent chills up Muslim spines. Islam, said one of the speakers, Dr Zia Khan, a Las Vegas cardiologist, had once again been "tarnished and ridiculed by unscrupulous politicians". Such language, he argued, would "fan the flames of hate and lead us down the very path that our enemies want to see us go". There is a weary feeling here about the cycle of events; a violent attack followed by an expectation that the Islamic community will publicly restate a commitment to peace. At the Masjid as Sabur mosque, the imam Fateen Seifullah, thinks such an expectation is hypocritical. "It is just inconsistent," he says, "we're not mentioning it when people are being gunned down by white supremacists, by people with distorted ideologies in this country who go into the theatres, who go into the schools, who go into the abortion clinic, who went into the church." In other words, why are such killers rarely referred to as Christian extremists, even when they claim to be driven by Biblical teachings? "We would be safe if we just referred to criminals as criminals, murderers as murderers without putting religious titles on them," says Mr Seifullah who argues that Mr Trump's response to San Bernardino has "given people approval" to be racist and bigoted, "to think that it's OK to discriminate against one group of people over another." Half a century after "intense civil rights struggles," he warns, "we can go back to that. There are people who are embracing his rhetoric and that's frightening." As he spoke, across town the man himself was preparing to address supporters at a rally near his golden Trump Tower hotel complex. In the crowd, many supporters brushed off talk that the presidential hopeful was making life difficult for Muslims. "Hopefully his comments did not bring out the worst in those that might be on the fringe," said Chris Patterson, wearing a Trump T-shirt, scarf and badge. "As far as I know no-one really here goes out and attacks people for what they do," he adds. Norma Ash from Maine, sporting a baseball cap bearing Mr Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" was more incendiary, arguing in favour of violence against mosques in the US. "I think they should bomb mosques," she says, clarifying when asked that she means mosques in the US, "I think they should because they keep coming here and making trouble. "You don't know what they are. You don't know if they are bad people or good people." Pew Research Center's 2014 Religious Landscape Study found that 0.9% of US adults identify as Muslims. A 2011 survey of Muslim Americans, estimated that there were 1.8 million Muslim adults (and 2.75 million Muslims of all ages) in the country. That survey also found that a majority of US Muslims (63%) are immigrants. Demographic projections estimate that Muslims will make up 2.1% of the US population by the year 2050, surpassing people who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion as the second-largest faith group in the country (not including people who say they have no religion). A recent Pew Research Center report estimated that the Muslim share of immigrants granted permanent residency status (green cards) increased from about 5% in 1992 to roughly 10% in 2012, representing about 100,000 immigrants in that year. Source: Pew Research Center Her sentiments were not echoed by anyone else we spoke to at the rally which was, in some ways, a rather strange event. The mogul's speech, during which he repeatedly inveighed against the media penned in to the centre of the hall, was interrupted several times by protestors. As security guards attempted to drag one black protestor from the room, someone in the crowd cursed profanely and shouted that he should be set on fire. It was a lone voice but one adding to a sense of foreboding among the Muslims of Las Vegas. "Over the recent weeks, comments from people like Donald Trump have definitely added fuel to the fire, says Talibah Abdul-Wahid. "Before I leave to school, I'm always worried, is this going to be the last time I'm going to go home? Is this going to be the last time I see my family?" Nevertheless, Ms Abdul-Wahid says she will not stop wearing her Islamic attire. "If we stop wearing our hijab, if we stop claiming to be Muslims that means that people like Donald Trump win, that we completely disregard the constitution and that we believe that we are terrorists when we're not."

Hard-gambling, hard-drinking, hard-living Las Vegas is not, you might think, a natural fit for Islam.

The injured bird was found by a walker in Hall Lane, Blubberhouses, on Sunday. It had suffered a shattered wing, possibly a few days earlier, and was put down by a vet. PC Gareth Jones, North Yorkshire Police wildlife crime co-ordinator, said: "I am saddened by the scale of persecution of these birds. It has to stop." The birds were all found in North and West Yorkshire and police are concerned by the "unusually high" number of recent attacks on red kites, which are protected by law. In the past two months, four red kites have died after being shot. Another was found shot but released back into the wild after being treated by vets. Three red kites have also died after being found "in circumstances that suggest poisoning". They are being examined by the police's Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme. PC Jones said: "Red kites were persecuted into virtual extinction in the UK, but in recent years they have been re-introduced through breeding programmes at a number of locations nationally. "In Yorkshire, they have spread from their release site at Harewood House, and are now breeding over a large area. Red kites are scavengers, and normally eat carrion, their favourite food being rats and rabbits. "They are magnificent birds than can be regularly seen soaring over our area, bringing pleasure to many people." He urged anyone with information about the most recent incident to contact North Yorkshire Police.

A red kite found shot in North Yorkshire is the seventh to have been killed in the region in the past two months, police have said.

The concept will be known as Vulcan, and it is expected to start operations in 2019. United Launch Alliance - the joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin - currently flies the Atlas and Delta rockets. These are routinely used to loft Nasa science probes, spy satellites and other US national security missions. In time, both vehicles will be retired as the new Vulcan components come on stream. The first element to be introduced will be the first-stage booster, which will feature an all-new, all-American liquid-fuelled engine. This will enable ULA to end its use of Russian-made RD-180 rocket motors – something Congress has mandated. Politicians on Capitol Hill dislike the fact that American national security missions are launched with the aid of Russian propulsion technology. ULA's preference is to incorporate a liquid methane-oxygen power unit currently being developed by Blue Origin, the space company run by Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos. When the new Vulcan booster makes its debut, it will initially be married to the current Centaur upper-stage of the Atlas. But early in the 2020s, this too will be replaced by a bespoke upper-stage that should give the new rocket a performance that allows it to exceed even the Delta IV Heavy – the biggest, most powerful rocket in the world today, capable of putting upwards of 25 tonnes in a low-Earth orbit. Critically, though, the Vulcan will be substantially cheaper to build and operate. "A Delta IV Heavy at today’s launch rates costs about $400m, give or take, depending on the mission and its complexity. I fully expect the Next Generation Launch System to be less than half that," said Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance. Some cost savings will be made by recovering and reusing the engines on the first-stage booster following a flight. The idea is that after separation from the upper-stage, the engines would detach from the propellant tanks and fall back to Earth, deploying an inflatable shield to protect them from burning up on re-entry into the atmosphere. Parachutes would then deploy and a helicopter would swoop in to pluck the engines out of the air and return them safely to the ground for servicing and re-integration into a new booster. ULA will not say how much the Vulcan development programme is costing, but it will run into the billions of dollars. ULA has to modernise, however. The priority status it has enjoyed with government contracts is coming to an end, and it is facing increasingly stiff competition – at home, from a bullish SpaceX company, whose low-cost rockets are winning favour with Nasa and commercial satellite operators; and abroad, where Europe and Russia are both moving to new-generation rocket systems that aim to reduce their launch prices also.

The company that conducts most of America's rocket launches has released details of its next generation vehicle.

The network will comprise at least 600 spacecraft in the first instance, but could eventually encompass more than 2,000. The aim is to deliver broadband links from orbit to every corner of the globe. In particular, the project wants every school to have a connection. Building so large a constellation requires a step-change in the manufacture of satellites - especially for Airbus. It can take Europe’s biggest space company many months and hundreds of millions of dollars to build some of today’s specialist platforms. But for the OneWeb venture, it is all about high volume and low cost. That means new assembly line methods akin to those in factories producing cars and planes. The idea is to turn out three units per shift at well less than a million dollars a piece. The boss of Airbus, Tom Enders, concedes he initially thought the OneWeb concept to be fantasy. "Everything in space as you know traditionally has been 'gold-plated'; it had to work perfectly, [and have] the most expensive materials, etc. "Here, we’ve had to go other ways, to be really commercial and calculating according to the target cost because that is very decisive in the whole business case for OneWeb," he told BBC News. Airbus and OneWeb have inaugurated the first assembly line in Toulouse, France. Two further lines will be set up in a soon-to-open factory complex in Florida. The most obvious difference you notice between these new lines and the conventional satellite cleanroom is the trolley robot, which moves the developing satellites between the various work stations. But the "revolution" here goes far beyond automation; it requires a whole chain of suppliers and their components to scale their work to a different game plan. The first 10 satellites to come off the Toulouse assembly line have a deadline to launch in April next year. Another batch will follow into orbit around November. And then the launch cadence will kick on apace. The establishment of the OneWeb constellation requires the greatest rocket campaign in the history of spaceflight. More than 20 Soyuz vehicles have been booked to throw clusters of 32-36 satellites into a web some 1,200km above the Earth. There should be just under 300 on station by the end of 2020, the start of 2021; more than 600 about a year or so later; and then over 800 by the middle of the decade. OneWeb and Airbus are not the only companies planning a mega-constellation in the sky. SpaceX, Boeing, ViaSat and others have all sought regulatory approval. But not everyone will succeed in getting the necessary multi-billion-dollar financing, and Airbus believes the OneWeb concept has first-mover advantage. Equity of $1.7bn has already been raised, and talks are ongoing to secure the loans needed to complete the roll-out. OneWeb describes itself as a "truly global company" but it has company registration in the UK's Channel Islands. And, as such, it must deal with the UK Space Agency as the licensing authority. "A lot of our revenues are going to flow through the UK. So, from an economic perspective, it is going to be very important for the UK," said OneWeb CEO Eric Béranger. "And when you have people locally, you are also fostering an ecosystem. And I think the UK being at the forefront of regulatory thinking on constellations will foster an environment that puts the UK ahead of many countries." One aspect that the UKSA is sure to take a keen interest in is debris mitigation. There is considerable concern that a proliferation of multi-satellite networks could lead to large volumes of junk and a cascade of collisions. The fear is that space could eventually become unusable. A recent study - sponsored by the European Space Agency and supported by Airbus itself - found that the new constellations would need to de-orbit their old, redundant spacecraft within five years or run the risk of seriously escalating the probability of objects hitting each other. Brian Holz, who is CEO of the OneWeb/Airbus manufacturing joint venture, said the ambition of his constellation was to set new standards in debris mitigation. "We can bring down the satellites and re-enter within two years; we've made that commitment," he told BBC News. "We've put extra hardware into the system to improve the reliability of that de-orbit process. We're also committing to put a small adapter device on to each spacecraft that will allow those spacecraft, in the small probability that one of them dies on the way down, to be grabbed by a small chase vehicle and pulled out of orbit." Time will tell how disruptive the new manufacturing approaches adopted in Toulouse will be to the satellite industry as a whole. Airbus and OneWeb hope also to be making satellites for other companies on their assembly lines. But not every platform in the sky will require such volumes and a good number of spacecraft will still need the bespoke treatment. "Not everything here is application to the whole space industry. When we launch to Jupiter, there are things that will remain gold-plated whether we like it or not; unless of course we start to manufacture 900 satellites to go to Jupiter but this is not the case today,” said Nicolas Chamussy, who runs the satellite division of Airbus. [email protected] and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

European aerospace giant Airbus and its partner, OneWeb, have begun the production of a satellite mega-constellation.

Collins, 66, who has difficulty walking following back surgery, suffered a severe gash near his eye after falling on the way to the toilet. His management said he had stitches in hospital for the cut, and will be kept under observation for 24 hours. The shows were meant to take place on 8 and 9 June and have now been rescheduled for November. As they were postponed just hours before Collins was due to perform, some fans were already travelling to London when they heard the news. One fan wrote on Facebook: "Sorry to hear that ... but we are sat on a train on our way to see him. #gutted .... no idea what we are going to do now 😢." Another, who was at Wednesday's gig, added: " Amazing night last night!!! What a fantastic fan base you have. Get well very soon xxxxxxxx." His management's post on Facebook added that the singer hit his head on a chair when he fell in the middle of the night, but is "recovering well". He will be kept under observation for 24 hours. The singer, whose condition is described as "drop foot", sent "sincere apologies and thanks to fans". The post said he has had a "fantastic week at his first shows in 10 years, cannot thank people enough for their warm reaction and is excited to return". All tickets for 8 June will be valid for 26 November and tickets for 9 June will be valid for 27 November. Collins will continue his tour with his next date on Sunday in Cologne, followed by Paris, before returning to London for to headline BST Hyde Park on 30 June. Collins, who also played with prog-rock band Genesis, is one of the most successful songwriters and performers of all time. He is one of only three recording artists, alongside Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and as members of a band. His number one singles include A Groovy Kind of Love and Against All Odds. Collins has won seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, an Oscar and two Golden Globes. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

Pop star Phil Collins has cancelled two shows at the Royal Albert Hall after he slipped over in his hotel room.

A monthly travelcard costs £135 ($174), according to a Deutsche Bank report - £33 ($43) more than Dublin, which was ranked second priciest city. Auckland, where a ticket costs £95 ($123), came third, while New York City, at £91 ($118), came fourth, and Tokyo fifth at £86 ($111). Transport for London (TfL) said the findings did "not show the true cost of transport in other countries". The survey also found the cost of travel in the capital dropped since 2014, when commuters paid £165 ($213). Source: Deutsche Bank Its authors ranked London tenth most expensive for petrol, and the third for car hire. Hong Kong had the priciest petrol, while Amsterdam was the most expensive for a daily car rental, the report said. London's taxis fared slightly better, ranked 20th in a list of 47 cities, with Zurich topping the list for the most expensive fares. For quality of life, London was ranked 33rd in the world, similar to other "mega cities" such as Tokyo, Paris and New York. According to the report, these cities "rank very low" for quality of life, mostly due to "high living costs, crime, pollution and commuting time". "This is highly subjective and one person's long commute may be another person's chance to catch up on Netflix," the report said. "Megacity dwellers may also forsake short-term quality of life for aspirational reasons," the report added. Wellington, in New Zealand, was ranked as the best city to live in in terms of quality of life, followed by Edinburgh, Vienna. Melbourne and Zurich. In February, TfL revealed its fares income was down £90m last year. TfL is currently planning to cut £16bn from its budget by 2020/21 as it aims to become self sufficient with its operating costs. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has frozen fares on buses and trams until 2020, but travelcard prices are set by train operating companies and so are not under full TfL control. A TfL spokesman said: "London also has one of the most extensive set of travel concessions in the world with free or discounted travel for children, the over-60s, students and veterans."

Public transport in London is the world's most expensive, a report says.

Oberon was one of three animals mauled by a dog in their field in the eastern part of the New Forest on 22 December. Owner Susan Sears said she was "devastated" Oberon's wounds had not healed, and, despite further surgery, he was found to be "beyond recovery". The two other injured animals have received further treatment for their wounds. Mrs Sears said: "After nearly two weeks of round the clock monitoring and nursing, poor Oberon's wounds were not healing as well as hoped and, despite further surgery, were found to be beyond recovery. "As alpha male, it is likely that Oberon would have put himself between his herd mates and the attacking dog," Another alpaca had also been the victim of a dog attack in the same field earlier last year. Oberon was part of a herd of about 80 animals which Mrs Sears and her husband have bred for their wool for the past six years. A crowdfunding appeal to help pay for the animals' treatment raised more than £1,900.

An alpaca which was seriously injured in a dog attack has been put down, its owner has said.

With England's 2016 fixtures completed, captain Heather Knight is heading to Australia, and another season leading Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League. A lot has happened in the past 12 months, and it's been a bit of a crazy year to be honest! Having taken over as England captain in June, the past five months have been some of my most enjoyable and rewarding in an England shirt. There's no doubt that it's been challenging along the way, but I'm really enjoying leading this team. As a group we feel like we've come a long way in the past year and a lot of credit has to go to our head coach Mark Robinson and assistant coach Ali Maiden for that. Alongside the England captaincy, I've also led Hobart Hurricanes, Western Storm and Berkshire in the past 12 months, so I've certainly had to manage a broad range of different people - from county players who have never played in front of a decent crowd before, to established overseas international players, and England team-mates who have won more than 100 caps. That is sometimes one of the hardest things to get right as a captain - knowing what to say and when to say it, to try to get the best out of those different characters on the pitch. It's not an exact science, but I feel like I'm learning and growing as a leader all of the time. I know that as soon as I stop trying to do that, I'll be in trouble, so I'll always be looking at ways I can get better. That's an attitude I've always had with my cricket, so I don't see why captaincy should be any different. During the second ODI against Sri Lanka earlier this month, I had a bit of a slip when I was batting and aggravated an old hamstring tendon injury, which unfortunately forced me to sit on the sidelines for the third match. Although I'm generally dreadful at watching, and always want to be involved, the girls did a brilliant job and, in my absence, they were skippered to a comfortable win by Danielle Hazell. The old hamstring injury was actually the reason I started bowling off-spin in 2014, as I was no longer able to send down my (very average) 'dibbly dobbly' seamers in the nets. So something good came out of four months on the sidelines at least! I was quite surprised to be told that, at the conclusion of the ICC Women's Championship last week, I had finished as the second highest wicket-taker in the competition. I think a lot of those wickets have probably come down to the bowlers at the other end, but I'm proud of a good couple of years with the ball all the same. I think I'll always see myself as a batter who bowls a few tweakers, but it's nice to be able to contribute to the team in another way. I'm definitely glad I decided to go down the spinner's route following my injury and with a bit of encouragement from our former spin coach Carl Crowe. After about 10 days at home, I'll be heading off to Australia for the Women's Big Bash League - along with a number of my England team-mates - and rejoining the Hobart Hurricanes. After a good season with the 'Canes last year, I'm massively excited to meet up with the team again and see what the second edition of the WBBL holds. Also, as an England team, we can now start looking forward to next summer's ICC Women's World Cup. As a player I don't think there is anything more exciting than getting the chance to play in a World Cup on home soil. I keep saying it, but it is so true, we have the best women's cricket supporters in the world, so hopefully we will get to play in front of some passionate home fans throughout the tournament next year. As a West Country girl, it's great that two of the group-stage venues - Taunton and Bristol - are in this part of the country. We are also looking forward to playing at Derby and Leicester, and with a bit of luck and some good performances, at Lord's in the final on 23 July! You can read more BBC columns from Heather during the winter.

After a year which included so much change and so many firsts for us as a team, it felt strangely appropriate that our final international outing of 2016 ended with another first for us all - a one-day international spread over two days in Colombo because of rain, which we won to secure a 4-0 series victory against Sri Lanka.

O'Donnell returned from injury to play four games at the end of the season. Captain Hogan, full-back Smith and midfielder Mafuta were all regulars for Neil Aspin's team. Manager Aspin has retained 14 players, and released five in Mitch Brundle, Toby Ajala, Nick Cassidy, Shaun MacDonald and Jack Elliott. The Tynesiders missed out on the play-offs, finishing three places and twelve points behind fifth-placed Aldershot. Retained players: James Montgomery, James Bolton, Manny Smith, Jamal Fyfield, Wes York, Danny Johnson, Danny Burns, Dan Hanford, Jordan Burrow, Macaulay Langstaff, Nyal Bell, Luke Hannant, Paddy McLaughlin and Tom White.

Gateshead are in discussions to offer new deals to JJ O'Donnell, George Smith, Liam Hogan and Gus Mafuta for next season's National League campaign.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has had to halt deliveries to the Red Sea port of Hudaydah. It said this was partly because it had not received security guarantees. The port has also been targeted by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition which is backing Yemen's government in its war with the rebel Houthi movement. UN attempts to bring in five cranes to replace those damaged in the attacks have not been successful. The ICRC's Middle East regional director Robert Mardini warned that Yemen, which depends on imports for 90% of its food supplies, was now living on its "reserves" and that the "day will come very soon" when they run out. He said that despite the focus on the damage and casualties caused by the fighting, thousands of people were dying "silently" of complications due to malnutrition, or of minor illnesses or injuries which were not being treated at the 45% of health facilities that are still functioning. The conflict, which escalated in March 2015, has left at least 7,500 people dead and 40,000 injured, according to the United Nations. But almost 19 million people are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. Seven million people do not know where their next meal is coming from and more than three million, including 2.1 million children, are suffering from acute malnutrition. The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, Stephen O'Brien, called on the warring parties to guarantee more access to ports to let in food, fuel and medicine imports on Monday. He told the BBC the situation was "very desperate", and that he had seen children so "severely malnourished" that he feared they would not survive another day. Earlier this month, the UN appealed for $2.1bn (£1.7bn) to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen over the next year. But it has so far received only $43m. On Tuesday, Mr O'Brien was forced to cancel a visit to the city of Taiz, which is besieged by rebel fighters, reportedly after his convoy came under fire. In a separate development on Tuesday, UN human rights officials said they had evidence of the recruitment of child soldiers in Yemen, mostly by groups affiliated with the Houthis. In all, the UN managed to verify the recruitment of 1,476 children, all boys, between March 2015 and the end of January 2017. However, it said the numbers were likely to be much higher.

Aid workers say fighting in Yemen has made it virtually impossible to ship humanitarian supplies to a key harbour when the country is at risk of famine.

Sturrock has nearly an entire team of injured players with 10 of his first-team squad doubtful for Saturday's League Two game against Wimbledon. To add to his woes forward Shaun Jeffers is also suspended following last weekend's red card. "We've just got to battle through these next two games," said Sturrock. Winger Jack Compton has also been ruled out for four weeks leaving Sturrock little choice but to ask some of his squad to play despite carrying knocks. "I won't be able to fill it so I'll bring in one of the youth players to sit on the bench in a position we don't have many players for," Sturrock told BBC Radio Bristol. "Jordan Gibbons is playing with an injury but he'll have to play again. It's not ideal but that is the situation we are in. "It's quite scary when you look at the age of certain players playing every week. They deserve the experienced players to come back as quickly as possible. "They are getting match practice and learning their trade but they are making mistakes and really we need to get a more solid team on the pitch."

Yeovil Town manager Paul Sturrock says he will struggle to fill the substitute bench this weekend as an injury crisis threatens to derail their season.

Hanson Academy strictly enforced its school uniform policy on Tuesday, with almost 10% of pupils failing to reach the academy's standards. Angry parents took to the school's Facebook page to complain about the new measures. But Hanson Academy claims it "communicated clearly" its expectations for this school year. Pupils face being sent home for a variety of reasons, including if they wear hoop earrings, two earrings or more per ear or patterned trousers. Students are also not allowed to have an unnatural hair colour or wear jumpers, jackets or coats indoors, and there are strict rules about the type of footwear allowed. Principal Elizabeth Churton told the BBC that a further 63 pupils were sent home on Wednesday. She said in an earlier statement: "We explained that students who arrived to school with a uniform issue that could be resolved would be sent home to rectify and parents would be contacted. "As forewarned, some students were sent home for this reason. "They were sent home to change and the majority rectified this immediately and returned to school ready to learn." The principal said rules were an important part of growing up to get students ready for "adult life". She said: "This is part and parcel of a much wider push on conduct, on behaviour, on attitudes and respect. "Uniform and the way in which we wear our clothes is all part and parcel of the way in which we communicate with each other. "It is all part of the educational experience which you would find in any good to outstanding school." Caren Oxlaide's son was one of those sent home for not wearing the regulation black leather shoes. She said: "It states black shoes, lace-up, no trainers and flat-soled. That's exactly what his are, pure leather." She said buying new shoes was not an easy option. "I can't really afford them, not on income support. But I've got to somehow do it because my son's education is important." Diane Hickey's daughter Cassidy, 13, was sent home on Wednesday because she was wearing black pumps. "I'm not buying her a new pair of shoes. I'm a single parent. I can't afford a new pair of shoes," she said. Another parent expressed concerns about how they were being informed their children had been sent home. Fiona Taylor, who has two children aged 13 and 11 at the school, said: "Parents yesterday didn't receive text messages until after 14:00. "So all day their children have been sent away and these parents who were out at work did not get informed until late in the afternoon." The school insists it will persist with the policy, but Mrs Churton admitted there had been mixed feedback from parents. She said the school would work with parents who were struggling to dress their children appropriately.

An academy in Bradford has sent home 152 pupils for arriving at the school gates without meeting its dress code.

Martin made 38 appearances last season for Livi, scoring five goals, as they finished sixth, one place above Rovers. He was in his second spell with the West Lothian club, with whom he started his career. Scott went on to play for Ross County and Hibernian, who farmed him back to the Dingwall club on loan. He switched back to Livingston last summer.

Raith Rovers have signed Martin Scott after the 28-year-old midfielder was released by Scottish Championship rivals Livingston.

Female officers will be able to wear a headscarf under their caps or berets, provided it is plain and is the same colour as the uniform. Headscarf bans on university campuses and state institutions - except for the judiciary, military and police - have also been lifted in recent years. The garment has been controversial in Turkey for years. Secularists regard it as a symbol of religious conservatism. Since the 1920s, Turkey has had a secular constitution with no state religion. The opposition have accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) of trying to reinterpret secularism. However, public debate has also evolved to accept the hijab as an expression of individual liberties, correspondents say. No strong opposition has been voiced against this latest move. President Erdogan has long embraced Turks' right to express their religious beliefs openly, but he says he is committed to secularism. In 2010, the country's universities abandoned an official ban on Muslim headscarves. Three years later, women were allowed to wear headscarves in state institutions - with the exception of the judiciary, military and police. That year, four MPs wore headscarves in parliament. Most people in Turkey are Sunni Muslims.

Turkey has lifted a ban on policewomen wearing the Islamic headscarf.

There have been grumblings about whether F1 was providing enough of a spectacle for some time, but they have grown in momentum in recent weeks. And on Monday BBC co-commentator David Coulthard finally revealed to the public what many in F1 already knew - the drivers don't like the current cars because they think they are too slow and too limited by artificial restraints. A large part of the reason for that is down to the tyres, which was not addressed by the decisions made by the strategy group on Thursday. But much has been addressed - and the answers F1's bosses have come up with would create a very different-looking sport in two years' time if they are confirmed. The headline change is the return of refuelling for 2017, along with cars that will be between five and six seconds a lap faster. The step-change in speed will be welcomed by drivers and fans alike - the current cars are at some tracks as much as 10 seconds a lap slower in race trim than they were in 2004. With changes to aerodynamics to increase downforce and make the cars look "more aggressive" - wider cars, with bigger front and rear wings and wider rear tyres - and by reducing weight. Engines will also rev higher and be louder - addressing the complaints of some fans and F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone about the new turbo hybrid engines. This will be done by reducing the number of gears from eight to six, which will force teams to rev higher than the 11,000rpm or so they use now - out of a limit of 15,000rpm. Engineers have been tasked with finding solutions to make the engines louder, perhaps by adding another exhaust pipe. That satisfies Ecclestone's demand for more noise, while retaining the hybrids, which was important to the engine manufacturers - and increasing the fuel-flow limit would have meant an expensive redesign to enable engines to cope with what would have been vastly increased power outputs in qualifying. The fuel-flow limit - which has driven the engineers to develop F1 engines with thermal efficiency in excess of 40% - is also central to the development route of these engines - raise it, and they become far less relevant to current road car research. On that front, these new engines have been a conspicuous success. Only last weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell was talking about how the device that recovers energy from the turbocharger - which has been criticised as unnecessary and expensive - will soon be adopted in road cars on a widespread basis. Having 1,000bhp engines was discussed over the winter, but the idea of making changes to facilitate this has been quietly dropped. Although, as the best engines are about 900bhp already, it may well happen through normal development anyway. All of the technical changes to cars and engines had been widely discussed for months, but the reintroduction of refuelling came out of the blue. Reaction from fans on social media was immediate and split down the middle - some cheering it, some saying it would lead to a lack of overtaking on the track. But it's not hard to see where the bosses might be coming from. For one, without having to carry the maximum fuel load at any time, cars will be faster in the races from the off, taking the sting out of criticisms that they are too slow. Likewise, less load on the tyres means the drivers might be able to push the tyres harder - a criticism of the current situation with Pirelli, when drivers are often well within themselves for the majority of the race distance because pushing hard overheats the tyres and reduces their life. Pirelli would have to change the tyre design for it to make any significant difference on that front, though - because the current tyres generally cannot be pushed flat out for any more than a handful of laps, no matter what the fuel load. It also gives F1's bosses more flexibility when it comes to choosing which company will supply tyres after Pirelli's contract ends in 2016. The drivers would love to have tyres on which they could drive flat out at all times, including throughout the race distance, as they could during the tyre war between Michelin and Bridgestone in the 2000s, and even in the years of Bridgestone as a monopoly supplier from 2007-10. Few have been more critical of the current tyres over the last few years than the active driver who was most successful in those pre-Pirelli years - Fernando Alonso. Many insiders - drivers, engineers and team bosses - will privately admit they wish Michelin would come back, for no company is regarded more highly when it comes to providing strong, consistent, grippy tyres for circuit racing. That is a long shot, though. Ecclestone made it pretty clear in an interview this week that he is not keen on a Michelin return. His opinion that the French company would "make a rock-hard tyre that you could put on in January and take off in December" was immediately rejected as inaccurate by BBC F1 analyst Allan McNish, who raced on Michelin tyres for 18 years in sportscars and F1. But Ecclestone is well known for making public statements for effect, not necessarily because they bear any relation to the truth. Senior sources say the reality is that the 84-year-old wants Pirelli to stay largely because of the attractive commercial terms the Italian company offers, rather than any technical or sporting reason. Media playback is not supported on this device F1 will discuss what requirements it wants of its tyres come 2017. Ecclestone has already indicated to senior insiders that the new contract will almost certainly go to Pirelli again in 2017. What the return of refuelling does mean is that whoever is supplying the tyres could afford to make more durable rubber - on which drivers could push harder for longer - without that risking a reduction in pit stops. This is important, because Ecclestone believes multiple pit stops are a vital element of a good F1 show. Introducing refuelling will mean there will always be pit stops - and usually, although not always, more than one per driver in each race. That's because of the speed advantage created by running less fuel - when every 10kg removed equates to on average 0.35secs in lap time. There is one major objection to the return of refuelling - it is expensive. Teams will have to pay to cart all that heavy equipment around the world, a bill that may well run into the millions. Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff questions that figure, but adds that the idea will be dropped if it turns out to cost too much - the big teams are not unaware of or unsympathetic to the financial burden on the smaller teams, who are already finding F1 budgets onerous. For the likes of Lotus, Sauber, Force India and Manor, there was little help from the strategy group. No cost-cutting measures were agreed, and bosses continue to pursue the concept of customer cars. But this is only a contingency plan should some of the smaller teams fail. And the detail of what is worked out is not simply going to be Red Bull or Ferrari selling cars to smaller outfits. The plan is to make it possible, should it be necessary, for some teams to buy chassis from others should they want to - and the 'selling teams' could include the likes of Williams - who operate on not much more of a budget than Force India or Lotus - as well as McLaren and Mercedes. Or struggling teams can continue as customers if they can make the numbers add up. No-one really wants customer cars. The strategy group is simply providing the sport an option should smaller teams run out of money, whether by misfortune or mismanagement.

The raft of potential changes to the Formula 1 rules announced on Friday amounts to a recognition that something needed to be done to answer the ever-louder questions about the health of the sport.

Crabtree & Evelyn said distribution and packaging services at its Pontyclun distribution centre will be taken over by a Northampton-based provider from April 2017. Its Pontyclun support office will move to head office in London. The company said it was in talks with staff about the "transfer of employment" and "relocation of roles". It added that the consultation process was ongoing and that it was focussing on "supporting our staff". Crabtree & Evelyn employs 54 people at its Pontyclun site.

A retailer has announced it is transferring services and relocating an office from Rhondda Cynon Taff.

The 43-year-old scored over 24,000 runs during 12 seasons at Hove, and helping them win three County Championship titles and four limited-overs trophies. "I am grateful for the opportunity to come back to my second home," he said. "I believe I can bring to a very talented squad some belief and options on playing certain situations in all formats. I'm hoping to try and add a winning culture." Sussex have reshuffled their coaching set-up following relegation from Division One last season and cricket manager Mark Robinson's appointment as head coach of England Women. Mark Davis was appointed head coach in November, with Keith Greenfield named director of cricket and Carl Hopkinson now academy director. Davis said he was "thrilled" to see former Zimbabwe international Goodwin, who left Sussex at the end of 2012 to join Glamorgan, back at Hove. "I am confident Murray's relentless approach to batting and his technical expertise will be of great value," Davis added. "He has a brilliant work ethic and a passion for teaching the game, which is a vital ingredient in any elite coach."

Sussex have appointed ex-player Murray Goodwin as their new batting coach.

Herd, 27, capped four times by Australia, was a free agent after cancelling a move to Perth Glory. Nouble, 25, spent last season at Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian. "In Frank, we've signed a strong, powerful and determined striker. Chris's versatility will be a big boost for us," said boss Justin Edinburgh. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Gillingham have signed former Aston Villa midfielder Chris Herd until the end of the season and striker Frank Nouble on a short-term deal.

Doris has been recovered, said Wrexham police inspector Paul Wycherley, who tweeted that two suspects had been arrested following a chase on foot. Doris, Blessing and Wheely Good Sheep were painted by schoolchildren and placed on St Giles Way this month. Website Wrexham.com said they were installed to mark the Tour of Britain cycle race being held in the area soon.

Two people have been arrested after one of three newly installed sheep sculptures was stolen in Wrexham.

After another set of economic figures stronger than expected, is this economic pain cancelled, or simply postponed? On that central issue rests the fate of the government's economic policy. If it is pain cancelled that means better real incomes for voters. It means higher tax receipts for the government, lower levels of borrowing and more leeway to spend money on public services. And, of course, confidence tends to beget confidence. If consumers - the most important drivers of the UK economy - feel the world around them is feeling positive, they tend to spend. For businesses, it is not a lot different. Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest asset managers, BlackRock, made an interesting point at the World Economic Forum at Davos last week. Asked why consumer confidence hadn't collapsed following the referendum - or at least had recovered strongly after some initial uncertainty - Mr Fink answered that for lots of people who voted for Brexit or who voted for Donald Trump, the victories were not a negative event. "They won," he said, simply felt good and kept spending. "Car sales went up." For the UK economy, it is worth considering two points. First, the gloomy forecasts before the referendum about the possible effects of a vote to leave the European Union were based on Article 50, the mechanism for leaving the EU, being triggered immediately after the vote as David Cameron promised. That could have led to a chaotic departure from the EU and certainly would have created greater economic dislocation. Second, the Bank of England cut interest rates and increased financial support for businesses and banks, soothing market fears. These two points are not enough to explain all of the resilience in the economy, but they go some of the way. In my interview with the chancellor, he admitted that he was now "more optimistic" about the process of leaving the EU and the single market. He said that European leaders were no longer in chastising mood over Brexit, that had now past. A good deal is on, he said. But, and of course there has to be a but when considering how an economy will perform - a judgement at its most basic on how a million different decisions by human beings will play out. And the buts are these. The rate of inflation is increasing as the value of sterling declines. That will affect people's real incomes. Jobs are being moved out of the UK and on to the continent in sectors such as banking and finance as businesses prepare for Brexit. Investments have been delayed. The UK has, of course, not actually left the EU yet and at the moment is enjoying the stimulus of being in the EU's huge single market with a considerably weaker currency. That goldilocks situation will not last and the chancellor told me of his concerns about business investment. It was the Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter, who argued that shocks to an economy can boost growth. "Creative destruction" may be a little strong to describe the Brexit vote, but innovation can flow when the demands of uncertainty rise. After Britain fell out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism, the precursor of the single currency, many predicted that inflation would rise and economic growth would stutter. In fact, the UK economy bounced back, inflation remained in check and the pound rose - after an initial fall. That is not to say that all "dynamic" shocks have such an effect. The financial crisis of 2008-09 has negatively affected economic growth for far longer than most expected as the financial services sector contracted rapidly, liquidity disappeared and businesses and consumers paid down debt. That is why it is still too early to say definitively whether the robust state of the UK economy today means the forecasts for economic pain made before the Brexit vote can now be safely ignored.

It is the big question swirling around government.

They were on board an anti-piracy vessel, the Seaman Guard Ohio, which was detained in October, 2013. They face charges including straying into Indian waters and carrying weapons without permission. Another British man, Paul Towers from Yorkshire, remains in jail along with the ship's Ukrainian captain. News of the men's release was confirmed by an international maritime lawyer who is close to the case. He said: "Yes, they are out. Checking in to hotel and looking forward to a beer." The five men freed on bail were: Billy Irving, 33, of Oban in Argyll, John Armstrong, of Wigton, in Cumbria, Nick Dunn, 28, of Ashington in Northumberland, Ray Tindall, 38, of Chester, and Nicholas Simpson, originally of Cottingham in East Yorkshire. All of them must remain in India. Their employer AdvanFort, a maritime security patrol specialist, has always insisted the men were working to provide protection to other ships from pirate attacks. Nick Dunn's sister Lisa has commented on social media: "After 169 horrific days that Nick Dunn has spent in prison and another five being detained on the ship, I'm over the moon to say that the first hurdle is now cleared ... he's out!"

Five British men who were being held on arms charges have been freed on bail from an Indian jail, according to a lawyer close to the case.

The Rugby Football League revealed a consortium was considering a formal bid for the financially-troubled Bulls with a sale expected after Christmas. That, however, has been rejected and the RFL and administrator remain in talks over the future of the club. Bradford, who were last in Super League back in 2014, entered administration on 14 November.

An offer for Championship club Bradford Bulls from a consortium has been rejected, report BBC Radio Leeds.

But the co-founder and chief executive of UK chocolate shop chain Hotel Chocolat says he was actually inspired to set up his own business after seeing the success of his father's other company - a printing firm. Since the first Hotel Chocolat store opened in 2004 the company has gone on to grow into a multi-million pound empire, with 81 shops, eight cafes, two restaurants, and a hotel. As soon as Mr Thirlwell, 51, starts talking, there's no mistaking what drove the firm's evolution. He speaks about chocolate with such evangelical zeal he is bouncing up and down in his chair. Talking wistfully about the 18th Century, when chocolate houses were all the rage in London, Mr Thirlwell admits that his fantasy is to "make cocoa the hero" again - educating people to recognise and appreciate the higher cocoa content in the chocolate Hotel Chocolat produces compared to some of the best-known brands. "We want consumers to be having the same debate about the flavours of different cocoa beans as wine," he says. Mr Thirlwell's desire to educate extends to leaving chocolates he thinks people should like on the shelves even when they're not selling. The firm's 100% dark chocolate products, for example, took five years to become profitable. Yet using large amounts of cocoa doesn't come cheap, and the firm's "Signature Cabinet", which has three drawers full of chocolates, costs a whopping £160. But Mr Thirlwell says the pricing makes sense if you look at the cost of the cocoa hit, as well as the packaging. He points out that by contrast, the firm's entry level "Selector" range starts from £3.75. "It's very important to us that we're accessible," he adds. Such a wide-ranging pricing structure seems to work with customers, as the company enjoyed sales of £70m in the year to the end of June 2013. And it is continuing to expand apace. Hotel Chocolat's rapid development has been helped by the creation of innovative chocolate bonds, through which it has raised around £5m from investors, to whom it pays "interest" in chocolate. Mr Thirlwell picked up the business bug working for his father's printing firm in his school holidays. He says it gave him a strong sense that running a company was "exciting". Nonetheless, he "didn't have a clue" what he wanted to do with life until he got a job at a French hi-tech firm as part of his French and economics degree. The lure of business was so strong, he dropped out of his course altogether, staying on in France to help the company export its products. It was on his return to the UK that Mr Thirlwell met Hotel Chocolat's co-founder Peter Harris, who interviewed him for a sales and marketing job at another tech firm. They hit it off so well that just 10 months later, they left together and in 1987 set up Hotel Chocolat's forerunner - The Mint Marketing Company (MMC), which sold packaged mints branded with company logos. Mr Thirlwell got the idea for the business after his father told him that the most successful promotion the printing company had been involved with was for such a product. To fund MMC Mr Thirlwell and Mr Harris both took out £5,000 personal loans. Unfortunately, the wrapping machine they'd bought didn't work, and they had to hand wrap 20,000 packs to make their first order. Mr Thirlwell admits many people would have seen this as a sign that it wasn't meant to be, but he says that this is "rubbish". "Lots of businesses have some early setbacks," he says. "You've just got to overcome them somehow. "These things happen all the time even when you're established. You just swat them away more easily." MMC evolved into Choc Express when their customers asked if they had anything beyond mints, and they started selling chocolates online in 1993, becoming one of the UK's earliest e-retailers. Then in 2004 they opened their first store in Watford, after changing the name of the business to Hotel Chocolat. But why would a retail business wish to call itself a hotel? Mr Thirlwell says: "It was aspirational. I was trying to come up with something that expressed the power that chocolate has to lift you out of your current mood and take you to a better place." "Everyone agreed 'chocolat' sounded better than chocolate. It's almost onomatopoeia, and suggests how the chocolate melts in your mouth." A decade later, the business does own a hotel, which it built in Saint Lucia beside its own cocoa plantation, which provides some of the cocoa for its chocolates. The company also now has two restaurants, one in London and one in Leeds, serving sweet and savoury dishes that include cocoa. Plus it has stores in Copenhagen. And from originally outsourcing production of its chocolates, Hotel Chocolat now makes them all itself at its own factory in Cambridgeshire. Despite Hotel Chocolat's expansion, not a single part of the range gets onto the shelves without first being approved by Mr Thirlwell. He chairs a tasting session every Wednesday, where they try new recipes and combinations, and calls this the "triage" of the brand quality. "It's the beginning of the product, so if I let anything past there that I'm not happy with - it could affect the brand." Customers can also get in on the act via the firm's Tasting Club - a monthly box of new chocolates which members test and score. The club now has 100,000 members who have given the business a vast range of data on the public's tastes. A chocolate containing thyme oil has so far scored worst, generating "sackfuls of mail". "But if you get bull's-eyes for all of them you almost think you're not pushing the boundaries enough," says Mr Thirlwell. He admits pushing boundaries is also part of "future proofing" the business. "If you're specialist you've got to be absolutely specialist. There's a lot of competition and we want to be in the driving seat."

As the son of the man who helped build the Mr Whippy ice-cream brand, it may seem that Angus Thirlwell was destined for a career in confectionery.

Katie Milby, 13, has Morquio A, a degenerative syndrome which affects about 105 people in the UK. It leads to the progressive deterioration of mobility, health and stamina. Her friend Kyle Pirrie has started a petition seeking to see the medicine Vimizim made available on the NHS. There is no known cure to Morquio syndrome but the drug improves the life of people with the condition. It replaces a missing enzyme which allows children to continue to grow, as well as improving stamina and the ability to walk. It also relieves pain. The drug's manufacturers have been providing the treatment to patients at their own expense but they are going to withdraw it unless the NHS in England and Scotland commit to funding it. The Stranraer Academy student said her life would be markedly different without the drug. "I wouldn't be able to move I'd just be in so much pain," she said. "And I probably wouldn't be able to go to school." It was that situation which prompted her friend to launch the petition which now has nearly 2,000 signatures. "As a friend I suppose I felt kind of bad that she was going to be denied this because I know she has got a great outlook on life," Kyle explained. "She's funny, she's friendly and I would hate to see her in pain all the time." Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Alex Fergusson has also backed the petition. "This is not a cheap medication but, as Katie herself asked me, how do you put a value on a human life?" he asked. "There are only just over a hundred sufferers throughout the UK, with just five in Scotland, and those who have had treatment with Vimizim report a massive reduction in pain and the other symptoms of this syndrome. "Life expectancy, which rarely exceeds the mid 20s without treatment, can be considerably extended with this treatment, and it is enormously to the credit of Katie and her friends that they have raised this petition to try to ensure that the treatment is available to all." The Scottish Medicines Consortium said the drug was currently going through its assessment process. It added that a decision on the medicine was expected to be published in early September.

A Stranraer Academy student has set up a petition to ensure a life-enhancing drug is made available to a fellow pupil with an extremely rare disease.

But one nation, Russia, was missing. For the first time in Eurovision history, the host nation barred another country's singer. That is because in 2015, in violation of Ukrainian border rules, Russia's Julia Samoilova performed in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia a year earlier. Samoilova suffers from a neural muscular disorder and has used a wheelchair since childhood. "When the rumours began I might not go, I was so sad," she told the BBC in Moscow. "I thought, how come? This was my dream. When the final decision was taken I didn't believe it. But unfortunately, this is the reality." "I think it's a stupid reaction," Russian MP Vitaly Milonov tells me. "They're even afraid of such a small girl to enter Kiev." Even before Ukraine's ban, Mr Milonov had called for a Russian boycott of Eurovision: "Eurovision became a disgusting socialist nightmare for all these left-wing parties with all their bearded women, or men, with these anti-Christian positions. "I am sure that most conservatives in the world will never attend this festival. Because this is a festival of Sodom and Gomorrah." It is supposed to be a festival of peace and friendship but there is not much sign of either in relations between Kiev and Moscow. In eastern Ukraine, 10,000 people have been killed in three years of war: a war in which Russia is directly involved through its military support for separatist rebels. Crimea remains a source of tension and Eurovision is the latest battleground. "Since 2014, we've had a law in Ukraine that punishes people who illegally cross our border when they visit Crimea," says Ukrainian MP Olha Chervakova. "Did Russia know this? Of course. Did Russia know that Julia Samoilova would fall foul of this law? Of course. In other words, entering her in the contest was a conscious provocation to create a huge political scandal." The ban created a huge headache for Eurovision organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Eurovision's Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand said in March that Ukraine's decision went "against both the spirit of the contest and the notion of inclusivity that lies at the heart of its values". In an unprecedented move, the EBU offered Russia the chance to take part by satellite from Moscow. Russia declined: after the dramas of last year's Eurovision, Moscow was in no mood to compromise. Ukraine's 2016 winning entry, 1944, sung by Jamala, was about Joseph Stalin's deportation of Crimea's Tatar population. Russia had argued that Jamala's song broke contest rules for being of a political nature. When it won, Moscow cried foul and said there was politics at play. Now Russia seems determined to make not only Ukraine look bad, but the entire Eurovision Song Contest. When strangers are coming, they come to your house, they kill you and say 'we're not guilty' Recently, two Russian pranksters - posing as Ukraine's prime minister and his assistant - released online a telephone conversation they had recorded with a woman they claimed was EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre. If this is the voice of the EBU's top official, it is hugely embarrassing for the EBU, because the woman on the recording makes an astonishing admission about Ukraine's winning song: "I was just too late made aware of the song. "If I would have been earlier, and I think it was on purpose, I would have not allowed the song to participate, to be very transparent." In a statement, the EBU said it would "not comment on prank calls". But these are high-profile Russian pranksters, who once fooled Elton John into thinking he was talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Now our people don't trust Eurovision any more," one of the pranksters, Alexei, told me. "People understand that any country can use their political goals to win, so it's not a fair contest anymore." Perhaps this is not just about a song contest? Or Russia's relations with Ukraine? Equating Eurovision with Sodom and Gomorrah and embarrassing the EBU appear part of a wider pattern of Russia trying to undermine Western institutions and Western liberal ideas. "Russia now defines itself in its social and societal model against the West," believes Jan Techau of the Richard Holbrooke Forum at the American Academy in Berlin. "The Kremlin explicitly portrays Russian society as a counter model to the corrupted West. They seem now to buy completely into the idea that whatever harms the West is good for Russia: a classic zero-sum game." In the run-up to this year's contest, singer Jamala warned that "we should expect more provocations [from Russia] because our victory hurt them a lot." Security in Kiev is tight ahead of the first semi-final. As for Julia Samoilova, instead of singing at Eurovision this week, she will be performing - once again - in Crimea. Another political message from Moscow, to Kiev and to Europe.

Performers from 42 countries strode down a long red carpet near Ukraine's parliament this week, as a curtain-raiser to this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

It was the school's 18th title, won with the help of some 4,300 participants in the sumptuous parade. Fans of the samba school, which is rooted in Rio's Mangueira favela, screamed with joy as the results were read out. In an indication of how high the stakes are in the carnival championship, the results came in an armoured car.

One of Rio de Janeiro's most traditional samba schools, Mangueira, has won this year's Carnival.

It was three tries apiece in the first half, Wade scoring either side of Will Rowlands' try, with Josh Adams going over twice after Bryce Heem's score. After Heem saw red for a tackle on Willie le Roux, Wasps' Alapati Leiua, Josh Bassett and Brendan Macken scored. However, Biyi Alo and Jackson Willison crossed as Warriors gained two points. The hosts also finished the match with 14 men, as ex-Warriors man Matt Mullan was sent to the sin-bin. Second-bottom Worcester led on two occasions in the first half and were good value for their two bonus points. New Zealander Heem was dismissed on 45 minutes for a mistimed challenge on airborne Wasps full-back Le Roux, who was replaced by Bassett after receiving treatment on the pitch. Dai Young's side are now guaranteed a place in the end-of-season play-offs, while Warriors are nine points clear of Bristol and only four adrift of 10th-placed Sale. Wasps director of rugby Dai Young: "It's a win and five points but there were very few areas of our game that pleased me. "Worcester won nearly all the 50-50s and were first to react in terms of mind and our performance didn't match the five points. "Christian was probably the difference, but I always thought that we could respond if we needed to as we probably had that extra bit of quality. "It was a big message to us as we will have to be better against Leinster next week as they will match us for quality so we'll have to prove that we've got the belly for the fight." Worcester director of rugby Gary Gold: "We knew we had to put in an incredibly strong performance and we showed huge character in an absolutely outstanding effort. "We are a good team and improving but we want to keep our feet on the ground, although I believe we've turned the corner. "We defended very well but we conceded two tries to Wade, who is a world class finisher. If you don't get him first time, you end up chasing shadows." "Bryce was unfortunate but the referee had no choice. Luke is a good ref, he let the game flow and it was fun to watch." Wasps: Beale; Wade, Leiua, Gopperth, Le Roux; Cipriani, Robson; McIntyre, Johnson (capt), Moore, Rowlands, Myall, Haskell, Young, Rieder. Replacements: Cruse, Mullan, Cooper-Woolley, Symons, Thompson, Simpson, Macken, Bassett. Worcester: Pennell; Heem, Olivier, Willison, Adams; Mills, Hougaard; Rapava Ruskin, Taufete'e, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Lewis, Mama. Replacements: Bregvadze, Bower, Alo, Dowson, Potgieter, Baldwin, Humphreys, Hammond. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

The Premiership's top try scorer Christian Wade scored two tries as leaders Wasps moved five points clear with a bonus-point win over Worcester.

They are worried about losing a rare rest day and the effect on their awards night, Paul Struthers said. The move - supported by top female rider Hayley Turner - could provide the sport with a windfall of more than £1m. But the organiser of a Good Friday charity open day has called the proposal "greedy and selfish". Pros • Would give sport a commercial lift, with extra prize money, betting and racecourse revenue • Could regenerate the all-weather programme, with a 'Champions Series' style schedule building to a Good Friday finale • Racing on most other Bank Holidays attracts good crowds Cons • Jockeys already struggle to spend time with families and some object to Good Friday racing for religious reasons • Annual Lesters awards, where jump and flat jockeys celebrate success, are held the night before • Popular Lambourn and Middleham Open Days take place on the same day Several trainers and others within the industry have also voiced their backing for what they see as a unique chance to exploit a valuable commercial opportunity. The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has invited applications from racecourses to stage fixtures on Good Friday for the first time from next year. While a final decision is not expected before 30 September, it is understood the governing body is minded to allow two fixtures on 18 April, 2014, provided they meet criteria around prize money and forecast attendances. BHA chief executive Paul Bittar said his organisation was aware of the "historical sensitivities", but added that it was "a significant leisure day, so we are keen to fully assess the opportunity for racing". Arena Racing, which owns Lingfield racecourse, has proposed a £1m championship meeting at the Surrey track on Good Friday. It would form part of a wider revamp of the all-weather winter racing schedule, while Musselburgh in Scotland would also like to race. But jockeys are concerned they will lose one of only four blank days in the racing calendar, and one which falls the day after their popular annual Lesters awards - the sport's equivalent of the Oscars named after legendary jockey Lester Piggott. Jockey Hayley Turner (Racing UK) "A lot of other sports take place on Good Friday and I think racing is adopting a slightly old-school attitude. "We are in the entertainment business and as jockeys we want to ride in front of bigger crowds, which is more likely to happen during weekends and holidays." Trainer Charlie Brooks (Daily Telegraph): "There is no computer in the world that can quantify the long-term benefits of engaging with the next generation of racing fans at these open days. "And fostering a love of the racehorse rather than bouncy castles, cheap beer and tribute bands is the right way forward." "Most jockeys are unhappy about the idea. It would leave just three days off [23, 24 and 25 December]," said Struthers, whose organisation represents about 450 riders. "They can choose not to ride, but a trainer or owner who wanted them is unlikely to have them again. "If this goes through, a blank day elsewhere in the calendar is vital for the survival of the Lesters. "Plans for more investment in all-weather racing are welcome, but the logic that there has to be a Good Friday finale does not stack up." He said some jockeys, including Irish Catholics, were against the idea on religious grounds. "It is going to be a huge dilemma for those who see it as a religious issue," said Struthers. He said there were two "weak" Saturdays in late March/April where a big all-weather race day could be accommodated. Struthers acknowledges some jockeys are in favour of another chance to showcase their talents - and Turner is one of them. "I am a little surprised by the opposition to it, some of which has been very aggressive," Turner, who has just returned from being sidelined with a broken ankle, told Racing UK. "Coming from a jockey, who has just spent five weeks on the sidelines, I relish the opportunity to be riding as much as I can, especially in the higher profile races." At the racing centre of Lambourn in Berkshire, more than 30 trainers open their yards to the public on Good Friday with an estimated 10,000 people meeting horses and trainers. A similar event has been held for 20 years in Middleham, North Yorkshire. Lambourn organising committee chairman Mark Smyly said his event - which was called off due to waterlogging this year - raised about £60,000 in 2012 for charity, much of which went to a housing project for working and retired stable staff. "It is not just racing people who come to the open day. The PR for the sport is enormous and to do away with that is just greedy and selfish," said Smyly, who helped to run the first open day 23 years ago. "It brings in a lot of new owners to the sport and there must be other days when they can have racing - why not make Easter Sunday a big day?" An Arena Racing spokesman said they were aware of "some opposition" but declined to comment ahead of the BHA decision.

Most riders are unhappy about plans to have horse racing on Good Friday, says the chief executive of the Professional Jockeys' Association.

Patients often die before their 40s as mucus clogs and damages their lungs and leaves them prone to infection. A major trial on 1,108 patients, in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed a combination of drugs could bypass the genetic errors that cause the disease and may increase life expectancy. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust said it could "improve the lives of many". One in every 2,500 babies in the UK has cystic fibrosis. Errors in sufferers' DNA - inherited from their parents - damage the microscopic machinery that controls salt and water levels in the linings of the lungs. The result is a thick mucus that inexorably damages the lungs. Antibiotics help prevent infection and drugs can loosen the mucus, but nothing deals with the fundamental problem for most patients. The combination of drugs - lumacaftor and ivacaftor - were designed to repair that microscopic machinery. The trial showed that those patients given the cocktail for 24 weeks had better lung function. Cystic fibrosis also affects the mucus lining in the gut so the doctors were pleased to see the patients also gained weight in the trial. Prof Stuart Elborn, who led the European part of the trial from Queen's University Belfast, told the BBC News website: "This is very exciting and it really demonstrates that we can correct the basic defects in cystic fibrosis. "This is likely to become a fundamental treatment for cystic fibrosis. "Starting in children may prevent the disease process developing if we correct the basic defect early in life. "Will this improve survival for people with cystic fibrosis? We would anticipate it would have a really good chance of doing that, but we don't know for sure yet." There are however, many types of error in the DNA that can culminate in cystic fibrosis. This treatment combination should work on around half of patients, while one of the drugs on its own corrects a small proportion of errors. New treatments are still required for the remaining patients. Susanna McColley, professor of paediatrics at Northwestern University, said these were "groundbreaking findings" that showed the future of treating cystic fibrosis. She told the BBC: "For subjects I've cared for, they felt better in ways that are not necessarily measurable. "One young woman said, and this is a direct quote, her CF 'is not a problem'." Janet Allen, the director of research at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust charity, said: "These results open up a new front in the fight against cystic fibrosis and this combination therapy looks set to be an important additional treatment option that could improve the lives of many. "As this leading edge of science continues to be explored and better understood, we are hopeful that a future of personalised medicines is increasingly within reach." The therapy is being examined by regulators around the world.

A "groundbreaking" cystic fibrosis therapy could profoundly improve patients' quality of life, say doctors.

Sgt Louise Lucas, 41, was airlifted to hospital but later died. Her daughter Olivia, eight, was also injured in the incident on The Kingsway on 31 March. Her family described her as "an outgoing, hard working and loving person." A coroner has called on Swansea council to address safety concerns on the road. In a tribute they wrote: "Our family is absolutely devastated at the tragic accident, which took Louise from us all last week. "We've lost a beautiful loving wife, mum, daughter and sister who will never be forgotten. "Louise was an outgoing, hard working and loving person. An incredible hole has been left in our family which can never be filled." The family thanked staff at Swansea's Morriston hospital who treated the mother-of-three and her daughter. They also paid tribute to police, members of the public and staff from the Principality building society who looked after Olivia after the incident. After the crash, Swansea council said it would install temporary barriers along the central reservation of the road. It has already dropped the speed limit to 20mph following concerns from residents that the road was unsafe. In a letter to the council, Swansea's acting senior coroner Colin Phillips said the road had a "serious design issue", which "must be addressed". Mr Phillips issued the report as part of his investigation into the death of Daniel Foss, 37, who died after being hit by a bus on The Kingsway in September 2013.

The family of an off-duty police officer who died after being hit by a bus in Swansea say her death has left a hole that can never be filled.

The incident happened on the 20:14 service, between Keith and Elgin, on Friday 16 June at about 21:20. The suspect - believed to be travelling with about seven other men - then got off the train at Elgin. He was white, about 25, and 6ft tall. He was wearing a black and white top and sunglasses. Det Con Nick Ritchie, of British Transport Police, said: "No-one has the right to treat another person like that. "We're determined to stamp out this kind of behaviour from our rail network, so please, if you know this man, let us know." Anyone with information can text 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 682 of 16 June.

An appeal for witnesses has been made after a woman was inappropriately touched on a train travelling between Aberdeen and Inverness.

Max Jowitt crossed early on after good work by Craig Hall, but three quick tries by Tony Gigot, Dave Taylor and Justin Horo put the hosts in control. Wakefield drew level at 18-18 at the break when Jonny Molloy powered over and Hall touched down. The teams both scored two further tries but Pat Richards missed a late kick with his side trailing by two at 30-28. And Wakefield, who were already assured of their place in the top eight, held on for a victory which ends a three-match losing run. The Wildcats had regained the lead after an even first period when Bill Tupou made the most of some quick thinking by Hall to go over. Catalans responded again when Morgan Escare ran onto a Lucas Albert kick. Mikey Sio then crossed for the visitors and the reliable boot of Liam Finn made it 30-24, but although Fouad Yayha scored in the corner, Richards' missed conversion proved costly for Catalans. Catalans Dragons: Escare, Yaha, Garcia, Duport, Richards, Gigot, Albert, Baitieri, Taylor, Horo, Maria, Pelissier, Casty. Substitutes: Bousquet, Da Costa, Mason, Navarrete. Wakefield: Jowitt, Lyne, Arundel, B Tupou, Hall, Miller, Finn, Simon, Moore, Arona, Ashurst, Molloy, Sio. Substitutes: Scruton, A Tupou, Walton, Fifita. Att: 8,562. Ref: Chris Campbell (RFL).

Wakefield moved up to sixth in Super League after edging a thrilling topsy-turvy encounter with Catalans Dragons.

Trading Standards officers working with sniffer dogs uncovered the illicit haul at six properties in the Freeman Street area of the town. The cigarettes and tobacco would cost an estimated £200,00 if bought legally. North East Lincolnshire Council's Trading Standards team said it was the largest haul since it began a crackdown on illicit products last year. Prior to the latest haul, the team seized nearly 90,000 cigarettes and 181lbs (82.5kg) of tobacco since launching Operation Nightshade. Councillor Terry Walker said: "This is the most significant stash to have been uncovered during Operation Nightshade and is the result of a long-term, intelligence led campaign aimed at dishonest retailers who persist in flouting the law."

About 300,000 counterfeit and illegally imported cigarettes and 330lbs (150kg) of tobacco have been seized in Grimsby.

But the news so far has been bigger - and worse - than they can possibly have imagined. The US investigation into corruption at the highest levels of the world's most popular game will have far-reaching implications for how the game is run - and who runs it. As news of arrests at the top of Fifa began to sink in, the organisation said it was planning to go ahead as scheduled with the election of its president - which was expected to result once again in a kind of coronation for Sepp Blatter, the great survivor of world sports administration. But there's another item on the agenda too - one that may still be troubling delegates far into the future when Mr Blatter is eventually gone and the corruption story has played itself out. The Palestinian delegation wants Fifa to suspend Israel from world football. This is not just about sport of course. The Palestinians are pursuing a strategy they call "internationalisation" - which means bringing their grievances against Israel into as many international arenas as possible. And arenas don't come any bigger than Fifa. The issue has been raised in previous years but some sort of deal was worked out to prevent the issue from coming to a vote. This time the head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Jibril Rajoub, says nothing will persuade him to remove the request from Fifa's formal agenda. There won't be any backroom deals - there will be a vote. "I am going to end the suffering and the humiliation of the Palestinian footballers," he told me. "It is our right." The Palestinians believe their case is strong. They complain about how police and army checkpoints which restrict freedom of movement around the occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank hamper the ability of players and officials to get to games. The point is illustrated in a video presentation in which a middle-aged Palestinian called Farouq Assi is captured on the cameras of a human rights activist blindfolded, handcuffed and in custody at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank. It's not a rare event. It's in the presentation because Mr Assi is a football referee and he was on his way to take charge of a game in Jericho when he was detained. The match was abandoned. Palestinian territory is divided into two parts - Gaza and the West Bank. Israel controls all movement into and out of the West Bank through a series of checkpoints and it maintains strict controls at its crossing with Gaza through which players and officials have to travel to play West Bank teams. Israeli sports officials argue they have no control over the policies applied at those checkpoints by Israeli security and intelligence agencies. Mr Blatter made a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories ahead of the Fifa Congress in what appears to have been a failed attempt to stop the issue from being pushed to a vote. Not long after he left an incident at an Israeli-controlled border crossing with Jordan illustrated the problem. The Palestinian national team was leaving through the checkpoint on its way to play an overseas fixture - it flies through Amman in Jordan, a short drive across the desert rather than from Israel's main airport in Tel Aviv. As they were leaving there were reports that one of their players, Sameh Maarabe, had been arrested by Israeli officials. Israel explained later that Maarabe had been convicted last year of using an overseas trip to smuggle money and messages back into the West Bank on behalf of the militant group Hamas. To Palestinians that's a story about the harassment of a footballer - to Israelis it's about issuing a warning about re-offending to someone who has a criminal record and who happens to be a footballer. There are other grievances too - including the presence on Occupied Palestinian Territory of teams from Jewish settlements which are allowed to play in the Israeli league. But Israel feels it has a positive story to tell about sport. There are Arab players in the Israeli national team and at most top-flight clubs - although there is an exception in that Beitar Jerusalem has often attracted criticism for the racism of its nationalist fans. Former English Premier League star Yossi Benayoun, who's arguably Israel's best-ever player, told me: "Sport is one of the only things that brings people together. In my experience I played with Muslims, Christians and any other religion and it's the same in Israel - during my time in the national team we always played with Arab players and it was the same for them. "I hope it doesn't come to this decision, because it's nothing to do with sport." For now the Israeli sports authorities have left their argument at that, but not everyone in Israel has been so diplomatic. The well-connected Israeli legal campaign group Shurat HaDin, for example, has drawn attention to Jibril Rajoub's membership of the central committee of the Fatah movement, which has an armed wing. It has found several militaristic quotes from Mr Rajoub talking about the Palestinian conflict with Israel and has written to Fifa demanding that he should be expelled, instead of the Israel Football Association (IFA). Their letter is an illustration of the fear inside football that giving in to one expulsion request is bound to trigger others - what if Ukraine should demand the suspension of Russia over the annexation of Crimea for example, when the Russians are scheduled to host the next World Cup? Within the world of sport there's always a tendency to keep difficult issues at bay by arguing that sport and politics don't mix - but of course in extreme cases they do. Both apartheid-era South Africa and the now-vanished Yugoslavia led by Slobodan Milosevic were expelled from international bodies - the Palestinian chances of success at Fifa will depend on persuading enough delegates that their case matches those precedents. Israel for now seems confident - partly because Sepp Blatter has clarified that the rules for suspension require a 75% majority, and partly because, in the words of the Israeli expert on international law Alan Baker, this is "a familiar grievance in a new forum". The dramatic arrests which overshadowed the start of the Fifa Congress may have shifted the spotlight from the Palestinian case for now but this is an issue that won't go away. Whatever happens to the proposal in 2015, there is nothing to stop the Palestinians from putting it back on football's agenda in the future.

The football bureaucrats of the world were probably expecting to make global headlines as they gathered for the Fifa Congress in Zurich.

The Accounts Commission said there was a risk services could not be maintained without improvements in the way the council was run. But the report recognised that the council delivered good services at the moment. The authority needs to save £22.3m - 10% of its budget - by 2017/18. On top of that, council reserves are low and are projected to fall further, the report said. The Accounts Commission is the public spending watchdog for local government in Scotland. In its report, the commission said the council urgently needed "clearer priorities" in its transformation programme to ensure key projects were completed and savings made. The report recognised the council's "commitment to improvement", but added that it was concerned about the pace of those improvements. Deficiencies highlighted by the commission included financial control and management of resources. The chairman of the commission, Douglas Sinclair, said: "There is a gap between the council's ambition and seeing evidence of that on the ground. This is what East Dunbartonshire needs to address if it is to continue to deliver good quality services in the future."

A public spending watchdog has published "serious concerns" over the financial control of East Dunbartonshire Council.

The husband-and-wife team beat Christopher Coles and Sophie Brown 21-11 21-11 in the final in Derby. It is the fourth occasion the top seeds have triumphed in the event overall, beating the record of Olympic silver medal-winning pair Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, who won it three times. Between them, the Adcocks have now won 10 English titles. All five titles at the championships were won by the top seeds. Rajiv Ouseph won his eighth men's singles title, beating Alex Lane 21-10 21-9, and in the women's final Fontaine Chapman triumphed after twice being a beaten finalist. She beat training partner Chloe Birch 21-15 21-16. In the men's doubles, Marcus Ellis and Christopher Langridge proved too strong for Peter Briggs and Tom Wolfenden with a 21-15 21-11 victory. In the women's doubles, defending champions Heather Olver and Lauren Smith beat Brown and Kate Robertshaw in the closest final of the day, which ended 19-21 21-18 21-7.

Chris and Gabby Adcock won the English National Championships mixed doubles title for the third successive year.

Counsel General Mick Antoniw said he was "delighted" by the Supreme Court ruling against the UK government on Brexit. The Supreme Court said UK ministers were "not legally compelled" to consult the assembly and that AMs have no veto. Mr Antoniw said it is likely AMs would get a vote on the triggering process. But he said it will not be a veto on leaving the EU. AMs could decide to hold a vote in the assembly on article 50 if they feel that the legislation on article 50 affects devolution. There is a convention - called the Sewel Convention - whereby the assembly has a say on legislation in Westminster that affects devolution in the form of a vote in the chamber. But Tuesday's ruling that AMs do not have a veto on Brexit means that whether or not the vote has meaning will depend on the UK government's reaction. Mr Antoniw told AMs on Tuesday: "As the Article 50 Bill proceeds through Parliament, we would expect the UK government to respect the Sewel Convention, so that Parliament has the opportunity to listen to the assembly and to the other devolved legislatures." Mr Antoniw said there was "every likelihood of a vote (in the assembly) because a trigger bill will impact on Welsh legislation". The court ruled Theresa May cannot trigger Article 50 - the formal exit process from the EU - without the backing of MPs and peers. The court also said UK ministers were "not legally compelled" to consult the devolved legislatures in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Analysis by BBC Wales political correspondent Daniel Davies It sounds like the eleven Supreme Court judges sent the Welsh Government packing. They all agree: there's no legal reason for Theresa May to consult the assembly. But there is a political reason for Parliament to listen. And if Parliament must vote on Brexit, it leaves the door ajar for the assembly to influence things. That means there might be a vote in the assembly on triggering Article 50, as well as in Westminster. I am also sorry to disappoint anyone who hopes that a vote in Cardiff Bay could stop Brexit. It will not. All sides agree the assembly does not have a power of veto.

Westminster should listen to the assembly before triggering the Brexit process, the Welsh Government's top law officer has said.

It also defied predictions that it would not survive the collapse of its one-time supporter, the Soviet Union. Since the fall of the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Cuba has been a one-party state led by Mr Castro and - since February 2008 - by his chosen successor and younger brother, Raul. Fidel Castro exercised control over virtually all aspects of Cuban life through the Communist Party and its affiliated mass organisations, the government bureaucracy and the state security apparatus. Exploiting the Cold War, Fidel Castro was for decades able to rely on strong Soviet backing, including annual subsidies worth $4-5 billion, and succeed in building reputable health and education systems. But, at least partly because of the US trade sanctions, he failed to diversify the economy. The US and Cuba agreed in 2014 to normalise relations. Population 11.2 million Area 110,860 sq km (42,803 sq miles) Major language Spanish Major religion Christianity Life expectancy 77 years (men), 81 years (women) Currency Cuban peso Raul Castro, the world's longest-serving defence minister, took over as president in February 2008, succeeding his ailing brother Fidel, who had been in power for five decades. After being re-elected by the single-party National Assembly in February 2013, Raul announced his intention to stand down at the end of his second term in 2018. Fidel Castro brought revolution to Cuba in the 1950s and created the western hemisphere's first Communist state. His beard, long speeches, cigar, army fatigues and defiance of the United States earned him iconic status across the globe. Raul, 76 at the time of this appointment, has been his brother's trusted right-hand man and was once known as an iron-fisted ideologue who executed Fidel Castro's orders - and enemies - ruthlessly. Under his leadership, Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces became one of the most formidable fighting forces in the Third World with combat experience in Africa, where they defeated South Africa's army in Angola in 1987. The Cuban media are tightly controlled by the government and journalists must operate within the confines of laws against anti-government propaganda and the insulting of officials which carry penalties of up to three years in prison. Reporters without Borders in early 2016 described Cuba as "one of the world's worst countries from the viewpoint of journalists… independent journalists and bloggers are constantly persecuted by the Castro government". Some key dates in Cuba's history: 1898 - Cuba is ceded to the US which defeated Spain in war. 1902 - Cuba becomes independent under the protection of the US. 1933 - Sergeant Fulgencio Batista seizes power in a coup. 1959 - Fidel Castro leads a guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee. 1961 - US breaks off diplomatic relations in response to the nationalization of US-owned properties, and later imposes a complete commercial embargo. 1961 - Cuban exiles backed by the US try to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, but are defeated. 1962 - The US and the Soviet Union have a showdown that almost touches off war after the US discovers Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba. The confrontation ends with the Soviets removing the missiles and the US agreeing never to invade Cuba. 1975 - Castro sends troops to Angola to help fight rebels backed by South Africa. It is the start of 15 years of war in which 300,000 Cubans will fight. 1991 - The Soviet Union, Cuba's biggest benefactor, collapses, touching off an economic crisis. 2006 - Fidel Castro provisionally turns over power to brother Raul Castro, who becomes president in 2008. 2014 - US President Barack Obama and President Castro announce moves to normalise diplomatic relations, severed for more than 50 years.

Cuba's Communist government has survived more than 50 years of US sanctions intended to topple veteran leader Fidel Castro.

Four officers were injured when the Met's Flying Squad swooped on the men in Piccadilly at 11:25 BST. A Taser was discharged several times and the policemen were hurt as the men tried to escape on mopeds. Four men have been arrested and are being held at London police stations. A Met Police spokesman said three officers suffered minor injuries and the fourth is in hospital in a serious condition. Store owner Avi Reed said the gang smashed a glass cabinet, causing more than £300,000 of damage, Mr Reed said police contacted them at the Chronext store earlier to warn them that there might be a robbery, and the shop was closed to protect customers. He said: "At about 11:30 we saw three guys, they had helmets on. One tried to smash the door with a hammer. The glass didn't break as it's protected but he managed to get in. "Another guy had an axe and managed to smash a cabinet, while the other stayed on the motorbike. They caused enormous damage." Mr Reed praised the actions of the "amazing" police. Det Supt Craig Turner, said: "Our officers are absolutely committed to keeping London safe and target the criminals who pose a danger to Londoners and our city businesses day in, day out. "They know that this work carries with it very real risks and dangers but take this in their stride as part of serving the public. "However, today's events highlight how the reckless behaviour of those determined to evade justice, heedless of the consequences, can have a real impact on all those involved." Piccadilly was closed eastbound at Hyde Park Corner for about six hours while investigations were carried out.

A moped gang armed with knives and an axe has been intercepted by police in a "terrifying" attempt to rob a luxury watch store in central London.

The women, who worked at Kinsley Academy, claimed their pay had been cut after the contract switched from Wakefield Council to C&D Cleaning. The three women were reportedly dismissed by C&D Cleaning on Monday. C&D have been approached for comment but confirmed to the Guardian the trio had had their employment terminated. Labour MP for Hemsworth Jon Trickett said: "With only days till Christmas it looks like Scrooge has been brought back to life from Victorian times." For updates and more stories from across West Yorkshire Lesley Leake, Karen McGee and Marice Hall went on strike in September saying their pay had been slashed and their pensions, holiday and sick pay had also been cut when the contract changed hands after the primary school became an academy. In October about 100 people joined the women on a protest march through Barnsley, where C&D Cleaning is based. According to reports the women were sacked following a disciplinary hearing on 19 December. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "I am angered that three striking primary school cleaners from Kinsley have been sacked. "When I met them, they explained how their wages were cut following the outsourcing of their contracts to a private company. "Outsourcing is bad for our public services and workers. The cleaners' jobs must be brought back in-house with fair pay and conditions." The BBC has approached C&D Cleaning for a comment. In a statement published in the Guardian, the company said the women had been invited to a disciplinary hearing to "respond to allegations of gross misconduct". It said: "The outcome of the hearing was termination of employment. "The company will not comment further at this stage so as not prejudice any internal process." Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: "These women bravely took action to protect their wages and employment rights. "To then sack them just days before Christmas is heartless in the extreme."

Three cleaners who went on strike over a pay dispute have been sacked in a move branded Scrooge-like by one MP.

The game was given the go-ahead after several pitch inspections, and Justin Tipuric's fine try put Ospreys 7-0 up at half-time. The mud-caked conditions hindered both sides but it was the visitors who adapted best and made fewest mistakes. Dan Biggar's late penalty sealed the victory for the visitors. As referee Ian Davies conducted his pre-match pitch inspection, Ospreys players and coaches seemed unhappy with the prospect of playing on such a sodden surface - on which football team Newport County had played less than 24 hours earlier. But having won their last six matches in all competitions, the visitors entered this fixture with confidence and settled into an early groove with their forwards carrying diligently and full-back Sam Davies dominating the kicking exchanges. Media playback is not supported on this device It was a loose Dragons kick which led to the opening score, as Tom Habberfield sparked an Ospreys counter-attack and, via an offload from the impressive blindside flanker Olly Cracknell, freed openside Tipuric to sprint clear for the first try. Cracknell and the rest of the Ospreys pack seemed to relish the old-fashioned tussle in the mud, keeping things simple with ball in hand and restricting Dragons to just one shot at goal - a missed Angus O'Brien penalty - during a tight first half. The second followed in the same vein, with the visitors' pragmatic and well-executed game-plan in contrast to that of the increasingly error-strewn Dragons. The hosts were guilty of kicking the ball straight into touch on a number of occasions, and their inability to keep possession saw them pinned back in their own half for long periods. Another Dragons mistake - Ollie Griffiths entering a ruck from the side - then presented Biggar with a straightforward penalty to seal the Ospreys' victory and deny their opponents a losing bonus point. The Ospreys have now won 28 of the 30 Welsh derbies they have participated in. Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy told BBC Wales Sport: "We're satisfied to get the win. Conditions were horrific. "We found a way to win. It was only 10-0 but I think it was relatively comfortable." Dragons head coach Kingsley Jones told BBC Wales Sport: "It's a disappointed changing room. The frustration is we did well in many aspects of the game. "I thought in the second half the Ospreys kicked a lot but they came here to do a job. It was a clinical job by them and unfortunately we weren't quite as clinical. "The difference in winning and losing high-level games is forcing errors but unfortunately we made four or five too many unforced errors." Dragons: Carl Meyer, Pat Howard, Tyler Morgan, Sam Beard, Ashton Hewitt, Angus O'Brien, Tavis Knoyle; Phil Price, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Nick Crosswell, Cory Hill, Lewis Evans (c), Ollie Griffiths, Ed Jackson. Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Sam Hobbs, Lloyd Fairbrother, Matthew Screech, Rynard Landman, Sarel Pretorius, Dorian Jones, Adam Warren. Ospreys: Sam Davies, Hanno Dirksen, Kieron Fonotia, Josh Matavesi, Dan Evans, Dan Biggar, Tom Habberfield, Paul James, Scott Baldwin, Ma'afu Fia, Lloyd Ashley, Alun Wyn Jones (c), Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, James King. Replacements: Sam Parry, Nicky Smith, Rhodri Jones, Rory Thornton, Rob McCusker, Sam Underhill, Brendon Leonard, Jonathan Spratt. Referee: Ian Davies (WRU). Assistant referees: Simon Rees (WRU), Gwyn Morris (WRU). TMO: Neil Hennessy (WRU).

Ospreys ground out a gritty win over Newport Gwent Dragons in a Pro12 derby played on a dreadful Rodney Parade pitch.

Education Secretary John Swinney launched the "intense" three month consultation last September. But the group which mounted a legal challenge against the scheme said there had been no updates from ministers. The government said it held more than 50 meetings during the consultation. A spokesman said Mr Swinney would update parliament in "due course". The named person policy, introduced as part of the Children and Young People Scotland Act of 2014, set out to appoint a single point of contact, such as a teacher or health visitor, to look out for the welfare of all children up to the age of 18. The consultation was announced six weeks after the UK Supreme Court ruled elements of the policy to be "incompatible" with the right to privacy and family life, as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Feedback from it was due to be collated by the government, with Mr Swinney intending to outline his next steps before the end of 2016. But the No To Named Persons (NO2NP) group, which mounted the legal challenge, said they were not involved in the process. Freedom of information requests by the group for details of the consultation discussions were rejected. NO2NP spokesman Simon Calvert said: "The engagement period was really a sham consultation because Mr Swinney only wanted to deal with those who support the scheme and organisations mainly funded by the government. "He refused to engage with us even though we represent an important cross-section of Scottish society, huge numbers of parents and more than 35,000 people who signed our petition. "The three-month 'engagement' has long since ended. It looks like it could be more like six or seven months, March or April 2017, before we hear anything." He added: "The Supreme Court agreed with us that the intrusive sharing of private information which was at the heart of the Named Person scheme was unlawful. "The court granted our appeal, and ordered the Scottish government to pay all our costs. It was a total defeat for the Scottish government. "The substantial delay in announcing their plans to try to navigate a way around the ruling indicates that reality is finally beginning to bite." After the legal challenge, Mr Swinney was forced to act to halt the roll-out of the named person scheme, which has already been trialled in some parts of Scotland. It had been due to be introduced across the country on August 31 2016, but Mr Swinney said he hoped the named person policy can now come into force a year on from that. A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "The engagement involved more than 50 meetings with some 250 organisations and groups - and included around 700 young people, parents/carers, practitioners and professionals. "This included leaders from health, education, local authorities, police, faith communities, charities, unions and professional bodies. "The deputy first minister will update parliament in due course."

Campaigners opposed to the Scottish government's named person scheme claim ministers have refused to engage with them during a consultation on plans to reform the policy.

Twenty-one animals had first beached at Staffin on Monday afternoon. Most of the whales were saved but 10 then went on to strand themselves on rocks on nearby Staffin Island. Eight whales died including a female and her new born calf. The stranding is thought to have been triggered by the female having problems while calving.

A group of long-finned pilot whales that became stranded on rocks off Skye were able to return to open water with help from rescuers on Tuesday evening.

Symbols of every event feature on the design, while the London skyline is included with Tower Bridge, the London Eye, the Shard and Big Ben. The reverse features London Stadium, the championships' venue. The event takes place from 4-13 August and there will be live coverage across the BBC. Medals at July's World Para Athletics Championships, taking place from 14-23 July, will be similar, but feature distinctive disability sport equipment such as a prosthetic running leg and throwing chair. Rather than engraving, the reverse will be inscribed with braille. For the first time at the World Championships, 'coaches medals' will also be handed out to recognise those who prepare athletes.

The World Championships medals that will be won in London this summer have been revealed, with a shape based on the curves of an athletics track.

The Bulls' fate has been in the balance since the full extent of their financial worries emerged in the weeks since their dramatic final-day escape sent Chester down instead. Chester have been reinstated as a Conference Premier club and Hayes & Yeading will stay in Conference South. "Hereford United can have no complaints. The Conference bent over backwards to help them. "I described the news of the board's offer of an extension on Friday evening as not so much 'last chance saloon', but rather 'last orders in last chance saloon' and United have seemingly chosen not to offer the league the assurances they were seeking. "It is a desperately sad day for all Hereford supporters, but the Bulls have nobody to blame but themselves. "You have to feel very sorry for those players who gave their all at Aldershot on the last day of the season to keep Hereford in the Conference Premier. Sadly, those efforts now count for nothing." The Conference had originally offered a payment deadline of Thursday, 5 June. The club's debt to their football creditors, including former boss Martin Foyle, members of the current squad, other club staff and clubs from whom the Bulls loaned players during the 2013-14 season, added up to £148,000. That deadline was extended three times, to Friday, 6 June, then again to Saturday, 7 June and for a third time until Thursday, 12 June. But it became clear on Tuesday that the Bulls, taken over last week by London businessman Tommy Agombar, would not make that deadline - and the Conference has now acted. The last team to be expelled from the Conference was Chester City in February 2010. They reformed as Chester FC two months later - and it is now they who have taken the Bulls' place, following a dramatic final day of the season when, almost simultaneously, a late Hereford winning goal at Aldershot and a Salisbury equaliser at Chester kept the Bulls up. By way of an added twist, Chester announced on Tuesday that Kingsley James, who was in Hereford's team that day, has moved to Bumpers Lane. 26 April - Hereford stay up on final day of Conference Premier season 29 April - Hereford United Supporters' Trust make offer to buy the club for £1 and clear their £220,000 debts 22 May - Former Bulls boss Martin Foyle serves winding-up petition over unpaid wages, after players reveal they have not been fully paid too 2 June - Case adjourned for 28 days at Royal Court of Justice 3 June - Tommy Agombar takes over as new Hereford owner 5 June - Hereford fail to meet 17:00 BST deadline to pay football creditors, and are threatened with expulsion, subject to Conference board vote 6 June - Hereford meet with Conference board and are given new deadline of 7 June. The deadline is moved to 9 June, then 12 June 10 June - Hereford expelled from Football Conference And former Hereford boss Foyle, now manager at Southport, chose the same day to sign another player from that same Bulls team, keeper Dan Lloyd-Weston, who opted to leave as he was still owed part of his salary. When last season ended, despite months of fundraising efforts by fans, as well as generous donations from fans of other clubs, the Bulls faced debts of approximately £225,000. They still owe over £70,000 to clear the latest PAYE tax demand from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). An offer was made by one of the club's main fan bodies, the Hereford United Supporters' Trust (HUST), on the back of pledges made by their backers, to buy the club for £1 and take over the running at Edgar Street. But, although chairman David Keyte held talks with them, they were not the preferred option. Keyte was reported to have been in talks with three different rival bidders before Agombar's takeover. The downward spiral of Hereford's financial situation since being relegated from the Football League in May 2012 has been exacerbated by falling gates. The average attendance for the 2013-14 season at Edgar Street was 1,758, little over half the average gate they attracted of 3,270 in League Two just five years ago.

Hereford United have been expelled from the Football Conference following the club's failure to pay their bills.

What did the court say? Until now, those employing mobile workers who had to travel to get to or from their first or last appointment of the day were not required to count that time as work. On Thursday, the European Court of Justice judgement ruled those without a fixed or habitual office should consider the time they spend travelling between their homes and the premises of their first and last jobs as part of their hours for the day. The ruling relates to the Working Time Directive - the European initiative which caps the working week at 48 hours. In the UK, employees have the option of opting out of the directive. I'm a care worker who travels to different patients' homes. Am I affected? Possibly, yes. Employees who fall into the category loosely defined as "mobile workers" - those who habitually travel to different places of work - could be affected. Simon Bond, an employment specialist at Higgs and Sons solicitors, says the most obvious group to fall under this definition is carers not already paid for travelling to their first and last jobs. Sales people who travel between sites and employee workmen and women, such as plumbers or electricians, could also fall into this category. As many as 975,000 people in the UK could fall under the remit of the ruling, says Paul Sellers, a policy officer at the TUC. And some employees could be working an extra 10 hours a week once travelling time is counted, Chris Tutton, an employment lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, adds. I travel a lot for work, but I have a permanent office The ruling is less likely to affect people who work both in an office and remotely. If your contract includes a permanent base, you are unlikely to be able to successfully argue you are a mobile worker, Mr Sellers says. There may, however, be cases where it is possible to argue that a permanent base is meaningless because of the length of time spent outside the office. I have to commute two hours every day to my office For those with a permanent office (however lengthy your commute), this ruling will not have an effect. Mr Sellers says this final group is the "overwhelming majority" in the UK. I think I'm affected. Should I expect a pay rise or a change in my hours? The ruling could eventually affect pay. Unions say the ruling does not directly deal with remuneration, focussing instead on working hours and conditions. But it is possible the European judgement will be used in UK courts to challenge employers who pay an average hourly rate under the minimum wage (once travelling time is taken into account). That could mean employers facing increased wage bills and raises an outside chance costs for some services, such as cleaners who have to travel and are paid a low wage, could go up. It could also lead to a change in working patterns - especially for those who do not choose to opt out of the 48-hour maximum. "I think some employers will look at where they're sending staff - they might try to make sure that the first and last shifts are as close to home as possible because they don't want to eat into that working time that they have," Mr Tutton said. We have been contacted by BBC News website readers in response to the European judges' ruling. Here is a selection of their comments: This is great news for the likes of me and my engineers. We work in the telecoms industry visiting multiple sites daily. We don't get paid travel time but are expected to be onsite for 9am and leave the last site at 5pm wherever that may be. If the sites are two hours away from home this adds four hours to our day that we don't get paid for, so we do a 12-hour day for eight hours work. Steve Carroll, Manchester I am a sales rep. My hours of work are 35, working nine to five. I leave my house most days at 6am as I work on the M25 strip so it takes three to four hours to get to my first appointment. I might get home at 7pm with no lunch break. I can drive for seven hours total per day, that's before my day working. I feel fed up, very tired and underpaid. I don't know what my rights are! Erica, Cambridge I am a pest control technician. My colleagues and I sometimes end up doing 11 or 12-hour days. These lost hours travelling can take its toll on missed family time. The amount of time driving both during the working day and the travelling time to and from work can sometimes be as much as six hours a day depending on where our jobs take us. Paul Godfrey, Swindon I currently leave for work - as a service engineer - earlier than my first job to ensure I'm at my first site by 10am. It's wrong that I should use my time as the further away it is the more my own time is used. We also do not have a structured break time and I've worked over 11 hours without a break and it's a constant driving service job. Barry Corbett, Glasgow I am a mobile gas fitter and I am expected to travel to my first appointment and from my last appointment in my own time which can add 10 hours to my working week. Mark Hannon, Castleford I'm a gas repair engineer. We have no offices. Our policy is to be on the patch of work or at our "pickup" point by 8am. With heavy traffic I leave home at 7.20am. This leaves me with 40 minutes of extra travel time. Also I could be working miles away from home at the end of day resulting in a huge variance of time out. Daniel Richards-Smith, Dorset I am a homecare worker, taking care of people in their own home. I do not get paid for travelling to work or in between appointments. Sometimes I can travel up to 50 miles a day. We get paid 30p per hour of care delivered in a day. This is not petrol money as the carers who walk between calls also get paid this. Sometimes we have to sit in our cars because it is too early to go in to the client, anywhere from 10 minutes to up to and hour as we often are too far away from home to make it feasible to travel home. Susan Turnbull, Barnsley I'm a healthcare assistant and while I agree with being paid for time it takes to travel I can also see this as having a knock on affect to the clients as the money to pay us would have to come from somewhere. Susan Bird, Kent

Time spent travelling to and from first and last jobs by workers who do not have a fixed office should be regarded as work, European judges have ruled.

A statue of Sekhemka valued at £2m was gifted to Northampton's museums by the 4th Marquis of Northampton in 1880. The Conservative-run council plans to sell it and use the money for heritage schemes but this has been challenged by the Liberal Democrat group. The ruling party said it could not comment during legal talks. The sale was earlier challenged by Lord Northampton, a descendant of the marquis, who said the council did not have the right to sell Sekhemka. The 30in (76cm) limestone figure of a court official clutching beer, bread and cake - items for the afterlife - is believed to have been acquired by Spencer Compton, the second Marquis of Northampton during a trip to Egypt in 1850. It was presented to the museum by his son some years later. The council said the statue's value made it too expensive to insure and secure, and its sale could benefit other local heritage and cultural projects. The Liberal Democrats said the sale should be stopped and the statue ought to remain in Northampton. Council leader David Mackintosh said: "We have made the decision to auction the statue and reinvest the money into our towns culture and heritage. "Our legal team are in contact with Lord Northampton, and it would be inappropriate to comment further." The issue will be discussed at a forthcoming meeting of the council.

Opposition parties on Northampton Borough Council have asked for greater clarity on its plans to sell a 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue.

The prime minister has said curbs on EU citizens' freedom of movement in the UK would be a red line for her and she has ruled out a points-based system. However, 770,000 EU nationals living in the capital should be eligible for a visa to ensure their future in London, the chamber of commerce said. They make up 15% of London's employees. EU nationals also contribute more than £26bn to London's Gross Value Added - the value of goods and services produced - and they pay direct taxes of about £7bn a year. Their departure from the workforce "would be economically harmful, impacting on various key industries and putting pressure on public funds", the chamber's research suggests. It could particularly hit construction, where foreign workers make up a third of the workforce, and financial services, where they make up a quarter. In that sector there are acute worries post-Brexit about the future of passporting rights - an agreement that allows UK businesses to offer financial services anywhere in the EU and the wider European Economic Area including Norway, Iceland and and Lichtenstein, without the need for licences in individual countries. Although this has yet to be clarified by the government, it is thought EU immigrants will in future have to enter the UK under the same arrangements applicable to non-EU migrants now which imposes minimum salary levels and insists on firm job offers. Research suggests that by 2020, London may have lost access to 160,000 migrant workers, and there would be a loss to economic output of nearly £7bn a year and direct tax contributions of about £2bn. The report recommends: City Hall said the mayor was committed to keeping London open to foreign talent, but he is yet to commit to special immigration measures. Speaking at an event launching the report, Ben Johnson, an adviser to the mayor on business, said the ability to attract foreign workers was vital along with "privileged" access to the single market. He said the priority was to secure the future of the workers here now, although there was no explicit support from him for any of the business proposals. Greater London Authority Conservative group leader Gareth Bacon said: "Now that we have won the war over Brexit and have re-secured the power to govern ourselves, we have a great opportunity to shape our immigration policy in ways that best suit our needs and ambitions. "Whether this should involve special arrangements for London is yet to be determined, but the LCCI proposals are worthy of consideration and make a valuable contribution to that debate."

London needs its own visa system to allow higher levels of migration to avert economic decline post-Brexit, a leading business organisation has said.

Steve Finnigan said the county faced the harshest budget cuts in England, which could potentially see the force becoming a "blue light" service, responding to emergencies only. Mounted and dog sections along with road policing units could be lost and community policing cut. Since 2010, the force has axed about 700 officers and 275 members of staff. Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said "savage" budget cuts would have a "devastating impact" on policing. Clive Grunshaw said communities would be "left at risk" as the government continued to implement austerity cuts. Details of the force's cuts will be revealed after the government's Comprehensive Spending Review at the end of November. But Mr Grunshaw said proposed changes to the way forces are awarded grant funding means Lancashire will have to cut a further £24.8m on top of £74m already saved. He said: "The likely outcome for Lancashire is far worse than we had expected. "While the full implications are not yet clear there is no doubt that these savage cuts, which come on top of the already significant savings which have had to be made, will have a devastating impact on the standards of policing which the Constabulary is able to deliver and which our communities have come to expect." The Home Office is yet to comment.

Lancashire Police will "not be viable" after 2020 because of cuts to funding, the chief constable has warned.

Actor Julian Lewis Jones, Bangor-born star of TV sitcom Stella, was among the team which pulled the 6ft (2m) mako out of the water near Milford Haven. It is thought to be the first ever mako shark caught in Wales. An average mako will grow up to 10ft (3m) in length. Makos swim in excess of 30mph and can weigh up to 300lbs (135kg). Jones - along with Andy Griffith, David Morris and Andrew Alsop - set off at 05:30 BST on Thursday for a day's fishing. They were around 30 miles (50km) off the Milford Haven coast, and had already caught and released two blue sharks weighing 120lbs (55kg) each, when something in the blue water caught their eye. "We saw this flash that whizzed passed the boat - it was a big white belly and it went so, so fast," said the actor. "Next thing this shark leapt 15ft in the air about 20ft off the back of the stern of the boat. "We all looked at each other and said 'that's a mako' and we knew the importance of it. "This is something that you dream of." Jones, who has appeared on angling programmes on Sky TV and Welsh-language channel S4C, said the team all worked together to bring in the shark which had been caught by Griffith. "Mako sharks are aggressive and fast animals and they have been known to actually jump inside boats," said Jones. "It was around 40 minutes before we had him on the side of the boat and he went a bit ballistic and you can't control it - it's a wild animal, it's like trying to control a rhino." The four men managed to slip a circle hook into the corner of the shark's mouth and get him to the deck of the boat. The shark weighed in at around 200lbs (90kg) and measured around 6ft (2m). Once the photographs and measurements had been taken, Alsop gave the shark a kiss on the top of his head and the team released him. Jones said: "We were so privileged, absolutely stoked to have done it and it was the first off the coast of Wales." The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) has recorded 42 mako attacks on humans between 1980 and 2010, three of which were fatal, along with twenty boat attacks. The organisation says divers who have encountered makos say that, prior to an attack, they will swim in a figure-of-eight pattern and approach with mouths open. It is not the first time Jones has had a surprising catch. In May, he saved a young wallaby while fishing off Australia's Northern Territory in the mouth of Darwin Harbour. The waters there are infested with crocodiles and sharks. Jones said at the time: "It looked like it was on its last legs. It was so scared and in the middle of the ocean. It came to our boat perhaps sensing that we would be able to help it."

The fastest shark in the ocean - and a cousin of the Great White - has been caught by a crew fishing off the Pembrokeshire coast.

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is bidding for a third term, presenting himself as the only candidate capable of defeating a growing al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency. But Sunni Arabs and Kurds accuse Mr Maliki of being too authoritarian and pro-Shia. Some observers think his re-election could endanger Iraq's fragile democracy. These elections are likely to have a big influence on the future stability - and possible even unity - of Iraq. Following five years of sectarian violence in the wake of the 2003 US invasion, the three main ethnic-religious groups - the Shia Arab majority, Sunni Arabs and Kurds - achieved some degree of co-operation and power-sharing, but there are fears this may be breaking down. A worsening of violence in Iraq - or even the break-up of the country - could have major implications for a region already strained by power rivalries, tensions between Shia and Sunni communities and the Syrian civil war. Iraq: Prospects of partition as violence takes its toll Iraqi politics is dominated by shifting alliances or blocs, usually rooted in one of the ethnic and religious communities. Prime Minister Maliki's mainly Shia State of Law bloc only came second at the last election in 2010, which saw the Shia vote split between two rival blocs. It took nine months of difficult negotiations before a government was formed, and Mr Maliki held on for a second term at the head of a Shia-dominated coalition. Since the last election, Mr Maliki has increasingly centralised power in his hands, gaining control over the security forces and - according to some - strong influence over the theoretically independent courts. He says this is needed to deal with Iraq's problems, but many Sunnis argue he has a sectarian agenda and favours the majority Shia. Several key Sunni figures have been arrested and some of them tried in what they claimed was political persecution. Mr Maliki's tough manner of dealing with anti-government protests in majority Sunni areas has further alienated Sunni opinion. Even some Shia groups have become critical. Maliki: Iraq's shrewd operator Against the backdrop of growing political tensions between the majority Shia and minority Sunnis, sectarian violence saw a resurgence last year. The UN reported that at least 7,818 civilians and 1,050 security forces members were killed in Iraq in 2013 - the highest death toll for five years. It seems to be linked to decreased stability in Syria, the Iraqi government's crackdown on Sunni protest camps, and the perception that the Shia-led government is not treating Sunnis fairly, which has strengthened al-Qaeda's position in Iraq. Moderate Sunni tribal militias that fought the radicals and had a role in ending the civil war have become suspicious of the Shia-dominated Baghdad authorities. Buoyed by the conflict in neighbouring Syria, al-Qaeda-inspired Sunni Islamist militants have seized some areas in Sunni-dominated Anbar province. They have also been increasingly carrying out suicide attacks in mainly Shia areas ahead of the election. UN: Iraq's death toll highest in five years Iraq Anbar violence sparks civilian search for safety Voters are frustrated with rampant corruption and poor public services, but see that solving them depends on improved security. Growing violence has shaken Iraqis' confidence in the government's ability to protect people, especially among the Shia majority. Mr Maliki has responded by promoting his determination to deal with the insurgency, using force if necessary. But critics say this is fraught with the danger of further alienating Sunnis. What Iraqis have to say about the elections This is tricky to predict. Iraq operates a form of proportional representation, which gives smaller parties slightly better chances to win seats, making it hard to win an overall majority. Who ends up running Iraq could mainly depend on the post-election coalition talks. Mr Maliki is seen has having a good chance of winning again, if only because his State of Law alliance has escaped the fragmentation seen by other blocs that competed in the last election. His main rival then, former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, is seen as less of a contender this time round, but could still do well among Sunnis. His secular Iraqiya bloc, which included both Shia and Sunni and came first in 2010, has fractured, and Mr Allawi (a Shia) is now seen as a more overtly pro-Sunni figure. The main threat to Mr Maliki is seen as coming from other Shia blocs. One is led by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), and has a strong focus on welfare and public services. The other is the Ahrar bloc, although this has been weakened somewhat by the surprise resignation of its leading figure, the Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose Mehdi Army fought US troops during the occupation. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Iraqis go to the polls on 30 April in parliamentary elections overshadowed by violence and sectarian tension.

Sevilla, winners of the tournament in 2014 and 2015, led early on through Vitolo's close-range strike. Marlos equalised with a composed finish from 18 yards before Taras Stepanenko headed the Ukrainian side in front before half-time. But Kevin Gameiro's late penalty earned the Spaniards a draw. The French attacker showed no signs of nerves, converting confidently from the spot after Facundo Ferreyra fouled Vitolo just inside the area. The result leaves Sevilla on course for a third consecutive Europa League success, with the two away goals making them firm favourites to advance to the final in Basel. No team has won three consecutive European titles since Bayern Munich achieved the feat 40 years ago, and if Unai Emery's side progress from next Thursday's second leg in Spain, only Liverpool or Villarreal stand between them and a piece of history. The first leg of that tie ended 1-0 to Villarreal. Sevilla have not won away from home all season in La Liga and have managed just one victory on their travels in this competition, so a draw in Lviv represents a fine achievement. But their home form is excellent - they have won 14 of 18 league games at their Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium - meaning their bid to become the first team to win the Europa League three times in a row remains very much alive.

Holders Sevilla came from behind to earn a draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final in Lviv.

He was appointed by Nigel Farage in 2014. Nevertheless, he still thinks he enjoys the support of the majority of UKIP members. Now he must convince party members in north Wales to put him on top of their list of candidates for May's assembly election. In each of the assembly's five regions, UKIP's candidates will be ranked in a ballot of party members. Mr Gill says he fought for that ballot inside the party's National Executive Committee (NEC). Some were worried about candidates imposed on them from outside Wales - candidates like former Tory MPs Mark Reckless and Neil Hamilton. Mr Gill won't be drawn on individuals. It's up to members to decide, he says. But some say Mr Gill didn't do enough - that the entire selection process should have been handled in Wales and that Mr Gill should stand down "I've worked in Wales for UKIP for 11 years. I know the vast majority of members. I've canvassed with people all over Wales in every single area," he says. "I know the quality of the people that we've got, the passionate membership, the capability that we have. And I've stood up for them. "And maybe some of the members haven't seen that because it's happened behind closed doors. But I've stood up for Wales." Critics in other parties, who dismiss UKIP as anti-Welsh, will raise an eyebrow at that statement. But the critics in his own party are the bigger problem. And because the decisions on how candidates are selected were taken in three private NEC meetings, unless those critics were in the room they have to take Mr Gill at his word. "There are people obviously who don't like me. There are people who do like me. But I think the people who back me by far outweigh those who don't." Some of those speaking out are motivated by "personal reasons", he thinks, having changed their minds about standing as candidates. And those who say he fails to represent the rank-and-file are talking "nonsense". Compared to the other parties, UKIP's selection procedure has been messy. But UKIP sells itself as the antidote to other parties. Despite being an MEP, Mr Gill doesn't see himself as part of a political class. Perhaps that's not surprising in a climate where politicians are routinely traduced. Who would identify themselves as members of the political class? I met him his at his home - a family-run bed and breakfast on Anglesey where he and his wife Jana are raising their five children. Does part of him think he could do without the flack from those who want him to quit? "Part of me does think that of course, I'm human. I've got a beautiful family. I've got a life outside politics." So why carry on? "Because we have the most important election in Wales for us in five years. We must get UKIP representation in that assembly. "And also, very likely in five or six months time we will have the whole raison d'etre of UKIP. "The whole reason why I joined UKIP is that referendum whether or not Britain should be a member of European Union. "Whether we should be governed by Brussels or whether we think we're big enough to make our own laws. "That is why I joined the party. I can't give up at the last hurdle."

Unlike the other four main party leaders in Wales, Nathan Gill wasn't elected by his party members.

Yeovil held out until half-time but South Korea's Ji So-Yun netted twice in first-half stoppage time for 2015 double winners Chelsea. Drew Spence, Erin Cuthbert, Crystal Dunn and Ramona Bachmann made it six. Meanwhile, part-time Sunderland's draw was their second from two games so far. The Lady Black Cats held out against in-form Birmingham last Sunday and similarly frustrated the Gunners at the Hetton Centre, as goalkeeper Anke Preuss produced late saves from Arsenal's Danielle van de Donk and Chloe Kelly. Goals were far easier to come by for Emma Hayes' Chelsea, who had 23 shots on target and a further 23 off target against a Yeovil side who won promotion with the second-tier title last season. Hayes saw second-half goals from three of her pre-season signings, as 18-year-old Scotland midfielder Cuthbert, United States winger Dunn and Switzerland star Bachmann all opened their Women's Super League One accounts. Chelsea are bidding for league success in the Spring Series after disappointment in the Women's FA Cup, where they were knocked out in the semi-finals on penalties by Birmingham. Last year's WSL 1 champions, Manchester City, are yet to start their Spring Series season owing to fixture clashes with their maiden Women's Champions League campaign, which ended on Saturday despite a 1-0 win in Lyon in the second leg of their last-four tie. Having played two games already, Liverpool are the early WSL 1 leaders after beating Reading on Friday to make it two wins from two.

Chelsea Ladies opened their 2017 Spring Series campaign with an emphatic 6-0 win over newly promoted Yeovil, while Arsenal's season began with a goalless draw at Sunderland.

He said Manila would not "break or abrogate existing treaties", suggesting he wants to maintain the Philippines' ties with the US. It comes days after Manila announced it was suspending annual joint military exercises with the US. Relations between the old allies have become strained in recent months. Washington has voiced concerns over the newly-elected president's "war on drugs", which has left more than 3,500 people dead in a matter of months. Mr Duterte has called President Barack Obama a "son of a whore". Mr Duterte, who is visiting Beijing next week, has previously suggested China and Russia could be possibly alternate partners. But while Mr Duterte reiterated in his latest speech that the traditional joint exercises with US troops would be stopped, he said he would not break the mutual-defence treaty entirely. ``I insist that we realign, that there will be no more exercises next year," he said. He added: "We need not really break or abrogate our existing treaties because they say that it could provide us with the umbrella. "We will maintain all military alliances because they say we need it for our defence." He did not explain who he meant by "they".

President Rodrigo Duterte says the Philippines will not end alliances with other countries, despite his increasingly anti-US rhetoric.

The carmaker has also released the first images of the concept car upon which the new Defender will be based, the DC100. This is set to make its public debut at next month's Frankfurt motor show. The first Land Rover was introduced in 1948 and its basic design has changed little over the past six decades. More than two million have now been sold. The Defender name was first used in the early 1990s, shortly after the launch of the Discovery. By Jorn MadslienBusiness reporter, BBC News Land Rover insists its next Defender will be a rugged workhorse, having ruled out moving it upmarket as a luxurious car that simply looks butch on the outside. But competing in the market for working vehicles will be a major challenge. Land Rover can no longer rely on military contracts, so more promising markets might be in developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, where working vehicle sales are booming in parallel with rapid economic growth that is predicted to continue for decades yet. To succeed in these markets, a new Defender will need to be able to compete on both price and quality. It will need to be both cheaper - so the cost of production will need to come down - and better, in terms of both capabilities and fuel economy. And arguably, the overhaul cannot come too soon for a vehicle that now feels hopelessly outdated next to the company's latest offering, the Range Rover Evoque. Evoque to leave Defender in the dust? Land Rover's director of design, Gerry McGovern, said: "Replacing the iconic Defender is one of the biggest challenges in the automotive design world; it is a car that inspires people worldwide. "[The DC100] isn't a production-ready concept but the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century." John Edwards, Land Rover's global brand director, added that the company was "determined that the new Defender will be true to its heritage, while meeting the requirements of a changing global market". UK-based Land Rover and its sister brand Jaguar are owned by India's Tata Motors. "Land Rover insists its next Defender will be a rugged workhorse, having ruled out moving it upmarket as a luxurious car that simply looks butch on the outside," says BBC business reporter Jorn Madslien. "But competing in the market for working vehicles will be a major challenge." Land Rover can no longer rely on military contracts, so more promising markets might be in emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, where working vehicle sales are booming in parallel with rapid economic growth that is predicted to continue for decades yet. "To succeed in these markets, a new Defender will need to be able to compete on both price and quality," says our reporter. "It will need to be both cheaper - so the cost of production will need to come down - and better, in terms of both capabilities and fuel economy."

Land Rover will release an all-new version of its Defender model in 2015, it has confirmed.

1 April 2017 Last updated at 12:33 BST The tiny pad was appraised by manuscripts specialist Matthew Haley during an episode filmed at Caversham Park in Berkshire. The programme will air on Sunday at 20:00 BST on BBC One.

A 17th Century notebook analysing the work of William Shakespeare has been described as "extraordinary" by an Antiques Roadshow expert.

The scheme was introduced by the Irish government four years ago to forge connections with some of the 70m people abroad who claim to have Irish roots. It was an official confirmation of Irish ancestry, aimed at those who do not qualify for full citizenship. However, as few as 3,000 certificates have been sold since the 2011 launch. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The uptake of the Certificate of Irish Heritage has been considerably less than anticipated. "No further certificates will be available for purchase after 24 August 2015." The department said the scheme had been set up to encourage people of Irish descent to trace their family roots and to give "greater practical expression to the sense of Irish identity felt by many around the world". Previous recipients have included a number of high-profile figures, including US President Barack Obama, former US President Bill Clinton and the Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. Applicants were asked to provide details of their Irish ancestors online, so their ancestry could be verified through record checks. The certificates cost 45 euros (£32) or 120 euros (£85) for a framed version, but the Department of Foreign Affairs said it never anticipated that the scheme "would provide significant revenue to the government". The website where applications are processed described the initiative as representing the "enduring emotional ties and sense of identity bestowed by Irish ancestry, recognising the continuing emotional attachment of the descendants who left our shores long ago".

The Certificate of Irish Heritage scheme, which officially recognises people of Irish descent around the world, is to end due to a low uptake.

The telecoms giant said in an emailed statement it was important to retain access to the EU's free "movement of people, capital and goods". It was too early to "draw any firm conclusions regarding the long-term location for the headquarters". But Vodafone said that it would "take whatever decisions are appropriate". Last week, chief executive Vittorio Colao told the BBC - ahead of the referendum vote - that Britain risked exclusion from plans for a giant new single market in digital services if it left the EU. Vodafone said in the email to several media organisations that EU membership, including the free movement of people, had helped drive its growth. The firm employs 13,000 people in the UK. It has an operating division at Newbury, Berkshire, but the group headquarters are in London. Vodafone said that 55% of group profits in the last financial year came from its European operations, with the UK providing just 11%. The company is also to start reporting its financial results in euros, rather than pounds. Vodafone said the single legal framework spanning all member states, as well as freedom of movement, capital and goods, were "integral to the operation of any pan-European business". The company said: "It remains unclear at this point how many of those positive attributes will remain in place once the process of the UK's exit from the European Union has been completed," it said. Vodafone said it would strengthen its regulatory and public policy activities in Brussels "to ensure the group's substantial businesses within the European Union continue to be represented appropriately". Vodafone is the seventh largest company listed on the FTSE 100, with operations in 26 countries. It employs 108,000 staff outside the UK. Other businesses have expressed alarm at the vote to leave the EU and the consequences of not being part of the European single market. Business Secretary Sajid Javid hosted a meeting of business representatives on Tuesday to discuss the issues. Mr Javid said: "The biggest issue raised was the need to secure continued access to the single market. While I am not in any position to make promises, I assured everyone that my number one priority will be just that in the negotiations to come," he told a news conference after the meeting. After the meeting, the head of the CBI employers organisation said the government was "a long way off" having a plan. "There are very high levels of real and genuine concern in the business community," CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn told reporters.

Vodafone has warned it could move its headquarters from the UK depending on the outcome of Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union.

It had already been announced the 30-year-old would leave the Warriors when his contract expires this summer. The South Africa-born forward becomes Sale's first new signing for next season. "Josh is a world class ball-carrying forward," said Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond. "He has been performing well for both Glasgow and Scotland over the past five years and will complement the squad in the ball-carrying department." Strauss joined Glasgow from Super Rugby side Lions in 2012 and, after three years of residency, qualified to play for Scotland in time for the 2015 World Cup. Number eight Strauss has been sidelined by a kidney injury sustained during the Six Nations defeat by France, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament. "Since coming to the UK I always had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to play in the Premiership," said Strauss. "I have really enjoyed my time with the Warriors, but I asked my agent to look around for me. He came back with Sale Sharks who have a good name, a good record in the Premiership and looked an attractive proposition."

Premiership side Sale Sharks will sign Scotland and Glasgow back row forward Josh Strauss on a three-year deal from next season.

The review of 5,000 studies on golf and wellbeing found physical benefits increased with the player's age. The study is part of the Gold and Health Project, which is led by the World Golf Foundation. The project plans to look at gaps in the research such as golf's links to mental health and muscle strengthening. Executive director of the Golf and Health project Dr Roger Hawkes said the aim had been to add some "scientific rigour" to statements made about golf and wellbeing. "For a number of years we've felt we've underplayed the likely benefits of golf on peoples' health," he said. "We already have a scoping review, outlining what we know already, and we're going to look at that research and the gaps in knowledge so that in five years time we will have really good evidence." Having this academically firmed up through in-depth research is going to provide real, tangible resource Lead researcher Dr Andrew Murray said: "Evidence suggests golfers live longer than non-golfers, enjoying improvements in cholesterol levels, body composition, wellness, self-esteem and self-worth. "Given that the sport can be played by the very young to the very old, this demonstrates a wide variety of health benefits for people of all ages." The study suggested playing golf could help players meet and exceed minimum government recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical activity. It claimed that golfers walking 18 holes could cover four to eight miles, while those using an electric golf cart typically chalked up four miles. Players burned a minimum of 500 calories over 18 holes, it said. World Golf Foundation CEO Steve Mona said the Golf and Health Project was vital to the development of the sport. "This project is something we can all get behind, as it is universally agreed that golf is good for you," he said. "Having this academically firmed up through in-depth research is going to provide real, tangible resources that can be used by governments and politicians, professional tours, governing bodies, golf businesses, PGA Professionals and more - all to the sport's benefit." The research was released to coincide with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews this week. For more information on getting into golf, take a look at the Get Inspired activity guide on the sport.

A regular game of golf is likely to increase life expectancy and lead to better physical health, according to University of Edinburgh researchers.

Arvind Kejriwal and members of his cabinet spent the night in the open in the heart of the capital and are now conducting daily business on the road. Police clashed with protesters who gathered to join on Tuesday. His anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party caused a shock with its strong performance in recent state elections. By Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent India's Arvind Kejriwal's 'anarchic' politics Correspondents say his actions have divided the public with some hailing this as a new form of democracy and public protest but others urging him to get off the streets in order to govern as he was elected to do. Skirmishes have been reported as hundreds of policemen cordoned off the site of his demonstration and positioned water cannons on the road. Traffic has been thrown into chaos and at least four metro stations have been shut down. "Since yesterday no food or water has been allowed to enter the protest site. What message the central government wants to convey? Many people want to come but they are stopped through barricades," Mr Kejriwal told reporters. By Sanjoy MajumderBBC News, Delhi All the roads leading to the site of Arvind Kejriwal's protest are barricaded with hundreds of policemen keeping protesters at bay. The supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party are distinctive in their white caps. Beyond the barricades, ringed by policemen, the Delhi chief minister and his cabinet are sitting in protest, just by the parliament and federal government buildings. Shielded from the cold and rain by supporters, he takes time to speak to the media, sign government files and preside over a cabinet meeting. Security is extra-tight because India's annual Republic Day parade is just days away. The anniversary showcases India's military might - even now soldiers in ceremonial uniforms are going through their paces just a short distance away. Tension is rising because the streets around the venue have to be cleared for security reasons ahead of the parade. At the moment, though, they are full of protesters who show no sign of leaving. "Police [are] carrying people selectively in to the bus and beating them up. Is this called democracy?" Nevertheless, Mr Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers are continuing to conduct daily administrative business on the streets. Mr Kejriwal took the helm as Delhi's chief minister last month on a ticket to fight corruption and conduct politics differently, calling his party a "new broom". But he quickly became embroiled in a row over policing after one of his ministers accused officers of failing to crack down on an alleged drugs and prostitution ring - the police deny these claims. Delhi's police force is run by the federal government and the impromptu protest began on Monday when Mr Kejriwal was prevented from going to the home minister's office to demand the suspension of several officers. It started with an incident which threatened to become a diplomatic issue, pitching the Aam Aadmi Party, the police and members of Delhi's African community at loggerheads. Last Wednesday Mr Kejriwal's Law Minister, Somnath Bharti, and various party supporters allegedly confronted four Ugandan women in a Delhi neighbourhood accusing them of prostitution. A row erupted when police refused to search a nearby house for evidence of a suspected drugs and prostitution ring because they did not have a warrant. Mr Bharti and Aam Aadmi Party supporters were accused of threatening and intimidating the women, forcing their way into homes and making racist remarks - they deny these allegations. Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says a judicial inquiry into the role of the police has been ordered and Mr Kejriwal "should wait for its result" before protesting. But Mr Kejriwal says his protest encompasses more grievances than just that case. His party has also condemned the police for their handling of other cases, such as the recent alleged gang-rape of a Danish woman in Delhi and the case of a woman who was reportedly killed over a demand for dowry by her in-laws.

Delhi's chief minister has vowed to step up his virtually unprecedented street protest amid a row over who controls the city's police force.

Lasse Vibe netted a first-half double for the Bees which followed a Nico Yennaris close-range finish to make the result all but secure by half-time. Zach Clough scored a second-half consolation from the penalty spot for the Trotters after Alan McCormack was penalised for a foul. Bolton are 17 points from safety with six games remaining in the season. Defeat for Bolton extended their dreadful sequence of no away wins in a year and means defeat at Derby at the weekend will spell relegation for Wanderers. A second win in as many games for Brentford lifted them 12 points clear of the bottom three. Alan Judge was the creator of the home side's first chance when he almost looped a cross from the right over Ben Amos, but struck the bar. The midfielder provided a pinpoint cross from Vibe's second goal with a header, which was the Denmark striker's third goal in two games. Brentford manager Dean Smith: Media playback is not supported on this device "If you'd said to me three weeks ago that we'd have two wins on the spin at Nottingham Forest and again here, I'd have bitten your hand off. "It means we can go to Ipswich on Saturday and try to make it three wins in a row and then we can be looking at a top 10 finish. "I wanted more goals but with the run of form we've been on I wanted a result and that was the most important thing." Bolton caretaker manager Jimmy Phillips: Media playback is not supported on this device "We have to give the supporters something to cheer about rather than give them the kind of displays we gave in the first half tonight. "In the second half we were more competitive and we always say we have to compete before we can play. "Before the break we were nowhere near as competitive as we needed to be."

Bolton could be relegated to League One on Saturday after they were beaten by Brentford at Griffin Park.

Ormsby had already agreed to join Giants for the 2017 season, having made two appearances during a one-month loan spell with the club in April. The 23-year-old scored 29 tries in 42 games for Warrington, but played in only five games this season. "I wanted to get game time, so it's good for my career to be here," he told Huddersfield's club website.

Warrington winger Gene Ormsby has joined Super League rivals Huddersfield Giants with immediate effect.

Convicted killers Robert and Ian Stewart became so-called supergrasses at the trial of alleged members of the north Belfast UVF. The trial judge said the brothers had lied in part of their evidence. However, the Public Prosecution Service decided not to refer them back to the judge who slashed their jail sentences. They had been given a reduced sentence, three years instead of 22, for the murder of Tommy English in October 2000 in return for becoming assisting offenders. Jason Loughlin is challenging the PPS's decision. The pair were held to have lied in court as they testified against Mr Loughlin and 11 other men ultimately cleared of all charges linked to the paramilitary feud murder of UDA boss Mr English in 2000 and dozens of other terror-related offences. But despite acknowledging the Stewarts broke the terms of the deal, the PPS decided not to seek to have their original sentences re-imposed. It was concluded that the breaches did not have a significant impact on the outcome of the supergrass trial in 2012. Now, however, 38-year-old Mr Loughlin, from Newtownabbey, is seeking to judicially review the senior prosecutor's decision. A panel of senior judges in Belfast was told on Thursday that the Stewart brothers should be brought back to the Crown Court under the terms of the Serious Organised Crime Police Act for breaching their assisting offender agreements. A QC for Mr Loughlin, said the trial judge had identified their evidence as being "shot through with rank dishonesty". But the High Court hearing, before Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, Mr Justice Weir and Mr Justice Treacy, had to be adjourned after the last-minute introduction of a new ground of challenge. The barrister contended that all of the alleged breaches by the brothers were not properly examined. "In our submission the prosecutor has taken an impermissible shortcut," he claimed. Following discussions the judges decided to adjourn the hearing until the autumn. Acknowledging any delay could impact on the Stewarts, Sir Declan added: "They remain at risk and uncertain of their position until judgment is given."

One of the men acquitted of murder in a UVF supergrass trial has launched a legal bid to have the two key witnesses face a possible return to jail.

The prime minister will meet Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy in Madrid before heading to Paris. He believes the EU needs to change to allow Britain, or other member states, not to be bound by all its decisions. Ahead of the talks, he told European newspapers support for EU membership was now "wafer-thin" in the UK. Mr Cameron has argued a new settlement is needed before UK voters are asked if they want to end ties with Brussels. In his keynote speech on Britain's future in Europe earlier this year, he pledged to hold an in-out referendum during the early part of the next parliament - by the end of 2017 at the latest - if the Conservatives win the next general election. Mr Cameron will make his first official visit to Madrid for bilateral talks with Mr Rajoy on Monday morning, before travelling to Paris for a working dinner with French President Francois Hollande. He will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel later this week. The UK prime minister is facing resistance from France and Germany over his plans to create fresh EU agreements. The BBC's Tom Burridge, in Madrid, said this would be an important week of diplomacy for Mr Cameron. "If Mr Cameron is to achieve his goal of a more flexible European Union, in which some countries, and in particular non-eurozone members like Britain, can opt out of certain European laws and directives, he'll have to win over these key European players," he said. "However the priority right now, for Germany, France and Spain is how to fix the economic crisis within the eurozone. And for that to happen, all three countries are committed to the idea of more Europe, not less." Ahead of his European visit, Mr Cameron told reporters three treaties had been put forward since he had become prime minister in 2010. "So I'm sure there will be treaty change," he added. "I'm absolutely convinced that there will be the need to reopen at some stage these treaties, not least to solve the problem of the eurozone. "The eurozone in my view needs to have further treaty change, and just as eurozone countries will argue that it's necessary to have treaty change, I think it's perfectly legitimate to argue that non-eurozone countries might need to have treaty changes that suit them." In joint interviews with five European newspapers, Mr Cameron said the EU had "sometimes overreached itself with directives and interventions and interference". He said the best outcome for Britain would be "membership of a reformed European Union", while arguing the case for a "more flexible Europe". "Britain is not in the single currency; neither are many other countries. You know, some countries want to go ahead with the financial transaction tax. We don't," he said. "I think we can have a flexible Europe where we don't all have to do the same things in the same way at the same time." In his interview Mr Cameron stressed it was important to respond to falling support for the EU in Britain. He said: "The two themes of my speech are first that Europe needs reform. But the second is that we need to recognise that consent for Britain's membership of the EU and all the ways that it's changed has become wafer-thin in Britain. "Politicians, if they do their job properly have to recognise this fact rather than try and brush it under the carpet."

David Cameron is embarking on a series of visits to Spain, France and Germany in a bid to sell his idea of reforming the European Union to other leaders.

The scandal began in May when the payslips of top managers at the state insurance company were leaked to the media, showing they were receiving very generous salaries. In the weeks that followed more payslips mysteriously found their way into the public domain, revealing the earnings of a range of officials from top civil servants to bank bosses. Some were apparently getting around 50 times the minimum public sector wage. Many were also being paid big bonuses and extras, taking their overall salaries to upwards of a hundred times the average household income. In a country where public sector jobs are normally considered as low paid, and where civil servants often take second jobs to make ends meet, the revelations came as a shock. Spin-off media reports about bank executives staying in $5,000 (£3,800)-a-night hotel rooms on business trips only added to public anger. The saga has been a major blow to the reputation of the government of President Hassan Rouhani. The millions of Iranians who voted for him in the 2013 were hoping for change and in particular an improvement to their country's dire economic situation. Although the president has delivered on his election promises of resolving the stand-off over Iran's nuclear programme, and opening the way for sanctions to be lifted, there has been little concrete improvement in ordinary people's lives so far. Hardliners have seized the opportunity to attack Mr Rouhani and his team as Iranian politics moves into a higher gear ahead of presidential elections due to take place next May. There has been a drumbeat of negative coverage in the conservative media. Things have also got personal with critics targeting Mr Rouhani's brother, Hossein Ferydoun, who has been accused of having close links to some of the officials at the centre of the scandal. Many Iranians have been taking to social media to vent their fury. "Why such high payments to officials whose inefficiency is evident all over the country?" asked one Twitter user called Sharzad. "Is this the new way of tackling corruption?" "Now I've seen their payslips, I understand why officials used to say 'the sanctions have no effects whatsoever'," said another Twitter user, Ilkar. "Iran needs a few Robin Hoods!" quipped another, Mohammad. Even the country's supreme leader was moved to intervene, branding the salaries, unacceptable and "astronomical". Mr Rouhani and other officials have repeatedly said that the problem is not widespread and that only a handful of managers earn what they call "irregular salaries". A number of officials named in the payslip revelations have now been sacked, and one senior banking official - Ali Rastagar Sorkhei, from Mellat Bank - has been arrested. This week the government announced that it was introducing a new cap on state officials' salaries. But many Iranians say all this has come too late to stop the tide of resentment. Reports of businesses failing to pay their employees on time or at all, and disputes over low wages, are becoming regular occurrences in Iran. In May, 17 gold miners in West Azerbaijan province in north-west Iran were lashed on the orders of the judiciary after their employers sued them for protesting over the sacking of hundreds of their colleagues. Against this background it is not difficult to understand why the payslip row has made many people so angry and many officials so nervous. Whether or not the scandal is limited to a very few senior executives, as the government claims, it underlines the widening divide in Iran between the rich and the poor. For ordinary voters, the fact that the economy still is not delivering is now a major cause of concern. Anyone who wants their vote in next year's election will need to have a clear plan for how to resolve the problem.

"Payslip-gate", as it has come to be known, has been dominating the news headlines in Iran for months.

Valentine, who had been suffering from Parkinson's disease, died "peacefully" in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his agent Derek Webster said. In the BBC's World War Two drama series Colditz, he played Luftwaffe officer Major Mohn and the title role of the aristocrat jewel thief AJ Raffles. Valentine was also known as a theatre and film actor, director and writer. Mr Webster described him as "brilliant" and "talented". "In 2012 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In spite of this diagnosis his sense of humour never failed him and he continued to live a full and happy life," he added. Valentine's wife, the actress Susan Skipper, said: "Tony was my best friend and it was a privilege to know, love and care for him." The couple first met on Yorkshire Television's Raffles and then appeared together three years later on the television film of Ivor Novello's show The Dancing Years. They married in 1982. As well as his starring role in Colditz - which centred around the inmates of the notorious German prisoner-of-war camp - and Raffles, Valentine was also known for playing the character of upper-class thug Toby Meres in the secret agent drama series Callan, starring Edward Woodward. The actor was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, but went to school in London. He began his acting career at the early age of 10 and appeared in several BBC children's TV shows, including an adaptation of the classic Billy Bunter stories. He worked pretty much continuously from the 1950s and had roles in TV dramas throughout the decades, including Lovejoy, New Tricks, The Detectives, Heartbeat, Casualty and Coronation Street. His last TV role was as a voice actor for the animated series Chuggington: Badge Quest in 2011. Valentine was also a regular face on the West End stage, most notably in Hans Anderson at the London Palladium and, more recently, Art at the Wyndhams theatre.

Actor Anthony Valentine, best known for the 1970s TV series Colditz and Raffles, has died at the age of 76.

Sgt Brian Wood, who served in Iraq in 2004, told the BBC the allegations had been damaging to him and his team. IHAT's closure was announced after a lawyer in charge of many of the abuse cases was struck off for misconduct. Veterans minister Mark Lancaster said IHAT was set up for the right reasons but was "completely abused" by lawyers. Sgt Wood, who served in the 1st Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment told BBC Breakfast the Ministry of Defence said the government had "big lessons to learn". Talking about the Al-Sweady Inquiry into allegations against service personnel in Iraq, he said: "The allegations were of the highest order - unlawful killing, mutilation and mistreatment of prisoners of war," he said. "That just did not happen and I just don't know where they got the fuel from. He said the closure of IHAT was "good news". "We had holes in our system which were exploited." Sgt Wood said it would have been better for the team to consider allegations in detail first before releasing them as part of a public inquiry. He said: "I can speak for me and my soldiers and what they've put us through for that period of time, it was damaging to a degree of careers, marriage split ups and also fuelling the fire of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and the trauma that we had seen on the battlefield… just to get these allegations thrown at you is a bitter pill to swallow." Former Army Captain Rachel Webster, who was arrested and questioned after a dawn raid in January 2014, said the closure of IHAT was "too little too late". She told ITV News: "I hadn't done anything. I was humiliated and I will never, ever, forget it and neither will any other soldier or veteran that has had this done to [them] as well. "It has ruined lives. It has destroyed me, literally destroyed me." Mr Lancaster told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the government had a duty to investigate allegations of abuse, saying: "We can't simply sweep things under the carpet." Without IHAT, he said, UK troops could have been subjected to inquiries by the International Criminal Court, but he said the decision to close it now was "positive". IHAT was set up in 2010 to examine allegations against UK servicemen and women made by Iraqi civilians. But on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said the unit, described by the Commons defence committee as an "unstoppable self-perpetuating machine, deaf to the concerns of the armed forces", would be shut down in the summer and its remaining cases handed to the Royal Naval Police. It came after Phil Shiner, from the now-defunct law firm Public Interest Lawyers, was struck off for misconduct last week after he was found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against Iraq war veterans. As a result, IHAT's caseload would be slashed from 3,000 to 20 cases by the summer, the Ministry of Defence said. More than 3,500 allegations of abuse have been taken up by the team since 2010, despite many cases not having any credible evidence, said the Defence Committee report. It described a "catalogue of serious failings", including service personnel and veterans being contacted unannounced and covert surveillance apparently being used on serving and retired members of the armed forces. The Ministry of Defence said the department had done its "utmost" to support those under investigation, which included funding all their legal costs, providing pastoral support and tackling issues in the legal process. It had been unable to shut down IHAT sooner because the investigations had been under scrutiny by the High Court and the International Criminal Court, it added. The unit has cost the UK taxpayer £34m so far, but costs were predicted to reach nearly £60m had it remained active until 2019.

A soldier who was investigated by the Iraq Historic Abuse Team after being falsely accused of war crimes in Iraq says its closure is "long overdue".

The poster, on Tamworth Road, in Sawley, Derbyshire, shows aliens beaming up a person into their spaceship with the text, "they'll take the fat ones first". Combat Bullying, based in Nottinghamshire, said it would "further harm" those who are being bullied. Fit4Less said it wanted to create a "light-hearted and humorous" advert. It reads: "They're coming… and when they arrive they'll take the FAT ones first!". It then has "save yourself!" with an arrow pointing to the gym's website. One passer-by said the poster was "ridiculous" and he would "rip it down" because "being a big lad myself, it upsets you". Many other people said it was "in poor taste" and "offensive". Natalie Harvey, founder of the charity, said the poster has caused her concerns because it would "aid bullying". "This week alone three cases have been brought to my attention of children being bullied because of weight issues," she said. "If those children or the perpetrators saw this poster it would cause further harm for the children who are being bullied. "The poster should be removed and replaced with something more tasteful to attract the gym goers." Kerry Matthews, from the gym in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, said: "We really didn't mean it offensively. "It was supposed to be a bit cheeky, hence the alien image, and grab people's attention in a couple of seconds. "So many campaigns use ultra skinny people and that's not the reality." Ms Matthews added that the gym wanted to get people talking about getting fitter.

An anti-bullying charity has called for a gym billboard poster to be removed for being "offensive".

Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams died in 2012 in a barrage of bullets fired by 13 officers in a car chase. Michael Brelo, 31, the only officer to be charged, was cleared of voluntary manslaughter at the court in Cleveland. The US has seen a series of police race-related killings, some of which have led to serious civil unrest. In Cleveland itself, the police shooting last November of a 12-year-old black boy, Tamir Rice, as he waved a replica firearm, fuelled the national debate over police use of deadly force. The ruling has caused anger in the community but protests held after the verdict have been peaceful. Protesters gathered outside the cordoned-off courthouse, some chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot!" They later marched from the courthouse to the recreation centre where Tamir Rice was shot. Some 200 people also held a mock funeral procession in the city, carrying a black coffin and singing to mark six months since the shooting of Tamir Rice. Some held signs that said: "Will I be next?" Analysis: BBC North America correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan The dramatic car chase that ultimately led to the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams happened more than two years ago, but many are hearing their story for the first time. Police shootings aren't uncommon, but events in Ferguson and more recently Baltimore have propelled these issues to the top of the agenda, forcing America to take a long hard look at the way it handles these cases. In this instance, the judge decided to acquit Michael Brelo - a conviction required a burden of proof he believed wasn't there. But recent protests on the streets of Cleveland show that campaigners are keeping up momentum in raising the wider issues of police brutality. Earlier this week activists took to the streets to highlight the number of black women victims of police violence. The #SayHerName #BlackWomenMatter campaign is designed to raise awareness of black female victims, who don't always attract the same level of media attention. Police Chief Calvin Williams vowed to support peaceful protest but warned the city would not tolerate violence. The case involving the deaths of Russell, 43, and Williams, 30, had sparked a department of justice inquiry that concluded Cleveland police had engaged in a pattern of excessive force and violation of civil rights. Only Mr Brelo was charged because prosecutors said the pair in the car were no longer a threat when he climbed on to the bonnet of their car and fired 15 shots through the windscreen in 7.4 seconds. But the judge said that as other officers had fired in a 137-shot barrage, he could not rule beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Brelo was responsible for the deaths. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell also cleared Mr Brelo of the lesser count of felonious assault. The judge said he would not "sacrifice" Mr Brelo if the evidence did not warrant conviction. "Guilty or not guilty, the verdict should be no cause for a civilised society to celebrate or riot," he said. County prosecutor Timothy McGinty said he was "profoundly disappointed" with the verdict. Russell's sister, Michele, said Mr Brelo would not "dodge this just because he was acquitted. God will have the final say." Mr Brelo had faced up to 22 years in jail if convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The incident occurred when the car, a Chevy Malibu, backfired while speeding past Cleveland police HQ, and officers thought a gun had been discharged. Some 62 police cars were then involved in a 22-mile chase at speeds up to 100 mph. Both Russell and Williams had previous convictions and a crack pipe was found in the car. Mr Brelo's lawyer, Patrick D'Angelo, said his client had risked his life during the chase and that the prosecution of the case was "vicious and unprofessional". There have been a number of deaths at the hands of police in the US that have sparked race-related protests. The two most serious were in Ferguson, Missouri, and in Baltimore. In April, Freddie Gray died in hospital a week after Baltimore police had taken him into custody. His death sparked weeks of protests and later riots and looting in the city. In Ferguson, teenager Michael Brown was killed last August by a white police officer. Protests followed, and there was further unrest after a grand jury decided not to charge the officer.

A US policeman who climbed on to a car bonnet and fired repeatedly through the windscreen at unarmed black occupants has been cleared of all charges.

Karam Chand was born in a small rural village in the Punjab in northern India in 1905. His family worked in farming and, in keeping with the custom of the time, he married at a young age. His bride Kartari was born in the same district in 1912. According to their passports, that currently makes Mr Chand 106 and his wife 99 years old. They wed in a typical Sikh ceremony in December 1925 and have just celebrated their 86th year together as a married couple, which they think may qualify them as the UK's longest married husband and wife. Mr Chand, who came with his family to Bradford in 1965, said there was no real secret to living a long married life. "Eat and drink what you want but in moderation. I have never held back from enjoying my life," he said. Mr Chand smokes one cigarette a day before his evening meal and also drinks a tot of whiskey or brandy three or four times a week. His daughter-in-law Rani said it was something he looked forward to. The couple have eight children, 27 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Many Asian people in the UK live within traditional extended families and the Chands are no exception. They live with their youngest son Satpal, together with his wife and two of their four children. "We really feel blessed that our parents are still here with us and every day is a bonus," Satpal said. "I think that keeping the minds of older people active is the key to them staying alert and healthy. "If you have been given the privilege to look after your parents you must involve them fully in family life and never get angry with them, keep them happy and they will then look forward to getting up the next morning." Kartari Chand is looking forward to getting a letter from The Queen later this year when she celebrates her 100th birthday, but is more cautious about staying fit and healthy. "We have always eaten good wholesome food, there's nothing artificial in our diet but things like ghee (clarified butter), milk and fresh yogurt are what we like. "We know that being married for 86 years is a blessing, but equally we will be ready to go when it's time, it's all up to the will of God, but we really have lived a good life." Mrs Chand said that she and her husband enjoyed doing many things, such as eating meals together and going to the temple. However, she said some aspects of old age were difficult. "My eldest son died and that was hard for us because you don't expect to outlive your own children. "We have seen many other close family members depart and that's something we just have to live with." Mr Chand is now unable to walk any distance without assistance and needs a lot more care than his wife, who remains active and still has her own teeth. She said: "When you get so old your eyesight and hearing starts to get weaker and you ache more when moving about. "But considering our age and the hard work we have undertaken during our lives, we're not doing so bad." Satpal Chand said he was not sure if his parents were the longest married couple in the UK, but would like to think that they are. "Breaking records is not so important to us, it's all about living together as one family and respecting each other's values. "if my mother and father are record breakers then they've made us even more proud of them than we already are." "They're such lovely people." You can hear more on Asian Network Reports on the BBC Asian Network.

A couple from Bradford who tied the knot in 1925 could be the UK's longest married husband and wife.

They left Budapest station on foot after a stand-off with police, defying official efforts to take them to reception centres and register them. Earlier on Friday another group escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west, from a train stopped by police. European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis. The surprise announcement by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff late on Friday night followed several days of chaotic scenes. Janos Lazar said Hungary would offer buses to those walking along the main motorway to Vienna, as well as to migrants still at Budapest's Keleti railway station. The buses would take people to Hegyeshalom, on the border with Austria. Hungary had not yet had a response from the Austrian government so he did not know whether they would be allowed in to Austria, he added. "We are taking this step so Hungary's transportation is not paralyzed during the next 24 hours," Mr Lazar said, according to the Associated Press. It was unclear whether migrants would be happy to get on the buses, after several hundred were encouraged to get on a train on Thursday that did not then head to Austria. The BBC's Matthew Price, walking with the migrants, said that as night fell, many continued to walk, but others - including a family with five children - appeared to stop for the night on the hard shoulder, or in adjacent fields. Hungary has become a major transit nation for people fleeing the Middle East and Africa, seeking to reach north and west Europe.

Hungary is to send buses to transport migrants to Austria's border after more than 1,000 began walking there earlier on Friday.

Trott hit 175 as Warwickshire totalled 413 at Taunton, backed by half-centuries from Tim Ambrose (63) and Rikki Clarke (57). Young paceman Grant Thornton then took two of the four Somerset wickets to fall on his Championship debut. But Marcus Trescothick was still there at the close on 41, out of 94-4. After two badly rain-interrupted days. the draw remains the most likely result. But the Bears, so badly beaten by an innings in their opening two matches, have at least given themselves a chance of forcing victory, although it would take 16 wickets in the day to do it - and getting Trescothick out twice. Bottom club Somerset's target on day four will simply be to avoid the follow-on - and they need a further 170 to do that. Somerset's Marcus Trescothick told BBC Radio Bristol: "One of the office staff told me around 10 days ago how close I was to 25,000 runs and I have been sweating on it since then. "I knew when I went in that I was 29 away. It got a bit tense as I moved closer. "It is an achievement I am proud of but there is still a big job for me to do in this game. "It wasn't a great day for us and we need to concentrate hard tomorrow to make sure we come away with a draw." Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "It's great that Marcus is still playing county cricket and setting an example to the young players in his dressing room and opposition teams. "There is no chance I will be still be playing at 41. That's just silly! His will be a huge wicket for us tomorrow. "I had just got past 100 when the new ball was taken so it was important I hung around for longer if we were to get a decent score. I started to think in terms of 400 when Rikki Clarke came in and played so well. "There is a bit of turn because it is a used pitch. With so much rain, the crustiness has taken longer to form, but hopefully Jeetan Patel can cause them a few problems."

Warwickshire took command of the battle of Division One's bottom two after Jonathan Trott had reached the 42nd first-class century of his career.

The 26-year-old fly-half has agreed a new deal which could keep him in Wales until the 2019 World Cup. Williams, who played 100 times for Wales, believes it will help Ospreys keep and recruit players. "It's fabulous news for Welsh rugby and the Ospreys in particular," he said on BBC Wales' Scrum V TV programme. "Not only is Dan committing himself to Wales for the next four years, but it helps the Ospreys with recruitment for the next couple of seasons. "If players were looking to sign and come to the Ospreys if they can see Dan Biggar is going to be there for the next three or four seasons that helps them as well." Biggar's current deal was due to expire at the end of this season. He is the first of Wales' 17 dually contracted players to re-sign on the deals which are 60% funded by the WRU and 40% by the region. In addition to potentially attracting new players to the region, Biggar's decision to stay may help negotiations with his Ospreys and Wales colleagues scrum-half Rhys Webb and second row Alun Wyn Jones. Both players' contracts expire in the summer of 2016, with Ospreys skipper Jones saying in November that he was still weighing up his options. Scarlets are in talks with Wales centre Scott Williams over extending his dual contract, and have secured the return of British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies from Clermont Auvergne next season.

Dan Biggar's decision to renew his national dual contract is "fabulous" news for Wales and Ospreys, according to Martyn Williams.

Thieves stole a 5m (16ft 4in) flagpole - complete with Union Jack - at some point over the weekend. Earlier this month, items intended for an open day, including two generators, food and drink were stolen. Last year, a memorial to the thousands of crewmen who served in Bomber Command during World War Two was damaged by trespassers. Director of the centre Nicky Barr said it was "extremely frustrating". She said: "I had great faith in the human race, but it has been somewhat diminished - I don't understand why someone would want to target a memorial." More on this and other stories from across Lincolnshire The Lincoln attraction is to honour the air crews' efforts with exhibitions, information and accounts from service personnel and survivors. The centre - set to open in September - still needs £2m in donations and events are being held to raise the cash. 125,000 Aircrew served in Bomber Command in World War Two 364,514 operational sorties flown 55,573 aircrew killed in action 25,611 killed flying from Lincolnshire 70% of aircrew were killed, taken prisoner or injured Mrs Barr said fundraising efforts were being hampered by the break-ins. She said: "Whether it was done as high jinks, or whether there is a market for second-hand flag poles, I just don't know. "The reality is the sacrifices made by these guys [Bomber Command crews] allows for the freedom whoever is doing this has got today." Officials have launched a petition in a bid to get further funding from the government to complete the project.

The International Bomber Command Centre has been targeted by thieves for the second time in a matter of weeks.

No 10 said: "We don't accept threats have been made." It is understood spokesman Craig Oliver phoned the Daily Telegraph's editor after his paper wrote a story about Maria Miller's expense claims. He reportedly told him the story was poorly timed. Mr Oliver is alleged, by the Daily Telegraph, to have told the editor, Tony Gallagher, that Mrs Miller was "looking at Leveson at the moment". Twenty-four hours earlier, Mrs Miller's special adviser Joanna Hindley called the reporter working on the story to "flag up" the culture secretary's role in drawing up new press regulation rules, following Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into media ethics. A No 10 spokesman defended Mr Oliver's intervention and rejected suggestions he - or Mrs Miller's adviser - were seeking to influence the paper against pursuing the story. They said Mr Oliver was simply raising "concerns" with the newspaper about the way the story was being pursued and the fact Mrs Miller's "elderly father had been door-stepped" by a reporter. The spokesman added: "The secretary of state had some concerns about the way that investigation was being conducted and Craig Oliver was simply reflecting those concerns." Labour MP John Mann has written to John Lyon, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, after it emerged Mrs Miller had allowed her parents to live at a property on which she claimed £90,718 in second home allowances during the last parliament. Mrs Miller has said her expenses were "absolutely in order" and "in complete accordance with the rules". Her parents, John and June Lewis, have apparently been living at the property since selling their home in Wales in 1996. According to the Telegraph, Miss Hindley told its reporter: "Maria has obviously been having quite a lot of editors' meetings around Leveson at the moment. So I am just going to kind of flag up that connection for you to think about." Brian Cathcart, executive director of Hacked Off, which is campaigning for the setting up of an independent press regulator via a change in the law, said: "This story illustrates exactly why ministers must be kept at arm's length from the regulation of the press. "It cannot be right that politicians who are subject to the scrutiny of the newspapers and who are constantly vulnerable to public challenge in this way are sitting down with editors and proprietors of those same newspapers to design a press regulation system." A Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesman said: "Mrs Miller's special adviser raised concerns with a journalist about the nature of an approach to Mrs Miller's elderly father. Her adviser noted that Mrs Miller was in regular contact with the paper's editor and would raise her concerns directly with him, which Mrs Miller did subsequently. "However, this is a separate issue to ongoing discussions about press regulation. Mrs Miller has made the government's position on this clear."

Downing Street has denied that the PM's spokesman warned a newspaper against running a critical story on the culture secretary's expenses because of her role in enacting the Leveson proposals.

Colombia's Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre said the office was run by a criminal organisation that had intercepted emails from a Farc rebel negotiator and the government. He said President Juan Manuel Santos was also "probably" targeted. Peace talks began in Cuba in 2012 to try to end five decades of conflict. "This office intercepted emails from the press chief of the Farc in (the Cuban capital) Havana, an institutional email from the national government, and two emails from Cuban journalists who are covering the peace process in Havana," Mr Montealegre told a news conference in Bogota. "The purpose of this office, the purpose of the people who were involved in this criminal enterprise, was to sabotage, interfere and affect the peace process in Havana," he said. "It appears that, through this office of interceptions, the emails of the president of the republic were also probably intercepted." One person, Andres Sepulveda, was arrested for allegedly running the operation and selling the information he obtained to third parties. The attorney general said they were investigating who was paying to gain access to the information. The Farc, Colombia's largest guerrilla group, has been in talks with the government in Cuba since November 2012 to try to end the longest-running internal conflict in Latin America. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and some three million more have been internally displaced since the two sides began fighting in the 1960s. President Santos has said he hopes to sign a peace treaty with left-wing rebels this year.

Colombian authorities say they have raided an office that illegally spied on rebel and government communication to try to undermine peace talks.

Invisible Edinburgh said the aim was to reveal a different side to Scotland's capital city. The tours start in the Grassmarket, Castle Terrace and Middle Meadow Walk and each has a different theme and is tailored to the guide's individual experience. The venture has funding from the Edinburgh Airport Community Fund. The themes are powerful women of Edinburgh, crimes and punishment, community sport and food and charity. Zakia Moulaoui, 28, from France, set up the tours after getting the idea from a project in Greece where street vendors take people on walks. She told the BBC Scotland news website: "We have four guides at the moment but will be training up more in September. "There is a homeless point to all the walks, which is personal to the guide, so for example the crime and punishment tour will tell you about Burke and Hare but the guide will also tell you about his own relevant problems with the court across the road with funny stories. "The tours are a mix of old and new. "In the powerful women of Edinburgh you will hear about Maggie Dickson but then also about JK Rowling." The £8 tours run on a Saturday and tickets must be bought online.

Walking tours led by people who have been homeless have been launched in Edinburgh.

The case had been brought by the Brazilian investment fund DIS, which formerly owned the transfer rights to the 24-year-old forward. The company claimed it was short-changed when Neymar transferred from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona in 2013. Neymar and his father, who acts as his agent, have both denied any wrongdoing. In a separate case, Barcelona was forced to pay a fine of 5.5m euros ($6.1m; £4.7m) last month because of tax irregularities in Neymar's transfer from Santos. Since moving to the Nou Camp, he has won two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup. At Barcelona, he forms a powerful attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. In a separate case in Barcelona this week, Messi was sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud. The Argentine football great has appealed against the court's ruling.

A Spanish court has dismissed a fraud and corruption case against football superstar Neymar and his father.

City council leader Lib Dem Simon Cook will tell a conference an arena on the site of the old diesel depot site is a crucial part of the zone. He stressed although it was early days potential operators believe its size would attract many good quality shows. Mr Cook said there was a risk a larger version would be built in Cardiff if the Bristol arena did not go ahead. "We've fallen behind Cardiff too often in the past. It is really time to grab the opportunity and go for it. "There is a very big interest in an arena for Bristol... we're absolutely determined to deliver it," he added. It is believed the arena would cost up to £80m to build, some of which will come from the government's City Deal fund. Several plans for an entertainment arena have been put forward since 2003 but the idea was dropped in 2007 when costs rose to £86m. Then in 2009, plans for a 15,000-seater music and sport venue were proposed with a second site at Ashton Vale close to where Bristol City Football Club wants to build a new stadium. The city's biggest music venue is the famous Colston Hall, which can hold about 2,000 people.

A 12,000-seater music venue on the Temple Meads Enterprise Zone in Bristol is possible by 2016, the council says.

Players did not speak to the media before and after Friday's 2-0 friendly win over Romania in Falkirk. Their stance comes as Anna Signeul's squad prepare for next month's Euro 2017 finals in the Netherlands. The Scottish FA said in a statement that it was "disappointed they have chosen not to undertake their media responsibilities". But the governing body hopes to resolve the matter before Tuesday's friendly against Sweden in Vaxjo. "We can confirm that we are in discussions with the Scotland Women's national team players regarding terms and conditions ahead of the women's Euros in the Netherlands next month," it said. "We will endeavour to resolve this matter at the earliest opportunity through discussions with their advisors." Scotland's home-based players are being funded to go full-time as they prepare for the finals, where Scotland meet England, Portugal and Spain. A package agreed between the Scottish Football Partnership, Sport Scotland and energy firm SSE will provide finances until the tournament is over. Around half the squad are expected to benefit from the scheme. Head coach Signeul distanced herself from the dispute, saying she feels coaches should not be involved as it is between the players and the SFA. "I'm not involved at all in that process," said Signeul, who suggested it was the same for men's head coach Gordon Strachan. "They do this on the men's side as well, they negotiate contracts. "It is between the SFA and the players and I don't think Gordon has anything to do with this either, it's nothing to do with us coaches." Signeul will name her squad for Euro 2017 on 20 June.

Scotland's women are refusing to carry out any media or commercial activity due to a dispute with the Scottish FA.