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Emergency services found a Mini had crashed head-on with a Volvo in Buxton Road, Hazel Grove, at about 16:00 BST on Sunday, police said. Philip Clayton, 43, died at the scene. A 23-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital. Buxton Road was closed while investigations took place. Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them. A man and a woman were also taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

A man has died in a head-on crash in Greater Manchester.

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Magistrate Alicia G Rosenburg signed a seizure warrant for the "fingerprint on iPhone device" of Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, of Los Angeles, on 25 February, while she was in police custody. It authorised officers to "depress" her fingerprints on the sensor. Campaigners say making suspects decrypt their phones means they are testifying against themselves, which contravenes the US constitution's fifth amendment. Apple's Touch ID system is one of two ways to unlock the encrypted contents of an iPhone - the other being to input the passcode. But the fingerprint can be used only within 48 hours of the phone being locked. It has been argued that while a passcode is "contents of the mind", and thus protected under the fifth amendment, a fingerprint is physical evidence, and can be treated like a blood sample or prints recovered from a crime scene. University of Dayton law professor Susan Brenner said smartphones contained a great deal of personal information and "a lot of that could be incriminating". "By showing you opened the phone, you showed that you have control over it," she said. "It is the same as if she went home and pulled out paper documents - she has produced it." If a person could not refuse to put their finger on a biometric reader to decrypt data for the government, "then encryption really isn't worth much", said Prof Brenner. "The result would be we would create content at our peril, as we would have no way to secure it from state investigators." Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, a man remains in jail for refusing to decrypt two hard drives investigators suspect contain indecent images of children. In that case, the Electronic Frontier Foundation campaign group said compelling suspects to decrypt data violated fifth amendment rights. "Complying with the order would communicate facts that are not foregone conclusions already known to the government," it said.

A US court has made a woman unlock her iPhone with her fingerprint.

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Inspired by fond memories of his childhood caravanning holidays in Southwold, Suffolk, photographer Gareth Iwan Jones turned his attention to this subject, the very British world of Caravanning. "I've always thought of caravanning as a wonderfully eccentric, colourful world of quirky characters and interesting regalia that would make for a great photography project," says Iwan Jones. "It didn't disappoint." Together with his wife, Iwan Jones stayed at more than 30 sites across the UK, from beauty spots to those not so picturesque spots near motorways, covering more than 2,000 miles. "There is a unique union of canopy, awning and torrential rain that one can only experience in caravan and camping parks," he says. "For me, the most endearing caravanning moments came with the worst weather - this is when your neighbours and fellow campers brave the elements to help you find your guy ropes and hammer in your pegs." Iwan Jones found there was a daily routine to the caravanning life and would wander the site looking for good pictures as well as arranging to meet the campers later to take their portrait. "Everyone was so enthusiastic and eager to be in the pictures, not a single person I approached declined to be photographed," he says. "In my experience of photographing people in their environments, this is pretty much unheard of and a real reflection of the culture of caravanning - very open and friendly. "The portraits were all shot with the same camera and lens combination, a Pentax 645 and 55mm lens and the same artificial lighting." "I was deliberately looking to bring continuity to the posed portraits, as I knew the documentary side would be quite loose in its appearance. "I'm always interested in finding the humour in my images, and the world of caravanning made for a great fit. "From a man who takes his budgies caravanning to the varied attempts to bring a bit of glamour to one's caravan, there was plenty for me to photograph." Caravan, A Great British Love Story by Gareth Iwan Jones will be published in early June by Frances Lincoln. You can see more of Gareth Iwan Jones's work on his website. All photographs © Gareth Iwan Jones/Institute

In the UK, the May Day bank holiday offers a chance to take a short break away from the daily grind, and for some people that means hitching up the caravan to the back of the car and heading into the countryside.

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This was a key rebel demand during drawn-out talks which led to a peace deal in August. All foreign forces were meant to have left by 10 October. Meanwhile, a rebel leader has told the BBC the deal is unlikely to work and said he may take up arms again. Tens of thousands of people have died since the civil war began in 2013. Uganda's defence chief Gen Katumba Wamala told the press that all soldiers should be out by 1 November. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem added in a statement that Uganda's intervention "helped to stop what was likely to be the worst genocide in the region". Uganda has not revealed how many troops it has in South Sudan, where they are supporting the government. But they are stationed in three bases: The international airport in Juba; in Nesitu just south of the capital and at their biggest base in the town of Bor, which is hosting some 3,500 soldiers. The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in Uganda says that a neutral regional force is meant to step in once Uganda withdraws but it is not clear when that will happen. Senior rebel leader Gen Johnson Oloni said he might resume fighting because of President Salva Kiir's recent decree creating 18 new states. He called the plan a "naked power-grab", the BBC's Tim Franks reports from South Sudan. He also said the government was undermining the deal with attacks on civilians. The rebel leader said land appropriations had pushed his ethnic group to use force in the past and they could do so again. Gen Johnson is head of the Shilluk militia, which has been accused by the UN children's agency Unicef of abducting hundreds of boys and forcing them to become child soldiers. The US had proposed that he should be subject to a travel ban and assets freeze, along with an army chief, but this was blocked by Russia and Angola at the UN Security Council. South Sudan's elusive peace: Five obstacles to peace in South Sudan Men of dishonour South Sudan gained independence from neighbouring Sudan four years ago making it the world's youngest country. Two years later, in December 2013, a conflict erupted after President Salva Kiir accused Riek Machar, his sacked deputy, of plotting a coup. Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then formed a rebel army. Much of the fighting has been carried out along ethnic lines, between Mr Machar's Nuer group and Mr Kiir's Dinka, the two dominant ethnic groups in South Sudan.

Ugandan troops will start leaving South Sudan by the end of this week, according to the head of the Ugandan force in the country.

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The pavilion and green from Billingham's John Whitehead Park are to form part of the 1950s town in Beamish open air museum. Once it is complete, visitors will be able to try their hand at bowls and discover stories of the popular leisure pursuit and wider community life. The £10.7m 1950s development will also include an original house, shop and cinema from the era. Beamish is also seeking people's memories of the bowling pavilion, and staff will be attending an open day at the Billingham Bowling Club on Sunday. Geraldine Straker, of Beamish, said: "We'll be telling the story of life in the region's tight-knit communities, and clubs such as this played an important part. "We really want to hear people's memories of life in the 1950s, particularly any early memories of the bowling pavilion, and this will help shape the stories we share at Beamish."

A Teesside bowling club is being replicated at a County Durham museum.

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The unfancied Blues were galvanised from the outset, and took the lead after 12 minutes when Elliott Durrell netted with a stunning volley from 25 yards. John Still's men were still reeling when Theo Vassell slid a superb ball through to Tom Shaw, and the midfielder bided his time before smashing past Elliot Justham. Liam Roberts did his bit in the Chester goal, parrying a firm Oli Hawkins header. After the break, an inspired Chester pushed on and Johnny Hunt whipped in a cross for James Alabi to head in and crown a fine night. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Second Half ends, Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces James Alabi. Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Paul Benson replaces Oliver Hawkins. Substitution, Chester FC. Craig Mahon replaces Evan Horwood. Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Elliott Durrell. Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Christian Assombalonga replaces Luke Guttridge. Goal! Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. James Alabi (Chester FC). Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Evan Horwood (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card. Second Half begins Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. First Half ends, Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Goal! Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Tom Shaw (Chester FC). Goal! Chester FC 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Chester stunned Dagenham & Redbridge with a comprehensive 3-0 win home win the National League.

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Asad Khan, from Bradford, who died in September was a pupil at the city's Beckfoot Upper Heaton School. His family believe he had been bullied. An inquest into his death was adjourned on Monday when the claims emerged. The family's solicitor Ruth Bundey said it was important to have time to review the evidence. Speaking after the adjournment at Bradford Coroner's Court, she added: "We have always considered the death of an 11-year-old boy by self-suspension, a boy who had no mental health background, as being completely inexplicable. "We now find out, only this morning, that a police sergeant involved in the investigation spoke to a school manager in January." Ms Bundey said the new evidence could explain why many of those questioned "were very reluctant to come anywhere near the inquest". The solicitor also said the evidence raised concerns about "the school's duty of care if such a dangerous practice was known to the kids". She added it was important that the evidence be reviewed in order to help prevent future deaths. A statement from the school said: "We are very sorry that the inquest has been adjourned. No words can adequately describe the sense of loss that we know Asad's family feel and any delay in the inquest process is regrettable. "The school has made a series of statements to police in relation to their investigation and we believe they will be thoroughly examined when the inquest resumes. Further comment at this stage would be inappropriate." West Yorkshire Police said it had provided all available evidence for the purpose of the inquest. "This is a tragic case involving a young child and we will continue to do everything to support the coroner in this matter. As this is an ongoing coronial case it would be inappropriate to comment any further," the force said. Asad was found unresponsive at his home on Tile Street, off Whetley Lane, on 28 September by his mother Farheen Khan. He was taken to hospital but died a short time later. After his death, his mother called for "justice for her child" amid claims he had been bullied. The two-day inquest was expected to consider whether or not the pupil at Beckfoot Upper Heaton School, Bradford, had been bullied. The hearing was adjourned until 3 July.

An inquest into the death of an 11-year-old boy found hanged has been adjourned after it emerged a "choking game" was "all over the school".

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The party has been carrying out "one final round" of vetting to determine who is eligible to stand in the race. UKIP donor Arron Banks suggested Steven Woolfe will not be on the ballot. Mr Woolfe's candidacy is in officials' hands after he missed the deadline and revealed he did not disclose a drink-driving ban when he stood to be a police commissioner in 2012. Also in the race are MEPs Jonathan Arnott and Bill Etheridge, while Huntingdonshire councillor Lisa Duffy and activists Phillip Broughton and Elizabeth Jones have also put their names forward. There is continued uncertainty about whether prominent MEP Diane James has applied. The contest has been sparked by Mr Farage's decision to stand down following the UK's vote to leave the EU, saying his "political ambition has been achieved". The vetting panel had been expected to announce on Tuesday which candidates were eligible to stand under the party's rules after nominations closed on Sunday. But after the panel met it issued a statement saying the final list of leadership candidates would be revealed on Wednesday at midday. "An NEC-led panel has today met to determine the eligibility of those candidates that submitted their nomination papers to stand for party leader. "That panel has now met and with one final round of checking to go the party aims to announce the full list of candidates at midday tomorrow, Wednesday 3 August," a party spokesman said. To qualify, candidates are expected to have been party members for two years and to have been nominated by 50 members of the party. UKIP leadership: Runners and riders Steve Crowther, who left his job as UKIP chairman earlier this week, would not be drawn on whether Mr Woolfe - seen as the frontrunner in the race - should be excluded from the contest for submitting his papers 15 minutes late - a delay that the MEP has blamed on computer problems. But asked about the issue of the drink-driving conviction - which Mr Woolfe incurred in 2002 but which he did not reveal when he stood to become a police and crime commissioner in 2012 in a possible breach of electoral law - he told the BBC that this was "arguably more serious". Mr Woolfe got a £350 fine and nine-month ban for being drunk in charge of a scooter but insisted his life had moved on by 2012 and the conviction was spent by then. Amid reports of a power struggle within the party, UKIP NEC member Victoria Ayling tweeted on Tuesday evening to urge her fellow panel members not to "block" Mr Woolfe. UKIP donor Arron Banks later tweeted: "Tonight's decision to exclude Woolfe is the final straw" and he claimed it represented a "coup" by UKIP MP Douglas Carswell and Neil Hamilton, UKIP's leader in the Welsh Assembly. Mr Hamilton - who is backing MEP Mr Arnott for the role - has said Mr Woolfe should not be able to run for the party's leadership if his nomination was submitted late. Meanwhile, Mr Carswell, the party's only MP, has said he will not be endorsing any of the candidates but suggested they needed to consider what UKIP's purpose was after the EU referendum, how it should go about increasing its elected representation and how the party's leadership style needed to change.

The final list of candidates in the running to succeed Nigel Farage as UKIP leader will be announced later.

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Friends and family of Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, laid flowers and displayed a banner in his memory. He was shot when police stopped a car near junction 24 of the M62 on Monday evening. Traffic on the motorway slowed as about 100 people, including the dead man's parents, gathered near the site to lay flowers and light candles. Mohammed Yaqub, Yassar's father said he felt his son was "killed unlawfully". He said: "He hasn't got a bad past, because he's never been convicted of anything. "He's never had a charge of him at all. We had a car business, by the way, so all sorts of cars come and go." "I want answers, full answers, nothing but the truth. "How can you kill someone like this, at a time like this, without giving him a chance to get out or anything? We're not in America, we're not in third-world countries. "We'd like to be left to mourn." Balloons were released into the night sky and the gathering was "very peaceful and respectful" said BBC reporter Ian White, who was at the scene. The police operation is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). In 2010, Mr Yaqub was cleared of attempted murder and a firearms offence after it was alleged that he opened fire on a car in Birkby Hall Road, Huddersfield. Earlier, Bradford West Labour MP Naz Shah appealed for calm after the shooting sparked a protest. On Tuesday evening, protesters carrying banners reading "stop the killings" brought traffic to a halt in Leeds Road, Bradford. Writing on Facebook, Ms Shah said: "I urge our community to remain calm and respect the wishes of the family who have lost their loved one and have appealed for calm and privacy during this very difficult time." Two men arrested as part of the police operation on Monday have been released on bail, while three more remain in custody. An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) spokesman said what appeared to be a "non-police issue firearm" was discovered in the vehicle in which Mr Yaqub was travelling. West Yorkshire Police said officers attended Leeds Road at about 19:15 GMT to "facilitate a peaceful protest and to provide public reassurance". A force spokesman said: "Police empathise with the heightened tensions and engaged with protestors to appeal for calm." A spokesman for Mr Yaqub's family said they were "in shock, and distraught" by his death. Nadeem Murtuja, chairman of campaign group Just Yorkshire, said: "There is a great deal of disquiet in the community about the death of Mr Yaqub. "It is crucial that both his family and the Huddersfield community are kept informed about the conduct of the investigation and the events that led to the fatal shooting." Five men were arrested on suspicion of possessing firearm with intent to cause fear during the police operation, including three following the M62 operation and two following a vehicle stop in the Chain Bar area of Bradford. A police spokeswoman said three of the men remain in police custody while two men, aged 26 and 30, have been released on bail pending further enquiries. Meanwhile officers have raided "a number of locations" linked to the operation, including a flat at Park Wood Mills in Longwood, Huddersfield. The force said the searches are part of a wider investigation.

Dozens of people have attended a vigil at the spot where a man was shot dead in a police operation.

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Beckie Allen, from Grimsby, found the replica ammonite shell at the base of a fence post in Scunthorpe's High Street East. The objects were hidden by artist Luke Jerram for his installation Treasure City, with clues placed in paintings at the 2021 arts centre. Mrs Allen said her husband and two daughters helped to solve the mystery. The art centre said she was "the first to spot secret dots" in a white painting in the gallery. Mrs Allen then followed the clue and found the golden shell hidden outside Italian restaurant San Pietro. "I spotted something that looked a lot like discarded litter at the base of a fence across the road from San Pietro," said Mrs Allen. She said her daughters "did the honours and opened up the velvet bag to reveal the final piece of treasure". The event, which is part of an art exhibition at the centre, started on 18 February. All five objects are replicas of pieces at North Lincolnshire Museum and were made from gold worth £1,000, but could be worth much more. People had to study five paintings and solve the code within them to find and keep the artefacts. The fourth item, the golden train, was found by a family from Grimsby in Scunthorpe's Central Park on 24 February.

The last of five gold artefacts hidden in Scunthorpe as part of an artistic treasure hunt has been discovered.

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The price of Brent crude oil fell below $39 a barrel at one point, its lowest since December 2008. The IEA said demand in the current quarter was growing by 1.3 million barrels a day, down from 2.2 million barrels in the previous quarter. The IEA predicts that will slip back to 1.2 million barrels a day next year. The price of Brent crude fell to $38.90 a barrel at one point, before recovering slightly to $39.13 - still down 60 cents in the trading session. US crude oil also fell, down 50 cents to $36.12 a barrel. Oil prices are down more than 10% over the week. The trigger was a meeting of oil producers' cartel Opec late last week, which broke up in disarray as the member countries failed to agree to put a lid on production. Opec producers pumped more oil in November than in any month since late 2008, almost 32 million barrels per day. That comes at a time when the world's economic growth is slowing, blunting demand for raw materials. The IEA said that although consumption was likely to have peaked in the third quarter, demand growth of 1.2 million barrels a day was still healthy. Earlier this week, the US Energy Information Administration forecast that US shale oil production, now a major source of oil supply, would fall in January for the ninth month in a row. Sustained falls in output could help to stabilise the price of oil, although some market forecasters suggest the price could continue to fall to as low as $20 a barrel.

The oil price has fallen to a new seven-year low after the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast a slowdown in growth in demand for oil.

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Stevens made his home debut in their 19-13 loss to Ealing, having joined the club after leaving financially-stricken London Welsh last month. "We're pushing for top four, we want top four," the ex-Nottingham, Worcester and Plymouth Albion centre said. "We want to do really well in the British and Irish Cup and we want to do as well as we can." He told BBC Radio Jersey: "This club needs to be pushed forward and I think they definitely are on the right road for doing that." The island side are currently eighth in the Championship, but are just seven points behind fourth-placed Ealing and point further back from Doncaster in third. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

New Jersey signing Heath Stevens says the club are capable of reaching the Championship play-offs.

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The 23-year-old, whose brother Sam has returned to the Rabbitohs after a spell in rugby union, said in May that he was keen to play in the NFL. Jarryd Hayne, another National Rugby League player, left Parramatta Eels to join the San Francisco 49ers this year. It is understood the Giants hold weekly trials, and that Burgess was one of many to take part on Thursday. Burgess, born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, began his career at Super League side Bradford Bulls, but only spent two seasons there before moving to NRL club Rabbitohs where he joined his brother Sam and twin George. The England international was part of the Rabbitohs side that beat St Helens 39-0 to win the 2015 World Club Challenge.

South Sydney Rabbitohs prop Tom Burgess has had a trial with the New York Giants American football team.

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Oliver Whiting, 37, of Eastbourne, took the photos from social media accounts. He posted the images on adult websites, where he invited other users to join him in posting lewd comments. The judge at Hastings Magistrates' Court said his violation and degradation of women required punishment in order to deter others. Whiting had admitted 11 offences of making offensive posts at an earlier hearing. Six offences related to one victim, and five to the other. Live: More news from Sussex Whiting, of Langdale Close, was ordered to attend a sex offenders' treatment programme and banned from using social media. He was also ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work. Next to a picture of one woman he knew, which featured her young child, he labelled her a "slag" and a "whore". Prosecutor Elizabeth Green said the victim was left "distressed" at being unable to get the US-based website to remove the image, and it still remains on there. In a statement, the victim added: "I felt alone and that no-one would help me." Ms Green said a second young woman known to Whiting was left "physically sick" and "shocked" after she discovered he had also posted a picture of her next to offensive comments he had written. Whiting was charged after previously being cautioned for similar offences involving four other women, an earlier court hearing was told. Defending, Noelle Magennis said Whiting had shown "genuine heartfelt remorse", been the subject of a "public witch-hunt" and had contacted the website to try to get the images removed. Sentencing him, district judge Teresa Szagun said: "What you used those photographs for defies belief. "You uploaded them to a website that encourages other men to masturbate then capture that activity and upload those photographs on that site. "The accompanying comments that you posted were vile, aggressive sexual fantasies. "The impact to the victims has been far-reaching, ranging understandably from fear, disgust and extreme humiliation."

A man who posted "degrading" pictures of two women he knew on a porn site has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence.

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Camelia Lupu was last seen leaving her home address in Stalybridge at around 16:05 BST on Wednesday 7 September. Her brother, Noevelle Lupu, has also been reported missing. He was last seen at 10.30 on Wednesday 14 September in Kimberley Street, Oldham. It is believed the pair are with 19-year-old Marius Savin who is wanted on suspicion of their abduction. Camelia is approximately 5ft tall, of slim build with long black hair. She is described as having olive skin and may speak with a Romanian accent. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black jeans, navy blue trainers with pink trim and red lipstick. Noevelle is described as Romanian, also around 5ft tall with short dark hair. The siblings may now be in the south of England and port systems have been made aware, Greater Manchester police said. Sgt Lindsey Curry said: "Concerns are rising from Camelia and Noevelle, as we believe they could be being taken out of the country. "Marius Savin does not have their welfare at heart and we are extremely concerned for their safety."

A missing 16-year-old girl and her brother, 13, are thought to be with a man suspected of their abduction.

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The Welsh Amateur Boxing Association (WABA) says the audit found no evidence of fraudulent activity, But its chairman said it would take all the steps recommended to put things right. Sports Wales said it would continue funding the association, but it had put special measures in place. The report into the activities of the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association (WABA) was commissioned by the association, alongside the Welsh government and Sports Wales which oversees and promotes sport and advises the government. The audit was carried out by accountancy firm, KTS Owens Thomas. In their report, which has been published in a redacted form on WABA's website, the auditors said: "It is our view that in its current state WABA is not fit for purpose and does not qualify to receive public money. "Sport Wales must consider the implications of this finding. "We consider that with the implementation of the recommendations set out in this report, WABA will become fit for purpose and qualify to receive public money." In 2012, WABA received grant support from Sports Wales of just over £190,000 - more than double its £89,000 grant in 2006. The audit report lists a series of financial concerns: The report also raises issues over the way the association has been run since becoming a limited company in 2003. It noted: "Some members have expressed concern that WABA is not open to constructive challenge and there appears to be divisions in the membership. "Overall, we have found corporate governance to be poor and dysfunctional. We consider that it is improving, but has not reached an acceptable level." The auditors make 38 recommendations for the sporting body's future, including measures to tighten financial controls, banking systems, and expenses management. Their report also calls on the board to "improve the culture at WABA", and to work with Sports Wales to ensure it follows an action plan to implement the recommendations. 'Simply not acceptable' Responding to the report, WABA chairman Terry Smith told BBC Wales: "Obviously we are very disappointed, but we will take all the steps recommended to put things right as quickly as possible." He said much of the organisation was run by unpaid volunteers who did not have formal financial training. But he disputed some of the report's findings, including the issue of unsupported spending. Sports Wales said WABA's failures were "simply not acceptable". Chief executive, Sarah Powell, said an action plan was now in place to resolve the issues at WABA. She added: "In the best interests of the sport's grass-roots participants and elite competitors, Sport Wales has decided to continue funding WABA, but has put in place special measures to protect public funds, until such time as satisfactory progress has been made on the recommendations."

The body responsible for amateur boxing in Wales is "not fit for purpose" and "does not qualify for public funding", an independent audit report says.

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Mr Smith played a central role in the ceasefire of loyalist paramilitary groups in 1994. The announcement came six weeks after the IRA announced its own ceasefire. Mr Smith spent ten years in prison for his role in the shooting of a Catholic in 1972. After his released from prison, Mr Smith became a member of the PUP. In 1994, Mr Smith chaired a press conference in which a statement on behalf of the Combined Loyalist Military Command was read out by Gusty Spence, a founding member of the UVF. He later served as the chairman of the PUP and was part of the party's negotiating team around the Good Friday Agreement. The Deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, tweeted: "Sorry to hear that William (Plum) Smith has died. "I valued his commitment and contribution to peace. My sympathy to his wife and family." The former PUP leader Brian Ervine told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme: "It's very, very sad that Plum has passed on. "Plum was in the forefront of negotiating and bringing loyalist paramilitaries into the peace process and politicising the UVF and Red Hand Commando. "He was a very intelligent fellow, he educated himself in Long Kesh. "He also took Irish lessons there as well, he called the Irish language his own language. "I'm just very, very sorry, I found him a very decent human being, and I found him a very forward thinking human being and he will be a loss, certainly to the Progressive Unionist Party and the loyalist community. "He was a clear thinker, he was left of centre politically, he had a heart for ordinary people, for working class people, he tried to provide a voice, a voice which had been neglected. "He was also happy enough to stretch over the fence and do business with traditional enemies."

Former loyalist paramilitary and Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) chairman William 'Plum' Smith has died.

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With all the walking, running, cycling and gym activity you intend to do, obviously you need an activity tracker -a small, trusty device that you can wear 24/7 to monitor every footstep, every mile clocked up, every calorie burned, and even the quality of every moment's shuteye. You'll believe what it says. I mean, why wouldn't you? Millions of these things have been sold, and you're not exactly going to buy multiple devices to check they come up with the same results. And that's why I felt compelled to carry out this experiment for you. I've spent a full week wearing four of the latest and best-known trackers to see if they all came up with the same results. My findings? They don't. This isn't about which device presents your text messages to you, or comes in three shades of pink, but about cold, hard data. The Garmin Vivosmart, Fitbit Charge, Misfit Shine and Jawbone Up Move are all in the dock. At their worst, one day saw a variation between them of 23% in distance covered, and over the course of a week a difference in opinion between the Fitbit Charge and Jawbone Up Move of 2,649 calories burned - that's more than an entire day's calorie intake for someone of my build. Both companies are united in saying that it's not the figures that matter, but the pattern. Managing director of Fitbit Europe Gareth Jones advises people to simply be aware of the trend. "Rather than get down to the half step or the next calorie is to look at the trend in their step pattern," he says, "Are they increasing the number of steps in their day all week? Are they increasing the calorie burn day to day, week to week? Because it's that trend that's going to make you healthier." It's a sentiment echoed by Jawbone's head of international partner and product development, Jorgen Nordin. "What's important really is that our system is all about getting better, becoming a better version of yourself," he says. And maybe there is something in that. Goodwill, good intention, motivation to improve your lifestyle and upping your own activity may become so enshrined in this new active tracked you that you transform your entire being. Yet rely too much on the tech, inviting in third-party apps, inputting what you've eaten, and taking the figures as gospel, and you may just find it all going the wrong way. But, surely buying a device is buying into the idea that precise data matters to you? Well, Misfit's medical director Matthew Diamond explains it's not an exact science. "Variations in algorithms, the sensors used, the characteristics of the individual wearing the device, like height and gait, as well as wearing position, can result in observed differences," he says. That's not dissimilar to Mr Jones's view - he puts inaccuracies down in part to the lack of a standardised algorithm. Yet it is acknowledged that trackers that incorporate heart-rate monitoring sensors offer better calorie burn accuracy, which could be interpreted as a nod to the fact they need to. "Garmin's activity trackers are all about motivation, nudging the user to make healthier choices," says Chrissy Winchcombe, Garmin's marketing executive of wellness. "You can also use it with a heart-rate monitor for more accurate calorie counting when exercising." Right now it feels as though a new device is launched weekly, some with looks to replicate mere watches. Others, like the Swarovski crystal, solar-powered Misfit - tracking abilities aside - would put J-Lo's bling to shame. But providing stats and prompting "do more exercise" notifications are just the start of their makers' ambitions. "With wearables and looking at the Jawbone band, you know so much about the individual that you can actually start using that information to make the internet of things more like the internet of you," says Jawbone's Jorgen Nordin. "For example, you've been out running, you come home. Your house knows you've been running, not just because of the temperature of your skin, but it also knows you've been sweating based on sensors. "Based on that information your stereo system could be playing some cool jazz to cool you down. Your Nest thermostat can cool down the house to help you get cooler. "If you're in a house with a boiler connected to your shower, that could be turned on as you walk into your house." Mr Nordin has connected his Jawbone UP to turn his coffee machine on as soon as he wakes. For most of us though, the simple question now is more likely to be: "Is it still worth me wearing an activity tracker then?" Sensors are still improving, and as we've seen, we can't expect military precision, but this is a personal choice. Will I be laying mine to rest? No chance. It makes me think more about my activity. It makes me walk instead of getting the bus. It makes me feel smug at the end of the day (usually). My husband I can compete over footsteps - don't worry, we have the same device. And now, maybe I'll work that extra bit harder just in case it's going easy on me.

Filled with goodwill, unfathomable optimism and a slightly heavy heart, you embark on a health kick.

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Its latest survey shows household spending dipped for the first time in four years last month with families "starting to feel the squeeze" as higher living costs eat into pay. "Let's face it, we are skint," says commentator Justin Urquart-Stewart. "Our card's maxed out, nothing in the savings account, pockets emptied out and nothing down the back of the sofa." Visa said physical stores saw sales drop at their fastest pace for over five years in May, with sales down 5.3% year-on-year. In contrast, spending at hotels and restaurants rose at an annual rate of 3.3%. But even though so-called "experiences" spending rose, the figures suggest people are still being careful. Josh Beer, from the Illustrious Pub Company, in Cambridgeshire, said: "More of our customers gravitated towards deals and offers in the past month, it feels as though they were biding their time, and cutting back until they became more confident in the economy." The Visa figures show overall spending was 08% lower than in 2016, the first fall since September 2013. The findings chime with official data from the Office for National Statistics, which shows that wage growth is falling back while inflation is rising, causing a squeeze on household incomes as they fail to keep pace with shop prices. The latest official figures showed wage growth behind inflation for the first time since mid-2014, and the Bank of England has said it expects this to get worse. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses increased by 2.1% in the three months to March, while inflation rose by 2.3% in the year to March 2017. "Now is starts to hurt, with inflation above lower pay levels we will all start to feel poorer. As the consumer we have been the driver of the UK economic engine - and now you can hear it start to splutter," adds Mr Urquart-Stewart, co-founder of fund manager Seven Investment Management. One of the chief reasons for inflation's rise is the steep fall in sterling since the UK voted to leave the European Union. It is now worth between 11-15% less against the euro and the dollar, making anything we buy with our weaker currency more expensive. That leaves shops with a dilemma, shred their often already paper-thin profit margins or raise prices.

We're buying fewer clothes and pairs of shoes, although we're eating out more, according to credit card firm Visa.

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He told MPs the UK would never be a world-beating economy unless young people were better educated. And he called for "much bigger devolution to the people who know where the [failing] schools are". On improving literacy and numeracy, he added: "We need it across the country and we need it yesterday." The Conservative grandee, who was deputy prime minister in the 1990s and subsequently advised David Cameron on regional strategy, made the comments as he gave evidence to the Commons Business Innovation and Skills Committee alongside former chancellor George Osborne. Claiming that the UK is "29th as a country in the world league of education" - it was 23rd in reading in 2015, according to the OECD's Pisa rankings and 26th in maths - he stressed: "If we accept that - we'll never be a world beating economy in the future because it's all about people - it's about education and then about skills. "And if you want to have skilled people, you'd better educate them properly before you start making them skilled." Lord Heseltine, whose leadership challenge helped trigger Margaret Thatcher's departure from Downing Street in 1990, said standards need to be set by a strategic commission, chaired by the prime minister "that are relevant to the best in the world and not the 29th". "If I could design an industrial strategy it would start in the primary schools," he said, adding that about a quarter of children leaving primary schools are "illiterate and innumerate" by modern employment standards. "My own view is clear - there needs to be a much bigger devolution to the people who know where those schools are and they know the people that run them and they know where the inadequate results are coming from - in my personal experience of life: show me the problem, show me the person in charge." Lord Heseltine cited one success story - Northamptonshire's "Race to the top" initiative - which aims to make Northamptonshire one of the highest performing counties for education by 2020. "We spend a lot of time discussing the theories of education and the structures of education, but what we want is good head teachers," he said. "Wherever you go in this country there is a skills shortage - that is a serious problem facing the expansion of the economy and it's a highly centralised process - not devolved on the scale that it would seem to me reflect the market opportunities."

Lord Heseltine says the UK's skills shortage is a serious problem - and if it was up to him he would start industrial strategy in primary schools.

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Dr Imran Farooq, a leader of Karachi's influential MQM party, was stabbed to death near his home in Edgware, north London in September 2010. Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali were detained near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province. They are to be handed to Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency. The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Pakistan says the murder was widely seen as a politically-motivated killing because Dr Farooq was reportedly planning to break away from the MQM leadership in London and start a new party. The arrested suspects and a third man named Mohammed Kashif Khan Kamran worked for the MQM party, officials said. In a statement, the MQM party denied any association with the suspects or involvement in the murder of Dr Farooq and accused the Pakistani government of political victimisation. Dr Farooq was parliamentary leader in the Pakistani National Assembly when he went into hiding during a military operation against the MQM (Muttahida Quami Movement party) in 1992.

Pakistan authorities have detained two men suspected of being involved in the killing of an exiled politician in London five years ago, officials say.

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The Robins striker opened the scoring by latching onto Asa Hall's cross, before combining with Hall again to double his tally from close range. Holman glanced in Danny Wright's cross for his third, completing the rout when Wright touched on Jack Munn's cross, allowing him to break free and finish. He now moves to second in the National League scoring charts on 23 goals. The Colchester United loan man scored 14 of those with Woking before Christmas prior to being loaned out again to Cheltenham, for whom he has now scored nine in 10 games. Cheltenham remain two points clear of local rivals Forest Green at the top of the National League, while Woking slip to 13th. Cheltenham manager Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: Media playback is not supported on this device "Dan Holman has had a little bit of a quiet time for him because he'd only got one goal in the last three games. But everything he hit went in. "That is the striker that he is. He strikes great balls in. In training, we see it all the time. He'll get the headlines but I thought Danny Wright was magnificent. He was a great foil. "We looked strong. I was really pleased with the way we saw the game out. Another game gone and confidence is good from our point of view." Woking manager Garry Hill told BBC Surrey: Media playback is not supported on this device "Dan Holman will be the difference between Cheltenham winning the league. We couldn't stop him. You allow yourself to defend games instead of chasing them because you've got someone up top who can put the ball in the net. "The player who has done the damage is a player that we had at our football club. Does it hurt? Yes, in one way. But, in another way, we couldn't hold onto him. "For the first 30 minutes, we probably played the best football that we have done in the last six or eight games. We moved the ball very well and were on top."

Dan Holman scored all four goals against his old club as Cheltenham Town comfortably beat Woking.

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The 62-year-old, who scored almost 15,000 runs for Derbyshire between 1977 and 1988, will rejoin the team in June, a month before the T20 Blast begins. Director of cricket Kim Barnett said: "We could not have anybody with higher pedigree than John for this new role. "He won the IPL with the Mumbai Indians and has been an international coach." Wright, the talent scout for the Mumbai Indians, will also work closely with Barnett but his main focus will be the shortest form of the game. "He was a great player at Derbyshire," former team-mate Barnett added. "I could not be more pleased to get him back on board here and work with him. He is a fantastic strategist and will give us a lot of expertise technically and tactically."

Former India and New Zealand head coach John Wright has returned to Derbyshire as a specialist coach for the 2017 T20 Blast campaign.

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Belmont, a Grade II* listed building in Lyme Regis, has been restored following eight years of research and two years of restoration work by the Landmark Trust charity. It was owned in the 18th Century by Eleanor Coade, who built up a successful artificial stone business. The building will open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Dr Anna Keay, director of the Landmark Trust, said the rejuvenated building was "a fitting monument to the genius of Eleanor Coade". She added: "Visitors will now be able to stay in her Georgian architectural gem and in so doing experience the beauty and peace that inspired one of our greatest modern writers, John Fowles." Belmont was Fowles's home for almost four decades from 1968, and it was where he completed his classic novel The French Lieutenant's Woman. The Landmark Trust's craftspeople have recreated any damaged or missing items at their studio in the Cotswolds, such as fireplaces, architraves, shutters and skirting boards. Coade stone was a ceramic, synthetic stone that was first produced during the 18th Century. Like the trust's other 195 buildings, Belmont will be let out for short breaks.

A Georgian seaside villa in Dorset, where author John Fowles lived, will open its doors after a £1.8m revamp.

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A truck is said to have exploded as it was off-loading butane cooking gas in the town of Nnewi in Anambra State. Reports of casualties vary from 35 to more than 100 people killed, including factory workers and neighbours. Local police have confirmed the incident but have yet to provide further details. A huge fire reportedly followed the blast. The dead and injured are being taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi. A witness told the Vanguard newspaper that the blast was triggered when a truck began discharging cooking gas without waiting for the mandatory cooling time. People who had come to fill up their gas cylinders were caught up in the explosion as well as passersby, the newspaper reported. Witnesses say the explosion caused a huge fire that firefighters and residents took several hours to put out.

Scores of people are reported killed in an explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria.

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The latest threats bring the number of incidents to 69 in 27 states in the past month, according to the JCC Association of North America. No bombs were found at any of the centres targeted with telephone calls. Last week, 27 Jewish community centres in 17 US states reported receiving hoax bomb threats. All of the threats made on Monday, along with previous incidents in January, turned out to be false and Jewish centres have since reopened with normal services resumed. Responding to the latest incidents, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that US President Donald Trump had made it "abundantly clear" that such actions were "unacceptable". "Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom," the statement, which was shared on Twitter by NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander, said. Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka - who has converted to Judaism and whose husband is Jewish - also condemned the threats. Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that action must be taken to prevent further incidents. In a post on Twitter, Mrs Clinton wrote: "JCC threats, cemetery desecration and online attacks are so troubling and they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/@POTUS." The threats were made to the Jewish community centres through calls that were both pre-recorded and live, with suspects using voice-disguising technology, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Since the beginning of the year, there have been reports of threats to centres in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Delaware, Connecticut, Alabama, California, Maine, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin, Texas and Kansas. The JCC Association of North America, a network of health and education centres, has since been reviewing its security plans. In an earlier statement the FBI said that along with the US justice department it was investigating possible civil rights violations in connection with the threats. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish anti-bigotry organisation, said in a statement that it was "deeply disturbed" by the latest threats to the Jewish community. Meanwhile, more than 100 headstones have been damaged at a Jewish cemetery in St Louis, Missouri, local media report. In the Canadian city of Toronto, Mayor John Tory has condemned anti-Semitic hate notes left outside the homes of Jewish residents.

The FBI is investigating another wave of bomb threats to Jewish facilities in the US after 11 sites were evacuated on Monday.

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Arun District Council said the plans for Bognor Regis also included student accommodation, car parking and an access road from Felpham Way. The university's digital technology and engineering department will move to the site if permission is granted. It was awarded £8m funding from the government last year. The technology park will have places for 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students per year. The council said the six-storey student accommodation building, to the north of the proposed five-storey teaching block, will provide 171 bedrooms. The site, next to the Upper Bognor Conservation Area, has been classified in the Arun Local Plan since 2003 as an area of expansion for the university. The public has until 7 April to comment on the plans, which will then be considered by councillors.

Plans for a new engineering and digital technology park for the University of Chichester have been submitted to the local council.

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The websites you visit often track where you came from and watch where you head off to next. A VPN - or virtual private network - helps you browse the internet more anonymously by routing your traffic through a server that is not your point of origin. It is a bit like switching cars to shake off someone who is tailing you. There are plenty of companies offering services with varying degrees of security and varying degrees of cost, but if you are willing to roll your sleeves up and get technical with some basic coding and a £30 Raspberry Pi computer, you can build your own VPN server at home. It won't give you the option of appearing to be from somewhere else but you can use it to connect external devices like a smartphone to browse the internet more securely through your home network, and access shared files and media on your home computer. Make no mistake, this is not a quick and easy process. On BBC Click I have shared some tips from my own experience setting up a DIY VPN server. Below is a step-by-step guide you will need to follow to the letter, symbol and space if you want to follow in my footsteps. To follow this guide you will need: Prepare to install your operating system Insert the micro SD card in your card reader. If you are reusing an old SD card make sure it is fully formatted to remove any old files using the free tool at http://sdcard.org Install Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi Download NOOBS (New Out Of the Box Software) from the Raspberry Pi website (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/). This is an easy operating system installation manager. Open the .zip you downloaded and select all files, then just drag and drop them onto your SD card. Insert the SD card in the Raspberry Pi then connect a monitor, keyboard and power cable. Connecting the power will cause the Raspberry Pi to boot up and the green and red LEDs on the board should light up. If the files are copied properly onto the SD card the green light will start flashing as the computer reads the data. After a few seconds you will see a window open on the monitor with a range of operating systems to install - use the arrow keys on the keyboard to choose Raspbian and hit ENTER to install. N.B. If you have trouble getting the NOOBS installation manager to work, you can also install Raspbian by copying the disk image of the operating system onto your micro SD card. Follow the instructions at https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ to do this. Change the default password Before you go any further, make sure you change the default password, or anyone who knows the default will be able to access your home network. You can do this from the options screen you are shown the first time you boot up your Raspberry Pi after Raspbian is installed. When you next reboot your Raspberry Pi the login will be "pi" and the password whatever you have set. Give your Raspberry Pi a static IP address The IP address is what tells devices where to find your Raspberry Pi on your home network. Networks usually issue a dynamic IP address, which can change each time you power up the device. If you want to be able to consistently connect to your Raspberry Pi from outside your home network you need to fix its IP address so that it is always the same - a static IP address. Connect your Raspberry Pi to your router with an Ethernet cable. At command prompt type: ifconfig A bunch of information will come up and you need to note down what it says for your set against the following: inet addr [Current IP Address] bcast [Broadcast Range] mask [Subnet Mask] Next at the command prompt type: sudo route -n This tells you information about your router. Note down: Gateway Destination You now have all the information you need about your current IP set up and can edit the network configuration file to make the IP static. At command prompt type: sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces Look for the line that reads "iface eth0 inet dhcp" or "iface eth0 inet manual". The "dhcp" bit is requesting a dynamic IP or if your file says "manual" it is a manual setting, so use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the cursor so you can delete this and replace it with "static". Next put your cursor at the end of this line and hit Enter, then add the following lines directly below the line you just altered, filling the [square brackets] with the information you just noted down. address [your current IP address] netmask [your subnet mask] network [your destination] broadcast [your broadcast range] gateway [your gateway] To save the file press CTRL and X together, when prompted to save type "y" and hit Enter to accept the file name without changing it. At the command prompt type: sudo reboot Your Raspberry Pi will now restart with the new, static IP address. Set up an easy control system To save switching around cables if you do not have a spare HDMI monitor and keyboard you can download a free utility that lets you control your Raspberry Pi through a pop up window on another computer. This is called an SSH. The tool is called PuTTY (j.mp/DLPutty). Double click the PuTTY.exe file you download and it opens a dialogue box where you can enter the new static IP address you have given your Raspberry Pi. The first time you do this it will ask you to confirm accessing the device. You can now login and do everything you need to through this dialogue box on your computer, which means your Raspberry Pi never needs a monitor or keyboard to keep running. This is known as running it "headless". Update your Raspberry Pi One last piece of housekeeping to ensure you are running the latest software and drivers. At command prompt type: sudo apt-get update Wait for the updates to finish downloading and then type: sudo apt-get upgrade Wait until the upgrade completes. You are now ready to make your VPN The Raspbian operating system we just installed comes with OpenVPN ready to unpack, which is the software we will be using to make our VPN. At command prompt type: sudo apt-get install openvpn You will be asked to confirm your instruction then the software will be unpacked and installed. Generating keys Just like the unique key that unlocks your front door, your VPN needs keys generated to make sure that only authorised devices can connect to it. OpenVPN comes with Easy_RSA, a simple package for using the RSA encryption method to generate your unique keys. The next series of commands need to be done in the root directory. You will notice at the moment the command prompt sits in a directory labelled as 'pi@raspberrypi: ~ $'. Typing "sudo" before a command tells the operating system to execute the command in the root directory, but if you want to save yourself some typing you can go ahead and type: sudo -s You will now see your command prompt sits at 'root@raspberrypi:' Now, at the command type on one line: cp -r /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa/2.0 /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa Make sure you have spaces in the right places (before /usr and /etc). This instruction copies all of the files from the easy-rsa 2.0 directory into a directory in your openvpn installation. N.B. You can copy lines of text using right-click and then when you right click inside the PuTTY window it should paste, saving you a lot of typing. Be aware though, some formatting errors can occur when copying and pasting large blocks of text so if you do not get the result you are expecting, resort to typing the details in by hand. Next type: cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa This changes the directory your command prompt sits at to your openvpn/easy-rsa directory. You now need to edit the text in the file we just copied over. Nano is a simple text editor in Raspbian you are going to see a lot of over the next few pages. To open the file inside this text editor type: nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/vars In the text that opens find the line that begins: export EASY_RSA= You need to move the cursor down to edit this line to read: export EASY_RSA="/etc/openvpn/easy-rsa" N.B. Make sure you remove any extraneous speech marks as anything other than the exact text above here will stop your keys from saving in the right place. Next move your cursor down until you see the line: export KEY_SIZE=1024 If you want to be extra secure you can change the value here to 2048 bit encryption, although the key you eventually build will take significantly longer to generate. If you choose to do this edit that line to read: export KEY_SIZE=2048 Keep scrolling to the end of the file and you will see a bunch of export parameters such as Country, Province and City etc. You can choose to change these to set new defaults (this will potentially save you some typing in various later stages), but doing so will not affect the workings of your VPN. Type CTRL and X then Y then ENTER to save this file. Build your certificates You are now set up to build the certificates your VPN will use to grant authority to devices you want to connect with. To open the easy-rsa directory, at the command prompt type: cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa Next type: source ./vars This loads the vars document you edited earlier. Next type: ./clean-all This will remove any previous keys in the system. Next type: ./build-ca This final line builds your certificate authority. The Raspberry Pi will now ask you to complete some additional export values, like Country, Province, City, Organisation etc. (if you changed these in the previous stage you will see your own choices already set as default). It is not necessary for these values to be accurate so just hit Enter each instance to use default value if you are feeling slack. Name the server Once you have entered through the fields and returned to the command prompt you need to name your server. Call it whatever you like but do not forget it. Type: ./build-key-server [ServerName] … replacing [ServerName] with your choice of name. You will now be given some more fields to enter values. You can change these or leave them as the defaults, but pay attention to three fields: Common Name MUST be the server name you picked. A challenge password? MUST be left blank. Sign the certificate? [y/n] Obviously, you must type "y." Finally when prompted with the question: 1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n] Type "y" Build keys for each user Your server is now set up and you need to build keys for all the devices you want to be able to connect. You can cut corners here and just build one key to use on all devices. Only one device can connect using each key at a time though, so if you want simultaneous connections you will need a different key for each one. To assign a user a key type: ./build-key-pass [UserName] … substituting the [UserName] with your desired text - for example to make a key to connect my android to the VPN I chose the name KateAndroid You will get some more prompts now: Enter PEM pass phrase … choose a password you will remember! It asks you to input this twice to eliminate errors. A challenge password? MUST be left blank. Sign the certificate? [y/n] Hit "y" Next type: cd keys then (using my example username, which you should change for your own): openssl rsa -in KateAndroid.key -des3 -out KateAndroid.3des.key This last line adds an extra layer of encryption to make it harder for hackers to break in. You will be asked to enter pass phrase for KateAndroid.key - this is the phrase you entered in the previous step. You will then be asked to enter and repeat a new PEM pass phrase for the des3 key. I used the same pass phrase for both so you only have one to remember. You will need the 3des.key pass phrase at the end of this process when you import your files to your devices. Repeat these steps for all the usernames you want to build a key for. You have now created your "client certificates". Type: cd .. Generate the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. This is the code that lets two entities with no prior knowledge of one another share secret keys over a public server. Type: ./build-dh The screen will slowly fill with dots as the key is built from random numbers. It will take at least an hour if you upped your encryption to 2048-bit. If you left it at 1024-bit it could take as little as five minutes. Denial of Service (DoS) attack protection OpenVPN protects against this kind of attack by generating a static pre-shared hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) key. This means the server will not try to authenticate an access request if it does not detect this key. To generate the static HMAC key type: openvpn --genkey --secret keys/ta.key N.B. If you are using copy and paste it probably will not work on this line as the double "-" seems not to translate in the same way if you do not type it in. Configuring your server Now you have created all the locks and keys you need to tell your Raspberry Pi where you want to put the doors and who you want to give the keys to - essentially instructing the OpenVPN which keys to use, where you are going to be connecting from and which IP address and port to use. To do this you must create a server configuration file. At command prompt type: nano /etc/openvpn/server.conf This opens an empty file. Fill it with this text, taking care to change the details where indicated with a comment in # CAPS LOCK. (Placing a "#" in front of a sentence in the code like this tells the system it is a comment and to ignore it when building the program). Also when changing the YOUR SERVER NAME sections I refer to the server name that was given to the 'build-key-server' command earlier on. local 192.168.2.0 # SWAP THIS NUMBER WITH YOUR RASPBERRY PI IP ADDRESS dev tun proto udp port 1194 ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ca.crt cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/XX.crt # SWAP XX WITH YOUR SERVER NAME key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/XX.key # SWAP XX WITH YOUR SERVER NAME dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/dh1024.pem # IF YOU CHANGED YOUR ENCRYPTION TO 2048, CHANGE THAT HERE server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0 # server and remote endpoints ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2 # Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Server push "route 10.8.0.1 255.255.255.255" # Add route to Client routing table for the OpenVPN Subnet push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0" # your local subnet push "route 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0" # SWAP THE IP NUMBER WITH YOUR RASPBERRY PI IP ADDRESS # Set primary domain name server address to the SOHO Router # If your router does not do DNS, you can use Google DNS 8.8.8.8 push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.0.1" # THIS SHOULD ALREADY MATCH YOUR OWN ROUTER ADDRESS AND SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED # Override the Client default gateway by using 0.0.0.0/1 and # 128.0.0.0/1 rather than 0.0.0.0/0. This has the benefit of # overriding but not wiping out the original default gateway. push "redirect-gateway def1" client-to-client duplicate-cn keepalive 10 120 tls-auth /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ta.key 0 cipher AES-128-CBC comp-lzo user nobody group nogroup persist-key persist-tun status /var/log/openvpn-status.log 20 log /var/log/openvpn.log verb 1 Hit CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. There is one last edit to make in the server configuration files to make sure your Raspberry Pi knows you want it to forward Internet traffic through our new network. Type: nano /etc/sysctl.conf Near the top it says, "Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4." You want to remove the "#" from the start of the next line to inform OpenVPN you want it to take that text into consideration. The line should then read: net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 Hit CTRL and X, then Y and ENTER to save. Finally you need to action the change you just made in the sysctl.conf file. To do this type: sysctl -p You have now made a functioning server that can access the internet. Pass through the firewall Raspbian has a built-in firewall that will block incoming connections, so we need to tell it to allow traffic from OpenVPN to pass through. To create a file that will run each time you start up your Raspberry Pi issuing this permission type: nano /etc/firewall-openvpn-rules.sh Inside this new file type: #!/bin/sh iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.0.10 # SWAP THE IP NUMBER WITH YOUR RASPBERRY PI IP ADDRESS CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. Newly created files are not executable by default, so we will need to change the permissions and ownership of this file you just created. To do this type: chmod 700 /etc/firewall-openvpn-rules.sh then: chown root /etc/firewall-openvpn-rules.sh This script gives OpenVPN permission to breach the firewall and we now need to add it into the interfaces setup code so it runs on boot. Type: nano /etc/network/interfaces Find the line that says: "iface eth0 inet static." We want to add a line below the list of numbers that follow it. This line needs to be added at an indent so hit TAB first: pre-up /etc/firewall-openvpn-rules.sh CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. Finally, reboot your Raspberry Pi by typing: Reboot N.B. Each time you reboot your Raspberry Pi you will need to relaunch PuTTY to connect to it. Ensure you have a static public IP address We have created locks and keys for devices to use to connect to your VPN, but before we hand those keys out we need to tell them where to find the front door. This is your public IP address, which should be kept a secret as it identifies your location on the internet. You can find out your public IP by asking Google. Just type "what's my IP address?" into the search box. If this address changes each time you log on you do not have a static IP address so will need to use a dynamic domain name system (DDNS) service to give yourself a domain name to put in place of the IP address. There is a free service at https://www.changeip.com Then on your Raspberry Pi, you need to run something called DDclient to update your DDNS registry automatically. At the command prompt type: sudo apt-get install ddclient This will launch a wizard for configuring ddclient. Don't worry too much about what you enter here as we will be entering the config file straight away. To edit the DDClient configuration with the correct setting type: sudo nano /etc/ddclient.conf Every service will have slightly different configuration, - if you are using changeip.com this blog post will tell you how to edit your settings successfully https://blogdotmegajasondotcom.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/use-ddclient-with-changeip-com/ CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. Finally, to set this program running type: sudo ddclient N.B. If you reboot your Raspberry Pi you'll need to type "sudo ddclient" to start running it again. Create profile scripts for the devices you want to connect We have created keys for clients (computers and devices) to use to connect to your VPN, but we have not told the clients where to find the server, how to connect, or which key to use. If you created several different client keys for each of the devices you want to grant access, it would be a lot of trouble to generate a new configuration file for each client from scratch. Luckily Eric Jodoin of the SANS institute has written a script to generate them automatically. First type: sudo nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/Default.txt Fill in the blank text file with the following: client dev tun proto udp remote [YOUR PUBLIC IP ADDRESS] 1194 #REPLACE YOUR DYNAMIC DNS VALUE FROM CHANGEIP.COM resolv-retry infinite nobind persist-key persist-tun mute-replay-warnings ns-cert-type server key-direction 1 cipher AES-128-CBC comp-lzo verb 1 mute 20 CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. Next, to create the script that makes your profile keys type: nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/MakeOVPN.sh In this file you need to add the text that Jodoin wrote to create the script: #!/bin/bash # Default Variable Declarations DEFAULT="Default.txt" FILEEXT=".ovpn" CRT=".crt" KEY=".3des.key" CA="ca.crt" TA="ta.key" #Ask for a Client name echo "Please enter an existing Client Name:" read NAME #1st Verify that client's Public Key Exists if [ ! -f $NAME$CRT ]; then echo "[ERROR]: Client Public Key Certificate not found: $NAME$CRT" exit fi echo "Client's cert found: $NAME$CR" #Then, verify that there is a private key for that client if [ ! -f $NAME$KEY ]; then echo "[ERROR]: Client 3des Private Key not found: $NAME$KEY" exit fi echo "Client's Private Key found: $NAME$KEY" #Confirm the CA public key exists if [ ! -f $CA ]; then echo "[ERROR]: CA Public Key not found: $CA" exit fi echo "CA public Key found: $CA" #Confirm the tls-auth ta key file exists if [ ! -f $TA ]; then echo "[ERROR]: tls-auth Key not found: $TA" exit fi echo "tls-auth Private Key found: $TA" #Ready to make a new .opvn file - Start by populating with the default file cat $DEFAULT > $NAME$FILEEXT #Now, append the CA Public Cert echo "<ca>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT cat $CA >> $NAME$FILEEXT echo "</ca>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT #Next append the client Public Cert echo "<cert>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT cat $NAME$CRT | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' >> $NAME$FILEEXT echo "</cert>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT #Then, append the client Private Key echo "<key>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT cat $NAME$KEY >> $NAME$FILEEXT echo "</key>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT #Finally, append the TA Private Key echo "<tls-auth>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT cat $TA >> $NAME$FILEEXT echo "</tls-auth>" >> $NAME$FILEEXT echo "Done! $NAME$FILEEXT Successfully Created." #Script written by Eric Jodoin \ No newline at end of file CTRL and X then Y and ENTER to save. N.B. I was not able to successfully copy and paste the entire script accurately in one go, but taking it one section at a time worked no problem). Next you need to give this script permission to run. Type: cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/ The to give it root privileges type: chmod 700 MakeOVPN.sh Finally, execute the script with: ./MakeOVPN.sh As it runs, it will ask you to input the usernames names of the clients for you generated keys for earlier (in my case KateAndroid). Type that when prompted and you should see the line: Done! KateAndroid.ovpn Successfully Created. Repeat this step for each additional username you added client. Export your client keys for use on the connecting devices You now need to copy those keys onto the devices you want to use them. If you are using PuTTY on a Windows machine you can use a software package called WinSCP to do this. For Mac, try Fugu. First, to grant yourself read/write access to the folder at the command prompt type: chmod 777 /etc/openvpn chmod 777 /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa chmod 777 /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys chmod 777 /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/[ClientName].ovpn Be sure to undo this when you're done copying files by typing: chmod 600 /etc/openvpn and repeating for each step with the chmod 600 command, which removes read/write access again. You can now launch the software you are using to copy the files off your Raspberry Pi to navigate to the openvpn folder and copy the files labelled "KateAndroid.ovpn" etc. You can also open the command prompt on the machine in your network you would like to copy the files to and type: scp pi@[ip-address-of-your-pi]:/etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/[ClientName].ovpn [ClientName].ovpn Install the OpenVPN Connect app on your device You are now ready to download and install the OpenVPN Connect app on your Android or iPhone - they are available through the stores as a free download. You will need to import the profile keys you just made as the final piece of the VPN connection puzzle. When prompted for a pass phrase here it is the 3des.key one you will need to enter. For iOS Use iTunes to add the .ovpn file to the OpenVPN Connect app. When you launch the app on your phone you will now get the option of installing that profile and making the connection. For Android Connect your android device to your computer with a USB cable. Navigate to the Downloads folder on your handset and paste the .ovpn file there. When you launch the app on your handset you can now tap the menu dropdown in the top right corner, select Import>Import profile from SD card then navigate to the downloads folder and choose to import the file and make the connection. One more thing After all this is done, if your phone still can't connect to the OpenVPN server you might need to adjust the firewall on your router to do port-forwarding of port 1194 to the Raspberry Pi. You'll need to follow the instructions from your ISP to access the router and complete this step. THANKS TO : https://twitter.com/zoodor for debugging this guide.

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The Frenchman will over see back-to-back qualifiers against Cape Verde, the top-ranked African team. A seven-day, 50-match schedule starts on Wednesday and the co-Group F leaders meet in Praia Saturday and in Marrakech Tuesday in key matches as only mini-league winners are guaranteed places at the finals in Gabon. Both countries beat Sao Tome e Principe convincingly and Libya narrowly in previous group games, with Cape Verde topping the table on goal difference. Nations Cup qualifying fixtures and results Renard, a 47-year-old who succeeded Badou Zaki last month after indifferent Moroccan performances, guided no-hopers Zambia to 2012 glory and repeated the feat with perennial underachievers Ivory Coast last year. Hassan Shehata coached Egypt to three consecutive titles between 2006 and 2010, but only Renard has won the Nations Cup with different countries. His successes in Africa contrast with failures in France. He could not prevent Sochaux being relegated and a second Ligue 1 stint ended this season with Lille sacking him. Given that Morocco are ranked only 19th in Africa, Renard has been set a tough target of at least reaching the 2017 Nations Cup semi-finals by his new employers. And while some pundits remain sceptical as to whether Cape Verde are the strongest African national football team, they are chasing a third consecutive finals appearance. Like Morocco, Cape Verde will have a new coach with local Felisberto 'Beto' Cardoso succeeding Portuguese Rui Aguas, who quit after not being paid for seven months. Cape Verdean football officials said the salary was supposed to be paid by Portugal under a development and co-operation agreement between the countries. Former assistant coach Cardoso will rely heavily on Djaniny and Heldon for goals while Moroccan sharpshooter Youssef El Arabi bagged a brace in Spain at the weekend. Renard has successfully persuaded France-born Lille midfielder Sofiane Boufal to play for the country where his parents were born. Other high-profile showdowns involve Nigeria and Egypt in Group G and Cameroon and South Africa in Group M. Nigeria, who have home advantage first, are another team with a new coach as Samson Siasia took over when Sunday Oliseh quit following a social media rant against his critics. Those called up for the Super Eagles include 19-year-old Alex Iwobi, whose first English Premier League start for Arsenal was crowned by the second goal in a 2-0 weekend win at Everton. The youngster suffered a scare when he fell ill and was taken to hospital in Abuja on Tuesday but he has made a recovery and will be fit to play. "Had The Maddest Food Poisoning But I Am Good Now & Feeling Ready For The Egyptian Match," Iwobi Tweeted. Argentina-born Egypt coach Hector Cuper has recalled 43-year-old Nations Cup-winning goalkeeper Essam El Hadary after an injury ruled out first choice Sherif Ekramy. The squad also includes in-form Roma striker Mohamed Salah and mid-season Arsenal recruit Mohamed Elneny. Egypt, whose three titles in a row were followed by failures to qualify for the last three tournaments, beat Tanzania and Chad convincingly to lead Nigeria by two points. South Africa coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has come under media fire for picking out-of-favour players like Bournemouth striker Tokelo Rantie for must-win games against Cameroon. Bafana Bafana were held by Gambia and lost to Mauritania, leaving them bottom of the table and five points adrift of the Indomitable Lions. New Belgium-born Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has recalled Alex Song, whose last appearance ended prematurely with a 2014 World Cup red card against Croatia. Another African in the running to play for the first time since the last World Cup is United States-based Ghana goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey. The Group H leaders will lack injured midfielder Andre Ayew against bottom-of-the-table Mozambique, but younger brother Jordan is among the strikers chosen by coach Avram Grant. Home and away fixtures against lowly-ranked Sudan offer defending champions Ivory Coast a realistic chance to win in Abidjan and Khartoum and build a four-point Group I lead.

New Morocco coach Herve Renard begins his quest for a record-equalling third Africa Cup of Nations as qualifying for the 2017 tournament resumes this week.

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Rafa told the BBC's Today programme: "They used us and threw us away." The Brazilian, 24, who admits using false documents to get the job, said he had been called to a meeting on 4 July, where immigration staff arrested him. Byron said it had been unaware workers had used fake papers until it was informed by the Home Office. People from Brazil, Albania, Nepal and Egypt were arrested following raids at Byron restaurants across London. The Home Office said that of the 35 people who were interviewed by immigration officials, 25 have since been deported. Rafa said he came to the UK in May 2015 to "try his luck" at getting work, and used a false National Insurance card and a fake Italian identity card to get a job at Byron. On the morning of the raids, he said he was told to attend a meeting at the restaurant where he worked. The woman conducting the meeting looked "nervous" and "strange", he said, adding that immigration officers arrived 10 minutes later. He was then interviewed and deported that night. Rafa said he knew what he had been doing was wrong - but said the way he was arrested "is what bothers me". "I felt very bad, because we didn't expect it. I could be caught at any moment - in the street, or in one of the operations by the immigration office. "But the way it was done was what bothered us, what made us sad." He added: "We had been using fake documents, but we paid our taxes normally. That's what made us the saddest - they used us and threw us away." Rafa said the immigration officials treated him well, giving him the opportunity to go home and collect his belongings. He knew the risks he faced and that "if something happens you can be arrested or deported". But he added: "That's not the point. The question is, how they did it," adding that he hopes to return to the UK in future and will apply for a visa. In a statement, Byron said it was completely unaware that any of its workers were in possession of false documentation until the Home Office raids. The restaurant chain, which has 65 outlets across the UK and more than 1,500 employees, said it carried out rigorous right-to-work checks, but the false documentation was "sophisticated." The Home Office said the operation was carried out with the full co-operation of the business, who had carried out the correct checks on staff members. As a result, the chain would not face any legal action itself, the Home Office confirmed.

A former worker at the Byron hamburger chain, who was arrested and deported after immigration raids last month, says he feels "used".

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John Smith, 41, from Connah's Quay, Deeside, staged seven collisions in Chester allowing more than 200 people to make false personal injury claims. Ten other people were also found guilty at Manchester Crown Court for their part in the plot which police say could have totalled more than £1m. Smith, who denied conspiracy to commit fraud, will be sentenced on 23 April. All the collisions - six in Chester and a seventh on the A41 in Eastham - happened between 2010 and 2012 and followed a similar pattern, said police. A car would collide with the side of a bus causing minimal impact but resulting in multiple personal injury claims from the passengers on board. In total, 218 claims for claims were made for soft tissue damage and whiplash injuries, 177 through accident management firm Swift Accident Solutions where Smith was managing director. The scam was unearthed when First Group became suspicious about the number of collisions involving its buses. Smith, who was paid an average of £900 for each claimant he introduced to a solicitor, made a total of £159,000. But Det Insp Simon Lonsdale of Cheshire Police said the scale of the intended fraud was much larger. "Had all of the false claims created by Smith and his associates been successful we believe that the total cost would have been more than £1m, which would have been paid for by law-abiding citizens through their car insurance policies." Ten defendants who denied conspiracy to commit fraud but were also convicted were: Five other defendants had previously pleaded guilty to the same charge for their role in the fraud: Two men on trial were cleared of conspiracy to commit fraud.

The ringleader of a gang who ran a "cash-for-crash" scam involving bus passengers has been convicted of fraud.

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Alongside the likes of Little Simz and Lady Leshurr, she's part of a groundswell of female voices in the male-dominated world of UK hip-hop and grime. Two years ago, the 23-year-old was studying for a degree while working 12-hour shifts in a betting shop to make ends meet. She would scribble down lyrics in her spare time as her male contemporaries - Section Boyz, Bonkaz and her cousin Stormzy - were starting to break through. Realising the job was holding her back, she packed it in and started to make her name with her savage, witty lyrics and sense of fun. Her breakthrough video, Station, was shot, without permission, at a local railway station, with Nadia dancing nonchalantly on the tracks as a train pulled in. More recently, the colourful, funky single Skwod saw the rapper take over the streets of London with a girl gang, complete with body-popping Beyonce choreography and all. She spoke to the BBC about her upbringing in Croydon, the rappers she looks up to, and why she read the dictionary as a child. For people who haven't heard you, describe what they're missing. My sound is just really bassy, hard-hitting, dancehall, hip-hop infused fun. I call it magic. And funny, too. Your lyrics have proper punchlines. Yeah, quite a few! Do you work hard on them? It varies, depending on what it is I'm creating. A lot of the time I don't even write the bars. It's all in my head, really. Apparently you used to read the dictionary as a child? That is true, yeah! What's your favourite word? Antidisestablishmentarianism. It's one of the longest words in the English language. Have you ever tried to get it into a song? I've been asked and I'm definitely working on it! It might not fit on a single cover, but it could definitely fit in a lyric. What triggered your interest in words? It was learning about synonyms that did it for me. I was like, "Wow, you can use another word to mean the same thing as this word?" It just went crazy from there. When did you first perform in public? Ooh… The first time I performed in public? To be fair, growing up I was always performing. It didn't have to be on a stage. It could be a family event and I would just make it about me, somehow. I would perform anywhere. Going up in a lift, on the side of a road, wherever. One of your teachers said you were the most entertaining pupil she ever had. Yeah, that was touching… And actually, I do agree. There's a fine line between "entertaining" and "troublemaker". How often did you end up on the wrong side? Ha ha! Some days it did tip over into what some teachers would call "disruptive". But I thought it was creative. What did you study at university? Music and music management. It was very helpful when signing my deal - because there were things I definitely wouldn't have had a clue about prior to taking that course. At the same time as studying, you were working at a betting shop and making music in your spare time. Did you get any sleep? Nah, barely. All my free time was up in the studio. I just had a feeling I was giving music my spare time, rather than my time. It got to a point where it felt very weird and I thought, "This is all the wrong way round. I'm getting too comfortable at work and keeping music as a little side thing." I needed to give it my all to actually get the results that I wanted. Your dad was an MC too. How instrumental was he in your musical education? He played a huge part in all of this. He had quite an eclectic music taste, but there was loads of Sizzla, Buju Banton, a lot of the old-school reggae guys. That's where that part of my musical personality comes from. Who were the MCs you listened to growing up? In terms of MCs and rappers, it was definitely a lot of the hip-hop legends, like Busta, Eminem, Missy, Lil Kim. But I wasn't just inspired by MCs. I was a huge Spice Girls fan, too. Which one were you? They called me Wavey Spice! [Wavey is London slang for cool/good.] There weren't many female MCs in the UK to look up to. Well, there was Ms Dynamite. Seeing what she was able to achieve was inspiring. How do you feel about the current wave of female MCs? It's a good time and hopefully it'll continue to build. Why do you think it's happening now? Probably me! I bringing them with me! I saw a freestyle you recorded for SB:TV where you said you'd been told to "get naked and wear thongs" to sell records. Was that based on real experience? It's from personal experience as well as people that have told me stories. As women in this male-dominated field, we've all been approached with something along those lines at one point. It happens, but we have to be able to overcome it. I need to ask about the video to Station... I was worried you might die on the train tracks. A few people were, including my mum. How dangerous was it? It was literally by chance that we survived. There was no real planning. We didn't even get permission. Recently I found out we got the train times wrong. The train that would have been coming on the other side was actually due at the time we got off the tracks… We thought we had a good five minutes spare, but we had seconds. The other notable thing about that video, and Skwod too, is how much charisma you have. Were you always a natural in front of the camera? Yeah, basically. I'm in my element. I'm doing the thing I love and I'm being able to share that with people. This summer, you got to go to Rio for a grime showcase at the British embassy. What was that like? That was amazing. I loved Rio. Just to be part of the Olympics was extra-special, again with my squad. I look forward to going again. You'd expect the British embassy to choose something more boring, like Sting... Well, I'm actually a huge Sting fan. I wouldn't call him boring, but I get what you mean. It was definitely good to bring my sound over there. So what's your plan for 2017? It's going to be filled with a lot of music, a lot of visuals. If you thought this year was the Nadia Rose takeover, you have no idea! What's your biggest ambition? I definitely need a Grammy under me belt. One at least. At the very least. To bring a Grammy back to Croydon, how would that be, eh? Nadia Rose's debut album Highly Flammable is released on 13 January by Sony/Relentless Records. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

Young UK rapper Nadia Rose has taken fifth place on the BBC's Sound of 2017 list, which showcases emerging artists for the coming 12 months.

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Messi, who had not scored in Barca's first two league games, started on the bench after missing training on Friday to be with his new baby boy Mateo. Atletico went ahead six minutes after the break when Fernando Torres rolled in a shot, but Neymar equalised. Messi then grabbed the winner after being set up by Luis Suarez. It was the Argentina international's 287th La Liga goal for Barcelona, extending his lead as the competition's all-time top scorer. His goal came on the day that Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo became his club's record league scorer - and moved up to fourth in the overall standings with 230 goals - by scoring five in a 6-0 win at Espanyol. Messi had scored in Argentina's 2-2 midweek draw with Mexico but was seeking his first La Liga goal of the season before Saturday's game. He saw Suarez hit the bar in a poor first half, before Atletico took the lead early in the second when Torres finished off a fine counter-attack. That lead lasted only four minutes, though, as Neymar curled in a stunning free-kick from 20 yards. Barcelona had a penalty appeal rejected when Atletico defender Diego Godin appeared to handle the ball, but Messi won the match with a stylish, low finish.

Lionel Messi celebrated the birth of his second son with a winning goal as Barcelona went top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid.

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In a dismal Dons performance, Samir Hadji gave the hosts a deserved lead when he raced onto a loose ball and lashed it home just before half-time. As Aberdeen continued to create little after the break, Emmanuel Francoise thumped the ball off the post. But despite dominating, the hosts could not find the second goal they needed. The Dons live to fight another day and will face Latvian side Ventspils in the second qualifying round, with the first leg at Pittodrie next Thursday. But they were well short of their best, with Fola Esch claiming their first-ever win in a European tie. It was Fola who were the more dangerous of the two sides in the opening minutes as they attempted to pull back the two-goal deficit from the first leg. An audacious effort from the halfway line almost caught out Dons goalkeeper Joe Lewis, before Hadji raced to the near post and tested the Englishman from close-range. The hosts pressed again when Mehdi Kirch sent a left-foot shot wide from distance, before Shay Logan had a similar strike at the other end with Aberdeen's first effort of the game. Peter Pawlett, making a rare start for the Dons in place of the rested Niall McGinn, cut a neat ball across from the byline for Jayden Stockley and goalkeeper Thomas Hym had to be alert to deny him from close-range. The best chances were continuing to fall to the hosts, though. Hadji was not too far away with a back-post header from a corner, before Stefano Bensi volleyed over. A goal was coming and it was no surprise when Hadji found the net on the stroke of half-time. Bensi stabbed the ball through the heart of the defence, and with Ash Taylor caught between the player and the ball, Hadji raced past him and fired beyond goalkeeper Joe Lewis. Manager Derek McInnes' frustration was apparent with a double substitution at the interval, with Pawlett and debutant Anthony O'Connor being replaced by Willo Flood and Mark Reynolds. The Dons though continued to toil and goalkeeper Lewis twice denied the hosts in quick succession; first tipping Bensi's curling effort wide before getting to Tom Laterza's low shot from the resultant corner. A second goal from the hosts would have been enough to send the Dons out of Europe, and that nearly became a reality when Logan stood off Francoise and allowed him to rattle the ball off the inside of the post. Flood appeared to have injured himself in a clumsy challenge on Fola's Ryan Klapp, and with Aberdeen having used all three substitutes, he was a passenger for the final 20 minutes. That allowed the home side to continue to go forward in numbers, and Gerson Rodrigues should have done better with a weak shot from the edge of the box. Adam Rooney was booked for diving after going down in the box in a rare reprieve from late Fola pressure, with Hadji nearly poking a cross beyond Lewis in the last minute.

Aberdeen limped into the second qualifying round of the Europa league with a 3-2 aggregate win, despite going down to Fola Esch in Luxembourg.

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Dubbed "The Finale", the four shows will see her play to more than 300,000 fans as she wraps up her world tour. The new shows will be on 28 June and 2 July, 2017, with tickets on sale from 7 December to members of her fan club. Take That hold the record for playing the most dates at Wembley, having staged eight nights of their Progress tour there in 2011. The previous record holder was Michael Jackson, who brought his Bad tour to the stadium five times in 1988. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected].

Pop star Adele has added two further dates at Wembley Stadium next year, after the initial concerts sold out.

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An image of one of the victims - a young boy lying face down on the beach - has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the crisis. The picture, released by a Turkish news agency, is trending worldwide on Twitter under the #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik ("humanity washed ashore") hashtag. Thousands of migrants have died this year trying to reach Europe by sea. Warning: This article contains a distressing image The Turkish coastguard said the migrants had set off from Turkey's Bodrum peninsula for the Greek island of Kos in the early hours of Wednesday morning, but the two boats they were in sank shortly afterwards. Twelve bodies, including five children, were recovered. Of 23 people on board the two boats, only nine people are thought to have survived - some made it to shore with life jackets. The image of the young boy, shown wearing a red T-shirt and lying face-down on the beach near Bodrum, was published shortly after the bodies washed up on shore at about 06:00 local time. Turkish news agency Dogan said he and the rest of the group were Syrians from the besieged town of Kobane who had fled to Turkey last year to escape advancing militants from the Islamic State (IS) group. Turkish media describe relatives breaking down as they identified the bodies. The pictured boy is reported to be three-year-old Aylan, who drowned along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother, Rihan. Their father, Abdullah Kurdi, survived. He and his family reportedly sought asylum in Canada before attempting the journey - but their refugee application was turned down. Teema Kurdi, Abdullah's sister who lives in Vancouver, told Canada's National Post newspaper that she had been trying to help them leave the Middle East. Abdullah is reported to have been kidnapped and tortured during the siege of Kobane by Islamic State or another jihadist group. "I was trying to sponsor them [...] but we couldn't get them out, and that is why they went in the boat," she said. The family is believed to have no other option because Syrian Kurdish refugees in Turkey find it almost impossible to get an exit visa unless they have a passport, which few do. A local fisherman who discovered the bodies on the shore said: "I came to the sea and I was scared. My heart is broken." According to the BBC's Fergal Keane, the beach where the bodies were found has become suddenly notorious, but on any day there you will find the debris - deflated dinghy parts, abandoned belongings - of the desperate. The BBC has chosen to publish only one photograph of Aylan, in which he is being carried by a Turkish police officer and is unidentifiable. However, several news organisations have published more graphic images of the boy. UK newspaper The Independent said it had decided to use the images on its website because "among the often glib words about the 'ongoing migrant crisis', it is all too easy to forget the reality of the desperate situation facing many refugees". Despite the reaction to the image online, there has been little reaction from European leaders. The dead boy's father desperately tried to save his family, his aunt Teema Kurdi told Canadian journalist Terry Glavin. "He made it, but his wife didn't and there's a terrible story he told about swimming from one to the other," Mr Glavin said in an interview with BBC Radio 5 live. Abdullah found both of his sons and his wife dead - although initially he was not able to recognise her because her body had been so badly damaged by the rocks. Justin Forsyth, chief executive of the charity Save the Children, said the "tragic image" was a reminder of "the dangers children and families are taking in search of a better life". "This child's plight should concentrate minds and force the EU to come together and agree to a plan to tackle the refugee crisis," he added. Some 350,000 migrants have made the perilous journey to reach Europe's shores since January this year, according to figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday. The IOM said more than 2,600 migrants had drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean in the same period. Earlier this week, the Turkish government said its coastguard had rescued over 42,000 migrants in the Aegean Sea in the first five months of 2015 and more than 2,160 in the last week alone. In photos: One day across destination Europe Five obstacles to an EU migrants deal The migrants who risk everything for a better life

At least 12 Syrians trying to reach Greece have drowned off Turkey after the boats they were travelling in sank.

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Simmons, 52, was suspended in September for questioning the continued omissions of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard. He issued a public apology to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). "I regret my public outburst during a press conference and the revelation of the vote that took place at the selection meeting," said Simmons. "I extend a public apology to all whom I may have offended. I have personally apologised to my fellow selectors and the WICB and now do so again publicly. "I am looking forward to putting this behind me and doing the job I enjoy with the West Indies' senior men's teams." Simmons played 26 Tests as an all-rounder for the West Indies between 1988 and 1997, and became head coach of their senior squads in March. Eldine Baptiste took over from Simmons for the current tour of Sri Lanka, with the West Indies losing both Tests and all three one-day internationals before Wednesday's concluding Twenty20 match.

West Indies have reinstated Phil Simmons as head coach of their senior squads after he apologised for criticising team selection.

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The shelter - in a hollow left behind by a fallen tree - at Blick Mead was used over a 90-year period from 4336 BC, it is believed. Archaeologist David Jacques, said: "They... used the stump of the tree, about three metres high, as a wall." The finds are being shown to United Nations heritage experts, who are currently visiting Stonehenge. Archaeologists are concerned a planned 2.9km tunnel being considered for the nearby A303 main road will damage the site. Discoveries have also shown stones were warmed up by the Mesolithic Period inhabitants and used in a hearth to emit heat in the earthy snug. Mr Jacques, a senior research fellow at the University of Buckingham, has worked at Blick Mead for over a decade, making a number of discoveries about the inhabitants. The tree stump created a wall height similar to a "modern bungalow". "They've draped probably animal skins or thatch around the basin and connected it to a post so it's a very comfortable snug little place," he said. The wooden wall of the hollow was lined with flints and the large earthy pit created by the tree root lined with cobbles and decorated with "exotic" stones from outside the area. "There are some clever and sophisticated things going on, the hot stones that they put into this little type of alcove wouldn't have been on fire," explained Mr Jacques. "It looks more like these people have been using these hot stones as a type of storage heater so that you've got a lot of warmth coming off them." Mr Jacques will meet the UN experts later to ask for the route to be moved closer to Salisbury and for hydrological assessments to be made. "It's very likely the water flow would be reduced in and around the site," he said. "It would take out all the organics and destroy all the animal bone we've been finding which is crucial for finding where they have been living and for getting radiocarbon dates from all the organics like pollen and wood. "This is massively important for reconstructing what the landscape would have looked like." Andy Rhind-Tutt, former mayor and chairman of Amesbury Museum and Heritage Trust said: "I sincerely hope the team delivering the long-awaited A303 improvement look seriously at an alternative alignment south of Salisbury and away from this unequalled archaeological landscape. "It would be criminal to destroy such a rich heritage and connection with our ancestors for the sake of blocking the view to the passing public of Stonehenge."

A 6,000-year-old "eco-home" has been discovered close to Stonehenge, archaeologists have revealed.

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Hull City Council had hoped the decorative stones would help raise the profile of those in the city who were visually impaired. They were supposed to spell out the poem, The City Speaks, by Shane Rhodes. But Braille teacher Barry Wheatley said it made no sense as the Braille is too big and lacks spaces between words. The council said it was only intended to be "creative" tactile paving. Read more about this and other stories from East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire Mr Wheatley said he initially thought the stones along Jameson Street and King Edward Street were a great idea but soon realised they were pointless. "Braille is the size of your fingertips and to get down on your knees and feel this, well it is meaningless," he said. "Even if you are a sighted Braille reader then it is like reading a sentence in print without any spaces in it. "It is just gobbledygook." He also said it did not work to guide blind or partially sighted people down the street, as it ran into street furniture. Councillor Martin Mancey said he did not believe anything had "gone wrong" with the paving, which had only recently been installed. "It was never intended to be a clearly legible form of the poem, it was an artistic interpretation. "It has already achieved one of its purposes which was to raise the awareness of the needs of blind and partially sighted people in the city centre." He said he was not aware of any obstacles that prevented it being used as a navigational guide.

A council which installed Braille paving stones branded "gobbledygook" has said the slabs were only intended to be "creative".

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Shopkeeper Alice Wheeldon was found guilty of a poison plot against David Lloyd George in 1917. Since her death in 1919, a campaign has emerged to clear her name. Her former home at 12 Pear Tree Road, Normanton, is being marked with a plaque in a ceremony organised by Derby Civic Society and the city council. Keith Venables, from the Derby People's History group, which campaigned for justice for the family, said: "It's wonderful to celebrate the contribution of Alice Wheeldon and her family. Their name was vilified." Mrs Wheeldon, a mother of four, supported the suffragette movement and was a conscientious objector to World War I. Mr Venables believes she was framed by the authorities who were anxious about opposition to the war. The radical women who fought for the vote The family claimed an MI5 agent, posing as an objector, embroiled Mrs Wheeldon in a plot to poison dogs guarding prisoners against the war. However, the family were accused of plotting to murder the prime minister by shooting him with poisoned darts. On 31 January 1917, Mrs Wheeldon, her daughters Hetty and Winnie and son-in-law Alfred Mason were arrested and charged. Mrs Wheeldon was sentenced to 10 years, Alfred seven years and Winnie five years. Hetty was acquitted. Mrs Wheeldon went on a hunger strike and was released after nine months but died shortly afterwards. Historian Dr Nicholas Hiley, who researched the family's story, said: "The whole thing was a travesty. "The truth about Alice Wheeldon deserves to be publicised and the blue plaque is the beginning of that. The Wheeldons should be honoured and remembered for the stand they took during the war." Mrs Wheeldon's descendents moved to Australia, but her great-granddaughters, Deirdre and Chloe Mason, are visiting Derby for the ceremony. They hope to prepare a miscarriage of justice application to go before the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

A Derby suffragette, who was convicted of attempting to murder a prime minister, is being honoured with a blue plaque.

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Both led in the first half, but Gloucester went in up at the break with Marshall and Richard Hibbard scores. Sam James and Mike Phillips crossed in the first half for Sharks, who went 24-15 ahead with Byron McGuigan's try. But tries from Henry Trinder, Marshall and Billy Twelvetrees gave the hosts a bonus-point win. The result left the Cherry and Whites, in eighth, one point off sixth-placed Harlequins. However, their other top-six rivals Northampton Saints play Saracens on Sunday. Gloucester had made the early breakthrough at Kingsholm after a neat interchange between England international Jonny May and Marshall but the hosts allowed their opponents two quick tries, James and the soon-to-retire former Wales international Phillips capitalising on lax defence. Hibbard, though, put the hosts back in front after scoring off a line-out, before the scoreline turned in Sale's favour once more when AJ MacGinty set up Kieran Longbottom for a try and good play from number eight Josh Beaumont out on the wing sent in McGuigan. But Gloucester pulled clear after Trinder was left with an easy finish, and Marshall touched down his second before Twelvetrees rounded off a superb flowing move. Gloucester interim head coach Jonny Bell: "I'm delighted with the five points but we always make life difficult by hurting ourselves. "We scored five excellent tries but we gift-wrapped them three or four easy tries and there were too many fundamental mistakes. "We've probably played better this season and lost. The replacements made a big impact to get over the line today but there is still plenty to work on." Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond: "Our aim was to come down here and score four tries, which we did, but we should have had at least another point. "The second one was taken away from us in the last minute with a penalty but we couldn't see any offside for that penalty to be awarded. "We are what we are and our position in the table reflects it. Week in week out, we are inconsistent and we are even inconsistent during the course of games." Gloucester: Marshall; Sharples, Trinder, Atkinson, May; Burns, Braley; Hohneck, Hibbard. Afoa; Thursh (capt), Galarza, Moriaty, Ludlow, Clarke. Replacements: Matu'u, McAllister, Knight, Savage, Morgan, Vellacott, Twelvetrees, Halaifonua. Sale: Haley; Solomona, James, Jennings, McGuigan; MacGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, B Curry, Beaumont (capt). Replacements: T Curry, Flynn, Longbottom, Nott, Pearce, Mitchell, Bedlow, Charnley. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Tom Marshall scored two tries to help Gloucester maintain their hopes of a top-six finish with victory in a thrilling encounter with Sale Sharks.

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The appeal, from Interpol, is part of an effort to track down individuals involved in illegal fishing, logging and wildlife trafficking. The trade in wildlife crime is said to be worth around $213bn per annum, according to the UN. This is the first time that individuals have been targeted. Investigators from 21 countries gathered at Interpol's headquarters in France in October to share information on suspects involved in a range of crimes involving the environment. Called Operation Infra Terra, the agency is now asking for assistance from the public in tracking down nine key suspects. "Even the smallest detail, which you might think is insignificant, has the potential to break a case wide open when combined with other evidence the police already have," said Ioannis Kokkinis, from Interpol. "Sometimes all it takes is a fresh pair of eyes to bring new momentum to an investigation and provide the missing clue which will help locate these wanted individuals, some of whom have been evading justice for years," he added. One of those named is Feisal Mohammed Ali, alleged to be the leader of an ivory smuggling ring in Kenya. He is being sought in connection with the seizure of 314 ivory pieces, weighing well over two tonnes in Mombasa in June. Others on the list include Ahmed Kamran who was charged with an attempt to smuggle over 100 live animals, including giraffes and impalas, to Qatar on a military plane. Ariel Bustamante Sanchez is alleged to have been involved in illegal tuna fishing in protected waters off Costa Rica. The move has been welcomed by Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). They are concerned not just with the impact of environmental crime on species but also with the effect on political stability. "Countries are increasingly treating wildlife crime as a serious offence, and we will leave no stone unturned to locate and arrest these criminals to ensure that they are brought to justice," said Ben Janse van Rensburg from Cites. "The public can play a crucial role in this collective effort, they our eyes and ears on the ground. Their support can help ensure that the offenders face the full might of the law and are punished appropriately." Member of the public who have any information on the possible location of the fugitives can use this form to contact Interpol. Information can also be given anonymously to any national crime stoppers programme. Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc.

The public is being asked to provide information on the locations of nine fugitives suspected of serious environmental crimes.

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They were armed with weapons when they entered their victim's home at 22:45 on Thursday. The 29-year-old suffered head and body injuries in the incident, which spilled out on to the street outside the property in Herbertson Crescent. Det Con Gavin McKellar appealed for help in tracing the attackers, who were wearing balaclavas. "This is a quiet area and we do believe that the attack was targeted, however, even so, this was a vicious attack on the man," he said. The injured man managed to get help from a neighbour before he was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock by ambulance. Det Con McKellar added: "Quite a few people came to the aid of the man but we still need to speak to anyone who was in the area and who saw the two suspects making off. "We believe they may have got into a small black car in Tollerton Drive and then drove off. "We want to hear from anyone who saw the two of them together, putting on or taking off their masks, or if they saw them hanging about prior to the attack either in the car or on foot." Police do not know whether the pair, who were wearing dark clothing, were male or female.

Police are hunting two masked attackers who launched a "vicious" assault on a man in his own home in Irvine.

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23 May 2016 Last updated at 18:35 BST He's been given the boot after two years. United finished fifth in the Premier League this season, which means missing out on the Champions League. Winning the FA Cup on Saturday wasn't enough to save van Gaal. Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is now expected to take over at Old Trafford.

Manchester United fans have been reacting to manager Louis van Gaal's sacking from the club.

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Basil Khan and Omar Mohidin were 16 when they were hit and racially abused by officers in Edgware Road, north west London in 2007, the High Court heard. The sergeant and a constable involved were acquitted along with four colleagues in a criminal trial in 2009. The High Court ruled the two men were racially abused and awarded damages. The Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Fiona Taylor said the officers' actions had let down the public and all of the force. Officers from the Territorial Support Group stopped the teenagers in June 2007 because they claimed that some of the group had been mouthing obscenities and making gestures at them. Omar Mohidin was held in a police van for about five minutes while officers arrested Basil Khan who was handcuffed, strip searched and held in police custody for almost 20 hours. Mr Justice Gilbart said Mr Khan had been wrongfully arrested and he accepted PC Mark Jones, who has since left the force, had hit Mr Khan, grabbing him around the neck and making it difficult for him to breathe. The judge awarded Mr Khan £11,900 in damages and said Sgt William Wilson had also struck Mr Khan. The court ruled Mr Mohidin was also falsely imprisoned for a few minutes during which time he was subjected to "racist humiliation", but that his injury amounted at most to feeling upset for a few days. He dismissed Mr Mohidin's claim that he had suffered acute stress disorder as a result of the police action and awarded him £2,500. The judge threw out a third civil damages claim for false imprisonment, assault and race discrimination brought by another man, Ahmed Hegazy.

The Metropolitan Police Service has been ordered to pay more than £14,000 in damages to two men of Arab origin for racially abusing them as teenagers.

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The 23-year-old, who scored once in 27 games last term, netted in Sunday's 2-0 friendly win at Sheffield Wednesday. "I always said if I play where I did for my last club I could get goals but I haven't really had that chance since I came here," he told Rangers' website. "Hopefully I can play in a bit more of an attacking position this season and get some more goals in the league." Midfielder Windass, playing in an advanced role, scored 17 goals for Accrington in season 2015/16 before moving to Rangers in the summer of 2016. He has scored in closed door friendly matches this summer and was delighted to hit the target in front of a health crowd as the Ibrox side rounded off their pre-season with a win against Championship outfit Wednesday. "I was pleased to get a goal - it has been a long time since I scored my last one," he added. "Obviously it is only a friendly so it doesn't mean that much but it's nice to get off the mark. "I don't think I had a point to prove this pre-season. I have no idea how the manager is thinking but I can only keep playing how I have been playing. "I have scored a few goals in pre-season so hopefully that is enough to get in the team." Following their shock Europa League exit at the hands of Luxembourg side Progres Niederkorn, Rangers have drawn 1-1 with Marseille, beaten Watford 2-1 and saw off Sheffield Wednesday in friendly matches. With their season kicking off away to Motherwell on 6 August, Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha believes his new-look side are clicking into gear. "The last three games, Marseille, Watford and today Sheffield Wednesday, were fantastic for us to get our cohesion, to get our ideas, to add everything in and get our confidence and our belief," the Portuguese told the Rangers website. "The boys have been making a fantastic effort in order to keep focused and look forward, and today they had their bonus. We knew since the very beginning we are not the worst team in the world and we are not the best one, but we need to keep this focus and this approach to the game."

Josh Windass insists he will add goals to his game if he is handed the attacking role he craves a Rangers.

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Rosie Ross, 16, was killed by schizophrenic Inderjit Kainth while she sunbathed in Birmingham City Centre in May 2001. Rosie's Helping Hands has raised £350,000 for young people in and around Aldridge, but her parents say it is time for the charity to wind down. "We didn't want to keep it going longer than we had Rosie," said mother Karen. The last annual Rosie's Walk takes place on Sunday at Aldridge Airfield and Mr and Mrs Ross hope to raise £15,000. Mrs Ross said: "Next year it will be 16 years which is the same amount of time that we had Rosie and we didn't want to take the charity past that time. "Obviously Rosie will always be with us and we will always miss her but we don't always want to be taken back to those very painful and raw times. "You do learn to live and cope better with that loss." The couple will continue to fundraise and help projects until summer 2017. The charity helped to fund a pirate themed play area on the children's ward at Walsall Manor Hospital. Laura Phillimore, healthcare play specialist at the hospital, said the area was a "grey concrete space" before its makeover. "Its made an absolutely huge difference to have a bit of normalising play, making them forget they are in hospital and all the horrible things they have to go through."

The parents of a teenage girl who was stabbed to death are holding the final fundraising walk in her memory.

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Gloucester have played away from their Meadow Park home since a flood in 2007. In September, planning permission was approved to permit initial work on building a new ground for Gloucester. The University of Gloucestershire-based All Golds, who are in the third tier of rugby league, currently play in Cheltenham but want a permanent home. All Golds president Lionel Hurst told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "We have met with those who own the club. "We can see that it makes considerable sense. We will need to have more meetings. "We are a long way from getting over the line on this, but watch this space. We are constantly seeking our own permanent base for the club. "Rugby league and football are very good friends throughout the land. It would be a very significant partnership if it happened."

National League North side Gloucester City are in talks with rugby league team Gloucestershire All Golds about a potential groundshare.

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Kathleen and Jimmy Cuddihy, who were in their 70s, were found dead just outside Carndonagh on 22 October 2014. Their son, Julian Cuddihy, appeared at Dublin's Central Criminal Court on Tuesday. The court heard he admitted killing his parents but the jury must decide his mental state at the time. Counsel for the prosecution told the jury that forensic psychiatrists for both the prosecution and the defence are in agreement and will give evidence that Mr Cuddihy was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time. The psychiatrists will also say that Mr Cuddihy, who was 42-years-old at the time, believed he was carrying out his parents' wishes and was helping them to secure a place in heaven. The jury heard evidence from a post-mortem examination that the couple had severe head injuries. The court was told that an axe and scissors were found at the scene. Julian Cuddihy was arrested a short time later after it became known he had taken his father's car to a lake area near Clonmany. The court heard that after his arrest, Mr Cuddihy asked gardai (Irish police) if they were telling him his parents were dead. Mr Cuddihy has been receiving treatment at the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum since his arrest. The trial continues.

A man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his parents at their home in County Donegal almost two years ago.

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It's a vivid metaphor from Dr Udai Banerji, of the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden, for the challenge facing patients, scientists and clinicians. Over the past 18 months, I've been part of a Panorama team that has followed a group of remarkable cancer patients who are on clinical trials run jointly by the two organisations. I met patients like Sophie Armitage, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called IMFT when she was just nine; and Tami Morris, who has had ovarian cancer for more than a decade. Tami, like many of those in the trials, has advanced cancer, which has spread from its original site to other parts of the body. With Sophie, the tumour was localised, but growing around her airway and so making it both dangerous and difficult to treat. Both patients are on different forms of targeted drug treatment, part of a new range of weapons against cancer. Unlike conventional chemotherapy, which attacks all rapidly dividing cells, targeted drugs focus on the genetic mutations that drive cancer growth. The key to this new generation of cancer drugs is our greater understanding of human genetics. A revolution in DNA sequencing means the disease can be mapped faster, cheaper and in greater detail than ever. For Tami Morris, it has meant that pills she takes at home have replaced and outperformed chemotherapy. She told me: "Five years ago, before the Marsden, I thought that was it. But they've given me a good four years so far." Tami has been on a succession of different targeted treatments designed for patients with specific mutations in their cancer. Although the drugs have often worked well for some time, eventually her cancer has developed resistance to them, meaning her doctors have had to keep switching her medication. Cancer resistance is probably the biggest problem facing scientists. Watch Panorama: 'Can You Cure My Cancer?' on BBC One on 11 February at 21.00 GMT or later on the BBC iPlayer. BBC iPlayer Researchers at the ICR labs in London discovered some years ago that cancer survives through Darwinian evolution. Prof Johann de Bono is in charge of nearly 40 early drug trials: "Resistance is a major issue because these are cancers that are genetically unstable, they can change and they evolve, we call this clonal evolution." But new drugs are coming through all the time, and so far, the doctors at the ICR and Royal Marsden - who divide their time between laboratories and the clinic - have been able to find a new treatment for Tami. By using drugs in combination or even in rotation, scientists are trying to keep pace with cancer resistance. It will be a key strategy in transforming the disease into a manageable long-term condition. Of course, the prospects for cancer patients are far brighter now than ever. Although one in two of us in our lifetime will hear the words, "You have cancer," survival rates have doubled in the past 40 years. Currently, one in two cancer patients will live at least a decade, and that proportion is increasing each year. Some, like Sophie Armitage, can hopefully look forward to a future free from the disease. Her tumour was due to a faulty ALK gene, which creates a chemical signal that drives the growth of abnormal cells. The experimental drug she is taking, LDK 378, blocks those messages. The treatment is showing promise against some forms of adult lung cancer. Sophie had been facing surgery to remove one of her lungs. But within weeks of starting on the trial her tumour had shrunk from the size of a plum to that of a hazel-nut. It has continued to shrink to a point where doctors believe it may be completely inactive. Her consultant, Dr Louis Chesler, described Sophie's case as life-affirming. "It's the goal of every paediatric oncologist to see that kind of response. "It's truly astonishing and miraculous to see. I think we told her in the clinic that she's unique, and that really she's a miracle child." Sophie, who's now 11, says being part of a medical trial has spurred her on to think about what she will do in later life. She told me: "I've always wanted to be a doctor, and now I've gone through all this I want to be a doctor even more." As well as extending life with targeted treatments, scientists are also exploring how to harness the body's inbuilt defences by boosting the power of the immune system. Cancer immunotherapy has had some spectacular success in recent years, notably in the treatment of malignant melanoma - an aggressive form of skin cancer. Vicky Brown's melanoma was found only after it had spread to her breast and lungs. Until recently the life expectancy for patients with such advanced disease was around six months, but Vicky enrolled on a trial at the Royal Marsden comparing two immunotherapy treatments, ipilimumab and nivolumab. These drugs help the body's killer cells to recognise cancer cells and prevent malignant cells from blocking the natural immune response. Vicky had to come off the trial early as she developed hepatitis and meningitis - serious but treatable side-effects which were the result of her immune system being supercharged. Fortunately, by then the immunotherapy had worked and she remains clear of cancer after more than a year. Vicky said: "I can really get on with my life and put this in the back of my mind." Her consultant at the Royal Marsden, Dr James Larkin, is hopeful that immunotherapy may even be able to deal with the problem of resistance. He told me: "With immunotherapy, you've reprogrammed the system so inside the patient you have an immune system that can recognise tumour cells. "If a bit of the tumour does become resistant, the experience to date certainly seems to be that the immune system can still deal with that." Several immunotherapy drugs are undergoing trials for other cancers, such as lung and kidney, and early results look promising. Like all new cancer treatments, they are expensive - just one of the drugs Vicky was given costs £75,000 per patient, although the NHS has negotiated a confidential discounted price. So while these new weapons offer the hope of keeping cancer at bay for longer, they present hard choices for health spending. Panorama's 'Can You Cure My Cancer?' is on Wednesday 11 February at 21:00 on BBC One.

"If you had to describe cancer I would say it's an evil genius."

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The Caps ended a seven-game winless run with a 3-2 home victory over Dundee Stars on Saturday before going down 6-0 on Tayside in Sunday's rematch. And it left Johnston bittersweet after a weekend that promised so much on the back of their success in Murrayfield. "Saturday's win felt really good," Johnston said. "We've had some downs and battled adversity in the last few weeks so it was great to break that losing run. "We were really looking for those points on Sunday and we didn't get them. It was a good opportunity to make it a four-point weekend as they're close to us in the standings. "We looked at it that way, but every game we go in, we have to be expecting a win. We can't expect to beat certain teams and we have to starting getting victories if we want to start climbing." The mixed weekend left the Caps still three points adrift of second bottom Dundee after the two games, but they do have two games in hand over Marc LeFebvre's side. That losing run, which consisted of them conceding an eye-watering 47 goals, came to an end as they beat the Stars 3-2 at Murrayfield on Saturday. Ian Schultz and Matt Tipoff scored to bookend the first period as Edinburgh started the game in the best possible way, with Mason Wilgosh adding a third early in the second period. Stars hit back through Matt White and Kevin Bruijsten, but couldn't find an equaliser to extend their poor run of form to 13 losses in their last 14 games. The game went back to Tayside on Sunday as Dundee hosted, but the Stars snapped their own run of seven straight defeats with a 6-0 shutout win over Michal Dobron's side. Dundee went four up during the second period when Mikael Lidhammar, Brett Switzer and two from Matt White put them in a comfortable position. Two more from Justin Faryna in the third supplemented what turned out to be a good night for the Stars in the end. Fife Flyers picked up two excellent points on the road at Manchester Storm on Saturday to begin their double header, winning 4-2 in a game that was goalless for the first 35 minutes. Ryan Dingle eventually broke the deadlock before Taylor Dickin levelled as both teams went in after two periods, locked at 1-1. Dingle restored the lead then Sebastien Thinel extended it before Matt Bissonnette pulled one back for the home team. Flyers debutant Bryan Cameron added a fourth to take the win. In Sunday's return game in Kirkcaldy, they made it two wins from two and four points with a 3-1 win on home ice. Paul Phillips put the visitors in front late on in the first period, but the Flyers turned things around as Brendan Brooks and Dingle each scored, with Justin Fox adding a late empty net goal. Braehead Clan started their weekend at in-form Nottingham Panthers and although they missed five players, they still took a point in a 4-3 overtime loss. Lee Baldwin opened the scoring for the Clan, but Panthers turned the game around through Brian McGrattan and Matt Carter before Mike Hammond levelled for the Glasgow men. Jeff Brown and Alex Leavitt traded goals for either team, taking the game into the extra period where Robert Farmer sealed victory with the overtime goal. Clan returned to Glasgow to host league leaders Cardiff Devils and despite more heroics from the depleted team, finished with a penalty shots loss after a 2-2 draw. Daniel Åhsberg's opener was cancelled out by Joey Hadded, before Bari McKenzie put Braehead in front in the second period, which was equalised through Andrew Hotham. The Devils held out on penalty shots with their goalie Ben Bowns saving Åhsberg's crucial effort to secure the points for the Welsh side. Saturday Elite League Edinburgh Capitals 3-2 Dundee Stars Manchester Storm 2-4 Fife Flyers Nottingham Panthers 4-3 (OT) Braehead Clan Sunday Elite League Braehead Clan 2-3 (PS) Cardiff Devils Dundee Stars 6-0 Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers 3-1 Manchester Storm

Edinburgh Capitals captain Jacob Johnston was delighted as his team ended their losing run of games - but was then left to rue another defeat.

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But the scandal rocking Germany's political establishment isn't about sleaze or corruption but rather whether a little-known website can publish documents already publicly discussed. What started off as an obscure case has turned into a fiery national debate about the freedom of the press and the influence of government ministers over the courts. Earlier this year, Andre Meister and Markus Beckedahl published classified documents on the digital rights website Netzpolitik, indicating that Germany's intelligence service was planning to expand online surveillance to combat terrorism, and that a special unit could be set up to monitor social media. Last week the journalists announced that they were being investigated for treason. If the state prosecutor had his way, wrote Andre Meister on Netzpolitik: "Markus and I will soon be sitting in jail for two years." There was a national outcry. Headlines screamed that freedom of the press was under attack and thousands took to the streets of Berlin in support of Netzpolitik. In Britain, headlines are made when parliamentary officials are caught, quite literally, with their pants down - ideally, for maximum effect, with the involvement of drugs and prostitutes. In Germany it is data protection that gets people worked up. That seems less surprising when you remember Germany's painful experience of totalitarianism during the 20th Century. Hitler's secret police, the Gestapo, and communist East Germany's Stasi agents spied extensively on their own citizens and severely controlled the press. So privacy rights and the role of the media are not simply matters of academic debate. People here are all too aware of the dangers when a state gets too powerful. This historical legacy helps explain why the allegations of American spying in Germany have caused such uproar. And why Edward Snowden, who leaked the information of American spying activities, is viewed as something approaching a national hero here, particularly by left-wing Germans - many of whom are possibly unaware of Mr Snowden's own right-wing views when it comes to the role of the state and social welfare. The treason investigation into the journalists at Netzpolitik has been so controversial that it was only a matter of time before heads started to roll. Within days government leaders, including the interior minister, the minister of justice and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, all publicly withdrew their support for the chief prosecutor Harald Range, who had launched the investigation. And on Tuesday it was announced that Mr Range would be dismissed - the first time that a German government has fired a chief prosecutor. But the scandal is far from over. Opposition politicians are calling for a full inquiry into why the justice minister and the interior minister let the journalists be investigated for treason in the first place. And Mr Meister and Mr Beckedahl are demanding answers over whether they have been spied on by the authorities. "For us, as journalists, who believe in the rule of law, it feels like we've landed in a nightmare, in a repressive state, in which it's possible to spy on investigative journalists," Mr Beckedahl told German television station ARD. "I could never have imagined that." The treason investigation has now been suspended. But chief prosecutor Range has accused the government of interfering in legal proceedings. It was not acceptable, he said, for politicians "to influence an investigation because its possible findings may not be politically expedient". Instead of clarifying the situation of what journalists can and can't publish, the case appears to be throwing up even more questions. What is a state secret? What is a journalist allowed to publish? And in the days of online media and social media, what is the definition of a journalist anyway? The fact that the investigation was launched, and then stopped when things got sticky politically, hasn't solved any of these issues - meaning, warn critics, that it's only a matter of time before another similar scandal blows up.

Journalists have been accused of treason; a chief prosecutor fired; and we have witnessed the unedifying spectacle of government ministers scrambling to get out of the firing line after popular outrage.

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Ashya was being treated in hospital in Southampton when his parents took him abroad without telling staff last year. They ignored medical advice and took him to Prague for proton beam therapy. It was later revealed Ashya did not receive subsequent chemotherapy in Prague, a move the team in Southampton say could jeopardise his recovery. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Dr Peter Wilson, paediatric intensive care consultant at Southampton General Hospital, said: "We are unsure as to exactly what treatment he is receiving but what we do know is... every month that goes by that he's not getting chemotherapy, his outcome worsens. "There are experts in the country that have already quoted figures of halving survival - so survival going from 80% to 40% or 50%, which is quite dramatic." The Kings' version of events last year sparked a public outcry and staff members in Southampton said they received angry emails, letters and phone calls which, at one stage, forced the hospital to shut its switchboard. The King family, who in March said five-year-old Ashya was now cancer free, declined to be interviewed as part of the BBC programme. In March, four months after the proton treatment ended, Brett King told a national newspaper a recent scan showed "no evidence" of the tumour. But cancer experts have told the BBC although it appears Ashya is in remission it is far too early to say he has been completely cured. Oncology specialist Professor Karol Sikora said: "Ashya is not completely out of the woods yet, but 78% of children with this type of rare cancer actually survive and are cured. "The fact he is disease free at this point is great, but it doesn't mean he is cured yet." The breakdown in the relationship between Brett King and the hospital stemmed from his belief that Ashya should not receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy following surgery to remove a brain tumour. Mr King claimed in a YouTube video that staff threatened him with a court order if he refused Ashya's treatment, something the hospital has denied. He told journalists in Spain after his arrest: "They were going to kill him in England or turn him into a vegetable." Through the media, the King family raised tens of thousands of pounds for Ashya's treatment before the NHS agreed to pay for proton therapy in Prague. Dr Nicky Thorp, of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group of paediatricians, said: "We were dismayed, but on reflection I can see why NHS England agreed to fund that child's case. The child was there, the child needed radiotherapy. "The use of protons does not improve cure rates of tumours... and it saddens me to see the way the truth can be twisted and misunderstood." In Prague, Ashya's parents refused the chemotherapy, which had been recommended by doctors and ordered by the High Court. But in March, four months after the proton treatment ended, Mr King said his son was cancer free. Paediatric oncology consultant Dr Ramya Ramanujachar, who was involved in Ashya's treatment, warned the case could set a worrying precedent. She said: "I don't think the parents can look after their own child with a brain tumour and be not only the carers but also the professionals directing, managing and dictating their child's treatment." Dr Wilson said the case had led to an "impossible situation" for clinicians faced with families in the same situation. "That is deeply unfair when the NHS is always supposed to be about equal healthcare for all," he added. Ashya: The Untold Story is to be broadcast on BBC1 in the South region on Friday at 19:30 BST.

Doctors and nurses who treated cancer patient Ashya King have criticised his parents while speaking out for the first time in a BBC documentary.

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On Friday, Shane Long's first-half goal looked set to give the hosts victory before Luuk de Jong's late equaliser. "I was very pleased - I thought we did fine," said O'Neill. "The Dutch had good possession of the ball (early on), which was actually very good for us because we had to play without it for a little while." He added: "Then we scored the goal, which obviously gave us a big lift. I thought we played fine, we kept possession of the ball reasonably well after that." Media playback is not supported on this device However, O'Neill rued de Jong's 85th-minute equaliser as the striker punished a spot of ball-watching from central defender Shane Duffy although the manager described the Blackburn man's overall performance in only his third cap as "excellent". Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter appeared to do his chances of inclusion in O'Neill's Euro 2016 squad no harm as he was named man of the match after winning only his second cap. "I think Harry did well, young (Stephen) Quinn did well also," added the Republic boss. Goalscorer Long was again bothered by a cut on his knee in Friday's game and O'Neill hinted that the Southampton striker may be rested in the final warm-up game against Belarus in Cork on Tuesday. Long's likely absence could see Republic record goalscorer Robbie Keane returning to the side for his 144th appearance.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill was happy with his team's display in the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands in the Euro 2016 warm-up friendly.

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Media playback is not supported on this device The Foxes completed one of sport's greatest shocks when they won the league with a squad costing £57m. Winger Riyad Mahrez, striker Jamie Vardy and midfielder N'Golo Kante are among the previously unheralded players to be linked with moves away. "I'm very, very confident," Ranieri said. "Don't go. If you go another team, you might not get on the pitch." The Italian, who only replaced Nigel Pearson as manager last summer, was given a standing ovation by journalists as he came into his news conference for Saturday's home game with Everton. "From the beginning I felt something special," he said. "Never could I imagine this, but it's good. We work so hard." He laughed off suggestions that he could quit on a high this summer, and added he will not be signing global stars for next season's Champions League campaign. "I don't want big names here. My lads are special. We have to bring some good players but they must have the same spirit." Algeria forward Mahrez, 25, won the PFA Player of the Year award after scoring 17 goals and 11 assists. However, his agent Kamel Bengougam says it is "50/50 at the moment whether he stays or goes". "We have interest from the UK and overseas," he added. Everton boss Roberto Martinez, who takes his side to Leicester on Saturday at 17:30 BST, thinks a shock winner of the Premier League is likely to be a one-off. "What Leicester have achieved is a great inspiration for any team sport and for any group in order to dream high and have huge expectations but I think we need to be realistic that this is not the norm. "It's something we haven't seen in the modern game and I don't think that's going to be repeated easily." Media playback is not supported on this device Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew, whose side face Manchester United in the FA Cup final, said: "Leicester won it after 36 games. Last year for 10 games they were in the best form. For nearly 50 games they've been best in the country. "It's proof the underdog can do it. And it will give us a boost for the cup final. "Leicester have shattered the glass ceiling, and I thought it was impossible to break. They've gone and done it. Amazing. "Football isn't all logic. It's almost like some stardust has fallen on Leicester - great for them. Let's hope it falls on us for the final." Opera star Andrea Bocelli will perform at King Power Stadium before Saturday's game. Ranieri revealed the 57-year-old - who has sold more than 80 million records - called him and offered to perform two months ago. "He was so happy about what we were doing in Leicester. He said: 'I would like to come and sing something'. I said: 'Great, why not?'," said Ranieri. "I gave all the information to the club and they made all the arrangements. It is great for all the community."

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has asked his Premier League title winners to "stay one year more".

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Chase signed for Tigers until the end of the season on Saturday, having left Championship side Leigh in May. The 30-year-old played for Tigers between 2009 and 2013, before leaving to join Salford Red Devils. "I'm not match fit because I've had some time off, but mentally I'm in the best shape I've ever been," he said. "Physically I've got a bit of work to do but you can get through anything if you're mentally right. There's some hard work to do, I'm aware of that, but I'm looking forward to it." Chase also praised the Rugby Football League (RFL) for the support they offer players who are struggling with mental health-related issues. "It's massive and it's a credit to the RFL that they touch on it because a lot of the boys struggle with it," Chase said. "People should be aware of it because a lot of us boys have to go through a lot of things and we put on this bravado that we're OK. It's not something that people like talking openly about because you feel weak and vulnerable. "But really we go home and we feel alone. It's good to get the message out there that it does happen in our game, a lot of people do suffer from depression. "When you are in that dark place, you feel weak and vulnerable, you just have a lot of down days and it's not nice. But when you come through it, it's an unbelievable feeling. You feel strong."

Former England half-back Rangi Chase says he is "back in love" with rugby league after rejoining Castleford following a fight with depression.

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Shazia Ahmad and Wasim Ali, from Newport, Umar Arif, Umar Butt and Khalid Yassen, from Cardiff, and Zawed Malik from Greater Manchester, all deny conspiracy to supply the class A drug. Cardiff Crown Court heard two cars were followed by undercover police officers. Almost 40kg (88lbs) of heroin worth about £5m was seized between 2013 and 2014. The jury was told the speaker was being carried in a car that was stopped by police. Mr Butt and Mr Yassen were arrested on the M5 with 36.5kg of heroin in a speaker and suitcase in their Citroen Picasso. Undercover officers said they followed the Picasso and a Fiat Punto "travelling in convoy" but admitted under cross examination that they did not see a "speaker box" being placed in the Picasso. The court heard money was handed over at locations across Newport, including a Lidl car park. The case continues.

Six people accused of being involved in Wales' largest heroin seizure kept the drugs in a speaker, a court has heard.

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Byron Davies asked if a message from William Graham supporting the so-called "black route" for a £1bn Newport relief road came from a "spoof" account, as party policy was to review the options. Antoinette Sandbach accused Mr Graham of "not willing to put his vote where his principles allegedly are". Group leader Andrew RT Davies said the online row would "not be repeated". Mr Graham backed a Conservative motion in the Senedd in January calling for a review of the possible routes for an M4 relief road. But following the debate he tweeted: "I am confident that when the public inquiry is held the 'black route' will be chosen", referring to the Welsh government's preferred option. Some critics have claimed other routes would cause less environmental damage. It prompted responses from two of Mr Graham's colleagues asking whether he supported or disagreed with Conservative policy to review the alternatives. Group leader Andrew RT Davies told journalists on Tuesday he had "spoken to" each of the members who were "all signed up to the group position". "If people want to go on to Twitter to have a tittle-tattle that's neither here nor there," he said. "The people involved know my views on it and I'm confident it won't be repeated."

Three Welsh Conservative AMs have been "spoken to" by their leader for arguing about the party's M4 policy on Twitter.

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The £1.2m facility serving Llandaff North and Gabalfa has been created on the site of the area's old library and day centre. It houses a library, advice services, children's area, IT suite and a community cafe as well as meeting rooms and a community hall for local groups. The facility will be opened on Tuesday.

A new community hub for two Cardiff suburbs will be officially opened next week.

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Coppergate in York can only be used by buses, taxis and permit holders between 08:00 and 18:00. Drivers breaking the rules will receive a penalty notice of up to £60. In 2015, City of York Council was forced to pay back fines after a tribunal ruled errors in the signs on Coppergate meant the restrictions were not enforceable. More on this and other York stories Penalty notices totalling more than £385,000 which were given to 12,000 drivers in Coppergate were refunded after the council abandoned the scheme in 2014, less than a year after it was introduced. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras will be used to enforce the new restrictions while the previously criticised signage has been improved. Drivers who enter the restricted area will be sent warning letters for the first two weeks of its operation. After that, a letter will be sent for a first offence, with a fine for a second one. From July, all offences will attract an immediate fine. Conservative councillor Ian Gillies said the scheme was designed to enforce traffic restrictions in place on Coppergate since the 1960s which were "only enforced infrequently". He said: "The reintroduction of the restriction along with a substantial amount of clearer and more robust signage will hopefully help reduce the number of people wrongly entering the street and help traffic to flow better in the area. "This will hopefully in turn help the city's bus services to run more efficiently."

Traffic restrictions previously deemed "unenforceable" have been reintroduced on a city centre street.

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Alexander Wotherspoon, 83, appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court charged with causing the death of Eilish Herron by driving without due care and attention. The 17-year-old was struck by Mr Wotherspoon's car at an Asda petrol station in Linwood in September 2014. The charge says he had failed to keep control of the car while reversing. Mr Wotherspoon, from Houston in Renfrewshire, uses a zimmer frame to help him walk. He denied starting the engine of his car and reversing while the driver's door was still open, failing to keep control of the car and, while it was reversing, causing it to hit the Renault Clio Eilish was filling up with petrol. The charge states that his actions knocked her to the ground, moved her car out of the way and caused his car to reverse over her, dragging her underneath the car, "causing her to be so severely injured that she died." The incident happened at the Asda petrol station at the Phoenix Retail Park in Linwood on 10 September 2014. Sheriff Susan Sinclair adjourned the case for a trial to take place in August and continued Wotherspoon's bail. Speaking previously, Eilish's mother Shanneal, 47, said: "Eilish was a really good girl, a normal teenager who loved her life, loved her family and loved her sport. "She was my best friend, we had such a good laugh. "I can't put into words how much she's missed in our family. We are all very close." Eilish was a keen netball player and played for Paisley Juniors as well as volunteering as a junior coach. After her death, Netball Scotland created the The Eilish Herron Young Coach of the Year Award, which will continue as a yearly recognition award for young coaches.

A pensioner has denied causing the death of a teenage girl by by reversing over her as she was filling her car up with petrol in Renfrewshire.

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India's greatest leader had moved to a village called Segaon two years earlier. He had renamed it Sevagram or a village of service. He built an ashram, a commune which was home to "many a fateful decision which affected the destiny of India". Gandhi had moved in with his wife, Kasturba, and some followers. There was also a steady stream of guests. Kanu Gandhi, a callow young man in his 20s and a grand nephew of the Mahatma, was also there. Armed with a Rolleiflex camera, he was taking pictures of the leader. He had wanted to become a doctor, but his parents had goaded him to join Gandhi's personal staff doing clerical work, looking after accounts and writing letters at the ashram. Kanu Gandhi had developed an interest in photography, but Gandhi had told him there was no money to buy him a camera. The nephew did not relent. Finally, Gandhi asked businessman Ghanshyam Das Birla to gift 100 rupees ($1.49; £1.00) to Kanu so that he could buy the camera and a roll of film. But the leader imposed three conditions on the photographer: he forbade him from using flash and asking him to pose; and made it clear that the ashram would not pay for his photography. Kanu made do with a stipend from a Gandhi acolyte who liked his work. He also began selling his pictures to newspapers. Over the years and until Gandhi's assassination in 1948, Kanu Gandhi shot some 2,000 pictures of the greatest leader of the Indian Independence movement. For decades, his pictures remained in obscurity, once surfacing with a German researcher who began compiling and selling them. Now, 92 of those rare pictures of Gandhi during the last decade of his life have been published in an exquisitely produced cloth-bound monograph by the Delhi-based Nazar Foundation, a non-profit trust founded by two of India's most well-known photographers Prashant Panjiar and Dinesh Khanna. This is possibly my most favourite image from the book. Here Gandhi is standing on a weighing scale at the Birla House in Bombay (what is now Mumbai) in 1945. For a man who undertook more than a dozen fasts during the freedom movement as a part of his non-violent protests - to bring peace, demand Muslim rights or to shame rioting mobs - the picture is telling. "This is a picture of a man keeping an eye on his weight, testing himself all the time. It tells you a lot about the man," says leading photographer Sanjeev Saith who went through more than 1,000 images and helped curate the monograph. Here, Gandhi is seen in front of his office hut at Sevagram ashram in 1940. A pillow covers his head as protection against the severe heat. It is, at once, an intimate and remote image. Which is one of the reasons, many say, that made Kanu Gandhi's pictures of the Mahatma so special. "Although he had incredible access to the icon, we are always struck at the way Kanu, perhaps because he was in awe of Gandhi always kept a respectful distance, and yet managed to convey a sense of intimacy and proximity," says Panjiar. "And because he kept a certain distance, Kanu intuitively found a more modern language of photography than what was prevalent in those times in India, framing many of his images with an interesting and unconventional use of the foreground, breaking many of the accepted rules of composition". Kanu Gandhi travelled far and wide with the leader. Here's his image of a van carrying Gandhi being pushed by Pathans and Congress workers over some rough terrain in the North West Frontier Provinces in October 1938. This is a picture of Gandhi, and his wife Kasturba, in Abottabad in November, 1938. Kanu Gandhi's first-ever book of photographs chronicles the leader's political and personal journey in his last decade in vivid detail. There are pictures of Gandhi in his many moods - brooding, joyous, pensive, grieving - and with his supporters. Here Gandhi is being massaged by a relative and his elder sister Raliatbehn during a three-day fast in Gujarat's Rajkot city in March 1939. "These images may be old, but they are not old-fashioned. They are not straightforward, beautifully shot and carefully framed, neat pictures which were popular then," says Panjiar. "It possibly helped that Kanu was not a trained photographer because many of his images would have been rejected by his contemporaries on account of being blurred, slightly out of focus or double exposed. But these find pride of place, lovingly pasted by own hands in albums." Gandhi and his wife Kasturba are seen here at a wedding of a Christian man and an untouchable woman in Sevagram ashram, 1940. Sanjeev Saith says the picture of a dying Kasturba Gandhi lying on a bed at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune in 1944 a few months before her death counts among his favourites. A broken shaft of light is streaming in through a window behind her. "Here is this austere woman lying regally on this stately bed, she is about to die. This picture just shakes me up," he says. And then there is this historic 1938 picture of Gandhi in a convivial mood with freedom hero and radical nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose. In the background, Kasturba Gandhi is drawing her sari, and looking into the distance. This was the high noon of Bose's political life: he had been elected as president of the Congress party. Gandhi had overruled objections from independence hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who had objected to Bose's appointment. The two leaders had shared a complex relationship and fell out later over differences. "This is an amazing picture," says Saith. "It contains two of India's greatest heroes in one frame. Bose is young, cherubic, almost looking at Gandhi in admiration. Gandhi has his characteristic toothless grin. It is a nice, warm moment." Here's Gandhi and Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, in February 1940, a study of two great men in meditation. "Look at the bottom of the picture. It is an accidental double exposure [a technique which combined two different images into a single image]. It's rather inventive. Kanu Gandhi knew it was a good picture, and he didn't throw away the negative," says Saith. There's a series of pictures of Gandhi collecting donations for a fund for the untouchables during a three-month long train journey that took him to Bengal, Assam and southern India in 1945-46. In some he's stretching his arm from a carriage for money; in others he's surrounded by people and collecting the money in a slender basket. "He's an old man, but he looks agile. He's almost begging for alms, and he's serious about picking up every bit of money for a good cause. He understands money," says Saith. "I am a bania and there is no limit to my greed," Gandhi once said, alluding to his Indian caste comprising mainly of moneylenders. Being the only person who was allowed to take Gandhi's photographs at any time, Kanu Gandhi was shooting every day. Sometimes Gandhi intervened: one such moment was when Kasturba, lay dying in his lap at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. The nephew, however, was allowed to shoot this image of the leader, draped in a shawl, looking at Kasturba after she passed away in February 1944. According to several accounts, Gandhi kept a vigil for hours, sitting by her side, praying. "After sixty years of constant companionship," he said later that night. "I cannot imagine life without her." Ironically, for a man who followed Gandhi like a shadow, Kanu Gandhi was away in Noakhali in east Bengal when his leader was killed in 1948. "Gandhi's death had a profound effect on Kanu and his wife, Abha's life. For Kanu, photography was no longer as important as the need to convey his leader's message," says Panjiar. Kanu Gandhi died after a heart attack while on a pilgrimage in northern India in February 1986. Photographs by Kanu Gandhi/© Gita Mehta, heir of Abha and Kanu Gandhi.

Here's an anxious-looking Mahatma Gandhi making a telephone call from his office in Sevagram village in the western state of Maharashtra in 1938.

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Hastings Pier is being rebuilt with £14m of money raised mainly through the Heritage Lottery Fund. It is now hoped a further £300,000 can be raised by selling 3,000 shares for £100 each. The charity behind the restoration said investors would have a say in the pier's future. The 140-year-old structure was almost completely destroyed by fire in October 2010. Simon Opie, CEO of the Hastings Pier Charity, said the shares were important to continue interest in the pier after its restoration. He said: "[The shares] are not just about the money, but it is about creating shareholder members, people who are invested in the pier, people who care about the town, the heritage of the pier, and people who will be here for the long term. "The money that we have raised will restore the pier but beyond that it needs to have an economically viable future and that's what we hope we will create." The Panamanian company Ravenclaw, which owned the pier, was issued with a compulsory purchase order after it failed to carry out repair work. The order was granted in 2012 and the council formally took ownership of the pier in August. It is hoped the restoration will be completed by spring 2015. Hastings Council leader, Jeremy Birch, said: "This is the people's pier so let them have a stake in it." The shares will go on sale on Saturday through a community shares website.

Shares in a derelict seaside pier that was almost destroyed by fire three years ago will be offered to the community to aid its restoration.

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Cumberbatch has apologised and said he was "devastated to have caused offence" after using the word on a US TV show to describe black actors. "I think it's ridiculous," Selma star Oyelowo told Newsbeat. "When you look at what he was actually saying it's clear that he's a huge supporter of black performers." David Oyelowo was speaking at the UK premiere of Selma, in which he stars as 1960s civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Cumberbatch mentioned David Oyelowo and Chiwetel Ejiofor as part of a wider discussion with US talk show host Tavis Smiley about diversity in the film industry. "To attack him for a term, as opposed to what he was actually saying, I think is very disingenuous and is indicative of the age we live in where people are looking for sound bites as opposed to substance." More: Why the word 'coloured' is offensive The actor also said he had spoken to Cumberbatch about the controversy that flared up online over the past few days. "I reached out to him in support and said I think it's ridiculous," he said. When asked if he felt Hollywood and the film industry had an issue with diversity, Oyelowo replied with a resounding "absolutely". "You can see that in the fact every time a film of this size and stature comes up. "We're talking about diversity again and that's because there isn't enough of it." He cited his recent role in Interstellar as one that wasn't specified as a black character and noted "to get to the point whereby myself and Ryan Gosling are going up for the same role is going to be great". "That's not to say that that doesn't happen, it just doesn't happen often." Oyelowo suggested there needed to be more diversity among people with the power to finance and get films made. "Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice. I intend to be part of the solution and not the problem. "You've just got to keep on banging out good performances." Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for the best actor Oscar for his role in The Imitation Game, and while David Oyelowo missed out on an acting nomination for Selma, the film is in the running for best picture at next month's ceremony. So does David think the negative publicity Benedict has been getting will harm Cumberbatch's career? "Absolutely not," said Oyelowo. "I think it's just part of the silly news cycle that we all feed off and it will go away like chip paper as it does. "He's a brilliant actor, he gives a brilliant performance in Imitation Game and, like I say, it's just a diversion from what we should be talking about, which is that astounding performance." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

David Oyelowo has defended fellow British actor and friend, Benedict Cumberbatch, for using the term "coloured" during an interview.

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The Pontypridd MP, who resigned from the shadow cabinet last month, told the BBC he was "not part of any plot or coup against Jeremy Corbyn" but the leader had rejected compromises he had suggested. "I think that leaves people like me who love this party and want to see a Labour government to put our hat in the ring and say, 'I can heal this party, I can be a credible Labour leader and the next prime minister'." Although the former shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said in January: "Jeremy is going to be taking us into the election in 2020. End of", he said MPs had since lost confidence in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Mr Smith will be battling Angela Eagle for the anti-Corbyn vote. She voted for the Iraq invasion. Mr Smith said he was against the war: "I wasn't in parliament at the time. I would have voted against." At the time, he was working as a special adviser to Paul Murphy, who was secretary of state for Wales and Northern Ireland. Three years later, fighting the Blaenau Gwent by-election, Mr Smith told Martin Shipton of the Western Mail : "We are making significant inroads in improving what is happening in Iraq. "I thought at the time the tradition of the Labour Party and the tradition of left-wing engagement to remove dictators was a noble, valuable tradition, and one that in South Wales, from the Spanish Civil War onwards, we have recognised and played a part in." Although the Western Mail said at the time that Mr Smith didn't know whether he would have voted against the war, he later made clear that he would have joined the rebellion against Tony Blair's government. He said on Wednesday he would not vote to hold Tony Blair in contempt of parliament although it was clearly the wrong decision to go to war. His entry into the contest was welcomed by shadow Chancellor and Corbyn ally John McDonnell, although some Corbyn opponents fear that having two "unity" candidates will allow the current leader to survive. Some MPs have suggested either Ms Eagle or Mr Smith should withdraw to maximise the chances of defeating Mr Corbyn although neither shows any sign of being prepared to give way to the other.

Owen Smith has been explaining why he hopes to stand for the Labour leadership.

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John Collins, 74, Terry Perkins, 67, Brian Reader, 76, and Daniel Jones, 58, pleaded guilty at Woolwich Crown Court. Items believed to be worth more than £10m were taken in the raid at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company in London's jewellery quarter. More than 70 safety deposit boxes were ransacked. Perkins, of Heene Road, Enfield, Collins, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington, Jones, of Park Avenue, Enfield and Reader, of Dartford Road, Dartford, were arrested in May. They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle, namely to enter Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in London with intent to steal, between 1 January and 7 April. The four men also faced a charge of conspiracy to convert or transfer criminal property, but the prosecution said they would not pursue the charge in light of the men's guilty pleas in relation to the conspiracy to burgle charge. Earlier this month a law firm confirmed the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit had gone into liquidation as the company was insolvent and "owes money to companies and people". The men will be sentenced at a date to be confirmed. After the burglary, the Met Police launched an investigation into why after police were made aware an intruder alarm had gone off at the scene of the raid it was decided the alarm did not require a response. The force apologised for not following procedures and said it would investigate why the call was given a grade that meant no police response was deemed necessary. Five other men still face trial accused of conspiring to commit the burglary, a charge they deny. Hugh Doyle, 48, of Riverside Gardens, Enfield, north London; William Lincoln, 60, of Winkley Street, Bethnal Green, east London; and John Harbinson, 42, of Beresford Gardens, Benfleet, Essex, all also deny the laundering offence and are due to stand trial in November. Paul Reader, 50, of Dartford Road, Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Elderbeck Close, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, are yet to enter pleas. Perkins' daughters also appeared in court, along with their husbands, accused of conspiracy to convert or transfer criminal property between 1 January and 19 May. Brenn Walters, also known as Ben Perkins, 43, and Laura Perkins, 40, both of Manor Court, Enfield, north London, and Terri Robinson, 35, and Steven Robinson, 46, both of Sterling Road, Enfield, were charged in connection with the raid last month.

Four men have admitted conspiracy to burgle in connection with the Hatton Garden safety deposit box raid over the Easter weekend.

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Wildschut, 25, has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract after requesting a transfer from Wigan on Monday. The Dutchman helped the Latics win the League One title last season. Dijks, 23, was in Norwich last week for talks, but his agent said in a Dutch newspaper that Dijks would not be moving to Carrow Road. However, Dijks has joined the Canaries on a deal which includes an option for the English club to buy the player. Dijks began his career with Ajax, but had a spell with Willem II before rejoining them in July 2015 and has made 15 appearances this season in the Dutch Eredivisie and Europa League. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Norwich City have signed Wigan Athletic winger Yanic Wildschut for £7m and Ajax left-back Mitchell Dijks on loan for the rest of the season.

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The 28-year-old Frenchwoman, ranked seventh in the world, said she was taking the decision with immediate effect because of persistent injuries. She made the tearful announcement at a media conference following defeat by Simona Halep at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. "It's time for me to retire and to call it a career," she told reporters. "I feel it's time for me to walk away." Bartoli, who beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final in July, said her Achilles, shoulder, hip and lower back hurt continually when she plays. She added: "It's never easy, but that was actually the last match of my career. I just can't do it anymore." After her 6-1 6-4 win at Wimbledon, Bartoli hinted that the physical demands of the sport were taking their toll. "That was probably the last little bit of something that was left inside me," she said on Wednesday. The 2007 Wimbledon runner-up had won her first Grand Slam at the 47th attempt - the longest wait in women's tennis before a maiden Grand Slam. She had returned from her Wimbledon triumph to play in Toronto last week and was playing her first match in Cincinnati having received a first-round bye. "Sometimes your body just basically says 'that's it, I've had enough'. "I was fortunate enough to retire on my timetable but many athletes can't, they retire when their body gives out and it sounds to me like she was in constant pain everywhere. "It wasn't like it was the knee, or the hip or the shoulder it was like the whole body said 'I'm out of here'. "Once you are in pain, I had bad knees for a few years, it takes all the fun out of playing because every step you take is painful. However, the 3-6 6-4 6-1 loss to Halep appears to have been the last straw. "It's been a tough decision to take," she added. "I've been a tennis player for a long time and I had the chance to make my biggest dream a reality. "You know, everyone will remember my Wimbledon title. No-one will remember the last match I played here. "I made my dream a reality and it will stay forever with me, but now my body just can't cope with everything." WTA chairman and chief executive Stacey Allaster paid tribute to Bartoli's "long, successful career". "She is an inspirational champion and a great ambassador for women's tennis who has dedicated her life to the sport and given so much back to the game," she said. "I am so proud of her for who she is, her values and for fighting to realise her dream of winning Wimbledon."

Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli is retiring from tennis just 40 days after winning her only Grand Slam title.

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Yanagihara's novel, the story of four college friends seeking fame and fortune in New York, is tipped to win by bookmakers William Hill and Coral. It is the second year the prize is open to all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality. The winner will be announced at London's Guildhall at around 21:45 BST. This year's shortlist features two authors from the UK, two from the US and one each from Jamaica and Nigeria. The shortlist of authors and titles is as follows: Victory for either Yanagihara or Tyler would see the Man Booker have its first American winner. Marlon James is the first Jamaican-born author to be shortlisted for the prize. William Hill said his novel, which explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s, had moved up from fifth favourite to second favourite. This year's judges are Michael Wood (chair), Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, John Burnside, Sam Leith and Frances Osborne. They considered 156 books for this year's prize. McCarthy is the only shortlisted author to have been nominated before, having been shortlisted for C in 2010. At 28 years old, Obioma is the youngest nominee, the same age as 2013 winner Eleanor Catton. The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500 and a specially bound edition of their book. The winner will receive a further cheque for £50,000. Australian author Richard Flanagan won last year's prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Coverage from this year's ceremony, where the prize will be presented by the Duchess of Cornwall, will be on the BBC News Channel from 21:30 BST.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is announced shortly with Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life the bookies' favourite to take the £50,000 prize.

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Female players had been considering striking in an effort to address wage discrimination. The US Soccer Federation sued the players' union to prevent a strike that could have caused the team to miss the summer Olympics. The judge ruled the players are not eligible to strike because of a provision in an earlier contract. In March, five players filed a lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging pay discrimination. They argued female players were sometimes paid four times less than their male counterparts despite holding the world title. The players' union had not called a strike over the issue, but had been weighing the possibility. The US Soccer Federation - the sport's national governing body- filed its own suit to prevent a strike. It argued a no-strike clause from an early collective bargaining agreement carried over to the 2013 memorandum of understanding that the players are currently working under. The union argued that a no-strike clause had never been specifically laid out in the terms of the latest agreement. However, the judge sided with the federation citing oral and email communication between the two sides, as evidence that the original terms were passed to the new agreement. "A collective bargaining agreement may be partly or wholly oral and a written collective bargaining agreement may be orally modified," Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman wrote in her ruling. The team is expected to perform well at the Olympic Games in Rio and the federation said it feared a strike would damage the development of football in US. The players, many of whom have expressed outrage at gender pay differences, will continue their wage discrimination case.

A judge has ruled that the world champion US women's football team does not have the right to strike.

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The car was bought by Rick Champagne, a logistics company owner from Phoenix, Arizona. The 56-year-old, who was just 10 when the high-camp TV series began in 1966, said it "was a dream come true". The Batmobile design was based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in Italy by the Ford Motor Company. It was the first time that car had come up for public sale since it was bought in 1965 by car-customiser George Barris for a nominal fee of $1. Barris then spent $15,000 (roughly £5,370 at the time) to transform it into the famous superhero vehicle, over a period of 15 days. It had a V-8 engine, arguably one of the first in-car phones, and parachutes, which were deployed to help Batman turn sharp corners. Mr Barris told reporters at the auction: "The car had to be a star on its own. And it became one." Since the show was cancelled in 1968, he has toured the Batmobile and was eventually housed in a private showroom in California. Adam West, now 84, played the caped crusader in 120 episodes in four years of programming, with Burt Ward starring as the "boy wonder" Robin and comedian and actor Cesar Romero as Batman's arch nemesis, The Joker. The 60s show was camp in its portrayal of Batman. More recent incarnations of billionaire Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego - such as British director Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy - have had a much darker tone. The newer Batmobiles have reflected the more brutal portrayal of Gotham City's saviour, such as the "Tumbler" of 2005's Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale.

The Batmobile used by actor Adam West in the original TV series of Batman has sold for $4.2m (£2.6m) at a US auction.

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The mother conceived naturally and gave birth to a baby boy two weeks ago. Edinburgh University scientists are freezing tissue from the reproductive organs of boys and girls as young as one, which can be re-implanted once they reach adulthood. The 33-year-old mother had a section of her ovary removed 11 years ago. She wishes to remain anonymous. Following her chemotherapy, doctors re-implanted the tissue last year. Researchers said the new service was open to NHS patients. The new mother said: "That the re-implanted tissue took so quickly, came as a really wonderful surprise. "I'm incredibly appreciative of my oncologist's foresight in sending me for the consultation with the fertility team. "I had one small surgical procedure before I began my second round of chemotherapy and now, 10 years on, my husband and I have been able to have a family." She added: "We never thought it would be possible and we are just astonished and overjoyed. We are extremely grateful to all the people involved in this process. "When you're going through cancer treatment it can be hard to think about the future, but I do think this will offer hope to others that they could one day have a family." Prof Richard Anderson, of Edinburgh University, said: "The storage of ovarian tissue to allow restoration of fertility after cancer treatment in girls and young women was pioneered in Edinburgh over 20 years ago, and it is wonderful to see it come to fruition. "This gives real hope to girls and young women facing treatment that may cause them to become infertile, and shows how some medical advances can take a long time to show their benefits." The research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust, Children with Cancer, the European Union and the Medical Research Council. It has involved close collaboration with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

A cancer patient from Edinburgh has become the first UK woman to give birth following a transplant of her frozen ovary tissue.

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The Mexican, 25, beat Khan with a thunderous right hand in round six to retain his WBC middleweight title. Thoughts immediately turned to a unification match with Kazakh Golovkin, who holds the WBA and IBF belts. "I will fight him at 160lb, no problem," said Alvarez, who fought Khan at a catch-weight of 155lb. "Weight will not be an issue - we can even fight for no belts. I would have fought him in the ring tonight. I'm not afraid of anyone." After his victory over Khan, Alvarez invited the watching Golovkin into the ring, although the rivals did not speak to each other. The undefeated Golovkin, 34, has 32 knockouts from 35 wins and is the mandatory challenger for Alvarez's WBC title. A fight between the pair is the biggest boxing has to offer and would be a boost for the sport following the anti-climactic fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao last year and both boxers' subsequent retirements. Alvarez won the vacant WBC title by outpointing Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto at a catch-weight of 155lb last November, and it was thought weight would be a major sticking point when negotiating with Golovkin. But after Alvarez's demolition of Khan, the Mexican's promoter Oscar de la Hoya said he would try to open talks with Golovkin's team the next day. "Golovkin, make sure you answer your phone in the morning because we'll be calling," said De la Hoya. "That's the fight the fans want and the fight Canelo wants. And those fans who were turned off by Mayweather-Pacquiao will fall in love with boxing again." However, De la Hoya hinted at the tortuous negotiations ahead when he added: "There's no doubting who the star is. We have four aces and they have a pair of twos."

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez says he is prepared to fight Gennady Golovkin at any weight after knocking out Britain's Amir Khan in Las Vegas.

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The accusations were made by Russell Davy in an interview with the Sunday Mirror. Mr Davy said he has informed the Football Association that he had been abused in 1986 by scout Eddie Heath, who is now dead. He said Heath began working at Charlton after working for Chelsea. Charlton said in a statement: "Upon being made aware of an allegation of historical abuse in the early 1980s, Charlton Athletic has immediately activated an internal investigation the matter. We of course take the issue raised by Russell Davy seriously. "Charlton Athletic is fully committed to working alongside the police and regulatory authorities to investigate any such historical allegation of abuse at the club. "The club works closely with English football's governing bodies and have been in contact with the EFL to make them aware of this investigation. "In addition, we would strongly encourage anyone with an allegation of, or information regarding, historic child abuse to report it to the NSPCC / FA Helpline on 0800 023 2642 and to the police, where specially trained staff will be able to provide advice and guidance." The NSPCC children's charity has said more than 860 people have called its dedicated football hotline, set up a week ago after several former players alleged past abuse by coaches. On Saturday, Chelsea FC apologised "profusely" to Gary Johnson over sex abuse he suffered as a youth team player in the 1970s. Mr Johnson signed a confidentiality agreement in 2015 and accepted £50,000 from the club, but Chelsea did not accept liability. In a statement, the club said Mr Johnson had "suffered unacceptably".

Charlton Athletic have begun an investigation into claims a youth player was sexually abused while at the club in the 1980s.

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They said the Syrian government had failed to respect the 1 June deadline for widespread aid distribution agreed by world and regional powers. Only a small amount of aid was delivered on Wednesday and a convoy to the town of Darayya near Damascus did not carry food. The UN Security Council will meet on Friday to discuss the air drops. Syrian town in 'extremely dire' state What's left of Syria? US State Department spokesman John Kirby said hundreds of thousands of Syrians needed "sustained and regular" access to aid. He said the UN food agency, the World Food Programme, had briefed the US on how the air drops could be carried out. Meanwhile British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond described the limited access for aid allowed on the day of the deadline agreed by the International Syria Support group (ISSG) as "cynical". "While air drops are complex, costly and risky, they are now the last resort to relieve human suffering across many besieged areas," he said. The US and UK called on Russia and Iran, which back the Syrian government, to use their influence to ensure the air drops could proceed safely. Russia said the arrival of Wednesday's aid convoys was a positive step. The ISSG, co-chaired by the US and Russia, comprises 17 world and regional powers, as well the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations. In April, the UN said at least 4,000 people were besieged in Darayya by Syrian government forces, which have surrounded the suburb for four years. The Darayya convoy - the first since November 2012 - contained vaccines, baby milk, medicine and nutritional goods. Separately, the rebel-held town of Muadhamiya, north-west of Darayya, received deliveries of food parcels and wheat flour on Wednesday, a month since aid convoys last visited. Darayya's electricity supply was cut off more than three years ago. UN emergency relief co-ordinator Stephen O'Brien said in April that the Syrian government had ignored "countless" requests for aid to be allowed in. An aid convoy was blocked from entering the town last month, despite all involved parties agreeing aid could be delivered. The latest delivery was made by teams from the UN, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent. Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had agreed a pause with the Syrian authorities for 48 hours to allow for the distribution of humanitarian aid in Darayya. It borders a military airport used by Russian planes in support of the government of President Bashar al-Assad. It was one of the first towns to report demonstrations against the Assad regime, and has been under siege since late 2012. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes this week between rebel groups and government fighters on the outskirts of Darayya. The UN believes there are more than 4.6m people living in hard-to-reach areas in Syria, including nearly 600,000 in besieged areas.

The US, UK and France have urged the UN to begin air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas in Syria.

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Officials at Grade II listed Guildford Cathedral said last year it was at risk because of deteriorating plasterwork, which contained asbestos. A £7m fundraising campaign was launched and now has only £500,000 left to meet the final target. Preparatory work will begin next month before building starts in October. The building, which is the last Church of England cathedral to be consecrated on a new site, is visible for miles from its Stag Hill location. Earlier this month, the cathedral was awarded a £4.6m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It has also raised funds from donations and a "buy a brick" campaign, which more than 200,000 people took part in. "Guildford Cathedral is a unique and vital community resource that brings people together," Mayor of Guildford David Elms, told a benefactor reception on Tuesday. "So many have already responded - because saving the cathedral matters." Repairs and improvements will include restoration of the cathedral's organ, better disabled access, new lighting and sound system and making its archive materials more easily available to the public.

A 1960s-built cathedral that was "at serious risk of closure" has raised more than 90% of its £7m target for urgent repairs and development.

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Birmingham winger David Cotterill's deflected shot was the closest either side came in the first half but Bolton goalkeeper Mark Howard kept it out. Lukas Jutkiewicz missed a good chance for the hosts in the second half, heading off target from a corner. Gary Madine's header forced Birmingham goalkeeper David Stockdale into a one-handed save in the latter stages. Harry Redknapp brought new signing Isaac Vassell off the bench for his debut following his arrival from Luton on Monday but the striker could not break the deadlock. The draw is the second in a row for Phil Parkinson's Bolton, while Birmingham have four points following a win and a defeat in their first two games. Birmingham boss Harry Redknapp: "I couldn't see us winning and I was looking for the final whistle. I couldn't say that I enjoyed the game. "It was almost the same team which struggled to stay up last season and that is a big worry. "There is ambition in the club to get in some quality otherwise it is going to be another tough season." Bolton manager Phil Parkinson: "In open play I thought we had the better chances. Darren Pratley had a good opportunity, while Adam Armstrong produced two good efforts. "All round I can feel the team is growing in confidence at this level. We looked fit and strong and that is important. "The concentration level was also excellent. The signs are very promising on this performance against a strong Birmingham side." Match ends, Birmingham City 0, Bolton Wanderers 0. Second Half ends, Birmingham City 0, Bolton Wanderers 0. Attempt blocked. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers). Attempt missed. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Filipe Morais with a cross following a set piece situation. Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City). Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers). Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City). Josh Cullen (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross following a corner. Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Aaron Wilbraham. Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City). Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City). Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Aaron Wilbraham replaces Gary Madine. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers). Attempt saved. Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Hand ball by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City). Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City). Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers). Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by David Stockdale. Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Taylor with a cross. Offside, Birmingham City. Craig Gardner tries a through ball, but Isaac Vassell is caught offside. Nsue (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers). Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by David Cotterill with a cross following a corner. Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Dorian Dervite. Substitution, Birmingham City. Isaac Vassell replaces Clayton Donaldson. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre replaces Adam Armstrong. Attempt missed. Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Gardner following a corner. Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Josh Cullen. Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Filipe Morais.

Bolton Wanderers held Birmingham to a goalless draw in a cagey Championship affair at St Andrew's.

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The company reported a pre-tax profit of £7.2m last year on the back of a 20% jump in sales to £948.9m. The company made a loss of £12.5m in 2013. Ocado's customer base grew by almost 70,000 to 453,000. The company has benefited from a tie-up with Morrisons in 2013, and continues to deliver goods from Waitrose. "We continued to grow ahead of the online grocery market and significantly ahead of the market overall," said Ocado's chief executive Tim Steiner. He added that the agreement with Morrisons, the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket chain, would pave the way for similar deals with other retailers. The company said the average spend per transaction of its customers was £112.25. Investors welcomed the landmark profit, with Ocado shares almost 5% higher in afternoon trading. "After a decade and a half of trying, Ocado has worked out how to deliver baked beans, ice cream, Jaffa Cakes and chipotle chillies without booking a bottom-line loss," said Clive Black at retail analyst Shore Capital. He warned, however, that the company would continue to face high investment costs and weak profits.

Online grocer Ocado has reported a full-year pre-tax profit for the first time since launching in 2000.

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The health board said the man did not access to the woman's medical records. It said the cleaner had got the patient's name from an electronic floor plan at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The woman visited the accident and emergency department last week for treatment to a hand injury. The next day she was contacted on the social networking site by the man, who said he had been "checking her out" while she was being treated in hospital and that he had got her name from the computer. He is also believed to have asked the woman "how's the hand?". The cleaner has been suspended and police are investigating. NHS Lothian conducted its own inquiry and found the cleaner did not manage to access any of the woman's confidential records. The health board's chief operating officer Jackie Sansbury said: "He had no access to private medical records and information which is protected by a range of complex security systems. "We understand that this member of contracted staff only gained the patient's name from an electronic screen for staff showing a floor plan in the treatment area of Accident and Emergency Department, in much the same way as a patient's name would be displayed above their bed in a ward area. "This in no way excuses behaviour of this kind, however, and security messages have been reinforced to our staff and sub-contracted employees to ensure they comply with our data security guidelines. "Any member of staff who breaks our rules will face investigation under our disciplinary procedures." Earlier, Consort, the private company which employs the man, said they were treating the matter very seriously. Lothian and Borders Police said they had received a complaint and were looking into the matter. The woman told The Scotsman newspaper: "I didn't know who he was, what he was capable of, or whether he also knew my address and telephone number. "I didn't know if he was just going to turn up at the house. It's just wrong in so many ways. "I've got two boys at home - one aged two, the other six months - so I was worried for them too." Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Scotland that patient confidentiality was of the "utmost importance". She said she could not comment on any individual case, but added: "Anybody who goes into a hospital as a patient has a right to assume that their data and information will be treated with respect and in the highest confidence. "I have asked NHS Lothian to ensure that I am made aware of the outcome of their investigation, and any action that requires to be taken as a result of this will be taken."

A full review of security has been carried out by NHS Lothian after a hospital cleaner allegedly used information about a female patient to contact her on Facebook.

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Andrew Salina was found seriously injured at his home in Roystonhill at about 03:30 after emergency services were alerted to a disturbance. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. DCI Paul Livingstone said it appeared a weapon had been used in the "violent incident" and appealed for information about three men seen in the area. Detectives from Police Scotland's major investigation team are treating the death as a murder. Officers were conducting door-to-door inquiries, with specialist forensic teams at the scene and additional patrols in the area. Mr Livingstone said: "I am asking for the assistance of the local community to come forward with any information you may have. It is possible you witnessed or heard a disturbance in Roystonhill at the junction with Millburn Street at around 03:30 hours. "We also understand that three men were seen entering the area in a small light coloured car and were seen leaving the area in the same vehicle following the alleged incident. "I want to reassure the local community that we are doing everything we can to find out what took place and determine who is responsible for the death of Andrew Salina. Additional officers are patrolling Royston and I would ask anyone with any information or concerns to speak with them today."

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 51-year-old man was killed in his home in Glasgow.

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Paul Mason, of Ipswich, used to weigh 70 stone (440kg) but has lost more than 40 stone (254kg) with the help of gastric band surgery. He hopes the procedures in New York will help shed seven stone (44kg). His visa application had been delayed due to a previous criminal conviction. Mr Mason still needs to raise about £7,000 towards surgery-related costs. He was in the US in December for a consultation with Dr Jennifer Capla, who offered to remove his excess skin for free after hearing that the NHS would not perform the operations as quickly as Mr Mason hoped. However, his plans to make a quick return to the country were delayed when his visa application was referred to Homeland Security in March, because of a conviction for fraud in 1986. He has now received his visa and had been due to have surgery on 20 October. But this has been postponed as he needs to raise $12,000 (£7,400) to cover the post-surgery costs, which include accommodation and medicine. He is due to fly out later this week. Last time he was in the US he appeared on The View TV programme, where he accepted a marriage proposal from his girlfriend, Rebecca Mountain, who lives in Massachusetts.

A man once dubbed the world's fattest has been granted an American visa so he can have surgery to remove excess skin.

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Both the Islamic State group (IS) and Kurdish militants have claimed a number of attacks in Turkey in recent months. Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against IS, and coalition planes use its air base at Incirlik for raids in Iraq and Syria. Turkey is also conducting a campaign against Kurdish militants. How dangerous is Turkey's unrest? Tears and destruction amid PKK crackdown Turkey in midst of hideous vortex A ceasefire between the government and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) broke down last year. On Saturday an emergency travel warning was published on the website of the US embassy in Turkey. "There are credible threats to tourist areas, in particular to public squares and docks in Istanbul and Antalya. Please exercise extreme caution if you are in the vicinity of such areas," it read. Antalya, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, is a major tourist centre visited by millions of people every year. The warning comes a day after Israel's counterterrorism bureau urged all Israelis to avoid Turkey, saying: "There are immediate risks of attacks being carried out in the country, and we stress the threat applies to all tourism sites in Turkey."

The US has warned its citizens of "credible threats" to tourist areas in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul and the southern resort city of Antalya.

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Items including Chinese jade and rhino horn were stolen in Cambridge, Durham, Norwich and Lewes, East Sussex. The men, from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, London, the West Midlands and Northern Ireland, were convicted of conspiracy to burgle. The case can now be reported after the final four were found guilty. They were described as some of the gang's "generals", who helped plan and oversee a string of offences. Richard "Kerry" O'Brien of Dale Farm, Oak Lane, Billericay, Essex, and John "Kerry" O'Brien Junior, Michael Hegarty and Daniel "Turkey" O'Brien, all from Smithy Fen, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, were found guilty by a jury after a two-month trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Ten others, dubbed the "Rathkeale Rovers" were convicted at earlier hearings. The gang was involved in two thefts and an attempted theft at Durham University Oriental Museum as well as further incidents at Gorringes Auction House in Lewes, Norwich Castle Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Jurors heard exhibits stolen in Durham and Cambridge were valued at about £17m but detectives believed they could have fetched up to £57m ($79m) on the "booming" Chinese auction market. Lead investigator Det Supt Adrian Green, of Durham Police, said the thefts "dwarfed" the Hatton Garden bank vault raid in which items worth about £14m were stolen. "If you think the Hatton Gardens break-in was big, this will blow that out of the water," he said. The most high-profile of the gang's raids involved the theft of Chinese artefacts. On 5 April 2012, a jade bowl dating from 1769 and a porcelain figurine - which were worth up to £2m - were taken from the Durham museum after thieves smashed a hole in a wall. They later "hid" the items in a field but were said to have forgotten where. These were recovered and returned to the museum. Six people were sentenced for the theft, which the judge described as "a complete farce". Eight days later, on 13 April 2012, 18 mainly jade artefacts were stolen in a raid at Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum. Believed to be worth up to £15m, the items were described as being of "incalculable cultural significance". Five months later three men were jailed and a boy of 16 was given a detention order. The items have never been recovered. Despite a number of people being jailed for the various thefts, police said "it soon became apparent an international organised crime group was planning and commissioning the jobs". Some of the defendants were arrested during co-ordinated raids by officers from 26 forces and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in September 2013. The 40 raids were made in connection with the crimes, which took place between November 2011 and April 2012. The gang was brought to justice after a four-year covert national investigation - operation Griffin - led by officers from Durham and Cambridgeshire, supported by the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs Council. The 10 others convicted of conspiracy to burgle included travellers' rights campaigner Richard Sheridan, 47, of Water Lane, Smithy Fen, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire and Donald Chi Chong Wong, 56, of Clapham Common South Side, London. He was described in court as a "fence" who made frequent trips to Hong Kong. Both denied any involvement in the raids but were found guilty by a jury in November. Also convicted at the same trial were Alan Clarke, 37, of Melbourne Road, Newham, London; Patrick Clarke, 33, of the same address, John "Cash" O'Brien, 68, of Fifth Avenue, Wolverhampton; Paul Pammen, 49, of Alton Gardens, Southend, Essex; Danny Flynn, 45, of Orchard Drive, Smithy Fen and Ashley Dad, 35, of Crowther Road, Wolverhampton. Robert Gilbert-Smith, 28, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to his part in the raids in March last year and has already served his sentence. Terence McNamara, 46, of Marquis Street, Belfast, pleaded guilty at the beginning of the final trial on 4 January. The gang members are expected to be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 4 and 5 April.

Fourteen members of an organised crime gang have been convicted over their roles in stealing artefacts worth up to £57m from museums and an auction house.

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BBC Radio Leicester reports the 24-year-old will join the Foxes for a fee of about £6m. Kante made 37 appearances for the French top-flight side last season, scoring two goals. If the deal goes through, he will be new manager Claudio Ranieri's first signing for the club. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Leicester City are set to sign Caen midfielder N'Golo Kante for an undisclosed fee after he passed a medical at the Premier League club.

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North Wales Police were called to the incident involving a silver Ford Transit truck in Nantlle Road, Talysarn, Gwynedd, on Friday afternoon. The woman was flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor by air ambulance, but later died. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident.

An elderly woman has died after being hit by a tipper truck.

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The committee believes it has been sent by Malcolm McKibben to the permanent secretaries of government departments. Committee chairman Daithi McKay of Sinn Féin said: "I am keen to see that very soon because I am aware there are some efforts to stymie this inquiry." No witnesses appeared at the hearing. Most of the session on Thursday was held in private. The committee took stock of correspondence it has been sent, including from loyalist Jamie Bryson, who claims to have information about the loan sale. Sinn Féin MLA Michaela Boyle said: "Reading Mr Bryson's letter he is a person of interest and we did put out the call for anyone who may have factual information to bring that forward. "We are not in the business of shutting doors on anybody. Factual information should be brought forward." The committee agreed to write back to him, asking for any evidence "within its terms of reference". The Law Society is due to appear next Thursday. The Nama Northern Ireland loan portfolio was sold to the US investment fund Cerberus for more than £1bn last year. Irish politician Mick Wallace has alleged that £7m was due to be paid to a Northern Ireland politician in the wake of the deal. Mr Wallace told the Irish parliament the money had been moved for that purpose to an Isle of Man bank account controlled by the Belfast solicitor Ian Coulter. Mr Coulter is the former managing partner of Tughans solicitors in Belfast and worked on behalf of the buyers in the Nama deal. He said he had directed that money be transferred to the Isle of Man account for "a complex, commercially and legally-sensitive" reason. He said no politician, nor any relative of any politician, was ever to receive any money. BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight programme has established the Isle of Man account was intended to facilitate payments to non-lawyers or deal fixers.

Stormont's finance committee has said it wants to see a letter the head of the civil service has written regarding the National Crime Agency's investigation into the NAMA loan sale.

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A video uploaded on Facebook showed Callum Clatworthy-Robins, 22, from Port Talbot, consuming a fish won at a fair in Bridgend county in March. Clatworthy-Robins admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal at Swansea Magistrates' Court. He was barred from owning animals for three years and ordered to pay £200 in fines and costs on Thursday. RSPCA Cymru said the actions of Clatworthy-Robins, of no fixed abode, would have caused the animal "quite an unpleasant death".

A Neath Port Talbot man has been banned from keeping animals after he was filmed swallowing a live goldfish.

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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.

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The Seasiders' Andy Taylor came close to the opening goal after five minutes, curling just over from 20 yards. Wycombe were denied by the woodwork in the 25th minute as Michael Harriman's looping 20-yard strike came back off the crossbar. Harriman came close again nine minutes later but sent a header straight at goalkeeper Sam Slocombe, while at the other end Brad Potts met Mark Cullen's cross but nodded wide from three yards. Wycombe started the second half on the front foot as Adebayo Akinfenwa brought the ball down and unleashed a powerful 25-yard strike which was inches over the bar. On the hour mark, a cleverly-worked low corner created a chance for Blackpool but Potts fired over from eight yards. The hosts almost snatched a winner in the 81st minute, forcing Blackman to produce a fingertip save to deny Cullen from 12 yards before the on-loan Chelsea youngster pushed Jim McAlister's 25-yard strike wide. Report supplied by Press Association. Match ends, Blackpool 0, Wycombe Wanderers 0. Second Half ends, Blackpool 0, Wycombe Wanderers 0. Attempt missed. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Joe Jacobson. Attempt blocked. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Jim McAlister. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Jamal Blackman. Attempt saved. Jim McAlister (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Jamal Blackman. Attempt saved. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Paul Hayes (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Anthony Stewart. Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Colin Daniel (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers). Attempt missed. Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Aaron Pierre. Attempt missed. Paul Hayes (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Attempt missed. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Foul by Colin Daniel (Blackpool). Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Paul Hayes replaces Adebayo Akinfenwa. Attempt missed. Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Attempt blocked. Nick Freeman (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Danny Pugh (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Danny Pugh (Blackpool). Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Clark Robertson (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers). Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Matt Bloomfield replaces Dan Rowe because of an injury. Substitution, Blackpool. Armand Gnanduillet replaces Bright Samuel. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Dayle Southwell replaces Garry Thompson. Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner. Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Dan Rowe. Attempt missed. Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Jim McAlister (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers). Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Andy Taylor. Foul by Colin Daniel (Blackpool).

Blackpool and Wycombe played out a goalless draw at Bloomfield Road, with the visitors having goalkeeper Jamal Blackman to thank for a string of late saves.

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Sterling did subsequently recover some of the losses. But there is certainly a view that the currency would decline if Britain were to decide to leave. Some analysts expect the fall in the value of sterling in the event of a Brexit vote would be very sharp . The concern reflects the view held by many - though by no means all - economists that leaving the EU would undermine the UK's economic performance. How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU. There would be a period of uncertainty about access to the EU market for British exporters while new arrangements were negotiated. The ultimate result could be that it would be harder to sell to the EU market. It is argued that foreign investment could be hit by the uncertainty. This would be going on at a time when the UK has a large deficit in what is called "the current account deficit" - which is trade in goods and services plus some international financial transactions. The deficit has to be financed by loans and foreign investment in financial assets. Unease about the economic outlook could mean that foreign investors would only provide the finance for the deficit if sterling were cheaper. There is of course another view, reflected by Economists for Brexit that the UK would prosper outside the EU. For the short term however, it is more likely to be the majority view that moves markets and sterling in particular. Our reporting on the currency markets usually focuses on what's called the spot rates, the exchange rate that an investor pays to buy currency immediately. But they can also buy options, which are rights to buy or sell a currency (or other types of financial asset) in the future at a price fixed in advance. It's a way of getting insurance against a move in the exchange rate. If the move you are worried about doesn't happen you don't exercise the option. So you are insured, but you have had to pay for it. That part of the market suggests that investors do think a leave vote would weaken sterling. That was the message that the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney gave to a parliamentary committee back in March, in rather technical language: "We have seen a marked increase in implied volatility in the options market around the date of the referendum, once the date became known, and the skews in the option market, in other words the purchase of downside protection if the pound was going to depreciate, had gone up quite sharply." In other words, more investors were buying insurance for the time of the referendum against a fall in the pound than a rise. The Bank also says that about half the decline in sterling since November is due to news related to the referendum. Here's another sign. The financial news service Bloomberg calculates what it calls "implied volatility" from the options market. It shows a marked increase for the pound against the dollar as the referendum approaches. John Redwood the Conservative MP and Brexit supporter looks at the sterling issue rather differently. He wrote in his blog: "The pound fell from over $2 in 2008 to $1.4 in 2009 when we were firmly committed to the EU, so we know other influences can generate large sterling movements". And it must be said that Mark Carney fully recognises other factors have influenced sterling in recent months. On the current account issue, Mr Redwood argues that the immediate impact would be beneficial: "The first round effect is to improve the balance of payments by on fifth as we cancel the payments we have to make to the rest of the EU which we do not get back." The leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson also rejects the concerns about the impact on the pound from a leave vote: "The pound will go where it will over the short term. But, believe me, in the long term you can look forward to fantastic success for this country… I think the pound's value will depend entirely on the strength of the UK economy." It's also worth pointing out that a weaker pound now could be helpful to the British economy. It improves the competitiveness of British industry. It makes imported goods more expensive boosting inflation. Normally that would be unwelcome, but not at a time when inflation is well below the Bank of England's target.

The pound has weakened after new polls suggested an increased chance of a vote in the referendum to leave the European Union.

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The poster with the phrase #prayforjosh appeared in Holywood by the A2 within the last week. It is part of a social media campaign supporting 13-year-old Joshua Martin, from Donaghadee, County Down. Life took a dramatic turn for the teenager when he was diagnosed with cancer on Christmas Eve. He was due to have an operation on his appendix at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. However, doctors instead discovered and removed a large primary cancer and five smaller growths. The news shocked Josh's family, but since his diagnosis they have received lots of support from people all over the world. It began as a hashtag on Facebook and Instagram by Bangor Elim Church, where Josh's father is on the pastoral staff, and has since gone viral. The church's senior pastor, Gary Beattie, said he was amazed by how many people have supported Josh and his family so far. "We were in total shock when he was diagnosed, and really the family just wanted support from people and to ask people to pray for Josh," Gary said. "It certainly isn't a campaign as such, we just put the hashtag on our Facebook posts to get some of our congregation thinking about him. We had no idea that it would take off. "We would use social media quite a lot because we have quite a young congregation, and we've been posting updates about Josh from his family. "The update was shared 948 times and it's been seen by over 79,000 people. It's absolutely phenomenal. "We thought there had been a mistake, but you can look at the views and where they've come from, and there are people all over the world supporting him, which is great." But how did a social media hashtag lead to the appearance of the massive billboard? Gary said that last week a mystery donor paid for the sign and it was erected at Holywood playing fields. "We do not know where it came from, we didn't put it there, but it means a lot to have such support," Gary said. There has also been a huge outpouring of support on Twitter for the Bangor Grammar pupil, with his classmates using the now-global hashtag for their friend. As Josh's family and friends continue to support him in his recovery, it now seems there will be people all over the world will be following suit, thanks to the kindness of County Down strangers.

A large billboard has been puzzling residents of a County Down town, and commuters on the main route between Bangor and Belfast.

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Local MP Ian Lucas said people were concerned about the impact it could have if the prison on Wrexham Industrial Estate assumes a local name. In a letter, prisons minister Jeremy Wright says local names are "generally avoided as most local people object". He said it was likely people would be invited to propose names for the £212m prison which is due to open in 2017. Work is expected to start in August, creating up to 1,000 jobs, to build the prison which will house 2,100 inmates, making it the largest prison in the UK. The overall project spend is lower than the original £250m estimate and the construction will involve local business and enterprises, with 100 apprenticeships created.

Wrexham's new super-prison is unlikely to be named after the county borough, says the prison minister.

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Their 196-run first-innings lead came mainly thanks to Tom Kohler-Cadmore (102) and Ed Barnard (59). Further contributions down the order allowed the visitors to reach 403 all out for five batting bonus points. Glamorgan started well with Jacques Rudolph and Nick Selman putting on 74 for the first wicket, but they ended 141-3 at the close, 55 runs behind. Worcestershire claimed three wickets for 34 runs to reduce Glamorgan to 108-3, but Colin Ingram (41 not out) and Aneurin Donald saw out the rest of the day. Glamorgan bowler Michael Hogan told BBC Wales Sport: "It seemed to go through different stages at different times. It was a little trickier at times and then got easier as ball got softer. The boys toiled hard but it could have been a bit better. "It was good to see Lukas Carey doing well. He has done a lot of work in pre-season and he has worked really hard on his fitness and his technique, so it is good to see him being given a chance and taking it with both hands. "I'm fitter after a winter off, probably lacked a bit of bowling conditioning. I've had a few weeks off with injury so probably I got bit tired towards the end. "We thought with the sun out after about 35 or 40 overs it got a bit easier, but they have got a good attack so we will have to absorb a bit of pressure. I think the boys can do the job and if the boys can build a good total we can hopefully bowl them out."

Worcestershire batted themselves to a good position on day two against Glamorgan in Cardiff.

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"You," he said to Foster, "are the worst Rangers player ever." Foster was momentarily taken aback, but then old instincts asserted themselves. Foster answered back. "Why do you feel it's necessary to say that or that it's ok to say that?" Foster asked. The response was that he was a fan, he paid his money at games, so he was entitled to his opinion. "It got to the point that because I kept challenging him, somebody noticed and said that we need to get security because I was harassing him," Foster says with a look of incredulity. "I got fixated on it and should have let it go, but I was just minding my own business, not walking about with a big sign saying, 'I'm the greatest'. Now, an hour later, I'm laughing at it and thinking it's ridiculous, but at the time it did annoy me. "He'll maybe feel great when he tells his pals that he abused me. It's not nice. I love Glasgow, I love the people and I love living here, but I don't want to always be on my guard." Moments of criticism have pockmarked Foster's career, and he admits that he finds it difficult to just brush them aside. He is not capable of the flippancy of some footballers, but his response is not born out of defensiveness either. When he feels that criticism is valid, Foster uses it for motivation. There have been moments in his life when he feels that family time has been impinged upon. Last season, Foster took his son to the New Year carnival in Glasgow 24 hours after Rangers lost to Hibernian. He returned home to find that he had been criticised by a Rangers fan on Twitter, but felt that was unfair since this was his Christmas time with his son, who lives with his mother. "What do you want me to become, a hermit, and hand back the money I've earned because we got beaten?" Foster says. "You're going to lose games, but that doesn't mean I'm not trying or working hard; it's sometimes you play badly or have bad luck. "There were a few occasions [as an Aberdeen player], one time when I was sitting with my parents and a couple of guys walked past and made a comment, but luckily I was the only one who heard it. "I'm a great believer that that's my time with my family and if you want to make a comment at 3 o'clock on a Saturday, when you've paid your money to come to the game, then vent and tell me whatever it is you want to tell me. "It's not just negative, people come up and ask for signatures and photographs and they're very complimentary. But the ones who are not are the ones that stick with you. It's not nice being told how rubbish you are. "I'm pretty bad about going home and beating myself up about it, so the last thing I need is somebody else telling me how bad I was. But that's part of playing football." Foster is a quick, industrious and earnest player, a winger in his youth who was converted into a full-back in his early days at Aberdeen out of necessity. He was a boyhood Rangers fan who broke through at Pittodrie and contributed to the resurgence of the team under Jimmy Calderwood, but a clash of personalities with Mark McGhee led to Foster being loaned out to Rangers in the deal that took Andrius Velicka to Aberdeen. Foster returned as a title winner, but the extent of the rivalry between the two sets of fans meant that his second spell at Aberdeen turned fraught, even when he was made captain by Craig Brown and Archie Knox. "It was difficult, going back and then being made captain in the first pre-season game, a couple of the Aberdeen fans were singing songs and making comments about me and they were obviously not very happy that I'd played [for Rangers]," Foster said. "I made a comment as I went off the pitch, and of course the fans are 100 yards away, the press are two feet away. It's mumbled almost to myself but they hear it and then it's a story." There is an honest, engaging quality to Foster. He has played in major Champions League matches, captained Aberdeen and enjoyed a solid professional career, yet encountered plenty of jarring moments, too. After a spell at Bristol City, he returned to Rangers and soon after signed up for Twitter, where he was immediately abused by the first person who responded to him. "The guy said he would take great delight in watching me get hit by a bus, die in the street and he would revel in a party afterwards to celebrate," Foster says. "It was that absurd that I laughed to myself, I couldn't believe I was reading this. "I don't understand the mentality of a person who would think, 'I've got five spare minutes, I'm going to go on Twitter and send this abuse to someone I've never met'. You look at his profile and he was relatively young, so the time I was at Aberdeen he was maybe 13, 14, so has he really seen me play and what's his motivation? Purely that I've signed for Rangers? "I wouldn't say it to my worst enemy in the world. When it's criticism of how I've played, I can get over it and take it on board, but when it's abuse - you're rubbish, the worst player ever - it's a nothing comment, I can't do anything with that. It doesn't mean anything, but you can't get it out your head as quick." Foster now spends his life between Elgin and Glasgow, where his girlfriend, the singer Amy Macdonald, lives. He is comfortable with the different pace of life as a Ross County player, and recalls fondly the memory of the couple going out for dinner in Inverness while he was still wearing his club tracksuit and not being stopped or approached by anybody. At 30, he is young enough to hold at bay serious thoughts about life after retirement, although he is doing a psychology degree on the Open University - "to try to understand people". He is content with his life, having made much of his career, and the spikiness, the unwillingness to stand down, are simply aspects of his character. They are shared in some senses with Macdonald, who has also had to develop coping mechanisms for living in the public eye. They react with anger at times, but are also able to see the black humour of the attention, like when Foster was booed by the Motherwell fans earlier this season. "My girlfriend said to me, 'it's quite funny that you've managed to unite the whole of Scotland, everyone's going to boo you'," Foster said. "It does help [that] we're both used to that. I spoke to her after [the shopping incident] and she said the guy's lucky she wasn't there. "She would laugh it off if it was against her but she's more protective with me. She can be very cutting and she's quick, so that guy today before he'd finished his sentence he would have felt pretty bad about himself." Foster has earned the right to feel good about himself and his career.

During a recent shopping trip in Glasgow, Ricky Foster noticed a young man walk by with his friends and then turn back to approach him.

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The three children were placed in foster care after the couple's arrest by counter-terrorism officers in 2015. Mr Justice Cobb said he was suspicious the parents were going to areas controlled by so-called Islamic State. But he said their "attitude" had "genuinely changed" and he concluded that the children should return home. The judge, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court, said he was also satisfied that the couple will meet their children's needs. He said evidence showed that being in the family home will be in their best interests. Details of the case have emerged in rulings published by Mr Justice Cobb following private family court hearings in Leeds. The judge did not identify the couple. He said they were from London but lived in the north-east of England. Council social workers had asked him to make decisions about where the children should live. The couple were arrested while in a car with their children at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, Kent, during the summer of 2015. They had not been accused of any terrorism-related offences as a result of their arrest, but had faced fraud charges. The couple had told police that they were travelling to Germany to visit relatives, although the man admitted that he had been "drawn into radical extreme thinking". Mr Justice Cobb said evidence caused him "very considerable concern" and he said he was "suspicious" that the couple had been heading for areas of the Middle East controlled by IS. But he said suspicion was not enough. Mr Justice Cobb said he had been told how the couple had co-operated with social services after the children were taken into foster care. The father said he accepted that things he had said before were "not appropriate" and "not a true expression of Islam", and the mother had accepted that views she expressed "were wrong". "I am sufficiently satisfied... that the attitudes of these parents have genuinely changed," said Mr Justice Cobb. "I am satisfied from the information placed before me that these parents [will meet] the needs of these... children in all material respects." He added: "All relevant considerations point to the conclusion that it is indeed in the best interests of the children that they should [be] at home in the care of their parents."

A Muslim couple arrested over fears that they were heading to Syria for "extremist activities" have won a court fight for the care of their children.

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Penglais Farm will have a total of 1,000 rooms, but only 700 will be ready this month to welcome students. The university said developer Balfour Beatty confirmed the remaining 300 rooms will be ready during the 2015-16 academic year. Balfour Beatty has been asked to comment. The unfinished rooms have not been let to students.

Hundreds of rooms at a £45m student halls development at Aberystwyth University will not be ready for the new term.

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The Local Government Association said authorities were reviewing fire risk assessments and the construction of buildings. Staff are also working closely with tenants to review and offer fire safety advice. Police say at least 30 people died as a result of the west London blaze. Live: Latest updates on the Grenfell Tower fire Lord Porter, LGA chairman, said: "Following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower, councils with tower blocks in their local area have been working with their local fire service, and undertaking urgent reviews of their high-rise buildings. "Fire risk assessments and the construction of buildings are being reviewed and double checks are being made to ensure remedial work recommended under previous assessments have been carried out." Extra fire safety checks were immediately organised across local authorities, including Camden, Newham, Croydon and Redbridge. In Leeds, which has 116 blocks, the council is carrying out a review of fire safety in all blocks as a matter of urgency, but reassuring residents adequate checks are already in place. In the Midlands, councils in Coventry and Birmingham, which have 38 high-rise blocks, say they have double-checked records and no buildings have cladding like the type used in Grenfell Tower. London fire: Homes offered to Grenfell victims London fire: Fire protesters storm town hall May promises 'proper investigation' into fire In Wolverhampton, the city council said that of the 36 tower blocks across the city, a number have external cladding. The authority said it was "confident" the cladding is of a correct standard, but will undergo urgent checks with manufacturers. Fire crews in Solihull have visited high-rise blocks to reassure residents. Senior councillors in Liverpool will hold a meeting with social landlords on Saturday, while the fire service is reviewing its inspection processes for high-rise buildings and prioritising inspections of high-rise premises across Merseyside. St Katherine's Court in Northampton, which was recently refurbished, was inspected earlier by the fire service. Management said cladding used is a different type to that used on Grenfell Tower. Meanwhile, fire services in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Humberside have also confirmed they will be visiting high-rise buildings. And in Cornwall, which has one tower block, a meeting with residents and council and fire officers is planned for next week. Lord Porter added: "Councils take the safety of residents extremely seriously. We need to know with certainty how this fire started and why it spread so quickly so that councils can start to take any action needed."

Councils across England are carrying out urgent reviews of high-rise buildings in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.

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Fighting lasted for several hours near the city of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Balkh province. Insurgents targeted those leaving Friday prayers at the base's mosque and others in a canteen, the army said. The Taliban said in a statement they had carried out the attack, using suicide bombers to breach defences. Earlier estimates put the death toll as high as 134, but a statement from the defence ministry on Saturday gave the figure of more than 100 killed or injured. It is one of the deadliest tolls in a Taliban attack on the Afghan army. At least 10 Taliban militants were also killed in the fighting and one attacker was detained. The Afghan government has declared Sunday a day of national mourning. Separately, the US military command in Afghanistan said that Taliban commander Quari Tayib had been killed in a coalition air strike. It said that Tayib was "once known as the shadow Taliban governor of Takhar province" in the north-east, and was killed along with eight other Taliban fighters in the strike on 17 April. The Taliban fighters who attacked the base wore army uniforms and drove through checkpoints to launch the raid, a military spokesman said. One injured soldier, Mohammad Hussain, said: "When I came out of the mosque, three people with army uniforms and an army vehicle started shooting at us. Of course, they had some infiltrators inside the base, otherwise they would never have been able to enter. "One of them sitting inside a vehicle had set up a machine gun at the car's window and shot everyone in his way." President Ashraf Ghani flew to the area on Saturday and visited wounded troops. US military spokesman John Thomas described the attack as a "significant" strike, but he praised Afghan commandos for bringing the "atrocity to an end". There are conflicting reports about casualties. The defence ministry confirmed more than 100 soldiers had been "killed or injured" but a security official in Mazar-e Sharif told the BBC that more than 100 had died, including a top military commander. Relatives of some of the soldiers gathered outside the base to take possession of coffins. They all questioned the security measures in place at the main entrance. "If strict inspections had taken place, the attackers would not have passed the first gate," said Jan Agah, from Jowzjan province. One of his nephews serving at the base died and another was injured in the attack. The raid shows the Taliban can plan and carry out complex attacks. The militants said four of the attackers had served as soldiers for a long time and had knowledge of every corner of the base. The base at Mazar-e-Sharif is home to the Afghan National Army's 209th Corps, responsible for providing security to most of northern Afghanistan, including Kunduz province - which has seen heavy recent fighting. Several German and other foreign soldiers are reported to be garrisoned there. Last month about 50 people were reported to have died when militants believed to be from the group known as Islamic State targeted patients and staff at a military hospital in Kabul with guns, grenades and knives. Also in March the Taliban said they had captured the crucial south Afghan district of Sangin after a year-long battle.

More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed or wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base on Friday, the defence ministry has confirmed.

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However, once it had served its usefulness, two-thirds of it was given an unceremonious burial beneath the city's post-war buildings and the new A474 road up the Tawe valley. Now - thanks to a dedicated band of enthusiasts - a small but vital section is to be put back to water. When it was formed in 1981, the Swansea Canal Society managed to save the last remaining five miles (8km) between Clydach and Ynysmeudwy. In recent years, more than 25,000 hours of volunteer work has seen lock chambers re-pointed, eroded banks repaired, and new steps and walls built at both Clydach Lock and Lower Trebanos Lock. In the latest stage of the project, Swansea council has donated part of a former transport depot off Pontardawe Road in Clydach, which was built over the canal and lock number seven. When reinstated, this 300ft (90m) stretch will link two sections of the canal already in water. But, as Martin Davies of the Swansea Canal Society explains, the entire project was greatly helped by the extraordinary farsightedness of a council engineer, back in 1973. "The society had talked for years about trying to excavate the section of the canal which runs through pipes beneath the transport depot, but we had no way of knowing what remained of the lock, and therefore whether there'd be any point," he said. "Then a few years ago John Evans, the man who built the depot in 1973 made contact with us. "He said that even then he'd envisaged a time when people would want to save our industrial heritage, so before burying it under concrete, he'd re-pointed and reinforced lock number seven, and had only to remove the top five feet of the lock chamber to level it off. "It's incredible. Without his imagination it would have been lost forever; so it's fitting that his son has gone on to be waterways manager on the Kennet and Avon Canal." In its heyday the Swansea canal was a feat of 18th Century engineering; with 36 locks and five aqueducts carrying the water from 365ft (111m) at Abercraf, to where it reached sea-level at North Dock. For a century and a half it carried around 400,000 tonnes of coal, iron and steel each year to feed the Industrial Revolution. Indeed, several towns and villages such as Ystradgynlais, Ystalyfera and Clydach owe their very existence to its success. But by the turn of the 20th Century it was feeling the pinch from the competition of railways, and the last commercial barge to travel the canal was in 1931. "So much of our history came down that canal, from the copper works of Swansea, to the iron of the valleys, The Mond Nickel Works, and what was at the time the biggest tinplate works in the world at Pontardawe," said Mr Davies. "After its closure in 1931 it was briefly used during World War Two, but after that it was gradually covered over. "Back then there was no interest in preservation. There's even a piece of 1960s BBC news footage, talking about what a fetid eyesore it was, and how it needed to be built-over as soon as possible." Whilst the reopening of lock number seven is still some years off, demolishing some of the transport depot and reinstating the towpath to extend Sustrans National Cycle Route 43 could be achieved relatively quickly. Attention will then turn to dredging the navigable section of silt, with a view to holding a trail boat festival there in 2019. Mr Davies now believes that the time has come where public thinking has turned full-circle away from burying our past. "With the success of projects like the extension of the Liverpool-Leeds canal, authorities are recognising that for every £1 they spend on restoration, they can make back £7 in tourism," he said. "If we can get the Swansea canal to reach the Fendrod River, onto the Tawe, and back to the docks, from there it would only take a short section of new canal to meet up with the Neath and Tennant Canals. "That would give us a U-shaped 35-mile (56km) stretch which would take around three days to cruise, and how much tourist revenue could that raise?"

Constructed between 1794 and 1798, the Swansea canal once ran for more than 16 miles between Swansea and Abercraf, and was the artery which created the Swansea valley as we know it.

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