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Summary: Each day we feature a photograph sent in from across England.


Media playback is not supported on this device The credibility of records was examined following the sport's doping scandal. Britain's Paula Radcliffe, who faces losing her 2003 marathon world record, called the proposals "cowardly". "I am hurt and do feel this damages my reputation and dignity," she said, adding that the governing bodies had "again failed clean athletes". Svein Arne Hansen, the European Athletics president, said world records "are meaningless if people don't really believe them". However, Radcliffe said the changes were "heavy handed" and "confusing to the public". European Athletics set up a taskforce to look into the credibility of world records in January. Its ruling council has now ratified the proposals put forward by the taskforce, and it wants the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, to adopt the changes it sets out. Media playback is not supported on this device If the proposals are accepted by the IAAF, a world record would only be recognised if it meets all three of the following criteria: The IAAF has stored blood and urine samples only since 2005 and current records that do not meet the new criteria would remain on an "all-time list", but not be officially recognised as records. This would include Jonathan Edwards' triple jump record of 18.29m - set in 1995 - and Colin Jackson's 1994 indoor 60m hurdles world record of 7.30secs, as well as Radcliffe's marathon mark of two hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds, set in 2003 using two male pacemakers. Mary Keitany of Kenya broke Radcliffe's women's-only world record to win the 2017 London Marathon in two hours 17 minutes one second, the second-fastest time in history. The council also recommended that a performance should be wiped from record books if the athlete had committed a "doping or integrity violation, even if it does not directly impact the record performance". The proposals are a response to last year's McLaren report, which uncovered widespread doping in sport - and athletics in particular. Russian athletes are currently banned from international competition unless they can satisfy strict criteria to show they are clean. More than 100 Olympic athletes who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Games have been sanctioned for doping after the International Olympic Committee embarked on a programme of retesting old samples. "There are records in which people in the sport, the media and the public do not have complete confidence," added taskforce chair Pierce O'Callaghan. IAAF president Lord Coe said the changes were "a step in the right direction". "There will be athletes, current record holders, who will feel that the history we are recalibrating will take something away from them, but if organised and structured properly we have a good chance of winning back credibility in this area," he said. European Athletics president Hansen said he would encourage the IAAF to adopt the proposal at its August council meeting. "What we are proposing is revolutionary and not just because most world and European records will have to be replaced," Hansen added. "We want to raise the standards for recognition to a point where

Summary: All athletics world records set before 2005 could be rewritten under a "revolutionary" new proposal from European Athletics.


She is the co-founder of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), which she says was formed to stop the "Islamisation of America" and "creeping sharia" in her country. AFDI is listed as an anti-Muslim group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights group. A flamboyant rhetorical style on social media, in which she is not afraid to be provocative and offensive, has recently powered Pamela Geller's rise. In May 2015, Ms Geller played a key role in organising a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a suburb of Dallas, where two gunmen were shot dead after opening fire outside the venue. In typically emotive language after the attack, she defended the decision to stage the exhibition. "The idea we are going to bridge our freedom, our most basic inalienable right in order to not offend savages, is egregious, it is outrageous," she told Fox News. In April 2015, the AFDI was also in the headlines when it arranged for a controversial advertisement - which referred to Muslims killing Jews - to be displayed on New York's buses. A former financial analyst, Ms Geller was described by the New York Times as "sky-rocketing to national prominence" in 2010 as a firebrand blogger vehemently opposed to plans to build a Muslim community centre close to the World Trade Center. She has been denounced by critics as a "bigoted blogger", reportedly has no formal journalistic qualifications and operates outside traditional Washington power centres. Ms Geller insists that she is not against Islam in general - only radical Islam. However, expressing views that even her supporters have criticised as being excessive, she has, for instance, been quoted as describing the faith as a "genocidal ideology". She has equally strong views on numerous other issues - calling over the last decade for the removal of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem where Islamic tradition says the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, and an end to President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms which she described as an "act of national rape". In favour of abortion and same-sex marriages on the one hand, she is an enthusiastic supporter of right-wing small government - including cutting taxes and reducing budgets - on the other. Born in 1958 - the third youngest of four girls - Ms Geller dropped out of university and worked on the business desk of the New York Daily News throughout the 1980s, proceeding to become associate publisher at the New York Observer. She began blogging after 9/11, almost immediately focussing on various contentious issues but with Islam as her principal target. In 2006, one of the websites she formed took the decision to publish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad which had earlier been printed in a Danish newspaper, sparking widespread protests in several countries. A little while afterwards, Ms Geller attended a "counter-jihad" conference in Brussels and developed links with various anti-Islamic Europeans including the English Defence League, which opposes the construction of mosques in Britain. While critics argue that she is guilty of spreading fear of Islam, her supporters say that

Summary: From an unknown blogger in the months following the 9/11 attacks, Pamela Geller has become one of the most outspoken US critics of Islam.


Severe storms in December 2013 caused damage to an existing dune system to the east of Barkby Beach in Prestatyn. A report, to be considered by Denbighshire councillors, says there is evidence they have begun to re-establish themselves naturally. But the council is considering creating a secondary dune system to strengthen the defences. The flood risk management report says: "The narrowness of the dunes at Barkby Beach is a cause for serious concern. "Discussions have taken place with Natural Resources Wales regarding possible options to reduce the risk of a breach at this location. "This could be such as creating a secondary dune system on the landward side of the existing dunes." About 400 people were forced to leave their homes after high tides and gale force winds battered north Wales causing flooding last December. In Rhyl, Denbighshire - one of the worst-hit areas - hundreds of properties were without power.

Summary: New sand dunes may be created to reduce the risk of flooding on a beach on the Denbighshire and Flintshire border.


Vikki Thompson, 21, was found dead in her cell at HMP Leeds in 2015 with a ligature around her neck. Robert Steele told the hearing in Wakefield Miss Thompson wrote to him while in prison saying: "I know I'm going to do something silly." Giving evidence he said: "I believe she shouldn't have been in a male prison." More stories from across Yorkshire The jury inquest was also told Miss Thompson, from Keighley, had repeatedly told prison and court escort staff that she would be "carried out in a box". Mr Steele said he spoke to her on the phone while she was in prison and she told him she wanted to move to a women's prison that and her solicitors were waiting for her to make a formal application to the governor. Mr Steele also said he received a letter from his partner which said: "I don't think I can last very long in here. I can't sleep at night. I just feel like I won't be here no more. "I know I'm going to do something silly. I don't want to but I can't do this." But, in a statement read to the court, Miss Thompson's mother Lisa Harrison said her daughter did not say she had a problem being in a men's prison. "Vikki didn't like prison but who does?" Ms Harrison said. "She never said anything to me about it being the wrong prison for her." The inquest heard Miss Thompson had identified as female since she was 10 years old but had never had any surgical or hormone treatment. She did not have a Gender Recognition Certificate establishing her female identity so she was sent to a men's prison. Coroner Jonathan Leach said the inquest would examine a number of issues including the suitability of the "prison accommodation". The jury was told that after an extensive risk assessment process Miss Thompson was initially put in E-Wing rather than A-Wing, where vulnerable prisoners were housed, and placed on a one-hour suicide watch. Mr Leach said this decision was taken because it was thought she might be under more risk on A-Wing due to the number of sex offenders there. He said she was later allowed to move to A-Wing but was taunted by men in the segregation block below. The inquest heard that on the day she died Miss Thompson had been seen watching TV at 19:00 GMT but at 20:00 she was spotted on the floor with the ligature round her neck and the alarm was raised. The inquest, which is expected to last three weeks, continues

Summary: The partner of a transgender woman found dead in a men's prison while on remand has told an inquest she did not want to be in a male jail.


Matthew Cherrington, 32, from West Bromwich, murdered 26-year-old sex worker Lidia Pascale, who was last seen on 19 November 2014. Her body was discovered more than two weeks later in Hope Street, West Bromwich. Cherrington must serve a minimum of 19 years, Birmingham Crown Court was told. The electrician arranged for Ms Pascale, who had been working as an escort, to visit his flat where he attacked and killed her, West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Ms Pascale, who had been staying in Smethwick, West Midlands, and Coventry, had suffered at least 11 blows to the head. Judge Melbourne Inman told Cherrington he was "a very dangerous man capable of extreme unprovoked violence" who had "never shown any remorse or regret." The CPS said Cherrington, of High Street, tried to "evade detection" and had blamed an associate for Ms Pascale's disappearance. Mobile phone analysis showed he had contacted several escorts including Ms Pascale on the day of the murder, the CPS said. Emily Lenham, from the CPS, said: "A very dangerous man has been convicted of a brutal and senseless crime." A West Midlands Police spokesperson said the force was supporting Ms Pascale's family, who are from Tulcea in Romania.

Summary: A man convicted of bludgeoning to death a Romanian woman whose body was found in a wheelie bin has been jailed for life.


Only a few days after publicly stating he was committing his future to Villa, having been on the brink of joining City, he has made an almighty U-turn and joined Manuel Pellegrini's side. We look back at eight days of transfer saga: Having featured in an Aston Villa tweet promoting next season's new kit earlier in the day, the BBC and several other media outlets learned that the England midfielder was set to have a medical at Manchester City. The North West club had triggered the £8m release clause. Some football followers keenly pointed out Delph's comments when he signed a new four-and-a-half year contract with Villa in January. Here was a reminder from a Villa fans' blog: The first twist of the week - when Delph released a statement through the Villa website: Although some questioned his decision to turn down a move to a "bigger" club, other football fans, like Arsenal supporter Steven Parkhill, praised the decision to stay put. So all was good and well at Villa. Delph flew out to join the rest of his team-mates at the Portugal training camp. It was a squad that had been strengthened by the signings of English full-back Micah Richards and midfielders Scott Sinclair and Idrissa Gueye. Belgium striker Christian Benteke, who was then reported to be a target of Liverpool, also travelled with the club. Villa manager Tim Sherwood said: "I knew there was interest from Manchester City and few other clubs who had shown a lot of interest in Fabian as I expected for such a small fee on the buyout clause. "But he never ever indicated to me that he wanted to leave." Then came a second twist - Delph had change of heart. Rumours that he was set to make a U-turn and join Man City surfaced early on Friday when a sharp-eyed member of the public tweeted: Tim probably had, before BBC Sport's David Ornstein, confirmed that Delph's £8m move to City was back on. This news came a few hours after it was reported Liverpool had met a £32.5m release clause for Benteke. It is understood Delph had informed club owner Randy Lerner of his latest decision on Thursday. Understandably, the reaction from Villa fans ranged from disappointment from that which was slightly more vitriolic, with a dash of humour. But by Friday evening, the saga was all over:

Summary: From praise for loyalty to vilification for a change of mind - Fabian Delph's move from Aston Villa to Manchester City has found a place in the all-time transfer sagas scrapbook.


Firearms officers from the Met Police carried out a stop on a car in High Street shortly before 20:00 GMT on Wednesday. Two men in their 20s were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition. The operation was not linked to a fatal police shooting at Tracey Court in Luton earlier in the day, police said. Detectives from the Met's serious and organised crime command were supported by officers from Bedfordshire Police during the operation. Local residents were warned by armed police to stay inside their homes during the incident. The arrested men are being held in custody at a police station in north London.

Summary: A handgun and ammunition have been seized and two people were arrested during a police operation in Luton.


Wales in the 13th Century was a mixture of regional powers. By the middle of the previous century, most of the lowland areas, particularly in south Wales, were under English control, in the form of Anglo-Norman barons from the Marches and across Glamorganshire to Pembroke. Gwynedd and the north-west of Wales remained largely independent. Welsh princes acknowledged the ruler Llywelyn the Great and his successor Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as the overarching Prince of Wales. But as the century wore away, and Edward I of England came to power, the balance of power changed as Llywelyn refused to pay tribute to Edward. In 1276 Edward I led an invasion into Gwynedd and forced Llywelyn into the very top corner of the country, and set about his castle-building programme. An uprising in 1282 led to renewed fighting, and saw the death of Llywelyn. By the following year it was over, and English domination over Wales was entrenched. Edward's son, the future Edward II, was created Prince of Wales. At the start of the 1200s, Welsh was the language of the common people. It was how people did business, conducted family life and worshipped. By the end of the century, daily business was increasingly done in English. English settlers were encouraged to move to Wales by free land grants and the imposition of English law. As the settlers moved into the more fruitful lowlands, Welsh speakers were increasingly pushed to the higher ground, although there was crossover between the two. One of the main changes through the course of the 13th Century was the difference in the way people paid for things. According to Dr Mark Redknap, head of collections and research in the history department at the Museum of Welsh Life, the old system of "render" was starting to change. "It's fair to say that from about the end of the 13th Century the Welsh were more familiar with using money than they had been a century earlier," he said. "You had an increasing use of coinage whereas there is very much a barter economy with the pre-Norman period, and payment in kind." He said taxes to the English king were paid in cash. Coinage though was still more at the stage where the actual weight of the coins, in silver for example, was what provided the value rather than a nominal amount printed on the coin. As well as tithes paid to the church, Llywelyn had tried to levy tax on cattle and in lieu of military service. But it was Edward I who pushed formalised tax collection. By the time of his death in 1307, tax revenue from Wales had tripled. According to Gerald of Wales, the Welsh were a militaristic society, more concerned with learning to fight rather than ploughing their land more than necessary. But this only applied to free men: about a third of the population at the start of the century were bonded to a lord and worked for them on large estates. The common people wore simple clothes: a tunic and thin cloak. Although much of Wales

Summary: As the Welsh government publishes plans to reintroduce Welsh taxes for the first time since the 13th century, BBC News looks at what life was like in Wales last time there was direct Welsh taxation.


22 September 2015 Last updated at 14:14 BST The project was the result of a joint study by two researchers - one specialising in robotics, the other architecture - at ETH Zurich University's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control and Gramazio Kohler Research. They hope the technology could eventually be used to save lives.

Summary: Quadcopter drones have been programmed to build a rope bridge capable of supporting the weight of a human.


But they have also had three points deducted after the game on 14 October was disrupted when a drone flew over the stadium with a political message. The drone carried a pro-Albania flag. Crowd disturbance and a brawl between players followed at Partizan Stadium. Both countries have confirmed they will appeal against the rulings. Uefa's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) deemed that Albania had forfeited the match and in doing so lost 3-0. But it also decided to penalise Serbia over the crowd trouble. It ruled Serbia must also play two home qualifying games behind closed doors and fined both FAs 100,000 euros each. A statement from the Serbian FA confirmed it will submit an appeal within five days of receiving Uefa's full written decisions. The Albanian FA earlier released a similar response. Bardhyl Minxhozi, a senior member of the Albanian Football Federation's executive committee, told BBC Sport it was "a very sad day for European football". Media playback is not supported on this device He added: "It's a very disappointing decision, not only for Albanian fans from a football point of view, but it's a decision which is unacceptable from a legal and a technical point of view. "We have a very dangerous precedent from this decision." Serbia will have to play their Group I Euro 2016 qualifiers against Denmark and Armenia in an empty stadium. The match between the Balkan sides earlier this month, at which no away fans were permitted, was interrupted late in the first half when a flag depicting a notional 'Greater Albania', was flown over the terraces and pitch by what appeared to be a remote-controlled drone. Serbia's Stefan Mitrovic grabbed the flag, prompting an angry reaction from Albanian players. A brawl between the players followed after several Albanian players snatched the flag from Mitrovic and they then had to run into the tunnel for cover as some home fans invaded the pitch and attacked them. Premier League referee Martin Atkinson suspended play in the 41st minute with the score at 0-0 and Uefa confirmed the match had been abandoned after a delay of about 30 minutes. Albanian fans had been banned from entering the stadium by Uefa on safety grounds and the match was set against a backdrop of tight security. There are long-standing tensions between the nations over Kosovo, the province with which both share a disputed border, and which is recognised as independent by the United States and major European Union countries. It is not recognised as independent by Serbia - a bone of contention with Albania. The two sides are due to meet in their return fixture next October.

Summary: Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 walkover against Albania after their Euro 2016 qualifier in Belgrade was abandoned, Uefa has confirmed.


He and his son Gorka were arrested earlier this month as part of a corruption investigation. Villar, who denied all the allegations, has been suspended for one year by the Spanish football federation. "Villar will no longer have any official functions at our organisation," Uefa said on Thursday. "In view of the ongoing court proceedings in Spain, we have no further comments to make on this matter." Uefa said its president, Aleksander Ceferin, had accepted Villar's resignation and had thanked him for his years of service to European football. Villar, a former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder, had headed the Spanish football federation for 29 years. Juan Luis Larrea has been named as interim president.

Summary: Suspended Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar has resigned from his roles as vice-president of Uefa and Fifa.


"The truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we're very happy," the actor told the Hollywood Reporter. "That's the truth," he continued. "It's not a publicity stunt." Hiddleston has been speaking about his first Emmy nomination for The Night Manager, saying it was "fantastic" to to be up for outstanding lead actor. Hiddleston played concierge-turned-spy Jonathan Pine in the BBC's adaptation of John le Carre's novel. He was nominated on Thursday for the prize for lead actor in a miniseries or movie, alongside fellow Brits Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba, and US stars Bryan Cranston, Cuba Gooding Jr and Courtney B Vance. But it is speculation about his relationship with Swift that has been rife in the press since they were snapped embracing near Swift's home in Rhode Island last month. The images went viral online. Hiddleston, 35, who is in Australia shooting reprising his Loki role in the latest Thor film, had previously refused to discuss the relationship with the press. There had been reports that they could have been filming a music video together. "I'd rather just talk about my work if that's all right," he told one reporter in Queensland earlier this week. But when asked by the Hollywood Reporter how he would "respond to people who claim that you're involved in some sort of publicity stunt", the British actor rejected the "notion". The magazine reported that he laughed at the question and thanked them for asking it. Swift was previously in a relationship with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, who 'unfollowed' her on Twitter after images of the singer kissing Hiddleston appeared online. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: Tom Hiddleston has denied his romance with singer Taylor Swift is just for the cameras in his first comments on their widely reported relationship.


The 85-year-old F1 supremo likened the sport to a rock concert at which the band turned up but could not perform. "We are not putting on a very good show," he said, in the build-up to Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. "Imagine if people turned up to watch the Rolling Stones and Mick (Jagger) couldn't sing and the others couldn't play their instruments." In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Sport, Ecclestone also: Last week, the drivers wrote an open letter saying the decision-making process in F1 is "obsolete and ill-structured". Responding the following day, Ecclestone said he agreed with the drivers. But he told BBC Sport he thought the drivers were saying "probably what their teams had told them to say". Alex Wurz, the chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, was not immediately available to respond to Ecclestone's claims. Ecclestone added the governance of F1 was "nothing to do with me". On the issue of qualifying, Ecclestone blamed governing body the FIA for the new format, which was supposed to spice up race weekends. It did the opposite at the season-opening race in Australia, prompting teams to call for a return to the 2015 system. However, the move was blocked by FIA president Jean Todt. Asked if the new qualifying system worked, Ecclestone said: "Depends how you looked at it. The whole idea is we were hoping one or two of the hot shoes would be in trouble in Q1 and Q2. It didn't happen." He added the idea "wasn't mine at all" but the FIA's. However, he rejected calls for a return to the 2015 format because he felt that did not work well either. There will be a meeting of team bosses on Sunday before the race in Bahrain to discuss the qualifying system again. Ecclestone has said he would like to switch to a different system that either decides the grid by ballot or shuffles the order by adding "time ballast" to drivers' times based on either the result of the previous race or the championship order. Ecclestone also discussed the new fuel-efficient turbo hybrid engines, arguing he would prefer a return to the naturally aspirated V8s in use until 2013. "I said this engine would be a disaster and was criticised for that," he said, claiming the lack of noise meant F1 had lost some of its appeal. He also claimed only one engine manufacturer - Mercedes - managed to adapt well to the new engines, which meant competition had suffered. Mercedes have dominated F1 since the new engine came in, winning both the drivers' and constructors championships for the past two years. "Mercedes have done an incredible job with that power unit," he said. "It is unbelievable. but it is not F1." Asked what F1 should be like, he said: "Like it used to be. I didn't find anything wrong with the V8s and neither did anyone else."

Summary: Bernie Ecclestone says Formula 1 is "cheating" its fans because the quality of the show is poor.


The 35-year-old has been released by Brighton & Hove Albion after they fell short in their bid for promotion. "Maybe if I drop down a division, I'll not feature, but it's ifs, buts and maybes," the defender said of his international future. "It is up to me to keep fit and keep playing and see where it takes me." Greer, who won his 11th cap after starting in Saturday's 3-0 defeat by France in Metz, has no idea where he will be playing when Scotland start their World Cup qualifying campaign against Malta in September. "Hopefully I'll get something and I'll be fit and ready for the qualifiers," said the centre-half who did not win his first cap until he turned 32. "I am open to anything. I would like anything with a good opportunity where teams are pushing for something." Greer had spent six years at Brighton after leaving Swindon Town but found himself out of Chris Hughton's starting XI after January. Injuries led to a recall for their final game of the season against Middlesbrough, when a 1-1 draw denied Brighton automatic promotion, and he retained his place for the play-off semi-final defeat by Sheffield Wednesday. The lengthy inactivity meant he was thankful for more game time against France despite being on the receiving end of a heavy defeat. "It was very tough," said the former Clyde, Blackburn Rovers, Kilmarnock and Doncaster Rovers centre-half. "They are a very good team, got a lot of good players and we found it difficult at times. "But it was good to go out there and get 90 minutes against some of the top players in the world, so it was interesting." Scotland had lost 1-0 to Italy six days earlier and failed to fire a shot on target in either of the two friendlies against sides preparing for the Euro 2016 finals in France. Greer was not one of those questioning the decision to play two very strong teams at the end of a long domestic season. "Ultimately, as a footballer, you want to be playing out there against some of the best players in a great atmosphere because that's what you train for all season," he stressed. "We've got some talented players coming through and I think it was really worthwhile for them as well. "France are obviously at a different stage of their preparation going into the Euros and everybody's playing for places. "We went out there and gave it everything, but we just fell short against a fantastic team."

Summary: Gordon Greer has a double mission this summer - find a new club and one that is good enough to help him retain his place in the Scotland team.


Akinde broke the deadlock on 57 minutes with the Bees' first shot on target after the visitors broke quickly from a loose Mitch Rose pass. Luke Gambin sent Akinde down the left and he ghosted past Krystian Pearce before lifting a cool finish over Scott Shearer. Mansfield had the best of a first half short on real chances in which home goalkeeper Shearer did not have a save to make. At the other end Josh Vickers got his body in the way of a Matt Green effort and he safely grabbed a tame header from the same player on 36 minutes. Two minutes later Vickers got down to his right to turn away a low Mal Benning shot from 18 yards. From the corner Green sent a downward header goalwards that looked to be creeping inside the post until Elliot Johnson headed off the line. The Stags laboured after Akinde's goal, though Vickers did make a fine save late on to keep out a Darius Henderson header from Kevan Hurst's cross. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Mansfield Town 0, Barnet 1. Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 0, Barnet 1. Alie Sesay (Barnet) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town). Foul by Alex Iacovitti (Mansfield Town). John Akinde (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing. Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti. Attempt saved. Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet). Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet). Alex Iacovitti (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet). Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti. Substitution, Barnet. Alie Sesay replaces Alex Nicholls. Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Barnet) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Substitution, Mansfield Town. Darius Henderson replaces Mitch Rose. Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti. Attempt blocked. Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Kevan Hurst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Substitution, Barnet. Jamal Campbell-Ryce replaces Luke Gambin because of an injury. Kevan Hurst (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Luke Gambin (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Kevan Hurst (Mansfield Town). Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Luke Gambin. Luke Gambin (Barnet) is shown the yellow card. Attempt missed. Kevan Hurst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Mauro Vilhete

Summary: John Akinde's second-half goal secured Barnet victory at Mansfield.


Mr Drumm, who resigned in December 2008 as the bank was collapsing, was brought before Dublin District Court on Monday to be charged with 33 offences. They include false accounting linked to transactions worth 7bn euros (£5.4bn). He was arrested in the early hours of Monday after arriving at Dublin Airport on an overnight flight from Boston. Gardaí (Irish police) accompanied the former chief executive on the transatlantic flight and shortly after landing he was brought to a Dublin police station, and then escorted to the court. The hearing was told that Mr Drumm made no reply when police officers put the charges to him at the station. Sixteen of the charges relate to the alleged provision of unlawful financial assistance to 16 wealthy investors, in a bid to prop up Anglo's share price before the collapse. Mr Drumm moved to the US in 2009, the same year Anglo Irish Bank had to be bailed out by Irish taxpayers. Police objected to his bail application, claiming the accused is a potential flight risk. A sergeant told the court police believed Mr Drumm had the capacity to flee the jurisdiction and seemed to have access to large sums of money when required, despite owing millions in debts. A prosecution lawyer told the court the accused had fought tooth and nail against his extradition from Boston and had been leading the authorities a "merry dance" during the process. However, Mr Drumm's solicitor said his client had offered to surrender his passport, be tagged and sign on twice daily at his local police station. The defence lawyer added that the accused had offered to provide a "relatively large" amount of cash and had several family members who were willing to "put their houses on the line" so he could be granted bail. The judge granted bail on Mr Drumm's own bond of 50,000 euros (£39,000) and two independent sureties of 50,000 euros. Mr Drumm ran Anglo Irish Bank from 2005 to 2008 and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in the US. However, the bankruptcy bid failed and a Boston court ruled that he could be held liable for debts of 10.5m euros (£8.34m). It was alleged during the bankruptcy case that the 48-year-old former bank boss secretly transferred money and assets to his wife, so they could not be seized during bankruptcy proceedings. Authorities in the Republic of Ireland issued an extradition request last year and he was arrested at his American home in October. At a hearing in Boston last month, Mr Drumm agreed to return to the Republic of Ireland as soon as possible. Bailing out the bank cost Irish taxpayers about 30bn euros (£22bn: $34bn), close to one-fifth of annual output. Its downfall played a large role in the collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 and the ensuing bailout from its eurozone partners two years later.

Summary: David Drumm, former boss of the Anglo Irish Bank, has been granted bail by an Irish court after he was extradited from the US to face fraud charges.


Morata, 23, who is playing for Spain at Euro 2016, joined Juventus in 2014, after four seasons with Real. The terms of his move to Italy included an option for Real to buy him back, with the fee reported to be up to 30m euros (£23m). Morata, previously reported to be a target for Arsenal and Chelsea, has scored three times for Spain in France. He scored 27 goals in two years for Juventus, winning two Serie A titles and two Coppa Italias. Morata played in back-to-back Champions League finals, having appeared as a substitute in Real's 2014 win and scoring in Juventus' 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in 2015. The 6ft 3in striker came through the ranks at Real, making his first team debut at 18, and scored 10 goals for the La Liga side. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Real Madrid have re-signed Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, exercising their buy-back clause.


The company said the agreement included a guarantee that a conductor would be retained as the second member of staff on board new trains being rolled out next year. The dispute led to several days of strikes over the summer. Further industrial action was suspended earlier this month for more talks. ScotRail said the RMT would now present the proposal to its members in a company-wide vote. The company said discussions had also taken place with Aslef, the train drivers' union, and a similar in-principle agreement reached. The RMT said it would make its position clear once the proposed deal has been discussed by its national executive on Tuesday. ScotRail Alliance managing director Phil Verster said: "I am pleased that we have reached an in-principle agreement with the RMT and Aslef unions that, if formally agreed, will bring this dispute to an end. "This will end the uncertainty for our people and our customers, and will allow us to concentrate on delivering the best possible service for Scotland, every single day. "What we have put forward in our proposal will make our service more efficient and more effective while maintaining and enhancing the service we provide to our customers. "It means that the new faster, longer, greener trains that will arrive in autumn next year really will be a revolution in how we deliver our service." An RMT spokesman said: "After long hard hours at the negotiating table, and a sustained period of determined and solid industrial action involving our members, RMT's team will be reporting back to the unions executive tomorrow where the details will be considered in full. "A further statement will be issued by the union after that executive meeting."

Summary: ScotRail said it has reached an in-principle agreement with the RMT union to bring to an end a dispute over driver-only operated trains.


MacDonald made 67 league appearances for National League club Torquay after signing in 2014 following the collapse of previous club Salisbury. The 23-year-old former England Under-19 international has also played for Reading and Wimbledon. "Our squad is young and hungry, and Angus fits that mould perfectly," head coach Paul Heckingbottom said. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Championship side Barnsley have signed Torquay defender Angus MacDonald on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.


He had been facing charges of genocide during one of the most brutal periods in Guatemala's civil war. Doctors said he was not able to understand any charges against him. The medical report will affect two separate trials where he is charged with ordering the murder of hundreds of farmers and over 1,000 Mayan Indians. General Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes two years ago, and sentenced to 80 years in prison. The main charges were that he and his former intelligence chief ordered the army to carry out 15 massacres of Ixil Maya indigenous people in Quiche in northern Guatemala, in which around 1,700 Indians were killed. However, a high court then threw out the charges on procedural grounds and ordered a retrial. Another trial began in January but ended after the judge was rejected for having made public opinions about genocide in a student thesis. A new trial was set for July. This may now not take place because of the medical examiner's report declaring the ex-leader mentally incompetent.

Summary: A former Guatemalan general, Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled the country briefly in the 1980s, has been found mentally incapable of standing trial.


The watchdog assessed the authority's services between January 16 and February 9 and found improvements since its last inspection in 2011. Inspectors said parents had told them new services, brought in over the past 18 months, were "making a difference". The council welcomed the report, but said it was "identifying areas where can do better". See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here Inspectors assessed three key areas and ranked two - leadership and services for looked-after children - as "good". The third area - children who need help and protection - was rated as "requires improvement". In 2011, services in the city were ranked "adequate". In 2013 the council closed two children's centres and reopened eight others as "strengthening family hubs" and inspectors said this seemed to be a difference. "Services have been reconfigured in such a way as to bring together... family workers with health visitors, midwives and social workers," the report said. "Parents told inspectors that it is making a difference to them and their families and that, increasingly, they are able to get the right help in the right way." However, the report added the help and protection which children and young people receive requires improvement. "The quality of analysis, assessments and plans... is variable," it said. "Some children are not getting the help and support that they need quickly enough." Val Gibson, the authority's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "Inspectors have scrutinised our services in minute detail, highlighting the many areas where we are performing well, and identifying areas where we can and will do better." "We have developed a robust action plan to raise standards still further."

Summary: Children's services in Wolverhampton have been rated "good" following an inspection by Ofsted.


The 79-year-old West Ham chairman was sent a tweet by a prankster, asking to spread awareness of a "missing" Hammers fan. Gold obliged, only for the fan to turn out to be West Ham winger Michail Antonio. Antonio, 25, cost the Hammers £7m when he arrived from Nottingham Forest on transfer deadline day - but he has made just one appearance for Slaven Bilic's team, coming on as a substitute in the 2-1 win at Manchester City on 19 September. Gold has since deleted the tweet, but the prankster has pinned a screen grab to the top of his Twitter timeline. The lesson - think before you retweet.

Summary: David Gold thought he was doing a good deed, but instead was found guilty of not recognising one of his own players.


Heydrich - one of the architects of the Final Solution when he was governor of occupied Bohemia - was assassinated by British-trained Czech and Slovak troops in May 1942. It was an operation which was so audacious in its planning and execution that it inspired John Martin from Mold, Flintshire, to research the topic for more than 40 years. He interviewed Heydrich's son, and descendants of the Special Operations Executive hit-team which killed him, as part of a book which has now been made into a film. Anthropoid, named after the mission's codename, has just gone on general release. It stars actors Cillian Murphy and Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan who portrays a Czech resistance fighter. Mr Martin, who is an extra in the film, said: "Not many people have heard of Anthropoid, partly because it was earlier on in the war, and partly because afterwards Britain's role was played down by the Soviets. "It took me until after the fall of the Iron Curtain to be able to get into Prague and properly investigate what happened." Born in 1904, Reinhard Heydrich was a decorated German naval officer in the Weimar Republic. During the rise of the Nazis he progressed quickly to head several branches of the Nazi secret police, including the Gestapo and SD, and was a key figure in both 'The Night of The Long Knives' and 'Kristallnacht'. As Nazi head in occupied Czechoslovakia, he was instructed to improve the productivity of the region's flagging munitions and automobile factories. It was a role which he performed so successfully that the Allies determined he must be removed. Mr Martin said: "Before Heydrich's appointment the Czech Resistance had been quite successful in reducing productivity by as much as a third through go-slows. "Heydrich introduced a policy he called 'Sugar and Whip', whereby those who cooperated gained extra rations and clothing, whilst those who didn't were kidnapped, tortured and killed. "In one way the fact he rewarded people might be seen as a humanising feature, but I think it makes him all the more chilling. "For him, it wasn't about the violence, he'd do whatever it took to achieve the Nazis' ultimate ambitions." In December 1941 the SOE assassination squad of Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis was parachuted into Bohemia from an RAF Halifax bomber. They spent six months undercover planning their assault, before finally ambushing Heydrich on a blind hairpin bend on the Prague to Dresden road on 27 May 1942. Heydrich died of his injuries a week later, and although the Nazis reaped devastating revenge, Mr Martin contends it was still a worthwhile mission. Mr Martin said: "Hitler personally ordered the levelling of two villages - Lidice and LeÅ¾Ã¡ky - where all the men over 16 were shot and all the women transported to concentration camps. "The ordinary population paid a terrible price for what was essentially an economic and military attack. Yet you can see in Hitler's response just what a devastating blow the assassination was. "Hitler was furious at the arrogance which led Heydrich to travel in

Summary: Nicknamed "The Hangman of Prague", SS general Reinhard Heydrich was a man even Hitler himself feared as "the man with an iron heart".


The theft happened outside St John's Kirk in St John's Place in the city before 23:30 on Monday. It was the second time the life-sized doll had been stolen from the nativity scene in the past two years. Police Scotland said three males would be reported to the procurator fiscal in due course. Anne Chat, who serves as an elder at the church and also works as a volunteer, said after the theft: "Last year someone stole the doll from the display too, but it turned up again a while later. "It just seems to be something that people do these days, it's a shame." Mrs Chat said the nativity had been put in place by the locals on Saturday evening after a lantern procession attended by about a hundred people and a pipe band.

Summary: A life-sized baby Jesus which was stolen from a nativity display at a church in Perth has been found.


Media playback is not supported on this device World champion Hamilton started from the back, suffered a broken front wing on lap one and did five pit stops. The Briton faces the prospect of trying to overhaul a 36-point deficit in the remaining 18 races of the season. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel came second despite colliding with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen on the first lap. The incident damaged both cars, with Raikkonen fighting back to fifth behind the Red Bulls of Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo. Raikkonen's rise through the field included passing Hamilton in the closing stages, Ferrari's decision to use soft tyres for the final stint as opposed to the mediums chosen by Mercedes giving the Finn an advantage as the Briton fought in vain to try to pass the Williams of Felipe Massa. Hamilton will express his confidence at being able to erode Rosberg's points lead and will expect his awful luck of the first three races to turnaround - but the fact remains that no driver who has won the first three races of a season has failed to go on to claim the World Championship. The race was shaped by an incident-packed opening, with a number of collisions on the first lap leading to the introduction of the safety car on lap four. By that stage, Hamilton and Raikkonen had already pitted once to replace front wings damaged in first-corner collisions. Raikkonen moved right into Vettel's path as the German moved left to ensure he was not tagged by an aggressive dive down the inside by Kvyat. Hamilton was then turned into by Sauber's Felipe Nasr as he avoided Raikkonen's damaged car swerving back on to the circuit. Vettel confronted Kvyat about the incident in the pre-podium room after the race, saying: "If I don't go left, you crash into us and we all three go out - you are like a torpedo." Kvyat replied: "We didn't crash." Vettel responded: "You didn't. You were lucky this time." Kvyat shrugged: "I'm on the podium; you're on the podium." In the post-race interviews, Kvyat added: "You see the gap, you go for it on the inside. You see one car it is hard to see both. It was a risky move, I agree with Seb but you have to take risks and I am on the podium." Listen to Vettel's post-race rant At the front, Ricciardo had made a stunning start to take the lead from pole-sitter Rosberg at the first corner. In the process his left-rear wheel had been tagged by Rosberg's front wing. Whether it was that or the debris on the track, Ricciardo suffered a left-rear puncture on lap three, allowing the Mercedes to pass. Ricciardo would almost certainly not have been able to hold off Rosberg in any case, but his removal from the lead left the German serene out front. Mercedes decided not to stop him under the safety car and when the race re-started on lap nine, Rosberg simply drove off into the distance. Listen to the first-lap madness Hamilton, meanwhile, was in the wars.

Summary: Nico Rosberg took his third straight win of 2016 as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton fought back to seventh in a hectic Chinese Grand Prix.


Grant Clarke was left in urine-soaked sheets and had his emergency buzzer taken away from him, the Nursing and Midwifery Council tribunal heard. The NHS trust responsible said it "remains appalled" by the events and apologised to Mr Clarke and his family. But his partner Binny Moore criticised the ruling, which allows two of the three nurses to continue working. Secret camera Ms Moore said: "It sends a message to staff that choose to abuse patients in their care that it is fine, it's just a slap on the wrist - you can carry on doing what you are doing." In May 2012, 43-year-old Mr Clarke, of West Kingsdown, Kent, suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage, leaving him paralysed down his left side, doubly incontinent and unable to swallow or communicate. He was admitted to the West Kent Neuro Rehabilitation unit, run by the Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. But Ms Moore was so worried about him, she set up a secret camera next to his bed to monitor his treatment. Footage showing Mr Clarke's mistreatment was subsequently broadcast by the BBC. It showed his feeding tube being cleaned with a ballpoint pen and his emergency buzzer being taken away. 'Doesn't care' The Nursing and Midwifery Council suspended staff nurse Vanessa Kennard from practice for 12 months. In its last communication with Ms Kennard, the tribunal heard she was not interested in the case and "doesn't care what happens". The case against her on 10 counts, including the removal of Mr Clarke's buzzer, continued in her absence. Deputy ward manager Marie Banwell received a caution order for 18 months. She had admitted 13 charges but denied nine others. Ward manager Sarah Coulter admitted 13 charges but denied four others. She has been given a caution order for 12 months. The order will not restrict Ms Banwell or Ms Coulter from practice. The trust said both two had undergone extensive training and performance management and had shown genuine remorse for what happened. Mr Clarke's family said they would now pursue a case for civil damages.

Summary: Three nurses have been found guilty of professional misconduct for mistreating a man at a Kent brain injury unit.


There had been cases of "verbal abuse hurled" at ethnic minorities, and "despicable graffiti daubed on a Polish community centre", he told the Commons. Such attacks must be stamped out, he said, urging people to remember "these people have come here and made a wonderful contribution to our county". Police are probing some incidents. Do Europeans still feel welcome? Bristol resident challenges racism with roses Mr Cameron said "we have a fundamental responsibility to bring our country together" after the vote. "And we will not stand for hate crime or these kinds of attacks. They must be stamped out," he said. He said there would be "no immediate change" in the rights of EU nationals living in the UK, or UK citizens living in EU countries. Since the vote, there have been reports of racism on social media, and a number of groups have reported a rise in incidents of racism and hate crime. True Vision, a police-funded online reporting facility for hate crime, said it had received 85 reports between Thursday 23 and Sunday 26 June compared with 54 reports during the same period last month. In London, the Metropolitan Police are investigating graffiti at a Polish community building in Hammersmith which they are treating as a hate crime "because of the racially-aggravated nature of the criminal damage". Cambridgeshire Police are also investigating reports that laminated cards reading "Leave the EU - no more Polish vermin" were delivered to members of the Polish community in Huntingdon on Saturday. Poland's ambassador to the UK Witold Sobkow said he was "shocked and deeply concerned by the recent incidents of xenophobic abuse directed against the Polish community and other UK residents of migrant heritage". The full picture regarding hate crime after a Brexit vote could take months to emerge. And the national trend in recent years has been quite complicated. Police-recorded hate crimes have been rising - but that could be more victims coming forward because they have confidence police will take them seriously. The Crime Survey for England and Wales, an internationally-recognised rolling study of the bigger picture, suggests racism is slowly being pushed to the margins. But there's no doubt that genuine moments of extreme national or global tension - such as major terrorist incidents or the conflict in the Middle East - are followed by spikes. Extremists appear to take the opportunity to act because they think they can get away with it. So the question is this: are the latest statistics a blip or a sign of a more worrying long-term trend? Iman Etta, of Tell Mama UK, which collates reports of anti-Muslim abuse, said: "We've seen a spike in anti-Muslim hatred incidents and racist incidents reported in to us that are related to the result of the referendum, where perpetrators have been using words like 'we voted you out', 'you should be kicked out', and 'we no longer want you here'." Muslim Remain campaigner Shazia Awan, a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire she had received several abusive tweets and emails. One email read: "You are

Summary: David Cameron has condemned "despicable" incidents of hate crime reported in the wake of the UK's referendum vote to leave the EU.


The US network claimed there were "no-go areas" in the French capital where police and non-Muslims refused to go. Anne Hidalgo said the people of Paris had been "insulted" and the city's image had been "damaged". The network has since apologised for making "regrettable errors" on air regarding the Muslim population. Ms Hidalgo told CNN: "When we're insulted and when we've had an image, then I think we'll have to sue. I think we'll have to go to court, in order to have these words removed. "The image of Paris has been prejudiced, and the honour of Paris has been prejudiced." Her words were echoed by the deputy mayor, Patrick Klugman. In an interview with the BBC he said Ms Hidalgo was "definitely serious" about her intention to sue Fox News. "We have our legal advisers working on the case," he added. "We are looking under which jurisdiction to bring the case, Paris or New York." In response to Ms Hidalgo, Fox News executive vice president Michael Clemente said: "We empathise with the citizens of France as they go through a healing process and return to everyday life. "However, we find the mayor's comments regarding a lawsuit misplaced." Fox has also apologised for comments by terror expert Steven Emerson, who claimed Birmingham was "totally Muslim" and ruled by Sharia law. Fox News host Jeanine Pirro subsequently said Emerson had "made a serious factual error that we wrongly let stand unchallenged and uncorrected". Mr Emerson said he had made an "inexcusable error". Prime Minister David Cameron responded by calling him "a complete idiot". In another apology over the weekend, Fox News presenter Julie Banderas said the channel had "made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe", and apologised "to any and all who may have taken offense, including the people of France and England".

Summary: The mayor of Paris has said she will sue Fox News for its inaccurate reporting about the city following the attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo.


The video posted by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, a strong Putin ally, portrayed Mr Kasyanov though a sniper's gun sights. Mr Kadyrov has criticised social network Instagram for removing it. Speaking to BBC News, Mr Kasyanov said Mr Putin was responsible for Mr Kadyrov's actions. "He is one of the 45 governors of the [Russian] regions, appointed personally by Mr Putin, and Mr Putin is responsible for his behaviour personally," he told the BBC's Sarah Rainsford. "He is supposed to stop his undertakings... but unfortunately there's no reaction. The fact that Putin who is guarantor of constitution doesn't stop Kadyrov - means it's some kind of silent encouragement at least." Putin loyalist Kadyrov unleashed on Russian 'traitors' Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's key Chechen ally Mr Kasyanov, who served as President Putin's prime minister from 2000 to 2004, now leads Parnas, a small liberal opposition party. He and other Russian opposition politicians have described the sniper video, which appeared after the Chechen leader called Mr Putin's critics "enemies" and "traitors", as a murder threat. "They want to intimidate us and continue to create pressure on the opposition," Mr Kasyanov said. "The main purpose is pressure on the opposition. To make fear. So that we stop our active policy." He described Mr Kadyrov as "one of the most outrageous pieces" of the current Russian political system. "Like all people in Russia, we should all be worried about what is going on," Mr Kasyanov said. "But we've chosen our way and we have to stand up and continue to do our job." The former prime minister argued that a campaign of intimidation was under way because the Kremlin feared the opposition speaking out about the economic crisis and other issues. "That's why they are afraid of us," he said. "Because we will describe who is responsible for the problems of the people." Instagram said the controversial video had "violated the requirement to respect other members" of the social network. Mr Kadyrov, who has ruled Chechnya with an iron fist for nearly a decade with the support of the Kremlin, suppressing separatism, accused Instagram of bowing to US pressure. In a new Instagram post, he said he had been punished for saying a "few words about the USA's guard dogs". "You can write anything you want, but do not touch America's dogs, friends of the Department of State and Congress," he said. "You know very well whom I am talking about!" Last March Mr Kadyrov spoke out on Instagram about the assassination of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, defending one of the Chechens charged over the shooting. A day later President Putin gave Mr Kadyrov a top award. Nemtsov, also a leading member of Parnas, was among several well-known opponents of Mr Putin assassinated in the past decade.

Summary: Russian politician Mikhail Kasyanov has accused President Vladimir Putin of "silently encouraging" intimidation as a row over a menacing video continues.


This article contains language that some readers may find offensive. "So this week it's Robert E Lee," he said on Tuesday of the rebel general's monument that was a flashpoint for last Saturday's violent rally in Virginia. "I wonder, is it George Washington next week?" he asked journalists at Trump Tower. "And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?" Let's put aside for a moment the irony that Lee may well have supported Charlottesville's plans to remove his bronze likeness, given that he urged the country to "obliterate the marks of civil strife" and refrain from erecting such monuments. As President Trump pointed out, George Washington was a slaveholder. So might the stone obelisk dedicated to the father of the nation, looming over the heart of his eponymous capital city, be the next battleground in the US culture wars? Or even Mount Rushmore? Washington conceded the system of human bondage that underpinned the economy of 18th Century Virginia was a "wicked, cruel and unnatural trade". He was the only founding father and commander-in-chief to liberate his slaves - he owned more than 300 - when he died. But as Ron Chernow's magisterial biography Washington: A Life makes clear, while he lived, the nation's first president extracted his pound of flesh from those whom he preferred to call his "servants", or "family". Washington saw himself as a benevolent master, but he did not tolerate suspected shirkers on his farm, even when they were pregnant, elderly or crippled. He once scolded a slave who pleaded that he could not work because his arm was in a sling. As Chernow writes, Washington picked up a rake and demonstrated how to use it with one arm. "If you use your hand to eat," he said, "why can't you use it to work?" He was not averse to shipping refractory slaves to the West Indies, such as one man named Waggoner Jack, where the tropical climate and relentless toil in sugarcane brakes tended to abbreviate life expectancy. "There are few Negroes who will work unless there be a constant eye on them," Washington advised one overseer, warning of their "idleness and deceit" unless treated firmly. Washington, Chernow notes, wholly approved in 1793 when one of his estate managers, Anthony Whitting, whipped a slave named Charlotte. Martha, the president's wife, had deemed her to be "indolent". "Your treatment of Charlotte was very proper," Washington wrote, "and if she or any other of the servants will not do their duty by fair means, or are impertinent, correction (as the only alternative) must be administered." Washington badgered Whitting to keep another slave named Gunner hard at work to "continue throwing up brick earth". Gunner was 83 years old. With his Mount Vernon plantation creaking under financial pressure owing to his long absences serving the country, Washington would fire off angry letters to his overseers insisting on greater crop productivity. Given these reprimands it is perhaps hardly surprising that another of his estate managers, Hiland Crow, was notorious for brutally flogging slaves. In early 1788 the Potomac river froze over for

Summary: President Donald Trump's argument that the removal of Confederate statues is a slippery slope to changing history has recharged the perennial debate about America's tormented racial legacy.


Media playback is not supported on this device The new deal does not extend Conte's commitment to the club, as he signed a three-year contract on his arrival in west London in the summer of 2016. "I am very happy to have signed a new contract," said the Italian, 47. "We worked extremely hard in our first year to achieve something amazing, which I am very proud of. Now we must work even harder to stay at the top." The decision to sign a new contract without extending the terms runs counter to previous comments by Conte, who had indicated his willingness to commit to a longer deal. Speaking in May, he said he wanted to stay with Chelsea "for many years", adding: "If the club give me the possibility to stay and extend my contract, for sure I'm available to." Conte lifted the Premier League title at the first attempt in the 2016-17 season, winning 30 games, which included a club record 13 consecutive victories. He also guided the Blues to the FA Cup final, though they were beaten by Arsenal. The former Juventus and Italy manager was credited for transforming the Stamford Bridge club's fortunes after they could only finish 10th the previous season. A brutal training regime was part of the transformation, as was his decision to switch to a three-man central-defensive set-up - his preferred tactic at both Juve and Italy. "The Chelsea fans have given me so much support since I arrived here one year ago and it is important we continue to succeed together," added Conte, whose team has flown out to China and Singapore for pre-season games against the Gunners, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia added: "Antonio achieved incredible success last season, adapting to English football very quickly and leading us to the Premier League title. "This new contract reflects our belief that he can continue to deliver results both domestically and as we return to European competition in the Champions League." Conte has presided over at busy summer so far at Stamford Bridge. Blues have signed midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko from French champions Monaco in a reported £40m deal, and also brought in defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma for an initial £29m. The Chelsea boss was thwarted in the chase to take striker Romelu Lukaku from Everton, with the Belgium international instead joining Manchester United in a £75m deal. Conte has also been working hard to get players out the door at Stamford Bridge, with striker Diego Costa and midfielder Nemanja Matic both absent from the Far East tour before expected moves.

Summary: Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has signed an improved two-year deal with the Premier League champions.


Redmond, an England Under-21 international, has agreed a five-year contract with the Saints. Norwich, who were relegated from the Premier League in May, signed the 22-year-old from Birmingham City for £3.2m in July 2013. "They like to play attacking football and it's a style I feel I can really fit in well with," Redmond said. "When Southampton said they were interested, it felt like the right move for me. I can develop my game here." Birmingham-born Redmond made 122 appearances and scored 13 goals during his three-year spell with Norwich. Redmond has played at every youth level for England, playing alongside Saints trio James Ward-Prowse, Jack Stephens and Matt Targett for England Under-21s at the Toulon Tournament earlier this summer. Southampton are without a manager following Dutchman Ronald Koeman's departure to Everton.

Summary: Southampton have signed Norwich City winger Nathan Redmond for undisclosed fee believed to be worth £10m.


Division One leaders Middlesex, who were bowled out for 381 at Taunton to lead by 145, looked in charge when they reduced Somerset to 59-3 and 126-4. But Trescothick, who made 124, and Trego, still there on 115, shared 181 to leave the contest in the balance. Somerset closed on 348-6, an advantage of 203 runs. On a surface that has become easier for batting as the game has progressed, the outcome seems likely to rest on the length of time Trego spends at the crease on the final day. Somerset would perhaps want to post a target in excess of 250, while anything less would probably leave Middlesex as favourites. That the home side, who at one stage looked set to be defeated inside three days, are still in with a shout is down entirely to Trescothick and Trego. Opener Trescothick had seen Johann Myburgh bowled offering no shot to Harry Podmore and captain Chris Rogers shovel the same bowler to point for a duck. After James Hildreth was caught at slip from the off-spin of Ollie Rayner, Trescothick found some support from James Allenby, but when he mistimed a pull to mid-on, Somerset were still 19 behind. But Trescothick, playing characteristically powerful cover drives, and Trego, who capitalised as the Middlesex bowlers often dropped short, compiled their huge fifth-wicket stand to drag the hosts back into it. Trescothick's 48th Somerset hundred took him past Sir Viv Richards to second on the all-time list, while Trego completed his 14th first-class ton. Only when James Harris found some late energy did he have both Trescothick and Craig Overton caught behind, leaving Alex Barrow to accompany Trego to the close. Harris was earlier the last Middlesex wicket to fall, caught at slip off Tim Groenewald for 78, missing a maiden first-class hundred, just like James Fuller, who fell to the same combination for 93.

Summary: Marcus Trescothick and Peter Trego both made centuries to drag Somerset back into contention with Middlesex on day three of the County Championship match.


Why not enjoy a selection of them here, as we also look forward to many more exciting news stories from the country's young journalists. More than 100 UK schools took part on the first News Day, making and broadcasting their own news. The stories covered included interviews with the main political party leaders, including prime minister Tony Blair, by five groups of 12 to 13-year-old schoolchildren. For all the year's News Day stories click here. Among the many schools taking part was Fort Hill Community School in Basingstoke, where pupils were unhappy with the way teenagers were portrayed in the media. Four School Reporters met local Conservative MP Maria Miller to air their concerns and to find out what she thought could be done to help young people. For all the year's News Day stories click here. The issue of mobile phones concerned Westhoughton High School in Bolton on News Day, and whether banning them in school was necessarily a bad idea. School Reporters set about investigating whether their mobiles could actually be used to enhance their education. For all the year's News Day stories click here. The year also saw our first special report, to mark the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. It included a report by School Reporters from Maidenhill School in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, whose own climate change correspondent, Annie, aged 15, interviewed Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the conference. For all our Climate Change 2009 stories click here. By 2010 more than 700 schools and 25,000 schoolchildren were taking part on News Day. The year saw a record-breaking temperature measurement - involving School Reporters from as far afield as the Shetland Islands and a school on St Helena in the South Atlantic! At around 09:15, schools across the country each took a Celsius reading and e-mailed it in to the BBC Weather Centre, where they were compiled for a huge interactive weather report. One lucky school enrolled weatherman Michael Fish to help take a reading in the Blue Peter garden at Television Centre in west London. For all the year's News Day stories click here. Hundreds of students across the UK - and beyond - took part in the first School Report Sports Day as part of a BBC news-making initiative. Among the day's top events, 2008 triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy visited Hartford High School in Cheshire, where he spoke by video link to students in the Malaysian city of Ipoh. For all our Sports Day 2010 stories click here. More than 24,000 children aged 11 to 16 contributed to a BBC School Report survey which gave a unique insight into the daily lives, fears and aspirations of a generation of young people in the UK. A third of the children surveyed said their families had cut back on spending amid the economic downturn. Crime topped their list of personal fears, while terrorism and climate change were their biggest global concerns. For all the Survey 2011 stories click here. Pupils from Bonus Pastor Catholic College in Lewisham got the experience of a lifetime when they

Summary: BBC News School Report has enjoyed many highlights since it started in 2007 - from world record attempts to interviews with global figures.


Cafodd siopwyr eu hebrwng o Ganolfan Siopa Quadrant toc wedi 14:00, ac mae'r digwyddiad hefyd wedi cau gorsaf fysus a marchnad y ddinas. Dywedodd Heddlu De Cymru eu bod wedi derbyn adroddiad o "becyn amheus", ond fe ddaeth i'r amlwg fod y pecyn yn ffug ac fe gafodd dyn ei arestio. Mae lefel y bygythiad terfysgol ym Mhrydain wedi cael ei godi i'r categori uchaf posib ers yr ymosodiad terfysgol ym Manceinion nos Lun. Dywedodd yr heddlu mewn datganiad: "Roedd digwyddiad am 14:05 yng nghanolfan siopa'r Quadrant, Abertawe, lle cafodd pecyn amheus ei osod. Fe ddaeth i'r amlwg bod y pecyn yn ffug. "Fe gafodd y ganolfan ei gwagio gyda chymorth ein partneriaid, ac fe gafodd un dyn ei arestio - mae ymchwiliad yr heddlu'n parhau."

Summary: Fe gafodd canolfan siopa yn Abertawe ei gwagio brynhawn dydd Mercher am gyfnod yn dilyn pryderon am ddiogelwch.


Previously, trainee doctors had to wait up to four years to experience the consultation room. GP Live was developed by Aberdeen University and uses streaming software to enter the consultation room. Researchers hope it will encourage more students to join general practice and help ease a recruitment crisis. The software will stream consultations just moments after they happen in an effort to give students a flavour of life as a GP. The system utilises one of the University's Digitally Enhanced Learning Spaces (DELS), where students can engage in interactive learning with the aid of 55-inch display screens and state-of-the-art web conference tools. It was developed by Dr John McKeown, a senior clinical lecturer and GP at Cults Medical Group in Aberdeen. He said: "The biggest appeal for students is that they are seeing consultations that are almost live, and this adds a sense of immediacy that appeals to students who have grown up in an era where digitisation has made learning far more interactive. "We aim to make the sessions as engaging as possible by discussing the GP's approach while the consultation takes place - for example how they communicate, the direction that they take the consultation, and of course their recommended course of action." Dr McKeown said that one of the main benefits of the system was that students and lecturers would be able to discuss consultations that have taken place at a variety of practices, where the issues could be very different. He added: "This means that students get a real insight into the challenges facing GPs who might operate in less affluent areas, or in remote rural locations. "The system also allows us to work through a number of different consultations in succession, which very much mimics a typical morning for a GP. "This allows us to see the range of skills - interpersonal, diagnostic and otherwise - that they bring to a normal working day." Dr McKeown said that by the time current first year students graduated there would be a pressing need for new GPs in Scotland.

Summary: A new project has been developed to allow first-year medical student in Scotland to watch GP consultation for the first time.


Dead Men Risen, written by Toby Harnden and published by Quercus, took the prize at a ceremony in Westminster and was the judges' unanimous choice. It focuses on the death of Lt Colonel Rupert Thorneloe in 2009. It was published in amended form after the first print run was destroyed by the MoD. The judges said the book "takes us into the hearts and minds of the Welsh Guards in a way that is both interesting and visceral". "It challenges every citizen of this country to examine exactly what we're asking soldiers to do in Afghanistan," the panel continued. "Rather than offering easy answers it lets the soldiers speak for themselves." Other awards presented included a posthumous honour for Christopher Hitchens, whose final book, Arguably, was included on the long list for the top prize. Hitchens' widow Carol Blue accepted the award on behalf of the Vanity Fair writer. The journalism prize was awarded to Amelia Gentleman for her work in The Guardian, while the blog award went to Rangers Tax Case - an online commentary on the ongoing financial problems at the historic Scottish football club. The writers of the blog said they aimed to "provide the details of what Rangers FC have done, why it was illegal and what the implications are for one of the largest football clubs in Britain". The winners were chosen from shortlists of six books, six journalists and seven bloggers, whittled down from longlists of 17 books, 12 journalists and 18 bloggers. Each of the winners received a Â£3,000 prize.

Summary: A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, has won the Orwell Prize for political writing.


Head of a Young Woman (1906) is worth more than Â£17m (25m euros). The painting is the property of Jaime Botin, a Spanish banking tycoon. It was declared a "historical heritage asset of exceptional importance" by the Spanish National Court and refused an export permit. An attempt to export the painting to Switzerland on Thursday "drew the attention of French officials". Customs authorities boarded the vessel the following day and found the painting. The captain could only present two documents regarding the work of art, one of which was, in fact, the May 2015 Spanish Court judgement ordering that it not be taken out of the country. Mr Botin, 79, whose family founded the Santander banking group, was not on board. The boat, which sports a British flag, is registered to a British company of which Mr Botin is a shareholder, according to a customs authority spokesperson. An export request was filed for the painting in December 2012 to move it to London, but was opposed by Spain's culture minister. French customs officials are now awaiting an official Spanish request to recover the painting.

Summary: A Picasso painting barred from leaving Spain has been seized by French authorities from a boat docked in Corsica.


The 26-year-old from Bready is expected to be sidelined for between six and eight weeks. "Craig will undergo more investigative tests on the injury to decide whether he will require surgery," said a Cricket Ireland spokesperson. Ireland face Sri Lanka at Malahide on 16 and 18 June. A Cricket Ireland statement read: "He will miss the games against Sri Lanka, but we would be hopeful he will play a full part in the five-match one-day series against Afghanistan in July." Young, who has played nine ODIs and 10 Twenty20s, signed for Hampshire on a short-term loan deal in April.

Summary: Ireland seamer Craig Young has been ruled out of the two one-day internationals against Sri Lanka in June with an elbow injury.


As we walked in, three or four people were waiting around a table - but which one, I wondered, was the father of Bitcoin? Then I realised that one man was staring intensely at a very chunky laptop - this was Dr Craig Wright. He carried on working, apparently unaware that we had entered the room. Once we had been introduced he gradually warmed up - especially when it came to performing the demonstration that showed that he did have access to the cryptographic keys used by Satoshi when he made the first Bitcoin transaction in 2009. We had arrived wondering just how convincing a case would be made that the almost mythical creator of Bitcoin was at last stepping out of the shadows. What we saw seemed impressive - though it would need a far higher level of expertise than we possess to be certain. But Jon Matonis, a senior figure in the Bitcoin world, was in the room watching, having had his own demonstration some time before. And the news that Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, was also convinced provided more reassurance. Now Craig Wright has published his evidence on his blog, it will be examined in minute detail for any chink in his case. But put aside the question of whether you believe him or not - and he told me he didn't care either way - there were still plenty of questions we wanted to put to the fascinating, if somewhat prickly Dr Wright. Why keep his secret so long? Why come out now? What about that run-in with the Australian tax authorities? And is he fabulously rich, with a huge stock of Bitcoin? At our first meeting - without a television camera - we roamed freely over all sorts of territory. We learned that he ran a substantial business in London, employing quite a few people here in what seemed to be some kind of Bitcoin trading and consultancy operation. We challenged him about that tax investigation - he conceded that there was what he called an "audit" underway in Australia but insisted that this was mainly due to the tax authorities there not really understanding Bitcoin. We asked where the pseudonym had come from - he mentioned a 17th century libertarian philosopher called Nakamoto but said he'd keep the Satoshi bit to himself. He talked of the French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whose statement refusing the Nobel Prize is used in the Satoshi-signed file given as evidence in the blog published today. His politics were very far from the "lefty" Sartre, he explained, but like him he did not want his identity to be defined by one thing - he refused to be Craig "Satoshi" just as Sartre did not want to be Jean-Paul Nobel. What he wouldn't say is how many Bitcoins he has - "that would be telling" - though he indicated that he would not be spending any of them in a hurry. He told us that he had a "nice big house and a nice fast car" in

Summary: It was in a conference room above a coffee shop a fifteen minute walk from BBC Broadcasting House that we first met the man who says he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.


Darren Turk, 53, of Fontridge Lane in Etchingham, is charged with 14 offences including rape and indecent assault between 1996 and 2002. At the time he was a member of the care staff, and later head of care, at Frewen College in Northiam. He has been bailed to appear before Hastings Magistrates' Court on 1 July. Sussex Police said the charges did not involve any staff or pupils currently at the school. Frewen College is a day and boarding school for children aged between seven and 19 with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia.

Summary: A man has been accused of committing sexual offences against boys at an East Sussex school where he worked more than a decade ago.


Healy's tour may be over after he sustained suspected ankle ligament damage against Western Force. Team: London Irish Position: Prop Age: 24 Height: 1.86m Weight: 118kg England caps: 18 "Cian has had an X-ray and, while his left ankle is not broken, he will be assessed further," said Lions coach Warren Gatland. "In the meantime we need to get Alex over here as soon as possible." Healy, 25, twisted his left leg in the 37th minute of the Lions' 69-17 win on Wednesday and had to be taken off on a stretcher in Perth. The Ireland international has also been cited for allegedly biting Western Force scrum-half Brett Sheehan. Corbisiero, 24, was part of the England squad currently in Argentina for the two-Test tour, but has been released immediately to join Gatland's team. The Lions play Queensland Reds in the third match of their tour on Saturday. "We're delighted for Alex," said England head coach Stuart Lancaster. "It's very pleasing for him after he missed the Six Nations through injury and he goes with our full support and blessing." England have no plans to add a replacement to their squad in Argentina. The Red Rose face the Pumas on Saturday (20:10 BST) in the first Test, before the sides meet again in the second Test on 15 June.

Summary: England prop Alex Corbisiero has been called up to the British and Irish Lions squad to provide cover for the injured Cian Healy.


Southern Railway luggage van No 2464 has spent four months being stripped and repainted at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum in Shildon. The carriage transported Churchill's coffin from London to Oxfordshire in 1965. Manager Gary Campbell, said the restoration was something a lot of people in the town were "proud of". The newly restored carriage, which cost about Â£30,000, will now move to the National Railway Museum in York. It will be joined by the locomotive which pulled it as part of an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the former Prime Minister's state funeral. After the funeral in London, his coffin was loaded into the carriage which was then drawn by Battle of Britain locomotive Winston Churchill to Oxfordshire. Thousands gathered along the route to pay their respects. Churchill was laid to rest in the parish churchyard of Bladon, close to Blenheim Palace, where he was born 89 years earlier. The carriage was built in 1931 and was used during World War Two on evacuation trains before being put into Pullman colours in the 1960s. It was moved to Los Angeles in 1966 but returned to the UK in 2007 where it entered the Swanage Railway Collection.

Summary: The carriage which carried Sir Winston Churchill's coffin to his final resting place has been restored.


The device, believed to be a relic from World War Two, was found in Avenham Park in Preston at about 15:00 GMT on Friday. Lancashire Police said the Army's bomb disposal unit had been called and was planning to destroy the bomb, which could have been a danger to the public. Police cordons were put in place and people were urged to avoid the area. It is the second time in under a year a wartime bomb has been discovered in the park. Customers at a nearby cafe were evacuated and a controlled explosion was carried out after a previous discovery in April 2015.

Summary: A man with a metal detector discovered an unexploded wartime bomb in a Lancashire park.


The boys, aged 12 and 13, were seriously injured in the attack in Havant, Hampshire, on Friday and remain in hospital. Richard Michael Walsh, 43, of no fixed address, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of assault. He will appear before magistrates in Portsmouth on Monday, police said. The attack happened shortly before 15:00 BST at the junction of Southleigh Road and Eastleigh Road. Hampshire Constabulary said both boys were in a serious but stable condition at Southampton General Hospital.

Summary: A man has been charged with the attempted murder of two children who were stabbed.


The dramatic creation by Philip Treacy has been likened to a Turkey Twizzler, a lavatory seat and a pretzel. The 22-year-old princess wore it to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton last month, and a Facebook page was set up in its honour. The auction on eBay ended on Sunday, with the proceeds going to charities Unicef and Children in Crisis. The identity of the winning bidder has not yet been revealed. The princess commented on the auction page: "I've been amazed by the amount of attention the hat has attracted. "It's a wonderful opportunity to raise as much money as possible for two fantastic charities. "I hope whoever wins the auction has as much fun with the hat as I have."

Summary: Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat has been sold on auction site eBay for £81,100.01.


Reuben Lewis from Llanidloes was driven 45 minutes from Ysgol Cedewain, Newtown, without teachers or transport staff realising he was still on board. BBC Wales understands he was then left alone on the parked bus in Rhayader on two separate occasions. Powys council said there had been a "serious breakdown in communication". A spokesman added it had spoken to the school and all contractors to ensure immediate safeguards were put in place to prevent any similar incidents in future. The most recent incident was on Monday, when it was only noticed Reuben was missing after his sister spotted he was not present at a school swimming lesson she was teaching at Maldwyn Leisure Centre in Newtown. Police were told and Reuben was found at the Simon Price Cars bus depot. Reuben's father, Rob Lewis, said there had been "several mistakes" by the school and transport provider in the past year. He said Reuben was left on the bus in May last year and left at school the following December. "I was in total and utter shock that this had happened again," he said. "I'm always happy to give someone a second chance, but now I wish I'd never given them a first chance. This beggars belief. "It was sheer luck that it was noticed Reuben was missing on Monday because his older sister works part time as a lifeguard in the leisure centre. "She knew her brother was meant to be at the swimming lessons and when she couldn't see him she rang her mother and we alerted the school and the police." Mr Lewis said he had an agreement with the school to notify them before 09:00 if Reuben would not be attending, so the alarm would be raised if he was not there. "So how could this happen again on Monday, after we were given so many reassurances?" he added. Simon Price, owner of Simon Price Cars, said the company was contractually unable to comment while the investigation was ongoing. A council spokesman added: "Although we have undertaken an internal review of the circumstances surrounding this incident we have advised the parents to make a formal complaint so that we can investigate all of the circumstances in the fullest detail as a matter of urgency. "We have apologised to the parents."

Summary: An investigation is being launched after a 10-year-old deaf boy who has autism was twice left on a school minibus and driven back to the depot.


Despite taking an early lead the Teessiders were 3-2 down at half-time. "You can't question the attitude, commitment and effort, it was first class," Agnew told BBC Tees. "But we were a bit naive at times defensively, not just the back four, as a team. So we all take responsibility for that and look forward to Burnley." England defender Ben Gibson was culpable for the first two goals having failed to clear, while Hull's fourth goal came as Harry Maguire was unchallenged in the penalty area. The defeat left Boro in 19th place after 30 games, seven points behind Hull, who are one place above the relegation zone. Middlesbrough welcome Burnley to the Riverside on Saturday.

Summary: Middlesbrough's defensive "naivety" cost them in Wednesday's 4-2 Premier League defeat by Hull City, says head coach Steve Agnew.


Greenwood, 22, featured in the 2015 Women's World Cup and is the club's eighth signing of the transfer window. "This is a fantastic move for me and I am really enthusiastic about the new season," she told the club's website. "I had a great year at Notts County but this represents an exciting, new challenge and one that I am really looking forward to." The fee, which is undisclosed, is a club record sale for Notts County who "reluctantly" accepted the offer from Liverpool. "We received a significant bid from Liverpool, which was close to our valuation for the player, and considering her wish to leave we reluctantly accepted the offer," Notts County Ladies chief executive Matthew Alexander said.

Summary: Liverpool have signed England defender Alex Greenwood from fellow Women's Super League One side Notts County.


The Welsh Economy Research report showed 79% of direct spend was retained in Wales, and associations built nearly 2,000 affordable homes. This was an increase of 4% on the previous year. The annual report, commissioned by Community Housing Cymru, looked at the impact of social housing in Wales. £1.1bn contributed to the economy in 2014/15 £872m of that was retained in Wales 1,923 new homes built in 2014/15 £301m on repairs/maintenance in 2014/15 £532m on regeneration in 2014/15

Summary: Welsh housing associations directly contributed more than £1bn to the economy in 2014/15, an independent report has said.


Local reports from the southern resort island of Phuket say a British man died after turning a pistol on himself. The Foreign Office (FO) could not confirm the reports. An FO spokesman said: "We are urgently working with the authorities in Thailand to establish whether a British national has died in Phuket." The Bangkok Post, quoted a taxi driver who said the man had hailed him near a local resort and asked to be taken somewhere where he could shoot. He had shown no signs of stress while in the taxi, the driver said.

Summary: The Foreign Office says it is urgently investigating reports that a British man has died at a shooting range in Thailand.


A pre-application notice was submitted on Friday, paving the way for full proposals for Jedburgh in due course. The project would see Parkside and Howdenburn Primaries and Jedburgh Grammar School closed. It would see the creation of a new campus with all education for children aged from two to 18 in the area taking place on one site at Hartrigge Park. The ground was bought for housing by Jedburgh Town Council over 50 years ago but has not been developed. Scottish Borders Council has said the campus would have state-of-the-art classrooms and learning spaces, the very best IT infrastructure and first-class leisure and dining provision, as well as the very best sporting and PE facilities. Consultation into the proposals is currently ongoing in the area. The project could be approved later this year with the new Jedburgh campus operational by 2020.

Summary: Plans for a new education campus in a Scottish Borders town have moved a step closer.


The incident happened on the A98, three miles from Fraserburgh, at about 22:15 on Sunday. The female driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment.

Summary: A woman has suffered serious head injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Aberdeenshire.


At least 90% of final year students at Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor said they were happy with their university experience. Aberystwyth and Cardiff Metropolitan both scored 83% in the 11th National Student Survey. Elsewhere, Glyndwr scored 80% while University of South Wales and Trinity St David both had 79% satisfaction. More than 300,000 people were surveyed at universities and colleges around the UK were asked about a wide range of subjects. The results shows overall satisfaction has remained steady, and there were particular gains in the areas of learning resources and satisfaction with the students' union. There have also been improvements in teaching, assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation and management, personal development and NHS practice placements. In all categories relating to the academic student experience, satisfaction has either improved or stayed the same since 2014. Dr David Blaney, chief executive of Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, said: "The strong performance of the Welsh HE [higher education] sector reflects the continuing work to enhance the student experience and provide students with an excellent learning environment.

Summary: Three Welsh universities are among the top places in the UK for student satisfaction, a new survey shows.


Writing in PLOS ONE they say the gene fault may encourage the formation of blood clots - the ultimate cause of most heart attacks and strokes. Scientists hope gene tests may help doctors one day to pinpoint individuals more likely to suffer these conditions. But experts say lifestyle factors such as smoking and exercise have the greatest influence on risk. Around one in 10 people in the Caucasian population carries this variation of the gene, named PIA2. And researchers from King's College London reviewed more than 80 studies involving about 50,000 people - the largest analysis of this genetic fault to date. They found individuals with PIA2 were more likely to have a stroke - caused by a blood clot blocking blood supply to the brain - than those without the gene. Scientists calculate the gene increases a person's risk of having a stroke by 10-15%. But how significant this increase is depends on an individual's baseline risk - influenced by factors such as smoking, diet, weight and exercise, the scientists say. And for people with two copies of the gene the risk rises by up to 70% from this baseline. In a second study published in the same journal, the scientists show PIA2 is also linked to an increased risk of heart attacks in people under 45. More research is needed to see whether this holds true for the whole population, they say. About 150,000 people have a stroke in the UK each year and more than 100,000 heart attacks are recorded annually. Both thrombotic strokes (the most common kind) and heart attacks are caused by blockage of blood vessels in the heart and brain - ultimately through the formation of clots. The faulty gene appears to affect a protein called glycoprotein IIIa - present on platelets, natural clotting cells in the blood. Platelets help trigger the formation of clots to stop bleeding after injury. But scientists say carrying the gene may render them overactive. They caution that overall the genes play a smaller role in risk than more established factors, such as high blood pressure and obesity. But developing a genetic test could help predict people at highest risk, allowing doctors to suggest more potent medication or lifestyle changes, they say. Prof Albert Ferro, of King's College London, who led the research, told the BBC: "We would now need to validate this test and see how useful it is in the clinical world." Dr Shamim Quadir, of the Stroke Association, said: "These latest results are an important step forward in stroke research. "We hope the findings from this study could lead to many more people who are most at risk of this devastating condition being identified. "However, if you have a family history of stroke or have any other risk factors, this does not mean the condition is inevitable. Regular exercise, eating a balanced diet and stopping smoking can be important steps to significantly reduce your stroke risk." Prof Jeremy Pearson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It is as yet uncertain whether a genetic test to detect a variation

Summary: Researchers have identified a gene that may put people at greater risk of strokes and heart attacks.