The woman, in her 70s, was making breakfast when Jason Batchelor of Maldon Road, Wallington, attacked her in her house in Purley on 11 May. The 46-year-old told police he had "messed up" when he was arrested. He was convicted at Croydon Crown Court of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, actual bodily harm and intent to commit a sexual offence. Police said Batchelor charged his way into the house after the woman slightly opened the front door when he knocked on it. He punched her in the face, causing extensive bruising, then raped her and took cash before leaving the property. Batchelor was arrested three days later after forensic examinations found DNA that matched his. He told officers he was "sorry" and had "never done anything like this before" when he was held. Det Insp Keith Ward said the "courage and bravery" the woman had shown during the "horrific ordeal" was "humbling". "Batchelor is a dangerous offender who committed offences against the woman in her own home, a place where she has every right to feel safe and secure," he said. The 46-year-old will be sentenced on 19 August.

Summary: An unemployed man has admitted raping an elderly woman after barging into her south London home.


Humberside Police, said Darren Lee Barton was assaulted outside the Rutland Arms on Saturday. He was taken to the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby after the incident at about 18:00 BST, but died on Wednesday evening. Nathan Newland, 27, appeared before Grimsby and Cleethorpes Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with section 20 wounding and producing cannabis. He was remanded in custody until 22 August when he is due to appear at Grimsby Crown Court. Police said a post-mortem examination had yet to take place to establish the cause of death.

Summary: A 46-year-old man has died after he was attacked outside a pub in Grimsby.


His death was announced in a tweet by talent agency Conway van Gelder Grant. Born in 1925, the Rada-trained actor performed with the RSC and starred in the first production of Equus in 1973 . The National Theatre also marked his passing on Twitter, calling him "one of the most highly-regarded actors of his generation". Other notable stage roles included the Fool alongside Paul Scofield in Peter Brook's 1962 production of Shakespeare's King Lear. He also travelled the world with a one-man performance of St Mark's Gospel and played a detective in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy. To many, though, he will be best remembered for his brief appearance as Q - here nicknamed Algy - in 1983's Never Say Never Again. "Now you're on this, I hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence!" he was seen telling Connery's James Bond in the "unofficial" remake of 1965's Thunderball. The character Q has also been most recently played by Ben Whishaw, as well as Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese. McCowen, who was made an OBE in 1972 and a CBE in 1986, is survived by his sister Jean, two nephews and two nieces. His partner, the actor Geoffrey Burridge, died in 1987. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: British actor Alec McCowen, who played gadget inventor Q opposite Sir Sean Connery in "rogue Bond" film Never Say Never Again, has died at the age of 91.


The "fully-guided" tours will take place at weekends, when the specially-built set on the Harewood Estate in Leeds is not being used for filming. They will take in "the familiar haunts of Home Farm, Bob's Cafe and The Woolpack", a spokeswoman said. She added they had been launched as a result of the "incredible success" of the Coronation Street tours. About 850,000 visitors looked around the famous cobbled streets of Weatherfield before the tour was closed to allow redevelopment of the site. Emmerdale moved to the purpose-built set in 1998 after the number of fans visiting its original location, the West Yorkshire village of Esholt, made filming difficult. The new tours will take place on 10 Saturdays in April, July, August and October. The head of ITV North, John Whiston, said the set was "a unique and special place", which the company were "excited to be able to show off to a select number of visitors". Unlike those at Coronation Street, the Emmerdale tours will not offer the chance to see the interior sets, which are housed at studios near Leeds city centre.

Summary: Soap fans will be able to take a tour of Emmerdale from April, ITV have announced.


The former Manchester United striker, best known for his winning goal against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final, arrived with great fanfare in January 2014. He presented a different vision for Cardiff compared with the defensive approach of his predecessor Malky Mackay, renowned for an unspectacular, yet effective style that gained the club promotion to the Premier League in 2013. Mackay's success meant popularity with fans and that probably didn't help Solskjaer's cause. The Scot's bitter falling-out with the club's Malaysian owner Vincent Tan had disillusioned many supporters who saw Mackay's sacking as a regression for a club who had fought so hard for a top-flight return after half a century away. He may have promised a more exciting style, but under Solskjaer the Bluebirds slipped into the Premier League's bottom three for the first time and never recovered, finishing bottom. The results were shocking - 3-0 at Swansea, 6-3 against Liverpool, 3-0 defeats against Crystal Palace and Newcastle and 4-0 losses to Hull and Sunderland. Tan blamed Mackay for relegation, which was confirmed at the penultimate game of the season, and expected a swift Premier League return under the Norwegian. And so began a big recruitment drive in the summer. Nine players came in, many of Mackay's men left, but it seemed even with so many new faces Solskjaer didn't know what his best team was. He named a different starting 11 for all of the games he oversaw this season and his tinkering was deemed to have had an adverse effect on results. Two home defeats in succession, against Norwich and Middlesbrough, sealed his fate. The nature of the capitulation against the Canaries caused particular concern, Cardiff leading 2-0 before conceding four second-half goals to lose 4-2. During the 1-0 loss against Boro four days later, the Cardiff crowd vented their frustration at the Norwegian, booing him as he tried to get the ball to one of his players to take a throw-in. After the game the Norwegian said he accepted the blame for the club's poor run of form. "I'm responsible and I should get better results than we've had in the first seven games," said Solskjaer, who seems to have the ability to remain upbeat in the most trying of circumstances. The manager may be responsible for the team but many feel the board, and particularly owner Vincent Tan, have to take some responsibility too. "It was the wrong appointment for Cardiff and the wrong club for Solskjaer," said former Cardiff captain Jason Perry on BBC Radio Wales. "Do we know how Cardiff City play? No. "I think only four players played against Blackburn [in the Championship opener] that played against Middlesbrough. He picked a different back four yet again. "If you're manager or a coach you have a central strategy and you work on that." Solskjaer will not have the chance to find a strategy that works and attention now turns to the next man to work under Tan. Early favourites include Welshman Tony Pulis, who would be popular with fans given the job he

Summary: He was the Champions League hero who arrived promising an exciting brand of football, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure at Cardiff City will be remembered as a failure.


Lilliard Gin is based at the Born in the Borders visitor centre in Jedburgh. It comes ahead of a number proposals, which are at various stages of the planning process, to open the region's first whisky distillery since 1837. Lead distiller Kate Macinnes said the potential to make the Scottish Borders a "region of distilling excellence" was "really exciting". "Our gin production is on a completely different scale to the other distilleries in development," she said. "Our still is one of the smallest production stills in the UK, and our entire operation fits into a cowshed, but if people like our gin, that's all that matters. "We have a rich abundance of wild food on our doorstep in the Teviot valley, and Lilliard Gin aims to capture that and convey a true sense of the local flavour palette and our Borders 'terroir'." John Henderson, of Born in the Borders, said the gin distillery was a natural companion to the Scottish Borders Brewery on the site. "To be able to play host to the first new distillery in the Borders in nearly 200 years is incredible," he said. "And the fact that Lilliard Gin are looking to use Borders botanicals means they are completely in tune with our own ethos of local sourcing. "We just can't wait for them to get started, and to taste their gin." The gin takes its name from a legendary Borders figure. "Lilliard was the heroine of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545, fought just north of the distillery," explained Ms Macinnes. "Lilliard reputedly fought to avenge the death of her lover at the hands of the English. The battle site is also known as Lilliard's Edge. "We wanted a name that reflected our landscape, and our strong female production team, and Lilliard seemed like a natural choice."

Summary: A new gin distillery in the Borders - built in a converted cowshed - is to start production early in the new year.


Teams discussed the failure of the new elimination format with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt, president of governing body, the FIA. Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said Todt and Ecclestone refused to revert to the 2015 system despite teams' wishes to do so. A new aggregate system proposed by the FIA will be discussed again next week. Lewis Hamilton qualified fastest for Sunday's race in Bahrain, but there were quiet periods near the end of the first and second sessions when there were no cars out on the track. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said all parties had agreed that the new system introduced on the eve of the 2016 season - where the slowest car is eliminated every 90 seconds in three sessions - was not the way forward. Horner said: "There is an unwillingness from the promoter and FIA to go back to 2015. The teams would go back. A compromise has been put on the table now for the teams to consider. "Let's have a look at what's been out on the table today. The bottom line is if we don't agree to a compromise, then we're stuck with what we've got and everybody agrees that what we've got isn't right." Horner and Wolff both said they did not know why Ecclestone and Todt were so opposed to reverting to the 2015 system, whereby all eligible cars ran to the end of a session before the slowest few in each are knocked out, gradually reducing the number of cars over the three sessions. Todt said in a news conference on Saturday that race promoters had asked for a different system because they feared the 2015 approach was not exciting enough. Ecclestone has made it clear he wants to find a way to shuffle the grids so that the fastest cars are not always at the front. Horner said that the proposal was for a reversion to the 2015 format, but with each drivers' two fastest laps being counted towards their grid position rather than just their fastest. Horner said the plan "needed a bit more investigation, perhaps with an aggregate time of two laps rather than a single lap. So it needs to be properly thought through and considered before voting on it."

Summary: Formula 1 bosses have failed to agree on a new format for qualifying after a meeting at the Bahrain Grand Prix.


Up to 40% of goods Venezuela subsidises for its domestic market are smuggled to Colombia, where they are sold at much higher prices, the authorities say. The border was closed on Monday night, and will be each night for a month. The move has been agreed with the Colombian government. The Venezuelan government initially announced that it planned to close the 2,200km-long (1,360-mile) border every night for an indefinite period. But later the general in charge of the operation, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, clarified that the ban will be lifted after a month. The border is being closed between 22:00 local time (02:30 GMT) and 05:00 (09:30 GMT). Cargo vehicles, including vans and lorries, will be banned from crossing from Venezuela to Colombia between 18:00 (22:30 GMT) and 05:00 (09:30 GMT). Venezuela, which has the world's cheapest petrol prices, estimates 100,000 barrels of petrol are smuggled through its western border every day and sold illegally in Colombia. The 17,000-strong contingent "will be enough to guarantee security" along the border, said Gen Padrino Lopez. The governor of Venezuela's western state of Tachira, Jose Vielma Mora, said that regional leaders support means the measure will be effective. "There is plenty of evidence to show that most of the smuggling is done overnight," he told El Universal. Dissatisfaction with the shortage of many staples, as well as rampant crime and high inflation, led thousands of people in the western Venezuelan states of Tachira and Merida to take to the streets in January. The protests quickly spread to the rest of Venezuela, which faced similar problems. The opposition blames failed left-wing policies of the past 15 years - initiated with the late president, Hugo Chavez - for the country's economic crisis. The smuggling of cheap goods from Venezuela is also seen as a major problem in Colombia. The Colombian government says it leads to a big loss in taxes and complaints of unfair competition by local businesses. The profits from are often used to finance drug gangs and left-wing guerrillas, says the BBC's Arturo Wallace in Bogota. President Nicolas Maduro discussed the measures with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at a summit on 1 August.

Summary: Venezuela says it has deployed 17,000 troops along its border with Colombia, which was closed on Monday for the first time as part of an anti-smuggling operation.


The Scots started their Six Nations campaign with a thrilling first win over Ireland in four years. They beat France for the first time in 10 years last season at home, but have lost on their past nine trips to Paris. "It is a long time ago since we won there but we understand there is a reason for that," said Laidlaw. "France are a good team and it is a hard place to win. We are under no illusions this week - we need to be on top form to get something out of the game. "We'll need accuracy and we need to be physical and aggressive because the French are big men. But we need to be subtle and clever in our attack. "If we do that, and move France about and play for 80 minutes, I would back our fitness against them. But we obviously need to be in the game right to the death and not let France get any momentum." Media playback is not supported on this device France have not finished in the top half of the Six Nations since 2011, but impressed in narrow defeats by New Zealand and Australia in the autumn, and came close to a shock victory against England at Twickenham in their Six Nations opener. "They have improved massively under [coach] Guy Noves and have not been far away from any team they have played," Laidlaw noted. "They have some really dangerous strike runners throughout the team. "As much as we need to understand why we beat them last year, we need to develop that, be clever and smart and be able to score points. "We need to keep doing what we are doing well, keep our skills high and if we do that again this weekend, we are going to put ourselves in a strong position. "The start of the game is massively important, whether it is our kick-off, or or us receiving. It is very important psychologically for them as it is for us. "If we can start the game playing in the right areas of the field for the first 20 minutes and not muck about too much in our own half, hopefully we will put them under pressure and upset the crowd a little bit." Media playback is not supported on this device

Summary: Captain Greg Laidlaw says Scotland must be "subtle and clever" as well as match France physically if they are to secure a first win in Paris since 1999.


A £60,000 feasibility study will examine how to alter Aberystwyth University's Old College and the costs. The building opened in 1865 as a hotel, but was later bought by a group of philanthropists who founded the university. It is home to various departments and is used for teaching. The university said the Old College was one of finest examples of the work of gothic revival architect John Pollard Seddon. It is one of the town's most recognisable buildings with spires, towers, gargoyled parapets and steep-pitched roofs "like a French Renaissance chateau". Plans include creating a "cultural quarter" based around the Old College, a postgraduate centre providing world-class teaching, learning and study spaces, an art gallery, and lecturing and performance facilities. University vice-chancellor Prof April McMahon said: "Research consistently shows that Aberystwyth University is recognised as one of the best locations to study for undergraduates. "We want to build on that and develop a world class postgraduate centre. "However, the Old College should have a community focus as well as an academic one. "We want to provide a resource for residents and visitors as well as students and staff. "Our vision is for state-of-the-art learning facilities, exhibition space, a university shop and a first point of contact for local businesses - truly bringing the town and gown together in a new cultural quarter." Regeneration Minister Huw Lewis said: "The Old College is an iconic building in Aberystwyth and resonates with present and past students of the university. "Its location in the centre of the town can provide a focal point to the area's regeneration and the potential ideas put forward sound extremely exciting." The final feasibility study, which will also include a number of other university properties, is expected to be finished in March 2013. It will be funded by a Welsh government regeneration fund and the university. Aberystwyth has been identified as a regeneration area by the Welsh government and up to £10.3m has been made available to invest, which is being used on a number of projects in the town.

Summary: A Victorian university building in Aberystwyth could be transformed into a postgraduate centre under plans for a new "cultural quarter".


Palin, who turns 70 on Sunday, said it was "a very high honour", adding that his success was "down to teamwork". "I've been blessed throughout my career with the inspiration and support of others," he added. "The fellowship is for all of us." Bafta chairman John Willis said Palin had made "an incredible contribution to the medium over five decades". Palin, who began his career as a writer for The Frost Report, is a founding member of world-renowned comedy troupe Monty Python. He has also fronted a string of critically acclaimed travel documentaries, including Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole and Full Circle. His other TV credits include include 1960s sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set, Ripping Yarns and the Alan Bleasdale drama GBH. He won a Bafta film award in 1989 for his supporting role in A Fish Called Wanda and received a special award in 2005. Willis said Palin's "amiable on-screen manner belies the seriousness of his craft", adding there were "few individuals more worthy" of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' highest honour. The Bafta TV awards will be hosted by Graham Norton at the Royal Festival Hall in London and will be broadcast on BBC One.

Summary: Presenter, writer and Monty Python star Michael Palin will be awarded a Bafta fellowship at its TV awards on 12 May.


He also suggested they should not be eligible for tax credits. It comes as a survey suggests 77% of Britons want to see immigration cut. The coalition brought in a three month ban on EU citizens getting out-of-work benefits ahead of work restrictions being lifted for Bulgarians and Romanians on 1 January. But Mr Farage, whose party fought the last election on a policy of halting immigration for five years, said the government should go much further. He said the cost of migrants claiming in-work welfare payments, such as child benefit, housing benefit and tax credits, had not been factored in to the government's calculations. "We must be completely mad, as a country, to be giving people from Eastern Europe in-work benefits," he told BBC News. And he said lower economic growth was a price worth paying for cutting immigration. "Even if I thought, which I don't, there was an economic benefit to mass immigration some things are more important than money, namely the shape of our society and giving our own youngsters a chance to work." London Mayor Boris Johnson also weighed in to the debate, suggesting the ban on EU citizens claiming benefits should be two years. Labour said it supported the government's three-month ban, which it said was "reasonable and achievable". Downing Street said withholding benefits from migrants for longer periods may be illegal. "We are doing all that we can within the law," said a No 10 spokesman. Downing Street also confirmed ministers were examining measures to curb the ability of migrants to claim child benefit for children in their native countries. The British Social Attitudes Survey suggests more than three-quarters of Britons want to see a cut in immigration - and 56% want to see a major crackdown. Almost half of those surveyed, 47%, thought immigration was bad for the economy, and among the 31% of respondents who said it was good for the economy, half wanted to see immigration reduced anyway. The figures are revealed in a BBC Two documentary called The Truth About Immigration, to be broadcast later on Tuesday. Business Secretary Vince Cable tells the programme the government's target of cutting net migration to below 100,000 by 2015 is "not helpful" and will almost certainly not be achieved. Mr Cable, who has sought to distance himself from the net migration target in the past, calling it a Conservative and not a coalition policy, said politicians on all sides must be "practical" and accept that net migration cannot be controlled. "It involves British people emigrating - you can't control that. It involves free movement within the European Union - in and out. It involves British people coming back from overseas who are not immigrants but are counted in the numbers," he says. "Setting an arbitrary cap is not helpful. It almost certainly won't achieve the below-100,000 level the Conservatives are setting - so let's be practical about it." Labour said the "gap between the government's rhetoric and reality on immigration is continuing to undermine public confidence". Shadow immigration minister David Hanson said Mr Cable should

Summary: UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called for immigrants to be barred from receiving any benefits until they have been resident in the UK for five years.


The 24-hour Underground service was originally scheduled for September, but was delayed over a dispute about pay and conditions. Following the breakdown of talks on Wednesday, union leaders said the launch would not happen this year. But during a trip to Japan Mr Johnson said: "We are going to have a Night Tube eventually." He had previously said he was "relaxed" about when the service was introduced, as long as it happened before the end of autumn. Mr Johnson said during a business visit to Japan: "We'll do a Night Tube and obviously I hope very much that the offer on the table, which is a very good one, is now communicated properly to the workforce of London Underground and I think we should just get on with it. "We've done without it for 150 years and I'm sure we can rub along a little bit longe,r but we are going to have a Night Tube eventually." Unions took industrial action during the summer having called for increased pay and a limit on how many all-night shifts their members would be asked to do. As negotiations between the unions and London Underground came to a halt, Finn Brennan from drivers' union Aslef, said discussions had broken up because LU management had "mishandled" the process.

Summary: London mayor Boris Johnson has backed away from a timetable for the opening of the city's Night Tube.


He is said to have retweeted his party's own exit poll before voting ended. Bradford Council's returning officer made the report to police, according to BBC Radio Leeds. Mr Galloway lost his seat to Labour candidate Naz Shah, who said his campaign "demeaned democracy". It is against the law to discuss voting while polls are open, under section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act. A spokesman for Mr Galloway told the BBC: "The returning officer is wasting police time. It's a storm in a thimble." West Yorkshire Police said it would be reviewing the matter. Mr Galloway snatched the traditionally held Labour seat in a by-election in 2012 with a majority of 10,140 votes. It is not the first time he has hit the headlines over election laws - he was accused by Labour of making false statements about their candidate, Naseem Shah, in April.

Summary: Respect leader George Galloway has been reported to police for allegedly breaking election law.


Media playback is not supported on this device The oldest fixture in international football is the first competitive meeting of the sides since 1999. With only one team guaranteed a place at Russia 2018, England top Group F after three games with Scotland fourth. Wayne Rooney returns to captain England with Scotland captain Darren Fletcher saying a draw would be a good result. The sides - who first met in 1872 - played friendlies in 2013 and 2014 but last played competitive matches in a two-legged play-off for Euro 2000 in November 1999. Scotland won at Wembley but England won 2-1 on aggregate. England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate was put in charge of the senior team for four games following the departure of Sam Allardyce after only one match. Allardyce left following a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. Under Southgate, England beat Malta 2-0 and drew with Slovenia in World Cup qualifiers. After the match against Scotland, England meet Spain in a friendly at Wembley on 15 November. Asked if he wanted the job on a permanent basis, he said: "I'm really enjoying being in the role. "What happens to me is not important. We have to win this game for the country, and because we want to be top of the group and heading to [the 2018 World Cup] in Russia. "What happens to me is important to my family, but other than that it isn't the purpose of the game. I want the players to enjoy the football and play well. "My focus is 100% on the match and it would irresponsible and unprofessional for it to be any other way." Media playback is not supported on this device Scotland manager Gordon Strachan - who has faced scrutiny coming into the game - says he does not need to impress on his players the importance of the match. "My players are intelligent enough to understand the fixture," Strachan said. "I don't think I have to show them anything. "They know the fixture, everybody knows the fixture. It's known throughout the world. So I don't have to show them the importance. "The importance is not to become caught up in the emotion of the game. It's important to use your emotion and passion, to run further than you've ever run before, to jump higher than you've ever jumped, to concentrate more. "I don't think you get too emotional. If you get too emotional then you can lose focus. So we're looking for that emotion and passion to play better than we've ever played before." Media playback is not supported on this device The match at Wembley is a 90,000 sell-out, which is expected to include at least 14,000 Scotland fans. "It doesn't get much bigger than this - there will be a little more fire in the belly, it being England v Scotland," Scotland captain Darren Fletcher said. "Every time you lead your country out it is important but there is no bigger stage than Wembley in front of 90,000 fans."

Summary: England and Scotland meet for the 113th time at Wembley on Friday night as a rivalry which "is known throughout the world" returns.


Kester David, 53, from Wood Green, was found badly burned under a bridge in Palmers Green in 2010. Police made a fresh appeal for information about his death last year. On Monday the police said they had closed the reinvestigation and that the Met commissioner had met Mr David's family to apologise personally. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: "There were obviously some things that should have been done by those officers, which quite simply were not. "It is also completely unacceptable that a grieving family were treated with such insensitivity." His family have always maintained he was killed for working as a police informant and have claimed police failed to look at CCTV or speak to witnesses promptly. The initial investigation by Scotland Yard into Mr Kester's death concluded he committed suicide. A year later an internal investigation, led by inspector Brian Casson, found a "catalogue of errors" and a "failing in duty" as full CCTV and mobile phone records were not checked and witnesses were not interviewed. Sir Bernard insisted that the reinvestigation, now closed by the Met, was "thorough and explored every single line of enquiry open to us". Detectives concluded there was no evidence or information that a third party was involved in his death. Despite a number of appeals during the reinvestigation made to local and national media and on BBC Crimewatch, no arrests were ever made in connection with his death.

Summary: Scotland Yard has apologised to the family of a police informant for "shortcomings" in the original investigation into his death.


Joe Anderson's plans include reducing call centre opening hours, reviewing libraries and increasing the number of "in-house" foster carers. He also suggests opening car parks longer and introducing a premium service for bulky item collections to raise funds. The proposals will be discussed by the city council's cabinet on 24 February. Mr Anderson said reducing council call centre hours could save £2.9m and cutting the number of One Stop Shops - where people can get advice on council services or pay their council tax - could draw back £2.7m. However, he said that would mean it will "take people longer to get a response to requests for some services". His plan sets out a saving of £4.1m in children's services, which would be achieved by reducing the cost of care placements and packages by using fewer independent foster agencies. It also includes reducing the cost of the city's economic development agency, Liverpool Vision, by £1.2m and reviewing of the city's library provision to save £1.6m - a move which could see several close. The budget also proposes a 4.99% council tax increase - the mayor previously suggested a one-off rise of 10% but that was rejected by Liverpool residents during a public consultation. Mr Anderson said the cuts would mean job losses, stating that there was "no doubt that some frontline council services will be significantly reduced and we will have less staff by 2020". "These are not things that we want to do, but we have no choice, because the government isn't listening," he said. Joe Anderson's set out his budget, which would save £90m. Big cuts to adult social care have been minimised - for the moment at least - and the impact of paying the national living wage has turned out to be less costly than was originally budgeted for. The city has also made money through the mayor's flagship Invest To Earn programme, which is generating £3m a year. New homes are generating an additional £8m per year in council tax revenue - an amount that could rise with the building of executive homes in south Liverpool, as the vast majority of the city's housing stock is currently in the lowest bands. Mr Anderson says he's setting up a task force to consider the future of the city's libraries - he expects about four will have to close in order to make the savings - and there is also doubt over the future of the One Stop Shops. But there are also areas where the council is seeking to invest, including in street cleaning, where £2m will be spent, and £1.5m has also been allocated to improve leisure facilities.

Summary: Liverpool's mayor has proposed a budget cut of £90m over the next three years, which could see about 300 jobs lost.


Officials said the 1.14 litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin should have had 40% alcohol content by volume when the actual figure was 77%. They said the problem had been traced back to the production line. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no illnesses associated with the gin had been reported. Drinks giant Bacardi, which distributes Bombay Sapphire, said the affected batch was believed to have only been sold in Canada. The province of Ontario was the first to remove the gin from stores before a nationwide recall was issued. "One batch was bottled before correct dilution to achieve the stated 40% alcohol content by volume," the Ontario Liquor Control Board said in a statement "As a result, the affected batch has alcohol content by volume of 77%." The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the recalled gin should be thrown out or returned to the shop where it was bought. It is the second time this year that Canada has had to recall a brand of liquor because the alcohol content was too high. In March, bottles of Georgian Bay vodka were pulled from the shelves after inspectors found a batch with an alcohol content of 81% instead of the advertised 40%.

Summary: Bottles of a popular gin have been recalled across Canada after a batch was found to contain nearly twice the amount of advertised alcohol.


There is a general belief here that if you typed Ghana or Ghanaian into a search engine, the words that would be suggested automatically as a follow-up should be politics and football. It is these two subjects that spark animated discussions and get the juices flowing. Even though in football, we have not won anything on the continental or world stage for a very long time, we still believe that the Black Stars, our national team, are special. One of the inner sources of the strength that help Ghanaians survive is the fact that our national team regularly beats the national team of the United States at football. Trying to get a visa from Ghana to the United States is one of the most humiliating experiences for Ghanaians. But we are able to endure it all by simply repeating over and over again under our breaths: "World Cup 2006, we defeated you, World Cup 2010, we defeated you." Now, we discovered quite unexpectedly that defeating the US at football has even deeper implications, when news broke that our government had accepted two Yemeni ex-detainees, Khalid al-Dhuby and Mahmoud Omar Bin Atef, from Guantanamo Bay, where the US detains terror suspects, to live in Ghana. Elizabeth Ohene: "They are excited to come to Ghana because of Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the Black Star - they know him and they like him very much" The government has struggled to explain this decision. We have been told the two men pose no danger whatsoever to Ghana; they were innocent 20-year-olds when they were arrested and to drive home their innocence, our president compares them to his own 20-year-old son. We have been told that even though the two men are such thoroughly harmless and nice people, their every move will be monitored. Normally taciturn officials from the US embassy are suddenly all over the radio and television trying to assure us we should all be proud of our government for bringing to Ghana men the US Senate deems too dangerous to enter their country. When none of these interventions appeared to be calming the protests, the two thoroughly harmless and nice men were brought out to state their own case on national radio. Guantanamo Bay prison: The pair said they do not belong to any terrorist group, and have been wrongly arrested for 14 years without any charge. They have suffered but are not looking for revenge. They want to live in Ghana quietly and peacefully, and put their lives together. All that did not sound very convincing to any of us here; what everybody really wanted to know was why they had been brought to Ghana - did they just pick us on the map because Ghana happens to be the physical centre of the world? And suddenly it all comes tumbling out. They are excited to come to Ghana because of Asamoah Gyan, the captain of the Black Stars, they know him and they like him very much. A lot of the detainees like Ghanaians very much, and during the 2010 World

Summary: In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene looks at the uproar that greeted Ghana's decision to allow two Yemenis freed from the US jail in Guantanamo Bay to live in the West African state.


The annual Roald Dahl Funny Prize is to be relaunched in 2016 as part of the author's centenary celebrations. Set up by former children's laureate Michael Rosen in 2008, the prize is intended to reward authors and artists of humorous children's books. A spokesman for the Dahl Literary Estate said they looked forward to making the prize "even more impactful". The prize was created as a joint enterprise between book charity Booktrust, the Roald Dahl literary estate and Rosen. 'Robust future' "We are delighted with the success that the Roald Dahl Funny Prize has achieved in a fairly short amount of time," said Luke Kelly of Dahl & Dahl. "The Prize has paid tribute to many fantastically talented, inventive and mischievous storytellers." Booktrust boss Viv Bird said the prize had been a "phenomenal triumph" but she wanted to ensure "a robust future for this unique celebration of funny books". Last year's winners, Simon Rickerty (Monkey Nut) and Jim Smith (I Am Not A Loser), received Â£2,500 each.

Summary: A children's book prize inspired by Matilda author Roald Dahl has been put on hold for two years.


They know him of old, of course, but for many this is a potentially new David Cameron, freshly elected with an unexpected majority. Many leaders got rather irritated with the prime minister in the long lead up to the election. They felt he played too much to the Eurosceptic gallery at home when abroad on EU business. Will this new David Cameron be a man they can work with, they wonder? They'd like to. With the UK's in/out referendum EU on membership looming large in European headlines, most want to ensure Britain stays in, especially in Germany, as I found out earlier this week on a trip to Berlin. The UK's former ambassador to Germany, Sir Peter Torry, describes the country as the best friend and ally the UK could have in its EU renegotiation. Pretty useful for Mr Cameron, as Germany is Europe's most powerful nation. There are very practical reasons why Germans are so keen to keep Britain in - and not just because they share a love for sausages and beer, as one student I chatted to suggested. German businesses appreciate Britain's free trade, single market, and anti red-tape push. They see this as a counterweight to the EU's more protectionist, interventionist countries. German taxpayers agree with the UK's drive to crack down on welfare claims by migrants. And Germany is very keen to avoid having to pay even more into the EU budget. It would end up making up most of the shortfall if the UK walked away. So there's lots of good will, but no blank cheque. I asked German MP Michael Fuchs, of Angela Merkel's CDU party, how far the Chancellor would go to help Britain. She'll offer "utmost flexibility", I was told, but there would also be red lines. There is little appetite in Germany or anywhere outside Britain for fundamental changes to existing EU treaties (for example to curb the freedom of EU citizens to live and work where they like in the EU). Though the suggestion has been made in several countries that when treaties are eventually changed to facilitate more harmony in the eurozone, that's when the UK could possibly have its own treaty-changing elements written in. But the timing looks wrong for Britain. German Finance Minister Wolgang Schaeuble says any treaty change is unlikely before the UK holds its EU referendum. But there is a widespread hunger for EU change - from the north amongst the Scandinavian countries to Europe's southern reaches. Governments realise that, with near deflation and high youth unemployment, especially in Spain, France and Italy, the EU is failing to live up to the aspirations of its almost half a billion citizens. The question for Britain's prime minister is whether the change favoured by his European partners match the changes David Cameron wants? Not all his European counterparts are prepared to be as open as Angela Merkel when it comes to UK requests. Not everyone would be as regretful as Germany if the UK were to leave. David Cameron has announced he will begin bilateral visits with his

Summary: EU leaders are curious to meet the British prime minister when he joins the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga.


Jacqui Thompson was arrested in 2011 for filming a Carmarthenshire council meeting and sued Mark James for libel. He counter-sued for posts made on her blog and received £25,000 in damages. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mrs Thompson had been charged with an harassment offence but a decision was taken to discontinue her case. Mrs Thompson, of Llanwrda, said she was "relieved" at the news and had been worried about her impending court case, which was due to take place on Thursday. A CPS spokesman said: "Following a review, prosecutors were no longer satisfied there was a realistic prospect of conviction due to insufficient evidence and therefore made the decision to discontinue the case." Mrs Thompson became embroiled in the legal row after she was arrested in June 2011 for refusing to stop filming a council meeting for her blog, in which she was critical of the authority. She sued Mr James the following November and he successfully counter-sued in a private lawsuit. In 2016, the High Court found Mrs Thompson had run a campaign of "harassment, defamation and intimidation" against Mr James. She was told to pay back £250 a month to him over the next 10 years to cover the damages. Carmarthenshire council covered Mr James' legal costs, a decision the Wales Audit Office later found to be unlawful. But the authority is pursuing Mrs Thompson for £190,393 in legal costs. The council would not comment on the latest development in the case, which it said was a private matter for Mr James. Mr James has been asked to comment.

Summary: A blogger who launched a "campaign of harassment" against a council chief executive has had the criminal case against her dropped.


Over the same period Scotland housed 249 Syrian refugees and Northern Ireland 104, Home Office figures show. Nine of Wales' 22 councils had taken part in the Syrian refugee settlement programme up to the end of June, four more than three months earlier. Oxfam Cymru welcomed the increase but said the resettlement process remained "painfully slow" in Wales. UK ministers have pledged to settle 20,000 Syrians in the UK by 2020 under a scheme launched in October 2015. Between April and June Rhondda Cynon Taf resettled 18 refugees whilst Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire and the Vale of Glamorgan took five each, as the four councils took part in the Home Office-funded scheme for the first time. The five authorities already involved were Neath Port Talbot, which has now taken 27 refugees, Swansea (24), Ceredigion (11), Torfaen (10) and Caerphilly (seven). Other local authorities, including Wrexham and Anglesey, also have plans to accommodate refugees fleeing war-torn Syria. Matthew Hemsley from Oxfam Cymru said: "We welcome the fact that more families have been brought to safety here and we know that more refugees from Syria have arrived over the summer. "Yet we cannot ignore how painfully slow the resettlement process still is in Wales. "While there is some improvement in terms of numbers resettled here, there is no doubt that Wales still could and should do more to help families who have seen their lives torn apart by this war." Mr Hemsley urged the Welsh Government and councils to work closely together to speed up the system.

Summary: A further 34 Syrian refugees were resettled in Wales in the three months to June, bringing the total to 112.


The channel's signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to show new episodes of Family Guy from later this year. The agreement also includes other Seth MacFarlane animated comedies American Dad, The Cleveland Show and new series Bordertown. Family Guy has been a major part of the BBC Three schedule since 2006, becoming one of the channel's highest rating shows. But it's not the last we'll see of the Griffins on the BBC as the corporation has one more new series to show - the one currently being broadcast in the States. The BBC also still has rights to repeat episodes from previous series - for the moment. The BBC says Family Guy will be on the BBC for "at least the next two years". There's been discussion over what would happen to the offbeat comedy, given plans to move BBC Three online. More than 270,000 people have signed a petition against the move. The BBC said: "We are incredibly proud that the BBC has successfully aired Family Guy for the past nine years and built the series into such a hit in the UK. "However, when a show becomes so successful it often becomes a target for other broadcasters. "We are sorry that it will not have a long term home on the BBC." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: The Griffin family is moving home - to ITV2.


Last season's treble winners had almost 50 attempts on goal, with Clare Shine scoring a hat-trick. Aberdeen, Rangers and Spartans all netted five goals in disposing of Jeanfield Swifts, Hamilton and Stirling University, respectively. Hibernian won 1-0 away to Celtic and Glasgow Girls beat Hutchison Vale 3-1. The Forfar Farmington v Hearts and Buchan v Queen's Park matches were postponed due to frozen pitches. SWPL League Cup, first round Aberdeen 5-0 Jeanfield Swifts Glasgow City 14-0 Inverness Celtic 0-1 Hibernian Rangers 5-1 Hamilton Glasgow Girls 3-1 Hutchison Vale Spartans 5-1 Stirling Uni (aet) Glasgow Girls 3-1 Hutchison Vale Forfar P-P Hearts Buchan P-P Queen's Park

Summary: Glasgow City opened the new season in ominous style, demolishing Inverness 14-0 in the first round of the SWPL League Cup.


The players, who thrashed Japan 5-2 on Sunday in Vancouver, will ride an open-topped bus down a stretch of Broadway commonly known as the Canyon of Heroes. It's a rare honour for athletes that do not come from New York, but pressure has been building in recent days to honour their achievement. The game was the most-watched football match in US history. A 13-minute hat-trick by Carli Lloyd blew Japan away early in the match, watched by an average of 25.4 million viewers, peaking at 30.4 million. President Barack Obama was among those to pay tribute to their success, which was the third time the USA women's team had won the World Cup. A rally was held in Los Angeles for the team on Tuesday, and hours later the parade was announced by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. The last time the city honoured a team of national athletes was in 1984 after the Los Angeles Olympics.

Summary: A ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan on Friday will honour the USA's World Cup-winning women's football team.


Areas in Counties Londonderry, Antrim and Down were affected. A spokesperson for Northern Ireland Electricity said was an equipment fault was detected at 21.40 BST. All properties have had power restored had their power restored by 22.14 BST.

Summary: Several thousand customers were left without electricity for a time on Wednesday night.


Bartosz Bialkowski made three good saves to keep Derby out in a first half that the home side dominated. Luke Varney gave Ipswich the lead early in the second half with his side's first real effort when Scott Carson failed to keep out his long-range shot. The result means Derby have still only scored one league goal this season. Derby move out of the bottom three by virtue of goal difference, despite having lost for the third successive match, while Ipswich move up to ninth place. Bialkowski made a great save from Matej Vydra early on before keeping out Craig Bryson's drive from the edge of the box and then stopping James Wilson's effort from long range at the end of the half. Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy made two half-time changes, bringing on Tom Lawrence and Varney, who gave his side the lead eight minutes after his introduction. Former England goalkeeper Carson somehow let the ball creep into the net despite getting two hands to the effort. It was a first goal of the season for Varney, who scored just twice in over two-and-a-half years as a Derby player earlier in his career. Derby tried to break Ipswich's resistance but a combination of brave defending and wasteful finishing - Darren Bent and Will Hughes both missed the target with decent efforts, while Bialkowski made a great save from Nick Blackman in stoppage-time - saw Ipswich come away with the points. Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy: "We've mugged them to be fair. They were better than us, they dominated the first half and for 10 minutes we were hanging on. "But it's all about the stuff I preach to the players and sometimes supporters don't like it when I talk about being resilient and tough, hard working and putting a shift in and it gets ridiculed a bit, but without it you get nothing for me. "We've shown all those qualities tonight and we got blocks in and headers out and they were better, they played better than us but they couldn't score." Derby manager Nigel Pearson: "Mick said to me before the game he felt they'd been mugged on Friday and I think they've probably done that to us. "Of course it's a disappointing night and it's difficult to sell the idea that's okay when you are losing games and to score one goal in the league is a poor return, but I thought the players deserved to win the game. "I thought they played exceptionally well. I felt for the fans and the players but the good thing was I think the fans could see what the players are about and they stuck with them." Match ends, Derby County 0, Ipswich Town 1. Second Half ends, Derby County 0, Ipswich Town 1. Attempt blocked. Nick Blackman (Derby County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Richard Keogh (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town). Attempt missed. Nick Blackman (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is close,

Summary: Ipswich Town won away from home for the first time in the Championship this season as Derby County missed a host of opportunities.


It has been hailed as the most comprehensive list to date. About 9,000 names - nearly all German - are on the Auschwitz garrison list, some with photographs attached. The INR hopes the list will prove that Auschwitz was not a Polish-run camp. More than a million people died there. The victims were overwhelmingly Jewish - but Poles, Roma and political prisoners were also murdered. INR head Jaroslaw Szarek said that the creation of the database, the only one of its kind in the world, marked a historic day. It includes information about SS commanders and guards who worked at Auschwitz-Birkenau, their names, place and date of birth, nationality, military service and where possible, a photograph. The information was gathered from Poland, Germany, Austria and the US. Mr Szarek said it would help combat the wholly incorrect practice of referring to Auschwitz as a Polish-run camp. He said the institute hoped to compile similar lists for other Nazi camps in occupied Poland. In cases where a person has stood trial, judicial documents relating to the case are included with the documents. Auschwitz trial: Ex-guard Reinhold Hanning 'ashamed' Virtual reality to aid Auschwitz war trials of concentration camp guards Auschwitz trial: Prosecutor on bringing Nazis to justice (video) Auschwitz medic Hubert Zafke goes on trial at fourth attempt Auschwitz guard Ernst Tremmel dies a week before trial iWonder: Why did ordinary people commit atrocities in the Holocaust? The paperwork relating to camp commander Rudolf Hoess - in charge of Auschwitz from 1940-43 - contains a photocopy of the death sentence he received from a Polish court in 1947. Poland has long complained that death camps are wrongly referred to as "Polish" because of misunderstandings surrounding their geographical location. The new database is being made accessible in five languages and "is a tool to fight lies", Mr Szarek said. "We're not expressing an opinion, we're presenting the cold, hard facts." Soviet forces entered Auschwitz on 27 January 1945. The Nazis had abandoned the camp days earlier, leaving much of it intact.

Summary: The names of Nazi SS commanders and guards at the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland have been put online by the country's Institute of National Remembrance (INR).


Kingfisher is selling a 70% stake in the business - which has 39 stores and more than 3,000 staff - for £140m. The company had already announced that it was looking for a strategic partner to develop its B&Q business in China. The transaction, which is subject to approval by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, is expected to be completed in the first half of 2015. As well as B&Q, Kingfisher owns the Screwfix, Brico Depot and Castorama home improvement chains. It also owns 50% of the Koctas brand in Turkey. "I am delighted to have found a strong retail partner who will help us to release the financial value of our business in China," said group chief executive Veronique Laury. "This will enable us to focus our financial resources and management talent on the large and attractive European home improvement market." Beijing-based Wumei Holdings operates about 650 supermarkets and 10 department stores in China, owning brands such as Wumart, Jingbei Shopping Mall, and Merrymart. Ms Laury recently took over from Ian Cheshire as chief executive.

Summary: Home improvements retailer Kingfisher has agreed to sell a controlling stake in B&Q China to Wumei Holdings.


The 12 January fixture is the first time either side has played overseas during the regular season. Indiana lost in the first round of the play-offs last season, while the Nuggets failed to make it out of the Western Conference. The Toronto Raptors beat Orlando Magic 106-103 in January at the O2. The first regular-season game to be staged in the UK was the New Jersey Nets' 116-103 success over the Raptors in March 2011.

Summary: The Denver Nuggets will play the Indiana Pacers at London's O2 Arena in the seventh regular-season NBA game to be played in the United Kingdom.


Taylor, 23, underwent surgery on multiple fractures, but the club's head physotherapist Kate Rees says he is expected to make a full recovery. Rees said: "The surgeons worked hard on Neil's injury... and did a very good job. "He is comfortable and the surgeons are happy with the operations." She added: "While he should make a full recovery, the extent of the injury means Neil is likely to miss the rest of the season.'' Taylor was injured after falling awkwardly in the first half at the Liberty Stadium. His foot was trapped underneath him as he fell to the ground, taking the full weight of Sunderland's Craig Gardner on the way down. Taylor immediately summoned the Swansea medical staff as he held his left ankle in agony after just 15 minutes of the match. "When you have injuries like that it is normally very violent, but this was not violent," said manager Michael Laudrup. "It was even a free-kick against us. "Sometimes these injuries happen in strange ways, you don't think anything is wrong and then there is ligament damage or something like that, it is very sad. "But you see things that are much more violent than that - this was not violent, it was unlucky. "He was very unlucky to fall in a bad way, you can't blame the Sunderland player for that." As well as missing a significant part of Swansea's season, Taylor will be unavilable for most of Wales' 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, which starts against Belgium on Friday. Taylor impressed for Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games and was expected to play a big part in Wales boss Chris Coleman's plans. Teenager Ben Davies was Taylor's replacement for Swansea, making an assured Premier League debut as Laudrup's side twice hit back to secure a draw.

Summary: Wales defender Neil Taylor is expected to miss the rest of the season after fracturing an ankle in Swansea City's 2-2 draw with Sunderland on Saturday.


"There have been some deaths in jousting," he says. "But it is usually through inexperience, the wrong safety equipment, and a lot of bad luck combined." Putting on an exact replica of a medieval suit of armour, the 53-year-old jousts a dozen or so weekends every year. Holding a 12ft (3.7m) long steel-tipped wooden lance in front of him, he rides a stallion full pelt towards another would-be knight coming at him in a similarly determined attempt to knock him off his horse. "You are both moving at about 20mph (32km/h), so [if the other person's lance hits you] it is like hitting a brick wall at 40mph. "I have never fallen off, but I have taken three people out of the saddle. Historically people have died, and it is always the lance tip going through the eye slot [of the helmet]." Given how Jason spends his weekends, you might imagine that his day job is equally daring, that he is some sort of professional stuntman. Instead, he is the chief executive of one of the UK's largest computer games companies - Rebellion Developments. Jason set up the Oxford-based business with his younger brother Chris in 1992, and today it has an annual turnover of more than Â£25m. Still wholly owned by the two siblings, its best-selling titles include Sniper Elite and Rogue Trooper. For the past 17 years the company has also owned cult UK comic book series 2000 AD, and publishes a range of novels. While Jason doesn't wear one of his Â£25,000 suits of armour in the office, he says that he tries to run Rebellion - and all other aspects of his life - according to a medieval knight's chivalric code of conduct. "What the code comes down to is try to be a decent person... and there are three parts - bravery, honesty and kindness. "In business the need to be brave is obvious; the ability to charge forward and seize the opportunity, and do the best that you can with it. "It is also about exploring new territories and seeking out new markets. It is an essential component in being a leader." He adds: "Honesty doesn't mean telling everyone your secrets, it means dealing fairly with people. "So in business, I don't try to get the best deal for myself, I'm trying to get the best deal for both sides. "This is fairer and the right thing to do, and if the other side makes a profit they will come back and work with me again. "And kindness is simply about the need to treat people well." As a teenager Jason says that he and his brother both loved role-playing games. They would sit around a table with their friends and each take on a fantasy character, such as a wizard or knight. Dice would then be thrown to determine how the characters interacted with each other, and how the stories developed. Jason also wrote a number of "gamebooks", where the reader has to decide how the story develops from multiple-choice options. Studying at Oxford University,

Summary: Jason Kingsley seems far too relaxed about the fatal dangers inherent in his daredevil hobby.


Media playback is not supported on this device It was Bradford's first home defeat of the season and the second time that League Two Stanley have beaten the Bantams this season, having won on penalties at home in the EFL Cup in August. Bradford began well, almost taking the lead in the third minute but James Hanson's header was cleared off the line by Mark Hughes. Accrington went in front after 30 minutes though with a goal by Romuald Boco, who had seen his 25-yard shot rebound off the crossbar 13 minutes earlier. Sean McConville delivered a cross from the right and Boco scored with a near-post header. Bradford keeper Colin Doyle did well to deny the visitors a second goal early in the second half, diving full length to save Clark's shot from the edge of the penalty area, before the home side managed an equaliser in the 72nd minute. Substitute Billy Clarke delivered an inswinging corner from the right and Matthew Kilgallon scored with a close-range header. Accrington continued to attack and were rewarded with a winning goal in the 80th minute when Boco flicked the ball into the path of Clark on the left and he scored with a superb angled shot. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Bradford City 1, Accrington Stanley 2. Second Half ends, Bradford City 1, Accrington Stanley 2. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Steven Hewitt replaces Shay McCartan because of an injury. Delay in match Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury. Attempt saved. James Hanson (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Romuald Boco. Daniel Devine (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley). Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Shay McCartan replaces Jordan Clark. Attempt missed. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the right. Attempt missed. Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Goal! Bradford City 1, Accrington Stanley 2. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romuald Boco. James Hanson (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley). Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Rory McArdle. Goal! Bradford City 1, Accrington Stanley 1. Matthew Kilgallon (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Billy Clarke with a cross following a corner. Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Jordan Clark. Nicky Law (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley). Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Sean McConville. Attempt missed. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Substitution, Bradford City. Nicky Law replaces Filipe Morais. Substitution, Bradford City. Billy Clarke replaces

Summary: Jordan Clark scored a late winner as Accrington Stanley stunned League One promotion hopefuls Bradford with victory at Valley Parade, in the FA Cup first round


The pop star was given the night's top honour for her multi-million selling record 25, but told the audience, "I can't possibly accept this award". "I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful, but Beyonce is the artist of my life". The British singer then appeared to break the award in two accidentally and offer a piece to her fellow nominee. Adele's victory over Beyonce is certain to boost complaints that the Grammys habitually overlook black artists. Several artists, including Frank Ocean and Kanye West, chose to skip this year's ceremony on that basis. Ocean even declined to submit his critically-acclaimed album, Blonde, for consideration, saying the Grammys did not "seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from, and hold down what I hold down". Two years ago, West rushed onto the stage in protest when Beck's Morning Phase beat Beyonce's last LP in the best album race. However, Adele's 25 was by far the biggest-seller on this year's shortlist; outselling Beyonce's Lemonade by a factor of 10 to 1. It is unclear if Adele will officially reject her award. If she does, it would only be the second time in history that has happened. The last was in 1990, when Sinead O'Connor turned down best alternative album for I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, claiming the ceremony was too "commercialised". Main winners Whatever the outcome, Adele remains one of the night's biggest winners. She won five prizes in all, including three of the top four: Best album, song of the year and record of the year - the latter two both rewarding her 2015 comeback single, Hello. Chicago's Chance the Rapper also took three prizes, including best rap album for his self-released record Coloring Book. "I know people think independence means you do it by yourself, but independence means freedom," he said as he picked up best new act at the start of the ceremony. Rock icon David Bowie won in each of the five categories he was nominated for, including best alternative album, for Blackstar, and best rock performance, for the album's title track. And Beyonce wasn't left completely empty-handed: she took home best urban contemporary album and best music video, for the politically-charged Formation. The star, who is pregnant with twins, also gave an ambitious and logistically complex performance of the songs Love Drought and Sandcastles, themed around the ideas of rebirth, regeneration and healing. Dressed in flowing, golden Egyptian robes and an elaborate headdress, she dedicated the performance to motherhood, proudly displaying her baby bump as she sang. But while Beyonce's performance was flawless, others were marred by technical issues. Lady Gaga duetted with Metallica on the song Moth to the Flame, but singer James Hetfield was inaudible throughout the first verse. He later sang cheek-to-cheek with Gaga, sharing her microphone, but angrily threw his guitar to one of his roadies at the end of the performance. Adele also went off-key during a tribute to George Michael, and tearfully asked if the song could be started again. It was,

Summary: Adele has apparently turned down the Grammy award for best album, saying Beyonce deserved it more.


Slovakian Imrich Joni, 20, stabbed and strangled Gordon Bolan, 68, at a flat in Kenmure Street in Pollokshields last summer. An earlier trial at the High Court in Edinburgh heard that Joni hid the pensioner's body in a wardrobe. Judge Lady Scott described it as "a brutal murder" which had left Mr Bolam's family "utterly devastated". Joni, who lived at various addresses in the south side of Glasgow, murdered Mr Bolam at a date between 29 June and 14 July 2016. In April, he was found guilty of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. When he appeared for sentencing on Tuesday, the court heard the 20-year-old - who had denied any wrongdoing during his week long trial - had now accepted he killed Mr Bolam. The court was told he had expressed "genuine remorse" for his actions because he could not continue living with "the lie" of denying his guilt. His trial heard that Joni struck Mr Bolam with a knife before throttling him with a piece of fabric at an address in Kenmure Street. He then concealed his victim's remains in a bedroom wardrobe. In a bid to cover up his crime and destroy DNA evidence, the murderer then washed upholstery, floors and other surfaces. He also got rid of his trainers and the clothing he was wearing on the day he murdered Mr Bolam. But Joni was caught after detectives found his DNA around Mr Bolam's property. Forensic scientists also discovered his DNA on the ligature which was placed around Mr Bolam's throat. Defence advocate John Scott QC told the court that his client was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder caused by years of being physically abused by a family member. Telling Joni that he was likely to be deported from the UK following his release from custody, judge Lady Scott said: "Mr Bolam was a man who struggled with ill health but nevertheless lived a normal life. He was a much-loved member of his community. "His family have been left bereft and utterly devastated by his death. "I accept that you have expressed genuine remorse. I also take into account that you have suffered emotional and physical abuse and that you are a young man with post traumatic stress disorder. "This was a brutal murder. Balancing all these factors I have decided that you must serve at least 13 years before you become eligible to apply for parole."

Summary: A man who murdered a pensioner at his home in Glasgow has been ordered to spend a minimum of 13 years in jail.


Derek Serpell-Morris, known as DJ Derek, went missing last July aged 73. His remains were discovered in March after a high-profile search. During the service at St Agnes Church in St Pauls, Bristol, Gerald Serpell-Morris said his brother's "increasing fame amused him". In a eulogy he described his brother as "kind, modest and unassuming". Rev Liz Perry, the church's priest-in-charge, said: "Everyone described him with a great deal of love. "There was a great sense of humour about the place - a reflection of Derek and his personality. He was a showstopper and his funeral was a showstopper." Updates from the funeral on the BBC Local Live page DJ Derek, a former accountant, was known to thousands of music fans and played hundreds of sets at local clubs and pubs, as well as at the Glastonbury festival. He had lived in St Pauls in Bristol since 1978, worked with Massive Attack and once appeared in a Dizzee Rascal video. His great niece Jennifer Griffiths and friend Aiden Larkin - who was DJing at the church before the service - also gave eulogies. Bob Marley's One Love was played following the service which also included a bible reading about love from 1 Corinthians 13, an address by lay preacher Ian Love, and the hymn For the Beauty of the Earth.

Summary: Hundreds of people turned out to pay tribute to a man known as "Britain's oldest DJ" at his funeral in Bristol.


Daniel Begg, 21, of Dundee, admitted culpable and reckless behaviour. The fan who was struck avoided serious injury in the incident at Pittodrie Stadium on Sunday 25 September. Begg was fined Â£260 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. The court refused a Crown motion for a football banning order stopping Begg from attending future games. Rangers fan Begg was in the away end at Pittodrie. Police had earlier issued a CCTV appeal to trace him.

Summary: A football fan who threw stadium seats at another supporter during an Aberdeen v Rangers game has avoided a ban from matches.


Beji Caid Essebsi, who won the first round with 39% of the vote, is challenging interim leader Moncef Marzouki. Mr Essebsi represents the secular-leaning Nidaa Tounes party. Tunisia was the first country to depose its leader in the Arab Spring and inspired other uprisings in the region. Polls closed at 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT). Voter turnout had reached 36.8% after four and a half hours of voting, Tunisia's election authority said. Shortly after polls closed, Mr Essebsi's office said that there were "indications" that he had won. However, a spokesman for Mr Marzouki said the claims were "without foundation". Mr Essebsi, who turned 88 this week, held office under both deposed President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali and Tunisia's first post-independence leader, Habib Bourguiba. He is popular in the wealthy, coastal regions, and based his appeal to voters on stability and experience. His opponent, Moncef Marzouki, is a 67-year-old human rights activists forced into exile by the Ben Ali government. He has been interim president since 2011 and is more popular in the conservative, poorer south. After casting his ballot, Mr Marzouki said Tusinians "should be proud" of themselves "because the interim period has come to a peaceful end". Mr Marzouki was thought likely to attract support from the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which has played a key role in Tunisian politics since the Arab Spring but did not field a candidate. Whoever wins faces restricted powers under a constitution passed earlier this year. The president will be commander-in-chief of the armed forces but can appoint or sack senior officers only in consultation with the prime minister. The president will also set foreign policy in consultation with the prime minister, represent the state and ratify treaties. Tunisia boosted security for the elections and closed border posts with Libya, which has been plagued by unrest. A group of at least three attackers targeted a polling station near the city of Kairouan on Sunday morning. Security forces say they killed one attacker and arrested three. In the build-up to the vote, a video emerged of Islamic State militants claiming responsibility for the 2013 killings of two Tunisian politicians. The men in the video also condemned the election and threatened more killings. An interior ministry spokesman dismissed the video, saying the group "mean nothing to us". About 5.2 million Tunisians were eligible to vote in the run-off poll. At least 88,000 observers oversaw the election, according to Tunisian state media.

Summary: Voters in Tunisia have been choosing their first freely elected president in a run-off election seen as a landmark in the country's move to democracy.


Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Herbert Diess, head of the VW brand, said the company would have a fix in the coming weeks or months. But the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was less certain, saying that Volkswagen "have not produced an acceptable way forward". The EPA disclosed VW's use of "defeat devices" in diesel cars in September. The devices disguised diesel cars' emissions levels that were, in fact, up to 40 times above the US legal limit. The EPA has insisted that the German carmaker comes up with a solution that will not cost money for VW owners. Mr Diess told the CES show, in Las Vegas: "I'm optimistic that we will find a solution. We will bring a package together which satisfies our customers first and foremost and then also the regulators." Mr Diess said Volkswagen has reached an agreement with European regulators to fix 8.5 million cars affected there. On Monday, the US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against VW for the use of the emissions devices, which involve computer software that can detect when cars are being tested. The company and its executives could still face separate criminal charges, while a raft of private class-action lawsuits filed by angry VW owners are pending.

Summary: Embattled carmaker Volkswagen said it is close to an approved fix for US cars with emissions-deceiving devices.


The 25-year-old was hit by the motorbike after several riders came down in a crash as the Gent-Wevelgem race passed through northern France. Jose Been, spokeswoman for the Wanty-Gobert team, told BBC Sport it was "not a case of the motorcyclist going too fast and causing the crash". Demoitie was taken to hospital in Lille but died some time later. A French police inquiry is under way and the sport's governing body, the UCI, is co-operating with the investigation. Demoitie was among several competitors involved in a fall in the one-day race, which was won by world champion Peter Sagan. "The cyclists fell right in front of the motorcyclist who had no time to react and just hit them," Beem said. "The motorcyclist is very experienced and has been in the races a long time. He is as grief-stricken as we are. "It was a very unfortunate, horrible accident for both sides." At a news conference on Monday, tearful team manager Jean-Francois Bourlart said Demoitie rode his first WorldTour race - the E3 Harelbeke in Belgium - last week. "He was very proud of himself and we couldn't have been more proud of him," he said. "On Sunday, the incredible happened, the inconceivable. We can't believe it. We are angry. We cry and we think of his wife Astrid and his family." Earlier on Monday, Professional Cyclists' Association president Gianni Bugno, a former rider, said: "I do not want to accuse anyone, but make everyone reflect on the responsibility we have to ensure... a very high level of attention, awareness, and control over safety standards during each race." Several high-profile professional cyclists have paid tribute to Demoitie, while others have questioned whether there needs to be rule changes around motorbikes, which are used mainly for security and media. In a Facebook post, German sprinter Marcel Kittel said the sport had reached a "new and very sad low point in the history of cycling and safety".

Summary: A crash with a motorbike which killed Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitie was an "unfortunate accident", says his team.


Benjamin Netanyahu said he would raise renewing sanctions when he meets US President Donald Trump in February. Iran has carried out several such tests since a 2015 nuclear deal which relaxed sanctions against the country. It is not yet clear what type of missile was launched, or if it explicitly violated the UN resolution. A 2010 resolution, which barred Iran from undertaking any work on "ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads", was terminated after the nuclear deal with six world powers was implemented. It was replaced by a new resolution, 2231, that "calls upon" Iran not to undertake any activity related to "ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons". The UN Security Council is to hold a meeting on Tuesday about the missile launch, at the request of the US. In a recorded message on his Facebook page, Mr Netanyahu said "Iranian aggression must not go unanswered". Mr Netanyahu is a fierce critic of the nuclear deal with Iran, which calls for the eradication of the Jewish state. Benjamin Netanyahu's condemnation of the Iranian missile test is clearly intended to push the new Trump administration to take action against Tehran. Iran will be high on the agenda when the two men meet in mid-February, though it is as much Iran's regional activities as its missile programme that worries the Israelis. Iran's missile tests are controversial. While they do not break the terms of the nuclear deal between Iran and the major powers - this did not cover missile development - they may well be a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which calls upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. The Iranians insist that, since they have no plans for nuclear weapons, the tests are not prohibited. Iran's launch may well force Mr Trump to give a clearer indication of what practical steps he intends to take against Tehran. Iran has not commented directly on the missile launch. When asked about it at a news conference on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said only that "the missile issue is not part of the nuclear deal". Iran says its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes, but world powers suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. The White House said it was studying the details of the incident. US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the missile had broken up before the test was completed. But US Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the foreign relations committee, said: "No longer will Iran be given a pass for its repeated ballistic missile violations." Mr Trump has previously called the Iran nuclear deal "a disaster" and suggested his administration will abandon it. But that has drawn criticism from senior figures, including the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan. Mr Brennan, who stepped down when President Trump took office, told the BBC late last year that tearing up the agreement "would be the height of folly" and "disastrous". But Mike Pompeo, who has succeeded Mr Brennan

Summary: Israel's prime minister has accused Iran of carrying out a missile test in "flagrant violation" of a UN security council resolution.


Wolves started brightly and Nouha Dicko gave them the lead, beating Rob Green with a low first-time shot on the run. Leeds turned up the pressure after the break, but Andy Lonergan saved from Souleymane Doukara and Kortney Hause cleared off the line to keep it 1-0. Fulham's 3-1 win over Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday's 2-1 victory at QPR sees Leeds drop into seventh place. Despite losing their past two Championship matches, Wolves dominated the opening exchanges, with Green having to come out quickly and make a low save one-on-one from Andreas Weimann. Dave Edwards forced another Green stop and Dicko went close, cutting inside and firing narrowly wide before the goal their pressure deserved finally came. The 24-year-old striker latched onto Ben Marshall's clever through-ball behind the defence and found the bottom corner before Green could set himself. Leeds rallied, but Pontus Jansson could not hit the target with a free header and Lonergan produced a reflex save to keep out Doukara's header from Kemar Roofe's cutback. Wolves sat back and invited pressure, with Hause clearing Roofe's looping header off the line from a corner and Chris Wood heading over late on, but the away side hung on to claim the points. The win secures Wolves' Championship status for another season on 54 points, while Leeds' third loss in five games puts them out of the play-offs on goal difference with three matches remaining. Leeds manager Garry Monk: "We're disappointed with that result. "We didn't want that to happen at this stage of the season but we've had the mentality for so long where we've been in the play-offs quite comfortably and have kind of been in that protective mode of trying to stay in there. "Now we have to change that mentality to be a team that goes on the hunt and lets it all go. "It's still a really good situation for us. We've got no time to feel sorry for ourselves, that doesn't get you anywhere." Wolves manager Paul Lambert: "We were excellent and should have been two or three up in the first half. "We were strong defensively in the second half and a threat on the break." Match ends, Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Second Half ends, Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Leeds United) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross. Foul by Pontus Jansson (Leeds United). Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by David Edwards. Attempt missed. Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner. Attempt blocked. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross. Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Lee Evans. Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United). Lee Evans

Summary: Leeds United dropped out of the Championship play-off places as Wolves clinched a narrow win at Elland Road.


The victims all worked at the plant 100km (62 miles) east of Porto. The factory's owner was among the dead and several members of his family were either dead or missing, said local mayor Francisco Lopes. Some of the victims were found outside the factory, apparently propelled from the building by the force of the blast. An initial explosion happened shortly after 17:30 (16:30 GMT) on Tuesday, followed by two more blasts, reports said. Five bodies were found late on Tuesday and emergency workers found a sixth victim some 200m (650ft) from the site, minister Jorge Gomes told Portuguese media. The search was being extended to a radius of 800m, he added, because of the scale of the explosion. The factory was described as a family business. As investigators tried to identify the victims, the mayor said that almost all of the eight caught up in the blast were members of Egas Sequeira's family. Mr Sequeira was among those feared dead along with one of his daughters and a son-in-law, Portuguese media said. The owner's wife had left the building just before the explosion and survived but two other family members were among the missing. Officials were initially unable to enter the site because of the potential risk to their safety. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was due to visit the scene on Wednesday.

Summary: Six people died and another two were missing after an explosion on Tuesday evening destroyed a fireworks factory near the Portuguese town of Lamego.


Marineland, in Niagara Falls, was also charged with failing to provide adequate food and water for 35 bears, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) said. Three final charges relate to failing to comply with the prescribed standards of care for a peacock and guinea hens. Marineland deny the allegations. The company told the BBC the accusations were made by "a former animal care worker who was fired for poor performance and inappropriate behaviour". It said the peacock - "one among thousands of birds" - had a problem with its eye but was otherwise healthy. It also blamed the OSPCA staff for upsetting the guinea hens and said the concerns over the bears' food were due to some small labels being left on pieces of fruit. The park spokesman added there had never been concerns raised about the bears' access to water. However, the OSPCA, which has not removed any animals but is continuing to monitor the situation, says further charges are likely to follow. Spokesman Alison Cross said: "If convicted, they could face a CA$60,000 ($44,300/Â£35,500) fine, a lifetime ban in owning animals and up to two years in jail."

Summary: A Canadian wildlife park has been charged with five counts of animal cruelty - including allowing a peacock to be in distress.


After a fifth-place finish in the 2015 MotoGP season-opening race in Qatar, the 22-year-old Honda rider finished more than 2.3 seconds ahead of Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso in Texas. Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi was third on a Yamaha. Danny Kent, Moto3, and Sam Lowes, Moto2, became the first two GB riders to win on the same day since 1977. The last time that happened was in 1977, when Mick Grant, 250cc, and Barry Sheene, 500cc, won their races in Sweden. Leopard Racing's Kent won by over 8.5 seconds from Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, while Lowes held off France's Johann Zarco for his victory.

Summary: Spanish World Champion Marc Marquez won the Grand Prix of the Americas for the third successive year on Sunday.


Defender Fabio Da Silva is closing in on a Premier League return with promoted Middlesbrough. He could be followed out of the exit door if acceptable bids are made. "We don't want to lose anyone in the group, but [at] any club apart from the top ones, every player has their price and you have buy-out clauses," he said. "In terms of players going, the Fabio one has been well-documented but nothing has changed on that, it is an ongoing process. "Obviously there are a few players at the club we are willing to listen to offers for and that won't change between now and the end of the window. "We talk about it as a club, as a head coach I get a very big say in that, but like any club, players have their prices and if clubs reach that price and turn the players' head, it is very difficult. "If players have high offers, obviously you listen to those offers." Trollope, who has left the Welsh coaching set-up to focus on his managerial career, says he has spoken with defender Jazz Richards. Richards, formerly a Swansea player, was booed by Cardiff supporters in their season opener at Birmingham for his apparent reluctance to 'do the Ayattolah' - a cult Cardiff celebration which involved tapping your head with both hands. Cardiff even went to the lengths of releasing footage that showed Richards did do the celebration at St Andrews. Trollope told BBC Radio Wales Sport that he does expect Richards to "respect the club's traditions." "I spoke to Jazz, he is aware of the club's traditions and obligations and it is something that happened during the game that I was not aware of," Trollope explained. "We have got evidence and he assures us that he did it, which I think some of the supporters saw. "But moving forward I don't think it will be a problem. "He performed at a good level for us on Saturday, we were pleased with his contribution, but we don't need these things going on around it. "He's aware of our expectations. He was focused on the game and he did it, that's the main thing and it is a learning curve for him for the next games as to what he should be doing." Cardiff travel to Trollope's former club Bristol Rovers tomorrow night for a clash in the first round of the EFL Cup.

Summary: Head coach Paul Trollope says every player at Cardiff City "has their price," before the transfer window closes.


Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, left home in February to join the Islamic State (IS) group, and two of them are now married. The families are not identifying which of the girls have married. Tasnime Akunjee, who represents the families, says it "does not bode well" that those girls will now return. The Bethnal Green Academy pupils flew from Gatwick to Turkey on 17 February after telling their parents they were going out for the day. They later entered Syria and are thought to be in Raqqa, the self-styled capital of the so-called Islamic State. Mr Akunjee said the girls had contacted their families "some weeks ago" to tell them of the marriages, which took place "some time ago". He added: "The families learned that the girls were not together in Raqqa three months ago, and it was because two of them were married. "They are distraught, because it doesn't bode well for their return. The girls are starting to grow roots socially, and deep roots." Mr Akunjee said the men the girls married are in their 20s, but said it is not known whether they are IS fighters. However, the Guardian reports that the two schoolgirls married in ceremonies approved by IS authorities. The three girls had been studying for their GCSEs at the school in Tower Hamlets, east London - where they have been described as "straight-A students". A fourth girl from the school is believed to have travelled to Syria in December. Mr Akunjee also said a video published by the Daily Telegraph claiming to show the girls in Raqqa, in the care of a woman handler, is unlikely to be them. "The girls were not together at the time of the video," he said. "It's unlikely that they would have been under the aegis of the leader of a woman's centre."

Summary: The families of two east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria are "distraught" after learning they have married, their solicitor has said.


Media playback is not supported on this device Barker, 22, won the women's 25km points race having previously claimed two silver medals in Hong Kong. British Cycling have admitted it had not paid "sufficient care and attention" to riders' wellbeing. "It's about time they had good press about all the good work they do," Barker told BBC Radio Wales Sport. An investigation into the culture at British Cycling was launched last year after ex-riders complained about their treatment. In March, British Cycling apologised for any "failings" in its performance programme and promised to be more caring to riders following accusations of sexism and bullying. But Wales' Barker, who won silver medals in the madison and scratch races at the championships, said she could not have achieved her success in Hong Kong without the support of British Cycling. "I said I wanted to win the points race about six months ago," said Barker, who won women's team pursuit gold at Rio 2016. "I went into the British Cycling offices, had a meeting and said 'what do you think I could do to win this?' "They completely changed my training, changed all my focuses and the coaching and staff were absolutely fine with that. "I felt so incredibly supported, probably as supported as I did in the lead up to Rio. "I've been supported throughout my career." Great Britain won five medals in Hong Kong compared to the nine they won at the previous year's Championships in London. Barker does not consider the Championships to be a disappointment and said the team was undergoing a transitional stage. Olympic champions Joanna Rowsell Shand and Sir Bradley Wiggins have retired while fellow Rio 2016 gold medallists Jason Kenny and wife Laura did not compete in Hong Kong. "The big medal winners weren't there so we didn't expect to have a similar medal haul this year," Barker added. "We never went in with massive intentions. We took a very young team just to get the experience. "There were some really positive performances. "If you just look at the times or the attitudes and the way everybody presented themselves you wouldn't think it was a young team. "I think they're going to go a long way."

Summary: Olympic champion Elinor Barker has praised under fire British Cycling following her victory at the Track Cycling World Championships.


Striker Robson-Kanu, 27, who is expected to be part of Wales' squad for the European Championships, has spent seven seasons with the club. Former West Ham and Sunderland defender Ferdinand, 31, has suffered with injuries in two seasons at Reading. Academy graduate Cox, 29, who rejoined the club in summer 2014, has struggled for goals in the last two campaigns. The Championship club have also confirmed that six loan players who represented them this season have all returned to their parent clubs. Defender Andrew Taylor, midfielders Ola John and Alex Fernandez and striker Matej Vydra follow the departures of Chelsea pair Michael Hector and Lucas Piazon, who left the club last month.

Summary: Reading are to release Hal Robson-Kanu, Anton Ferdinand and Simon Cox after their current contracts expired.


The Shanghai Composite was down 1.2% to 4,565.25 with analysts citing a number of reasons for the drop including some brokerages tightening lending requirements on margin financing. Another wave of new share offerings due next week is also expected to remove liquidity from the market. A state-owned investment firm also said it sold shares in the top four banks. Central Huijin Investment confirmed it sold some mainland-listed shares in China's top four banks and other financial institutions, along with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). News of the sale was cited by traders as one factor behind a plunge in Chinese shares. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 0.3% to 27,362.82. The mainland benchmark index has surged over 140% in the past 12 months despite a slowing Chinese economy. Shares in Japan nudged higher after government data gave conflicting messages about the economy. Inflation was roughly flat in April with core consumer prices rising 0.3%, while household spending was down 1.3% from a year ago. Economists had been expecting spending to rise. However, the jobless rate fell to 3.3% from 3.4% in March, while industrial output rose 1% - rising for the first time in three months. The Nikkei was up 0.1% to 20,566.57. Traders say the benchmark index is taking a breather after rising for the past 10 days in its longest winning streak since 1988. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up nearly 1.2% to 5,781.5, boosted by commodity stocks. A weaker US dollar has helped copper and aluminium recover some losses, while iron ore prices held steady. Shares of heavyweight miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto were up 0.6% and 1.2% respectively. South Korean shares were higher with the benchmark Kospi up 0.4% to 2,118.77. Investors appeared to ignore data that showed industrial production fell in April for a second month in a row - declining by a seasonally adjusted 1.2% after falling 0.3% in March.

Summary: Mainland China shares continued lower, falling as much as 3.5% on Friday after plunging nearly 7% a day earlier.


Oliver Hawkins turned in from six yards to put the Daggers ahead, before Matty Blair's strike and Adi Yussuf's left-footed finish gave the Stags the lead. Pearce was sent off and conceded a penalty for tripping Jamie Cureton, but the striker fired over from the spot. Matt Green slotted in for Mansfield, and the visitors could not rescue a point despite Cureton's late goal. Dagenham & Redbridge coach Ian Culverhouse told BBC Radio London: Media playback is not supported on this device "I thought we were excellent first half. Controlled the game in good parts, scored a well-deserved goal and went into the half deserved winners. "It's a bit of a blow really to come out on the wrong side of it. "We're giving away soft goals at the moment and nothing goes for you when you're at the bottom of the league." Match ends, Mansfield Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town). Clévid Dikamona (Dagenham and Redbridge) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Oliver Hawkins (Dagenham and Redbridge) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Attempt saved. Ashley Chambers (Dagenham and Redbridge) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Substitution, Mansfield Town. Reggie Lambe replaces Matt Green. Goal! Mansfield Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 2. Jamie Cureton (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Widdowson. Goal! Mansfield Town 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 1. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matty Blair. Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Jamie Cureton (Dagenham and Redbridge) right footed shot is too high. Jamie Cureton should be disappointed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) is shown the red card. Penalty conceded by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) after a foul in the penalty area. Penalty Dagenham and Redbridge. Jamie Cureton draws a foul in the penalty area. Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Joss Labadie (Dagenham and Redbridge). Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Jodi Jones replaces Josh Passley. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam O'Brien. Attempt saved. Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Clévid Dikamona. Attempt blocked. Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam O'Brien. Attempt saved. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Chris Clements (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Matt Richards (Dagenham and Redbridge). Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Jamie Cureton replaces Matt McClure.

Summary: Mansfield Town held on to beat Dagenham in League Two, despite Krystian Pearce's late sending off.