To mark the poster launch Natalie Bennett, the party leader for England and Wales, met up with parliamentary candidate Caroline Lucas in Brighton. Ms Bennett warned voters "the time for half measures is over" and urged people to "vote for what you believe in". She said a Green vote would ensure big firms and rich individuals would pay their "fair share". Ms Lucas, who became the UK's first Green MP when she was elected in 2010, added: "We have a bold message that will resonate with the people of Brighton and Hove, and across the country. "Only the Green Party is willing to stand up to the establishment parties on issues like climate change, a resilient economy and protecting the NHS." The Green Party has vowed to put up the top rate of tax to 60p in the pound, which Ms Bennett said would bring in an extra £2bn a year for public services while acting as a disincentive to firms paying "excessively high salaries". She added that her party wanted to call for a review of all "commercial animal racing", saying there were animal protection issues which needed to be addressed. Main pledges Policy guide: Where the parties stand "We should be spending our money on public services that meet our essential needs, we should be spending our money on building council homes, homes for social rent. "We need to invest in renewable energy, energy conservation, there is a whole range of things we need to do to make British society fit for the 21st century," she said. The Greens have also proposed a "wealth tax" which would be 2% a year levied on people with assets of more than £3m which, Ms Bennett has claimed, could bring in £25bn a year "by the end of the Parliament". Later, Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, is expected to join Ms Lucas in Brighton to talk about democracy and the importance of voting. A full list of candidates for Brighton Pavilion can be found here. Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon.

Summary: The Green Party has launched a national billboard campaign urging people to "vote big, vote brave".


Ebac in Newton Aycliffe expects to make up to 300,000 washing machines a year once it is fully operational. The family-run company, which also makes dehumidifiers and water coolers, was awarded from the government's Regional Growth Fund for the project. The production line is being officially opened by the Duke of Kent later. Currently, the three million washing machines purchased annually in the UK come from overseas. John Elliott, chairman of Ebac, said: "It is so important that UK manufacturing receives support and recognition for the vital role it plays in the economy."

Summary: Washing machine manufacturing is set to return to the UK after a gap of almost 10 years with the opening of a new factory in County Durham.


Reports say the couple were beaten to death by hundreds of locals who then burned their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked in Punjab province. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called the murders "an unacceptable crime". Allegations of blasphemy are often used in Pakistan to settle personal scores or to target members of minorities. Police say the suspects are due to appear in court on Wednesday in Lahore. The victims have been identified as Shehzad Masih and his wife Shama. About 200 people in Lahore, mainly from the Christian community and human rights organisations, protested against the killings, which took place in the town of Kot Radha Kishan about 60km (40 miles) to the south-west. They held signs saying "Christian carnage in the name of blasphemy should be stopped" and "the government has failed to give protection to minorities", BBC Urdu's Shumaila Jaffrey reports from Lahore. Union leader Farooq Tariq told the BBC that the dispute was actually over money. "The owner of the brick kiln gave it a religious colour, and they locked up the Christian woman Shama for two days, then attacked her with shovels, then tortured her husband and threw them in the brick kiln. "It's the worst misuse of religion," he said. In a statement, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said "a responsible state cannot tolerate mob rule and public lynching with impunity". "The Pakistani state has to act proactively to protect its minorities from violence and injustice." Pakistan's blasphemy laws carry a potential death sentence for anyone who insults Islam. Since the 1990s, scores of Christians have been found guilty of desecrating the Koran or of blasphemy. While most of them have been sentenced to death by the lower courts, many sentences have been overturned due to lack of evidence. However, correspondents say even the mere accusation of blasphemy, or defending someone accused of blasphemy, is enough to make someone a target for hardliners. In May gunmen in the city of Multan shot dead a lawyer, Rashid Rehman, who had been defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy. Last month a Pakistani court upheld the death penalty for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy in 2010 - a case which sparked a global outcry.

Summary: Pakistani police have arrested at least 43 suspects in connection with Tuesday's killing of a Christian couple accused of desecrating the Koran.


He said his party was on course to win its first ever seats in Cardiff - where it is campaigning heavily - and in the Northern Ireland and London Assemblies. It was "50-50" whether the party would gain representation in the Scottish Parliament for the first time, he said. He declined to put a target on UKIP gains in English council elections. UKIP is campaigning on multiple fronts as it seeks to become the only UK party to get people elected to the National Assembly of Wales, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly as well as the Greater London Assembly. The party has focused much of its time and resources in Wales, where it won 13% of the vote in last year's general election. Opinion polls suggest UKIP is set to win seats for the first time despite a row over its candidate selection process. Mr Farage told the BBC's Daily Politics: "There will be a breakthrough in Wales. I think we are going to win five seats - we may do slightly better than that. Let's see." As for England, Mr Farage would not be drawn on how many seats it would gain but said its record in local government was a good one and he predicted it would consolidate its position in its existing strongholds in Essex and South Yorkshire. "We will make gains. To try and guess how many is virtually impossible. In Thurrock, I think we will become the biggest party on that council, in Rotherham we have a chance of becoming the biggest party on that council. "There are 500 local UKIP councillors. Our local base is growing, the people who have had elected have behaved, on the whole, pretty well and been very diligent and worked very hard. Yes, we will improve." There has been speculation about the future of the party, and a possible change in direction, whatever the outcome of June's referendum on EU membership. Mr Farage said if there was a narrow vote to stay in the EU, a lot of Conservative and Labour supporters would be unable to reconcile themselves with the result and their party leadership's stance and UKIP could find itself "a lot bigger than it is now". If there was a vote to leave, he said UKIP would need to "stay around" to ensure that the people's will was "implemented" but he conceded that it would need to show it could talk about issues other than Europe. And he rejected suggestions that UKIP - which only managed to get one MP elected in last year's general election despite winning 12% of the vote - was treading water nationally, citing a recent YouGov opinion poll which put it on 20%. "We are now at the highest we have ever been as a party - what more can I do?"

Summary: UKIP will win at least five seats on the Welsh Assembly as part of a UK-wide "breakthrough" in Thursday's polls, its leader Nigel Farage has said.


Following flooding at Brunton Park, Carlisle have three 'home' fixtures at neutral grounds and beat Notts County at Preston's Deepdale on Saturday. Stanley's last two home games were postponed because of waterlogging. "I'm really upset about how the league's handled the Carlisle affair," Coleman told BBC Radio Lancashire. "We are now games behind Carlisle. We've had two postponements and they've been allowed to play elsewhere and I don't think it's right or fair. "I don't think it's fair on the rest of the 23 teams who have to go to Carlisle when some teams won't have to go there. "I just don't think it's anywhere near any shape or form fair. "I've got nothing against Carlisle, I wish them all the best in their ventures and what they do, but it's shifting the rules. "I've got every sympathy for the people that have lost belongings and homes, I'm not decrying any of that - I'm just saying strictly from a football point of view it's an unfair advantage to play at another ground." The Cumbrians will also play upcoming matches at Blackburn's Ewood Park and Blackpool's Bloomfield Road.

Summary: Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman has criticised the Football League for allowing Carlisle United to move their home games because of flooding.


With a theme of 'We are One', the parade was led by Mary Ellen Campbell, Belfast's first openly gay deputy mayor. The Pride festival, which runs over 10 days, finishes on Sunday. More than 100 events have showcased the creativity, arts, history and culture of the LGBT community in the city. Festival goers and musicians gathered in Queen's Square before parading through the city centre. The 'Pride Village', aimed at families and children, was a smoke and alcohol-free zone. Custom House Square hosted a celebration concert on Saturday evening. Sean O'Neill, chair of Belfast Pride, said the event is now one of the biggest in the city. "It keeps getting bigger every year," he said. "The point of pride is about visibility - bringing LGBT people on to the streets to challenge stereotypes and making a point that we want to be full and equal citizens with the rest of the city."

Summary: Thousands of people took part in the Belfast Pride Parade through the city centre on Saturday.


He argued that you can only have a vibrant West End if you've got a strong regional base developing the talent and he sees no reason why so much more arts funding goes into London per head of population than it does to the regions. The MP for Colchester argued: "The West End is often the showcase of our best theatre, but it does not exist in a vacuum; it exists because it is fed and sustained by the talent of regional theatres across the country." As ever, the nub of the argument was money. "Much of our regional theatre is not self-financing," Mr Quince said. "It relies on subsidies from the Arts Council and local government to ensure its year-to-year viability. In Colchester, the Mercury theatre's income is 30% grant income, with the other 70% earned." Mr Quince argued every pound spent on the Mercury theatre made Â£3 for the local economy. He was well-supported by MPs who praised the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, the Buxton Opera House and the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds. The MP for Bury St Edmunds, Jo Churchill, outlined the community value of local theatres: "I have in my constituency the only example of a regency playhouse in the country. We have the historic value of the building - it is 87% self-funded and, as it reaches out, it is very hard to put a price on its social value. "We reach out to Women's Aid and work with them. We reach out to children with physical and mental disabilities and to Suffolk Age Concern. We also work with the YMCA, and young people who are homeless and without work have come to work in the theatre. Does my honourable friend agree that a price cannot be put on that? Ed Vaizey, the minister for culture, replied for the government, arguing that changes in funding were moving in the right direction. "There is a lively debate about the amount of funding that goes into London and to other areas outside London," he said. "It is important to say that when we came into office around 60% of lottery funding went outside London. That has now risen to 70%, and the Arts Council has an ambition to go further to reach 75% by the end of 2018. "It is also following the same strategy with its national portfolio organisations. In 2012, 49% of funding went to London and 51% went outside London. By 2015, that had changed to 45% in London and 55% outside London." The minister welcomed the debate and agreed in principle that regional theatres deserve every penny they get but made no promises that any more money would be forthcoming. The member for Colchester, who treated BBC Essex listeners to a burst of Les Miserables following the debate, said he would continue to campaign for theatre but promised he had no plans to tread the boards anytime soon. "They do say that politics is showbusiness for ugly people," he concluded. A thought perhaps better not shared with his colleagues.

Summary: No sooner had the curtain gone up on the new year's debates in Westminster Hall than Will Quince seized the day to make an impassioned plea for support for our regional theatres.


Real Madrid's Gareth Bale will hope to prove his fitness and win a third European major title in his home town on Saturday, 3 June and watching with interest will be another high profile Cardiff-born football figure. Terry Yorath was the first Welshman to play in a European Cup final, as it was then, when his Leeds side of 1975 lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich in Paris. For a man raised in the city's Grangetown area, the sight of club football's biggest global game being staged in Cardiff is still something Yorath finds hard to believe. "I never thought a European Cup final would be here in Cardiff in my lifetime," said Yorath. "We have a fantastic stadium and when the Italians and Spaniards come here they will enjoy the city and make it one big party. We should be proud of that." Bale will aim to fulfil the dream of playing in his home city as he hopes to shrug off an injury which has sidelined him for almost a month. "I hope Gareth plays because it would be great for him," said Yorath. "When you look back 12 months when the game was announced, he would have been thinking 'I hope we are there'. His family must be so proud. "He is injured at the moment, but it would be fantastic if he scored and Real Madrid won." While Bale might be the latest Welshman to appear in a European final, Yorath was the first as he played his part during Leeds' controversial 2-0 defeat to a German side captained by Franz Beckenbauer in the French capital 42 years ago. A series of refereeing decisions went against the English champions that day and crowd trouble involving Leeds fans marred the Parc des Princes occasion in which fellow Welshman, goalkeeper Glan Letheran, was an unused Leeds substitute. "You never dream about it, but afterwards you look back and think how many people have actually played in a European Cup final," said Yorath. "I am one of the lucky few and nobody can ever take that away from you. "But we got beaten and the crowd trouble at the end marred everything. "The Leeds crowd weren't good that day. I got substituted about 15 minutes before the end and had to walk behind the goal where the Leeds fans were and it was then the Leeds crowd started throwing seats. "As I was walking by with the seats coming over the top of me, I thought I hadn't played that bad had I? "But the referee wasn't good either. We were cheated, but we were used to that at Leeds." Being the first Welshman to play in a European Cup final allied with captaining his country in 42 out of 59 internationals and managing his nation formed the bedrock for Yorath becoming the 21st footballer to be inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame dinner in Cardiff. Yorath was added to the roll of honour alongside Wales and Lions rugby star Graham Price, Olympics sprinter Christian Malcolm and ex-Glamorgan cricketer Peter

Summary: In three weeks, the eyes of the sporting world will be on Cardiff when Real Madrid and Juventus arrive in town for the Champions League final.


Wildsmith, a product of the club's academy, has made 18 appearances for the Owls in all competitions. The 21-year-old had a loan spell with then-League One side Barnsley in 2015, making two appearances. "I'm delighted to sign for the club long term, it's great that the club believe in me and see me as part of the future," he told the club website.

Summary: Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith has signed a new deal to stay with the Championship side until 2022.


The falls came after the head of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers suggested that the Cyprus model, which involves a tax on bank deposits, could form a template in any future bailout. On Monday morning, hopes the deal would solve the crisis lifted shares. By 15:30 GMT, all major European markets had fallen into negative territory, joined by US stocks. The president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, later addressed his country in a television broadcast. The deal was "painful" but the best that could have been struck under the circumstances, he said. He said that controls limiting restricting the movement of capital would be temporary and he promised to protect the weak, saying that welfare payments would be met. Earlier, markets in Europe and the US moved downwards when Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch Finance Minister who as head of the Eurogroup played a key role in the Cyprus negotiations, said the deal represented a new template for resolving future eurozone banking problems. "If there is a risk in a bank our first question should be 'OK, what are you in the the bank going to do about that?'," he told Reuters and the Financial Times. He later added a clarification saying that Cyprus was "a specific case with exceptional challenges". The Cyprus deal puts the burden for dealing with problem banks on their shareholders and creditors - in this particular case, customers with large bank balances - rather than the government and taxpayers - and bondholders, who lend through financial markets. Our World Economics Editor, Andrew Walker, pointed out the more usual approach to failing banks in the current crisis has been for the state to inject new capital. He says that Cyprus's banks are unusual in that they have relatively low amounts of financial market investors which could be tapped. In the past, nations such as Ireland have pumped billions of taxpayers' money into propping up their banks, rather than risk upsetting large investors and spooking the financial system. Mr Dijsselbloem said the pattern for bank rescues should see shareholders take the first hit, then bond holders, who lend money through financial markets, and only then should depositors with large bank balances be tapped. By Stephanie FlandersEconomics editor But Mr Dijsselbloem's remarks raised fears that other European countries with struggling banks may face the same solution as Cyprus, which agreed to force those with cash on deposit above 100,000 euros (Â£85,000), many of whom are Russian, to pay a substantial tax. Cyprus will receive 10bn euros ($13bn; Â£8.5bn) in bailout funds, but has agreed to a major restructuring of its banks. Small savers will be protected but Cyprus's second largest bank - Laiki Bank - will be wound up and split into "good" and "bad" banks, with its good assets eventually merged into the Bank of Cyprus, the country's biggest bank. The two banks will remain closed until Thursday, while all others will reopen on Tuesday after being closed for more than a week, Cyprus's central bank says. By Robert PestonBusiness editor The Cypriot government suggested that account holders with deposits

Summary: European and US stock markets have fallen despite the agreement of a bailout deal for Cyprus.


A total of 387 people were arrested between February 2016 and February 2017 - up from 255 the previous year. Meanwhile more than half of cabin crew who responded to a survey said they had witnessed disruptive drunken passenger behaviour at UK airports. The Home Office is "considering" calls for tougher rules on alcohol. The arrest figures obtained by Panorama came from 18 out of the 20 police forces with a major airport in their area. Trade body Airlines UK said it should be made illegal for people to drink their own alcohol on board a plane. A total of 19,000 of the Unite union's cabin crew members were surveyed and 4,000 responded, with one in five saying they had suffered physical abuse. A former cabin crew manager with Virgin, Ally Murphy, quit her job last October after 14 years and told Panorama: "People just see us as barmaids in the sky. "They would touch your breasts, or they'd touch your bum or your legs. I've had hands going up my skirt before." In July 2016 the aviation industry introduced a voluntary code of conduct on disruptive passengers, which most of the big airlines and airports signed up to. The code's advice included asking retailers to warn passengers not to consume duty-free purchases on the plane, while staff are also asked not to sell alcohol to passengers who appear drunk. Panorama found more than a quarter of cabin crew surveyed were unaware of the code of practice and, of those who had heard of it, only 23% thought it was working. One anonymous crew member told Panorama: "The code of conduct isn't working… We're seeing these incidents on a daily, a weekly, a monthly basis. It's the alcohol mainly in the duty free that is the significant problem." Sources: Airlines UK* and UK Travel Retail Forum** Manchester Airport is one of the signatories but when Panorama's undercover reporter asked at World Duty Free whether she could open alcohol bought at a duty-free shop to consume on the plane, she was told "officially probably not, unofficially I think you'll get away with it". Another shop in the airport did give the right advice. World Duty Free said it was committed to dealing with the issue and that it displays "clear advisory notices at till points, on till receipts and on carrier bags that remind customers that alcohol purchases cannot be opened until their final destination is reached". Airlines UK, which represents carriers such as Virgin, British Airways and EasyJet, wants the government to amend the law to make consumption of a passenger's own alcohol on board an aircraft a criminal offence. Airlines can limit the amount of alcohol sold to passengers on board flights. Low-cost airline Jet2 has already banned alcohol sales on flights before 08:00 and managing director Phil Ward agreed further action was needed. "I think they [airports] could do more. I think the retailers could do more as well. "Two litre steins of beer in bars, mixes and miniatures in duty free shops, which can only be there for one

Summary: Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at UK airports and on flights have risen by 50% in a year, a Panorama investigation has revealed.


I cannot see these women but I hear them fighting to reach the mobile phone that belongs to the inmate that I am on the phone with. Thangavelu Sarojini, a young Tamil woman, says she was tortured by her employer. "I still have wounds and scars in my hands, neck, legs. They beat me, pinched me and burnt me," she says from the Olaya detention camp where hundreds of migrant women from south and southeast Asia are held. Their crime, they say, was running away from employers to escape physical, sexual or psychological abuse. They are all now classified as illegal immigrants under Saudi law. "I was not paid for one-and-a-half years, they tried to kill me, then I fled to the embassy," Sarojini tells me. Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan women arrive in the Middle East every year and they are a major foreign revenue earner for the island. But many claim to be ill-treated, tortured, or not paid for the work. In one notorious case in August 2010, 24 nails were removed from the body of LP Ariyawathie, a 49-year-old Sri Lankan domestic worker in Saudi. Saudi authorities have pledged to investigate her case but there has been no reported progress in the investigation. But it is not only physical abuse that forced these hapless women to flee their employers. Kusuma Nandani, a mother-of-two who has not returned to Sri Lanka since 1993, says she was not paid by her employer for at least 15 years. She says that she suffered stress and depression because her employers did not allow her to keep in touch with her husband, son and daughter in Sri Lanka. As Kusuma Nandani cannot read or write, she was was only able to write a few letters - and then only with the help of other Sri Lankans. One day, she was told by the employer that she would not be paid anymore after she forgot to hand over pocket money to the children before dropping them off at school. From then, she says she was imprisoned by her employers for more than a decade. Rescued by the Sri Lankan embassy officials in Riyadh in 2009 after a tip-off, she has been a detainee at the camp since then. Her daughter says she is puzzled as to why the Sri Lankan embassy authorities have not been able to send her mother home even though Kusuma was granted an exit visa some time ago. WG Mala Mangalika is another maid who fled alleged ill-treatment. She says she was told to work without pay for more than a year because her employer paid a Sri Lankan agency nearly 7,000 riyal ($1,866). Now she is facing a lawsuit filed by the employer. "The employer says he has paid to the agency for four years so he would not allow me to go back," says Mala Mangalika. Detention centre inmates say that although Sri Lankan officials helped when they first arrived at the embassy, they are concerned about the delay in sending them back home. Apart from those in

Summary: "Please, sir... help us to go back to Sri Lanka," one woman after another cries and pleads over the phone from a detention centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.


Yvonne Mosquito, the West Midlands Deputy PCC, was suspended after visiting a murder victim's family without informing officers. Following a disciplinary in May 2016, Ms Mosquito had an employment tribunal listed to take place in May 2017. A joint statement said "all outstanding matters" were resolved. A BBC source said Ms Mosquito had received a payout. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner said it would not comment on whether money had exchanged hands. Allegations against Ms Mosquito related to a visit she paid to the family of Kenichi Phillips, 18, who was shot dead in a car in Birmingham, on 17 March 2016. Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said her actions "caused ongoing upset and distress" and "damaged the relationship" between the family and police "in the middle of a complex and sensitive murder investigation". Her supporters insisted she visited as an ordained minister who wanted to offer condolences to relatives. Her union Unite rejected the allegations, saying it was "deplorable" the hearing went ahead in Ms Mosquito's absence. She was issued with a final written warning and her contract was never renewed. The BBC previously reported Ms Mosquito wrote a letter of complaint about the PCC's behaviour towards her, of which the PCC was aware, four weeks before her suspension. A joint statement issued by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and Ms Mosquito said they were "happy to announce that they have amicably settled all outstanding matters between them". "Litigation is a stressful business and the parties acknowledge and regret the effects that inevitably follow from that," it added. The former colleagues thanked each other for their work around issues of equality, the statement added.

Summary: A row between a Police and Crime Commissioner and his deputy, who was found guilty of serious misconduct, has been resolved following a payout.


The election was called after mayor Lutfur Rahman was convicted of electoral fraud and removed from office in April. He has been banned from standing again. The Met Police said it was investigating 16 allegations of electoral malpractice in relation to this election, including harvesting votes and the improper distribution of election literature. The full list of Tower Hamlets mayoral candidates is:

Summary: Voters in Tower Hamlets are going to the polls to vote for a new mayor.


Fleetwood shot a four-under-par 68 to keep pace with fellow overnight leader Brooks Koepka at Erin Hills, while Harman carded a 67 to lead on 12 under. Paul Casey, who also started on seven under, fell away with a three-over 75. Justin Thomas is tied for second after becoming the first man to shoot a nine-under-par round at the US Open and the fifth 63 in its 117-year history. There had been four other 63s in US Open history before this week. Jonny Miller hit the first on the par-71 Oakmont in 1973, while Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf's efforts came on the par-70 Baltusrol in 1980. Fiji's Vijay Singh also recorded a seven-under 63, at Olympia Fields in 2003. The US Open tournament organisers have historically prided themselves on trying to make the winning score as close to level par as possible. However, heavy overnight rain dumped an inch of water on the course and that undoubtedly helped low scoring with players able to take advantage of receptive greens and attack the holes. Thomas opened his round with two birdies before dropping a shot on the fourth. Four more birdies followed on the front nine before another bogey on the 10th looked to have put paid to his chances of breaking Miller's 44-year-old record. But after three birdies in six holes, he eagled the 667-yard par-five 18th, hitting his second shot to eight feet from 300 yards and rolling in the downhill putt. Southport's Fleetwood, who finished tied for 27th on his only other US Open appearance in 2015, appeared to be heading towards his second bogey-free round of the tournament after laying up with his second shot on the par-five 18th. However, he left his chip to the green short and then putted through the green and off it with his fourth shot. A sublime chip to three feet allowed him to escape with just his third bogey of the week. "That was the best shot I hit all day," Fleetwood told BBC Sport. "I hadn't been out of position all day and suddenly I was staring double bogey in the face. "Bad shots make bogeys and 18 was a good example. I could still have been there now, hitting the ball over the green. But I hit the perfect shot and I was made up when I got on the green. "Three days down and so far so good." Fellow Englishman Casey was one of the four overnight leaders but he fared the worst, posting a triple bogey for the second day running as he dropped out of contention. His downfall began with an errant second shot on the par-four third into deep rough. That led to a seven and a further shot went on the next hole. On Friday, the 39-year-old responded with a run of five successive birdies but he was unable to replicate that on Saturday, as he ended the round on four under par. Home players occupy 12 of the top 16 places on the leaderboard and with six shots separating them, any one could

Summary: England's Tommy Fleetwood is one shot off Brian Harman's lead going into Sunday's final round of the US Open.


Ryan Walls took pictures of 101 passengers during the Edinburgh Festival in 2015. The 42-year-old said only two people refused out of the 103 people he asked due to being in a hurry and having a bad hair day. Now the father-of-three's pictures will go on display at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, in August. Mr Walls told the BBC Scotland news website how he took photographs of a hen party, stag do, football fans, a chef, a high court judge and a TV agony aunt from Kuwait. He said: "Everyone was so nice. One of the pictures is of a passenger who was in such a hurry that he couldn't wait for another taxi when I discovered the central locking system was broken so I had to pull him in and out of the taxi window. "I also had an elderly former English teacher who had suddenly decided she wanted to go out to a show at the festival at the last minute and she had lots of words of encouragement for me so I really enjoyed chatting with her. "I also got a Jambo fan and was worried I wasn't going to get a Hibs fan but luckily I did. "I'm really interested in people and wanted to capture that moment in my cab, I only had seconds to take a few pictures and I'm really pleased with the end result." The exhibition runs from 31 July until 5 August.

Summary: An Edinburgh taxi driver has created an exhibition and book from pictures he has taken of passengers in his cab.


Ruth Carr attacked Alan Allan, 34, at about 09:00 on 25 January last year after an argument. Carr, who was wearing only underwear at the time, had claimed Mr Allan had sexually assaulted her. A jury at the High Court in Glasgow rejected her claims of self defence and convicted her of murder. Neighbour Jill Strachan told the trial how she became aware of "a commotion". The 39 year old said: "There was a lot of shouting...to-ing and fro-ing. "Initially, it seemed to be all about money. "When the accused saw that she had an audience, she said something else. "I remember her shouting 'phone the police, he has raped me'. "She was wearing pink pants and a black bra." Ms Strachan said she did not believe Carr's claims of being sexually assaulted. She said she thought Carr was then punching the man, who she had never seen before. Miss Strachan added she did not at first see a weapon. However, after hearing the victim in apparent pain, she then saw a knife hit the ground. Mr Allan died at the scene. He suffered four stab wounds - two of which were considered life threatening. Judge Lady Stacey deferred sentencing for reports until 10 February in Edinburgh.

Summary: A 33-year-old woman has been found guilty of stabbing her boyfriend to death on the balcony of her Rutherglen flat.


Humberto Benitez Trevino's daughter caused outrage by using his influence to try to close down the bistro after it did not give her a table she wanted. The episode sparked a discussion about abuse of power in the country. The sacking suggests that Mexico has grown more sensitive to the issue, correspondents say. The episode became a trending topic on Twitter under the hashtag #ladyprofeco, after her father's agency. Mt Benitez, the attorney-general for consumer protection, and his daughter both apologised, but this did little to appease public anger. On Wednesday, President Pena Nieto ordered his dismissal. The restaurant, Maximo Bistro in Mexico City, was raided by officials after Andrea Benitez was not offered the table she had asked for. The government said that although Mr Benitez was not personally involved in the raid, the episode had become embarrassing for the institution.

Summary: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has fired a senior official over an incident caused by his daughter at an exclusive restaurant last month.


UN ambassador Nikki Haley said it was "hard to accept" that resolutions had been passed against Israel, a US ally, but none were considered on Venezuela. She also said not enough had been done to criticise Iran, a "country with an abysmal human rights record". Mrs Haley was making her first address to the council in Geneva. "The United States is looking carefully at this council and our participation in it. We see some areas for significant strengthening," she said. "Being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table. "It's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on Venezuela and yet it adopted five biased resolutions, in March, against a single country, Israel. It is essential that this council address its chronic anti-Israel bias if it is to have any credibility." Venezuela has been in political turmoil for month and dozens of protesters have been killed. Since its formation in 2006, the Human Rights Council has been a flawed body because its membership has included serial human rights violators such as China, Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. That's been a bugbear of the US for years, and Nikki Haley said she would convene a side-meeting on Venezuela during her visit to Geneva to drive home the point. But what seems to anger the Trump administration most about the 47-member body is what she described as its "chronic anti-Israel bias". Writing in the Washington Post, she complained that the council had passed more than 70 resolutions against Israel but just seven against Iran. The Bush administration, believing the council would treat Israel unfairly, boycotted the body, a decision reversed by Barack Obama. The message from the Trump administration is reform or we're leaving. Nikki Haley wants more competitive elections to the body rather than the regional blocs nominating candidates that are uncontested. It seems to have decided, for now, that it is better to have a seat at the table and to demand reform, rather than exit the council. Criticism of the 47-member council was repeated on the Twitter feed of the US mission to the UN on Tuesday. Speaking later at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, Mrs Haley said the US did not seek to leave the council but "we seek to re-establish the council's legitimacy". The council is able only to order investigations and record criticism of countries it judges to have violated human rights, but it acts as a crucial diplomatic tool. In recent months, it has issued resolutions on human rights in North Korea, Haiti and Myanmar, among other countries. In March, the UK government accused the UNHRC of an "unacceptable pattern of bias" by singling Israel out as the only country subject to mandatory discussion at every session. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously called the body "an anti-Israel circus which attacks the only democracy in the Middle East and ignores the blatant violations of Iran, Syria and North Korea". And in 2013, Israel ended its

Summary: The US says it is considering what part it will play on the UN's Human Rights Council, highlighting what it calls a "biased" stance on Israel.


Justine Curran said the force had to restrict leave during summer and Christmas for operational reasons. Head teachers in England can only grant absence during school time in "exceptional circumstances". Ms Curran has asked head teachers to use their discretion to "fully consider" holiday requests. In her letter, Ms Curran wrote: "I fully support the notion that every child needs to attend school regularly and absences should be minimised wherever possible." She said that over the summer Humberside officers would be helping to police the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Nato Summit in south Wales. Paul Yeomans chairman of the Humberside Police Federation, which represents junior officers, said his members supported the chief constable's call. "They're not able to take their leave during the peak times and it is not their fault," he said. If parents in England and Wales fail to ensure their children attend school, they may be issued with penalty notices of £50 to £100. Prosecution can result in a fine of up to £2,500, a jail sentence of up to three months or a community sentence. In a letter to Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Education Secretary Michael Gove said the Department for Education guidance to head teachers "does not specify what constitutes exceptional circumstances". He added: "Neither have we said that leave of absence can or cannot be granted to families of certain occupations." John Killeen, head of South Cave Primary School and local representative of the National Association of Head Teachers union, said there was "inflexibility in a lot of professions". "We have sympathy with the police service but it would make the head teacher's position untenable with the rest if the parent body if they started making exceptions."

Summary: The chief constable of Humberside Police has written to schools asking for the children of officers to be given holiday leave during term time.


Thames Valley Police caught 12 drivers on the A34 and M40 in Oxfordshire using phones on a single day during the operation. It comes after a lorry driver was sentenced to four years for killing a family-of-four by getting distracted when using his phone on the A34. Police said that one driver was filmed for 30 seconds driving with no hands on the steering wheel. Chief inspector Henry Parsons said: "Sometimes HGV drivers think as they are high up we cannot see them using a device, but with this tactic we definitely can." On 31 October Tomasz Kroker was sentenced to four years after he pleaded guilty to using his phone while in charge of a lorry. After getting distracted he ploughed into a number of cars killing Tracey Houghton, her two sons and her stepdaughter.

Summary: Police have used a "covert lorry" to spy on drivers using their phones.


Sir Kevin has referred himself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Hudson. It follows a Daily Telegraph report saying he received fees for sponsoring dinners and a breakfast on the Parliamentary estate. In a letter to Ms Hudson, he said all the fees were paid to charity. According to the Commons Code of Conduct, MPs' use of public resources should always be "in support of their parliamentary duties" and should not "confer any undue personal or financial benefit on themselves or anyone else, or confer undue advantage on a political organisation". in his letter to Ms Hudson, Sir Kevin wrote: "My own understanding is that due to the fact that I made no personal gain and all the fees were paid to a charity, I had not breached the rules on usage of parliamentary facilities for personal or business use. "It is a matter of record that I followed the rules in registering this interest and that I deposited an agreement for the provision of services, as the rules required. "In light of the allegations that I may have breached House of Commons code of conduct or rules, I refer myself to you for you to consider whether any breaches of the rules or the code of conduct have taken place."

Summary: Labour MP Sir Kevin Barron has stood aside as Commons Standards Committee chairman over allegations he hosted events at Westminster for a drugs firm.


The controversial new security bill is expected to be approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The police will have the right to conduct stop-and-search, detain people for up to 48 hours without court orders and use firearms against demonstrators carrying petrol bombs or other "injurious weapons". Critics say that could mean a firecracker or a simple slingshot. Demonstrators who are masked, for example with a scarf, could face up to five years in prison. Governors - who are appointed by the government - would be given the right to order police investigations. The government argues the measures are needed for security and protection from violent protests and are in line with European standards. The opposition says the bill, if approved, is bound to turn Turkey into a police state. It comes at a sensitive time for Turkish domestic politics. A general election will be held on 7 June and peace talks to end three decades of Kurdish insurgency have faltered recently, as splits emerged between the governing AK Party and Mr Erdogan over how to proceed. The Kurds are particularly wary of the new bill, saying it could be used specifically to target them. It was introduced after pro-Kurdish protests in October, in which almost 50 people died. Mehmet Ersoy, an MP in the ruling, Islamist-rooted AKP, says those protests convinced the government to adopt extra police measures in order to "stop provocations". The bill would have a positive impact on the peace process, he told the BBC. "Let's see who really wants peace. Let's take the masked vandals with Molotov cocktails off the scene," he said. "We just want to stop the violence." However, Ertugrul Kurkcu, an MP from the pro-Kurdish party HDP, does not share that optimism. "If the gendarmerie, who will now be under the interior ministry, or the police rely on the powers granted to them and try to intimidate, pressurise or use violence against people, that will damage the peace atmosphere. There will no longer be a suitable climate for peace talks - neither politically, nor psychologically," he said. The main opposition CHP party plans to launch a constitutional court challenge to the bill soon. Akif Hamzacebi, a CHP member of parliament, argues that the bill's main aim is to crush public dissent and prevent a "second wave of unrest similar to the Gezi events" - the anti-government protests that took place in June 2013. "The government is extending police powers in order to control dissent. However, such bills fuel more dissent," he said. Amnesty International has condemned the bill, and the US State Department has expressed concern. State department spokesman Jeff Rathke said: "We believe curbs on freedom of assembly weaken rather than strengthen democratic societies." Last week the Turkish parliament also passed a bill that would allow the government to ban access to websites "threatening lives, public order or people's freedom" even before seeking a court order. Mr Erdogan tolerates little dissent and more than 70 people have faced legal action for insulting him since he became the country's president last August. Those who have

Summary: The Turkish parliament has agreed to give the police sweeping new powers - but only after weeks of long debate, punch-ups between MPs and sit-in protests.


West Midlands Police said the man had been detained in Reading and the woman in Wokingham by counter-terrorism officers at about 19:30 BST. The pair, believed to be friends, were taken to a police station in the West Midlands for questioning. The force said the arrests had been intelligence-led. The suspects did not pose any imminent threat, a spokesperson added. Supt Robin Rickard from Thames Valley Police said the arrests "were part of an ongoing investigation by West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit and were pre-planned". "Officers from Reading and Wokingham are providing support and there are searches taking place at the suspects' home addresses," he said.

Summary: A 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman have been arrested in Berkshire on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism in the UK.


The capsule, a metal box about the size of a shoe box, was discovered buried deep inside part of Ruthven road bridge near Kingussie in the Cairngorms. In the box was a folded newspaper from September 1894, a paper scroll and the bottle. The items have been donated to a museum in nearby Newtonmore. Workers from construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall uncovered the capsule during work to replace the bridge under a contract from Highland Council. Robert Ogg, of Morgan Sindall, said: "It is fascinating to think these items have been sitting in the bridge's structure for 121 years. "The changes which have occurred since it was placed there are extraordinary. If you think that the bridge was being used by horses back then, it gives you a sense of the time which has passed." He added: "We have actually been working with Kingussie Primary School to create our own time capsule which we hope will last as long." The Highland Folk Museum has taken the 1800s artefacts. The single-track road bridge spans the River Spey and links the B970 to Kingussie and the trunk road network. The Â£622,000 construction project will see the superstructure of the existing bridge replaced. However, the stone masonry abutments and piers will be retained and repaired where necessary. Work on the bridge is expected to be completed later this year.

Summary: A time capsule containing items from the 1890s including what is thought to be a bottle of whisky has been uncovered by construction workers.


Two of those on board have been named locally as Kevin and Ruth Burke from Hulcote, near Milton Keynes. They were believed to have been travelling to Dublin, where Mrs Burke was born, for a christening with three other adult family members. A massive air and land search was launched on Wednesday when the aircraft vanished after leaving the Luton area. Kevin and Ruth Burke are believed to have been directors of the Milton Keynes-based Staske Construction company - the registered owner of a Twin Squirrel helicopter. This was the model that vanished from radar contact while over Caernarfon Bay. It is believed Mr Burke was originally from Manchester and was a qualified pilot. Supt Gareth Evans, of North Wales Police, said the crash site was in the Rhinog mountains between Harlech and Trawsfynydd and the bodies of all five people on board had been found. A mountain rescue team found the wreckage. The Air Accident Investigation Branch are now leading an investigation of the forensic recovery of the aircraft once specialist officers start recovery of the bodies. But the police have said they might have to suspend recovery for the night due to worsening weather conditions and "treacherous terrain". Police said they were not aware of any plan for the helicopter to stop in Caernarfon as part of its route. Formal identification of the bodies has not yet taken place and the coroner for north west Wales, Dewi Pritchard-Jones, has opened an investigation. Police have not revealed the exact location of the crash and have asked for members of the public to stay away from the site "to allow emergency services and personnel access". An air exclusion zone is also in place. "Their recovery is not just important to their families but also the investigation as it may help identify any contributory factors," added Supt Evans. Family of those killed have been informed and the police have confirmed all five adults are "part of the same extended family from the Milton Keynes area". Initial searches on Wednesday followed the intended flight plan of the aircraft over the Irish Sea. But the Coastguard said on Thursday that inquiries led them to divert their efforts to Snowdonia National Park. Prior to the crash site being discovered, UK Coastguard duty commander Mark Rodaway said: "These aircraft normally carry beacons that we can track by satellite - they're activated by salt water - we've not seen any of that and also mobile phone data has aided our inquiries in shifting inland." Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the UK government would offer its full support to the investigation. The Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin said it "stood by to offer consular assistance". The Eurocopter AS55 Ecureuil 2 (Twin Squirrel), made by Airbus, has a cruising speed of 140mph (225km/h) and a range of nearly 440 miles (700km). Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning

Summary: Five members of the same family have been killed in a helicopter crash in north Wales.


The sturgeon, named Steve, swam out of World of Water in Romsey, Hampshire when it was inundated by flood water in early February. But now staff at a car wash a mile from the centre have discovered him in a deep puddle. A larger koi carp fish named Chadwick escaped at the same time but, despite sightings, has not yet been retrieved. Centre manager Mark Bradbury said he was "hugely relieved" Steve had been recovered and "only a little worse for wear for his travels." The seven-year-old fish was used as part of the shop's displays, but Mr Bradbury said similar fish would retail for up to Â£1,000. "He must have crossed the road and got to the petrol station through the flood water. He's got a few bumps and scrapes but is happy to be back with his friends," he explained. The centre has now re-opened after being closed for three weeks because of the floods.

Summary: A metre-long fish that escaped from an aquatic centre during recent flooding has been found.


The Dow Jones industrial average ended 11.23 points ahead at 19,945. Investment bank Goldman Sachs led the risers, up 0.24%. The sportswear giant Nike led the fallers, down 1.2%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq jumped 24.75 points to 5,487 while the S&P 500 added 5.09 points to 2,268. Oil prices increased ahead of a deal to cut production. Brent crude gained 1.7% to $56.09 per barrel while US crude also rose 1.7% to $53.90 a barrel. The Opec cartel of oil producing nations have agreed to reduce output from 1 January 2017 by 1.2m barrels a day to a daily 32.5m barrels for at least six months.

Summary: Wall Street closed higher on Tuesday but surge needed to break through the 20,000 mark remained elusive.


Taylor, who also managed England from 1990 until 1993, died on 12 January, aged 72. His funeral was attended by hundreds of fans. A statue celebrating his footballing career will be erected at Watford's Vicarage Road ground, the club announced. A pre-season tribute fixture in Taylor's memory is also being planned. The exact location of the statue and details of its design have not yet been decided. Watford said it would be working on the plans with fans' representatives and the borough council. On its website, Watford FC described the proposed statue and pre-season match as "two significant tributes... to remember Watford's greatest ever manager". More on this and other news from Hertfordshire Taylor took Watford from the Fourth Division to a second-placed finish in the top flight in five seasons. He also guided the club to the only FA Cup final of their history - a 2-0 defeat against Everton in 1984 - and European football. He also had spells in charge of Lincoln City, Aston Villa and Wolves.

Summary: A statue is to be commissioned by Watford FC to honour the club's former manager Graham Taylor.


Ministers want all pupils in England to study maths, English, science, one of history or geography and a modern language at GCSE. But some young people "will find it a problem" Sir Michael Wilshaw, told the Times Educational Supplement (TES). Sir Michael said vocational subjects would suit some pupils better. In particular he questioned whether the academic subjects included in the government's Ebacc would be the best thing for pupils who wanted to take apprenticeships when they left school. "I can think of youngsters, even at the highest-performing schools, who will find it a problem and who would have been better suited to do English, maths and science and a range of vocational subjects," he told the magazine. In June, the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed she wants all pupils to have to study the five traditional subjects included in the Ebacc school performance measure. According to Mrs Morgan the move would ensure all pupils received a rigorous academic education and avoid pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds being put off academic subjects. In addition, the Conservative manifesto pledges that schools which do not have 100% of pupils studying this set of subjects at GCSE should not be able to obtain Ofsted's top rating of "outstanding". Both policies will be subject to a government consultation later in the autumn. Sir Michael told the TES he agreed more young people should be studying these subjects - but said the combination was not suitable for everyone. The Association of School and College Leaders, which represents secondary heads, welcomed Sir Michael's challenge to government policy. General Secretary Brian Lightman said the union shared his concerns. He said a recent survey by the union found almost 90% of school leaders disagreed with making these subjects compulsory for all pupils. "It is unfair on young people to take a one-size-fits-all approach to their education. "We are concerned that creative, technology and vocational subjects will be squeezed out of the curriculum." Mr Lightman said the union would urge ministers to make the choice of GCSE subjects more flexible. The Department for Education said an additional league table measure, Progress 8, allows pupils to study a wider range of subjects. "As part of Progress 8, pupils will be able to study up to three of our new gold-standard Tech Awards which will provide a real foundation for progression on to vocational courses including apprenticeships," said a spokesman.

Summary: A key government policy to force all pupils to sit GCSEs in core academic subjects could be difficult for some students, the head of Ofsted has said.


Media playback is not supported on this device Brailsford, 52, defended five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins after details of his therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) were made public. Wiggins was permitted to take a banned substance before major races and he has denied any wrongdoing. UK Anti-Doping officials are looking at allegations of wrongdoing at Team Sky. "I'm not proud of the way I dealt with this," Brailsford told the Telegraph Cycling Podcast. "I have been through a lot of questioning and scrutiny. It's not comfortable. But if I didn't think we were doing it the right way I wouldn't be here." Wiggins' use of the anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone, which treats allergies and respiratory issues, was released by Russian computer hackers known as Fancy Bears. TUEs allow the use of banned substances if athletes have a genuine medical need. Wiggins' TUEs were approved by British authorities and cycling's world governing body the UCI. Former Team Sky cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has said that painkiller Tramadol was "freely offered" when he was riding for Great Britain at the 2012 World Championships. British Cycling, the national governing body, put the allegation to the medic in question, doctor Richard Freeman, on the BBC's behalf, who denied it. Brailsford said that Team Sky "try to be open and transparent as much as we can", but refused to comment on the contents of an alleged delivery that was said to have been made on the day Wiggins won the Criterium du Dauphine in La Toussuire in 2011. "It's in the hands of [Ukad] to check that what is being said is the truth," he said. "I don't think it helps at this moment in time to say it was 'x'."

Summary: Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford has said that his handling of the media following allegations against his team has made things a "damn sight worse".


Kazi Islam was said to have used "flattery and threats" in exchanges on social media to try to persuade Harry Thomas to kill two soldiers and buy ingredients for a pipe bomb. Islam, 18, of Newham, east London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of preparing to commit acts of terrorism. He claimed he was conducting research. Islam was convicted by a majority of 10 to two and will be sentenced on 29 May. He was remanded in custody and told by Judge Richard Marks that a custodial sentence was inevitable. The trial was told Islam befriended the then 19-year-old Mr Thomas in October 2013 - five months after Fusilier Rigby was attacked in the street near Woolwich Barracks - after meeting him the previous year on an IT course at college. He had pretended to sympathise with Mr Thomas over a break-up with a girlfriend. But a series of exchanges on BlackBerry Messenger and social media sites were uncovered when police raided the house in east London where Islam lived with his family, jurors were told. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Thomas, who has learning difficulties, described Islam as a "very, very manipulative person" but said he had no intention of carrying out his requests. He said: "He makes out he's this really kind person because that's how he comes across at first but deep inside he's evil." Mr Thomas added: "He's not scared to go to prison, he told me that. And he says he'll end up in a better place for the crimes he's committed. He said his God will look after him and think he's done a really good thing." Commander Richard Walton, head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "We continue to appeal to anyone who may have knowledge of people with similar intentions. The earliest we can intervene to prevent terrorism the better. "We also remind the public that there is currently a need to protect vulnerable or impressionable adults or children from this brand of Islamic extremism." Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC had told the court that Islam had tried to encourage Mr Thomas to kill a soldier by telling him innocent children were being murdered by military forces. Ms Darlow told the jury: "Thomas was a vulnerable, not particularly bright young man who was desperate to impress Islam and to try and forge some sort of friendship with him. "Islam ruthlessly exploited to the utmost Thomas's vulnerability and obvious wish to try and ingratiate himself with Islam." The plot was said to have been unwittingly sabotaged by Mr Thomas, who failed to buy any of the right ingredients for a bomb and revealed what was going on to "a few friends" . Giving evidence, Islam told the jury he had talked to Mr Thomas about getting the ingredients for a bomb as an "experiment" in radicalisation and "would have told him what I was doing" if he had actually gone ahead with the purchases. While the court heard he had also downloaded a document on explosives himself, Islam said his interest in

Summary: A teenager has been convicted of grooming a vulnerable young man after being inspired by the 2013 killing of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.


Frank Field, who is backing the Leave campaign, will say the 23 June poll poses "an untold danger" for his party's prospects of power. The vast majority of Labour MPs back EU membership. Meanwhile former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson will tell union members that EU membership is "vital" for workers' rights. The UK's EU vote: All you need to know Mr Field, the MP for Birkenhead and a former welfare minister, is expected to warn in a speech that the referendum could be "the second-longest suicide note in Labour's history" - behind the manifesto that preceded its 1983 general election drubbing. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has expressed Eurosceptic views in the past, recently made his first major speech of the referendum campaign setting out a "socialist" vision for Britain in Europe. He said there was "nothing half-hearted" about Labour's campaign and said he would continue to make the case for membership in the run-up to polling day. But Mr Field will say: "The last thing Jeremy needs to do is to undermine further the traditional Labour vote, much of which wishes to leave the European Union. "For the party leader more actively to campaign for the Remain campaign will push even more Labour voters into the arms of UKIP." Mr Field, who campaigns for "balanced migration", will criticise an "open-door policy" which he says pushes down wages and puts a strain on public services. Ahead of the speech, Mr Field said Labour MPs' overwhelming support for staying in the EU was "very unrepresentative" of the views of many of the party's activists in the country at large. "While the polls show a majority of Labour voters support staying in Europe, about 40% do not and the number of MPs who represent that view are a mere handful," he told BBC Radio 4's Today. "It is our job to make a good case for leaving Europe so these voters feel that at last their views are being represented in the debate." The Leave campaign has targeted migration this week with interventions from Michael Gove and Boris Johnson as it attempted to regain the initiative following warnings about the economic effect of a vote to leave. Alan Johnson, who is leading his party's Remain campaign, will claim a vote to stay in the EU would be as important as the election of Labour's reforming government in 1945, which led to the creation of the NHS and expanded welfare. "From nurses and builders to railway workers, steel workers, postal workers and shop workers, trade unions will be campaigning for a Britain that remains in Europe," he will tell the Usdaw union's conference. "The rights of working people are protected by our EU membership, and Labour and our union movement are united in campaigning for Britain to remain in Europe." Elsewhere in the EU debate, the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee published what it said was a "reliable, unbiased analysis" of the issues involved. The cross-party committee, which was divided on whether to back EU membership, said it had chosen not to endorse either side.

Summary: Labour risks losing "a swathe" of voters to UKIP by campaigning to remain in the EU, one of its MPs is to warn.


Many more are feared trapped under rubble after hundreds of buildings collapsed. Thousands of people have been forced to take refuge in temporary shelters and mosques. Some have been left homeless after their houses were destroyed, others have fled their homes amid fears of aftershocks and a possible tsunami. Rescue workers used diggers to remove rubble in their search efforts overnight on Wednesday. Others used their bare hands and shovels to find people. A few survivors were pulled out alive on Wednesday. More than 200 buildings were either seriously damaged or toppled in the earthquake. The Pidie Jaya region, on the north Aceh coast, was the hardest hit. The tremor hit just offshore early on Wednesday morning. Many of the homes in the area have corrugated tin roofs which collapsed. Hundreds have also been rushed to the sole functioning hospital, which has been overwhelmed by patients. Banda Aceh, the provincial capital, was one of the worst hit areas by the 2004 tsunami, caused by a massive earthquake.

Summary: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province in Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least 97 people.


The reaction to Taylor's death on Thursday at the age of 72, and the affection expressed for him, was the true measure of his standing inside and outside football. Born in Worksop in Nottinghamshire, Taylor was the son of a journalist and rose to prominence in the game as a manager after retiring as a player with Lincoln City in 1972. He became manager and coach at the club, winning the Fourth Division title with them before moving to Watford in 1977. It was here, in tandem with his chairman Sir Elton John, that he produced arguably his finest work, taking the club from the Fourth Division to the top flight in the space of five exhilarating years. Media playback is not supported on this device Taylor nurtured Watford legends such as Luther Blissett and John Barnes, remarkably finishing second behind Liverpool in their first season at that elite level and reaching the FA Cup final in 1984, where they lost 2-0 to Everton. Not so long ago he joked with me, with his usual broad smile: "You know I have never watched any of that game from that day to this - but I don't need to see it again to know that second goal from Andy Gray was a bloody foul on our goalkeeper Steve Sherwood." Taylor's unlikely partnership with the flamboyant rock star worked against the odds, the manager's down-to-earth approach dovetailing with his chairman's lavish lifestyle. They remained friends for life, as demonstrated by Sir Elton's heartfelt tribute. On trips abroad when he worked as a BBC Sport pundit, Taylor would gladly tell stories of that partnership, always with a laugh and underlining the genuine affection they shared. Taylor's brilliance inevitably attracted attention from elsewhere and, perhaps feeling he had achieved all he could at Vicarage Road, he left for Aston Villa in May 1987. Villa were in reduced circumstances having been relegated to the second flight. Taylor soon put that right by winning promotion in his first season - and, not content with that, rebuilt the club with such success and shrewd management that he took them to second place behind Liverpool in 1990. Taylor's methods were tried and trusted and yet he often received criticism for what his detractors perceived as "long ball" football. He, with much justification, pointed out his willingness to use wingers and flair players such as Barnes and the young Mo Johnston, whom he brought to England from Partick Thistle. England inevitably looked in Taylor's direction after Sir Bobby Robson left following the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where his side lost to West Germany on penalties in the semi-final. Media playback is not supported on this device This was, without doubt, the darkest and most frustrating period of Taylor's career and is one of the reasons his other work has been so criminally underrated over the years. Taylor took over at a tough time after the loss of England mainstays such as goalkeeper Peter Shilton and past captains such as Terry Butcher and Bryan Robson. He gave players like Alan Shearer

Summary: Graham Taylor will be remembered by many for his unfulfilling spell in charge of England - but by plenty more as an outstanding club manager at Watford and Aston Villa and one of the nicest, most genuine men in the game.


The sceptics insist that growth has been largely jobless and deepened inequality in an already hierarchical society. The optimistic refute this gloomy thesis and believe that the rising tide has lifted all boats. As an example, they point to the emergence of a small but growing class of Dalit (formerly known as untouchables, the lowest in India's wretched caste hierarchy) millionaires. So much so that Dalit activists like Chandra Bhan Prasad like to call it a "golden period" for Dalits where "material markers are replacing social markers". Studies have also shown that the wage gap between Dalits and other castes have narrowed and their standing has improved. There is even a Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. But new research by Lakshmi Iyer, Tarun Khanna and Ashustosh Varshney paints a less rosy picture. Delving into the relationship between caste and entrepreneurship, the researchers have found that scheduled castes and tribes, the most disadvantaged groups in Hinduism's hierarchy, owned very little businesses despite a decade of sprightly economic growth and a long history of affirmative action. Mining information thrown up by the 2005 economic census covering more than 42 million enterprises, they found schedule castes owned only 9.8% of all enterprises in India in 2005, well below their 16.4% share of the total population. The scheduled tribes owned only 3.7% of non-farm enterprises despite being 7.7% of the population. However, ownership of business among OBC's - an acronym for Other Backward Castes or the "middle castes" who "neither suffering the extreme social and economic discrimination of the Scheduled Castes, nor enjoying the social privileges of the upper castes" - has grown. OBCs comprise 41% of India's people. Their members owned 43.5% of all enterprises in 2005, and accounted for 40% of non-farm employment. This is a remarkable achievement considering that affirmative action for this group was widely introduced only in the 1990s. The pattern of dismally low ownership of businesses among the most disadvantaged groups, the researchers found, is not specific to any one region or state in India. Even in states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra that were among the first to have social movements to end caste discrimination, ownership of enterprises is low. States with high population of the disadvantaged groups also show that they are under-represented in ownership of businesses. The researchers say there could be a host of reasons - caste discrimination itself (members of other castes refuse to work with the lowest castes), lack of knowledge, illiteracy, and problems with securing finance. "All these factors," they say, "can prevent scheduled castes from entering industries that have significant economies of scale." Growth possibilities are limited by differences in the size of worker networks - scheduled caste owners find it easier to work with scheduled caste workers. I asked Dr Varshney, who teaches at the US's Brown University, whether the findings really came as a surprise, given that deeper social changes in societies like India take a lot of time. He said he wasn't. "I should, however, add that the story of the rise of the

Summary: The story of India's economic surge is dominated by two conflicting narratives.


Visitors to Jane Austen's House Museum, in Chawton, Hampshire, can view a rarely seen letter in which Austen says the novel is "my own darling child". Also featured are illustrations first included in an 1894 edition, dancing slippers and first editions. The Story of Pride And Prejudice exhibition is open until May. The museum's Madelaine Smith said the enduring appeal of the novel is its perennial themes and that the "characters are real". The museum will also stage a contemporary art exhibition of works inspired by Pride And Prejudice from June to September. Another display later in the year of the original costumes worn in the 1995 BBC adaptation of the novel, will include the white shirt worn by actor Colin Firth as Mr Darcy when he emerged from a lake. "We're not sure if we're going to have it on display wet, but if we do we'll have to spray it daily with water," Ms Smith said.

Summary: A museum in the house where Jane Austen completed Pride And Prejudice has opened an exhibition as part of the novel's 200th anniversary celebrations.


Carnival had said in March that the sinking of its Costa Concordia cruises ship in January could wipe out profits this year as people shunned cruises. However, on Tuesday the firm reported that profits were $1.33bn (Â£819m) in the third quarter, compared with $1.34bn in the same period last year. Shares in the firm in New York rose more than 3%. Thirty-two people died in the shipwreck in January, which an official report blamed the captain of the Costa Concordia for causing, as well as assigning some responsibility to Costa, which is owned by Carnival. The Costa Concordia still lies next to the rocky outcrops off Giglio Island in Italy's Tuscan coast. Carnival said it had managed to generate more money from its cruise passengers. "The significant efforts of our brand management teams were successful in partially mitigating the decline in cruise ticket prices," said chairman and chief executive Micky Arison. The company also plans to focus on emerging markets. "For 2013, the company will capitalise on the increasing popularity of cruising in Asia with the deployment of a second Costa ship in China and the launch of a new Princess Cruises program for the Japanese market," it said. Costa Cruises is a subsidiary of Carnival and runs some of the company's total fleet of 100 ships. Other brands include Carnival, P&O, Cunard, Holland America, Princess and Seabourn.

Summary: Cruise ship operator Carnival has reported profits that beat analysts' expectations, sending shares higher.


Healthcare Improvement Scotland said several senior charge nurses and clinical service managers across three wards raised issues during an inspection visit. NHS Grampian was asked to supply an improvement action plan. Senior inspector Ian Smith said the action plan had given "assurance". He added: "We will continue to follow this up with NHS Grampian on future inspections." The inspection visit took place in April, as part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's programme of inspections on the standard of care for older people in acute care in Scotland. It was to check that older people were being "treated with compassion, dignity and respect". NHS Grampian was said to be "performing well" in a number of areas. An NHS Grampian spokesperson said: "We welcome this positive report which highlights the many examples of good practice in the care of older people in hospital, particularly the compassion, dignity and respect with which our patients are treated. "We are also pleased that 93% of the patients surveyed said that the quality of care they received was good, reflecting the warm and caring interaction observed by the inspectors between staff and patients. "The areas for improvement identified in the report are already being tackled, and an action plan has been agreed. "Although acknowledging that patient care was not compromised, the inspectors asked that staffing levels in three wards be addressed."

Summary: NHS Grampian is trying to improve staffing levels at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after concerns were raised by staff.


A frozen corner at Stade Jean-Bouin meant the game began 95 minutes after the scheduled kick-off time. Waisea Nayacalevu and Julien Arias put the French side 17-5 up at the break with Mat Luamanu crossing for Quins. Craig Burden added a third Stade score before Marland Yarde and James Chisholm went over for late tries. Quins knew they had to win the game to progress to the quarter-finals but the home side went through instead, and will be away to Ospreys in the last eight. A corner of the pitch was still frozen at the scheduled 13:00 GMT start but play was able to start at 14:35. Stade Francais: Bonneval; Sinzelle, Vuidarvuwalu, Bosman, Camara; Plisson, Genia; Zhvania, Panis, Slimani, Gabrillagues, Pape (capt), Nicolas, Lakafia, Alberts. Replacements: Burden, Felsina, Melikidze, Pyle, Ross, Daguin, Millet, Arias. Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Hopper, Roberts, Visser; Swiel, Care (capt); Murphy, Buchanan, Sinckler, Merrick, Matthews, Clifford, Wallace, Luamanu. Replacements: Gray, Evans, Jones, Ward, Chisholm, Dickson, Jackson, Alofa. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Summary: Harlequins were knocked out of the Challenge Cup by defeat at Top 14 side Stade Francais in a match delayed because of a frozen pitch.


Forty-nine children died and more than 70 were seriously injured when flames spread through the ABC nursery, which did not have an emergency exit. Relatives of the victims have long demanded justice saying the nursery did not comply with safety regulations. But a lawyer for the relatives said the warrants targeted the wrong people. Prosecutors asked a judge to issue the arrest warrants for the director of the nursery and some of its management and teachers. Gabriel Alvarado, a lawyer for the relatives' group Hands United for Our Children called the move "erroneous" arguing it did not target the officials responsible for the tragedy. He said it could punish those who had risked their own lives, and in some cases had suffered injuries, trying to save the children. Mr Alvarado added that one of the teachers who could face arrest has a daughter who suffered burns to 95% of her body in the fire. "This girl could now see her own mother taken to prison," he said. The fire started at a warehouse in the city of Hermosillo on 5 June 2009. The flames quickly spread over a roof to the adjoining nursery, where the children where having their afternoon siesta. The nursery did not have a sprinkler system or any fire extinguishers. The smoke alarms were faulty and the staff were poorly trained. Victims' relatives argue that the tragedy could have been prevented if the right safety measures had been in place. They also point to the fact that a nursery should not have been housed in a building adjacent to one storing tyres and flammable materials. They are angry that while dozens of officials were put on trial, only the government official who carried out the nursery's final safety inspection has spent any time in jail. Their anger is further compounded by a media report published last year alleging that the fire in the warehouse may have been deliberately caused to get rid of compromising local government documents stored there. The official report concluded it had been triggered by a short circuit.

Summary: A judge in the north-western Mexican state of Sonora has ordered the arrest of 22 people in connection with a deadly fire in a nursery in 2009.


A 5ft x 3ft (1.5m x 1m) void appeared on Whitworth Street on Sunday, resulting in the road's closure between Princess Street and Oxford Street. A section of the busy Mancunian Way has been closed since August, after two holes opened up. Replacement sewer pipes are being installed. United Utilities said sewers underneath Whitworth Street have not been damaged. "Non-urgent" roadworks in other parts of the city have been suspended until after Christmas in order to relieve congestion caused by Mancunian Way's partial closure. Councillor Pat Karney, city centre lead for Manchester City Council, said Whitworth Street should be repaired in time for Monday's evening rush hour. He described the appearance of the latest hole as "incredibly unfortunate". "The council has placed a moratorium on all non-urgent roadworks, but this is the last thing we needed at the moment," he added. He said the council will investigate why the city is being "blighted" by holes. A 40ft (12m) wide sinkhole opened up in August on the Mancunian Way after heavy rainfall, while another hole appeared a month later.

Summary: Motorists in Manchester are being frustrated by the appearance of yet another hole in a city-centre road.


The firm announced it had switched on its service in 130 additional countries. It said it was still trying to expand to China. The other exceptions are North Korea, Syria and Crimea, where it is banned from operating by US law. The announcement was made by the firm's chief executive Reed Hastings at his keynote speech at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. He also confirmed that Netflix would begin offering HDR (high dynamic range) content later this year. The company's shares closed the day more than 9% higher. "We were expecting Netflix to go everywhere, but this has happened more quickly than we thought," commented Fernando Elizalde from the tech consultancy Gartner. "Until now, the firm had been doing it in phased stages because of the costs of marketing and dubbing or subtitling the content. "But it's worth remembering that in some of the emerging economies it will only be people in urban areas that will be able to use it because of limited internet availability." Mr Hastings said Netflix was in talks with the Chinese government, but acknowledged it would take time to reach an agreement. "It's a very large country, you know a billion Chinese that we want to give access to the Netflix content," he said. "In China you need specific permission from the government to operate, so we are continuing to work on that and we are very patient." But one company watcher had doubts. "China is going to be a tough nut to crack given that that three strong domestic services already exist," said Mike Goodman from Strategy Analytics. As part of its expansion, Netflix has added support for Korean, Chinese and Arabic to its list of supported languages. That brings the total number - in which the firm provides subtitles, captions and alternative audio - to 21 languages. Mr Hastings added that Netflix would initially focus on expanding the reach of its existing content rather than commissioning extra locally-made shows. For consumers who already have Netflix, the biggest change may be the addition of HDR. High dynamic range video allows compatible TVs to show millions more colours and a wider dynamic range - added shades of brightness in between black and white - letting more detail be shown. Many experts believe the impact is greater than that of just jumping from 1080p to 4K ultra-high definition resolution alone. One consequence of using the format, however, is that it requires more data, and few TVs support it yet. Mr Hastings said users with compatible TVs should get a "visceral sensation that's pretty amazing". The firm's rival, Amazon, began streaming a limited number of shows in the format in 2015. Audience members at the Las Vegas event were also given a first look at some of the service's forthcoming shows, including: Ironically, the clips were blocked for those watching a live stream of the event. The firm also teased Chelsea Does..., a documentary series presented by the comedian Chelsea Handler that will cover topics including drugs, racism, marriage and Silicon Valley. In addition, it announced Ricky

Summary: Netflix has gone live in nearly every country in the world.


His decision to replace chief whip Dame Rosie Winterton with Nick Brown was met with some surprise last week. MPs Holly Lynch and Conor McGinn have resigned, it was confirmed. Ms Lynch tweeted it was "time to focus" on her marginal constituency while Mr McGinn said it was the "right time" to concentrate on his seat and his family. A spokesman for Mr Corbyn thanked them for their service and said that their positions would be filled "in due course". As his reshuffle continued, Mr Corbyn said 10 MPs who left the front bench in a mass walkout over the summer were returning. They are Jack Dromey, Pat Glass, Sharon Hodgson, Roberta Blackman-Woods, Kevin Brennan, Louise Haigh, Jenny Chapman, Matthew Pennycook, Nick Thomas-Symonds and Emma Lewell-Buck. Mr Corbyn said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of 21 MPs to our front bench, 14 of whom are women and four of whom are from the black and minority ethnic community. "I welcome back the 10 who have returned, and look forward to working with the eight talented MPs joining the front bench for the first time." But, in response to the removal of Ms Winterton, the chairman of the parliamentary party, John Cryer, wrote to Labour MPs to protest that he had not been kept informed about the reshuffle despite being engaged in talks with the leadership on putting some shadow cabinet posts up for election. However, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, a Corbyn ally, contradicted the claim. She told BBC Radio Four's The Westminster Hour: "He was consulted. We felt it was important to have a full shadow cabinet in place for Parliament coming back." Whips are appointed to help ensure their party's discipline, including making sure MPs vote in line with the leadership. St Helens North MP Mr McGinn clashed with Mr Corbyn in August, when he accused him of threatening to use Mr McGinn's father, a Sinn Fein councillor, to "bully me into submission" after he spoke out against the Labour leader. On his website, he said he had been "very grateful" to the new chief whip for "offering me the opportunity to stay" but "I explained to him that I felt it was the right time for me to leave the front bench at this reshuffle to concentrate on my constituency responsibilities and my young family". He said the new team had his best wishes and thanked the "outstanding" Dame Rosie and colleagues for their support. Ms Lynch tweeted her best wishes to Dame Rosie's replacement, Nick Brown, adding: "It has been a pleasure to serve with @labour whips but with one of the most marginal seats, it's time to focus all my efforts on Halifax." Meanwhile, there were reports on Sunday that Labour rebels were planning to form their own "shadow shadow cabinet", in competition with the front bench, to produce its own policy initiatives.

Summary: Two Labour MPs have resigned from the shadow whips' office, just days after party leader Jeremy Corbyn began reshuffling his front bench.


The choir was established by Henry VIII in 1539 and is currently made up of 20 boys and 12 adults. The Dean of Gloucester said including girl choristers would be an "exciting new chapter" in the choir's history. The aim is to find youngsters from local schools and a range of backgrounds who may not have considered singing in a cathedral choir before. Adrian Partington, director of music at Gloucester Cathedral, said the aim is to "discover" some very talented girls. New recruits will play a full part in the cathedral's musical worship, beginning with rehearsals in September before singing at evensong each Monday from October as well as at Christmas and Easter services. The dean, the Very Reverend Stephen Lake, said: "This will ensure that young girls and boys will be lifting their voices in song at Gloucester Cathedral for many years to come." The cathedral is hosting a "come and sing" open day on 9 April with girls and boys aged between seven and 12 invited to experience singing in the cathedral. Auditions for girls will be held on 23 April.

Summary: Girls are being invited to audition to join Gloucester Cathedral's Choir for the first time in its 477 year history.


A report said the force was inadequate at protecting vulnerable victims. Surrey Police boss Nick Ephgrave said the force was good at preventing crime but this potentially came at the expense of investigations. Inspector Zoe Billingham said Surrey showed a "commendably strong commitment to keeping people safe from harm". She said the force had strong, mature neighbourhood police teams who worked well with councils, and neighbourhood officers had more training than in other forces. But she said: "The way the force investigates more complex crime requiring specialist investigations is still not good enough. "Many investigations that we reviewed were not of an acceptable standard and there were long delays in examining computers and mobile phones for evidence." She said the force needed to improve its understanding of the threat posed by organised crime, improve its process for mapping those groups, and fully mobilise its neighbourhood teams in the fight against organised crime. Mr Ephgrave, temporary chief constable, said the force was already tackling concerns by increasing resources to protect the vulnerable, and providing more training, better process and use of systems, and a culture change in how the force operated. He said: "None of these things can provide an instant fix but together they are starting to deliver positive results." A separate report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in December last year found Surrey Police's approach to protecting vulnerable people to be inadequate. Surrey police and crime commissioner Kevin Hurley said changes were already in place, including a change in chief constable. This month it emerged that Mr Hurley had considered seeking Ms Owens' dismissal as Surrey Police chief. She resigned last autumn to move to her new role as director general of the National Crime Agency Mr Hurley said: "When we look at where the buck stops, it stays with the team manager." But he said the force was already turning around, with reductions in robbery and burglary, improvements in violent crime and rape investigations, praise for the force's action on anti-social behaviour. The BBC has approached Ms Owens for a comment. In a previous response, she said blame apportioned to her was "ill-considered and inaccurate". "I was selected to my current role by the Home Secretary after a lengthy and thorough process and am now focused on leading the National Crime Agency in its fight to cut serious and organised crime," she said.

Summary: Surrey Police needs to improve how it investigates crime and tackles serious and organised crime, a government inspector has said.


Mae gan Gymru a rhannau eraill o'r DU rai o'r cyfraddau goresgyn canser gwaethaf yn y byd datblygedig. Nawr mae cynllun peilot yng Nghwm Cynon a Chastell-nedd yn canolbwyntio ar gleifion mae eu meddygon teulu yn amau sydd â chanser ond ddim yn dangos unrhyw arwyddion neu symptomau brys. Daw hyn flwyddyn ar ôl i feddygon ymweld â Denmarc er mwyn gweld y systemau diagnostig yno. Fe welodd swyddogion Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf bod y gwasanaeth iechyd yn Nenmarc wedi gwella cyfraddau goresgyn canser. Y pryder yw bod claf yng Nghymru sydd ddim gyda symptomau clir yn disgwyl am gyfnod rhy hir am ddiagnosis, am nad ydyn nhw yn "ffitio'n hawdd" i unrhyw lwybr triniaeth benodol. Mae'n golygu bod meddygon teulu yn cyfeirio'r claf yn ôl ac ymlaen er mwyn cael nifer o brofion, a hynny yn cymryd sawl wythnos. Oherwydd hyn, yr ofn yw bod gormod o gleifion yn dechrau triniaeth pan mae eu canser wedi datblygu neu nad oes modd ei wella. Bydd 40 o feddygon yng Nghwm Cynon sydd yn credu efallai bod rhywbeth o'i le yn gallu cyfeirio'r claf at ganolfan ddiagnostig yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, Llantrisant o fewn saith diwrnod. Yr amcangyfrif yw y bydd rhyw chwe chlaf yr wythnos yn cael eu gweld ac yn cael profion gwahanol, a'r gobaith yw bod hyn yn digwydd ar yr un diwrnod. Ar hyn o bryd dim ond 35% o gleifion sydd â symptomau sydd yn "peri pryder" sy'n cael diagnosis yn ardal Cwm Taf. Mae meddygon felly eisiau cyrraedd y mwyafrif o'r cleifion sydd heb symptomau mor amlwg o'r clefyd yn gynt. Bydd clinig tebyg yn cael ei sefydlu yn Ysbyty Castell-nedd Port Talbot fel rhan o gynllun prawf arall gan Fwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg. Mae'r treialon wedi eu datblygu yn ystod y 12 mis ers i arbenigwyr o Gymru ddychwelyd o Aarhus. Fe aeth Denmarc ati i sefydlu'r canolfannau diagnostig wedi pryderon bod y wlad ar ei hôl hi o ran cyfraddau goresgyn canser. Yn ôl Dr Gareth Davies, Cyfarwyddwr Cyswllt Rhwydwaith Canser Cymru, bydd y cynllun yn tawelu meddwl claf ond hefyd yn cyflymu'r broses. "Os yw'r meddyg teulu yn gweld claf a ddim yn siŵr beth sydd o'i le ond yn pryderu ac yn teimlo bod rhywbeth o'i le, bydd yn rhoi cyfle i'r meddyg teulu gyfeirio'r claf yn syth i'r clinig ac yn golygu bydd y claf yn cael ei weld yn gyflym a gobeithio yn cael diagnosis." Mae Gareth Jordan, meddyg teulu yn Aberdâr, yn dweud y gallai'r cynllun peilot wneud gwahaniaeth mawr i fywydau'r cleifion. "Mi fyddai gallu dweud, 'Dwi wedi gweld y gŵr yma, mae wedi colli llawer o bwysau... allai ddim ei anfon i ffwrdd i gael profion arbenigol neu pe bydden ni fyddai'r profion yn cael eu rhoi yn nhrefn tebygolrwydd'. "Ond mae'r ffaith eu bod nhw'n cael eu gweld mewn un lle a phob un yn gweld cynnydd cyflym, y tebygrwydd ydy diagnosis cynnar os oes ganddyn nhw ganser yn fy marn i." Os bydd cynllun peilot Cwm Cynon - fydd yn para chwe mis - yn

Summary: Mae arbenigwyr canser yn gobeithio y bydd cynllun newydd, fydd yn cael ei dreialu yn ne Cymru, yn lleihau'r amser mae'n cymryd i gael diagnosis o'r clefyd.


Haseeb Hamayoon, 28, sent the image to friends and a co-accused branding the officer "kaffir" - non-believer - London's Woolwich Crown Court was told. Prosecutors say Mr Hamayoon, Yousaf Syed, 20, and Nadir Syed, 22, plotted an attack using a Rambo-style knife. The cousins deny all charges. The image, allegedly taken on 19 September 2014, shows the back of the officer and was apparently taken by someone in a car. Mr Hamayoon wrote: "Look at this kaffir. Hounslow parking lot." Nadir Syed wrote back: "How can you pray in such a place?" Mr Hamayoon replied: "You're right I'm walking out. This kaffir cop yeh. Looking inside every car who's in there. I gave him a dirty look." Mr Syed replied: "He's looking for u mate. Mi5 sent him to keep eye on y." The messages were exchanged on encrypted messaging service Telegram. Prosecutor Max Hill QC told the court: "You'll see on Mr Hamayoon's mobile phone two photos taken that show a police officer or PCSO walking away from the car and around a car park. "The photos are taken from the driver's seat of the car. Those images are created on the telephone. It's quite clear what Mr Hamayoon was writing messages about." Two days later, IS militants issued a "fatwa" calling on followers to attack Westerners. It implored them to: "Rig the roads with explosives for them. Attack their bases. Raid their homes. Cut off their heads." Prosecutors claim the trio plotted to carry out a terror attack in the UK. Mr Hamayoon and Nadir Syed, from Hounslow, west London and Yousaf Syed, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, filmed themselves stamping on a Remembrance Day poppy and were obsessed with the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, it is claimed. The trial continues.

Summary: A supporter of so-called Islamic State photographed a police officer in a mosque car park before plotting to carry out a knife attack around Remembrance Sunday 2014, a court heard.


The presidential poll will take place next month and Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking re-election. On Friday, after a case brought by the opposition, the High Court ordered the electoral commission not to print ballot papers. Mr Kenyatta insisted the election would go ahead as planned. "This kind of intimidation will not be allowed and the election date will not change," he said. He said the judiciary could not claim independence and then use it to interfere with the functioning of the executive and other arms of government. The High Court argued that the tendering process for the ballot papers had not been transparent enough. The opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) alleged that the president had links to Al Ghurair, the Dubai-based firm that won the $24m (Â£18m) tender. Al Ghurair and Mr Kenyatta deny any wrongdoing. The judges ruled that the company could still print ballots for the parliamentary and county elections, but the tender for presidential ballots should be re-advertised. Local media have reported that whoever takes on the job of printing and distributing the ballot papers will have just 30 days to do what is usually a 45-day task. In a separate development, Raila Odinga, Mr Kenyatta's main contender, was taken ill and admitted to hospital on Sunday with what his campaign team said was suspected food poisoning. Mr Odinga, speaking shortly after he was discharged from the hospital in the coastal city of Mombasa, said that he was "fit as a fiddle". "I had stomach pains, which have since disappeared after getting treatment," Mr Odinga said, adding: "I have been discharged to go to Nairobi to continue with my campaigns." Meanwhile, several people have reportedly been killed in clashes between rival political groups, rekindling memories of post-election violence in 2007-2008 that left more than 1,000 people dead.

Summary: Kenya's president has warned the country's judiciary not to help the opposition throw the next election into disarray.