Researchers are preparing to contact all 6,400 families in the country affected by the condition. Children who have a parent or sibling with type-1 diabetes will be invited for a blood test to see if they are at high risk of developing the disease. Those at risk will be offered a drug called metformin to see if it can hold off diabetes. Metformin is already used to treat diabetes, but it is not clear if it might prevent it from developing in the first place. If successful, the study could challenge long-established thinking on what lies behind type-1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes develops when the body does not produce insulin. This is the hormone needed to control blood sugar levels. Despite extensive research, there is no way of preventing the disease. Most experts believe it is caused by a problem with the immune system - mistaking insulin-producing cells in the pancreas - called beta cells - as harmful, and attacking them. This study, called the autoimmune diabetes Accelerator Prevention Trial (Adapt), tests an alternative theory developed by Prof Terence Wilkin, from the University of Exeter Medical School. Rather than focusing on halting the immune system, Prof Wilkin says it could be better to work on protecting the beta cells. He argues the key cause of damage is stress on the beta cells as they struggle to cope with demand for insulin. Then, he says, in some people, the immune system kicks in, killing off more cells, accelerating the development of diabetes into childhood - what we know as type-1 diabetes. He hopes metformin will relieve the stress on the beta cells, so they can continue to make insulin. Prof Wilkin said: "It is possible that a modern environment accelerates the loss of beta cells by overworking and stressing them. "As a consequence, this could be contributing to the rising incidence of type-1 diabetes, which is appearing in ever younger age groups. "Adapt will use a medication to protect the beta cells from the stress, so that they survive longer." The researchers say if it is successful, the trial will offer a cost-effective way of preventing type-1 diabetes that could be made available immediately to children at risk. The trial has initial funding from the type-1 diabetes charity JDRF. Scotland has the third highest rate of type-1 diabetes in the world, and a good system of record to identify affected families. The study will start recruitment in Tayside and will then extend across Scotland before crossing into England. There are two main types of diabetes: Type-1 diabetes can develop at any age, but usually appears before the age of 40, particularly in childhood. About 10% of all diabetes is type-1, but it is the most common type of childhood diabetes, so it is sometimes called juvenile or early onset diabetes In type-2 diabetes, the body either fails to produce enough insulin to function properly, or the body's cells do not react to insulin. About 90% of adults with diabetes have type-2, and it tends to develop later in life than type-1. Source: NHS Choices

Summary: A major trial is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type-1 diabetes in children.


Campaigners from action group Plane Stupid staged the demonstration on Monday in opposition to the airport's expansion plans. The men and women have been charged with aggravated trespass and entering a security restricted area of an aerodrome, police said. They will appear in court on 19 August. The protest took place on the northern runway at 03:30 BST on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said security at the airport would be reviewed.

Summary: Thirteen people have been charged after climate change protesters stormed onto the runway at Heathrow Airport and chained themselves together.


Nathan, 23, said he was worried being bisexual would be a problem with his male housemates. "I was 100% nervous about what the other lads would think. "I didn't have any queries with the girls because I thought they'd be more accepting but at the same time, I thought, 'I don't care. You take me as I come.' Not one of them was bothered." He went on: "Gary came up to me and went, 'I just want you to know, we want to feel completely comfortable in this house. We want you to be yourself. You're in the house for you. We don't have any problem if you're bisexual or gay.' "I feel like I've pulled Geordie Shore up by its ears, and I'm bringing it up to date. I've splashed colour in there, both in a sexual and physical way." Figure skating champion Chloe, 19, admits she "hooked up" in the house, despite going in "not looking to get with anyone". "I did end up hooking up with someone," she admitted in an interview for MTV. "I didn't really get hurt, but I just wish I'd never gone there with this person. But the drink does that to you." Chloe says she was also apprehensive before filming the show. "I was really nervous going in the house because girls sometimes get a little bit: 'God, there's a new girl.' "But I get on literally with anyone. So I was happy about that because I was so nervous in case they didn't like us but thankfully they did. "Coming out of the house I felt more like a woman. I went in a girl and I've come out a woman because I've been hanging around with older people." The new series also shows James Tindale announcing that he's leaving the house. Vicky Pattison left Geordie Shore after nine series in October. Geordie Shore was first broadcast in 2011 and was a version of MTV's US reality show Jersey Shore. The new series starts on 7 April. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: Geordie Shore has unveiled two new characters, Nathan Henry and Chloe Etherington.


A woman in her 20s was pushed to the ground and assaulted by a man on a bike on Boundary Road near Bournemouth University's Talbot campus on Thursday. Dorset Police said they believe it could be linked to two attempted sexual assaults on women in September. Thursday's attacker is described as white and in his late 20s or early 30s. Officers said he was approximately 5ft 7in (1.7m), of slight to medium build with short dark hair and wearing a black thigh-length coat and dark trousers. The victim was walking down a footpath at about 21:40 GMT when the cyclist approached and then assaulted her. The attacker was riding a dark-coloured mountain bike with silver handle bars and rode off towards Columbia Road after the assault. Det Ch Insp Sarah Derbyshire said it could be linked to the attempted assaults of women on 13 and 14 September at Boundary Road and Slades Farm. She is appealing for witnesses.

Summary: A sex attack on woman near a university campus could be linked to two other attempted assaults, investigators have said.


The steelworks has been on the market since 2014 and the sale to UK-based investment firm Greybull Capital, would involve a £400m investment package. It would secure about 4,800 jobs and thousands more in supply chains and the local economy. Tata Steel has said it plans to sell the rest of its UK steel business, putting thousands of jobs at risk. The Scunthorpe steelworks is a key part of Tata Steel's long products division, which was put up for sale in 2014. Greybull Capital has been in talks to buy the division for nine months and entered into exclusive negotiations with Tata in December. Greybull describes itself as "a family office which makes long-term investments in private companies". The London-based investment firm is run by financiers Marc and Nathaniel Meyohas and Richard Perlhagen. Greybull is backing a turnaround plan, which aims to return the loss-making business to profitability within one to two years. Greybull plans to invest £400m in the business but the plan involves significant cost savings. Staff are being asked to accept a 3% pay cut for one year and reductions to company pension contributions. Workers are being balloted on the changes. The firm has been in discussion with the government for a loan of between £70m and £100m. Those discussions are thought to be continuing but it is understood the sale is not dependent upon the loan. The turnaround plan was drawn up by management at Scunthorpe with input from unions and refined by the management consultants McKinsey & Co. It is understood Greybull is not envisaging further restructuring beyond the 1,200 job losses announced last October. That involved the closure of one of the two coke ovens at Scunthorpe and the mothballing of three plate mills, reducing annual production capacity to 2.8m tonnes. Two of those Mills, in Lanarkshire in Scotland, have been sold to Liberty House, the commodities company which has expressed an interest in buying Tata's other UK steel operations, including the Port Talbot steelworks. The sale could also see the business rebranded as "British Steel", as it is understood Greybull is seeking to buy the brand as part of the deal. "British Steel" was the name of Britain's privatised steel industry. It disappeared in 1999 when the industry was merged with a Dutch rival to create the Corus Group. The new business would include the Scunthorpe works, two mills in Teesside, an engineering workshop in Workington, a design consultancy in York and distribution facilities. About 3,400 employees are based in Scunthorpe with a further thousand spread across the other sites. The business also has a mill in northern France employing 400 workers. The business makes products for the transport and construction sectors with customers including the equipment giant Caterpillar and Network Rail. It is thought to have a 90% share of the market for new rails used across Britain's railways. The mill in northern France also produces rails for the national railway operator SNCF and for customers in Western Europe. Greybull specialises in turning around struggling firms by taking controlling stakes and backing management teams.

Summary: A deal to save Tata Steel's Scunthorpe plant could be signed as soon as Monday, the BBC understands.


The tortoise, known as Speed, had been in geriatric decline for some time. Keepers at San Diego Zoo had used acupuncture and hydrotherapy to treat his arthritis and other ailments. Speed had been brought to California in 1933 as part of a programme to preserve the endangered species from the Volcan Cerro Azul island of the Galapagos, off Ecuador. Thirteen Galapagos tortoises remain at the zoo. The group has produced more than 90 offspring which can be found in many other zoos. Many of them have been sired by Speed.

Summary: A giant Galapagos tortoise more than 150 years old has been put down at a zoo in California.


BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Vincent Kearney said it is possible the weapon was an AK47, which has previously been used in dissident republican attacks. Up to eight shots struck the passenger side of the car parked at Rossnareen Avenue, at about 18:50 GMT on Thursday. Two male officers who were in the car were not injured but were said to have been badly shaken. Police described it as a "mindless, reckless attempt to kill officers". Dissident republicans are being blamed. Ch Supt Nigel Grimshaw said the police car's armour-plating and bullet-proof glass had stopped the officers from being seriously injured or killed. Detectives believe the attackers made off in a BMW car that had been waiting nearby at Tullagh Park. The car, which was fitted with a false Republic of Ireland registration plate, was later found abandoned and on fire at Cluain Mor Drive in the Beechmount area. Police described the gun used in the attack as "accurate firing". One of the officers was looking through the passenger window when it was struck by two bullets.

Summary: A military assault rifle was used in an attack on a police patrol car in west Belfast.


They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. The team have produced the most detailed map yet of the scale and potential of this hidden resource. Writing in the journal Environmental Research Letters , they stress that large scale drilling might not be the best way of increasing water supplies. Across Africa more than 300 million people are said not to have access to safe drinking water. Demand for water is set to grow markedly in coming decades due to population growth and the need for irrigation to grow crops. Freshwater rivers and lakes are subject to seasonal floods and droughts that can limit their availability for people and for agriculture. At present only 5% of arable land is irrigated. When water falls as rain or snow, much of it either flows into rivers or is used to provide moisture to plants and crops. What is left over trickles down to the layers of rock that sit beneath the soil. And just like a giant sponge, this ground water is held in the spaces between the rocks and in the tiny inter-connected spaces between individual grains in a rock like sandstone. These bodies of wet rock are referred to as aquifers. Ground water does not sit still in the aquifer but is pushed and pulled by gravity and the weight of water above it. The movement of the water through the aquifer removes many impurities and it is often cleaner than water on the surface. Now scientists have for the first time been able to carry out a continent-wide analysis of the water that is hidden under the surface in aquifers. Researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London (UCL) have mapped in detail the amount and potential yield of this groundwater resource across the continent. Helen Bonsor from the BGS is one of the authors of the paper. She says that up until now groundwater was out of sight and out of mind. She hopes the new maps will open people's eyes to the potential. "Where there's greatest ground water storage is in northern Africa, in the large sedimentary basins, in Libya, Algeria and Chad," she said. "The amount of storage in those basins is equivalent to 75m thickness of water across that area - it's a huge amount." Due to changes in climate that have turned the Sahara into a desert over centuries many of the aquifers underneath were last filled with water over 5,000 years ago. The scientists collated their information from existing hydro-geological maps from national governments as well as 283 aquifer studies. The researchers say their new maps indicate that many countries currently designated as "water scarce" have substantial groundwater reserves. However, the scientists are cautious about the best way of accessing these hidden resources. They suggest that widespread drilling of large boreholes might not work. Dr Alan MacDonald of the BGS, lead author of the study, told the BBC: "High-yielding boreholes should not be developed without a thorough understanding of the local

Summary: Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.


Top-flight sides Birmingham City and Manchester City will meet at the national stadium on Saturday, 13 May. The attendance is now set to surpass the 32,912 that saw Arsenal Ladies beat Chelsea 1-0 in the 2016 final. Wembley staged the event for the first time in 2015 and is set to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Birmingham - who won the trophy at Ashton Gate in 2012, in front of fewer than 9,000 people - are in their second final, while Women's Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City are yet to win the competition. The 2016 Women's Super League One champions beat Liverpool in this year's semi-finals, while Birmingham knocked out 2015 winners Chelsea on penalties.

Summary: The Women's FA Cup Final is set for a new competition-record crowd at Wembley, with 34,500 tickets already sold eight days before the 2017 final.


Police said the 43-year-old man was subjected to a "brutal" attack at Century Mill in Farnworth, Bolton, at about 12:00 BST on 9 June. He died four days later in hospital. Kathryn Colgan, 24, William Coughlan, 25, and Alex Colgan, 28, of Ramsay Avenue, Farnworth, and Ellis Hampson, 19, of Oakfield Drive, Little Hulton, have all been charged with murder. The four appeared before Manchester Crown Court and were bailed to return on 11 August. A 16-year-old boy who was also arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed pending further investigation.

Summary: Four people have been charged with murder over the death of a man who was attacked at a former mill.


There was a time when by-elections were a speciality of the Liberal Democrats. They enjoyed a string of famous by-election victories, snatching seats in Newbury, Eastleigh and Dunfermline West. Of course all that was before they went into government. In Corby they came fourth behind the UK Independence Party and lost their deposit. Their candidate, Jill Hope, admitted it was a setback but put it down to the "hard and unpopular decisions" the coalition government had been forced to make to tackle the economic mess it inherited. Even before the result was announced the Lib Dem President Tim Farron said his party was bound to get squeezed in a mid-term contest in a marginal seat. They did come second in the Manchester Central by-election, but their candidate Marc Ramsbottom saw a 17% swing against his party and mustered just 1,571 votes. In Cardiff, the Lib Dems came third after another slump in their vote. In the elections for Police and Crime Commissioners, in England and Wales, the party did little better. The Lib Dems came fourth behind UKIP in Wiltshire and Northumberland and fourth behind an independent in Merseyside. In South Yorkshire, Nick Clegg's backyard, the party came fifth behind both UKIP and the English Democrats. As we have reported, the turnout was very low, but Lib Dems are supposed to be good at local campaigning, getting their supporters out. Party morale has suffered another serious blow.

Summary: The results of Thursday's elections make grim reading for the Liberal Democrats.


Bradley Lowery, from Blackhall Colliery, near Hartlepool, was cheered by Sunderland fans when he appeared as a mascot for the team in September. Opponents Everton pledged £200,000 towards his appeal fund. His mother, Gemma, has revealed his cancer has grown and treatment would only give him more time. Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013, and underwent two years of "gruelling" chemotherapy. It went into remission but returned in an aggressive form in June, and his only hope lay in antibody treatment in New York. The family had hit the target, but his mother has now posted on Facebook; "I'm devastated to let you know that his cancer has continued to grow. "We have had a meeting with Bradley's consultant and he has given us three options but... they all have the same outcome and that is Bradley will lose his fight. "I honestly have no words to say how heartbroken I am right now. "I really don't know how I'm going to make a decision either to take my baby home and have a couple of months with him or put him through more gruelling treatment that could leave him fighting for his life and to have the same outcome." On hearing the news Sunderland AFC tweeted: "Keep fighting, Bradley!"

Summary: The parents of a five-year-old cancer sufferer who raised £700,000 for treatment in the US have been told he has only has months to live.


Media playback is unsupported on your device 12 June 2015 Last updated at 08:12 BST Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, along with three of the main stars - Bob, Kevin and Stuart - hit the yellow carpet. Sandra voices the movie's villain, Scarlet Overkill, BBC entertainment reporter Chi Chi Izundu sent Newsround this report from the star-studded premiere. Minions opens in cinemas on June 26

Summary: Minions mania hit London on Thursday night, as the new film starring the loveable yellow characters had its world premiere.


Leahy, 24, scored 12 goals in 158 appearances with Falkirk, having joined the club from Rugby Town in 2012. The left-back made 38 appearances last season, helping the club finish second in the Scottish second tier before they lost to Dundee United in the play-offs. He joins Walsall on a free transfer after his contract expired and is the League One club's first summer signing. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Walsall have signed defender Luke Leahy on a two-year contract from Scottish Championship side Falkirk.


Chasing 273, England collapsed from 100-0 to 164 all out, with Mehedi Hasan taking 6-77 and Shakib Al Hasan 4-49. They earlier dismissed the hosts for 296 after dropping four catches. Bangladesh had only beaten Zimbabwe and a weakened West Indies team in 95 previous Tests, but the 108-run win means the series finished 1-1. England needed their highest successful run chase in Asia and looked well set after a century opening partnership between Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett. But they lost all 10 wickets in 22.5 overs in the final session as Bangladesh secured the biggest win in their history. Bangladesh had lost 72 of their previous Tests and last played in August 2015 because of security concerns in the country. Duckett (56) scored his first Test half-century but was bowled by 19-year-old off-spinner Mehedi with the first ball after tea, prompting the stunning collapse - the third worst in history by a team who had been 100 without loss. Joe Root was lbw in the following over to Shakib, before Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali were dismissed in the same Mehedi over shortly afterwards. Cook made 59 but, despite successfully overturning one dismissal, the England captain was caught off Mehedi by Mominul Haque at silly point. Shakib then dismissed Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid and Zafar Ansari in quick succession. Fittingly, Mehedi took the final wicket of Steven Finn to finish with six in the innings, 12 in the match and 19 in the series. Openers Cook and Duckett, who batted together for the first time in the first Test in Chittagong, had only managed a best partnership of 26 in their previous three innings. Duckett, 22, impressed with an aggressive 56, hitting seven fours and a six, and played a number of reverse sweeps and pull shots. Bangladesh bowled all four spinners in the session leading up to tea but they took no wickets in helpful conditions. Cook had scored four, 12 and 14 in the series but also batted fluently in a period that seemed to swing the game in England's favour. England will rue their failure to take early wickets as Bangladesh added 116 runs in the morning session and Cook's side dropped four catches. Imrul Kayes scored 78 but was dropped at leg slip by Cook off Ansari, and then by Root off Moeen in the first 10 overs of the day. Both were difficult catches but Duckett dropped a simple chance at deep mid-wicket later in the session with Shakib the batsman to benefit. Finn also put down a difficult diving chance, while England chose not to review the umpire's decision on two occasions when replays showed the batsman would have been given out had they done so. Kayes' innings and 41 from Shakib helped Bangladesh to 268-7 at lunch, but Stokes (3-52) and Rashid (4-52) helped England knock over the tail in 26 balls after lunch. Media playback is not supported on this device Former England spinner Vic Marks on BBC Test Match Special That was extraordinary. I don't think I've seen a series where

Summary: Bangladesh claimed their first Test win over England as the tourists lost 10 wickets for 64 runs after tea on day three of the second Test in Dhaka.


The package includes a Â£250 Carer's Bonus for those looking after others for 35 hours a week or more. Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood called for a northern powerhouse for Wales in a speech at Bangor University. Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon visited Wales to meet business leaders. Also on Thursday, Wales Green leader Pippa Bartolotti called for the legalisation of cannabis for medical use in a speech in Cardiff. Speaking of the Lib Dems' plans, Mr Clegg said: "Our new Carer's Package will ensure society pays back the service that carers give to their loved ones and the community, easing the pressure they are under, and providing the support needed to live happier, more fulfilling lives." As for Plaid Cymru's call for a northern powerhouse, Ms Wood told students: "Devolution from London cannot stop at Cardiff Bay - there must be a devolution dividend for all Wales, for all communities. "This is especially the case for those furthest away from the capital. Wales is a community of communities."

Summary: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has unveiled measures to help people providing unpaid care for family and friends as he campaigns in mid Wales.


Philip Stevens, five, and two-year-old Izaak were suffocated by their mother Melanie, 37, before she hanged herself, the inquest in Caernarfon heard. Their bodies were found at home in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, in December last year after relatives contacted police. The inquest was told the mother-of-five's other children were safe at the home of a relative. North west Wales coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones recorded a verdict of suicide for Ms Stevens and unlawful killing for Philip and Izaak. He said that Ms Stevens had left letters, which he declined to read out at the inquest, which he described as "goodbye-type letters" which indicated she had had enough of life. PC Adrian Wyn Owen told the inquest that concerns were raised that Ms Stevens' car was parked outside her home, but relatives were unable to make contact. After initially visiting the house on the afternoon of 19 December, PC Owen returned again that evening with PC Raymond Williams and they took the decision to force entry. The downstairs of the property was tidy and decked out in Christmas decorations with presents laid out under the tree, the inquest heard. PC Williams, who knew Ms Stevens and the boys, went upstairs where he discovered their bodies. There were two handwritten notes nearby. The coroner said: "They are clearly where she is saying goodbye to somebody and she is saying that she has had enough of life." PC Williams said his first concern was the welfare of the older children. "I was aware of the three other children and we searched the other rooms but they were not in the house," he said. "I decided to call a close relative of Melanie, without letting them know at that stage what had happened, to ascertain the other children were safe, and they were." The officers said there was no evidence that any other people had been involved in the incident. The inquest heard that Ms Stevens was six months pregnant, although she had undergone a sterilisation procedure. Nicholas Smith, Izaak's father, read from a prepared statement after the hearing in which he paid tribute to both boys. "Izaak and Pip were full of beautiful innocence and happiness and everybody that knew them just loved them. They were wonderful boys," he said. "They were just like any other boys, excitable, messy, funny, inquisitive. They were taking on the world like children do. "Everybody who knew them has their own story to tell about what they were like. "I first met Pip when he was a few weeks old, almost six years ago, he grew up calling me daddy and I treated him like one of my own children. "Izaak was so special to me and I cherish every moment that we were together. He was my future. We were father and son and the hopes that I held for us are now gone and there is no plan B." Mr Smith said their mother's actions had taken "some of the innocence and beauty out of this world and left it a different place". "For a long time there

Summary: Two children were unlawfully killed by their pregnant mother who then took her own life, a coroner has recorded.


The Iron scored twice in the last 10 minutes to make a contest of it, but they left themselves with too much to do, having fallen 3-0 down midway through the second half. The visitors were fortunate to go in only a goal down at half-time, a Dale lead deservedly earned in the 41st minute when Joe Thompson side-footed home Joe Bunney's delivery. But Rochdale had also seen an Ian Henderson finish ruled out for handball, while Iron goalkeeper Luke Daniels had brilliantly saved Harrison McGahey's shot. Keith Hill's team doubled their lead in the 53rd minute through Ollie Rathbone and appeared to have made the result safe when substitute Calvin Andrew made it three with 15 minutes remaining. Substitute Tom Hopper's 81st-minute close-range finish offered Scunthorpe a glimmer of hope. Graham Alexander's men then set up a tense finale when Josh Morris' free-kick was side-footed home by Neal Bishop shortly afterwards, but Rochdale hung on for a deserved victory. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2. Second Half ends, Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2. Foul by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale). Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, Rochdale. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing replaces Ian Henderson. Attempt missed. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United). Ian Henderson (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale). Attempt missed. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Oliver Rathbone. Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Oliver Rathbone (Rochdale). Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 2. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Morris. Scott Wiseman (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale). Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 1. Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Morris. Foul by Calvin Andrew (Rochdale). Charlie Goode (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt missed. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Joe Bunney (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United). Attempt missed. Sam Mantom (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Harrison McGahey. Goal! Rochdale 3, Scunthorpe United 0. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ian Henderson. Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Joe Bunney. Attempt missed. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Summary: League One leaders Scunthorpe United suffered their third defeat of the season as Rochdale held on to win at Spotland.


The homes are planned to be for social or mid-market rent and it is hoped they will all be completed by 2021. Glasgow City Council's executive committee also approved £20m to improve existing housing. Of this, £14m was announced last month as part of scheme to upgrade homes and make them available for social renting. The £34m four-year improvement and repair scheme is also being funded with £20m from the Scottish government. The funding to build homes is to be channelled through housing associations over the next four years. Eight sites in the area have been identified for development. As part of the strategy, Govanhill Housing Association has also committed £3.7m to new housing and repairs for the duration of the four year period. Overall this means there are plans to invest more than £44m in housing in Govanhill over the next four years. Councillor George Redmond: "This is an impressive document and points to the way ahead in Govanhill." "Significant sums are being invested in Govanhill and it is great news that part of that money will go towards new housing. "The council has been working exceptionally hard to turn things around in Govanhill and we are starting to see real progress being made." He said that while the council was keen to work with all property owners in Govanhill, he warned the council would use power of compulsory purchase against those who refused to get on board with the plans.

Summary: About 350 homes are to be built in the Govanhill area of Glasgow under a £6.4m council initiative to help "turn the area around".


Media playback is not supported on this device Fury upset Klitschko last November to secure the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles but was charged by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) in June. A provisional suspension was lifted pending an independent investigation. Fury, who fights Klitschko at the Manchester Arena, has denied any wrongdoing and threatened to sue Ukad. Co-promoter Frank Warren said: "After all the injuries and contractual problems, there is no danger of the fight not happening." I'm just waiting for my revenge. I'm obsessed with the goal of getting the belts back. The road to Fury-Klitschko II has been a rocky one. It was originally scheduled for July before the 28-year-old Englishman turned an ankle in training. In June, the media got wind that Fury and his cousin Hughie, also a heavyweight boxer, had been charged with a doping offence after the banned substance nandrolone was allegedly discovered in their urine samples. However, the samples were taken 19 months ago, nine months before Fury outpointed his Ukrainian rival, 40, in Dusseldorf. Fury claims he was told by Ukad that he would face no action over the test and that a blood test taken at the time, as well as all tests since, revealed no traces. Hughie's case will also be reviewed by the National Anti-Doping Panel. Fury's long-time promoter Mick Hennessy said he was "very, very confident" that his fighter would be exonerated after the investigation. Fury did not attend Monday's news conference in London because his car broke down on the way down from his home in Morecambe. But his uncle and trainer Peter Fury said the boxer was "very upset" with Ukad and the way he has been treated by the British public. "There's been chaos around this fight, especially with Ukad slipping statements out to the press," said Peter Fury. "Tyson was found guilty before he was even tried. But I told him that the main thing is he knows what the truth is and that it will come out eventually." At a news conference to announce the first fight between the two rivals, Fury turned up as Batman, prompting Klitschko to speculate that perhaps he had dressed as the Invisible Man on Monday. Klitschko, who had threatened to sue Fury's team over alleged contract tampering, also suggested his rival might not even show up on fight night. "I wouldn't have been surprised if Tyson Fury had turned up and sung a song, so I'm not surprised he hasn't turned up at all," said Klitschko, whose defeat by Fury in their first encounter was his first for more than 11 years. "Even if it doesn't happen in October, I will wait. I've never had such a long break between fights but I've been active, even if I haven't been competing. "I'm just waiting for my revenge. I just hope he's going to turn up. "I'm enjoying being the challenger. It has been a great experience for me and it has made me obsessed with the goal of getting the belts back again." "I don't feel my

Summary: A hearing into Tyson Fury's charge for an alleged doping violation will take place in November, after his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on 29 October.


The 56-year-old man, from Essex, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in a field off Burrows Lane, in the Middle Stoke area, on Sunday. His next of kin have been informed. No-one else was in the aircraft. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) attended and are investigating the cause of the crash, which happened at about 16:18 GMT. Louise Holloway, who lives nearby, was outside in the garden when she heard a "huge bang" and saw "a massive orange flash right across the sky". "One man ran across the field but there was no way the pilot could have got out. It's really sad," she said. Representatives from UK Power Networks and fire crews also attended.

Summary: A pilot has died after his microlight hit an electricity pylon and burst into flames near Rochester in Kent.


The reactor at Yongbyon has been the source of plutonium for North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. The White House said North Korea should "focus instead on fulfilling its international obligations". The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal. But Pyongyang vowed to restart it in 2013, following its third nuclear test and amid high regional tensions. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the international community would not accept North Korea as a nuclear state. "We will work with our partners in the context of the six-party talks to try to return North Korea to a posture of fulfilling those commitments that they have made," he said. "We will repeat our call that North Korea should refrain from the irresponsible provocations that aggravate regional tension and should focus instead on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments." Six-nation talks involving South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia aimed at ending the North's nuclear programme have been stalled since 2009. Experts believe that, when fully operational, the Yongbyon reactor can make one nuclear bomb's worth of plutonium per year. A US think-tank said this year that satellite images suggested work had started at the Yongbyon complex. But Tuesday's announcement was the first official confirmation from North Korea that it had restarted operations there. The state-run news agency KCNA said North Korea was improving its nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity". It said that the North was ready to face US hostility with "nuclear weapons any time". However, experts say North Korea's nuclear capabilities are unclear. Pyongyang claims it has made a device small enough to fit a nuclear warhead on to a missile, which it could launch at its enemies. But US officials have cast doubt on the claim. North Korea has made bellicose threats against its neighbours and the US before, often to coincide with annual joint military exercises held by South Korea and US forces. The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Summary: The US has warned North Korea to refrain from "irresponsible provocation" after the communist state said its main nuclear facility had resumed normal operations.


Led by Rev Syd Graham, the private service for the couple from Bankfoot was held in Perth Crematorium on Crieff Road at 12:00. The event lasted about 45 minutes and was also be broadcast on speakers outside the crematorium. The funeral of Jim and Anne McQuire, the other Scots couple killed in the Sousse attacks, took place on Friday. The Grahams were visiting the resort to celebrate Mrs Graham's 50th birthday. Mr Graham, 51, had worked as a turnstile operator at St Johnstone Football Club for seven years. They were among the 30 Britons who died in the attack on 26 June, which killed 38 people. Three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian also died.

Summary: The funeral for Billy and Lisa Graham, who were killed in last month's terror attacks in Tunisia, has taken place.


Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) led the international investigation. Security sources have told the BBC that the NCSC believes that a hacking group known as Lazarus launched the attack. The US Computer Emergency Response Team has also warned about Lazarus. The same group is believed to have targeted Sony Pictures in 2014. The Sony hack came as the company planned to release the movie The Interview, a satire about the North Korean leadership starring Seth Rogen. The movie was eventually given a limited release after an initial delay. The same group is also thought to have been behind the theft of money from banks. In May, ransomware called WannaCry swept across the world, locking computers and demanding payment for them to be unlocked. The NHS in the UK was particularly badly hit. Officials in Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) began their own investigation and concluded their assessment in recent weeks. The ransomware did not target Britain or the NHS specifically, and may well have been a money-making scheme that got out of control, particularly since the hackers do not appear to have retrieved any of the ransom money as yet. Although the group is based in North Korea the exact role of the leadership in Pyongyang in ordering the attack is less clear. Private sector cyber-security researchers around the world began picking apart the code to try to understand who was behind the attack soon after. Adrian Nish, who leads the cyber threat intelligence team at BAE Systems, saw overlaps with previous code developed by the Lazarus group. "It seems to tie back to the same code-base and the same authors," Nish says. "The code-overlaps are significant." Private sector cyber security researchers reverse engineered the code but the British assessment by the NCSC - part of the intelligence agency GCHQ - is likely to have been made based on a wider set of sources. America's NSA has also more recently made the link to North Korea but its assessment is not thought to have been based on as deep as an investigation as the UK, partly because the US was not hit as hard by the incident. Officials say they have not seen any significant evidence supporting other possible culprits. North Korean hackers have been linked to money-making attacks in the past - such as the theft of $81m from the central bank of Bangladesh in 2016. This sophisticated attack involved making transfers through the Swift payment system which, in some cases, were then laundered through casinos in the Philippines. "It was one of the biggest bank heists of all time in physical space or in cyberspace," says Nish, who says further activity has been seen in banks in Poland and Mexico. The Lazarus group has also been linked to the use of ransomware - including against a South Korean supermarket chain. Other analysts say they saw signs of North Korea investigating the bitcoin method of payment in recent months. The May 2017 attack was indiscriminate rather than targeted. Its spread was global and may have only been slowed thanks

Summary: British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the NHS and other organisations around the world last month, the BBC has learned.


Sixty seasonal workers have had their contracts terminated early and eight permanent staff have been made redundant at Surf Snowdonia in Dolgarrog, Conwy Valley. The lagoon, which generates a man-made wave using new technology, suffered its third fault last week since it opened at the end of July. Bosses have apologised to customers. The lagoon was filled with more than six million gallons (33,000 cubic metres) of filtered rainwater for its opening but a fault led to it being emptied in August. It was also shut for five days earlier in September due to a tear in the lagoon liner. The latest fault is due to a "serious failure" of the main drive mechanism of the wave generating machinery which could take three months to repair. Martin Ainscough, chairman of the Ainscough Group which owns Surf Snowdonia, said: "This is a very disappointing day for us all at Surf Snowdonia, and we know it's especially difficult for our excellent staff and for all of the people who have booked to come surfing with us. "During the winter closure period we will be making further investment in order to improve the surf lagoon and broaden our offer. "Surf Snowdonia was always intended as a long term investment in our group and our extra investment over the winter will prove our absolute commitment to make Surf Snowdonia a success." The attraction received Â£4m of Welsh government funding in 2014. A Welsh government spokesman said: "We share the disappointment of the team at Surf Snowdonia, their customers and staff. "This innovative attraction has proved so popular since its launch and we welcome the further investment over coming winter months and are assured the attraction will return even bigger and better in time for the 2016 season." The facility is due to reopen next spring.

Summary: A new surf lagoon in north Wales has shut eight weeks early for the winter due to mechanical issues, bosses said.


Images of the capsule landing in Inner Mongolia at 10:05 local time (02:05 GMT) were shown live on television. The astronauts, including China's first woman in space, carried out a successful manual docking with the Tiangong-1 laboratory module. The mission is a key step towards China's goal of building a space station by 2020. Premier Wen Jiabao hailed the mission as a "complete success". By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The smiles said it all. Jing Haipeng, commander of the Shenzhou-9 crew, was the first to emerge from the return capsule, followed by his flight engineers Liu Wang and the country's first woman astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 mission posted a series of firsts: the first manned automatic and manual dockings; the first long-duration spaceflight; and the first crew to live aboard a permanently orbiting module, Tiangong-1. Beijing has long talked about its three-step strategy. The first step was the development of the Shenzhou capsule system itself, the second involved the technologies needed for spacewalking and docking, and the third is China's own space station. But a word of caution. Spaceflight, to quote the old cliche, is hard, and at some point the Chinese programme will encounter problems. The history of spaceflight tells us unfortunately that some adversity is inevitable. It will be interesting then to see how the Beijing authorities react. Jonathan Amos' full analysis "This is another outstanding contribution by the Chinese people to humanity's efforts to explore and use space," Mr Wen said in Beijing. "It feels so good to stand on Earth, and it feels even better to be home," astronaut Liu Wang was quoted by national broadcaster CCTV as saying. "Tiangong-1, our home in space, was comfortable and pleasant. We're very proud of our nation," female astronaut Liu Yang said. The crew of the Shenzhou-9 craft successfully carried out the country's manual docking manoeuvre earlier in the week. The delicate procedure, which involved bringing together two orbiting vessels travelling at thousands of miles an hour, was mastered by the USSR and US space teams in the 1960s. The crew also carried out automatic docking of the two crafts during their mission. The three astronauts returned to the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Thursday and performed a manual separation from the space laboratory. They touched down in Inner Mongolia's Siziwang county, with the capsule deploying a parachute to slow its approach. All the astronauts were in good health, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. They were shown on CCTV leaving the capsule carried on chairs, smiling as they waved to supporters. The crew included Jing Haipeng, 45, the mission commander and a veteran astronaut, Liu Yang, 33, and Liu Wang, 43, who performed the manual docking. Ms Liu, 33, is a major in China's air force from the central province of Henan. On China's Tencent QQ messaging service, she goes by the name "little Flying Knight". She was recruited into China's space programme only two years ago, but she excelled, the official news agency Xinhua says. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched on 16 June.

Summary: A Chinese space capsule carrying three crew members has returned to Earth following a 13-day mission.


Police said three 15-year-olds, two 16-year-olds and one 17-year-old struck 14 times in less than a month, threatening Birmingham motorists with knives and a firearm. They have been given sentences of between five years and six months at youth offenders institutions. All six pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob. Read more news for Birmingham and the Black Country At Birmingham Crown Court, one of the 15-year-olds, from Great Barr, was given five years after admitting conspiracy to rob, conspiracy to possess an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and dangerous driving. A second 15-year-old, from Bordesley Green, was given three years, while a 16-year-old, from Shard End, was sentenced to two years. The 17-year-old, from Quinton, and the second 16-year-old, from Woodgate Valley, were given eight months. The third 15-year-old, from Winson Green, was given six months. Several motorists were physically assaulted and a moped rider was hit with a hammer as he tried to run away, West Midlands Police said. It said they struck three times on the evening of 7 September, stealing a VW Polo at knifepoint in Winson Green and taking mopeds from two bikers in Kingstanding and Handsworth. Examination of phones seized from the teen robbers revealed chat groups used to plan and boast about offences, suggestions on where to hide evidence and what to steal, West Midlands Police said. Det Con Sam Price said: "These were very nasty offences and really quite shocking given their ages. "Looking at the message exchanges they seemed to revel in the thrill of committing offences and almost deemed it as some kind of sick game."

Summary: A teenage gang which carried out violent car-jackings used chat groups to plan and boast about offences.


Adelie Ireland, which took over The Bite Group last year, has now gone into administration. The company based in the Lackaboy Industrial Estate makes sandwiches and snack foods for convenience stores and retail outlets. Staff were sent home after being informed of the news on Friday. Administrators are examining the options for the future of the business.

Summary: About 80 jobs are at risk at a food manufacturer and distributor in Enniskillen.


Details of a major hack emerged last week, but officials have now given details of a potential second breach. It is feared that the attack could leave US security personnel or their families open to blackmail. The agency involved, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), is yet to comment on the reports. Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press (AP) news agency, believe the attackers have targeted the forms submitted by intelligence and military personnel for security clearances. The document includes personal information - everything from eye colour, to financial history, to past substance abuse, as well as contact details for the individual's friends and relatives. A 127-page vetting document called Standard Form 86 may have been accessed. Among the questions potential employees are asked: A White House statement said investigators had a "high degree of confidence" that background information on government employees had been accessed. Joel Brenner, a former US counterintelligence official, called the data a "gold mine" for hackers. It is also believed the breach of personal data of US government workers announced last week may be far larger than previously reported. Initial estimates put the number of people potentially affected at four million, but officials close to the investigation told AP that as many as 14 million might be involved. The US has said the hackers, thought to be behind both attacks, are believed to be based in China. Beijing called the claims "irresponsible". The Obama administration meanwhile announced further measures to beef up cybersecurity on Friday. "Recent events underscore the need to accelerate the administration's cyber strategy and confront aggressive, persistent malicious actors that continue to target our nation's cyber infrastructure," a White House statement said.

Summary: Hackers with suspected links to China appear to have accessed sensitive data on US intelligence and military personnel, American officials say.


There will then be a huge bridge party in South Queensferry with live music headlined by Scottish rockers Big Country and guests Bwani Junction. The finale will be a fireworks display at 10:06pm in recognition of the bridge's 1,006m span. Tickets for the procession and party, on 13 September, go on sale on Friday. The event will end with a giant outdoor ceilidh, the "Forth Fling". There will be a free shuttle bus as there will be no local parking. The procession is only open to over-16s. The party is open to under-16s if they are accompanied by an adult. The bridge will close to all traffic in both directions at 22:00 for 30 minutes during the fireworks display. Lesley Hinds, convener of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority, said: "The Forth Road Bridge was a huge engineering achievement for Scotland when it opened in 1964, and in the 50 years since it has provided fantastic service, carrying over double the weight and volume of traffic envisaged by the engineers who designed it. The bridge has transformed the economy of the east of Scotland and the lives of millions who now take crossing the Forth for granted. "With the new Queensferry Crossing set to open in 2016, this is a pivotal moment in the history of the bridge." Funding for the event has come from Homecoming Scotland, Edinburgh City Council and Fife Council.

Summary: Thousands of torch-bearers will form a kilometre-long river of fire during celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge.


People in the South Ham area of Basingstoke complained about the noise coming from the ground between 22:00 BST on Saturday and 08:00 on Sunday. The club has apologised, blaming a wi-fi receiver picking up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis. Resident Leighton Oliver has criticised the club for not acting sooner to stop the noise. He added it could be heard three miles away. Another resident, who did not want to be named, told BBC Radio Berkshire he was woken by a "horrible scraping noise". "It was like someone had put a microphone beside a really badly tuned radio," he said. "It was so loud I'd be surprised if anyone got any sleep." Basingstoke Town FC chairman Raffi Razzak said: "It's very unusual - it seems that the wi-fi in our PA box, which has been there for years for some reason, has started to pick up the frequencies of the radio systems of taxis. "It was coming and going when a taxi passed with [its] music on. "We never thought for one minute it could pick up signals from outside." He said the system would be completely turned off when not in use in the future. A Hampshire Police spokesman said officers had checked the premises after a call from a member of the public concerned that the social club may have been broken to. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council said its out-of-hours call centre received six calls about the noise. "We will be speaking to the football club to clarify what exactly happened and the safeguards and procedures they have in place to ensure a situation like this doesn't happen again," a spokeswoman said.

Summary: Hundreds of people suffered a sleepless night when a football stadium's PA system played loud, distorted music.


Fe gafodd criwiau eu galw i stad ddiwydiannol ar Rodfa Llanelwy, Bae Cinmel, am tua 17:45 ddydd Mawrth. Dywedodd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru fod y gyffordd rhwng Ffordd y Foryd a Rhodfa Cader ar gau ym Mharc Busnes Tir Llwyd. Mae chwech o griwiau tân o'r Rhyl, Prestatyn, Bae Colwyn ac Abergele yn bresennol. Mewn datganiad dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru: "Ry'n ni'n gofyn i'r cyhoedd osgoi'r ardal os oedd modd. "Mae nifer o adeiladau yn yr ardal wedi cael eu gwagio rhag ofn gan fod mwg trwchus o gwmpas y lle. "Mae disgwyl i'r gwasanaethau brys aros ar y safle am beth amser er mwyn delio gyda'r sefyllfa."

Summary: Mae diffoddwyr yn mynd i'r afael â thân mawr mewn garej yn Sir Conwy.


Mr Anderson was diagnosed 18 months ago but has spoken about it publicly for the first time for an Alzheimer's Society walk launch on Thursday. The 83-year-old, who lives in Henley-on-Thames, said of living with the condition: "I've lost my freedom." Thunderbirds was filmed on Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire and was first broadcast in 1965. Speaking on BBC Berkshire he said: "I don't think I realised at all. It was my wife Mary who began to notice that I would do something quite daft like putting the kettle in the sink and waiting for it to boil. "Finally I was persuaded to go and see the doctor and eventually I was confronted with the traditional test - a piece of paper with drawings on it, taking a pencil and copying them. "I thought 'Why are they doing this? A child could do this'. "But when I started to copy the drawings, that wasn't the case. What is Alzheimer's Disease? "I started to get in a muddle. That's when I began to realise that there was something wrong." Mr Anderson, who also created the marionette puppet series Joe 90 and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, said being told he was no longer able to drive "was the bitterest blow of all". "That virtually took away my freedom. It meant that I couldn't go to Pinewood studios where I worked, and this depressed me enormously because my film work was my life. "Suddenly my life was cut off. Since I've had Alzheimer's I've realised how debilitating it is. It can affect your life in so many ways that you don't think about." Mr Anderson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in early 2010 but his son Jamie said the family noticed recurring symptoms "five or six years ago". "Little things like losing his way on car journeys he's done for 20 years or more, using very strange ingredients when making soups, struggling to dial numbers," he said. "We look with hindsight now and we see symptoms that were recurring five or six years ago and if we'd bitten the bullet and dealt with it then perhaps it would have been different." Mr Anderson will be taking part in the Windsor Memory Walk with Jamie on 13 October in support of the Alzheimer's Society, which is encouraging people to sign up for the walks that will take place around England. Alzheimer's Society chief executive Jeremy Hughes said: "We're so grateful to Gerry for supporting Memory Walk. "By speaking out about his dementia he's spreading the message much further that it can happen to anyone."

Summary: The creator of Thunderbirds, Gerry Anderson, has revealed he has Alzheimer's Disease.


Seven organisations have issued joint advice on vitamin D, which the body gets from natural sunlight. The nutrient keeps bones strong, and protects against conditions like osteoporosis. The guidance was drawn up because it is thought fears about skin cancer have made people too cautious about being in the sun. Cancer Research UK and the National Osteoporosis Society are among the bodies which agree that "little and frequent" spells in summer sunshine several times a week can benefit your health. The experts now say it is fine to go outside in strong sun in the middle of the day, as long as you cover up or apply sunscreen before your skin goes red. Professor Rona Mackie, from the British Association of Dermatologists, said: "Total sun protection with high factor suncream on all the time is not ideal, in terms of vitamin D levels. "Even Australia has changed its policy on this. They're now producing charts showing parts of Australia where sun protection may not be required during some parts of the year. "Some of the messages about sun exposure have been too negative. UK summer sunshine isn't desperately strong. We don't have many days in the year when it is very intense. "What's changed is that we're now saying that exposure of 10 to 15 minutes to the UK summer sun, without suncream, several times a week is probably a safe balance between adequate vitamin D levels and any risk of skin cancer." Official government advice already recommends vitamin D supplements for pregnant women and children aged under five. But the experts who wrote the joint statement say mothers often are not made aware of this recommendation. They suggest women consult their GP. Winter levels of vitamin D can be helped by a break in the tropical sun - or by eating oily fish, liver and fortified margarine. Cancer Research UK's chief clinician, Professor Peter Johnson, said: "A good diet and sensible sun exposure will be adequate for the great majority of the UK population to minimise their cancer risk. "The area of vitamin D and cancer is complex. "There's some evidence, which is strongest in bowel cancer, that low levels of vitamin D in the blood correlate with the risk of developing cancer. "But that doesn't mean those low levels cause bowel cancer. "We think overall that low levels of vitamin D are unlikely to be major contributors to the chances of developing cancer in the UK population." The joint statement also highlighted questions about vitamin D that warrant further research. These include finding out the optimal levels of vitamin D, and more detail about the role of dietary sources and supplements.

Summary: New health advice recommends short spells in the sun - without suncream and in the middle of the day.


Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial bombardment in years. Supplies of medicine and blood are running low, as a three-week siege by the army begins to have an impact. An air strike on a pumping station has also left many areas without water. "The planes are not leaving the skies at all," Brita Hagi Hassan, president of the rebel city council, told Reuters news agency. "Life in the city is paralysed." "Everyone is cooped up in their homes, sitting in the basements. These missiles are even targeting the basements and shelters that we'd set up to protect people." Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Bashar al-Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east. In the past year, troops have gradually broken the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes. Earlier this month, they severed the rebels' last route into the east and placed its 250,000 residents under siege. A short-lived truce brokered by the US and Russia provided them with a brief respite, but its collapse last Monday led to the Syrian military launching an offensive to take full control of the city. Since then, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the deaths of 248 people in rebel-held parts of Aleppo and its surrounding countryside. Dozens of air strikes overnight killed 12 people, including three children, the UK-based monitoring group reported on Monday. Bebars Mishal, a rescue worker from the Syria Civil Defence, alleged that aircraft were "using all kinds of weapons - phosphorus and napalm and cluster bombs". The US, UK and France, which back the rebels, have also accused Syrian government and Russian forces of using bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground shelters, dropping incendiary weapons indiscriminately on civilian areas, and targeting war pumping stations. Aref al-Aref, an intensive care medial worker, said hospitals in rebel-held Aleppo were "overwhelmed with wounded people" and that "things are starting to run out". "We are unable to bring anything in... not equipment and not even medical staff. Some medical staff are in the countryside, unable to come in because of the siege," he told Reuters. Abd Arrahman Alomar, a paediatrician who works for the Syrian American Medical Society, warned there were only 30 doctors still inside eastern Aleppo and that there was only enough fuel to run hospital generators for 20 days. The charity Save the Children meanwhile reported that one of the main hospitals still operating in the area was directly hit with a barrel bomb on Monday. Rescue efforts have also been hampered by the reported destruction of three Syria Civil Defence fire engines and two ambulances in air strikes in the past week. Several charity kitchens were also closed on Monday because of the violence, while an AFP news agency correspondent said food prices had risen significantly. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that President Obama was "deeply concerned" by

Summary: US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces.


A statement issued by the region said the player had failed to recover from a head injury he suffered during the Premiership Sevens in August 2015. The 25-year-old started his career with Blackwood and played sevens for Wales. "I am devastated that I have been forced to retire from rugby through injury, but I know that it is the right decision," said Pewtner. In May 2015, another Dragons player Ashley Smith had to retire at the age of 28 following a "series of concussive events". And in September former Wales back-row Jonathan Thomas retired after being diagnosed with epilepsy linked to head traumas suffered while playing. Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones added: "It saddens us all to hear that Matthew has been forced to retire. "We are all grateful for Matthew's fantastic contribution to the team throughout the years he has been with the region. We wish him all the best for the future." In addition to playing seven for Wales, Pewtner was capped at under-20 level in 2009-10. He said he would be studying for a teaching qualification.

Summary: Newport Gwent Dragons wing Matthew Pewtner has been forced to retire from injury on medical advice.


The man is said to have been trying to gather details about a German parliamentary committee that is investigating claims of US espionage. German authorities have asked the US ambassador for "swift clarification". The US National Security Agency (NSA) was last year accused of bugging the phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel as part of a huge surveillance programme. The scale of the agency's global spy programme was revealed in documents leaked last year by a former intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden. The revelations about the NSA put a strain on ties between Germany and the US and raised feeling in Germany against American surveillance. The BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin says the new allegation of American spying on an ally may make it harder for the US to get German help in its efforts to oppose Russian activity in Ukraine, and also to control Iranian nuclear ambitions. German media say the man arrested this week is a 31-year-old employee of the federal service, the BND or Bundesnachrichtendienst. The German federal prosecutor's office confirmed the man's arrest, but gave no other details. A spokesman for Ms Merkel said she had been informed of the arrest, as had the members of the nine-strong parliamentary committee investigating the activities of foreign intelligence agencies in Germany. "The matter is serious, it is clear," spokesman Steffen Seibert told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper, Der Spiegel news magazine said the man was believed to have passed secret documents to a US contact in exchange for money. However, one unnamed politician told Reuters news agency the suspect had offered his services to the US voluntarily. "This was a man who had no direct contact with the investigative committee... He was not a top agent," the source said. Germany is particularly sensitive to reports of espionage on its territory because many of its citizens from the formerly communist east of the country were spied upon by the Stasi secret police.

Summary: An employee of Germany's intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US, reports say.


Hurtling round the extremely dangerous 38-mile (61km) street course at an average speed of nearly 132mph (212km/h), takes immense skill and nerves of steel. But what makes him so much faster than many of his rivals on near identical bikes? Some of the sponsors of his Honda 1,000cc bike wanted to find out using the appliance of science. Data analytics firm EMC, sportswear maker Alpinestars, and sensor specialist Freescale Semiconductor, fitted his bike and suit with a battery of biometric and mechanical sensors to record every aspect of man and machine in action. "It was a bit nerve-wracking - there were wires everywhere," the 43-year-old road-racing champion tells the BBC. "There were even temperature sensors down my underpants. "But once the visor's down you forget all about that." The team tested the technology at the Monteblanco circuit in Huelva, Spain, comparing McGuinness' performance against that of motorcycle journalist, Adam Child. Then they tested the kit in race conditions during June's Isle of Man TT race. The results were surprising, not least to McGuinness himself. Fifty sensors measured everything from front and rear wheel velocities to throttle usage; banking angles to gear changes; acceleration and braking rates to suspension travel. The sensors in his suit even allowed them to analyse his position on the bike at different points of the course. But it was the biometric sensors on McGuinness himself that revealed a lot about the racer's secret to success. It turns out that he really does have ice in his veins, figuratively speaking. Even bombing down roads at top speeds of over 200mph, his heart rate is much lower than might be expected. "He was only at 120bpm [beats per minute] - well within the aerobic range - even at very high speeds," says Mike Foley, EMC's senior director of data science. "As his heart rate was much lower, his oxygen intake was lower," he says. "He was under less stress, calmer, and so more consistent in his performance, experiencing less fatigue than other riders." And tiredness leads to mistakes - sometimes fatal - in an intense time-trial race that lasts 1 hour 50 minutes around a course with 250 corners. "I didn't really know why I was faster," says McGuinness, "so it's been interesting finding out. "I get nervous before a race starts, but I consciously try to relax myself so I don't get burnt out and lose concentration." The testing generated mounds of data, all of which needed analysing, says Mr Foley. It also revealed limitations in the sensors themselves - many failed in the harsh conditions of the Isle of Man. Unusually, EMC opened a global competition to see who could analyse and present all the collected data in the most imaginative and practical way. "We crowd-sourced 750 data scientists," he says. "We applied machine learning techniques to the data analysis and discovered that only 14 variables really made a difference during the race. "It is the interplay of those 14 variables at any point on the lap that explains why he is faster." In short, this means he

Summary: John McGuinness, known as the "Morecambe Missile", has won 23 times at the famous Isle of Man TT motorbike races.


Tom Bradshaw slotted home to put the Reds in front and Sam Winnall doubled the lead by heading his 11th of the season from Conor Hourihane's corner. Jacques Maghoma pulled one back before the interval and a double substitution paid off for Zola after the break. Barnsley defender Marc Roberts was sent off for fouling Che Adams and Lukas Jutkiewicz levelled from the spot. Jutkiewicz, one of the two players brought on for the second half, hammered the spot-kick home for his seventh goal of the season, to prevent Blues suffering a third successive defeat under their Italian boss. Both sides wore black armbands and took part in a minute's applause in memory of Barnsley legend Norman Rimmington, who died on 29 December aged 93 after serving the club since the 1940s. His old club surged into a commanding lead as they looked to round off one of the best years in their history in style, having won the Football League Trophy and secured promotion at Wembley last season. Tomasz Kuszczak kept Birmingham in it with a triple save to deny Marley Watkins, Winnall and Ryan Kent before Adams played in Maghoma to reduce the deficit. The Polish keeper made more crucial stops from Winnall and Sam Morsy after the visitors had pulled level, while David Cotterill was just wide with a free-kick as Blues looked to win it at the other end. Barnsley end 2016 in ninth place in the Championship, above Aston Villa and Birmingham on goal difference. Barnsley head coach Paul Heckingbottom: "I was probably happier with the second half. We were terrific with 10 men and arguably created the best chances. "I was really pleased with the goals we scored as they were ones we've worked on, which is always pleasing. "I honestly don't set any targets. We'll give everything, every day. That's part of your responsibility, to try hard." (On Roberts' dismissal) "It's the rule and that is how it is now so you've got to accept it. 'Robbo' wasn't making a genuine attempt to win the ball." Birmingham City manager Gianfranco Zola told BBC WM: "It was very important the way the players reacted. We made mistakes and were punished for them but that was the response that I was looking for. "We made a double substitution. We had to try to do something. We needed a bit more presence up front. "The players that came in, particularly Lukas Jutkiewicz, did extremely well And in the end we could have won. We had good chances." Match ends, Barnsley 2, Birmingham City 2. Second Half ends, Barnsley 2, Birmingham City 2. Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City). Sam Morsy (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds. Attempt blocked. Angus MacDonald (Barnsley) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Hourihane. Foul by Michael Morrison (Birmingham City). Sam Winnall (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City). Andy Yiadom (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt

Summary: Birmingham City came from two goals down at Barnsley to earn their first point under Gianfranco Zola.


Communities Secretary Sajid Javid told BBC One's Question Time the referendum result had been "very, very clear" and politicians should "get on with that". But three judges ruled that the PM could not trigger the formal Brexit process without Parliament's backing. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the government's appeal next month. Prime Minister Theresa May is due to speak to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker by phone on Friday to say she intends to stick to her March 2017 deadline for triggering Article 50. Addressing Thursday's ruling on Question Time, Mr Javid said the vast majority of MPs had backed legislation to bring forward a referendum on the UK's EU membership in 2015 and the public had clearly voted in favour of leaving the EU. He said there was a "moral issue" at stake: "It was a clear result, clear instructions were issued... by the British people to their politicians saying: We need a decision. Now it's our job as politicians to get on with it." He said he was not criticising the judges, but the people who brought the case: "This is an attempt to frustrate the will of the British people and it is unacceptable." But for Labour, Lisa Nandy told the programme: "Britain is leaving the EU and whether or not Parliament has to vote to trigger Article 50, this will happen because, in reality, there are no more than a handful of parliamentarians who would seek to block that decision." In the landmark ruling, the High Court judges said the government could not trigger the Article 50 process of formally leaving the European Union alone - they must have the approval of Parliament. BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg described the ruling as a "massive obstacle" for Mrs May, who says she wants to trigger Article 50 by the end of March. If the government loses in the Supreme Court, it will have to publish some form of new law for MPs - and the House of Lords - to vote on. MPs could then push to set the terms for negotiating withdrawal and it could face further delays in the Lords. The prime minister's spokeswoman has played down suggestions that Mrs May may call an early general election if she cannot get Parliamentary support, saying that Mrs May believed "there shouldn't be an election until 2020 and that remains her view". Brexit Secretary David Davis told the BBC the result of the EU referendum "must be respected". "Parliament voted by six to one to give the decision to the people, no ifs or buts, and that's why we are appealing this to get on with delivering the best deal for Britain." But Gina Miller, the lead claimant in bringing the case to the High Court, urged the government to "do the responsible sober thing, which is to do the job we pay them for, to debate all the aspects to do with leaving and then have a vote". By Eleanor Garnier, BBC political correspondent It is one of the most important constitutional court cases in generations.

Summary: A High Court case that could delay the Brexit process is "a clear attempt to frustrate the will of the British people", says a cabinet minister.


Speaking at a Westminster pub, Mr Kassam said the party should not be dragged "to the squishy centre ground". The former aide to leader Nigel Farage described his ex-boss as a "political figure", adding that UKIP now also needed a "CEO, somebody who knows how to run an organisation". The party's new leader will be named on 28 November. There are currently six candidates, with nominations closing on Monday. Mr Farage, who stepped down in the summer, returned to the leader's role on an interim basis after his successor, Diane James, resigned only 18 days into the job. Speaking at his campaign launch, Mr Kassam promised to "make UKIP great again". But, amid recent reports of party infighting, he said it now needed a leader who was "not just a political figure, but a CEO, somebody who knows how to run an organisation". He added: "That's not to say that Nigel didn't try. But frankly he was trying so hard to get us out of the European Union and credit to him for that, that he can be forgiven for some of that, for all of that." Mr Kassam said he would modernise UKIP funding and local branches, reform the National Executive Committee and set up a management board. It was a party that could represent "Brexit voters, especially who are currently represented by Remain MPs", he added. He warned the party against being dragged "to the squishy centre ground", claiming that patriotism, pride and aspiration in the UK had been "beaten down by the liberal left". Mr Kassam pledged to increase UKIP's membership to 100,000 by the next general election, adding: "If I don't deliver it, I want you to sack me." The party had 39,000 members as of July, according to the House of Commons Library.

Summary: UKIP leadership contender Raheem Kassam has launched his campaign, describing himself as the "Farage-ist candidate".


The move is in response to an £8m cut in the subsidy received from the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL). The cut in undergraduate places will come into effect from September 2015. Job losses will be among both academic and non-academic staff and Queen's says no compulsory redundancies should be required. There are currently around 17,000 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students at the university, and around 3,800 staff. Queen's has a current intake of around 4,500 undergraduates per year. The university aims to reduce the number of student places by 1,010 over the next three years. The BBC understands that there are no immediate plans to close departments or courses, but that the cuts in funding may put some departments and courses at risk. The Education Minister Stephen Farry said he recognised that some students might now choose to study in other areas of the UK because of the cuts facing Northern Ireland's universities. "Some people will now be forced to look to opportunities in other parts of Great Britain and may not return to our economy," he said. "Defunding our investment in skills, particularly at a time when we're trying to grow the economy does not make a lot of sense. What's happening is we're going backwards. "The loss of any place is damaging to our economy, all subjects teach our young people critical skills." Queen's vice-chancellor Patrick Johnston said the cuts had the potential to damage the reputation of the university. "The potential negative impact, not just on the university but on the local economy is very significant," he said. "It's the last thing we want to do, but we have to begin to focus on those areas where we can grow the organisation and develop it - it's clear we can no longer depend on the public purse to fund tuition. "If we're not competitive we will not attract the best students, and we will not attract the best staff." Just under £100m, a third of the university's income, comes from the Northern Ireland Executive. DEL's budget was reduced by £62m earlier this year, and its budget for higher education institutions fell from £203m to £186m, a reduction of 8.2%. Ulster University announced in February that it was dropping 53 courses. It will be cutting jobs and student places, but it has not yet revealed how many.

Summary: Queen's University Belfast is cutting 236 jobs and 290 student places due to a funding reduction.


The 44-year-old had been in charge at Rugby Park since February 2016, when he replaced Gary Locke. He kept Killie in the Premiership last season and leaves them in sixth place. Chris Brass, 41, had been announced in December as head coach at Bury until the end of the season after David Flitcroft was fired. "Lee is someone who I have followed through his playing and managerial career," said Shakers chairman Stewart Day. "I firmly believe that Lee is the right man and he has an enthusiasm and passionate desire to take this club forward. I was overwhelmed with his knowledge of the club and the contacts he has in the game and how he believes in what we can achieve together." Former Huddersfield, Birmingham and Blackpool boss Clark takes charge of a Bury side sat in the relegation zone in the third tier and will be on the sidelines for the game against Chesterfield on Saturday. Assistant Lee McCulloch will become interim manager of Kilmarnock, with Peter Leven as his No.2. McCulloch is likely to be offered the position until the end of the season. Clark, a former midfielder at Newcastle, Fulham and Sunderland, won 10 of his 44 games in charge at Kilmarnock. "I have had a wonderful year as Kilmarnock manager," he told the club website. "The club and fans have treated myself and my family fantastically - we are in a good position with a strong and loyal squad and staff. "The directors have given me their full support in rebuilding the squad and the fans will always have a special place in my heart, but I still have huge ambition to one day manage at the highest level in England, which is obviously the Premier League. "I feel that the fresh challenge of managing a club in England's League One could provide me with the platform to build towards this goal."

Summary: Lee Clark has left Kilmarnock to become boss at League One side Bury, after they agreed a compensation package with the Scottish Premiership side.


When he was growing up in the 1960s, vegetable oil was still a precious commodity and used sparingly. Fast-forward to today and oil is now so abundant and cheaply available that most of us use it liberally in our cooking - chucking it in anything from salad dressings to deep fat frying. It's not only in our home cooking, oil is also an ingredient in most of the items we buy from the supermarket. In fact, vegetable oil, specifically soy bean oil and palm oil, are two of the eight ingredients, alongside wheat, rice, maize, sugar, barley and potato, that are now estimated to provide a staggering 85% of the world's calories. Increasingly, no matter what country we live in, we all eat similar diets which are heavy in calories and low in nutrients. It's a development that Prof Benton, a strategic research dean at the University of Leeds specialising in food security and sustainability, links directly to global trade. The production of vegetable oils and oil crops have both increased considerably over the past three decades. The rise has been driven by a combination of trade agreements, which have made it cheaper and easier to export and import oil, and various government policies. Policy incentives in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, aimed at ramping up production for export, have helped to lower the cost of vegetable oil, for example. "Competing in a global market requires a highly efficient production process driving scale and cheapness. Now we have a food system built on incredibly cheap calories," says Prof Benton. Of course, this food trade has in many cases helped reduce famine and, as Prof Benton points out, means the "poorest of poor have access to cheap calories". But he says this trade - which means more people are eating less healthy imports, rather than what is locally available - may also have helped to make us fatter. Over 50% of the world's population is not of a "healthy weight", according to Prof Benton's recent report on food production. And worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. "The poorest anywhere still struggle to get sufficient calories and are underweight, but in our rich countries, poverty often does not stop people being able to eat (and drink) calories, but it does stop them having a nutrient-rich diet," the report says. Prof Corinna Hawkes, director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, says the greatest increase in sources of calories since the globalisation era began, has come from oil crops. "There was a very sudden and marked increase in the availability of soybean and palm oil and that to me is directly related with policies that made it easier to trade," she says. Oilseeds are now among the most widely traded crops, and most processed foods contain either palm oil or soybean oil, which can help extend shelf life, she says. "Because it became much easier and cheaper for the processed food industry to import it there was no disincentive for using it," she says. A small amount of

Summary: A teaspoon of oil, measured out with precision, is how Professor Tim Benton remembers his mother preparing items for frying.


The Premiership club are laying a new organic surface at Sixways, joining Saracens and Newcastle in playing their home games on an all-weather pitch. "It does change the dynamics of the game slightly," Hogg, 47, told BBC Hereford and Worcester. "It's part and parcel of the game now - we need to get up to speed with it." Warriors' three pre-season matches are all away - against French side Clermont Auvergne, Jersey and Munster - while their new home is being prepared. They start the 2016-17 season against European and Premiership champions Sarries at Twickenham before local rivals Gloucester come to Sixways on 9 September. And with five of their seven wins last term coming at home, Hogg knows this campaign on their own patch will be even more important. "It's essential that we find our feet," Hogg said. "Our new surface should give us an added advantage playing on it every other week. "You can lock-out the scrums because your feet get more purchase and the mauls and other contact areas tend to be much more cleaner and sharper on a 4G surface and that's something you have to build your decision making around." Warriors will renew their rivalry with newly-promoted Bristol after Andy Robinson's side finally got out of the second tier last season after four previous play-off failures. Bristol did the double over Warriors in the Championship two seasons ago but Worcester got revenge winning a pulsating play-off final in May 2015 by a single point on aggregate. And Hogg is expecting Robinson's side to be a threat. "Andy's done a fantastic job down there - it's been two or three years in the making," Hogg said. "They've got some real consistency and they'll be a challenge in the Premiership, especially at Ashton Gate."

Summary: Worcester Warriors head coach Carl Hogg has admitted it is "essential" they become a force on their new artificial pitch next season.


Shaun Coles, 24, of Church Street, Louth, admitted a charge of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13. Lincoln Crown Court heard he and the girl had initially messaged each other on Facebook before meeting. The messages between the two were uncovered by the girl's mother after she went missing. Coles was jailed for a total of 30 months. Read more about this story and others from across Lincolnshire The girl was meeting Coles and when she returned home she showed police messages between them on her phone. Tony Standford, prosecuting, said: "Clearly there was a lot of inappropriate conversation and activity had taken place. "There were numerous references to them being in love and to kissing and cuddling." Coles admitted in police interviews he knew the girl was only 12 and that his behaviour was unacceptable. Grace Hale, for the defence, described Coles as "very immature" and said he had issues with ADHD. "He has been candid in his admissions to the police," she said. "He had only known the girl for a short time before this incident. Judge Michael Heath, imposing sentence, said: "You knew that she was 12 years old. You were twice her age. "This was not the girl's fault. She was the victim and you should not have behaved in the way you did." In addition to the jail term the judge also placed Coles on the sex offenders' register for life, He was also given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

Summary: A man has been jailed for grooming a 12-year-old girl on Facebook who he went on to abuse.


The inmate, from Romania, had been serving a 30-month sentence for sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13. He was due for release from HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire on 6 January, but was deported on Friday morning. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said an investigation is now under way. A spokesman said the man had not been released out on to the streets, but placed in an immigration removal centre. "He was placed in an immigration removal centre before being removed from the country the following day," he said. "Incidents like this are extremely rare." An investigation was under way to establish the circumstances of the man's release, he added.

Summary: A sex offender was mistakenly released from prison a month early, the BBC has learned.


Media playback is not supported on this device Glenavon had taken the lead on 34 minutes when Kyle Neill's corner went straight in at the far post. Kirk Millar and Andrew Waterworth scored two to put Linfield 3-1 up with Kris Lindsay pulling one back. Glenavon pulled level when Andy Kilmartin's shot was deflected by team-mate Eoin Bradley but Mark Haughey got the winner with a deflected header. Linfield's Kirk Millar: "We made it hard for ourselves in the end but Mark Haughey dug us out with a header for the winner. "We should have had the game won before that and we made it harder than it should have been. "It was about time I hit the net. I had to make the run because you know a player of Niall Quinn's quality will deliver the ball. "Andrew Waterworth is just a natural goalscorer and he gave us the edge in the first half."

Summary: Linfield maintained their four-point lead at the top of Irish Premiership by beating Glenavon 4-3 at Windsor Park.


The 26-year-old has tweeted that she can "only take so much" and seems to have broken up with the singer via social media. It follows claims he fathered a child with another woman. According to US website TMZ, Chris Brown became a dad nine months ago with his friend and former model Nia. The site claims the pair have known each other "for several years" and that Chris is "happy" to be a dad. TMZ also says Chris and Nia are not together, but are on "very good terms". It's been a turbulent four years for Chris and Karrueche, with the pair splitting up on several occasions before getting back together. But Karrueche has tweeted that this time she has had enough of the drama. Newsbeat has contacted representatives for Chris Brown, but has not received a response so far. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube.

Summary: She has been the long suffering girlfriend of Chris Brown, but after four rocky years Karrueche Tran says enough is enough.


Torrential rain overnight left many roads impassable, while rail services were cancelled or delayed. The Environment Agency issued five flood warnings across the county. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue said it had rescued a number of people trapped in their cars due to rising floodwater. More on this story and others from Coventry and Warwickshire Network Rail said flooding on train lines around Daventry, Rugby and Wolverton delayed services between Birmingham New Street and London Euston. Trains on the West Coast Mainline also ran at reduced speeds due to heavy flooding. Rose Plumbley, headteacher of Leamington Hastings C of E Academy in Rugby, said many pupils and staff had not managed to get into school. "We're in the Leam Valley and it's flooded on both roads into school," she said. "Some pupils did manage to get in but it became very clear that many weren't going to make it in. We decided to close so that the children can get home in daylight safely." Firefighters rescued drivers from stranded vehicles in Great Alne, Wolston, Baginton and Princethorpe. There were also reports of cars stuck in Kenilworth Ford. There were flood warnings at the River Dene at Walton, River Sherbourne at Allesley, River Stour at Mitford Bridge, Shipston on Stour and Tredington, River Stour from Halford to Clifford Chambers and River Alne at Bird in Hand.

Summary: Fourteen schools were forced to close due to severe flooding in Warwickshire.


The report was part of a campaign to undermine a nation which valued human rights, it said. The UN published the report after a year-long investigation. It said the government may have committed crimes against humanity, including a shoot-to-kill policy on its borders. President Isaias Afewerki has governed the East African nation for 22 years, and the country has never held elections since gaining independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Eritreans account for the second-largest group of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, after Syrians, with an estimated 5,000 fleeing every month. The report said Eritreans flee the hardship caused by systematic and widespread human rights abuses. Eritrea's foreign ministry said in a statement that the UN's allegations were "totally unfounded and devoid of all merit". "They are an attack, not so much on the government, but on a civilised society and people who cherish human values and dignity," it added. Inside secretive Eritrea Eritrean life in pictures The lone seven-year-olds leaving Eritrea Eritrea profile

Summary: Eritrea's government has dismissed as a "vile slander" a UN report accusing it of human rights violations on a scale "seldom witnessed elsewhere".


Paul Kohler, 55, needed facial reconstruction surgery after the attack in Kings Road, Wimbledon, on 11 August. Mariusz Tomaszewski, 32, and Pawel Honc, 24, received 19 years each after admitting causing grievous bodily harm with intent and aggravated burglary. Oskar Pawlowicz, 30, and Dawid Tychon, 29, who admitted aggravated burglary, were sentenced to 13 years each. Judge Susan Tapping told Kingston Crown Court they had targeted Mr Kohler's south London home either because they were looking for items to steal or they chose the wrong address to collect a debt. All of the defendants had been under the influence of drugs and alcohol on the day of the attack, the judge said. Honc, of no fixed address, Tomaszewski, of Crusoe Road, Mitcham, south London, Pawlowicz, of Pitcairn Road, Mitcham, and Tychon, of no fixed address, are all Polish nationals. The court heard that, apart from Honc, all the other defendants had long criminal records in their home country, with 32 convictions between them. Pawlowicz had also been convicted in the UK for offences including sexual assault and affray. The court heard on the evening of the attack Mr Kohler answered the door while his wife Samantha MacArthur, daughter Eloise and her boyfriend Geraint were upstairs. Mr Kohler, head of law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, was held down on the floor during the five-minute attack as one of the men sat on him and repeatedly punched him in the face while another kicked him in the head, the court heard. The lecturer suffered a fractured eye socket, a fractured left jawbone, a broken nose and bruising that left him "utterly unrecognisable", the court heard. He continues to have double-vision in his left eye. Two of the men ran upstairs and confronted Ms MacArthur. The couple's daughter and her boyfriend were able to call the police after they hid in a bedroom. After the hearing Mr Kohler said he felt "vindicated". "Today was the first day I saw them in the dock and I wasn't convinced they looked very remorseful," he said. "It was far more traumatic than I expected. I felt fear again seeing them, which I didn't expect to feel. In time I hope I will forgive them." He said he felt "fortunate" that with the physical injury he "can see myself getting better but I think it's been hard for my wife and my daughter, Eloise, who've had no such reminder". He said: "My wife still gets flashbacks and my daughter was in tears in court... but we're all strong characters and we're getting through." Investigating officer Det Insp Dan O'Sullivan said the level of violence used was "utterly unnecessary" and the incident had a lasting effect on Mr Kohler and his family. In his victim statement Mr Kohler also revealed the burglary had taken place a few months after he had suffered a heart attack.

Summary: Four burglars who took part in a violent raid which left a lecturer "unrecognisable" have been jailed.


The injured girl was riding the the Hogwarts Express train with her family, who were on holiday from Tennessee visiting Universal Studios in Orlando. Police described the explosion as a "fireball", burning the girl's face. "It was just a weird, freak accident," Lieutenant Dan Brady told the Orlando Sentinel. "It wasn't a big explosion but was definitely enough to scare everyone who was in that cab of the train," he added. Her name has not been released. The girl was riding the train, which connects Universal Studios with the Island of Adventure theme park, at about 15:30 local time (19:30 GMT) on Saturday when the device exploded. The girl suffered mild burns to her face, arm, and leg, and was taken to hospital. The vapouriser was inside another man's pocket when it malfunctioned, causing minor burns to his leg. The explosion burned a hole in a seat, but otherwise there was no significant damage to the train, officials say. Universal Studios shut down the ride temporarily to allow detectives to investigate. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal Studios in 2010.

Summary: A 14-year-old girl suffered burns on a Harry Potter ride when another passenger's electronic cigarette exploded, police in Florida say.