Full-back Denton, 20, curled in a fine effort in the first half as the Whites won a second-straight away game. Kemar Roofe hit the crossbar for Leeds as they pressed for a second. The Hatters had chances to equalise but Jack Marriott twice squandered efforts when he was one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Match ends, Luton Town 0, Leeds United 1. Second Half ends, Luton Town 0, Leeds United 1. Attempt missed. Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Attempt saved. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Attempt missed. Souleymane Doukara (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Lewie Coyle (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Isaac Vassell (Luton Town). Attempt saved. Isaac Vassell (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Lewie Coyle. Attempt missed. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Attempt saved. Alex Mowatt (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Attempt blocked. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Foul by Alex Mowatt (Leeds United). Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Alex Mowatt. Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by John Mullins. Attempt blocked. Souleymane Doukara (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Jack Marriott (Luton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Tyler Denton. Substitution, Luton Town. Isaac Vassell replaces Olly Lee. Substitution, Leeds United. Liam Cooper replaces Pontus Jansson because of an injury. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Pontus Jansson (Leeds United) because of an injury. Attempt saved. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town). Substitution, Leeds United. Alex Mowatt replaces Pablo Hernández. Substitution, Luton Town. Pelly Ruddock replaces Danny Hylton. Attempt missed. Glen Rea (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Sol Bamba. Attempt blocked. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Sol Bamba. Attempt saved. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Lewie Coyle (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Lewie Coyle (Leeds United). Danny Hylton (Luton Town)

Summary: Tyler Denton scored on his Leeds United debut as the Championship side progressed past Luton Town in the EFL Cup second round.


A 911 caller said "they were going to blow up the Statue of Liberty", the National Park Service said. Federal police arrived and when sniffer dogs found "an area of interest" near lockers at the statue's base, the island was evacuated. After a sweep, the area was declared safe by late afternoon. The city's fire department said it had been called at 12:57 local time (16:57 GMT) for the investigation of "a suspicious package". Statue Cruises, which takes tourists to the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, said ferries were postponed after officials found a suspicious package at Liberty Island. Karen Mason, 68, of Cincinnati, Ohio, said they had just boarded a boat at Ellis Island at 12:40 p.m. "All of a sudden, they said 'Disembark, disembark, disembark. We have to evacuate the boat,'" she said. There was no sense of danger, she added. "But we saw helicopters and we knew something was going on," she said. The statue was given to the US by France in 1886, in recognition of the friendship between the two nations.

Summary: Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from New York's Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island as a precaution due to a bomb threat and suspicious package.


It made the allegations in a damning report compiled after interviews with more than 200 Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. One mother recounted how her five-year-old daughter was murdered while trying to protect her from rape. She said a man "took out a long knife and killed her by slitting her throat". In another case, an eight-month-old baby was reportedly killed while five security officers gang-raped his mother. An estimated 65,000 members of the Muslim minority community have fled to Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar - also known as Burma - last October. Nearly half of those interviewed by the UN said a family member had been killed. Of 101 women interviewed, 52 said they had been raped or experienced sexual violence from the security forces. Many told investigators that members of the army or police had burned hundreds of Rohingya homes, schools, markets, shops, and mosques. Numerous testimonies "confirmed that the army deliberately set fire to houses with families inside, and in other cases pushed Rohingyas into already burning houses", the report states. Many victims said they were taunted as they were being beaten or raped, with the perpetrators telling them: "What can your Allah do for you? See what we can do?" UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein said: "The cruelty to which these Rohingya children have been subjected is unbearable - what kind of hatred could make a man stab a baby crying out for his mother's milk? "I call on the international community, with all its strength, to join me in urging the leadership in Myanmar to bring such military operations to an end." The country's government and its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi have previously dismissed claims of rights abuses and insisted that the security forces follow the rule of law. However, Ms Suu Kyi's spokesman told the BBC that the latest allegations were extremely serious. The spokesman said officials would look into them immediately.

Summary: The UN has accused security forces in Myanmar of committing serious human rights abuses, including gang-rape, savage beatings and child killing.


Curtis has served the Swans as a community officer, youth coach, first team coach (twice), assistant manager, caretaker manager (twice), match day host and head of youth development. Oh.... and he has been a player - appearing in more than 400 games in three separate spells - and is now the interim manager. "I've been sold twice, sacked twice and given a free transfer as well," he joked. The 61-year-old known affectionately as 'Mr Swansea City' faces arguably the toughest challenge in his 44-year association with the Swans - to keep his beloved club in the Premier League. Media playback is not supported on this device His first game at the old Vetch was back in 1972. Famed for his ability to swerve his body and produce a goal from nothing, Curtis was a fearsome striker, capped 35 times by his country while playing for Leeds United and Southampton. Such is the admiration Swansea fans have for Curtis, even a spell at arch rivals Cardiff City has not affected his legendary status at The Liberty. Having spent a lifetime in the game, it is easy to make the case that for Curtis football was always in the blood. His uncle was Roy Paul, who captained Manchester City to FA Cup success in 1956 against Birmingham City in a contest synonymous with City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, who played on despite suffering a broken neck. Paul, too, was a Wales international, earning 33 caps. Born and raised in the Rhondda Valley, Curtis admits his entire adult life has been connected to the club he loves. "Football has always been the passion, but Swansea has been my life since 17 or 18," he said. Other than a 12-month hiatus at Leeds, Curtis was an integral member of the great Swans team shaped by John Toshack in the late 1970s and early 80s - the side the future Wales and Real Madrid boss took from the fourth division to the top six of the top tier inside five years. On the two occasion Swansea have risen from English football's fourth tier to the top, Curtis has played a pivotal role. Curtis was part of the coaching staff when Swansea were a game away from dropping out of the Football League in 2003. He was not being paid at one stage as the club entered administration - but never complained. Curtis remained in the backroom staff as they powered their way through the divisions again to the Premier League in 2011, before winning the 2013 League Cup and qualifying for the Europa League. Even the staff profile on Swansea's official website describes Curtis as a "legend" but he believes that has more to do with hyperbole than his 40-year association with the club. "I think people become legends these days. All you need to do is be at a club for a season and you automatically become one," he told BBC Wales Sport. "People like Robbie James, Jeremy Charles, Ivor Allchurch and Herbie Williams - those are the people you consider to be the real [Swansea] legends."

Summary: Alan Curtis has had so many roles at Swansea City, he struggles to recall them all.


Radwan Hamed collapsed during a game in Belgium in 2006. Last year a judge ruled Spurs breached its duties to him. In a screening prior to signing for the club, an electrocardiogram test showed his heart was "unequivocally abnormal" but he was not stopped from playing. The club regretted a former employee had been remiss in their duties. In a statement, the family of Mr Hamed, who is now 27, said they were "relieved" a settlement had been reached, following a decade-long legal battle . "Just as Radwan had no choice but to start his difficult journey towards recovery, we had no choice but to start the difficult journey to obtain justice," they said. "We risked losing our home and faced personal financial ruin in order to pursue justice for our son. "The club did not tell us or Radwan about his potentially fatal condition. Had they done so, Radwan would not have continued to play football." The teenager collapsed during the game against Cercle Bruges on 4 August 2006 and was rushed to an intensive care unit but suffered oxygen starvation to his brain. In the 2015 hearing, Mr Justice Hickinbottom ruled the club was 70% liable or Mr Hamed's injuries and Dr Peter Mills, the Football Association's regional cardiologist for South East England, was 30% liable. The Premier League club will not be hit with a fee directly as their 70% portion was incurred by physicians they previously employed, who have agreed to indemnify the club. Football Association rules require all football academy recruits to be referred to a cardiologist to help identify those prone to potentially fatal heart conditions. Mr Hamed's MRI scan showed no obvious signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but Dr Mills wrote to Spurs saying the condition could not be excluded on these findings alone. Eleven months later, the teenager, who was unaware his tests had revealed an "abnormal" heart condition, signed a contract with Spurs. A spokesman for Spurs said: "The club wholeheartedly regrets that a former employee, as adjudged, was remiss in their duties to Radwan. "This judgment will hopefully now secure the best possible treatment and care for him."

Summary: A Tottenham Hotspur youth player has agreed to damages, believed to be £7m, after he was left brain damaged from a cardiac arrest on his debut.


Bruce Dewey, 36, was spotted by Sussex Police as he drove his Honda Legend in Tarring Road in Chichester in February. He was known to only have a provisional driving licence and so was followed. He was requested to stop but carried on for about 50 minutes. During the chase he dialled 999 and asked police to stop following him. He was jailed for dangerous driving. One police car was put out of action during the chase. Dewey was brought to a stop on the A27 in Sompting on 22 February damaging two more police cars. PC Peter De Silvo said: "For nearly 50 minutes he refused to stop for police units, avoided stop sticks deployed to try and burst his tyres and at one point called 999 and asked us to stop following him." Chichester Crown Court heard Dewey admit to dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without third-party insurance. He was jailed on 8 August for 15 months and disqualified from driving for three years and will be required to take an extended retest.

Summary: CCTV images of a man who dialled 999 to ask police to stop following him during a police pursuit have been released.


Northern Ireland's deputy first minister has been invited by the Flemish government to Flanders in Belgium, where the Battle of Messines took place in 1917. He will also visit the Somme in France, where soldiers of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions fought together. Mr McGuinness said he was making the trip "in the spirit of reconciliation". The visit would be a "sincere effort to recognise the human suffering and also the importance these events hold for the unionist section of our people", he added. "World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives," Mr McGuinness said. "If we are to build understanding and reconciliation on this island, we all need to recognise and accept the complexity of the historical events and differing political narratives that make us who we are as a community and as a people." The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and did not end until 18 November that year. More than 3,500 soldiers from the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) divisions were killed and thousands more were injured. The Battle of Messines started on 7 June 1917, and more than 40,000 men lost their lives in the fighting.

Summary: Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said he will visit the sites of two World War One battles next week.


Ann Maguire, 61, was killed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, in April 2014. Sixteen-year-old pupil Will Cornick was jailed for a minimum of 20 years after admitting her murder. Mrs Maguire's family said due to Cornick's guilty plea the evidence was never fully reviewed. Mrs Maguire had taught at the school for 40 years and had been due to retire just months after she was killed. Cornick, who was 15 at the time of the murder, had attacked her from behind, stabbing her seven times in the neck and back, as she was helping another pupil with their work. Her husband, Don Maguire, said it was important to know whether anything could have been done to prevent her death. "At the court hearing last year there was a guilty plea and so there was never a full criminal trial which went through all the evidence," he said. "We believe that a comprehensive, open and independent statutory review examining all the information is crucial to learning lessons from this horrific incident which took place in front of many other pupils in school, traumatising pupils and staff and devastating our family. "We know an independent inquiry won't bring Ann back but it will give us peace to know whether there was anything which could have been done to prevent her death so that other families don't have to suffer like us in future." The Department for Education (DfE) said the Secretary of State understood the family's desire for an inquiry into "the tragic events". "We understand that Leeds Safeguarding Children Board has already begun a two-stage learning lessons review which we trust will be open and full", the statement continued. No decision would be taken until the review had taken place, the DfE said.

Summary: The family of a schoolteacher from Leeds who was stabbed to death in her classroom have called for an independent inquiry into her death.


Ciarán Maxwell, 30, has been charged with one offence of terrorism, one of fraud and one of possessing cannabis. He was arrested in Somerset last week after searches in Larne and Devon. The serving Marine's arrest was understood to be connected to two arms dumps found in County Antrim this year. Mr Maxwell was remanded in custody after a three-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court. He will appear again in court on Monday, 5 September. He is charged with manufacturing explosives, making devices and storing them in barrels in hides in England and Northern Ireland. Ciarán Maxwell appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court flanked in the dock between two plain-clothed police officers. Wearing a grey sweatshirt, a stubble-type beard and short hair, he stood before the judge and confirmed his name, age and address in Devon. The hearing lasted just three minutes. The judge remanded him in custody until he is due back in court on Monday. The charges include obtaining articles for use in terrorism - specifically chemicals and components to make bombs - and having an image of an adapted police pass card. The charges come as part of long-running investigation involving the Security Service (MI5), the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the South West Counter-Terrorism Unit, as well as Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Unit, says BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw, who was at the court. Mr Maxwell is accused of carrying out research resulting in "the creation of a library of documents" likely to be of use to terrorists. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1 January 2011 and the day of his arrest in Somerset, 24 August 2016. Ciarán Maxwell: Full list of charges A separate charge says that on 24 August, Mr Maxwell had a quantity of cannabis in his possession with intent to supply. He has also been charged with fraud and is accused of having images of bank cards and associated CVC numbers for use in connection with fraud. Mr Maxwell was arrested on 24 August by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's counter-terrorism command, supported by Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police. The Marine, originally from Larne in County Antrim, was taken to a West Country police station in Somerset before being transferred to a London police station last Thursday. He was questioned on suspicion of being involved in the preparation for acts of terrorism under Section Five of the Terrorism Act. Property searches in Exminster are now complete, while searches at New Powderham Plantation in Devon will continue into next week. Police Service of Northern Ireland searches in Larne, County Antrim, are ongoing.

Summary: A Royal Marine from Northern Ireland has appeared in court charged with offences related to dissident republicanism, including bomb-making and storing weapons.


Commentators on the internet have been quick to make fun of Mr Boehner over the years, but his willingness to show emotion has also endeared him to many. His latest crying bout came on Thursday as he watched Pope Francis address Congress and a crowd of thousands just outside of his office. With his face scrunched, his wet green-blue eyes glistening and matching his tie, he did not disappoint. Boehner, dubbed the "Weeper of the House," responded to jokes about his emotions with this tweet. Other notable times he cried include when he became House Speaker, during Congressional Gold Medal ceremonies, at the unveiling of statues and even during an interview with the Golf Channel. Here is how Twitter reacted to its favourite wailer unexpectedly announcing he will resign from Congress at the end of October:

Summary: With John Boehner's resignation, Twitter is losing one of its favourite public figures, a politician famous for his tears and his perma-tanned complexion.


There was a protest in the public gallery after the decision on the Glyn Rhonwy pump storage project was made. The Snowdonia Society is concerned about its possible effects on wildlife, culture and heritage. But developer Quarry Battery Company (QBC) said it was the "missing piece of the jigsaw for renewables". The proposed pump storage scheme is based on the same principle as Dinorwig's First Hydro plant in Llanberis. By Iolo ap DafyddBBC Wales environment correspondent The value of pump storage is that it offers almost immediate access to electricity by allowing water to rush down the mountainside from one abandoned quarry - Cefn Du in this instance - through a pipe into hydroelectric generators and a lower reservoir in the second quarry Glyn Rhonwy. The water is then pumped back up the mountain at night when the price of electricity is cheaper. The biggest value is energy or electricity when needed. Demand in the UK is not constant. The focus is now on smaller sites, including using old quarries, because large holes in the mountains have already been excavated to mine slates over the past 100 to 150 years. So provided the company can find investors, contractors for this scheme could build and engineer smaller scale pump storage commercially. Water there is pumped uphill to a reservoir and then released back down through a turbine to generate electricity to sell on to suppliers. Under the proposals, a dam will be built at the upper reservoir. QBC managing director Dave Holmes said the project can help Britain "keep the lights on" and was environmentally more acceptable than another Dinorwig-sized facility. He said: "Our scheme for the Glyn Rhonwy quarries is just the start. "By putting small-scale storage near to centres of energy generation such as wind farms, and others near centres of heavy consumption such as major cities, we will cut down on distribution losses and network transmission costs, making whole regions of the UK increasingly self-sufficient in renewable electricity. "Not only will pumped storage smooth out the supply of electricity, but it will enable conventional power stations to be stood down, rather than kept on standby to fill gaps in generation. "This will save further costs and carbon emissions." The Snowdonia Society has said it was concerned about the effects of construction. The society is also concerned about how the scheme will be connected to the national grid, fearing that extra pylons would have to be built. The Open Spaces Society had added its objection, claiming the scheme would encroach on common land and be an eyesore. It previously said the applicant needed to be aware that it could not develop common land unless it offered land in exchange. The site has previously been the subject of planning applications for schemes ranging from a large ski dome to a mountain biking centre.

Summary: Controversial plans for a £100m mini hydroelectric power scheme on the edge of Snowdonia National Park have been backed by Gwynedd councillors.


The made-up Elwyn Davies was second only to UKIP MEP Nathan Gill in name recognition, ahead of Jill Evans, Derek Vaughan and Kay Swinburne. The figures emerged in the 2016 Welsh Election Study. Cardiff University's Professor Roger Scully said voters were "unlikely to notice" the loss of MEPs after Brexit. But Mr Vaughan, a Wales MEP since 2009, said it is "difficult" for MEPs to get recognition. Prof Roger Scully, principal investigator for the Cardiff University-led 2016 Welsh Election Study, said it was probably unsurprising that Mr Gill came top given his higher profile role in the assembly election campaign. "But none of the other Welsh MEPs were selected by a greater proportion of the study respondents than that legendary figure in Welsh politics 'Elwyn Davies' - whose contributions to our national political life I feel I need not elaborate upon," he said. Prof Scully, who spent the early part of his career studying in the European Parliament, said most MEPs are "very hard-working individuals". But he added: "We will, of course, very likely be losing our MEPs when the UK leaves the EU. "But on these results, it seems fair to say that most of the Welsh public are unlikely to notice." Those surveyed were asked: "Wales is represented by four members in the European Parliament. Which, if any, of the following people are among Wales' four representatives in the European Parliament?" They were given only 30 seconds to answer, to prevent them from searching on the internet, and were given the choices of four entirely made-up names and two real MEPs. The findings suggest that Wales's four MEPs - UKIP's Mr Gill, Plaid Cymru's Ms Evans, Labour's Mr Vaughan and the Conservatives's Ms Swinburne - were picked out by members of the public who saw the names with a breakdown of 16%, 11%, 9% and 6% respectively. But the made-up Elwyn Davies was chosen by 12% of those who saw "his" name, beating all the MEPs apart from Mr Gill. Out of the remaining made-up names, David Sherwood was picked by 5%, Lynn Goodwin 5% and Jenny Green 5%. Labour MEP Mr Vaughan, in response to the Welsh Election Study press release, said: "I have offices in South Wales and North Wales and do regular visits across the constituency but it is impossible to try to cover all of Wales in a way which ensures people recognise you." The data was collected by YouGov via the internet in March 2016 and 3,272 people responded.

Summary: A fictitious MEP was recognised by a greater percentage of people than three real ones, a survey has suggested.


No demos on the streets of Athens - even though the Syriza government is poised to agree and implement yet more austerity and liberalisation measures, mandated by creditors and of the ilk that till recently it characterised as hateful. And Greece's resorts are teeming: Athens airport expects 25 million arrivals this year, up from 21 million; the incremental 4 million are not all eurozone and IMF officials intent on turning the country into a protectorate run from Brussels, Frankfurt and Washington (home of the IMF). Maybe holidaymakers were hoping to be on the ground for euro break-up history. Or more likely Greece simply looks like a wonderful place to take the kids compared with resorts closer to territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State. But why aren't the Greeks manning the barricades in protest against already-announced, painful VAT increases and pension cuts, and in anticipation of swingeing reductions in farm subsidies, controversial privatisations and the opening of professions and industries to the harsh wind of competition? Well it may be the calm before the revelation later this week of just how much Alexis Tsipras has conceded to obtain â‚¬86bn of new credit from the eurozone and (well maybe) the IMF, in the third bailout of this cripplingly indebted country. Surely at the very least Greek citizens will be curious to learn why Mr Tsipras is rushing to agree terms that he and his colleagues eschewed when elected at the turn of the year. Presumably the explanation is that Greece's near-death experience in July - the closure of banks and the collapse of economic activity - turned Syriza into disciples of TINA ("there is no alternative"). What is striking of course is that Tsipras remains remarkably popular, in spite of conspicuously failing to deliver an end to fiscal (tax and spending) austerity. Worse, his standoff with the rest of the eurozone has saddled Greece with monetary austerity too: the continued partial closure of the banks mean they have no money to lend. Not that many Greek companies have the confidence to ask for a loan for investment, but if retailers and wholesalers can't get adequate credit to obtain credit from abroad, Christmas will be cancelled (70% of shops' orders are placed in September and October, bankers tell me). There is the vice, in both senses of the word. Greece is suffering from a vicious economic squeeze, which will undoubtedly further impoverish Greek people. So for all the relief throughout the eurozone that Syriza has finally been battered into submission, the new bailout will only hold if Tsipras can offer hope of better times ahead. Many would say that good economics and politics requires creditors to ease the burden of Greece's unsustainably large debts by between a third and a half. So if this new bailout deal is to be that extraordinary thing, a path to genuine recovery, Brussels and - especially - Berlin will need to avoid triumphalism and manifest debt forgiveness in the face of Athens' capitulation.

Summary: I haven't been in Greece for three weeks but I am told it is eerily quiet and - in respect of tourism - surprisingly busy.


The screenplay has been written by Eric Roth - who won an Oscar for Forrest Gump. Leakey is former head of the Kenya Wildlife Service and was key to stemming the trade in illegal ivory. "I've felt a deep connection to Africa and its culture for much of my life," said Jolie. Leakey's extreme measures to tackle poachers, including sending helicopter gunships into the national park, have helped Kenya's elephant and rhino populations recover from the brink of disaster. He made international headlines in 1989, when a stockpile of 12 tonnes of ivory was burned in Nairobi National Park. Jolie said Africa is about "a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers, who emerged with a deeper understanding of man's footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him". Producer David Ellison - whose company Skydance co-produced films including True Grit and Jack Reacher - called Leakey "inspirational," adding, "Africa is a story that deserves to be told". Jolie's next movie, Unbroken, starring British actor Jack O'Connell is due in cinemas later this year. She is currently directing and starring opposite her husband Brad Pitt in the film By The Sea, based on her own screenplay.

Summary: Angelina Jolie has signed up to direct Africa, a film about celebrated conservationist Richard Leakey's battles with ivory poachers.


With all the results now declared, Jac Larner of Cardiff University sums up the night for Wales' five main parties. WELSH LABOUR Labour have exceeded all expectations in Wales. They have outperformed every single Wales-only poll over the course of the campaign - and the exit poll - achieving their highest share of the vote in Wales since 1997. Not only did they successfully defend their 25 seats, but they gained three seats from the Conservatives, taking their total to 28 in Wales. This is their best performance in terms of seat share since 2005, and their best performance in terms of share of the Wales vote since the New Labour landslide of 1997. This extends their run of winning general elections in Wales to 26 in a row. WELSH CONSERVATIVES The Conservatives also saw their vote share increase across Wales by 6.3%, but this was not enough for them to hold off Labour's surge in Wales. Early in the night they were confident about gaining seats in Bridgend, Newport West and in the north east of Wales, so a net loss of 3 seats will be a big disappointment. Historically, the Conservatives have always performed worse in Wales than in England at every election going back to 1859, and this election looks to be no different. PLAID CYMRU It was a strange night for Plaid Cymru that ended in success with the election of their youngest ever MP, Ben Lake. They increased their parliamentary representation, taking Ceredigion from the Liberal Democrats, and their vote held up where they were defending the three seats won in 2015. Their group of four MPs is the party's largest Westminster cohort since the 2001 general election. Yet their vote share fell nationally by 1.7% and they lost votes in their other target seats of Ynys Mon, Llanelli and Rhondda. However, Plaid will view themselves as one of the few winners in this election on a night where smaller parties saw their vote share squeezed across the UK. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS The Liberal Democrats' torrid time at elections in Wales continues. They won their worst ever share of the vote in the party's history in Wales, and lost their solo MP Mark Williams in Ceredigion to Plaid Cymru. With only one AM in Wales, and limited representation in local government in Wales, the Liberal Democrats can no longer be considered to be a significant political player in the country. It is the first time since the founding of one of the Lib Dem's predecessor party, the Liberals, in 1859 that they will have no Westminster representation in Wales. UKIP UKIP's vote share has collapsed considerably across Wales, polling 11.6% less than 2015 after 38 constituencies had been called. Opinion polling across the campaign suggested that around two-thirds of the 2015 UKIP vote would go to the Conservatives. From the results we have seen so far, it seems that a significant proportion of these voters have voted for Labour in Wales.

Summary: It has been a dramatic night that has confounded expectations of political parties and commentators.


The Glasgow-born defender, 21, was with Celtic's development squad before spending a season on loan at Dumbarton. He moved on to Alloa in May 2016, helping them reach the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals last season. "Obviously it is a big step up but I feel I am more than capable of making the step up," said Waters, who has signed a two-year contract. "I played a lot of games last season and playing with senior pros helped me a lot, I got my confidence back. "I want to play more games here and the fact the management here are willing to play younger players is what I am looking for at this stage of my development. "The fans can expect a lot of energy from me and someone who will give their all and fight for every ball. That is my game - up and down the line all game." Waters joins fellow defender Daniel Higgins and midfielder Alan Power as new arrivals at Rugby Park. Kilmarnock begin their League Cup campaign away to Ayr United on Friday, 14 July, and open their Scottish Premiership campaign at home to St Johnstone on 5 August. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Kilmarnock have bolstered their squad with the signing of left-back Calum Waters from League One Alloa.


The 22-year-old Saints youth product has joined the Chairboys on a free transfer after spending four months on loan at Adams Park this season. Gape has played 20 times for Gareth Ainsworth's team, scoring once. He leaves Southampton after making one first-team appearance, against Everton in December 2014. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Summary: League Two side Wycombe Wanderers have signed midfielder Dominic Gape from Premier League club Southampton on a two-and-a-half-year deal.


Omar Khan, 31, had worked at The Johnson Partnership in Nottingham for five years before he was arrested. Erlin Manahasa, Albert Dibra and Nazaquat Ali joined Khan in admitting the same charge, between 1 October and 4 December last year, at Nottingham Crown Court. They are due to be sentenced on 15 April. Updates on this story and more from Nottinghamshire The court heard the case involved the recovery of 1kg (2.2lb) of cocaine. Digby Johnson, a partner at the Johnson firm, confirmed they did not represent Khan - who had set up his own office and was set to leave the company. "I still find it hard to believe he could do something as stupid as involve himself in drugs and people who were heavily involved in drugs," Mr Johnson said. "I'm just at a loss. You do question everything you've ever believed about anybody." Mr Johnson also described Khan, of William Street, Huddersfield, as a "lovely guy" who was "incredibly hard-working". "He would put in hour after hour," he added. "He was keen to progress and impress." Khan appeared at the court via video link to admit conspiracy to supply the Class A drug. Manahasa, of no fixed address, Dibra, of Joyce Avenue, Nottingham, and Ali, of Chard Street, Nottingham, were remanded in custody following the hearing.

Summary: A barrister who was due to move into his own chambers in Huddersfield has pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine.


Cheshire is home to major employers in science and manufacturing, housing developers are eager - some would say too eager - to build new homes, and it could soon have two high-speed rail stations. The presence of the Northern Powerhouse's chief architect, Chancellor George Osborne, as the MP for Tatton, means there is the will within Whitehall for Cheshire to benefit from devolution. The Powerhouse allows Cheshire companies "to be part of something far greater", according to Cygnet Group chief executive Matthew Kimpton-Smith. His Northwich firm sells specialist machinery, predominantly to China and the United States. He says the Northern Powerhouse gives his company "real power, real punch" on the world stage. But Cheshire has been beaten in the race to take on devolved powers. Officials have had to watch as devolution deals were done with the noisy neighbours in Manchester and Liverpool. They've even lost territory as the Cheshire borough of Halton decided to become part of the Liverpool city region. Over the summer, anxious to avoid being left behind, the two councils in the east and west of Cheshire, plus Warrington, hurriedly put together their own devolution bid to meet a tight government timetable. Warrington Borough Council's chief executive Steven Broomhead, who used to run the Northwest Regional Development Agency, said the bid wouldn't just "enhance and grow" the county's economy - it would allow the borough to escape the influence of its neighbours' elected mayors. But as city regions have so far been the only places to have agreed deals, there's a lack of clarity over what a Cheshire deal might look like. It seems so unclear that the leader of Warrington Borough Council, Terry O'Neill, recently said his authority wasn't sure whether devolution would be "a poisoned chalice or an opportunity". A report by the think tank IPPR North seems to acknowledge this, calling for "greater clarification of the purpose, process and timescale" of devolution deals for counties. It's also not clear whether the government will insist on a Cheshire elected mayor. Until there are firm answers to questions like those, the county's Powerhouse ambitions may just be held back.

Summary: Looking at a map, Cheshire might appear to be on the fringes of the Northern Powerhouse, but officials in the county say it's actually the Gateway to it - bringing in commuters and investment.


Paulo Roberto Costa - who is in jail and being investigated for involvement in the alleged scheme - named a minister, governors and congressmen. Among them were members of the governing Workers Party and groups which back President Dilma Rousseff. But the names, published in a magazine, also included rivals of Ms Rousseff. Many of the names were published in Veja, one of Brazil's leading magazines, just weeks before the presidential election in which Ms Rousseff is running for a second term in office. Several politicians mentioned have denied involvement. Mr Costa claimed that politicians received 3% commissions on the values of contracts signed with Petrobras when he was working there from 2004 to 2012. He alleged that the scheme was used to buy support for the government in congressional votes. Mr Costa was arrested in 2013. He is now in jail and struck a plea-bargain deal with prosecutors before giving the names. Ahead of the election, Ms Rousseff's approval ratings have been slipping in opinion polls in favour of her rival, former Environment Minister Marina Silva. The BBC's Wyre Davies in Rio de Janeiro says the latest allegations could hurt the incumbent further, as during her presidency Petrobras has dramatically underperformed and its costs have risen sharply. It has become one of the world's most indebted oil companies and lost half of its market value in three years. The BBC has requested a comment from Petrobras about the latest allegations and is awaiting a response.

Summary: An ex-director of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras is reported to have accused more than 40 politicians of involvement in a kickback scheme.


Sturm won a split decision after a superb fight with two judges favouring Sturm by 116-112 and the other seeing it 115-113 for Macklin. Sturm's sharper work in the second half of the contest swung the fight his way. Macklin made a blazing start which gave him genuine hope of an upset before fading late on. Sturm is unbeaten in five years and was making his 10th defence in his second reign as WBA middleweight champion, on his own show in his home city. But if the odds were stacked against Macklin, who had himself not tasted defeat since 2006, he shrugged them off in an explosive start in which he slung hooks to Sturm's body and made the champion cover up. Far from blowing himself out, Macklin appeared to grow stronger as the early rounds progressed with Sturm relying on single, accurate shots to repel his opponent's continuous advances. But Sturm finally got to grips with fight as it moved deeper into the second half, gaining control behind a stiff jab which had scarcely been in evidence in the opening stages. Sturm enjoyed a big 10th round when a crashing uppercut followed by a right cross had Macklin temporarily in trouble, but the Irishman continued to fight back in pursuit of his dream. Sturm caught the eye again in the last, finishing the contest with a furious assault which left Macklin almost out on his feet. Although both men claimed victory at the end, the verdict went with Sturm. Macklin insisted: "I should be champion. I believe I was the better fighter, but it is not Felix's fault, he wasn't a judge." But Sturm said: "It wasn't a wrong decision, but it was close. "It was not my most outstanding performance, but I have had a few clear shots and Matt worked hard. In my view, the decision was absolutely correct. "We will definitely have a second fight, we have already agreed it." Meanwhile, Kell Brook kept his world title ambitions on course with a comfortable points victory over Lovemore N'Dou in his home city of Sheffield. Brook now has 24 wins and no defeats, although he was unable to extend a run of eight wins inside the distance against the wily veteran.

Summary: Germany's Felix Sturm edged a tough contest against Birmingham-based Irishman Matthew Macklin in their WBA middleweight title fight in Cologne.


At least 80 people were killed during the attack on the 1,500-seat venue during a sell-out gig by US rock group Eagles of Death Metal. University of Nottingham student Hanna Corbett said there was blood all around and people lying on top of each other. The student, originally from St Albans, said she thought she and her friend were about to die. She said people inside did not realise straight away what was happening. "It sounded like fireworks or firecrackers and it wasn't until people started screaming and the lead singer ran off stage [that people knew something was wrong]. "The lights went on and everyone just dropped to the floor," the 21-year-old history student said. "There was blood all around and people were hugging each other." Describing laying on the floor, with the gunmen on the balcony, Ms Corbett said: "It felt like ages but it could have been just five to 10 minutes - there was this banging which seemed like a real gun - I'd never heard one before. "[People were] crawling over each other, just trying to climb out of fire exits. It was pretty inhumane - a nightmare. "I thought it was like that heroic thing on the train," when a suspected radical Islamist was overcome by six passengers. "I thought someone would just stop them - but the guns kept going and I thought 'this is the end'." Ms Corbett said luckily she and her friend Jack Konda, 21, also a student in Nottingham, managed to get out. He said: "We were dealt a pretty lucky hand to have been so close to it and get out pretty much unscathed." A French journalist captured the horror of people fleeing from gunmen who stormed the venue. Le Monde newspaper reporter Daniel Psenny was himself shot as he tried to help a man who collapsed on the pavement outside.

Summary: A student has spoken of the "nightmare" of being caught up in the attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.


The 35-year-old schoolteacher told the court that her digestive system sometimes converts food into alcohol. After her arrest, her doctor conducted tests that found that high levels of yeast in her intestines ferment high-carbohydrate foods. Prosecutors are seeking to have the charges against the woman reinstated. "She can register a blood alcohol content that would have you or I falling down drunk, but she can function," her lawyer Joseph Marusak told the Buffalo News. Mr Marusak declined to name his client, citing medical confidentiality laws. The woman was arrested near Buffalo in October 2014 after police said she was driving erratically. A Breathalyzer test showed that her blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit. The arresting officer said she failed several field sobriety tests. Medical and legal experts say the condition, also known as gut fermentation syndrome, is being raised more frequently as a defence in drink-driving cases. "At first glance, it seems like a get-out-of-jail-free card," Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, told the Associated Press. "But it's not that easy. Courts tend to be sceptical of such claims. You have to be able to document the syndrome through recognized testing."

Summary: A US woman in New York state has avoided drink-driving charges after arguing that she suffers from a rare condition called "auto-brewery syndrome".


Reading's Danson, who has scored 89 international goals, suffered a hand injury in February and missed Test series against Australia and Germany. Great Britain play the Dutch in Amsterdam on Tuesday and Thursday. "We're looking forward to testing ourselves against the number-one-ranked team," said GB coach Danny Kerry. East Grinstead's Laura Unsworth and University of Birmingham's Lily Owsley are also fit again after injuries and included in the 20-strong squad. "It is good to have Laura, Alex and Lily back after long periods of injury and it will be good to have competitive match play to help bring them up to match speed," added Kerry. England came from 2-0 behind to beat the Dutch on penalties to win the EuroHockey Championships in August, with Danson picking up the player of the tournament award. Maddie Hinch (GK), Emily Maguire, Shona McCallin, Sam Quek, Nicola White (all Holcombe); Kirsty Mackay (GK), Sophie Bray, Laura Unsworth (East Grinstead); Giselle Ansley, Georgie Twigg, Hollie Webb (Surbiton); Alex Danson, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Helen Richardson-Walsh (Reading); Joie Leigh (Clifton); Hannah Macleod, Ellie Watton (St Albans); Lily Owsley (University of Birmingham); Susannah Townsend (Canterbury); Crista Cullen (unattached).

Summary: Striker Alex Danson has been included in the Great Britain squad for their two Test matches against world and Olympic champions Netherlands.


Boro were the busiest Premier League club in July, making a total of eight new signings. "We are not in a rush. We have the nucleus of the team so we just need to keep going," Karanka told BBC Tees. "The better players we have, the more chance we have to stay in the Premier League." Having narrowly missed promotion via the play-offs in 2015, Boro drew with promotion rivals Brighton on the final day of last season to earn promotion on goal difference and seal a return to the top flight after a seven-year absence. The Teesside club have since been unbeaten throughout pre-season, but went a goal down after only 14 minutes of their 3-1 win over Aston Villa on Saturday - and Karanka is concerned about defensive frailties. The 42-year old continued: "We need more [players], especially central defenders. That's the danger, where we need to improve. "I don't want to put all the pressure on Dael Fry for example. He's brilliant, his future is more than brilliant and he's improving a lot every single day. "But he needs to keep going forward doing the right steps and for that reason I think we need to bring [more players]." Whilst Karanka wishes to bolster his defence, the Spaniard's priority is that any new signings fit into the team quickly. "The main things for me is that [the new players] are settled in the team really well," he added. "We are mixing players who two-and-a-half years ago were fighting to stay in the Championship with players who were playing in the Champions League two years ago, one year ago. "But the spirit of the changing room is the same." Middlesbrough will begin their Premier League campaign at home on Saturday, 13 August against Stoke City.

Summary: Boss Aitor Karanka says Middlesbrough are in no hurry to make further signings as they prepare to return to the Premier League.


The Senegal international, 26, joined for £9m from Lille in July 2015 and played 35 times as Villa were relegated from the Premier League last season. Other interested clubs have until the end of July to make a bid for Gueye. "If he wants to go, we are powerless," club chairman Dr Tony Xia posted on Twitter. Gueye only missed three league games for Villa in 2015-16 and scored his only goal for the club in their FA Cup fourth round win against Wycombe in January. It is believed the fee that has activated the departure clause is about £7m, with Villa bracing themselves for further offers.

Summary: Aston Villa cannot stop midfielder Idrissa Gueye leaving the club after Everton triggered a release clause in the player's contract.


The report, a summary of which was released by the Homeland Security Department, said the agency needed more plainclothes and uniformed staff. It added that the White House needed a new, taller fence. The review came after an intruder with a knife entered the building. Omar Gonzalez, a former US soldier, was apprehended deep inside the presidential residence in September after he had scaled a fence around the building and evaded several guards - including one with an attack dog. Julia Pierson, the Secret Service director at the time, resigned partly as a result of this breach. The Secret Service is tasked with guarding the US president, as well as several senior government officials. According to an executive summary of the independent review, the agency's next director "will have to make difficult choices, identifying clear priorities for the organisation and holding management accountable for any failure to achieve those priorities". "Only a director from outside the [Secret] Service, removed from organisational traditions and personal relationships, will be able to do the honest top-to-bottom reassessment this will require." The review also said a better fence should be built "as soon as possible", recommending one that was several feet higher and curved outwards, making it harder to scale. However, the review noted that the problems in the agency "go deeper than a new fence can fix". The panel said the agency's staff were over-stretched, working "an unsustainable number of hours". It called for boosting the service's ranks by 85 special agents and 200 uniformed officers, to reduce overtime and allow staff to receive regular training. The four-member panel based its findings on interviews with 50 employees of the Secret Service. The panel admitted that many of its recommendations had been made before - but not implemented. Many details have already emerged of the security lapses that allowed Mr Gonzalez to enter the White House, pointing to a lack of training, bad staffing decisions and failures in communication. Mr Obama and his family were not at the White House when the intrusion happened, having departed about 10 minutes earlier by helicopter. Mr Gonzalez has been indicted on charges including unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of ammunition. The intrusion came after a series of embarrassing lapses by the Secret Service - including reports that agents had used prostitutes while on duty in Colombia.

Summary: The US Secret Service, which guards the US president, is too insular and must recruit its next head externally, a review prompted by a White House security breach says.


Fosun is offering 451m euros (Â£355m; $580m) for the business, which is 51% owned by the Espirito Santo family. The bid is higher than two rival offers from Portuguese healthcare firm Jose de Mello Saude and Mexico's Grupo Angeles. It also marks the latest European target for Fosun, which has also been trying to buy resort chain Club Med. The Chinese firm is run by billionaire Guo Guangchang, who has been likened to US investment legend Warren Buffett. Fosun has spent billions since 2010 buying up foreign firms and says it is eyeing healthcare, tourism and fashion firms in the US and Europe. It already owns a stable of Western brands ranging from the American clothing label St John's to Greek luxury jeweller Folli Follie. In January, Fosun bought Portuguese insurer Caixa Seguros e Saude. The Espirito Santo family has been looking to sell various parts of its business since applying for creditor protection in July. ESS owns hospitals, clinics and elderly care homes across Portugal and the firm has become a target for investors betting on the growing need for facilities to cope with an aging population in Europe. Shares of ESS have risen by more than 50% this year because of the takeover battle.

Summary: China's biggest privately-held conglomerate Fosun has joined a bidding war for the Portuguese hospital operator Espirito Santo Saude (ESS).


The exhibition Growing Up in the City at the Museum of Liverpool boasts 25 evocative photographs which capture the life of children over more than 100 years. As well as a providing a snapshot of those lost days of childhood, the pictures also provide a thought-provoking social history of life in Liverpool through the decades. The photographs span the period from the 1880s to the 1990s and illustrate just how much life for a child has changed and also how special occasions were marked on the city's streets. The oldest image dates back to 1887 and is a portrait of Florence, George and Gertie Rollo, who came from Waterloo Park. The Rollo family lived in a large home in the area called Stone House and had four servants. The picture shows the children dressed up in costumes for a fancy dress ball hosted by the Mayor and Mayoress of Bootle, Alderman and Mrs Howard. As well as showing children at play, another image reminds us that many youngsters were also sent out to work. A nervous looking young maid for a well-to-do Liverpool family is captured in a great portrait which is thought to have been taken about 1900. The exhibition has been put together by Kay Jones, Curator of Urban Community History at the Museum of Liverpool. Ms Jones painstakingly trawled through hundreds of images from the National Museums Liverpool's collections before deciding on the final 25 for the exhibition. She said: "This has been a fascinating exhibition to work on. "Looking through hundreds of different postcards, photographs and glass plate negatives in our collections; it was hard to decide on the final 25 images. "I chose the ones that really stood out and told the experience of childhood. "People love seeing old photographs and most people can relate to the same experiences of playing out in the street if they're from Liverpool or anywhere else. "But, at the same time, the pictures also remind us of how things have changed. "I didn't want it to be just happy memories, I also wanted to remember the children who had to work throughout their childhood. "I wanted it to be the good and bad experiences of childhood." Growing Up in the City is at the Museum of Liverpool until 25 September.

Summary: Children dangle mid-air on a makeshift swing hanging from a lamppost, a mother celebrates the Silver Jubilee cuddling her sons, and boys from the 1950s fish in the canal - just some of the rare pictures of childhood in Liverpool last century which have now been put on display.


Chasing 268 in the first Test, Australia were all out for 161, their innings finishing with a record 154 consecutive deliveries without a run. Australia - the world's top-ranked Test side - had a first-innings lead of 86. But Kusal Mendis' superb 176 - his first Test century - and 5-54 from Rangana Herath proved decisive. Australia captain Steve Smith made a gritty 55 before tail-enders Steve O'Keefe and Peter Nevill resisted for 178 balls, scoring four. The second Test of the three-match series takes place in Galle, starting on Thursday, 4 August. O'Keefe and Nevill's ninth-wicket stand came at just 0.13 runs an over, before debutant Dhananjaya de Silva had Nevill caught behind. The previous record for a partnership lasting 100 balls or more was 0.64 by South Africa's Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers against India last December. Australia survived just 15 further deliveries before Herath claimed his ninth wicket of the match to secure Sri Lanka's first win over the Baggy Greens since 1999, and second in 27 attempts.

Summary: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 106 runs in Pallekele to claim only their second Test victory over the tourists, who set a Test match record in defeat.


Tierra del Fuego judge Lilian Herraez ordered the authorities to seize boats and other assets worth $156m. Argentina claims sovereignty of the islands, which it calls the Malvinas. The oil companies named in the case are not based in Argentina and it is not clear how the measure will be implemented. Drilling for oil in the territorial waters around the Falklands began in 2010 despite opposition from Buenos Aires. Judge Herraez says the new ruling will take steps to try to seize the companies' assets abroad. The five companies mentioned are: Premier Oil Plc, Rockhopper Exploration Plc, Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, Noble Energy Inc and Edison International Spa. Three of the companies are British-based, one is American, based in Texas, and one is French-owned, based in Italy. Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands in 1982. Argentina occupied the South Atlantic archipelago for 74 days, before British forces regained control. During the conflict, 255 British and about 650 Argentine servicemen were killed, along with three Falklands civilians. Argentina accuses Britain of colonialism, saying the islands lie some 700km (450 miles) off its coast. Britain has held the Falklands for 180 years and says the wishes of its 3,000 residents should be respected. The vast majority of them want the islands to remain a British overseas territory. "They want to remain British and that view should be respected by everybody, including by Argentina," said David Cameron after a 2013 referendum in which the islanders gave almost unanimous support for the status quo. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said at the time that Britain was "arrogant" and "bordering on stupidity" for refusing to negotiate on the future of the islands.

Summary: A federal judge in Argentina has ordered the seizure of assets of five companies drilling for oil in the Falkland Islands.


"I have been smoking three or four joints a day since I was 13," he says. "But last year I decided to grow my own cannabis because the quality of the marijuana at the boca (hotspots where illegal drugs are sold) is too low, or it comes mixed with hard and dangerous drugs, like cocaine paste," he says. Every morning Cristian checks his plants have the appropriate amount of light, fertiliser and insecticide. But above all, he always makes sure they are well hidden from the police and out of the neighbours' sight. For decades, smoking cannabis has been legal in this South American country. Seeing a group of youngsters sharing a joint in the park has become a familiar scene, but growing and buying the drug have remained illegal. But that is about to change. Uruguay is set to become the first nation in the world to regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis after a new law was passed by the country's senate on Tuesday. Once the president signs the bill, the state will control the production and sale of cannabis. For Cristian, this will mean that instead of hiding his plants from the police, the authorities will supervise them to make sure he complies with the new rules. A central body, the National Institute for Cannabis Regulation, will provide those who want to grow marijuana with seeds and ensure that their crop does not exceed the legal limit of 480g (1lb 1oz) per year. Cristian welcomes the change. "I think it was about time that cannabis became legal. Police should worry about fighting crime and drug trafficking, not me," he says. The man behind the law is 78-year-old former guerrilla fighter turned President Jose Mujica. The president says he opposes drug consumption but wants to take the multi-million-dollar cannabis business away from the drug cartels. "This won't be a weed-for-all country," Mr Mujica assured critics. Under the new law, buyers will have to officially register - something only residents can do, not tourists. There will also be a strict 40g/month limit on those who grow the drug or buy it at licensed pharmacies. "What I am doing is offering consumers a legal amount," President Mujica explains. The bill goes several steps further than existing legislation in the Netherlands, where growing cannabis is not legal, although the authorities turn a blind eye to those who grow some plants at home. It bears some similarities to drug laws in the US states of Colorado and Washington, where the sale of cannabis for medicinal or recreational use was made legal in 2012. But Uruguay is the first nation state to regulate the production, distribution and sale of the drug. The country, which has a population of fewer than 3.5 million people, has so far been spared much of the drug-related violence that other Latin American countries have suffered from, but officials say it is time to tackle drug gangs before they get too strong. "Last year, 82 people were killed in drug-related violence in Uruguay. We are starting to see episodes

Summary: Cristian, a 32-year-old blacksmith from Uruguay, grows five cannabis plants with care and dedication in the back yard of his workshop on the outskirts of Montevideo.


The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A Russian paediatrician seriously wounded in that attack also received the medal. A fifth Order of Courage went to a Russian colonel wounded elsewhere. Russia is helping Syrian state forces. The Kremlin named the five decorated with the Order of Courage for their service in Syria as: Russia's Tass news agency lists Russia's combat losses so far in the Syria conflict as: 21 military personnel, three helicopters and an Su-24 bomber. A special forces officer - Senior Lt Alexander Prokhorenko - "died heroically" in March near Palmyra, the Russian government said. He was decorated as a national hero for having called in an air strike against so-called Islamic State (IS) militants, who had surrounded him. Russia's "anti-terrorism" operation in support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria began on 30 September 2015. Russia has mostly carried out intensive air strikes in Syria - including with cruise missiles fired from warships. But Russian special forces and military advisers are also helping Syrian government troops on the ground. According to a Reuters investigation, Russian private contractors or mercenaries are also fighting in Syria, in support of the official military contingent.

Summary: Five Russian soldiers have received the "Order of Courage" from President Vladimir Putin, including a colonel and two women sergeants killed by Syrian rebel shelling of Aleppo.


The appeal, launched on a donations website, received more than 2,000 contributions within three days. Bracknell, who played Zoe Tate in the ITV series from 1989 to 2005, set up the campaign for treatment in Germany. The 52-year-old mother-of-two has been working as a yoga instructor in recent years. Her character in the soap was known for storylines which raised awareness about mental health and LGBT issues. Bracknell, whose real name is Alison and is known to her family as Ali, only discovered she was battling terminal lung cancer five weeks ago. She and her partner Jez Hughes wrote about the news and their hopes to save her life on the fundraising page. They explained that doctors said the cancer was "terminal, not curable, not operable" but their research led them to want to try a new treatment being used in Germany. Mr Hughes wrote: "The downside is that these cutting edge treatments aren't yet available on the NHS outside of clinical trials and are very expensive... This is why we are fundraising here."

Summary: A campaign to raise £50,000 for former Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell to undergo lung cancer treatment has reached its target.


Foreign investors have been blamed for driving up the cost of real estate in Toronto and Vancouver. Hurt by failing oil prices, Canada's ailing economy has become a major issue as the country elects new leadership. Mr Harper said that about 15% of condos in Vancouver aren't being lived in. "If such foreign, non-resident buyers are artificially driving up the cost of real estate and Canadian families are shut out of the market, that is a matter we can and should do something about," said Mr Harper said, who was campaigning in Vancouver on Wednesday. While home prices in the country's interior have fallen, prices have remained high in Toronto and Vancouver. The average price of a detached home in Vancouver - the country's most expensive market - is more than $1 million (Â£640,000). Harper's Conservative Party said it was looking into restrictions on foreign homeownership that have been put in place by other western countries. Australia limits the ability of foreign buyers to purchase existing homes for investment, and only allow foreign investment resulting in new home construction. If necessary, Mr Harper said the Conservative government will take action in coordination with the provinces to make sure foreign non-resident investment "supports the availability and affordability of homes for Canadians." His administration also announced that Canadians will now be permitted to withdraw $35,000 (Â£17,241) instead of $25,000 (Â£12,315) from retirement accounts to purchase their first homes.

Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced plans to track foreign homeownership and raised the possibility of eventually enacting limits on buying.


The stone got past the elephant's fence and a ditch separating the animal and visitors, the zoo said in a statement. The girl was taken to hospital and died within a few hours, the zoo added. The zoo statement said the enclosure met international standards and said "this kind of accident is rare, unpredictable and unusual". Africa Live: More on this and other stories The statement went on (in French) to point out two other recent incidents in the US: Phyllis Lee, Scientific Director of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, says that targeted throwing of stones and branches by elephants is very unusual. "It can happen when elephants are frustrated or bored. In my opinion, it's unlikely the elephant was directly targeting the girl - but exhibiting frustration. You can't predict what animals in captivity will do." The moments after the girl was struck at Rabat Zoo on Tuesday were filmed by a bystander and uploaded onto YouTube. The video shows the elephant waving its trunk behind a fence and swerves round to show a stone on the ground. Metres away people are gathered around the girl, holding her head and stroking her leg.

Summary: A seven-year-old girl has died after being hit by a stone thrown by an elephant from its enclosure at Rabat Zoo in Morocco.


The death toll doubled over the last two days as officials found more than 100 bodies once waters began receding. Officials estimate that the floods have affected 450,000 people in the state. This years monsoon rains have affected millions across at least 20 states in India. The north-eastern state of Assam has also seen dozens killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. The government has announced aid packages for affected areas and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit Assam on Tuesday. He has said the aim of his visit is to find a "permanent solution" to the flooding that Assam faces every year. The Press Trust of India news agency quoted an official as saying that many affected people in Gujarat had begun returning to their villages.

Summary: Floods in the western Indian state of Gujarat have killed 218 people, government officials have confirmed.


Malorie Bantala, 22, gave birth at 32 weeks to a stillborn boy following the assault in London in June this year. Kevin Wilson and a 17-year-old youth allegedly attacked her when she refused a termination. Both defendants deny child destruction and causing grievous bodily harm. The Old Bailey has heard how Mr Wilson became angry after Miss Bantala refused to have an abortion and told him she would keep their child. Giving evidence in his defence, the teaching assistant apologised for his behaviour towards her but maintained he was "napping" at home in Bermondsey, south-east London, when Miss Bantala was assaulted. He told jurors he was "shocked and surprised" when he found out about the pregnancy, and he had lied to Ms Bantala by saying he planned to go to Ghana because he did not want to "play happy families". He said: "I told Malorie that I'm too young to have a child [and to] have an abortion." Between May and June, Mr Wilson told jurors he had no contact with Miss Bantala after they rowed over her telling friends he was the father and accused her of sleeping with other men. Mr Wilson told jurors that in the months before Miss Bantala lost the baby, he had "moved on" with another girlfriend. He confirmed that the young woman had fallen pregnant but she did not have a child. On June 15, the day of the attack, the defendant said he had worked at a school for children with behavioural problems and walked home afterwards. Miss Bantala was left with life-threatening internal bleeding following the attack in Peckham, south-east London. Her stillborn baby boy was delivered by Caesarian section. The trial continues.

Summary: A man accused of killing his unborn baby has told a court he had "moved on" and got a second woman pregnant by the time his pregnant ex-girlfriend was attacked in the street.


The call was made at a scrutiny meeting of the council to discuss the problems surrounding the new vessel. Council leader Dave Stewart said the crossing at Cowes would be free until 2 July "in recognition of the problems" and to allow feedback. Mr Stewart said the council had ordered a review of the project by auditors. He said it had been a "frustrating and disappointing start" to the ferry. Since launching late on 14 May the chain ferry has broken down, run aground and been suspended by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency due to "training issues". Cars have also been damaged getting on and off. Shopkeeper Angie Booth, who owns Valu-4-U in East Cowes, said: "Whether I come out of this and survive I am not sure - other businesses too. We are bearing the brunt of the loss of almost six months of trade. "Will you compensate local businesses, the same as for damaged cars?" Transport councillor Ian Ward said compensation was up for discussion. He added: "I don't think it's a disaster. It's a prototype. There are bound to be teething problems. There were electrical problems which the company has rectified." He said the council authorised the manufacture of ramp extensions to resolve the problem of vehicles scraping the concrete. He said groundings were an issue with seamanship, which had been resolved.

Summary: Shopkeepers near the Isle of Wight's troubled new "floating bridge" have asked councillors to consider compensating them for loss of business.


The incident was said to have happened as Mr Galloway gave a talk in the university's New King's building. He tweeted that he had an "unknown substance in my eyes and lungs" but added later that he was "feeling better... just needed a good shower". Police confirmed they had been called to a disturbance at 19:45. Mr Galloway, who is from Dundee, also tweeted: "Someone calling themselves "Trans" and an "anarchist" led a five person attack on me on the platform at Aberdeen University. I continued." He also said on Twitter that his pregnant wife had leapt forward to defend him. A Police Scotland spokesman said officers had attended High Street in Old Aberdeen following reports of a disturbance. "Inquiries are at an early stage and no further details are available at this time," he said.

Summary: Police were called to the University of Aberdeen following reports that a group of protesters had thrown glitter over former MP George Galloway.


Lancashire batsman Livingstone, who scored 129 from 83 balls for England Lions against South Africa A last week, is one of five uncapped players named. Mason Crane, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran and Craig Overton are the other four players yet to make their debut. The three-match series starts in Southampton on 21 June. England lost their last Twenty20 series 2-1 to India in February. Moeen Ali, Jake Ball, Adil Rashid, Joe Root and Ben Stokes have been rested and will instead play for their respective counties in the inaugural day-night round of the County Championship, which starts on 26 June. This will allow them to gain experience of playing with the pink Dukes balls that will be used for the first day-night Test to be played in England, against West Indies at Edgbaston in August. Sussex fast bowler Tymal Mills, meanwhile, has been ruled out with a back injury, but Durham seamer Mark Wood returns after missing the India series through injury. Middlesex opener Malan, Surrey paceman Curran and Somerset all-rounder Overton have previously been included in England squads, while Hampshire leg-spinner Crane is called up after impressing in the North-South series in March. Overton will replace Wood in the squad after the first match, while wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow will be available for the first two matches before returning to Yorkshire. Jason Roy, who has managed just 18 runs in three innings for England in the ongoing Champions Trophy, is named in the squad. Chairman of selectors James Whitaker said: "The squad has an exciting blend of youth and experience and we are looking forward to a competitive series against strong opposition. "With five uncapped players selected, there is undoubted talent coming through the system and we are excited to see some of these players showcase their skills at the highest level." BBC Radio Lancashire's Scott Read There is a touch of Kevin Pietersen about Liam Livingstone when he gets onto the front foot to pull through mid-wicket. He is a powerful, destructive batsman who in white-ball cricket has the ability to take games away from the opposition and is great fun to watch.

Summary: Liam Livingstone has been given his first senior international call-up as England rest five players for the Twenty20 series against South Africa.


"[President Barack] Obama must now start focusing on OUR COUNTRY, jobs, healthcare and all of our many problems," he tweeted. "Forget Syria and make America great again!" Two years ago Mr Trump built a winning presidential campaign around this very theme, sharply criticising Democrats and some fellow Republicans for what he viewed as their overly interventionist foreign policies. Just a week ago Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to be following this new script when he downplayed calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's removal, saying his status "will be decided by the Syrian people". Then on Thursday night, two days after another chemical weapons attack, President Donald Trump ordered a guided missile strike on a Syrian government airfield. The move marks a dramatic turnaround from Mr Trump's prior rhetoric and the expectations of how he would conduct his foreign policy. In his remarks following the missile strike, the president explained that it was in the "vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons". He even called on "civilised nations" to end the "bloodshed and slaughter" of the Syrian civil war and insisted that "peace and harmony" will prevail. The man who was thought to be a neo-isolationist now, just months into his presidency, is projecting US military force abroad to enforce international norms and punish human rights abuses. What changed? It seems clear that the graphic images of dead and dying Syrian civilians - including "beautiful babies", in Mr Trump's words - had a dramatic effect on the president's disposition. With a few notable exceptions, the strike is being praised by Washington politicians on the left and on the right. In the coming days, however, some serious questions will be posed. If the president's foreign policy outlook can shift so dramatically in just a few days, if not hours, will allies and adversaries interpret this as a sign of flexibility or incoherence? A cruise missile strike is a low-risk form of military action, but it also is of limited effectiveness. A White House official described this as a warning shot across Mr Assad's bow. If the Syrian president continues to use chemical weapons or conduct conventional attacks that result in significant civilian casualties, will the US escalate its military intervention or back down and risk appearing weak? When Mr Obama contemplated using force against the Syrian government, he decided that he would need congressional authorisation to do so. Will Mr Trump now seek approval from the lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, who were reluctant to give the Democratic president such approval? Thursday night was Mr Trump's first significant foreign policy challenge, and it appears to have dramatically changed his outlook, his rhetoric and his resulting actions. The candidate who constantly spoke of putting America first ended his brief remarks on Thursday night by calling for God's blessings not just for his nation but for the "entire world". This strike - and this change of attitude - may simply be a one-off event. Or, perhaps, an unlikely globalist has

Summary: Four years ago, after the Syrian government launched a brutal chemical attack on its own civilians, Donald Trump warned anyone who would listen that the US should refrain from launching retaliatory military strikes.


Fly-half Sexton and flanker O'Brien have both recovered from calf injuries and should be available at Murrayfield. Sexton was injured against Castres on 20 January but is said to be "feeling very positive" about his recovery. However, uncapped Munster wing Andrew Conway has been ruled out after aggravating an existing groin problem. Ireland playmaker Sexton has the chance to cement his starting spot, provided he comes through Tuesday's session. Ulster's Paddy Jackson will start for Joe Schmidt's side if the Leinster star is ruled out while Munster's Ian Keatley has joined the squad as cover for the time being. "Johnny's making good progress and he's back on track to train on Tuesday," said Ireland team manager Paul Dean. "I think everything is fine, he's being very positive about it." O'Brien has completed the rehabilitation on his calf issue and was expected to take full part in Monday afternoon's training session. Full-back Rob Kearney says Ireland remain unfazed by his Leinster team-mate Sexton's latest quest for full fitness. Sexton battled hamstring trouble before the turn of the year, with this calf problem proving yet another unwanted hurdle. Kearney labelled injury doubts "par for the course" in any Test week, then tipped Sexton's understudy Jackson to thrive if pressed into service from the start in Scotland. "We're all so used to it now," said Kearney, of general battles for fitness. "On a weekly basis, more often than not, there's someone going in or out. "Someone picks up a niggle or they're not fully fit, so the coach doesn't risk them. The way Test rugby is now, it's par for the course. "Paddy [Jackson] has been there all last week running the plays. He's more than equipped and he's got a week head-start."

Summary: Ireland pair Jonathan Sexton and Sean O'Brien are set to resume full training after injury before Saturday's Six Nations opener against Scotland.


Pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron made the comments as he and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen held rallies in the last week of campaigning. French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide between the two. At a rally in a suburb of Paris, Ms Le Pen has meanwhile accused Mr Macron of being merely more of the same. Ms Le Pen has capitalised on anti-EU feeling, and has promised a referendum on France's membership. France is braced for mass May Day rallies. Five big unions have urged their members not to vote for Le Pen, though three have stopped short of backing Macron. % Emmanuel Macron % Marine Le Pen Please enable Javascript to view our poll of polls chart. Last updated April 25, 2017 The polling average line looks at the five most recent national polls and takes the median value, ie, the value between the two figures that are higher and two figures that are lower. "I'm a pro-European, I defended constantly during this election the European idea and European policies because I believe it's extremely important for French people and for the place of our country in globalisation," Mr Macron, leader of the recently created En Marche! movement, told the BBC. "But at the same time we have to face the situation, to listen to our people, and to listen to the fact that they are extremely angry today, impatient and the dysfunction of the EU is no more sustainable. "So I do consider that my mandate, the day after, will be at the same time to reform in depth the European Union and our European project." Mr Macron added that if he were to allow the EU to continue to function as it was would be a "betrayal". "And I don't want to do so," he said. "Because the day after, we will have a Frexit or we will have [Ms Le Pen's] National Front (FN) again." The 39-year-old is leading in the polls by 20 percentage points, and will try to win over more voters when he speaks in north-east Paris later. Ms Le Pen, 48, has been holding her rally in the working-class Paris suburb of Villepinte. Referring to Mr Macron's period as a minister in President Hollande's government, she accused him of being a "candidate of continuity... littered with the corpses of jobs transferred off-shore, the ruins of bust businesses, and the gaping holes of deficit and debt". Ms Le Pen has won support in rural and former industrial areas by promising to retake control of France's borders from the EU and slash immigration. Earlier, her estranged father - FN founder Jean-Marie Le Pen - attended a march from the statue of Joan of Arc, a long-time FN icon. The 88-year-old was kicked out of the FN by his daughter two years ago for repeatedly calling the Holocaust a "detail of history" - remarks which were preventing Marine Le Pen from putting distance between the party and its past links with anti-Semitism. Sunday was France's national day of remembrance for the French Jews

Summary: The front-runner in the French presidential election has told the BBC that the EU must reform or face the prospect of "Frexit".


Joshua Dobby appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court earlier charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Makayah McDermott and Rozanne Cooper died after the car crashed in Penge, south-east London on Wednesday. Three girls were also injured and remain in hospital. No application for bail was made during the short hearing and Mr Dobby was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 30 September He was also charged with: More updates on this and other London stories The Met said the three injured girls - two aged 13 and one aged eight - were related to Makayah and his aunt, who was a 34-year-old hairdresser. The car struck the group at about 14:05 BST on Lennard Road. It had been pursued by police from nearby Birkbeck Road in Beckenham. One witness said the car was being followed by two police vehicles when the driver "lost control and ploughed into a family". The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating. Over the past 10 years, 252 members of the public have died following road traffic incidents involving the police in England and Wales, according to the IPCC. In London, there were 498 crashes involving a pursuit by Met officers in 2015-16. Friends and neighbours left floral tributes at the scene of the crash on Thursday. Family friend Emma Cameron called the news "devastating" and said Ms Cooper was "a genuinely lovely girl". "She never had a bad word to say about anybody. She was the kindest friendliest warmest person. It's just awful," she added. Makayah had recently auditioned for a part in a television series. His agent Sam Brown, managing director of Brown and Mills Entertainment, described Makayah as "an extremely talented young actor" and "joy to be around". "We cannot express enough our sadness and our thoughts are with the family at this terrible time," she added. A victim support fund for those injured in the crash on the Gofundme website had raised nearly Â£5,000 by Friday morning.

Summary: A 23-year-old man has been remanded in custody following the deaths of a 10-year-old boy and his aunt who were a hit by a car being pursued by police.


Her path to being the chief strategy officer of internet security firm RSA started when she travelled on her own to the US at 11-years-old. Ms Howe remembers vividly arriving at San Francisco airport on her own. "A tall, lanky, moustached immigration agent spends what feels like an eternity questioning me. I know the stakes are high. I know my family's future depends on me passing this interview" she explained at a Tedx event. Her family had fled Iran shortly before the 1979 revolution. They went to the UK and a few months later put her on a flight to the US as they "calculated that an 11-year-old girl on her own will not be turned away by immigration," she said. Their calculation paid off. The customs officer stamped her Iranian passport and she started her new life. The first thing she had to do was adapt to California - a place she described as "where all-you-can eat buffets and free-thinking rebellion are the norm". She found her safe space in coding. "I was happy in the computer room," she told the BBC. "I was an immigrant, trying to fit in a girls' school and the computer room was a safe place to be." But at 17-years-old she took an entirely different direction. She "fudged" a few details on her CV and applied for a job as a casting assistant for Steven Spielberg. "My 1968 birthday changed to 1966 so I could work legally full-time in that job," she explained. "I remember trying to stay as close to the truth as possible." Ms Howe was in her senior year at school, but was also doing a course at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) so just didn't mention the bit about school. She had also been an assistant director in theatre productions and gave that a prominent showing in her CV. She got the job and for around eight months she moonlighted between casting for a TV show and her senior year at high school. The UCLA course gave her more freedom than in normal high school and when she needed to take an exam she told her boss that she had a doctor's appointment. It would be decades before she returned to the world of coding. In that time she went from being an entertainment lawyer to business consultant to angel investor to venture capitalist. Ms Howe was meeting with the cyber security company Endgame to talk about investing in them when she was offered a job by the chief executive. "He said 'raising money is not going to be a problem. What I need is a business partner'." She took the job of chief strategic officer and eventually moved to a bigger cyber security company RSA. She described the path back to the computer room as "circular" and said she had been "distracted" by "bright shiny things" in the entertainment industry. But Ms Howe said she was not alone, as a female, in her interest in technology not turning into a career at first. Over the nine years

Summary: Niloofar Howe is a rare woman working in internet security.


Apple Music performed a U-turn over payment policy a day after the pop star threatened to prevent the US firm from streaming her album 1989. Swift had argued that Apple withholding payments during a three-month trial period was not fair for artists. But photographer Jason Sheldon said the singer herself did not "play fair" when it came to image rights. Some of the claims he has made in an open letter to Swift have been disputed by representatives of the 25-year-old singer. In it he wrote: "If you don't like being exploited, that's great - make a huge statement about it, and you'll have my support. But how about making sure you're not guilty of the very same tactic before you have a pop at someone else? "With all due respect to you too Taylor, you can do the right thing and change your photo policy. Photographers don't ask for your music for free. Please don't ask us to provide you with your marketing material for free." Mr Sheldon, who runs the Walsall-based Junction 10 agency, said he and other photographers had been called to hand over some rights to their images from Swift's live concerts. To cover a performance in March 2011 at Birmingham's LG Arena, Mr Sheldon said he had to sign a permission form that granted Swift's management company long-term rights to reuse the images and prevented him from featuring them after the initial coverage. "I can't use it in my portfolio, feature it on my website and even the original newspaper couldn't reuse it," Mr Sheldon said. "What's more, they can give my image to my clients for press purposes. It's giving my work away for free." He said the photo authorisation form included a section that gave the management firm "perpetual worldwide right to use (and to authorise others to use) any or all of the photographs for any non-commercial purpose". Mr Sheldon said clauses such as this were becoming more common in photo agreement forms. He said it was Swift's stance with Apple that "jarred" - with her "lambasting" the firm over using music for free, when her management firm was "guilty of doing the same thing with photos". In a statement, a spokesperson for Swift said: "The standard photography agreement has been misrepresented in that it clearly states that any photographer shooting The 1989 World Tour has the opportunity for further use of said photographs with management's approval. "Another distinct misrepresentation is the claim that the copyright of the photographs will be with anyone other than the photographer - this agreement does not transfer copyright away from the photographer. "Every artist has the right to, and should, protect the use of their name and likeness." Mr Sheldon said he had seen a 2015 version of the same contract that was even more strict, although he had not applied for one. "I fully agree with Taylor Swift's stance against Apple, but it's about her playing by the same rules she wants to live by," he said.

Summary: A photographer has accused Taylor Swift of "double standards" in her row with Apple over music streaming.


The authors, including a team from Edinburgh University, say children born to overweight mothers are at greater risk of health problems in later life. They say every pregnant woman should have access to dieticians and psychologists to help protect the health of their future children. During the three-year project several pieces of research were consulted. In one of the most extensive studies to question whether the health of mothers-to-be can have long-term consequences on their offspring, scientists pulled together several pieces of research across Europe. One key study, involving 13,000 individuals, revealed that babies born to overweight mothers are more likely to suffer heart disease or strokes or develop type 2 diabetes in later life. Another analysis from Edinburgh University found that obese women eat a diet richer in saturated fats and poorer in vitamins and minerals during their pregnancy compared to slim women. In early work, including animal studies, scientists found the placenta of females who ate a high fat diet offered less protection to the foetus from the stress hormone, cortisol. Offspring were more likely to be small and to suffer mood disorders in later life. Overall project leader Dr Patricia Iozzo, from the National Research Council, Pisa, Italy, said: "Attention needs to be devoted to the prevention of obesity and becoming overweight among young girls, representing tomorrow's mothers." Dr Iozzo says the period at the end of pregnancy is particularly important. Her work suggests babies' metabolic health - including the fats and sugars in their blood - may be worse if mothers put on unhealthy amounts of weight at this time. "I feel the message is a positive one. Mothers can do a lot during pregnancy to look after the future health of their children. "They must under no circumstances stop eating though. They should ensure they have a balanced diet and make sure they are physically active. "And I think every mother should have access to a team of health workers during pregnancy - including not just midwives and obstetricians but psychologists and dietitians too." Louise Silverton, director for midwifery at the Royal College of Midwives, said:"Women should try to be an ideal weight before they become pregnant and, if not, should follow midwifery advice to manage their weight while eating a good diet rich in micronutrients. "After birth, women need support to develop healthy patterns of eating and exercise. "For women who are overweight or obese they need support to access weight-loss services to ensure that they are an ideal weight before they embark on their next pregnancy. The ongoing Dorian project is funded by the European Commission.

Summary: A major European obesity investigation has called for urgent action to prevent obesity in women of child-bearing age.


Under the Dome explains the social and health costs of pollution, and was watched by more than 100 million people online, sparking debates. It was removed just two days after Premier Li Keqiang called pollution a blight on people's lives. Mr Li had promised to fight it with all the government's might. The environmental issue has dominated the current session of the Chinese parliament, the National People's Congress, in Beijing. The newly appointed environmental protection minister, Chen Jining, had praised Under The Dome, telling reporters it should "encourage efforts by individuals to improve air quality". But having initially praised the documentary, China's communist leaders now seem to have banned it, the BBC's Michael Bristow reports. It appears to tell an inconvenient truth, something the leaders do not want to hear during the current annual meeting of parliament, he adds. Standing in front of an audience in a simple white shirt and jeans, Ms Chai speaks plainly throughout the 103-minute video, which features a year-long investigation of China's noxious pollution problem. At times, the documentary is deeply personal. Near the start of the documentary, Ms Chai interviews a six-year-old living in the coal-mining province of Shanxi, one of the most polluted places on earth. "Have you ever seen stars?" Ms Chai asks. "No," replies the girl. "Have you ever seen a blue sky?" "I have seen a sky that's a little bit blue," the girl tells her. "But have you ever seen white clouds?" "No," the girl sighs. The film watched more than 100 million times Under the Dome, a year-long investigation of pollution in China, had garnered more than 100 million views in less than 48 hours. Made by renowned investigative journalist Chai Jing and funded with her own money, the film sharply criticises the Chinese state's lax environmental laws. As of Saturday, the film was no longer available on popular Chinese mainland video sites. A link on the Youku website that previously led to the video now prompts the message, "We're very sorry, Youku was unable to find the page you requested". Neither Youku or Ms Chai responded immediately when asked to comment, the Reuters news agency reports. China operates the world's most formidable online censorship machine, known as the Great Firewall. Some social media users in China voiced frustration at the removal of the film. "When will this country be able to face the attitudes of its own people?" wrote one Weibo user, quoted by AFP news agency. Another Weibo user quoted by Reuters wrote: "Some people have the power to completely smother Chai Jing's Under the Dome on the internet but don't have the power to smother haze in this country." Alvin Lin, the Beijing-based China climate and energy policy director of the US-based environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council, said: "They've made a big deal about air pollution in the last couple of [legislative meetings]. Under the Dome made it so they really really have to talk about it." Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University in Hong Kong, said: "They are really serious about

Summary: The authorities in China have removed from websites a popular documentary which highlights the country's severe pollution problem.