Ceredigion council plans to auction the site of former Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi in Llandysul, which closed last term, for development. The council cabinet meets on Tuesday to discuss the sale set for 30 September. But a new group, Plant y Dyffryn, wants more time to draw up a bid to buy it. The site has a price tag of between Â£250,000 and Â£300,000, with proceeds earmarked for the new-build Ysgol Bro Teifi school which opened this month providing education for three to 19-year-olds. Leah Williams, one of the founders of Plant y Dyffryn, said "any developer could come in and squeeze the community". She said: "Llandysul is so small and so Welsh it would just tip the balance. "There are eight acres of land on a large site with plenty of potential," she said. Plant y Dyffryn is looking at the example of the Cardigan community venture 4CG in order to raise funds to purchase the site, and then run it. It took over the Pwllhai site in the centre of Cardigan in 2010, and turned it into a car park to generate income from parking fees with buildings and workshops leased out to small businesses. A public meeting was held on Sunday when Llandysul residents voted to call on Ceredigion council to delay the process of selling the school site. In response, cabinet member Gareth Lloyd said that if the cabinet delayed the process of selling, then they would consider offering help to the community with their application.

Summary: A group has called on Ceredigion council to delay plans to sell-off a former school site so it can bid to buy and retain it for community use.


Police said the boy was badly injured in the incident, after being struck in Coatbridge. Emergency crews were called the scene on the town's Bank Street near Langloan Primary School at about 16:40. The boy was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, in Glasgow, where his condition is believed to be serious.

Summary: A nine-year-old boy is being treated in hospital after being hit by a vehicle in North Lanarkshire on Saturday.


The Mid-Infrared Instrument (Miri) will gather key data as the $9bn (Â£5.5bn) observatory seeks to identify the first starlight in the Universe. The results of testing conducted at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK have just been signed off, clearing Miri to travel to America. James Webb - regarded as the successor to Hubble - is due to launch in 2018. It will carry a 6.5m primary mirror (more than double the width of Hubble's main mirror), and a shield the size of a tennis court to guard its sensitive vision from the heat and strong light of our Sun. The observatory has been tasked with tracking down the very first luminous objects in the cosmos - groupings of the first generation of stars to burst into life. To do so, Webb will use its infrared detectors to look deeper into space than Hubble, and further back in time - to a period more than 13 billion years ago. "The other instruments on James Webb will do massive surveys of the sky, looking for these very rare objects; they will find the candidates," explained Miri's UK principal investigator, Prof Gillian Wright. "But Miri has a very special role because it will be the instrument that looks at these candidates to determine which of them is a true first light object. Only Miri can give us that confirmation," she told BBC News. JWST is a co-operative project between the US (Nasa), European (Esa) and Canadian (CSA) space agencies. Europe is providing two of the telescope's four instruments and the Ariane rocket to put it in orbit. Miri is arguably the most versatile of the four instruments, with a much wider range of detectable wavelengths than its peers (5-28 microns). Fundamentally, it is a camera system that will produce pictures of the cosmos. But it also carries a coronagraph to block the light from bright objects so it can see more easily nearby, dimmer targets - such as planets circling their stars. In addition, there is a spectrograph that will slice light into its component colours so scientists can discern something of the chemistry of far-flung phenomena. Miri is a complex design, and will operate at minus 266C. This frigid state is required for the instrument's detectors to sample the faintest of infrared sources. Everything must be done to ensure the telescope's own heat energy does not swamp the very signal it is pursuing. The hardware for Miri has been developed by institutes and companies from across Europe and America. The job of pulling every item together and assembling the finished system has had its scientific and engineering lead in the UK. Miri has just gone through a rigorous mechanical and thermal test campaign at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire. This included shaking the instrument to simulate the pounding it will receive during the ascent to orbit on the Ariane. It was also put in a vacuum chamber and subjected to the kind of temperatures it will experience in space. "It's been a real privilege to work on Miri and great

Summary: One of Europe's main contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is built and ready to ship to the US.


You can spend several hours being jostled by French camera crews, squashed by Italian snappers, or shoved unceremoniously out of the way by any one of 27 other countries' journalists as the leaders of the European Union arrive one by one, and we frantically try to grab a word with them as they rush past. There'll be sharp elbows in the press pen, craning of necks and stretching of microphones, as David Cameron arrives at this summit, which could define not just his leadership, but the future of his party and his country's place in the world. But how on earth did the man who once accused the Conservatives of being out of touch for "banging on about Europe", get himself into a position where he has already been "banging on about Europe" for months and months, and will spend the next four months still doing precisely that? Since he made that claim in his first season as party leader in 2006, appearing in front of a huge video screen tastefully projected with a giant tree, there have been three big changes, linked, that have got him to this juncture, which of course ultimately is a product of his own political calculation. Most simply, as the years have passed, his party has changed. Since the Maastricht rebels failed to get a public vote in 1993 on the treaty that created the modern version of the European Union, there has been a rump of Conservatives deeply passionate about the cause, significantly concerned that the EU's laws, not Britain's own, are more important - the question of sovereignty that's a big part of the current talks. But their concerns, while shared by many Conservative Party members, were not considered mainstream in the parliamentary party - balanced, if not squeezed out, by heavyweight Europhile voices. But as the EU expanded, and generations of MPs came and went, a soft scepticism towards the European project, neither full-throated support, nor hardcore opposition, became more common, and sympathy for the idea of a referendum spread from the margins. The eurozone financial crisis, and the EU's stumbling approach to sorting it out, gave a fresh energy to eurosceptic MPs who wanted to campaign to leave. In part that apathy, if not downright dislike, towards the EU spread because of the enormous rise in the numbers of people from around the Union who came to live and work in the UK. Numbers that took the political establishment completely by surprise began to arrive from the moment new countries like Poland joined the EU in 2004. There is a complicated, and emotional debate about the impact of the numbers, but few can dispute that the effect has been very significant in some parts of the country, with figures this week showing the numbers still rising, standing at more than two million now. For many people, that very visible impact of our membership of the EU has given them pause for thought. And it was that steep rise in EU immigration that gave David Cameron his most pressing political reason for -

Summary: It gets cold, very very cold, waiting at the entrance of the European Council building in Brussels.


That was a maxim Gabor, who has died at the age of 99, seemed to live by. With nine nuptials, she was the celebrity world's most prolific knot-tier. But others have come close. Gabor's first marriage in 1937 was to Turkish politician Burhan Asaf Belge - but she later claimed to have had an affair with then president of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, while married to Belge. She moved to the US and they divorced in 1941. She then met and married hotel magnate Conrad Hilton Senior in 1942 and the union produced Gabor's only child, Francesca. But the pair divorced after two years. Next was actor George Sanders, followed by investment banker Herbert Hutner, Barbie doll designer Jack Ryan and her divorce lawyer Michael O'Mara. Her marriage to Mexican lawyer Felipe de Alba was annulled because Gabor's marriage to O'Mara had not been properly dissolved. In 1986, when she was 69, she married Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, and remained with him until her death. Liz Taylor had seven husbands but eight weddings - she got married to Welsh actor Richard Burton twice. She defended her record: "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?" Her first marriage at 18 was to Conrad Hilton Jr, the son of Conrad Hilton, who had been married to Gabor (see above). Four years later, she married actor Michael Wilding, but after three years she moved on to film producer Mike Todd. When he was killed in an air crash soon afterwards, Taylor was distraught. Singer Eddie Fisher became husband number four in 1959, and Taylor and Burton entered into their first marriage five years later. They became one of Hollywood's most famous couples, renowned for their passionate and turbulent relationship. They divorced after nine years, but reconsidered and remarried two years after that. Their reunion lasted five months and they were divorced for the second time in 1976. Then she met and married a former US naval secretary, John Warner, who became a Republican senator. That lasted until 1982. Finally, she married builder Larry Fortensky in 1991. The couple met in rehab and got married on Michael Jackson's Californian ranch. She once said: "I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times." Like Elizabeth Taylor, US chat show host Larry King has been married eight times but to seven people. His first marriage was to childhood sweetheart Freda Miller in 1952, but it was over by the following year. Another brief marriage followed, this time to Annette Kay, before he wed a Playboy bunny called Alene Akins in 1961. But the couple divorced just two years later. King then married Mary Francis Stuphin in 1963. However, they divorced three years later and King went back to Akins. But they divorced for a second time in 1972. Maths teacher and production assistant Sharon Lapore was King's fifth wife, followed by businesswoman Julie Alexander. That union was also short-lived. King is still married to his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick, with

Summary: "A girl must marry for love," actress Zsa Zsa Gabor once quipped, "and keep on marrying until she finds it."


Paul Robson is the second trader at the Dutch bank to plead guilty to trying to rig the Yen Libor rate and the first Briton to do so. Last year Rabobank paid $1bn (Â£597m) to US and European regulators for its part in the global rate-rigging scandal. Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have all previously been fined for rate rigging. Mr Robson conspired to manipulate Libor submissions to benefit trading positions between 2006 and 2011, the US Department of Justice said. Libor - London interbank offered rate - is one of the interest rates use by global banks to lend money to each other. It supports hundreds of trillions of dollars of transactions, and is used to set interest rates on credit cards, student loans and mortgages. Regulators in the US and Europe have been investigating whether banks attempted to manipulate this and other key interest rates to benefit their own trading positions. Nine people, including Robson, have so far been charged by the Justice Department. US prosecutors said Robson pleaded guilty to one charge out of the 15 he had faced. Takayuki Yagami, another former senior trader at Rabobank, in June became the first to plead guilty for his role in the scheme. Robson worked as a senior trader at Rabobank's money markets desk in London, and also served as the bank's primary submitter for the Yen Libor calculation, the Justice Department said. He used his position to submit rates requested by Yagami and other traders, according to prosecutors. In 2007 Yagami asked Robson by email for a high submission for one of the rates, Robson answered: "no prob mate let me know your level." After Yagami made his request, according to the Justice Department, Robson confirmed: "sure no prob... I'll probably get a few phone calls but no worries mate... there's bigger crooks in the market than us guys!" In a statement Leslie Caldwell, who heads the Justice Department's criminal division, said: "The scope of the fraud was massive, but the scheme was simple. By illegally influencing the Libor rates, Robson and his co-conspirators rigged the markets to ensure that their trades made money," In July Lloyds Banking Group was fined Â£218m for "serious misconduct" for its part in interest rate rigging. Lloyds manipulated both the yen and sterling Libor rates and tried to rig the rate for the US dollar, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and US financial regulators said. At the time Bank of England governor Mark Carney called the misconduct "reprehensible".

Summary: A former senior trader at Rabobank has pleaded guilty to interest rate rigging in the US.


The Medical Research Council team showed severely damaged organs in mice could be restored to near-normal function. They say the findings, published in Nature Cell Biology, could eventually help people stuck on a waiting list for a transplant. Further tests are now taking place with human tissue. The liver does have a remarkable ability to heal itself. Even if half of the organ is removed, it can grow back. The team, based at the University of Edinburgh, has been investigating the regenerative potential of the liver. Normally, the main type of cell in the liver - hepatocytes - is able to restore the organ. But one of the researchers, Prof Stuart Forbes, said: "The hepatocytes normally divide beautifully, but eventually they give up that ability to keep dividing, they become senescent, and that is something we see in all forms of severe liver injury." So the Edinburgh team turned to a closely related group of stem cells from the biliary duct. Injecting these cells into damaged mouse livers led to near compete regeneration. Prof Forbes added: "The big aim would be to develop a clinically applicable cell therapy for patients with severe liver failure where transplantation is not an option." The team say tissue from livers unsuitable for transplant could be a source of these cells. However, Prof Forbes said liver transplants would remain the main option for patients and encouraged people to join the donor register. Further studies will now focus on repeating the results with human tissue. Dr Rob Buckle, the director of science programmes at the Medical Research Council, said: "This research has the potential to revolutionise patient care by finding ways of co-opting the body's own resources to repair or replace damaged or diseased tissue."

Summary: Transplanting cells into livers has the potential to completely regenerate them, say scientists.


The former Chesterfield first team coach replaced Ashley Hoskin as manager in October 2015. But the Seagulls managed four league wins under Lynch and are nine points from safety with eight games remaining. "We thought he was the man for the job but unfortunately it didn't work out," Bay chairman Dave Titchiner said. Captain Carl Rodgers and Luke Denson will be in charge for Thursday's home game against Mickleover Sports. Colwyn Bay were relegated from the Conference North at the end of the 2014-15 season.

Summary: Evo-Stik Northern Premier Division strugglers Colwyn Bay have sacked manager Kevin Lynch following Easter Monday's 3-0 home defeat to Marine.


Conlan and Donnelly have since turned professional and are not impacted by sanctions including an obligation to follow integrity education programmes. The three boxers did not attempt to manipulate an event at the Rio Games. The Olympic Council of Ireland and British Olympic Association were also sanctioned with a reprimand. Participants are are not permitted to bet on Olympic events and the trio violated the Rio 2016 Rules on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions. London 2012 bronze medallist Conlan, who suffered a controversial bantamweight quarter-final defeat in Rio, placed bets on boxing contests on 8 and 9 August. Both bets, in his weight division but not on his two bouts, were lost. Donnelly betted on himself to lose his welterweight fight against Tuvshinbat Byamba on 11 August - the Ballymena man won on points. His explanation to the IOC was that he had "bet without intending to cheat by losing his match to win his bets, rather, winning the bets would be some compensation in the event he lost his match". Donnelly lost at the quarter-final stage while middleweight Fowler, who also bet on boxing events, was beaten in his opening bout. The IOC said the trio must successfully follow the IOC education programme to be eligible for Toyko. The are also required to support, through active participation, education programmes organised by the either the AIBA, IOC or their Olympic association. The Olympic Council of Ireland and British Olympic Association were "sanctioned with a reprimand for not having properly informed its athletes about the content of the different rules applicable to them on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio, as well as about the content of the contract signed with them". They are both "requested to make sure that the team preparation for the Olympic Games (winter and summer) includes complete education on the prevention of the manipulation of competitions and betting on the Olympic Games. Meanwhile. it is recommended that the AIBA put in place "education programmes on the prevention of the manipulation of competitions and betting on the Olympic Games".

Summary: Irish pair Michael Conlan and Steven Donnelly have been issued with "severe reprimands" along with Britain's Antony Fowler for betting on Olympic events.


Three Victorian hotels will go to make way for a six-storey, four star hotel and two assisted-living apartment blocks, at East Cliff in Bournemouth. English Heritage strongly objected to the scale of the development in what is a designated conservation area. But, councillors voted seven to three in favour saying it would help tourism. Chair of the planning board and Conservative ward councillor David Kelsey, said the buildings earmarked for demolition were nice but no longer "necessarily functional". "They've come to the end of their working lives, we need to preserve the tourism aspect while improving living for older people in the town," he said. "The loss of buildings and trees are always regrettable but we can't stand still, we need to move forward." The site on Grove Road and East Overcliff Drive will get a 90-room hotel along with a nine-storey and seven-storey building, comprising 122 assisted-living apartments. Applicants The East Cliff Project LLP will demolish Bay View Court, The Cottonwood and the Ocean View hotels. The council received 246 letters supporting the plans. Forty-nine residents and the Ancient Monuments Society wrote to object to the demolition, stating that despite being altered, they still "give a sense of the historic character of the area". English Heritage said the scale of the development would cause "severe harm" to the conservation area.

Summary: A hotel and apartment complex in Dorset has been approved despite English Heritage stating it would be a "hammer-blow" to the area.


They were brutal, inhuman regimes led by men with notorious reputations for violence and suppressing opposition - Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, Jorge Rafael Videla in Argentina and so on. One of the great success stories across the region, in the intervening three or four decades, was how most of those dictatorships were driven out - usually by the overwhelming force of peaceful, popular pressure - and were replaced by elected democratic governments. The general consensus among observers, politicians and the Latin American public is that democracy is here to stay. That is certainly the case here in Brazil, a country that has grown into one of the world's top 10 economies, where vigorous political debate is the everyday norm and where, since the return of civilian rule in 1985, the army's place has unquestionably been back in the barracks. So, even in these times of social unrest and economic crisis in Brazil, there is no real threat of military intervention. But many people are describing the removal of the country's first female leader as a coup, albeit one carried out by politicians rather than generals. That is certainly how Dilma Rousseff herself sees things after a vote in the country's senate triggered her dismissal over charges that she illegally manipulated government accounts to hide the scale of the budget deficit. For Ms Rousseff the experience was not as physically painful as the torture and abuse she suffered as a prisoner under the former dictatorship, but she felt just as keenly a sense of injustice and abuse of power. Dilma Rousseff vigorously denied the charges which in the great scheme of things could be characterised as relatively minor. She has repeatedly described the process as a plot by her political opponents to force her from office, replacing without an election a leftist, socialist government with a centre-right, market-friendly alternative. In other words, say Ms Rousseff and her supporters also believe it was a coup. But if the term "coup" describes a sudden and illegal seizure of power, that is arguably not what happened in Brazil. Dilma Rousseff's removal was a long drawn-out legal affair, overseen by the country's Supreme Court. Impeachment is a provision laid out in the Brazilian constitution, as it is in many other democracies. As flimsy or irrelevant as many thought the charges were, the [now] former president was able to defend herself by legal argument and with counsel throughout. The law might be an ass, but it is still the law. Dilma Rousseff has never been formally accused of corruption or self-enrichment, unlike many of the men who have sat in judgment over her in the Brazilian Congress during the recent turbulent weeks and months. Nor has she been implicated in the wide-ranging "car wash" corruption scandal, involving the payment of billions of dollars in bribes in relation to contracts at the state controlled oil giant, Petrobras. Several senior politicians, including members of Ms Rousseff's own Workers Party, have been ensnared in the scandal. One widely-held belief is that the overriding concern for Brazil's well-heeled

Summary: Back in the 1970s, when I first lived in Latin America and was hooked by a fascination for this region that has never left, virtually every country here was ruled by a military dictatorship.


Robert Kerr, 39, inflicted 76 wounds on 39-year-old Xin Xin Liu at their home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. The Crown accepted his plea to culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility after it emerged he suffered "an abnormality of the mind". Kerr will remain at the State Hospital under an interim compulsion order. At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Boyd imposed the interim compulsion order for Kerr to remain at Carstairs and the case was adjourned until November. The court heard that Xin Xin had moved to Scotland from China around 15 years ago to study law at Aberdeen University. It was there she met Kerr, who was completing a computer course. They were married in 2003. Kerr was latterly a lecturer at West College Scotland in Paisley, while Xin Xin was training to be a translator. They were described as a "quiet and private couple" with family not aware of any problems between them. In April this year - weeks before the killing - Kerr had contacted his GP complaining of stress in respect of "work and personal issues". He added he was suffering from anxiety, insomnia and spoke about "paranoid feelings". Four days before the attack, Kerr spoke to a nurse and said he had been feeling much better and appeared to be sounding "chirpier". The court heard that on 26 April, however, Kerr attacked Xin Xin as their two sons slept upstairs. Just before midnight, he dialled 999 and admitted: "I have just killed my wife. I murdered her in a stabbing frenzy." He went on to state there was "blood all over the place". Police discovered Xin Xin lying on the kitchen floor with a knife still in her body. After being held, Kerr then told officers: "I found out tonight they were not mine." Prosecutor Jane Farquharson said he had "suspicions" that a friend was the father of his children. Ms Farquharson told the court: "A paternity test recently carried out...has since confirmed that Robert Kerr is the biological father." A number of blood-stained items were found at the couple's house, including a milk carton. The advocate depute said: "Kerr has since admitted that he had made himself a hot drink after this incident." A post mortem later revealed Xin Xin had suffered a total of 76 wounds. The court heard that Kerr had since been receiving treatment at the State Hospital at Carstairs. One doctor concluded that his "ability to control his conduct" that night was "substantially impaired by reason of abnormality of mind". He was said to be suffering from a "delusional disorder" including his belief about the paternity of his children.

Summary: A college lecturer has admitting killing his wife in "a stabbing frenzy" after wrongly believing he was not the father of their two children.


President Juan Manuel Santos said the authorities do not know how many people are still missing. Heavy rains caused the river Liboriana, in the town of Salgar, to burst its banks, triggering the landslide. Much of the village of Santa Margarita, south-west of the provincial capital, Medellin, was swept away when the disaster hit early on Monday. Rescue teams and residents have got together to dig through rouble in the hope of finding survivors. After visiting the scene of the disaster, Mr Santos declared a state of emergency and promised to rebuild the houses. "We cannot bring the dead back, which we regret deeply, and we will support the families (of the victims)," said Mr Santos earlier. "But we have to move on from this tragedy, and look ahead with courage and fortitude." "The priority now is the hospital," said the president. Earlier on Monday, gas and electricity services in the town were suspended as a precautionary measure. The Colombian Air Force and police have sent helicopters to the area. More than 160 soldiers are working in the emergency effort. Some 100 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas. Local official Zulma Osorio spoke of a "tragedy of enormous proportions". Mud, rocks and tree trunks destroyed many houses in poor neighbourhoods close to the river. Resident Jorge Quintero described his ordeal when the landslide hit the village: "When I felt my house shaking we got out, my family and me. When we got out, we were stuck in the middle of the landslide, it was coming from both sides and we were in the middle. "I said to my wife, let's hold each other and hope that God saves us and I know he gave us his hand because here we are, alive, still frightened, but still alive." More rain is expected in the are in the next few days.

Summary: More than 50 people have been killed in a landslide in Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials say.


One eyewitness described the fire at Eco-Oil Ltd at the Kingsnorth Industrial Estate at Hoo as "huge". Kent Fire and Rescue Service managed to contain burning oil which spread on to adjacent land cleared for development. Firefighters said the blaze started at about 2300 BST and was finally brought under control at around 0545 BST. The fire started in two road tankers before spreading to plastic and steel drum oil containers. No casualties have been reported. At least 10 fire crews from around the county were tackling the fire, with extra foam units brought in from London and Essex. Graham Gash, area manager from Kent Fire and Rescue said: "Crews have done a great job in fighting this serious fire and successfully managing to prevent it spreading further and damaging nearby buildings. "We worked alongside our partners from the London Fire Brigade and Essex Fire and Rescue Service and I think praise goes to everyone for a job well done." Mr Gash said crews were confronted by a very serious fire involving road tanker vehicles carrying 1,000-litre containers of reclaimed engine oil and numerous 200-litre barrels of oil which were exploding. He added: "More importantly, we had fuel that was flowing from the site and this posed a significant threat to the surrounding building which was three industrial units." The fire officer said foam had to be used to put out a very hot oil fire, while two high volume water supplies were needed for a major foam strike - one for cooling and one for foam production. He added: "This particular area is not very well served with a good water supply so we had to run in two water mains from Kingsnorth power station." By about 0800 BST on Saturday, fire crews had entered the turning over and damping down phase, Mr Gash said. He said crews were working to make sure the fire was out and checking the industrial units with thermal imaging cameras to make sure there had been no undetected fire spread. Mr Gash said there was minimal risk to people nearby because the industrial estate was surrounded by commercial industrial retail outlets and not residential areas. He said the brigade's fire investigation team would be investigating the cause of the fire along with Kent Police.

Summary: More than 60 firefighters have spent the night tackling a major blaze at a waste oil depot near Kingsnorth power station in Kent.


She replaces Jo Stevens, who resigned last month in protest at an instruction that Labour MPs should back the bill to trigger Brexit. Ms Rees is the fifth appointment to the role since the 2015 general election. Mr Corbyn said his team's strength would "develop Labour's alternative plan to rebuild and transform Britain". In other appointments, Rebecca Long-Bailey becomes shadow business secretary, Sue Hayman takes the environment, food and rural affairs brief, and the new shadow chief secretary to the Treasury is Peter Dowd. Ms Rees was a shadow justice minister in January 2016 but resigned after the EU referendum, only to return to the job in October 2016. She backed Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership in 2015 and Owen Smith in 2016. A former Welsh squash international who won more than 100 caps, the new shadow Welsh secretary was preceded by Ms Stevens, Paul Flynn, Nia Griffith and Mr Smith. Ms Rees was previously married to former Labour Welsh Secretary Ron Davies. Christina Rees is the fourth MP to hold the shadow Welsh secretary's job under Jeremy Corbyn - and the fifth since the general election less than two years ago when she entered parliament. She supported Owen Smith's challenge to Mr Corbyn's leadership last year but voted with the Labour leader to trigger Brexit this week. Eight Welsh Labour MPs rebelled in that vote, including Shadow Arts Minister Kevin Brennan. Unusually, the Cardiff West MP and other frontbench rebels are likely to keep their jobs, a sign of Mr Corbyn's limited authority as leader.

Summary: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has named Neath MP Christina Rees as the new shadow Welsh secretary.


Bu farw'r Corporal Matthew Hatfield o Wiltshire, a'r Corporal Darren Neilson o ganlyniad i anafiadau y cawson nhw yn y digwyddiad ar faes Castell Martin ddydd Mercher. Roedd y ddau yn aelodau o Gatrawd Brenhinol y Tanciau. Dywedodd yr Is-gyrnol Simon Ridgway bod y ddau yn "filwyr talentog dros ben oedd wrth eu boddau gyda'u swyddi". "Mae'r catrawd wedi colli dau gymeriad ac mae'n fraint i fod wedi gwasanaethu gyda nhw. Bydd colled ar ôl y ddau." Mae dau filwr arall yn parhau yn yr ysbyty mewn cyflwr "difrifol", un yn Nhreforys yn Abertawe, a'r llall yn Birmingham. Mae'r Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn, Heddlu Dyfed Powys a'r Gweithgor Iechyd a Diogelwch yn cynnal ymchwiliad. Dywedodd y gweinidog sydd â chyfrifoldeb, Tobias Ellwood, bod y ddau filwr fu farw yn aelodau o Gatrawd Brenhinol y Tanciau. Mae BBC Cymru yn deall fod y digwyddiad yn ymwneud â ffrwydron yn ffrwydro o fewn tanc Challenger. Yn ôl newyddiadurwr y BBC yno, roedd y safle'n brysur fore Gwener wrth i'r ymchwiliad gael ei gynnal. Oherwydd y digwyddiad, mae'r Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn wedi gwahardd ymarferion tanio nes eu bod yn gwybod achos y digwyddiad. Mae'r gwaharddiad mewn grym ar gyfer yr holl fyddin, ble bynnag y maen nhw yn y byd. Mae safle'r fyddin yng Nghastell Martin yn ymestyn dros 5,900 acer ar hyd arfordir Sir Benfro.

Summary: Mae enwau'r milwyr fu farw mewn digwyddiad yn ymwneud â thanc ar faes tanio'r fyddin wedi eu cyhoeddi.


Hundreds of animal lovers arrived at the scene of the blaze, which broke out at Manchester Dogs' Home in Moss Brook Road in Harpurhey on Thursday evening. They brought blankets, dog food and other supplies to help some 150 dogs that were pulled from the fire alive. Others visited a JustGiving page, which raised £500,000 in under 17 hours. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson and an investigation into the cause of the fire continues. Among those helping with the rescue effort is the Rev Mike McGurk, of nearby Christ Church in Harpurhey, who said: "When any disaster or anything happens in this community, you actually see the true character of the people. "Hundreds of people have turned out bringing everything from dog leads to food, to water, to finances and it's been really overwhelming. "We're opening up the church - that's become the centre where people can drop off donations. There'll be staff there throughout the day and night." Robert Smith travelled from Oldham to help. He said: "I've got dogs myself and I just want to do what I can. It's tragic. It's seemed like thousands of people have come along - you couldn't move around here." Tracy Cassidy, from Bury, said: "A friend of mine sent me a message telling me about it and I just instantly burst out crying. I had my daughter on my knee and I just couldn't control it. "I've got a big fold-up cage and I thought that could be good if they have bigger dogs. I just said to my boyfriend I'm just going to go and see what I can do." Meanwhile, a call went out on Facebook for people to post "dog selfies" to help raise funds. People also left messages of sympathy on the JustGiving website. Jay McMullen said: "It's heart-warming to know there are so many nice people coming together to help."

Summary: Volunteers and well-wishers have pulled together in a huge effort to raise more than £500,000 in the wake of a fire that killed 60 animals at a dogs' home.


Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice flatly denied she or Mr Obama used intelligence for political purposes. She was responding to reports alleging she sought to "unmask" any Trump officials who cropped up in foreign surveillance reports. Ms Rice also rejected claims that she leaked information to US media. She was pressed on MSNBC about whether she had exposed Mr Trump's former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign in February after misleading the White House about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. "I leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would," Ms Rice replied. Could FBI investigation into Russia links ensnare Trump? Russia: The scandal Trump can't shake She did not say whether she had viewed intelligence reports involving Mr Trump and his aides, citing classified information. Former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice says that while she did request the "unmasking" of some Americans in contact with foreign subjects under government surveillance, she did not do so for "political purposes". If that's where the story ends, then she was almost certainly legally exercising the broad powers high-level US national security officials have to review reports produced by the intelligence community. There were growing indications that the Russian government was attempting to influence the US presidential election, and a national security adviser would be remiss not to closely inspect any information about possible American involvement. If, on the other hand, Ms Rice widely disseminated information about US citizens or leaked it to the press, as some Republican critics allege and she adamantly denies, then the picture grows much darker. The bottom line is that someone, somewhere did reveal details about conversations Michael Flynn, Ms Rice's successor as national security adviser, had with Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. That leak, while it revealed that Flynn was being less than truthful with the US public, was illegal. Rice says this has nothing to do with her. Republican investigators in Congress certainly are unlikely to let the matter end there, however. Ms Rice has come under intense scrutiny over suggestions she requested the intelligence community to provide the names of Trump administration officials who turned up in surveillance transcripts of foreign subjects. "The allegation is that somehow Obama administration officials utilised intelligence for political purposes, that is absolutely false," she said. Ms Rice explained that part of her job as national security adviser was to determine the importance of intelligence reports she received, and sometimes that entailed requesting the identities of those involved. The US often monitors the communications of foreigners, but the names of any Americans caught up in the dragnet are typically removed from intelligence reports to protect their privacy. Ms Rice said she could only request the identity of US citizens in spy reports if that helped understand the intelligence better. But it was the intelligence community that would ultimately determine whether she could access that information, she added. Ms Rice emphasised that reports of Russian interference in the US election had been"of great concern to all of us on the national security team". Both the House

Summary: A top adviser to former President Barack Obama has labelled reports that she ordered surveillance of Donald Trump's campaign as "absolutely false".


Luke Bennett, 20, was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis four years ago - a form of inflammatory bowel disease. After medication and steroids failed to improve his condition, he decided to undergo surgery six weeks ago. Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme, Mr Bennett said he wanted to help other people like him. Talking about his decision to have surgery, he said: "It was very hard. It was quite a long process really. "In my head I was thinking 'why am I going to wait until I'm really ill to go into surgery when it's inevitable?" Mr Bennett posted the picture on the Crohn's and Colitis UK Facebook page to show what "a normal person" looks like with a colostomy bag. "If you have surgery there's nothing really to worry about... it does get better," he added. Dan McClean, director of marketing at Crohn's and Colitis UK, described Luke as an "inspiration". "We are currently seeing this inflammatory bowel disease being diagnosed in about 10,000 younger people a year," he said. "To see Luke's story is very inspiring for a lot of people."

Summary: A student from Swansea University has gone viral after a selfie he took with his colostomy bag was viewed by more than one million people online.


United Nations officials rarely use the words "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing," but they now say potentially both could envelop the world's youngest country. Since violence flared in Juba in July and spread to the previously peaceful southern Equatoria states of South Sudan, 340,000 people have fled the violence into neighbouring Uganda. That is more than any other country this year - the UN says 200,000 people have fled Syria in 2016. Every day, on average, another 2,500 South Sudanese become refugees, and the stories of what they escaped and what they saw on the way, add to the evidence of killing, rape and the targeting of civilians along ethnic lines. Nelson Ladu Thomas has twice walked over the small wooden bridge dividing South Sudan and Uganda at an unofficial border crossing known as Busia. A trickle of a stream divides these two countries and there are small bridges or fallen trees every couple of kilometres. The first time he crossed was with his immediate family; the second - a day later - was with his brother's wife and her five children who he had gone back to help. Six-year-old Moriswani was limping up the hill to the Ugandan police post where their possessions were inspected before being allowed on to a reception centre a little further up the road. I asked him what they had left behind. "They are killing people, sleeping with wives, stealing. They are not shooting you, they are cutting you with a knife. Even small children can be beaten down," Mr Thomas told me. The children gulped water and sat exhausted in the shade of a harsh sun. "They don't want us," he said, and gave his explanation of why his town of Yei, just 80km (50 miles) from the border, had become a place he had to leave. "These tribes of Dinka, they don't want Equatorians, they don't want… Nuer. They don't want them." Ethnic violence has dominated the crisis in South Sudan. The civil war began as a dispute between the Dinka President Salva Kiir, and former Vice-President Riek Machar who is Nuer. Equatorians only started to be targeted in July, when the violence spread to their part of the country after rebel troops fled the capital. In a long line of people at a nearby refugee reception centre, Otima Amos, 21, explained how he had crossed the border after walking through the bush for many days with 16 other people - most children, and among them two-year-old twins."We walked up to here - without any other form of transport," he said. "It was very hard because they were killing people. If you were a boy you would be killed, if you were a girl or a woman they would just rape you. If not, you would be killed." They were afraid they would be caught as they tried to escape. Uganda is coping extremely well with the huge influx of refugees. With the help of aid agencies, within 36 hours each family is allocated a 30m square patch of land and a tarpaulin to set

Summary: For three years South Sudan has tumbled deeper into self-inflicted chaos, and it now finds itself on the brink of something even more terrifying.


Founded in 2007 by two former Amazon employees, the company is hugely popular for selling books and electronics online. It has 22 million registered users and handles over 150,000 shipments a day. Earlier this year, Flipkart acquired fashion portal Myntra and exceeded $1bn in annual sales. India's e-commerce market was worth $13bn in 2013, with online travel accounting for more than 70% of transactions. According to research firm Forrester, online sales of retail goods were worth $1.6bn last year, but with the growing reach of internet in the country and more people shopping online, it is expected to reach $76bn by 2021, according to consulting firm Technopak. Correspondents say Flipkart is competing for a bigger slice of the Indian online retail market with the Delhi-based marketplace Snapdeal, fashion e-tailer Jabong, and global e-commerce sites like Amazon and eBay. In the last seven years, Flipkart had raised $760m and the recent funding is the largest for the company.

Summary: India's largest e-commerce company Flipkart has raised $1bn (£590m; 60bn rupees) in fresh funding, the largest ever for an Indian internet firm.


He told Reuters that the EU should not interfere with "domestic issues". He said he had already won backing from Poland that it would veto any move to strip Hungary of its EU voting rights. The EU objects to Hungary's tight controls on asylum seekers and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as a higher education law. Critics say the education law could lead to the closure of the prestigious Central European University, founded by philanthropist George Soros. Thousands of Hungarians have held protest rallies against the laws in recent months. Asked by Reuters on Monday whether Hungary would backtrack on any of the three issues, Mr Szijjarto answered: "No. Why should we? "These laws belong to national competence, so I think European institutions should refrain from making attempts at interfering with domestic issues." The minister added that "my Polish colleague" had made it very clear that Warsaw would veto any EU sanctions against Hungary. EU rules envisage that such decisions as stripping a member country of its voting rights should be approved unanimously. Hungary's right-wing Fidesz government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban is under sustained pressure from European institutions to withdraw the three laws, two of which have already been passed, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest reports. Hungary is currently forcibly housing asylum seekers in secured shipping containers, raising serious questions whether it is compatible with EU law. Hungary's Higher Education Law, signed in April, could force the closure of the Budapest-based CEU, which ranks among the top 200 universities in the world in eight disciplines. Meanwhile, draft legislation on NGOs is expected to go before parliament soon. Human rights groups say it would stigmatise them as "foreign-backed" organisations. Last month, the deputy head of the bloc's executive Commission, Frans Timmermans, warned action would be taken in coming weeks if there were no positive developments. Hungary passes bill targeting Central European University Hungarian attack on George Soros prompts NGO anger The university built to defend democracy

Summary: Hungary will not back down over three laws which have brought in question its future membership in the EU, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says.


Ronan Toolis led the excavation works at Trusty's Hill Fort at Gatehouse of Fleet. It unearthed evidence that it might have been the royal seat of the sixth century kingdom of Rheged. Mr Toolis said it was "pre-eminent among the kingdoms of the north" at that time. The location of Rheged had previously been thought by many historians to be in Cumbria. However, Dr Christopher Bowles, co-director of the excavation work in Dumfries and Galloway, said that may not have been the case. "The new archaeological evidence from Trusty's Hill enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid," he said. "The 2012 excavations show that Trusty's Hill was likely the royal seat of Rheged, a kingdom that had Galloway as its heartland. "This was a place of religious, cultural and political innovation whose contribution to culture in Scotland has perhaps not been given due recognition." Dr Bowles said the influence of the kingdom had "rippled through the history and literature of Scotland and beyond". Mr Toolis added that they had not been looking for Rheged when they started the excavations. "What drew us to Trusty's Hill were Pictish symbols carved on to bedrock here, which are unique in this region and far to the south of where Pictish carvings are normally found," said Mr Toolis. "The Galloway Picts Project was launched in 2012 to recover evidence for the archaeological context of these carvings. "But far from validating the existence of Galloway Picts, the archaeological context revealed by our excavation instead indicates the carvings relate to a royal stronghold and place of inauguration for the local Britons of Galloway around AD 600. "The new archaeological evidence suggests that Galloway may have been the heart of the lost Dark Age kingdom of Rheged, a kingdom that was in the late sixth century pre-eminent amongst the kingdoms of the north." The two men have produced a new book which details their findings. The Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged is being launched in Gatehouse of Fleet on Saturday.

Summary: Archaeological research at a site in Galloway has suggested it may have been at the heart of a "lost kingdom" from the Dark Ages.


Tomasz Galwaz, 29, died after falling from the roof of Al Amin Wholesale in Aston, Birmingham on 5 January 2015. Mafizur Rahman, 32, of Trinity Road, Aston, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court in December. Police said his main priority had been to get roof repairs done as cheaply as possible with disregard to the safety of workers. Al Amin Wholesale Limited, the company who own the buildings, also pleaded guilty to two breaches under the Health and Safety at Work Act. The firm was also fined Â£144,000 and ordered to pay costs of Â£44,600. See more stories from across Birmingham and the Black Country here Mr Galwaz and a friend were employed by Rahman in December 2014 to carry out repairs to the roof of the warehouse in Grosvenor Road, owned by his brothers and father, police said. The deal was carried out through an interpreter as the two Polish men spoke little English. Police were later told by the interpreter that there were no discussions around safety procedures, personal protective equipment or risk assessments. There was also no mention of insurance. The men were working on the roof on 5 January when it cracked and they both fell through on to a concrete floor. Mr Galwaz was taken to hospital with a serious head wound and died from his injuries the following day. The second man suffered minor injuries. Det Insp Jim Munro, from West Midlands Police, said: "Rahman's main priority was to get the job done as cheaply as possible with complete disregard for the safety of these workers âˆ’ with tragic consequences." A second man also arrested in January 2015 on suspicion of manslaughter was released without charge.

Summary: A businessman has been jailed for 30 months after a man plunged to his death from a warehouse roof.


Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, which runs Attenborough Nature Reserve, said they were "surprised" as geese are normally ground nesting birds. Ranger Tim Sexton said he was "amazed" the adult geese managed to squeeze through the box's small entrance. The goslings have arrived three weeks earlier than usual. Photographer Jane Bowen said she saw the female "padding" in the box in January with the male keeping guard on the ground below. She said this made her think the birds were nesting inside but there was no proof of this at the time. However, when a family of Egyptian geese were seen feeding elsewhere on the reserve this week, staff inspected the box and discovered the nest. Mr Sexton said: "I was amazed to think an adult Egyptian goose could even fit in there as the entrance is quite small. "Then my thoughts turned to the goslings - and 20 feet above a patch of brambles, it made me wonder what it might be like, less than two days old and having to make the jump to the ground?" The RSPB said Egyptian geese are often seen on ornamental ponds as well as gravel pits, lakes and wetlands, with the north Norfolk coast holding the highest numbers. There are about 1,100 breeding pairs in the UK.

Summary: Six Egyptian geese chicks survived a 20ft (6m) leap to the ground after they hatched inside a nest box designed for kestrels at a nature reserve.


Defeats by Munster, Edinburgh and Ulster were followed by a run of nine wins in 11 Pro12 and European games, including a win against Toulon. Ospreys beat Scarlets 19-9 on Tuesday. "Hopefully it's just a glitch. We'll see next week if it's a huge step back," Owens told BBC Radio Wales. "We've bounced back well, we didn't have a great start [losing first three games] but we've built momentum. "We've got some great performances in during the international period and over the last couple of weeks." Scarlets are fifth in the Pro12 following the Ospreys defeat but Owens is optimistic about their progress this season after a poor start to their league campaign. "You can't win every game in the season and, as long as we turn up with a huge win against the Blues, then we'll be back in that winning groove again," Owens continued. "You can't go all season winning every game, it's not going to happen, so we will put ourselves in a position now from the start we had." Scott Williams says Ospreys' kicking game proved vital in the defeat and says they need to look at themselves closely before facing Cardiff Blues on New Year's Day. "We knew it was going to be close but there were too many mistakes and too many penalties," Williams said. "Our defence has been pretty good the last couple of weeks but you can't be giving penalties away when they've got boys like Dan Biggar and Sam Davies in their team. "We'll be tough on ourselves now. We've got another derby in four days so we've got to get our heads on for that and make sure we turn up."

Summary: Scarlets captain Ken Owens says they can bounce back from their derby defeat by west Wales rivals Ospreys - just like they recovered from losing their first three games of the season.


Symantec says the Wifatch program is closing loopholes and fixing bugs on routers it infects. Routers are being increasingly targeted by criminals keen to steal data or to help with large-scale web attacks. Symantec has monitored the network of "vaccinated" devices but, so far, has not seen it put to malicious use. Wifatch was first discovered in late 2014 and since then has been steadily scouring the web for routers and other smart devices running vulnerable software. In a blogpost, Symantec said that once Wifatch finds and infects a vulnerable router it connects to other compromised devices to download software updates that make them harder to attack successfully. In addition, it said, Wifatch tries to disinfect devices that have been compromised by malicious software. It regularly reboots devices to kill off malware running on them and return them to a clean state. As far as Symantec can tell, Wifatch's payload has no malicious components and the growing network of compromised devices has never been used for attacks, said Symantec security analyst Mario Ballano. The software also leaves a message on the router telling its owner to change the default passwords and update the firmware that controls the device. Wifatch targets a wide variety of home routers that run variations of the Linux operating system. Symantec said that "tens of thousands" of gadgets were harbouring Wifatch. About a third of all the devices it had hit were in China with Brazil and Mexico making up another quarter of its victims. Symantec remained cautious about the intentions of Wifatch despite its benign appearance. "Wifatch is a piece of code that infects a device without user consent and, in that regard, is the same as any other piece of malware," said Mr Ballano. "It should also be pointed out that Wifatch contains a number of general-purpose back doors that can be used by the author to carry out potentially malicious actions," he added.

Summary: A benevolent virus has been used to harden more than 10,000 home routers against cyber-attacks, says a security firm.


The world changed on 6 August 1945. Arguably, the appalling effects of that first atomic strike - and the subsequent attack on Nagasaki - have played a large part in the determination to prevent the use of far more devastating weapons developed since. Back then, the US was the only nation with "the bomb". The story since has been of the steady spread, the proliferation, of nuclear weapons: first to Russia, Britain, France and China - then to Israel (although never officially acknowledged), India, Pakistan, North Korea. The big powers seemed either unable or unwilling to prevent that spread except perhaps now - in the case of Iran. All sorts of conflicting signals are coming out of the international talks in Vienna meant to end all the hostility between the major world powers and Iran over its much disputed nuclear programme. There's talk of both breakdown and possible breakthrough. So why is it judged so important to stop Iran? I asked Sir John Sawers, chief British negotiator with Iran from 2003 to 2007, and after that the UK's representative on the UN Security Council when sanctions against Iran were being decided. He said: "If Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, then it would change the dynamic across the Middle East. "It would make them invulnerable to any response to their unacceptable behaviour in the region." Sir John told me: "If there is an agreement then, first of all, it gives everyone much greater assurance that Iran is not going to make a break for nuclear weapons. "It opens the possibility of Iran and its Arab neighbours coming together and developing a more normal relationship. "At the moment, the Middle East is riven by disputes - many of them along Sunni-Shia lines - and if we can create a possibility whereby Saudis and Iranians can talk to one another and it is not driven by continuous hostility, then there is a possibility of creating a different sort of Middle East." It's not just August 1945 which hangs heavy over the negotiations with Iran. The events of February 1979 in Iran itself, and everything which has followed, help explain the years of suspicion and outright hostility between Tehran and Washington which a nuclear deal could do so much to ease. Ayatollah Khomeini's triumphant return to Tehran - on 1 February 1979 - from exile in Paris to take power as supreme leader of an Islamic Republic symbolises the moment when the US and its allies lost control of Iran with the fall of the shah. The years of blatant Western interference were over. Ruhollah Khomeini was born in Kohmeyn in central Iran. He became a religious scholar and in the early 1920s rose to become an 'ayatollah', a term for a leading Shia scholar. Arrested in 1962 by the shah's security service for his outspoken opposition to the pro-Western regime of the Shah. His arrest elevated him to the status of national hero. Exiled in 1964, living in Turkey, Iraq and then France, from where he urged his supporters to overthrow the shah. In January

Summary: We're fast approaching the 70th anniversary next month of the dropping of the first nuclear bomb, on Hiroshima.


Dating back 520 million years, the clawed spider-like fossil shows clear evidence of a brain and of nerve cords running through the creature's trunk. The specimen now confirms that the ancestors of spiders and scorpions were related, but branched off more than half-a-billion years ago. A team of international scientists present their work in Nature. The "great appendage" arthropods, are an extinct group of joint-legged creatures with large claw-like appendages - or growths - protruding from their heads. The nervous system tends to be similar between major groups of animals, which helps palaeontologists work out how they are related, explained Greg Edgecombe from the Natural History Museum in London. "The nervous system is one of the more reliable tool-kits we have. We were trying to investigate whether there was evidence for the preservation of neural tissues from very early parts of the animal fossil record," he told BBC News. "What we've been working with is fossils with very fine anatomical preservation from the Cambrian period. These have given us information about brains, the nerve cords and the neural tissue that goes into the eyes." New to science, the fossil was recently discovered in South China and is part of the genus Alalcomenaeus. This group had segmented bodies equipped with about a dozen pairs of appendages which enabled the creatures to swim or crawl. It was placed in a CT scanner and compared with other arthropods in order to understand its evolution. The team then used 3D software to see structures not visible on the surface of the fossil. "People like myself who are mad keen on creepy crawlies want to understand how very strange early arthropods relate to living ones," added Dr Edgecombe. "By having access to the nervous system it allows us to study the evolutionary relationships of very ancient fossils using the same kind of information that we would use for living animals." Co-author, Xiaoya Ma, also from the Natural History Museum, said: "It is very exciting to use new techniques to successfully reveal such a complete central nervous system from a 520-million-year old fossil, and in such detail." She told the BBC's Science in Action programme that the high resolution of the reconstructed image allowed the team to see "the concentrated neural structures in the head region". They could also observe the segments of the brain associated with the claw-like appendages. The fossil belongs to an extinct group of marine arthropods known as megacheirans, Greek for "large claws". To infer the evolutionary relationships between species, the fields of palaeontology and neuroanatomy came together. Nicholas Strausfeld was from the anatomy side of the team at the University of Arizona, US. "We now know that the megacheirans had central nervous systems very similar to today's horseshoe crabs and scorpions," said Prof Strausfeld. "This means the ancestors of spiders and their kin lived side by side with the ancestors of crustaceans in the Lower Cambrian." He added that their prominent appendages were clearly used for grasping and holding. "Based on their location, we can now say that the biting mouthparts in spiders

Summary: Scientists have discovered the best-preserved nervous system in an ancient fossil.


1 August 2016 Last updated at 07:19 BST This summer's Games will have a lot to live up to after London hosted an amazing event with so many memories back in 2012. Relive some of the best moments!

Summary: There's only four days to the start of the Rio Olympics in Brazil.


The live broadcast of John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer was scheduled for 15 November. The opera set to be performed this autumn portrays the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship by the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. Jewish American passenger Leon Klinghoffer was killed in the attack "I'm convinced that the opera is not anti-Semitic," the Met's General Manager, Peter Gelb, wrote in a statement. "But I've also become convinced that there is genuine concern in the international Jewish community that the live transmission of The Death of Klinghoffer would be inappropriate at this time of rising anti-Semitism, particularly in Europe." The decision was taken after discussions between Mr Gelb and the Anti-Defamation League, which represented Klinghoffer's children. Mr Adams criticised the decision, telling Associated Press news agency the opera "in no form condones or promotes violence, terrorism or anti-Semitism". The Achille Lauro had been sailing the Mediterranean on 7 October 1985 when the gang - members of a splinter group of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Liberation Organisation - attacked. During a two-day standoff, the group demanded the release of a number of Palestinian prisoners and killed Klinghoffer, 69, before throwing him overboard. The Palestinian militants initially escaped after allowing the Achille Lauro to dock in Egypt. Later, the US military intercepted an Egyptian plane which the hijackers were using to flee and forced it to land in Sicily, where the four hijackers were arrested. Youssef Magied al-Molqui, the leader of the group which overtook the Achille Lauro, was released from an Italian prison in 2009 after serving nearly 24 years.

Summary: New York's Metropolitan Opera has cancelled plans for a global HD broadcast of a performance amid fears it could spark anti-Semitic sentiment.


First-team coach Andy Smith, goalkeeping coach Marco Tabuas and fitness coach Maykel Moreira have now also left Vale Park, the League One club has confirmed. The three all arrived when Ribeiro was appointed in the summer. "We thank them for their time with us," a club statement said. "They helped assist the club to their best home start to a season ever at Vale Park and progression to the FA Cup third round." Vale face a home game with Chesterfield on Friday before a trip to Oldham on Monday, prior to playing Championship side Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on 7 January, They have lost their last three league games to slip to 17th in the table - just six points above the relegation zone. Ribeiro's former assistant, Michael Brown, has been placed in temporary charge of the Burslem-based club.

Summary: Port Vale have parted company with three of their backroom staff after manager Bruno Ribeiro's Boxing Day departure.


The good stuff is silicon-28, and physicists in the US have worked out how to produce it with 40 times greater purity than ever before. Even better, they can do it in the lab instead of relying on samples made ten years ago in a huge, repurposed plutonium plant in St Petersburg. This promises to solve a serious supply problem in quantum computing research. Several of the most promising schemes for building a quantum computer are based in silicon. One that has received much attention stores "qubits" in atoms of another element, like phosphorous, embedded in a tiny layer of ultra-pure silicon-28. Qubits are the quantum replacement for bits - the ones and zeros that represent information inside a conventional computer. They promise to usher in a new era of computing because they can simultaneously encode a one and a zero, enabling incredibly fast and complex calculations. The difficulty for silicon-based designs is that normal silicon contains quite a lot of atoms that aren't silicon-28. Almost 8% of a commercial silicon wafer is made up of other isotopes like silicon-29, which would cause interference in a quantum chip. "It leads to decoherence, which is sort of like ADD in computers," explained Dr Joshua Pomeroy, one of the physicists behind the new work, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland. Researchers in this field, like Dr Pomeroy, have been relying on off-cuts of enriched silicon-28 that all started out in Russia. The St Petersburg facility is a repurposed plutonium enrichment plant, housing industrial-scale gas centrifuges which were commissioned in 2004, by German scientists, to produce a sample of silicon-28 with 99.99% purity. That sample was used to crystallise 5kg of the stuff, at a cost of around one million euros, for an international effort to calculate Avogadro's number from 1kg, perfect spheres of silicon-28. Waste material from this project has been almost the only global source of this high-quality silicon ever since. Dr Pomeroy explained that the quantum community "can't command the resources" to commission that type of production. "It's fortuitous that the Avogadro project existed," he told the BBC. "So there's sort of a nervousness - when they wrap up finally, and they're not buying any more of it, what are we going to do?" But Dr Pomeroy and his colleagues have now shown that small amounts of silicon-28, enriched to an unprecedented 99.9998%, can be produced using equipment already found in many labs. They managed the feat with kit that is normally used for mass spectrometry - a technique for identifying a substance based on the weight of the different atoms it contains. By pumping ions of silicon through a big magnetic field, the different isotopes (atoms of silicon with different weights) can be separated from each other, because heavier atoms are diverted less by the magnet than lighter ones. Dr Pomeroy said this was an unexpectedly simple solution. "We had what often happens in science, which is that we had an apparatus whose purpose had come to an end. And we had a problem that needed solving,

Summary: In a quantum computer, pure silicon is not enough - only one specific type of silicon atom will do.


McLaren, in their first year with new engine partner Honda, are ninth in the table with no points after five races. Asked where he saw McLaren by the end of the season he said: "Maybe it looks stupid, but fighting for the position we finished last year. "It is not good enough - I want to win and I hope we will win. But I have to say something realistic." McLaren have not won a race since 2012 and their last championship victory was in 2008. But, in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, Boullier said they and Honda can make significant strides in performance over the course of this season towards their ultimate goal of winning the world title together. Media playback is not supported on this device He said: "Let's say by the second part of the season after the summer break we are at all the races comfortably in the top-10 qualifying shoot-out and fighting for big points - I'm not saying the podium. That for me would be a big, big achievement." The Frenchman described the team's troubled pre-season testing programme as a "disaster" but insisted the team's recovery plan was now "falling into place". Boullier revealed: -The progress the team are making with both chassis and Honda engine -Why Fernando Alonso is happy despite the team's poor performance -The extent of the task faced by Honda on their return to F1 Boullier declined to give an exact answer when asked how the performance gap between McLaren and Mercedes is split between car and engine, although he admits that both need considerable work. Honda started working on its new turbo hybrid F1 engine only two years ago, while Mercedes has been developing its since 2010. Questioned on the wisdom of Honda entering this season after such little development time, Boullier says: "Everyone can have their opinion about the strategy but you can understand why there is so much potential to unlock and why the more mature the project will be, the more we will catch up." One anecdote from inside the team reveals just how far behind its rivals Honda is. Early in the season, the McLaren would stutter badly as it was pulling out of the garage, leaving intermittent tyre marks as it did so. This was because Honda's litany of problems meant its engineers had not had the chance to develop a separate programme for the launch settings in the garage, compared to the start of the race. Boullier says he and McLaren chairman Ron Dennis intervened because it made such a bad impression. "Ron and I actually asked the engineers to set up a map to get out of the garage to stop the car looking agonising, stupidly pulling away," Boullier says. "It is not good to see your car going - cough, cough, cough. Look at the other cars, they pull away nicely. So you have to do it." He denies rumours that this made the actual race start in Bahrain less than optimal because there had not been time to do two new

Summary: Struggling McLaren are this season targeting a repeat of their fifth-place championship finish from last year, according to racing director Eric Boullier.


Turning Points explores the moment when six people's lives change forever, and is produced and directed by Chris Tally Evans, from Rhayader, Powys. Sir Roger talks about how a dialogue coach helped boost his confidence, which helped him forge his career. Turning Points has been made for London 2012 Festival, a nationwide arts event. The festival is running until 9 September and bringing together leading artists from across the world. Turning Points was premiered at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff on Wednesday night. Tally Evans said his film celebrated life changing moments when a meeting, an event, or something unexpected led to a new and better direction. It started as a nationwide story-telling project aimed at inspiring and changing the lives of others by collecting stories from people of all ages, abilities and walks of life. Tally Evans, who has written and presented programmes for BBC TV and radio, said: "It's fantastic to get the chance to have my work included in such a momentous festival and I'm looking forward to the film transferring to the Southbank Centre in London (from 31 August to 9 September)." "I think it was meeting a man in Hollywood, a dialogue director called Joe Graham. "Warner Brothers thought that I sounded too English. They said: 'We'd like you to work with this dialogue coach.' "He said: 'You think we're all born the same?' I said: 'Of course we are.' He said: 'Some people are lucky, they're born 6ft 4ins and some people are born 3ft 2ins. Some people have got straight even features and some are not so pleasant on the eye.' "I said: 'That's the luck of the draw, isn't it?'. He said: 'Yes, but the big sin is if you don't use what you've got'. He said: 'You're 6ft 1ins and you only stand 5ft 9ins, so if you believe we're all born the same way then why don't you stand your full height?" "He said did you go to university? I said: 'No'. He said: 'Do you regret that?' I said: 'Yes, I do a great deal'. "He said: Do you feel that sometimes when you're talking with people that you might mispronounce a word or you don't have the right word for the explanation?' I said: 'Yes'. "He said: 'Well, there you are. That's you're problem'. And it made such a difference to my life. Joe was on the set everyday. He made a lot of difference to me, gave me a great deal of confidence, otherwise I wouldn't be able to talk to you." There will also be a showing at the Elan Valley Visitor Centre, near Rhayader, on 6 July. "It's great that so many people have become involved in this project and I can't wait to see the effect their brilliant stories have on an audience," added Tally Evans. "There's a huge range of stories, about 100 in total, ranging from a printing press falling down a lift shaft to a eulogy for a dead friend." Sir Roger, who is not shown on screen but has a speaking part

Summary: Former James Bond star Sir Roger Moore has revealed how he was helped to reach the top in Hollywood, in a new 10-minute film celebrating the Olympics.


However, the Scottish Conservatives claim a surge in their support has "sunk" a case for a second indy poll, according to The Herald. The Scotsman says the local election results have laid down the "battlelines" for the upcoming general election. "The result now sets up a Westminster poll on 8 June in which independence will be the number one issue," the paper adds. The Scottish Daily Mail claims it was the Conservatives' best-ever council election result in Scotland, while the SNP "saw its vote plummet compared to recent elections". However, the Scottish Sun says the surge in support for the Conservatives came at the expense of votes for the Labour party, which "suffered a bruising ... defeat". Despite the Tory comeback, the SNP was still the "runaway winner", it added. Scotland's "constitutional obsession" sparked the Tories revival, according to the Daily Record. It notes that the "party of Thatcher" even won a council seat in Ravenscraig, "25 years after she sounded the death knell for the Motherwell steelworks". Meanwhile the Aberdeen edition of The Press and Journal reports that the SNP is poised to take over control of the city council after support for Labour fell. In Dundee the SNP lost their overall majority, according to The Courier, but the SNP group leader is still likely to run the council, as head of either a minority administration or a coalition.

Summary: The National hails the SNP's victory in the local elections "emphatic", adding that it deals a blow to Theresa May's bid to stop a second independence referendum.


The 40-year-old sliced his fingers open when he tried to grab a drone camera, which was taking pictures of the audience, at a concert on Saturday. Following reconstructive surgery on Monday, it was announced he would need several weeks to recover. "The damage ended up being a bit worse than initially assessed," said a statement on the star's website. "He suffered a fracture that needed to be corrected in addition to the reconstructive surgery. "He will be recovering during the next few weeks, but a full recovery is anticipated." Iglesias was performing in Tijuana, Mexico when he reached for the drone, apparently in an attempt to give fans a point-of-view shot from the stage. He was "semi-treated" at the side of the stage to stop the bleeding, and was advised to end the show. However, he performed for another 30 minutes before seeking further treatment. "He was rushed to the airport where an ambulance met him," said a representative on Instagram. "He was then put on a plane to LA... to see a specialist." Afterwards, fans posted photos and video on social media, showing the singer's bandaged hand and blood-covered T-shirt. They also scribbled get well messages on their own hands and sent pictures to Iglesias via Twitter and Instagram. Iglesias is one of the highest-selling Latin musicians of all time, shifting more than 137 million albums worldwide. His UK hits include Bailamos, Hero and I'm A Freak. The singer is expected to resume his tour on 3 July in Mexico City.

Summary: Enrique Iglesias's hand injuries are worse than expected, his spokesperson has said.


Supermarket Morrisons cut the price of diesel by up to 2p per litre, and Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's followed the move with their own price cuts. The last time diesel was cheaper than petrol was 2001, according to analysis by Experian Catalyst. Morrisons said lower wholesale diesel costs meant it could pass on savings. Mark Todd, petrol director for Morrisons, said: "This is a milestone in motoring and many younger drivers won't remember the last time that diesel prices were lower than unleaded." Pump prices are influenced by factors including the distance from oil terminals and refineries, so not all diesel prices will be lower than petrol, the supermarkets said. In July 2001, diesel cost 77.92 pence per litre on average, compared with 77.94 pence for a litre of petrol, according to Experian Catalyst data. A month prior, diesel had been as much as a penny cheaper per litre, and a price difference of just under two pence was found in 2000. There may be some delay until UK motorists see the price dip among all competitors. Experian Catalyst said the on Sunday UK average prices narrowed to 117.10 pence per litre for petrol and 118.33 pence for diesel. Diesel is normally more expensive than petrol per litre for a variety of reasons, according to the United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association. While most recent investment in refineries UK has been for unleaded petrol production, more efficient engines mean petrol demand has been decreasing since the early 1990s, depressing prices by comparison to diesel, it says. However, increased supply of diesel from refineries outside the UK is likely to be the reason behind this recent price flip, according to the RAC. "With the price of crude oil standing at $56.50 and the pound relatively strong against the US dollar - the fuel trading currency - there is scope for further price cuts of up to 4p per litre off diesel over the next fortnight, and unleaded may even benefit from a slight reduction too due to the continued oversupply of oil," said RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams. "Drivers of unleaded petrol vehicles should not feel short changed - what we are seeing is the diesel pump price coming down to a level closer to what it should be due to the effects of greater refining capacity in the Middle East." Wholesale prices for diesel have been cheaper than petrol since 27 May, the RAC said. As crude oil has become cheaper, both petrol and diesel prices have fallen too. However, petrol prices have fallen more slowly allowing diesel to become cheaper, says James Challinor, research director for research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie. This is caused in part by demand for petrol from the US. "Fundamentally it is strong demand for European gasoline [petrol] from the US and West Africa that is supporting the wholesale" petrol price, he said. Refinery outages in Latin America are creating demand for exports of US petrol into that region, which in turn leads European petrol to be exported to the US, he added.

Summary: The price of diesel has fallen below petrol at some supermarkets for the first time in more than a decade, after the big chains announced price cuts.


Dame Margaret Hodge's review said it would be better to ditch the Garden Bridge than risk uncertain costs. Three months ago the Garden Bridge Trust admitted its future was in doubt after publishing accounts which showed a £70m shortfall in funding. Initially £60m of public money was pledged on planning for the bridge. Transport for London pledged £30m, but £20m of that was to be a loan, and the rest was from central government. Dame Margaret says £37.4m had already been spent, and even if the bridge did not go ahead it would cost the taxpayer £46.4m. The Garden Bridge Trust said it was seeking a meeting with the London mayor to discuss next steps, but added the trust was "determined" to make the bridge happen. Dame Margaret, the MP for Barking and Dagenham and former chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee was asked to examine the project by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan in September. On Friday, Dame Margaret said: "Value for money for the taxpayer has not been secured. "It would be better for the taxpayer to accept the financial loss of cancelling the project than to risk the potential uncertain additional costs to the public purse if the project proceeds." Dame Margaret said decisions on the Garden Bridge were driven more by electoral cycles than value for taxpayers' money. Her review also found costs spiralling out of control from an early estimate of £60m to over £200m now. Moreover, the review found the "risk to the taxpayer has intensified", while the original ambition to "fund the Garden Bridge through private finance has been abandoned". Other findings include: Dame Margaret's review criticised the tendering process for the design of the Garden Bridge created by the previous City Hall administration. It stated architects the Heatherwick Studio were given a head start in the process having already been closely associated with the project for five months before invitations to tender were sent out. Two other firms that took part in the tendering process - Wilkinson Eyre and Marks Barfield - were given just eight working days to submit designs, the review said. David Marks, co-director of Marks Barfield, told the BBC: "This competition didn't smell right from the start. It is clear that we were just there to make up the numbers and the outcome of this tender had in reality already been pre-determined. "Had Marks Barfield been aware of Heatherwick Studios' involvement and original idea, we would certainly not have submitted a tender. "We've never been asked to do something in such a short space of time." This is 40 pages of brutal, uncompromising criticism of nearly every part of the once flagship Garden Bridge project. I can't remember reading a report so damning of a transport project. Procurement, finances, business cases, value for money, previous mayors, deputy mayors and transport officials get an absolutely withering assessment. This was meant to be an oasis of green calm hanging above the Thames. Now a report has basically recommended it be cancelled and the taxpayer take a hit on a project

Summary: A project to build a bridge covered with trees and shrubs across the Thames in London should be scrapped, a review has found.


The owner was forced to open the crocodile farm's gates on Sunday to prevent a storm surge, the local Beeld newspaper says. Many of the crocodiles have been recaptured, but more than half are still on the loose, it says. The floods have killed at least 10 people in Limpopo province. The crocodiles escaped from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm, a tourist site about 15km (nine miles) from the small town of Pontdrif, which borders Botswana. Zane Langman, the son-in-law of the farm's owner, told the newspaper that many of the crocodiles had escaped into dense bush and the Limpopo River, the second biggest in South Africa. "There used to be only a few crocodiles in the Limpopo River. Now there are a lot. We go to catch them as soon as farmers call us to inform us about crocodiles," said Mr Langman. "I heard there were crocodiles in Musina [about 120km away] on the school's rugby field." Mr Langman said he went to rescue friends in a flooded house in the area by boat on Sunday. "When we reached them, the crocodiles were swimming around them. Praise the Lord, they were all alive," he is quoted as saying. The South African Air Force is being used to rescue people affected by the flooding in remote settlements, some of which are cut off from the outside world. The floods have also affected neighbouring Mozambique, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes.

Summary: About 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north amid heavy rains and flooding.


Davies, 47, led Forest to successive play-off campaigns while at the City Ground but had an uneasy relationship with the board and was sacked in June. When asked if he would go back to work for a new regime, Davies told BBC Late Kick Off: "I'd be delighted to go back. I have great feelings for the club. "I did want to get them to the Premier League. I'd love to finish that job." Forest have scored just 22 goals in 27 Championship games this season Forest, who have lost nine of their last 11 games, are third from bottom in the Championship and sit four points adrift of safety. Manager Steve Cotterill took over from Steve McClaren in October but, despite an initial upturn in form, the Reds have been in woeful form of late and have scored just four-goals in their last 11 matches. But Davies remains convinced they can turn things around: "I am sad to see what has happened," the former Preston and Derby boss added. "But I wish them well and have no doubt they will get out of their troubles. "The club deserve to be in the Premier League."

Summary: Ex-Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies says he has "unfinished business" at the club and would love to return.


Six members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg blocked the entrance to the building at Llandudno Junction at about 06:30 GMT. North Wales Police were called to the protest, which ended at midday. The Welsh government said it was taking action to promote the language. The protestors said the action was part of a general Cymdeithas campaign to put pressure on the Labour administration in Wales to act urgently for the Welsh language. They want the Welsh government to adopt six basic policy changes, including making Welsh-medium education available for all and what they call "fair funding" for the language. Robin Farrar, chairman of the society, said: "We're here to speak out for the present generation, and those to come, who should be able to live in Welsh. "There's a real crisis facing the language, but the Welsh government is not acting seriously. "We're certain that our unique national language can thrive over the years to come with positive campaigning and political will." A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We are very disappointed that Cymdeithas yr Iaith has decided to take this course of action, especially as we've held regular, and constructive, dialogue with the group. "Over the past year we have taken positive action to promote the Welsh language, including significant measures such as publishing proposed standards to improve Welsh language services to citizens."

Summary: Welsh language campaigners have chained themselves to the gates of Welsh government offices in a protest at a "lack of response" to the decline in the number of Welsh speakers.


The giant striker was in the right place at the right time to bundle home the loose ball, after Morecambe's defence failed to clear, earning what could be an important draw. They dropped to 11th, but remain just a point behind Blackpool in the final play-off spot and within two points of sixth-placed Carlisle. Gareth Ainsworth's side had fallen behind eight minutes earlier when Morecambe veteran Kevin Ellison scored a superb opener. Ellison received the ball with his back to goal on the edge of the area but turned quickly and curled a delightful effort past Jamal Blackman from the edge of the box. The first half saw no goals, but plenty of endeavour from both sides. Blackman was the busier of the two keepers making three excellent saves from three different players. His best was a flying effort to tip away Michael Rose's 30-yard drive which was heading for the top right-hand corner of the Wycombe goal The on-loan Chelsea goalkeeper then did well to tip over Paul Mullin's drive and a low volley from Ellison that was destined for the bottom left-hand corner. Match report supplied by the Press Association Match ends, Morecambe 1, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Second Half ends, Morecambe 1, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Attempt missed. Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Edwards. Dean Winnard (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Myles Weston (Wycombe Wanderers). Goal! Morecambe 1, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Attempt missed. Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Danijel Nizic. Attempt saved. Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Substitution, Morecambe. Liam Wakefield replaces Aaron McGowan. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Myles Weston replaces Garry Thompson because of an injury. Goal! Morecambe 1, Wycombe Wanderers 0. Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron McGowan. Substitution, Morecambe. Steven Yawson replaces Paul Mullin. Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Attempt blocked. Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Foul by Alex Whitmore (Morecambe). Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card. Kevin Ellison (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card. Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Michael Harriman. Peter Murphy (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers). Foul by Paul Mullin (Morecambe). Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Anthony Stewart replaces Joe Jacobson because of an injury. Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers.

Summary: Adebayo Akinfenwa's last-gasp equaliser kept Wycombe's quest for a League Two play-off spot alive at Morecambe.


The actress revealed in May last year she had had the surgery, after being told she had an 87% chance of the disease because of a high-risk gene. The news encouraged women with genuine concerns about their family history to get advice, a study found. About 5% of breast cancers are thought to be hereditary. "The Angelina Jolie effect has been long-lasting and global, and appears to have increased referrals to centres appropriately," said a team led by ProfÂ Gareth Evans of the University of Manchester. The researchers looked at referrals to more than 20 genetic centres and clinics in the UK after the story hit the press in May 2013. In June and July the number of GP referrals for genetic counselling and DNA tests for breast cancer mutations increased two and a half times compared with the same period in 2012. The study, published in the journal, Breast Cancer Research, found referrals remained at twice the previous year's figure from August to October. "Angelina Jolie stating she has a BRCA1 mutation and going on to have a risk-reducing mastectomy is likely to have had a bigger impact than other celebrity announcements, possibly due to her image as a glamorous and strong woman," said Prof Evans. "This may have lessened patients' fears about a loss of sexual identity post-preventative surgery and encouraged those who had not previously engaged with health services to consider genetic testing." Most breast cancers happen by chance but a small number of people diagnosed with breast cancer (5%) have inherited a fault in one of the known breast cancer genes; BRCA1, BRCA2 or TP53 which puts them at higher risk. Angelina Jolie is not alone in influencing health behaviour. Attendance for cervical cancer screening rose in 2008 and 2009, when the celebrity Jade Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer and died. Baroness Delyth Morgan is chief executive at Breast Cancer Campaign, which part-funded the research. "Without Angelina Jolie's openness in talking about her BRCA1 mutation and decision to have a risk-reducing mastectomy, followed by the publication and publicity around the updated NICE guidelines soon after, many women may not have approached health services and so would never have had their risk and risk-reducing options explained," she said. Funding for genetic services must be able to respond quickly to demand, to ensure risk counselling and genetic testing is available for everyone in need, she added. "The current level of funding available for this service should be reviewed, to avoid unnecessary delays, which can be very stressful for patients." Women in general have a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, but genes can put some at higher risk. In the UK, about one in 1,000 people will have inherited a BRCA1 mutation and a similar proportion will have inherited a BRCA2 mutation. Women who are tested early can take steps to prevent themselves from developing the disease. This may mean a risk-reducing mastectomy, cancer preventing drugs, such as tamoxifen, and certain lifestyle changes like a healthy diet and more exercise. Lester Barr, chairman of

Summary: Referrals to breast cancer clinics more than doubled in the UK after Angelina Jolie announced she had had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer.


The energy firm had proposed reinforcing the existing line so it can carry more electricity. Following an annual review of infrastructure project, the National Grid said the upgrade was not needed as this time. SSE said the scheme, which was opposed by the National Trust for Scotland, could be proposed again in the future. Last year, SSE selected its preferred "corridor" for the project. The corridor is the area of land in which the route of the upgraded line would be built. SSE made its selection from three possible corridors. The company said it had sought to avoid historic sites and landscapes, such as Culloden Battlefield and Bennachie. The battlefield is near Inverness, while Bennachie is a hill with a number of distinctive rocky tops in Aberdeenshire. SSE also said at the time that consent for the upgraded line could be sought from the Scottish government in 2019. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) had raised concerns about the line being routed close to historic sites, such as Culloden Battlefield and the nearby Clava Cairns. A Jacobite force led by Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated at Culloden by a government army in April 1746. The fighting took place over a wider area than the parts in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. Clava Cairns are prehistoric burial cairns built about 4,000 years ago. The Bronze Age cemetery complex includes passage graves, ring cairns, kerb cairn and standing stones. The site also has the remains of a chapel of unknown date.

Summary: SSE has shelved plans to upgrade the powerline between Beauly in the Highlands and Kintore in Aberdeenshire.


David Cameron said a stadium would "inspire young people, brings jobs and wealth" to the county. Labour said it was a "cynical" attempt to distract voters, the Liberal Democrats questioned where the funds would come from, and Mebyon Kernow said it did not believe the Tory's promise. Recent planning rows have left the future of the stadium in question. In March, Cornwall councillors deferred a decision to grant permission to build a supermarket that would have paid for the facility, which supporters claimed had put the plans in jeopardy. Revised proposals for the stadium at West Langarth are expected to be submitted to the council in May. Mr Cameron said he planned to get the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to work with Sport England, Cornwall Council and local sports teams to find a way to get it built. "The stadium proposal is an exciting one. If it takes some extra money I'd make that money available," he added. However, Stuart Roden, Labour candidate for Truro and Falmouth, said: "This announcement today is a cynical empty promise and will come to nothing. "It is simply more smoke and mirrors and people won't be taken for fools by this unfunded distraction." Simon Rix, who is standing for the Lib Dems in the constituency, told BBC News: "I'm massively in favour of a stadium in the right place if we can get the money. "But it's like the Conservative promises on the NHS, they're not saying where the money's going to come from." Stephen Richardson, who is standing for Mebyon Kernow in Truro and Falmouth, said: "You have to excuse me if I don't believe a single syllable of any David Cameron promise during the election campaign." Click here for more information on the constituency and a full list of candidates.

Summary: The Prime Minister has given his public backing to a stadium in Cornwall if the Conservatives are re-elected in May.


The dollar climbed 1% against a basket of currencies, and against the Japanese currency it rose above 123 yen. Analysts cited last Friday's US inflation figures as having triggered the rise in the dollar. Among stocks, the Dow Jones fell 113.98 points to 18,118.04, while the S&P 500 dropped 9.91 points to 2,116.15. The Nasdaq index was 19.26 points lower at 5,070.10. Shares in Time Warner Cable rose 5.2% to $180.01 after Charter Communications agreed to buy the company for $55.8bn. However, the share price remained below Charter's cash and stock offer of $195.71 a share. Shares in Charter Communications rose 0.6% to $176.36. The latest S&P/Case-Shiller housing survey showed house prices in 20 metropolitan areas were up 5% in March from a year earlier, the same rate as in February. The biggest gains were seen in San Francisco, where they rose 10.3% over the year, and Denver, where prices climbed 10%.

Summary: (Open): Stocks opened lower on Wall Street while the dollar rose, with the US currency hitting a near eight-year high against the yen.