Two separate reports have suggested it could be an ideal site for a new small module reactor (SMR). About 300 workers are decommissioning the plant which began in 1995, two years after it ceased operating. It is due to enter a care and maintenance period in 2016. Ninety redundancies were announced in April. Darryl Williams from the Unite union said: "We would welcome anything that would keep local skills in the area." A report by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has called on the UK government to drive forward the development of SMRs. Another report by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers also suggested Trawsfynydd as a location for a demonstrator reactor. If the idea was given the go-ahead, it is thought the reactor could be up and running in 10-15 years. A Welsh government spokesperson said it was a matter for the UK government, but that it would monitor the situation. The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) said: "We are undertaking a programme of work looking at the potential of SMRs."

Summary: Union leaders at the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Gwynedd have welcomed suggestions a new smaller reactor should be located there.


The poster features an officer and a message to parents asking them not to use the threat of the police when disciplining their children. Durham Constabulary wants children to see officers as people who can help rather than simply law enforcers. And the force's poster has been shared more than 47,000 times and liked by almost 35,000 people on Facebook. A force spokesman said: "Children should be taught from an early age that if they feel like are in danger and they need help, they can approach an officer who will reassure them." However, the poster has divided opinion on Facebook. Jeff Rowse said: "Telling them they will go to jail if they are bad is wrong how? Surely that is the major reason for having a police force? And jails?" In response Paul Parry said: "Telling a three-year-old that if he doesn't eat his dinner the policeman will come and take him to jail isn't true and will only serve to instil fear into that child. "The police shouldn't be used to reinforce bad parenting." Others were more taken with the officer, with several people asking for him to be moved to their local force or saying they would happily go to him for help.

Summary: A poster urging parents not to use the police to scare their children has been seen more than 3.5 million times.


The 27-year-old judo athlete from Inverness was placed in an induced coma after suffering head injuries in the motorbike taxi accident on 10 May. Since being flown to a hospital in Thailand, doctors have begun the process of waking her from the coma. On Sunday, she opened her left eye and followed a light shown into it. Her family joked in a Facebook post that Ms Inglis opened her eye in shock at hearing her father, Robert, singing by her bedside. In the same message, her family added that her temperature was falling and had almost returned to normal, an indication that she was fighting infections, including pneumonia. Ms Inglis had been in Vietnam for four months teaching English to underprivileged children when the accident happened. It is understood that a long skirt she was wearing, and which she had tied up for the bike journey, became unravelled and caught in the wheel of the motorbike, pulling her off the machine and on to the road.

Summary: Commonwealth Games silver medallist Stephanie Inglis has opened an eye for the first time during her recovery from a serious accident in Vietnam.


Polish national Daria Pionko, 21, was found in Springwell Road, Holbeck, at about 01:30 GMT on Wednesday. Police said Miss Pionko, who had been living in Leeds, was a sex worker. She was taken to hospital for treatment, but died a short time later. A 38-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident. Miss Pionko had been found unconscious with injuries consistent with an assault, West Yorkshire Police said. Officers found her in a defined managed area where sex workers operate during set hours, the force said. The force appealed for witnesses to come forward and in particular anyone who was in the Springwell Road area between 20:00 Tuesday and about 01:30 Wednesday.

Summary: A woman who died after being found seriously injured in Leeds, sparking a murder inquiry, has been named by police.


Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod said last year that they had successfully reached the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit. But police in Maharashtra state on Monday confirmed the couple had "morphed photographs" to show a successful ascent on 23 May. The inquiry was launched after the pair's claims were queried by climbers. Additional Commissioner Sahebrao Patil told the PTI news agency that the couple "shared misleading information" and "brought disrepute to the Maharashtra Police department". It's not clear if the couple will also face charges. Nepalese authorities also imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban last year on the couple after concluding that their claim was fake. The country's tourism department had initially certified their ascent but rescinded that decision after conducting an investigation. Mr and Mrs Rathod initially told reporters that their pictures were real. But a climber based in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, Satyarup Sidhantha, later told the media that the photographs presented by the Rathods as "proof" of their climb actually belonged to him. Suspicions were further aroused because of the time lag between the day the Rathods claimed to have reached the summit and their news conference announcing their achievement. It was alleged that the couple could not possibly have reached the summit so soon after they were seen to have arrived at the base camp, and that the photos appeared to show them in two different sets of clothes and boots while on the climb. Many of those who have succeeded in scaling the 8,848m (29,029ft) mountain have subsequently gone on to have lucrative careers as motivational speakers and authors. Mountaineering is a major source of income for impoverished Nepal. More than 450 people, including more than 250 foreigners, climbed Everest during the spring season last year. It followed two consecutive years of poor weather - made worse by the Nepal earthquake of 2015 - which resulted in almost all Everest attempts being abandoned. Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning

Summary: Two police officers have been sacked after an inquiry found their claim to be the first Indian couple to climb Everest was fake.


EDF boss Jean-Bernard Levy joined officials from the UK, France and China at the behind-closed-doors ceremony in London on Thursday. Earlier this month, the government gave the go-ahead for the plant which will power nearly six million homes. It will be the UK's first new nuclear plant in a generation. The meeting was a second attempt at finalising the deal after Prime Minister Theresa May unexpectedly announced in July that she wanted time to scrutinise it. With her approval now granted and the contracts updated, the formal signing took place at a ceremony attended by Business Secretary Greg Clark and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. China's National Energy Administration director, Nur Bekri, and the chairman of Chinese firm CGN, He Yu, also attended. Mr Clark said that signing the contract was a "crucial moment" and that Hinkley played "an important part in ensuring our future low-carbon energy security". Mr Ayrault said he was pleased that the UK government had decided to go ahead with the project. Q&A: What is Hinkley Point and why is it important? How much would Hinkley C cost bill payers? What does China get out of Hinkley? Dozens of contracts running to thousands of pages for the huge project in Somerset are believed to have been prepared ahead of the event. The key document is the Contract for Difference, or CfD, which gives a guaranteed price for the electricity Hinkley will generate for 35 years. In return EDF, along with CGN, will finance the project and shoulder the risk of any delays. Critics say the guaranteed "strike price" - which is more than twice the current wholesale cost of electricity - will provide a windfall for EDF for decades to come. The formal go-ahead for Hinkley also cements China's foothold in Britain's nuclear industry. The last government signed a series of co-operation agreements in civil nuclear power with Beijing which opened the UK's market to Chinese firms. CGN will pay about a third of the cost of Hinkley. Under its agreement with EDF, it will also have a stake in a new plant at Sizewell in Suffolk. The Chinese will then be allowed to develop their own reactor technology at Bradwell in Essex, subject to planning and regulatory approvals. The government is now expected to publish some of the key documents linked to the deal. These will include the Contract for Difference and the waste transfer agreement that covers nuclear waste generated by the plant. After numerous delays, EDF's board agreed to proceed with the controversial project back in July. But just weeks after taking office, Prime Minister Theresa May ordered a review of the deal, leading to questions over the UK's openness to foreign investment. Her government gave its approval two weeks ago on condition that it could prevent EDF from selling its controlling stake before completion of the project. EDF's board approved the new terms on Tuesday, paving the way for the formal signing of the deal. You can follow John on Twitter at @JohnMoylanBBC

Summary: The government and French energy giant EDF have signed the key contract for the new £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.


But few players admit to trying even harder in the very biggest games. Former Nottingham Forest and Derby County striker Robert Earnshaw refuses to pretend otherwise prior to the East Midlands meeting at the iPro Stadium on Saturday. "I can say it wasn't extra special and I didn't go harder in those games - but I did," Earnshaw told BBC Radio Nottingham. "I felt I needed to go the extra step and I needed to score in that game because it meant so much to the fans and the team. Going into that game I was always a little bit nervous. I don't get nervous too much, but had a little bit of anxiety. "After a few touches I felt more confident. But I always felt I would score, that I would get a some space and a chance." Five goals in seven appearances, including a lovingly recalled away winner for Forest in January 2011, meant his feeling was often proved right. And his happy knack of derby goals - he also got two in a 5-2 victory at the City Ground in the previous month - proved a few doubters wrong. The 33-year-old ex-Wales international, who was last season playing for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer in the United States, had a miserable year-long stay with the Rams, scoring just two goals in 25 appearances following a £3.5m move from Norwich City. But Earnshaw was a hugely popular figure during his time with Forest. And the derby goals certainly helped. "It wasn't great at Derby because of a lot of off-the-pitch stuff that happened," said Earnshaw, who only started eight games for the Rams. "After about six months I was thinking I need to move. Footballing-wise it wasn't run right and it wasn't about football. Moving to Forest was perfect. "It was about playing football and that's why I enjoyed myself at Forest." The move along the A52 and winning over the "other" set of fans is never an easy one. The legendary Brian Clough obviously managed it. As did many of the men associated with his teams, like Peter Taylor, John McGovern, John Robertson, Archie Gemmill, Peter Shilton and Colin Todd. More recently Darren Wassall, Lars Bohinen and Lee Camp are among those that seem to have earned respect. But Earnshaw's troubled Derby spell, during a dismal season in the Premier League, meant he knew he would get plenty of grief on his return. "Every time I played there the crowd gave me stick," admitted Earnshaw. But the increased attention did make 'that' away winner even better. He was a substitute that day, but got over his anger at being dropped by manager Billy Davies - "I was very annoyed to say the least" - to help Forest complete a first double over Derby in 21 years. "I thought if I get a goal here the crowd will go nuts," he explained. "It was more about pleasing the fans but I was going to milk it. I got booked but it was brilliant. I loved those moments. You have

Summary: Cliched chat of bragging rights and form going out of the window while still "only being three points" are plentiful around derby day.


BBC News analysis of voting patterns in 2,500 council wards since 2012 shows wide disparities. Most of the areas where the fewest people voted in recent elections are in the North. The Electoral Reform Society said it was vital people turned out to vote. Campaigners are concerned there will be a low turnout again on Thursday 5 May if voters continue to see local authority elections as "less important" than a General Election. According to data from the commission covering the 2012, 2014 and 2015 council elections: 41 wards saw fewer than 20% of the electorate vote in 2012 368,594 were eligible to vote 65,221 returned a ballot that year 4 wards had under 1/5 turnout in 2014, alongside European elections 43% was lowest turnout in 2015, when General Election took place too Katie Ghose, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, said: "These figures show that there is a serious democratic deficit in local elections in England. "Local authorities are central to running so many services - from adult social care, to waste, schools and transport - and with many getting more powers, it's vital people turn out, hold them to account and have their say." A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said: "Our research shows that recent home movers, young people, people from some black and minority ethnic communities, and people in rented accommodation are less likely to be registered to vote." The commission ran a public awareness campaign encouraging people from these groups to go online and register, with more than 1.6 million applications made since 1 February. Despite the North having some of the least engaged voters, it also contained those at the top end. The ward with the best turnout overall was Old Laund Booth in Pendle, Lancashire, where 85% of registered voters used their ballot in 2015. However, the ward has only one councillor and therefore elections only take place every four years. Of those wards that held elections three years out of four, it was Bastwell in Blackburn that had the highest average turnout, 66%. Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote, said the Bastwell turnout was encouraging and showed trends such as those seen in Liverpool Central could be reversed. He said: "When we were in Liverpool there was real, entrenched cynicism among too many individuals. They believe that these civic institutions barely look like the people they are representing and they say it has nothing to do with them, which then makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy as they do not use their vote to change it. "Bastwell shows things can be turned around and offers us hope. But it has to be bottom up, diverse-led change. Change cannot be from community leaders herding people blindly into the polling booths." A Liverpool City Council spokesman said the Central ward had a "very large student population", which suggested "a lot of voter apathy among them for local elections". It worked with the National Union of Students, visiting halls of residence and hired campaign group Operation Black Vote's bus to encourage people to register before the

Summary: Fewer than one in five eligible voters in some parts of England previously chose anyone to represent them in local elections, raising fears of a democratic deficit.


Ben Hall, 25, from Port Erin was found hanged in his bathroom on a ward at Grianagh Court in Braddan in June 2012. Coroner John Needham said his suicide could have been avoided had the hospital fitted a collapsible shower rail. Unsafe rails at the hospital have since been replaced, said a spokesman. In an inquest hearing last week, Mr Needham added: "This amounted to a gross systemic failure in the basic care provided to Ben". "I have considered the systemic failures that led to this tragedy and I have also considered the steps that have been taken to prevent similar tragedies happening in the future. "I do note the large number of steps that the organisation has taken to change the various systems that failed in this case. All en suite bathrooms on the acute adult ward now have collapsible shower rails". The special rails, recommended by the chief medical officer in 2000, are designed to fall if a weight of 40kg (90lb) is suspended anywhere along their entire length. The government said: "The department of health and social care wishes to express its condolences to Mr Hall's family and friends following the conclusion of the inquest into his death. The department accepts the Coroner's verdict and recommendation. "Following Mr Hall's death the department undertook an immediate and comprehensive review of the incident and implemented a number of measures in response. "The department will now urgently address the coroner's recommendations to determine whether there are any additional measures that were not contained within the department's own action plan".

Summary: The Manx government has apologised for the "gross systemic failures" of a psychiatric hospital which led to the death of a mental health patient.


Eight people started fighting at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on the opening night of the Irish dance show. Georgina Lynn Sixsmith, 48, has been charged with being drunk and disorderly and assault on a constable, police said. There were no reports of injuries. The theatre has not commented. The trouble began in the orchestra stalls during Tuesday's performance of Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games, directed and choreographed by Irish dance superstar Flatley. The show is described as a high-energy, two-hour fusion of dance styles - from traditional Irish dance to tap and modern - and involves a story of good versus evil, with a Hunger Games flavour. Ms Sixsmith, of Andrew Street, Middleton, has been bailed to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on 10 May.

Summary: A brawl broke out between audience members during a Hunger Games-inspired performance of Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance.


The 51-year-old admitted making recordings of people sunbathing nude and swinger friends having sex in their back garden, with four other men cleared at Sheffield Crown Court of misconduct in a public office. Recordings were made from the helicopter on four occasions between 2007 and 2012 while the crew were out on police assignments. Pogmore was part of the South Yorkshire Police Air Support Unit when the aircraft was used to record footage. On a July 2008 flight, two naturists were filmed as they sat outside a caravan on Candy Farm, a naturist campsite near Doncaster. Matthew Lucas, a police officer who was cleared of misconduct, told police in his interview that it was "common knowledge" Pogmore visited naturist camps and was the "team deviant". Colin Wood, who runs Candy Farm, described the filming of it as an "abuse of power". "It was an invasion of privacy just the same as somebody going out in a public place with a hidden camera and filming up ladies' skirts," he said. "When we're naked there's nothing wrong with it, we're not ashamed, it's just the secretive invasion of privacy that's upsetting." The pair who were filmed from the helicopter are said not to have returned to the campsite since. "It's an abuse of public equipment," Mr Wood added. He said it was the sort of thing you might expect from a schoolboy, not a grown man. On the same day, Pogmore recorded a couple, who were his friends, having sex on their patio, the court heard. At one point the naked woman is seen to wave at the aircraft, with the prosecution stating it was "no coincidence" that the helicopter flew above "while they brazenly put on a show". A nude woman who was sunbathing with her daughters was also filmed from the aircraft in 2007, while other naked sunbathers were recorded in 2012. Statements from all except the couple filmed having sex on the patio - who did not make a statement to police - said their privacy had been invaded. As well as the privacy aspect of the case, there is also the issue of reputational damage to the police. Former Ch Supt Dick Rothwell said the misconduct was "as extreme as it gets" and would tarnish the image of the National Police Air Service (NPAS). "This was not NPAS, this was the South Yorkshire Police Air Support Unit, but to most people a helicopter in the sky is just a police helicopter," he said. "NPAS on a daily basis work their socks off. They work throughout the whole country, keeping people safe, finding people that are missing. Now all that, possibly, is tarnished." Pogmore pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office but Matthew Lucas, 42, Lee Walls, 47, Matthew Loosemore, 45, and Malcolm Reeves, 64, were all cleared by a jury of the same charge. Mr Rothwell continued: "Whilst time will heal, initially people will have this case at the front of their minds; they will start to question for the first time what the police are doing in the

Summary: Adrian Pogmore was described in court as a "swinging and sex-obsessed air observer" who went to extraordinary lengths to spy on naked people and film them from above in a police helicopter.


The 30 new military advisers will raise Australia's total deployment to 300, Defence Minister Marise Payne said. Earlier this month, US authorities recommended sending at least 3,000 more soldiers to fight the Taliban. In February, the commander of US troops in Afghanistan said he needed more troops to break a "stalemate". Ms Payne told a Senate estimates hearing that the troops would help train Afghan security forces. "Given the centrality of Afghanistan in the global fight against terrorism, an enhanced Australian contribution to the resolute support mission is both timely and appropriate," she said on Monday. Ms Payne said she expected other nations in the military coalition to also commit additional forces. US combat operations against the Taliban officially ended in 2014, but special forces have continued to provide support to Afghan troops. There are about 13,000 Nato troops currently in the country.

Summary: Australia will increase its troop presence in Afghanistan following a formal request from the US, Canberra has said.


Media playback is not supported on this device Page, 25, was beaten to gold by 0.425 points as Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan won a second successive Olympic title with a score of 56.465. World champion Li Dan of China took bronze, while another Briton, Katherine Driscoll, came sixth. "I can't believe I've won an Olympic medal," said Page, from Huntingdon. "I'm just so happy." Find out how to get into gymnastics with our special guide. "I had no idea it was a medal but my performance was the best I could have done. That is why I was so happy, that all the training and hard work had paid off. "I am so happy I got to share the final with Kat." Prior to winning Olympic silver, Page's highest career finish in an international event was fifth at the 2015 World Championships in Denmark. Trampoline made its Olympic debut in 2000 and this is the first time British women have reached the final. Media playback is not supported on this device Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Summary: Bryony Page became the first British woman to win an Olympic trampoline medal by claiming silver in Rio.


Stabbing victim John Culshaw's remains were retained by Greater Manchester Police without his family's knowledge. Dozens of other families have also been told their loved ones' body parts were kept by the force. GMP said whether or not to contact the affected families was a decision it "agonised over for a number of months". Mr Culshaw, 26, was stabbed to death in Wigan in 1993. His family buried him believing his body was intact, and were unaware his stomach, liver and other tissues had been retained after two post-mortem examinations until police officers visited them in September last year. His mother, Jennifer Shaw, said she wanted to know why it had taken so long to come to light. "He's my son. And he's been left - half of him," she said. "If he'd have died and they'd asked me if they could use the parts to help somebody, then yes. But just to be sat in a lab for 23 years doing nothing, that's just horrendous." The body parts were discovered following an audit of the former Forensic Science Service in 2014, the Manchester Evening News revealed. It found more than 180 samples - including major organs - from victims of crime in Greater Manchester were being held for the police force, which has admitted there could be more body parts unaccounted for. It became illegal in 2006 to remove or store human tissue without families' consent following an investigation at Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital in 1999. Organs from hundreds of babies who died at the hospital were secretly taken. The body parts kept for Greater Manchester Police were removed before that date. Assistant Chief Constable Debbie Ford said: "Once we knew about the samples we felt that such a sensitive issue was never going to be solely about following the regulations or the letter of the law. "For this reason we consulted with a number of relevant people, including community and faith groups, as well as our own Ethics Committee. Following this extensive consultation it was agreed we had an ethical and moral duty to inform the next-of-kin in the vast majority of cases." She said officers had offered a range of options for "sensitive disposal" of the samples, which the force would pay for. However, families have been told some samples could remain unaccounted for "for various reasons", she said. John Culshaw's family will bury his organs in a private second ceremony on Thursday. "Somebody has made a big mistake. Not just me but a lot of other families are suffering as well," Ms Shaw said. "I don't want anyone else to go through this. It's devastating."

Summary: A mother is preparing to bury her son for a second time after being told his organs were removed and stored in secret for more than 20 years.


Gerald Lavey, 30, said his children clung to him during the attack by up to six men at his home at Ballymagowan Avenue, Creggan, on Monday. He said the gang dragged him from his living room to the front garden where he was beaten with iron bars and nails. Hours after the attack, a wheelie bin was set alight next to the house. Police said they consider both incidents to be linked. "Any other night I would normally lock the door and put the keys out of reach so nobody could break the glass," said Gerald Lavey. "But the wee'uns [children] didn't lock the door and the next thing we heard was footsteps coming up the stairs and I just knew then that's what it was. "They were dragging me down the stairs into the garden and started battering me with iron bars. Just before, my wee girl clung onto me when she seen them and they just pulled her off me." Mr Lavey said he feared for the safety of his daughter, 9, and his five-year-old son. "Its terrible, I don't think they should have had to witness anything at all. They were squealing. I was lying on the garden and they were just welting into me with iron bars with nails in them. "While I was in the front garden getting battered they [the gang] were smashing up the house. One of them said that's enough, that's enough but the last boy out had to hit me five or six slaps more and then they ran off down the street." Gerald Lavey called those behind the attack "cowards". "They were shouting about coke but I don't take any sort of drugs. I'm addicted to prescribed medication and that's it. I don't bother anybody I just keep myself to myself. "Cowards. They had to all come in masks and iron bars and it took five or six of them."

Summary: A man beaten with iron bars by a masked gang has blamed dissident republican paramilitaries for an attack at his home in Derry.


Blair Turgott got on the end of a good passing move to secure victory in the dying minutes at Grange Lane. The Villagers' problem this season has not been creating chances but taking them, as when Steve Brogan curled in a shot from long range that clipped the bar. After the break, Reece Thompson eventually put the home side ahead with a great finish from Kyle Wootton's cross. However, Bromley substitute George Porter equalised swiftly from close range with his first touch of the match. Turgott's late winner left the bottom club quizzical about when their wretched luck will turn. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, North Ferriby United 1, Bromley 2. Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Bromley 2. Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Bromley 2. Blair Turgott (Bromley). Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Reece Thompson. Substitution, North Ferriby United. Vinny Mukendi replaces Kyle Wootton. Substitution, Bromley. Tobi Sho-Silva replaces Lee Minshull. Substitution, North Ferriby United. Danny Emerton replaces Ryan Fallowfield. Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Bromley 1. George Porter (Bromley). Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Jamie Philpot. Substitution, Bromley. Jordan Higgs replaces Dave Martin. Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Bromley 0. Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United). Second Half begins North Ferriby United 0, Bromley 0. First Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Bromley 0. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: The agony continued for Steve Housham's North Ferriby in a 2-1 loss at home to Bromley.


It is the first professional contract for the former Bristol Rovers trainee. "When my agent told me that Forest Green were interested I was totally thrilled," Davies told the club website. "I can't wait to get started." Forest Green - who finished second in the National League in 2015-16 - gave a first senior deal to 18-year-old striker Olly Mehew last Thursday.

Summary: Forest Green Rovers have signed Wales Under-19 international striker Blake Davies on a one-year deal.


9 March 2017 Last updated at 17:03 GMT The 19-year-old from Dublin is a competitive runner - but her chronic epilepsy means she has around 16 seizures a day, often during races. When other competitors see her fall to the ground, they naturally believe she needs to go to hospital - even though she normally recovers immediately and in her case, there's no need for medical intervention. Even though she's grateful for the public response, all Katie wants to do is carry on running. When she told the neurologist who's treating her condition, he offered to become her running partner - and together they've become a marathon-running team. Video by Andy Brownstone and Daniel Gordon

Summary: Katie Cooke has a lifestyle clash few others can rival.


Scrum-half Murray took a heavy blow to the head in a tackle but was allowed to return to the field after belatedly being sent for an assessment. However, Munster say Murray showed no signs of concussion. Recently, Northampton were found to have breached rules by allowing George North to play on after a head injury. Sale are currently being investigated for an incident involving TJ Ioane. European Cup organisers confirmed to BBC Sport that an Untoward Incident Review Group will convene early this week to decide whether Munster had broken concussion management protocols. Munster insist Murray was assessed at the time of the incident and did not appear to be concussed. The club said upon further review of the footage by Munster medics, he was removed for a head-injury assessment as a precaution. He passed that and returned to the field of play and subsequently passed a second head-injury assessment after the match. The 14-12 victory over Glasgow means Munster are now guaranteed to top Pool One, sealing a quarter-final place in Europe's elite tournament for the 16th time in 22 seasons.

Summary: Munster will be investigated over their management of Conor Murray's head injury in the European Champions Cup victory over Glasgow on Saturday.


Media playback is not supported on this device An early Zak Jules own goal got Dee started but Louis Moult soon levelled. The Well defence then went missing, with a Marcus Haber double and goals from Mark O'Hara and Craig Wighton making it 5-1 at half time. The home side went close through Craig Clay and Chris Cadden but were unable to reduce the deficit. In their three previous games, Well lost 3-0 to Hearts, 7-2 at Aberdeen and 2-0 at Celtic, while Dundee's victory was their second in succession following the 2-1 triumph over Rangers. The result was the biggest away win of the season in the Premiership and means Dundee remain in sixth spot, with Well now just two points clear of second-bottom Inverness Caledonian Thistle. On-loan Reading defender Jules was in for the injured Stephen McManus and he made an early impact, although not one he would have wanted. It was a simple high ball into the box but Jules got his footing all wrong and looped a header over the advancing Craig Samson and into the net. Moult's equaliser came midway through the half as he reacted quickest in the box to shoot low past Scott Bain from close range. The visitors were moving the ball around efficiently and they were back in front when Haber fired a right-foot shot across Samson into the bottom right hand corner of the net. Mark O'Hara finished the third after excellent build-up play before former Well favourite Henrik Ojamaa set up Wighton to blast in number four. Paul McGowan then curled an effort inches wide of Samson's left hand post as confidence flowed through Paul Hartley's Dundee dominant outfit. With seconds remaining in the first half, a Wighton free-kick from the left found Haber totally unmarked at the back post and he duly nodded in the fifth for Dundee. As the half time whistle blew the home fans' boos rung out around the stadium. Media playback is not supported on this device Dundee had not recorded an away win since the end of October, but Lanarkshire is clearly lucky for the Dens Park men as that triumph in October came at Hamilton. Despite the four-goal deficit Motherwell returned for the second half with the same personnel and made a better impression, albeit against a Dundee side who had taken their foot off the gas. Well's Craig Clay had two good efforts but Bain was up to the task, while Ojamaa had a couple of pot shots at the other end with no joy. The home fans were furious at the end of the match as Motherwell face up to a relegation battle. Dundee boss Paul Hartley: "The first half we won the game with some outstanding play and goals, and carried it on from last week. "We told them at half time to make sure we don't concede any goals. In the second half we didn't pass it as well and sometimes that happens when you have such a commanding lead, but overall the players were outstanding. "We worked a little

Summary: Dundee did a first-half demolition job on a dreadful Motherwell outfit as the home side's miserable recent run continued in the Premiership.


The boar - which has a moving head - is one of a number of animated replica creatures at Mountfitchet Castle. Staff at the site, an open air museum, were surprised to find two nests had been created next to the arc of its belly. Owner Jeremy Goldsmith said seeing the hatched chicks on Thursday morning had been a "lovely surprise" for staff. He said it remained unclear why the hens had made the nests next to the boar, though it was likely they chose it because it was a secluded spot with straw, and perhaps for a sense of protection from the replica animal The chicks have been seen playing on top of the boar's back and head.

Summary: A castle has welcomed 20 chicks to its grounds after hens nested next to a lifelike replica boar.


Regional papers, which usually focus on local news, are devoting their front pages to a staunch defence of China's claim over the disputed waters. The papers dismiss the tribunal's decision outright, and many feature maps that depict disputed islands in the South China Sea as belonging to China. This concerted propaganda effort will have considerable clout. China Statistics Press, an official agency, says China has around 1,900 newspaper titles. Dahe Daily in central Henan province shows the words "Hague arbitration" on a piece of scrap paper being thrown into a bin. Nanjing paper Modern Express shows a map of China and the disputed South China Sea region. It says: "We neither accept, nor recognise this." Guangzhou paper Information Times has a similarly striking cover, with the same words in bold against a plain white background. New Express Daily, in southern Guangdong, depicts the word "arbitration" on a piece of paper being ripped up. Shenyang Evening Post, northeast Liaoning province, carries the headline: "Shared hearts and shared defences, this is our sea." Another paper from the region, Liaoshen Evening Post, simply says "NO" on its front cover. From the east, Hangzhou-based Youth Times shows a map of China with the South China Sea included. Its headline reads "China: Nothing more, nothing less". The Beijing Morning Post carries a picture of China superimposed against a sea, and the headline: "South China Sea Islands: China's territory". BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Summary: Newspapers in China have gone into propaganda overdrive, a day after a tribunal in The Hague ruled against Beijing's claim to the resources of much of the South China Sea.


The beach where Seifeddine Rezgui stood on Friday, pulled a Kalashnikov from his parasol and unleashed Tunisia's worst ever terror attack, has already reopened. Camera crews capture the spot; passers-by pause for a moment. But the emotional scars of the tragedy that took place will live on for a generation. For 57-year-old Sabi, they're still raw. He runs the boat club on the beach, used principally by customers of the Hotel Imperial, targeted that day. He points to the spot where the gunman opened fire, appearing first to make a phone call, before throwing his mobile into the sea and beginning his killing spree. "People all around me were falling", he recalls, "and I just grabbed as many customers as I could and ran." They went through a staff gate to a basement of the hotel - but Sabi returned to bring more to safety. "I saw six of our loyal customers die, people who always came to this hotel. They were like brothers to me. This beach should be full of life now. But it's deserted." Sabi pauses, looking at the rows of empty sunbeds. "We will fight", he says, his lip quivering, tears welling up. "At least we can still smile". Tunisia is a nation in shock - and its tourism lifeline is under serious threat. Thousands of holidaymakers have already left on emergency flights laid on by tour operators. I watched as another busload from the Hotel Imperial arrived at the local Enfidha airport on Saturday night, heading for Manchester. Among them was one man whose fiancee had died in front of him. Most were too traumatised to talk. But in the hotels beside the Imperial, dozens are staying put. "I wanted to leave early", says Isabelle Campbell from Gateshead, "but my husband said: if we go, they win. I'm not relaxed though, I'm nervous about going to the beach." Her husband, Bob Taylor, says they ventured down earlier and saw a speed-boat manoeuvring in the water, revving its engines towards them. "For a moment, we thought: Oh God, something is going to happen again. We used to go to Egypt but changed to Tunisia because of the security threat there", he adds. "Now we don't know what'll happen here." One in ten Tunisians works in the tourism industry. It took a hit after the attack on the Bardo museum in March - and is now widely expected to plummet. The fear of that has only added to Tunisians' anguish over a worrying rise in Islamist attacks. The birthplace of the Arab Spring, which was widely praised for its largely peaceful transition to democracy, now has more people fighting in Syria and Iraq than any other country: an estimated 3,000 Tunisians are thought to be there, many feared to have joined so-called Islamic State (IS). A once peaceful Arab democracy has been shaken by the chaos and civil conflict of neighbouring Libya, where IS has taken root and is thought to train increasing numbers of Tunisians crossing a porous border. It is all a vast challenge for Tunisia's new

Summary: There's little trace of the horror - just a sunbed draped in flowers.


The final stretch of the $3.8bn (Â£3bn) pipeline is being built under a North Dakota reservoir. The Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes have filed a lawsuit against the pipeline, saying it endangers their drinking water. They also say the pipeline will damage sacred burial sites. The pipeline, when complete, is expected to transport about 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to a terminal in Illinois, where it can be shipped to refineries. The developer, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) has completed most of the pipeline, and began work on the final section after the army gave it permission to proceed on Wednesday. The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River tribes asked for a temporary injunction against construction, pending a lawsuit against the pipeline. They argued that the pipeline would hurt their water supply, and prevent them from practicing religious ceremonies at the lake. However, developer ETP and the army argued against an emergency injunction, saying there was time for the lawsuit to be heard before oil began to flow through the pipeline. Construction on the pipeline had stalled for months due to opposition from protesters. Thousands of predominantly Native American protesters have demonstrated against the pipeline's construction and set up camps along the final stretch. Nearly 700 people have been arrested since protests first began last year, according to law enforcement officials. The Obama administration announced in September that it would not allow the project to proceed, but Donald Trump overturned the decision in one of his first acts as US president.

Summary: A US judge has rejected a request from two Native American tribes to halt construction on the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline.


The Clarets are 14th - two points off ninth place - and close to securing top-flight survival after being promoted last season. "He's got promoted straight away with a club that had been relegated the year before," said Pulis. "And they could end up in the top half of the Premier League with a small budget. He's done fantastic." West Brom are eighth in the Premier League, despite losing their last four games, and play Burnley on Saturday. "I won't tell you who I put down as my winner but Sean was in my top three," added Pulis. Pulis also believes British coaches like him, Dyche, Bournemouth's Eddie Howe and Crystal Palace's Sam Allardyce, do not get the credit they deserve in the Premier League. "There's some very good British managers in the Premier League," said Pulis. "I think people overlook them because there are new managers, fresh managers coming in."

Summary: Burnley's Sean Dyche is in the top three Premier League managers of the year, says West Brom boss Tony Pulis.


No 10 said: "We don't accept threats have been made." It is understood spokesman Craig Oliver phoned the Daily Telegraph's editor after his paper wrote a story about Maria Miller's expense claims. He reportedly told him the story was poorly timed. Mr Oliver is alleged, by the Daily Telegraph, to have told the editor, Tony Gallagher, that Mrs Miller was "looking at Leveson at the moment". Twenty-four hours earlier, Mrs Miller's special adviser Joanna Hindley called the reporter working on the story to "flag up" the culture secretary's role in drawing up new press regulation rules, following Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into media ethics. A No 10 spokesman defended Mr Oliver's intervention and rejected suggestions he - or Mrs Miller's adviser - were seeking to influence the paper against pursuing the story. They said Mr Oliver was simply raising "concerns" with the newspaper about the way the story was being pursued and the fact Mrs Miller's "elderly father had been door-stepped" by a reporter. The spokesman added: "The secretary of state had some concerns about the way that investigation was being conducted and Craig Oliver was simply reflecting those concerns." Labour MP John Mann has written to John Lyon, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, after it emerged Mrs Miller had allowed her parents to live at a property on which she claimed Â£90,718 in second home allowances during the last parliament. Mrs Miller has said her expenses were "absolutely in order" and "in complete accordance with the rules". Her parents, John and June Lewis, have apparently been living at the property since selling their home in Wales in 1996. According to the Telegraph, Miss Hindley told its reporter: "Maria has obviously been having quite a lot of editors' meetings around Leveson at the moment. So I am just going to kind of flag up that connection for you to think about." Brian Cathcart, executive director of Hacked Off, which is campaigning for the setting up of an independent press regulator via a change in the law, said: "This story illustrates exactly why ministers must be kept at arm's length from the regulation of the press. "It cannot be right that politicians who are subject to the scrutiny of the newspapers and who are constantly vulnerable to public challenge in this way are sitting down with editors and proprietors of those same newspapers to design a press regulation system." A Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesman said: "Mrs Miller's special adviser raised concerns with a journalist about the nature of an approach to Mrs Miller's elderly father. Her adviser noted that Mrs Miller was in regular contact with the paper's editor and would raise her concerns directly with him, which Mrs Miller did subsequently. "However, this is a separate issue to ongoing discussions about press regulation. Mrs Miller has made the government's position on this clear."

Summary: Downing Street has denied that the PM's spokesman warned a newspaper against running a critical story on the culture secretary's expenses because of her role in enacting the Leveson proposals.


The call handling and IT system is more than Â£40m over budget and was initially due to be ready for October 2013. An earlier attempt to introduce the system had to be abandoned. The programme will now be phased in for some services from this summer with a national roll-out by the end of 2017. Earlier this year, the planned June launch was pushed back to the "summer of 2016" after an issue that caused computer screens to appear blank. It followed an earlier incident in which the system crashed and staff had to resort to pen and paper to deal with patient calls. The new technology is meant to make NHS 24 more efficient but is expected to cost Â£117m, more than 50% higher than the original estimate. NHS 24 said the new telephone system would be in place this year for services including Breathing Space, NHS Living Life, the musculoskeletal helpline, death certification, blood transfusion and Fit For Work. It will then be introduced in one health board area to ensure it is working effectively before the national roll-out. NHS 24 chief executive Angiolina Foster said: "We expect to have a functioning technology system tested and available later in the summer. "However, we have recognised that ensuring our staff and operational environment are also fully ready to accept the technology is absolutely essential to making sure we can make a smooth transition to the new system." Ms Foster said: "We recognise that the past 18 months have been challenging for the organisation and know that the professionalism and dedication of our people has enabled us to give high-quality care to patients during this time." Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "While any delays to implementation are disappointing, patient safety must always come first. This is why NHS 24 has taken the decision to phase the roll-out of its Future Programme. "This decision follows a comprehensive review of the new system which concluded that a phased roll-out later this summer, working towards full implementation across all health boards by the end of 2017, would be both safe for patients and deliverable by the organisation."

Summary: A crisis-hit computer project for the NHS 24 telephone helpline will not be fully rolled out across Scotland until the end of next year - four years later than originally planned.


The researchers, commissioned by Scots charities, examined 74 studies done across the world in the past decade. They concluded that smacking was associated with increased childhood aggression and antisocial behaviour. There was also a "worrying risk" of escalation into physical abuse. The report was commissioned by leading children's charities in Scotland, as well as the country's Children's Commissioner, and compiled by academics at University College London. It found that in many countries, including the UK, the use of physical punishment was declining - although the decline had been quicker in many of the 47 countries that have already outlawed smacking. It also found that public attitudes had shifted, with the use of physical punishment becoming less and less acceptable and a high proportion of parents doubting its usefulness. But it said physical punishment was still common in Scotland and the UK, despite its negative effects being known and the fact that it "constitutes a clear violation of children's human rights". Among the key findings of the report were: The report concluded: "The evidence for harmful effects of physical punishment is strong and consistent, and the declines in the use of physical punishment in countries where it is prohibited make a compelling case for the introduction of such legislation. "The current laws across the UK allowing physical punishment of children in the home and in private foster care should be challenged from both a human rights and a child wellbeing perspective. "The international human rights consensus on physical punishment is clear: repeated examinations of UK laws have stated in unequivocal terms the imperative of legal reform to protect all children against all forms of physical punishment in all settings." Earlier this year, a United Nations report called on the UK to "put an end to corporal punishment in all settings" and encourage non-violent forms of discipline instead. Parents in England and Wales are currently allowed to use "reasonable chastisement", although criminal charges can result from any punishment that leaves a mark such as bruising, swelling, cuts or scratches. In Scotland, it is illegal to hit children on the head, shake them or punish them with a belt, cane of other implement. Both the Scottish and UK governments have said they do not wish to criminalise parents who "lightly" smack their children. A bid to outlaw smacking in Wales was rejected by the Welsh Assembly last month. The researchers said that this position "contradicts the evidence base that physical punishment carries a serious risk of escalation into injurious abuse".

Summary: Academics have called for a ban on smacking after finding "compelling" evidence that it creates a "vicious circle" of conflict and violence that carries on into adulthood.


Eleanor Hawkins, 23, from Derbyshire, was among a group of 10 people who stripped before taking photographs at the peak of Mount Kinabalu on 30 May. She admitted public indecency along with three other western tourists, one Dutch and two Canadians, and was imprisoned for three days. All four have now left the island. Noor Alam Khan Abdul Wahid Khan, the immigration department director of the Malaysian state Sabah, told the BBC Hawkins left Kota Kinabalu for Kuala Lumpur at 17:35 local time (10:35 BST) on Malaysia Airlines. The other three, Dutch national Dylan Snel, 23, and Canadian siblings Lindsey, 23, and Danielle Peterson, 22, left earlier on Saturday for Kuala Lumpur. Hawkins, whose sentence was back-dated to reflect time already served, was also fined 5,000 Malaysian ringgit (Â£860/$1,330) on Friday. She and her co-accused all admitted a charge of "committing an obscene act in public". Hawkins, who is from the Derbyshire village of Draycott, said she had been "stupid and disrespectful". Prosecutors said the four tourists, along with six others, climbed the peak to enjoy the sunrise on 30 May and then challenged each other to take off their clothes and pose for photographs. The move caused widespread offence in the region and was regarded as the cause of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near the mountain, which is considered sacred. The earthquake, on 5 June, killed 18 people, including children, and left hundreds more stranded. Sabah state deputy chief minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan blamed it on the travellers showing "disrespect to the sacred mountain".

Summary: A British woman jailed for taking her clothes off on a mountain in Malaysia has left Borneo ahead of returning to the UK later.


As Iraq lurches deeper into turmoil and disintegration, Kurdish leaders in the already autonomous north are threatening to break away and declare outright independence. And the militants of the self-styled Islamic State (IS), bulldozing the border between Iraq and Syria in June 2014, declared their intention to eradicate all the region's frontiers and lay Sykes-Picot to rest forever. Whatever the fate of IS, the future as unitary states of both Syria and Iraq - central to the Sykes-Picot project - is up in the air. In fact, virtually none of the Middle East's present-day frontiers were actually delineated in the document concluded on 16 May 1916 by British and French diplomats Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot. The Iraq-Syria border post histrionically erased by IS was probably several hundred kilometres from the famous "line in the sand" drawn by Sykes and Picot, which ran almost directly from the Persian border in the north-east, down between Mosul and Kirkuk and across the desert towards the Mediterranean, veering northwards to loop around the top end of Palestine. The region's current borders emerged from a long and complex process of treaties, conferences, deals and conflicts that followed the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the end of World War One. But the spirit of Sykes-Picot, dominated by the interests and ruthless ambitions of the two main competing colonial powers, prevailed during that process and through the coming decades, to the Suez crisis of 1956 and even beyond. Because it inaugurated that era, and epitomised the concept of clandestine colonial carve-ups, Sykes-Picot has become the label for the whole era in which outside powers imposed their will, drew borders and installed client local leaderships, playing divide-and-rule with the "natives", and beggar-my-neighbour with their colonial rivals. The resulting order inherited by the Middle East of the day sees a variety of states whose borders were generally drawn with little regard for ethnic, tribal, religious or linguistic considerations. Often a patchwork of minorities, there is a natural tendency for such countries to fall apart unless held together by the iron grip of a strongman or a powerful central government. The irony is that the two most potent forces explicitly assailing the Sykes-Picot legacy are at each other's throats: the militants of IS, and the Kurds in the north of both Iraq and Syria. In both countries, the Kurds have proven the Western coalition's most effective allies in combating IS, although the two sides share a determination to redraw the map. "It's not just me that's saying it, the fact is that Sykes-Picot has failed, it's over," said the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, in a BBC interview. "There has to be a new formula for the region. I'm very optimistic that within this new formula, the Kurds will achieve their historic demand and right [to independence]". "We have passed through bitter experiences since the formation of the Iraqi state after World War One. We tried to preserve the unity of Iraq, but we are not responsible for its fragmentation - it's the others who broke it

Summary: Reaching its centenary amidst a general chorus of vilification around the region, the legacy of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 has never looked more under assault.


Moslemuddin Sarkar, 52, arrived back in Dhaka on Tuesday, a day after being freed from a Pakistani jail with the help of the Red Cross. His family lost contact after Mr Sarkar left for India in search of work in 1989. Years later, he ended up in Pakistan, where he was arrested. He says he was beaten and tortured in his subsequent 15 years in prison. "I requested that embassy officials send me back to Bangladesh but no one listened to me," he told the BBC. "I suffered a lot in the prison and was crying for help. But no-one came to my rescue. Still I don't understand why I was kept in jail for such a long time. At last, I am back with my family and I feel great." There were emotional scenes when Mr Sarkar was welcomed by relatives at Dhaka airport, the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Bangladesh. A younger brother, Julhas Uddin, told the AFP news agency that Mr Sarkar's mother "passed out as he hugged her" after returning to his home village. "It was a heartbreaking scene. He could not control his tears for hours," Julhas Uddin said. A dockworker at the port of Chittagong, Mr Sarkar says he illegally crossed the border to India in 1989 in search of better opportunities, without telling his family. "We searched for him for years and finally gave up hope believing he might have drowned in the sea. But our mother always believed that her son would return home one day," Julhas Uddin said. In 1997, he was caught trying to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents, spending the next 15 years in prisons in Lahore and Karachi. He told the BBC he was completely cut off from the world during that time. "I went to Pakistan believing that I would get a better job there. But they caught me at the border," he told AFP. "I wrote dozens of letters to my village address, but did not have any clue that they were never posted. At one stage I lost all hope of returning home." His fate reportedly came to light when Pakistan sent a list of long-serving Bangladeshi prisoners to consular officials, who informed Mr Sarkar's family. They in turn appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, who facilitated his release.

Summary: A Bangladeshi man who went missing for 23 years has been reunited with his family, who had given him up for dead.


Lance Corporal Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon stalked Alice Ruggles before fatally attacking her last October. Her parents Sue Hills and Clive Ruggles described the moment two Northumbria Police officers knocked on their door. Prof Ruggles said: "And then they said to us Alice has been killed. And we looked at each other and said 'It's Harry'. We knew, we knew even then." The trial at Newcastle Crown Court heard Dhillon had become obsessed with the 24-year-old and had stalked her. Dr Hills told of her guilt about trying to reassure her daughter on the phone two days before. She said: "And I sort of reassured her that was ok, the police knew what was going on and that it would be all right and if she just ignored him he would ignore her. "And I only put the phone down for 10 minutes and Emma (daughter) rang and said 'You cannot tell that to her, he's going to kill her. You have got to do something'. "And I thought she was over-reacting so I just said 'don't be silly'. "And so of course as soon as I saw the police I knew that's that what it was. "And I felt such a sense of guilt for having first of all told Alice not to worry and secondly told Emma not to be silly when actually if I hadn't said that Alice might still be alive." Prof Ruggles said he didn't think any of them, including his daughter, realised how serious the situation was despite the signs. Her parents have set up the Alice Ruggles Trust and they said they were hoping to use that and their daughter's "vibrant personality" to make other people aware of the dangers of stalking. They said they wanted her to be remembered for that and as "smiling and laughing and making some sort of cheeky comment." Dhillon, 26, denied murder but was found guilty and sentenced to a minimum of 22 years.

Summary: The parents of a woman murdered by her ex-boyfriend have said they knew immediately he was responsible.


Albert Newman drove for 30 miles in the wrong carriageways on the M42, the A42 and the M1 before crashing into a van. An inquest heard one force had no motorway patrols on duty and another had earlier failed to notice Mr Newman's licence had been revoked. The coroner adjourned the hearing so officers could answer more questions. Dementia patient Mr Newman, from Nottingham, crashed his Mazda Premacy into a Transit van near Kegworth, Leicestershire, in October last year, killing passenger Michael Luciw and injuring the driver, Andy Harrington. The inquest was told that Warwickshire police took the first call about a car on the wrong carriageway on the M42, but officers incorrectly recorded the direction he was heading. The error was put right, but Mr Newman crossed the county boundary into Leicestershire on the A42, where the specialist roads policing unit had finished work for the night. This meant the force had no specialist motorway patrols in the county. Pamela Oxlade, who was travelling towards Birmingham Airport with her husband, told the inquest: "We were fortunately just past a lorry when suddenly, out of nowhere, there were two balls of light. "It was really quick and it was just unreal because you couldn't see the outline of the car in the dark. "I dialled 999 and spoke to a gentleman, explained what had happened and he just said they were aware of it. "We said we were almost half an hour from the M1 and going towards Birmingham. It was such a great relief to hear that he was aware of it." The inquest was told that about 20 minutes later, Mrs Oxlade spotted signs warning motorists to slow down because of a car travelling in the wrong direction. Coroner Trevor Kirkman, speaking about Leicestershire police's involvement, said: "It does seem as if the procedure does not seem to be working very satisfactorily. "This vehicle had travelled a long distance with no intervention." It emerged at the hearing in Loughborough that Nottinghamshire Police spoke to Mr Newman months before the crash after reports about him driving while showing signs of dementia. An officer did not check the paperwork before visiting him. That would have revealed his licence had been revoked on medical grounds two years earlier. Mr Kirkman adjourned the hearing until December to establish whether the force could have seized his car at that time. At the end of the hearing, a senior officer from Nottinghamshire police offered an apology to the families if there was anything the force could have done to prevent the deaths.

Summary: Police have been criticised for failing to stop an 87-year-old driving the wrong way on major roads before killing himself and another man in a crash.


Plans for the Ysgol y Berwyn site were originally approved in 2015, and the campus was due to open in 2018. But a petition called for a review of proposals that would see the Church own the buildings. On Tuesday, Gwynedd's cabinet agreed to consult on the school's Church status. The Diocese of St Asaph said it was "disappointed but not surprised" by the decision, and accused the council of making "a complete mess of this project". "The fundamental issue here is that Cyngor Gwynedd (council) has withdrawn its support for this project and as a result has intentionally destabilised the partnership," said the Church in a statement. The original plans would have seen the merging of Ysgol Bro Tegid and Ysgol Beuno Sant, a Church in Wales school, with the secondary Ysgol y Berwyn. But following calls for the site to be designated a community campus - rather than a Church school - the council cabinet has agreed to a new formal consultation. "Unfortunately, following a long period of working in partnership with the Church in Wales, the latest developments have caused great concern amongst governors and members of the local community and poses a significant risk to the success of the school," said the cabinet's education member, Gareth Thomas. "As a result, the cabinet has decided to support the recommendation to hold a formal consultation with governors on the option to abandon the existing proposal." In its statement, the Church said it felt the council "now has a responsibility to the community, children and the diocese to find a way forward that develops community and church education". Church officials said they hoped the council would contact them over the developments "as a matter of urgency".

Summary: Gwynedd's council leadership has come under fire from the Church in Wales in a row over the future of plans for a new £10m school campus serving the Bala area.


Norma Diffley, who ran a boutique in Donaghadee, died in the accident on the A2 dual carriageway between Bangor and Holywood close to the Devil's Elbow at Carney Hill on Monday afternoon. The 33-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death. He was arrested on Tuesday.

Summary: A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a two-vehicle crash which claimed the life of a 75-year-old woman in County Down.


Snowdonia Giving asks businesses in the national park to press visitors for a small contribution to add to bills. Launched six months ago, so far 28 companies have signed up. Nearly Â£3,500 in donations has been raised, with most going to a Snowdonia Society training programme. John Harold, director of the society, said: "This is the Snowdonia Society's 50th anniversary and this is a real birthday present for us. "What it does is it allows us to complete the circle of giving - visitors and locals giving voluntarily to these local businesses. "We take our volunteers out to help look after Snowdon and the surrounding area, and this funding gives us the chance to give something back to those volunteers." The Snowdonia Giving project cash will be used to give 48 young people the chance to learn both conservation and mountain skills, which will go towards an accredited qualification. "What we find is, there are plenty of young people who are willing to come out and volunteer, many of whom would like to work outdoors, some of whom want to work in conservation," added Mr Harold. "The problem these days is getting experience and getting that experience on your CV - and this is one of the things we can help them with." Josh Feilden runs one of the firms that has been taking part in the pilot project, running a sustainable bunkhouse lodging business called Crashpad Lodge on the slopes of Snowdon. He said visitors staying with him were eager to take part. "It is surprising how much impact and how involved they want to be in it," he said. "If they know they are putting money towards a good contribution, which it is going to go to, they are more than happy." Another business owner, Ross Worthington, who runs the outdoor training specialists Raw Adventures with his wife Kate, who is also chairwoman of the British Mountaineering Council in Wales. He is convinced the "exciting" project can expand and deliver even more for the communities across Snowdonia. "We have a new season ahead, lots more engagement with people, with other companies, and it's looking like a really promising scheme," he added. The project is due to run until October this year, with the social enterprise Arloesi Gwynedd Wledig pulling together all the strands of the scheme for now. Its co-ordinator Rhian Hughes added: "It has been well received by visitors out there, because it is a voluntary donation and not something that is forced on the visitor, and people are quite happy to donate."

Summary: A pilot project asking tourists to put money into communities they visit in Snowdonia has raised enough to train nearly 50 young people in conservation and outdoor skills, organisers say.


The mother conceived naturally and gave birth to a baby boy two weeks ago. Edinburgh University scientists are freezing tissue from the reproductive organs of boys and girls as young as one, which can be re-implanted once they reach adulthood. The 33-year-old mother had a section of her ovary removed 11 years ago. She wishes to remain anonymous. Following her chemotherapy, doctors re-implanted the tissue last year. Researchers said the new service was open to NHS patients. The new mother said: "That the re-implanted tissue took so quickly, came as a really wonderful surprise. "I'm incredibly appreciative of my oncologist's foresight in sending me for the consultation with the fertility team. "I had one small surgical procedure before I began my second round of chemotherapy and now, 10 years on, my husband and I have been able to have a family." She added: "We never thought it would be possible and we are just astonished and overjoyed. We are extremely grateful to all the people involved in this process. "When you're going through cancer treatment it can be hard to think about the future, but I do think this will offer hope to others that they could one day have a family." Prof Richard Anderson, of Edinburgh University, said: "The storage of ovarian tissue to allow restoration of fertility after cancer treatment in girls and young women was pioneered in Edinburgh over 20 years ago, and it is wonderful to see it come to fruition. "This gives real hope to girls and young women facing treatment that may cause them to become infertile, and shows how some medical advances can take a long time to show their benefits." The research has been funded by the Wellcome Trust, Children with Cancer, the European Union and the Medical Research Council. It has involved close collaboration with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

Summary: A cancer patient from Edinburgh has become the first UK woman to give birth following a transplant of her frozen ovary tissue.


Media playback is not supported on this device Shakespeare was appointed Foxes manager until the end of the season on Sunday, having been caretaker boss since Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February. Leicester have won both of their Premier League games under Shakespeare. "On behalf of all the players we'd love to see him get the job long term," said Foxes midfielder Danny Drinkwater. "We were all very happy to see him get it short term - I'm sure it would be the same reaction longer term." Shakespeare said the club would "have plenty of time in the summer to take stock and evaluate". Leicester host Sevilla in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, trailing 2-1 from the first leg but with an away goal thanks to Jamie Vardy's strike in Spain. Asked whether Premier League champions Leicester could win the Champions League, Shakespeare said: "Why not? We're in it and we have to try to be competitive every game." He added: "'I'm expecting the team to take the momentum from the last two results and really play off the front foot." Shakespeare, 53, was Ranieri's assistant last season after being brought to the club by the Italian's predecessor, Nigel Pearson. He confirmed he had not spoken to Ranieri since his appointment was confirmed on Sunday but said there were "no grudges" between the two. "I bear no grudges, Claudio bears no grudges. We have to try and move on as a football club," said Shakespeare. While caretaker boss, Shakespeare was backed by 92% of readers in a local newspaper poll to take over full time, following wins against Liverpool and Hull City. However, Shakespeare added: "If we'd have lost both games, it would probably have been 1-2% and that would probably have been my family."

Summary: New Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare says he is "not looking beyond this season" despite being backed by his players to get the job longer term.


Labour MP Mrs Cox died when she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on Thursday. After her death, her friends set up a fundraising page, with proceeds to be divided between causes she had supported. In a tweet, her husband Brendan said the money would "change lives". The fund was pushed past the seven-figure mark shortly before 20:30 BST on Monday by a single £6,000 donation. More than 30,000 people have donated so far. Money raised will support three charities Mr Cox said were close to his wife's heart - the Royal Voluntary Service, Hope not Hate and the White Helmets. Mrs Cox's friend Tim Dixon, one of those who launched the fund, said: "The scale and speed of the public response to this fund has been overwhelming and deeply gratifying to Jo's family. "It shows how powerfully Jo's story has moved so many. Jo would be so proud." Gofundme, which hosts the appeal, said it was the largest UK campaign it had seen, and the third largest globally. The fundraising milestone came after MPs gathered in the House of Commons on Monday to pay tribute to Mrs Cox as members of her family looked on. Friends of Mrs Cox have announced plans for a public event in Trafalgar Square in London on Wednesday, on what would have been her 42nd birthday. Mr Dixon said her husband Brendan was doing "an amazing job, and we're telling him that". He said: "Over the weekend, he was thinking about how having kids just three and five years old, they're not going to have many memories of their mother when they grow up - he wants to capture those memories now. "He had them write down special memories of mummy on pieces of paper, cut them out and hang them on the tree in his parents' garden." The Batley and Spen MP died after she was attacked outside a library on her way to a constituency surgery. Bernard Kenny, 77, was discharged from hospital on Monday night after he was stabbed in the stomach as he went to the aid of Mrs Cox. A petition to the Cabinet Office calling for Mr Kenny to be awarded the George Cross has gained over 27,000 backers. Rachel Collinson, who started the petition and is a Green Party spokesperson, said the move would "draw the nation together to celebrate rather than to give in to fear". She said: "This man is a ray of light in a dark time, in a moment where the UK seems to be troubled by fear and division. This guy can be a beacon for all of us in what he did." A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "The government is of course aware of the calls for Bernard Kenny to receive an honour and we will examine the evidence, which will then be considered by the honours committee to decide whether to recommend him for an honour." Thomas Mair, 52, from Birstall, faces charges of murder, grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and

Summary: The husband of killed MP Jo Cox has praised the public's "incredible generosity" after a fund set up in her memory hit £1m in donations.


The display in Block 27 places the former camp in the broader context of Nazi Germany's systematic attempt to wipe out Europe's Jewish population. It is being overseen by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust institute. Earlier in Warsaw, Mr Netanyahu accused Iran, one of Israel's strongest foes, of planning a new Holocaust. By Adam EastonBBC News, Warsaw The new permanent Shoah exhibition has replaced the dilapidated one that was installed in 1960s communist-era Poland. It is an impressive, powerful exhibition. Upon entering a darkened room a prayer can be heard. The next room displays a panorama of slides and video of pre-war Jewish life in Europe. One room is devoted to Nazi ideology, showing video of speeches by Hitler and Goebbels. A map points out the numerous Jewish extermination sites across Europe. One of the most moving displays highlights the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. An art installation reproduces their pencil drawings made during the Holocaust on stark white walls. There is also a Book of Names, running to 58 volumes, which aims to list all the names of the six million Holocaust victims. Finally, there is a room for visitors to sit and reflect upon the horrors they have just seen. On Thursday, he was taken around the exhibition at the former camp before making a speech at the opening ceremony, Yad Vashem reported on its Twitter account. The original Jewish exhibition at Auschwitz dated back to the 1960s and had fallen into neglect, prompting the Israeli government to decide recently on a revamp. An estimated one million Jews, together with some 100,000 people of other ethnicities and backgrounds, died in Auschwitz and the adjacent Birkenau camp, in gas chambers or from starvation, disease and forced labour. The new display features: Mr Netanyahu used a visit to the Polish capital on Wednesday to warn that Iran was now a major threat to the Jews. Iranians are going to the polls on Friday to elect a new president, with the hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, not eligible for a third term. Mr Netanyahu said the Iranian election on Friday would "change nothing" in the Islamic republic's alleged quest for nuclear weapons. "This is a regime that is building nuclear weapons with the expressed purpose to annihilate Israel's six million Jews," he said. "We will not allow this to happen. We will never allow another Holocaust." Tehran denies seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran is viewed as a threat in Israel because of its aggressive rhetoric, its support for militant groups in the region, its arsenal of long-range missiles and its nuclear work. However, critics of the Israeli prime minister have accused him of citing the Holocaust too frequently in the context of Iran. Aluf Benn, editor of liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz, wrote in an editorial last week: "Shoah [Holocaust] warnings have taken over the political and military discourse."

Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has opened a Holocaust exhibition at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp site in southern Poland.


Both sustained leg injuries in the incident on Thursday. A spokesman for the force said one of the two male officers had been discharged from the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. The force is investigating what caused the injuries and the Health and Safety Executive will carry out an independent investigation.

Summary: Two Guernsey Police officers have been injured in a public order training exercise.


The prospect of losing a vital source of income would force Mexico into a "one-time payment" of $5-10bn (Â£3.5-7bn), says Mr Trump. But US President Barack Obama said the plan was "half-baked" and unworkable. Mr Trump made his remarks as voters in Wisconsin go the polls to pick their presidential candidates in each party. The vote could reshape the Republican race, with front-runner Mr Trump, who has never held elected office, facing a strong challenge from Texas Senator Ted Cruz. In a memo to the Washington Post, the businessman says he would threaten to change a law to cut off cash transfers. Building a border wall with Mexico has been a core message of Mr Trump's campaign since day one, when he said there were rapists, drug addicts and criminals coming across the border. If Donald Trump isn't the 2016 Republican presidential nominee - if some time between now and the end of the party convention in late July the prize slips from his grasp, Wisconsin could be where it all started to go awry. At this point it's conventional wisdom that Mr Trump has had a terrible week on the campaign trail. His top aide was indicted for accosting a reporter. He stumbled when trying to answer questions about abortion, angering both the left and the right. Wisconsin's popular Republican Governor Scott Walker endorsed his opponent, Ted Cruz. And Mr Trump saw his lead in this pivotal mid-western state evaporate. By Sunday evening, at a rally in a half-full downtown Milwaukee theatre, the front-runner was showing signs of frustration. He mocked his opponents in the #neverTrump movement, which has vowed to fight the New Yorker to the July Republican convention and beyond. Is it all going wrong for Trump in Wisconsin? The wall plan has been widely condemned by, among others, Pope Francis. Mr Trump has also pledged to deport all 11 million undocumented migrants. The Mexican central bank said that money sent home from overseas hit nearly $24.8bn last year, more than its oil revenues. In dismissing the plan, Mr Obama said it would cause the Mexican economy to collapse, sending even more migrants north to find work in the US. "This is another example of something that's not thought through and put forward for political consumption," he said. The law Mr Trump wishes to change, as outlined in his memo, is part of the US Patriot Act - he would stop anyone living illegally in the US from sending money overseas. Just the threat of enacting this would make Mexico "immediately protest," the Trump memo reads, and they would be compelled to pay for the wall. He also proposed raising visa fees and cancelling visas for Mexicans. If Mr Cruz wins in Wisconsin, as polls suggest, it will help him close the gap on Mr Trump in the all-important delegate count. Delegates represent their states at the party's convention in July and are accumulated by the votes in each state. A Wisconsin defeat would make it is far less likely that Mr Trump will have the 1,237 delegates needed

Summary: Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump has said he would stop cash sent home by Mexicans based in the US, until the country pays for a border wall.


The Better Perth group has blamed online shopping and "inertia" for dwindling profits. More than 50 traders will open later night with special events and promotions to tempt shoppers back into the city centre. Perth and Kinross council is backing the event. Private car parking company Smart Parking said it would be waiving charges on Thursday and Friday afternoons in the run up to Christmas as its way of supporting the campaign. The traders said their "First Thursday" promotion could be a model that other "blighted" towns and cities in the UK could adopt. Businesses involved in the Better Perth group range from small independent boutiques and cafes to big department stores Hairdresser Charlie Taylor said: "Perth is a beautiful city that has been laid waste by the growth in out-of-town developments and online shopping. "After years of city-centre decay, business owners have had enough and are doing things for themselves. We want to reinvigorate Perth and reawaken the sense of community that has been gradually ebbing away over the past years." Perth and Kinross Council said it was pleased to work with businesses to help promote economic growth. A spokeswoman added: "This project is a good example of how businesses and the council can work together to enhance Perth's reputation as a visitor destination, and also to celebrate the diversity of what the city has to offer in terms of retail and food and drink, with many award-winning businesses involved. "Research has shown that consumers want to be able to shop at times convenient to them and the First Thursday campaign is a great way to provide a set late-night opening that people can put in their diaries."

Summary: Traders who say they are angered by the decline of Perth city centre have launched a campaign to "re-energise" the high street.


The party secured about 19% of the vote, unofficial tallies show. But it is not clear if it will meet the 25% voting threshold to enter Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo in the 9 July presidential election by itself. The official election results will be announced in May. Some 19,000 seats were contested across Indonesia in Wednesday's polls, including the 560 seats in the national parliament. A poll by Jakarta think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), put the opposition Golkar party in second place with 14% of the vote, followed by the Great Indonesia Movement Party with 12%. Islamic parties also appeared to have performed better than expected, together grabbing about a third of the national vote. Support for the ruling Democratic Party of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - who cannot serve a third term as president - fell by half. His party came in fourth with 10% of the vote. Mr Yudhoyono told reporters that he respected the early results. "Let's honour the result of this election and be ready to accept new national leadership that will lead the nation to be better," the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying. CSIS political analyst Philips Vermonte told Reuters news agency: "Parliament is likely to be very fragmented because many parties have gotten a relatively big share of votes." The parliamentary polls are key to deciding which parties can field presidential candidates. Parties must either secure 25% of the total vote or 20% of the seats in parliament. Candidates whose parties fail to meet these thresholds must form or enter a coalition before they can run for president. Indonesian stocks fell over 3% on Thursday, after expectations PDI-P would secure enough votes to put Mr Widodo, the Jakarta governor, straight through to presidential polls were dashed. "We see the possible formation of a weak government with limited ability to push through necessary reforms and policies ahead," Bahana Securities research head Harry Su told Reuters news agency. Mr Widodo is seen by many as Indonesia's next president. He told reporters on Wednesday that his party was "widely open" to a coalition. "It is not possible for PDI-P to work alone. We have to co-operate with those having the same platform," he said.

Summary: Indonesia's opposition Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads parliamentary polls but its star candidate may face a tougher path to the presidency, early election results indicate.


Webb had been linked with the role in 2015, with Blatter suggesting at a conference in the Caribbean on Monday that he could be replaced by Webb "in the near future". But Cayman Islands native Webb said: "No, definitely not. That is not my intention or my objectives at this time." Blatter, who has led Fifa since 1998, was speaking off the cuff before a speech to mark the opening of a Concacaf sport summit. The Swiss was introduced incorrectly to an audience of regional political leaders and confederation delegates as "Fifa's vice-president" by a local media officer. Total number of presidents: 8 Current president: Sepp Blatter, since 1998 Previous president: Joao Havelange from 1974 to 1998 Longest time spent in office: Jules Rimet - 33 years from 1921 to 1954 Number of English presidents: 3 - Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906-1918), Arthur Drewry (1955-1961), Stanley Rous (1961-1974) Blatter, 77, stepped up to the lectern and replied to the mistake by telling the media officer and assembled guests: "I think you're a prophet." He then added that there may be a new Fifa president in "the near future" and the next president "could be Jeffrey Webb". After receiving applause, he added: "This would not mean I would be vice-president. Once you have been a horse you don't go back to the stable." Sources close to Fifa have told BBC Sport that the comments should not be taken as a decision by Blatter that he will not stand as a candidate in the next election, scheduled for May 2015, and that all options are still open to him. Blatter told Uefa delegates in 2011 that this would be his final term of office but has this year given strong indications that he may seek a fresh mandate. The comments are the clearest indication so far that Uefa president Michel Platini - considered by many observers to be his most likely successor - is not the man Blatter wishes to see in power after he has left the role. Platini has yet to decide if he will stand in the 2015 election saying recently that he wanted more time to consider the matter. Webb, 49, was elected president of Concacaf in May 2012 following the acrimonious departures of former president Jack Warner and general secretary Chuck Blazer. Now one of seven Fifa vice-presidents, Webb started his time in football governance as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association in 1991.

Summary: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football leader Jeffrey Webb says he has "no intention" of replacing Sepp Blatter as Fifa president.


Beate Zschaepe, 38, is accused of being part of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), which killed 10 people, most of them of Turkish origin. She denies the murder charges. Critics say the police made serious errors. The judge later adjourned the trial for a week after the defence team accused the judge of bias. After entering court, Ms Zschaepe stood with folded arms and turned her back on the camera. Her lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the judge, accusing him of bias. They complained about being searched for possible weapons or other objects on arrival, while prosecutors and police were not. The judge ordered an adjournment until 14 May to consider the complaint. The NSU case sparked controversy as police wrongly blamed the Turkish mafia before discovering the far-right cell. The head of Germany's domestic intelligence service was eventually forced to resign over the scandal. It also emerged that intelligence files on far-right extremists were destroyed after the cell's activities came to light. Four male defendants are also on trial with Ms Zschaepe, facing lesser charges of having helped the NSU. She faces life in prison if convicted. Critics have accused authorities of turning a blind eye to the crimes of right-wing extremists, the BBC's Steve Evans reports from Munich. Officials deny this, saying mistakes occurred because the murders were spread across different regions, each with different police and security agencies. The killings took place over a seven-year period, and none of the victims or locations was high-profile. Ethnic Turkish community groups and anti-racism campaigners demonstrated outside the courthouse on Monday, demanding justice. Some suspect the police of institutional racism which may have helped the neo-Nazis to act with impunity, our correspondent says. Before the trial got under way a large crowd of journalists had gathered outside, along with dozens of people hoping to get seats in the court. About 500 police officers were deployed and nearby streets were cordoned off. Ms Zschaepe, as a founding member of the NSU, is charged with complicity in the murders of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek immigrant and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007. She is also accused of involvement in 15 armed robberies, of arson, and of attempted murder via two bomb attacks. Prosecutors say the aim of the execution-style killings was to spread fear among immigrants and prompt them to leave Germany. Her lawyers say she is refusing to speak in court. Only the trial opening was broadcast, in line with German legal restrictions. The four male defendants are: The NSU cell remained undetected until Ms Zschaepe gave herself up in November 2011, after police discovered the bodies of two of her alleged accomplices. Uwe Mundlos, 38, and Uwe Boenhardt, 34, appeared to have shot themselves after a botched bank robbery. After their deaths, the gun used in the murders of the 10 people was discovered. Ms Zschaepe shared a flat in Zwickau, in the old East Germany, with the two men who were found shot dead. The arson charge against her relates to a fire which she is alleged to

Summary: An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell has gone on trial in Munich in connection with a series of racially motivated murders.


Mandla Hlatshwayo and his friend were shot after confronting a group of men who had robbed women of their mobile phones in a pub in Soweto. The suspects were found in possession of drugs and an unlicensed gun. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world with more than 50,000 cases reported every year. "Police are questioning the suspects to see if they can link them to the shooting," says the police's Lungelo Dlamini. Tributes are still pouring in for the star who was also a DJ on local radio station Jozi FM. Those who knew the 40-year-old have described him as a selfless man.

Summary: South African police say four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of former actor on popular local TV series Generations.


Yanic Wildschut put the Latics in front but the U's levelled shortly after through Alex Gilbey's 25-yard strike. Wigan swiftly restored their lead with Ryan Colclough's calm finish, but Colchester negated the winger's effort with Elliot Lee's curling shot. George Moncur converted a penalty after he was fouled to make it 3-2, but Grigg's injury-time goal earned a draw. Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester: Media playback is not supported on this device "That wasn't good enough. When you squander as many chances as we did then you have to be aware that the opposition are going to come back into the game. "Second half the performance was nowhere near what we expect. I warned the players that you show your superiority on the scoreboard. "We'll have to work hard to put it right next week."

Summary: Will Grigg's late strike secured a point for Wigan at bottom club Colchester in a thrilling encounter.


The platform was set in the first half as Wasps dominated field position and they went in 14-3 up thanks to tries from Christian Wade and Beale. Tom Homer's penalty was the only reply from Bath, who conceded a third try when slick hands worked Beale in. Bath fought hard after the break, but Wasps' 13th win was never in doubt. Both sides occupy places in the top four, but even with internationals Taulupe Faletau, Luke Charteris and Anthony Watson back in the side, Bath looked well short of competing with the expensively-recruited visitors. England star Elliot Daly was absent for Wasps, but Dai Young was still able to field a back three of Beale, Christian Wade and Willie Le Roux and most importantly, they won the front-foot ball needed to get them in the game. The forwards laid the platform for both first-half tries, Alex Rieder stepping through to give Wade a chance on the right and Thomas Young ripping a hole for Beale's first. His second was again built on softening up by the Wasps forwards, followed by a sliding move to the left that well and truly put the game beyond doubt. Wasps director of rugby Dai Young: "Today we took a big stride in cementing our place in the top four. That's the important thing. Then you've got four games to cement ourselves in the top two. "It's not a foregone conclusion by any means. "This is the best we have played in the block of four games (during the Six Nations). Now we are in the business end. We've got Worcester and Bristol, two teams who will be scrapping for their lives. There's no easy games for us but we are in a very strong position, one I am very pleased with." Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder: "We looked tired out there, just hanging on. We're a far better team than we showed out there. "We were far too passive and waited for Wasps to attack us. They just showed what a good side they are when they get a roll on and get momentum. We were on the back foot the whole game. "Then we probably tried too hard. We kicked the ball back to them - and they kept attacking us. "We'll get our internationals back and attack the last quarter of this competition." Bath: T Homer; Rokoduguni, Clark, Tapuai, Watson; Hastings, Cook; Catt, Batty, Lahiff, Charteris, Ewels (capt), Ellis, Denton, Faletau. Replacements: Van Vuuren, Obano, Palma-Newport, Stooke, Mercer, W Homer, Jennings, Phillips. Wasps: Beale; Wade, Leiua, Gopperth, Le Roux; Cipriani, Simpson; Mullan (capt), Taylor, Cooper-Woolley, Symons, Gaskell, Johnson, Young, Rieder. Replacements: Festuccia, McIntyre, Moore, Rowlands, Willis, Robson, Armitage, Bassett. For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Summary: Wasps extended their lead at the top of the Premiership with a Kurtley Beale-inspired victory against fellow play-off hopefuls Bath.


Lee Gregory could have put the Lions ahead, but shot over from close range. Visting goalkeeper Jordan Archer made a fine save to deny Elliot Lee before Gregory and Chris Taylor both missed chances at the other end. Taylor almost sealed three points for Millwall late on but his defected effort hit the post, meaning the Londoners drop to sixth in the table. They are four points ahead of Barnsley, who have a game in hand, while Colchester remain in 23rd place, still seven points adrift of safety. Millwall boss Neil Harris told BBC Radio London: Media playback is not supported on this device "I don't think we were really quite as clinical as we have been. "I thought we were very lacklustre in the first half and never really imposed our tempo on the game. "I think we can focus on the fact that it's a really good clean sheet, it's another point gained. "Having said that, I'm obviously disappointed. I thought we should have come here and won today."

Summary: League One strugglers Colchester United had to settle for a point against play-off chasing Millwall.