Media playback is not supported on this device But a six-under 65 from Henrik Stenson left the Swede only one shot behind. Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (68) and American Keegan Bradley (68) are three shots off the lead, two clear of defending champion Zach Johnson (70). Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy shot 71 in the worst of the weather to finish eight shots off the pace. Media playback is not supported on this device Andrew Johnston is the highest-placed Briton on four under, the Englishman recovering from a triple bogey at the fearsome 11th to record an impressive 69. Meanwhile, Germany's two-time major winner Martin Kaymer got to seven under but triple bogeyed the 10th and finished with a 73 for three under. The wind blew harder and the rain fell heavier after Mickelson reached the safety of the clubhouse, destroying the chances of a host of big names. World number three Jordan Spieth shot a 75 to finish right on four-over-par and just make the cut, as did England's Masters champion Danny Willett, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, and Scottish duo Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie. England's former US Open champion Justin Rose shot a 77 to finish three over, while world number one Jason Day battled to a 70 to finish one over. US Open champion and world number two Dustin Johnson had two double bogeys but still managed a 69 for two under overall. World number five Bubba Watson holed a birdie at the last to extend his stay. The two-time Masters champion double-bogeyed 11 and struggled to a 76 and four-over total. Media playback is not supported on this device Mickelson, winner of the Claret Jug in 2013, carded a 63 on Thursday, the joint-lowest round in major history and the 46-year-old's 36-hole total of 132 is a record for an Open at Royal Troon. The five-time major winner told BBC Sport: "If I look back to my mid-30s, I am 35lbs lighter, in better shape than I was and can manage the symptoms of my psoriatic arthritis. I feel stronger and in a better condition than I have ever been. "I can't see why I can't play my best golf in the coming years. I am optimistic about this week and the coming years and the opportunities to add to my resume." Mickelson teed off in overcast but benign conditions and covered the front nine in 33 shots, very nearly acing the eighth hole. It started to rain when he hit the turn and he dropped his first shot of the tournament at the par-four 12th, but ground things out as others wilted. Mickelson's feats were brought into sharper focus by the efforts of playing partners Lee Westwood and Ernie Els, who started their rounds on level par. England's Westwood carded a 73, while two-time Open champion Els shot a five-over 76 and missed the cut by one shot. Media playback is not supported on this device World number six Stenson, runner-up to Mickelson in 2013, made six birdies and one bogey as his attempt to become the first Scandinavian

Summary: American Phil Mickelson leads the Open Championship at the halfway stage, a two-under-par 69 lifting him to 10 under at Royal Troon.


Antonsson scored 22 goals in 40 league games for Kalmar after signing from Halmstads in January 2015. The 25-year-old is Leeds head coach Garry Monk's first signing since replacing Steve Evans on 2 June. "He scores goals, has great movement and he has the mentality to be able to adapt to this league," Monk said. "The club has watched a lot of him, I've watched a lot of him and I felt he'd be a good fit for Leeds United." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Championship club Leeds United have signed striker Marcus Antonsson from Swedish top-flight side Kalmar on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.


Northants elected to field first and chipped away with regular wickets as Keaton Jennings, Cameron Steel and Graham Clark were all dismissed for 20. Buck's haul also included the wickets of in-form Paul Collingwood and top-scorer Michael Richardson (27). Barry McCarthy took 2-20 as Durham hit back, but Northants finished the day 59-3, 107 runs behind. Division Two's bottom side Durham went into the game on the back of a dramatic defeat by Glamorgan and their fragile batting line-up was exposed by Northants' seam attack in an innings which lasted just 45.2 overs. Northants lost Rob Newton, Alex Wakeley and Rob Keogh cheaply in reply, but Max Holden (19 not out) and Chesney Hughes (16 not out) prevented further damage before bad light brought an early close. Former Derbyshire and Leeward Islands batsman Hughes, who played as a 'guest' for Northants in their tour game against South Africa A, is making his first Championship appearance since last August, on a non-contract, pay-as-you-play basis.

Summary: Nathan Buck took a career-best 6-34 to help bowl Durham out for 166 and give Northants the upper hand on day one.


The British Transport Police said the move was a "proportionate response" in the face of a mounting terrorism threat. Specially trained officers will begin carrying the stun weapons over the next few weeks. It brings the Scottish force into line with their counterpart in England, where Tasers have been used since 2011. The weapons are used to incapacitate suspects through the use of an electric current. Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Alun Thomas said: "This decision is not based on specific intelligence of any criminal behaviour or imminent threat, but will allow us the option to deploy Taser devices where, in the course of their duty, an officer needs to protect the public or themselves by using force. "The current threat to the UK from international terrorism remains 'severe', meaning an attack is highly likely. "Recent terrorist attacks across the world are a stark reminder that the threat from terrorism is a genuine risk, and it is important that we keep our security measures and operational tactics under constant review." Officers south of the border fired the Tasers eight times during 2015, according to a reply to recent Freedom of Information request to the force. In one instance, police used a weapon against a man armed with a large knife - a move which "undoubtedly" prevented people from being hurt, according to Mr Thomas. He said: "In our assessment, the introduction of Taser devices in Scotland is a proportionate response and provides an additional option for our officers to consider when confronted with a genuine threat to themselves or the public. "By way of example, in December last year, police deployed a Taser device against a man armed with a large bladed knife, preventing him cutting the throat of stranger who he had targeted at random at Leytonstone station, east London. "Undoubtedly the use of the Taser device in this incident prevented even further harm to the travelling public." "We believe that the public in Scotland deserve the same level of protection as people elsewhere on the rail network." British Transport Police said they reached the decision on Tasers following "detailed discussions" with Police Scotland. Scottish Ministers have also been briefed. The force refused to reveal how many officers would receive the training required to carry Tasers "for security reasons". Ch Supt John McBride, divisional commander for the Scotland, said Taser use by officers would be monitored. "Every time we unholster it, it will be subject to review," he told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme. "It will be subject to internal review by our own specialists, but also we have agreed with the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner that where there is a discharge and serious incidents involving Taser then we will refer ourselves to the Pirc for them to review the circumstances of the case and if necessary carry out an investigation."

Summary: Officers who police Scotland's railways are to be armed with Tasers in a bid to increase security on the network.


Only 50.5 overs were possible at the MCG, but Australia still got wickets at regular intervals with Jackson Bird taking two for 53. Azhar's 110-ball half-century saw him pass 1,000 Test runs in 2016. Australia lead the three-Test series 1-0, having beaten Pakistan by 39 runs in the opener at the Gabba. Sami Aslam was undone by Nathan Lyon after making just nine and, after Azhar and Babar Azam batted through the remainder of the morning, Azam edged the last ball before lunch from Josh Hazlewood to give Steve Smith his second catch. Misbah-ul-Haq scored 11 off 13 balls with a four and a six before being brilliantly caught at short leg by Nic Maddinson off Bird. Bird bowled Younus Khan off an inside edge to end a third-wicket stand of 51. The wicket came shortly before the scheduled tea break and the weather meant that interval came early and play never resumed.

Summary: Azhar Ali's unbeaten 66 helped Pakistan to reach 142-4 against Australia on a rain-affected first day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.


The US posted annualised growth of 2.6% for the fourth quarter - lower than the 3% projected by economists. The figure was weaker than the 5% growth in the third quarter of 2014. However, the dramatic slide in fuel prices in recent months has put more money in consumers' pockets and allowed them to spend more. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, rose by 4.3% in the fourth quarter - the fastest rise in nearly nine years - and higher than the 3.2% for the third quarter. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said: "It took us a while to get here, but I think the economy is finally off and running. "We are seeing a number of positive developments. Businesses are hiring aggressively and the big drop in gas prices means that people have more money to spend on other items." The near-60% slide in oil prices in the plast seven months has cut the price of petrol to about $2 per gallon, or the equivalent of Â£1.32 for 4.5 litres. That is little more than British drivers pay for just one litre of petrol. The fall has saved Americans about $175bn, Mr Zandi said: "A big part of growth this year will be people spending their gas savings." For 2014 as a whole, the economy expanded by 2.4% - better than the 2.2% for the previous 12 months. The report came two days after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was expanding at a "solid pace", but said it will "remain patient" in determining when to raise interest rates. The main rate has been held at close to zero since December 2008. Some economists believe an increase could come in middle of the year, but Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said Friday's data could delay a rise until late this year or even early 2016. He feared that the US economy was too reliant on consumer spending given that business investment fell by an annualised rate of 1.9% - the biggest decline since the second quarter of 2009. "Ideally, a sustainable economic upturn requires business spending to be rising alongside consumer expenditure." "While Markit's Flash PMI survey data signalled a further robust expansion of private sector business activity in January, the latest reading was the second weakest for 11 months and points to GDP growth sliding to 2% in the first quarter," Mr Williamson added. "Companies also reported the weakest monthly increase in new orders since the recession, suggesting the pace of economic growth could weaken even further in February."

Summary: The world's largest economy expanded less than expected in the final three months of 2014 despite lower fuel prices boosting consumer confidence.


It comes as an Inverness sufferer claimed that his former employer was deliberately ignoring his correspondence. James Nicol believes he was exposed to asbestos while working on council houses in the 1980s. He wants Highland Council to acknowledge that he was exposed. The local authority said it could not comment on Mr Nicol's case, adding that any claims would be handled by solicitors. The 85-year-old worked for Highland Regional Council, now Highland Council, as a labourer. He believes that he came into contact with asbestos while refurbishing council properties in Inverness. Mr Nicol also later worked for the regional council as a school janitor. In March this year, the pensioner was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an incurable lung cancer almost always caused by asbestos exposure. He said he had first noticed a change in his health during a swimming session. "I could swim, but not the same speed and that was why I went to my doctor," Mr Nicol told BBC Scotland. "I went to my GP and from then on it was x-rays, scans and a biopsy in Aberdeen." Mr Nicol was given his diagnosis at his local hospital, Raigmore in Inverness. He said: "The consultant told me it was 'all bad, no cure Mr Nicol'." While still in receipt of a local authority pension, he claims Highland Council has turned its back on him by failing to reply to correspondence from his solicitor on his condition. A Highland Council spokesman said: "We cannot comment on this matter. "However, we can confirm that where individuals appoint solicitors to make claims against Highland Council, communications would be made via the person's solicitor and not direct with the claimant." The charity Clydeside Action on Asbestos was set up in 1984 and initially dealt with shipyard workers. However, senior welfare rights officer and director Phyllis Craig said the charity was now increasingly seeing people from other areas of employment, and also more women. She said: "We are seeing a lot of people from the construction industry and we are seeing teachers, nurses, doctors, policemen and firemen. "Many of them had been exposed 20 years ago. Ms Craig added: "There is a myth that women were only exposed to asbestos if they washed their husband's overalls." She said women were just as prone to the risk of being exposed to asbestos fibres working in a building, such as a hospital or school, as their male colleagues were. Law changes in Scotland give sufferers and their families north of the border more rights than anywhere else in the UK. Some sufferers, such as former textile factory worker Annie McGhee from Motherwell, may be eligible for a one-off payment from the government. She believes she was exposed to asbestos while working at a knitwear factory before she married and raised a family. Mrs McGhee said: "It was the only place where I worked. I worked there for eight years solid. "I worked in the steam presses and there were lots of big pipes up above and there were no windows in the place." Two years ago this month,

Summary: Campaigners have called for greater support for victims of asbestos-related cancer who are fighting for civil compensation.


The 38-year-old had enjoyed a fine opening round, briefly leading the Championship and finishing two under on his Open debut on Thursday. But on Friday seven bogeys, three double bogeys and only two birdies left him nine over to bow out. American Jordan Spieth leads the Open at the halfway stage on six under.

Summary: Welshman Stuart Manley missed the cut at the Open after hitting an 11 over par 81 in the second round at Royal Birkdale.


The materials, which can sense pressure as sensitively and quickly as human skin, have been outlined by two groups reporting in Nature Materials. The skins are arrays of small pressure sensors that convert tiny changes in pressure into electrical signals. The arrays are built into or under flexible rubber sheets that could be stretched into a variety of shapes. The materials could be used to sheath artificial limbs or to create robots that can pick up and hold fragile objects. They could also be used to improve tools for minimally-invasive surgery. In one approach, Ali Javey at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues built up layers of criss-crossed nanometre-scale wires topped with a thin rubber sheet. Together, the stack acts as what is known as a thin-film transistor, or TFT, with a pressure-sensitive layer on top. The amount of electrical current running through the device is dependent upon how much pressure is exerted on the rubber sheet; more pressure allows more current to flow. The team demonstrated the flexibility of their TFT stacks by bending them to a radius smaller than that of a pencil without changing the skin's performance. "Javey's work is a nice demonstration of their capability in making a large array of nanowire TFTs," said Zhenan Bao of Stanford University, whose group demonstrated the second approach. The heart of Professor Bao's devices is micro-structured rubber sheet in the middle of the TFT - effectively re-creating the functionality of the Berkeley group's skins with less layers. "Instead of laminating a pressure-sensitive resistor array on top of a nanowire TFT array, we made our transistors to be pressure sensitive," Professor Bao explained to BBC News. "Our microstructured rubber can bounce back to its original shape much faster and enable higher sensitivity," she added. The overall flexibility of the Stanford group's skins appears to be lower, and Professor Bao concedes that to develop her group's approach further, better conductive rubber will be needed. Nevertheless, both groups demonstrate that their skins can register a pressure in a tenth of a second, over a large range - from five grams per square centimetre to 40 times that high. Those numbers rival the response of human skin, made with relatively inexpensive manufacturing techniques. John Boland, a nanotechnologist from Trinity College Dublin, praised the two approaches in a critique for Nature Materials. "Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of these studies is how they elegantly demonstrate that it is possible to exploit well-established processing technologies to engineer low-cost innovative solutions to important technical problems," he wrote. However, he notes that there are still "significant opportunities for further innovation", such as reducing the distance between the sensors in the arrays to maximise the detail they could "feel", as well as improvements that could make large-area arrays possible and affordable.

Summary: "Artificial skin" that could bring a sensitive touch to robots and prosthetic limbs, has been shown off.


Now the US has said it is moving to seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets, ranging from plush properties to a private jet, from people connected to the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak. The asset seizure by the US would be the largest ever by the Justice Department's anti-corruption unit. This is how the story has played out so far. 1Malaysia Development Bhd, set up by Mr Najib in 2009, was meant to turn Kuala Lumpur into a financial hub and boost the economy through strategic investments. But it started to attract negative attention in early 2015 after it missed payments for some of the $11bn it owed to banks and bondholders. Then the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported it had seen a paper trail that allegedly traced close to $700m from the fund to Mr Najib's personal bank accounts. Why is the US intervening now? The Department of Justice alleges $3.5bn (£2.6bn) was misappropriated from 1MDB. "The Malaysian people were defrauded on an enormous scale," Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe said at a news conference. Mr Najib is not named in the suit. But it refers to "Malaysian Official 1", described as "a high-ranking official in the Malaysian government who also held a position of authority with 1MDB". The move reflects an intention by the US to open new fronts in its fight against illicit finance. It also sets up a rare confrontations between the US and Malaysia, which is considered an important partner in the fight against terrorism. What do people involved say? 1MDB responded to the US papers by saying it had not benefited from the various transactions described in the suit. The fund has repeatedly asserted that it has never given money to the prime minister and called the claims "unsubstantiated". Mr Najib has also consistently denied taking money from 1MDB or any public funds. His office said Malaysia had "led the way in investigations into 1MDB" and would "fully co-operate with any lawful investigation". Is anyone else involved? Mr Najib has accused his fiercest critic, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, of using the scandal as a means of "political sabotage". He claims Mr Mahathir worked "hand in glove" with foreigners as part of a campaign "to topple a democratically elected prime minister." The BBC put Mr Najib's allegations to Mr Mahathir, who dismissed the claims. Instead, he called on the prime minister to show proof that he didn't pocket state funds. Over the last year, Mr Najib has also sacked his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin and replaced the former attorney-general over critical comments they made about the scandal. There have been multiple domestic official investigations into the 1MDB fund, including a special task force headed by the attorney general. The team raided the office of 1MDB in 2015 and took away some documents. But the replacement attorney general cleared Mr Najib of wrongdoing in January. Multiple foreign authorities have also been investigating the company. In May, Singapore ordered Swiss bank BSI to shut down in the city-state for breaking its money-laundering laws in its dealings with 1MDB.

Summary: The scandal surrounding Malaysia's state development fund 1MDB has gripped the country for years.


David Brown became ill in Maghaberry Prison in December 2012 and died later in hospital from a brain haemorrhage. The Prisoner Ombudsman said staff left him unattended for five minutes in an unresponsive state and did not raise the alarm immediately. The watchdog has concluded the response of the Prison Service was "inadequate". The report by Prisoner Ombudsman Tom McGonigle also found that a nurse treating the inmate was not made aware that it was an emergency situation and other prisoners were not locked in their cells during the incident. However, Mr McGonigle, said: "While some things could have been done better, a key finding of this independent investigation is that there was no possibility to achieve an alternative outcome for Mr Brown." The Prisoner Ombudsman's office is required to investigate all deaths in custody in Northern Ireland, including deaths due to natural causes. The report into David Brown's death said painkilling drugs were found in the 46-year-old's system during toxicology tests, but added that the drugs had been prescribed to him. It said the medication was found at "concentrations that lay within their respective therapeutic ranges". "This is important as there was speculation about a white powdery substance that was found around Mr Brown's nose at the time of his death," a statement from the ombudsman said. Despite criticising prison staff for their immediate reaction to finding the prisoner unconscious in his cell, the report did not find fault with the inmate's medical management during his time in the jail. A clinical reviewer who investigated the case "did not feel that an opportunity to achieve an earlier diagnosis existed, or that there would have been a possibility to achieve an alternative outcome for Mr Brown". The ombudsman's report into the handling of the prison's case identified four matters that required improvement. Two of the four areas related to record-keeping and post-incident support for staff. The need for improvement in these two areas had already been highlighted to the prison authorities and the South-Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, which treated the inmate. The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) has accepted the ombudman's four recommendations and said they have already been implemented. The health trust has also accepted their recommendation, and told the ombudsman it has been reiterated to their staff and will be considered at a "Lessons Learned" forum. Mr McGonigle has expressed sympathy to the prisoner's family.

Summary: A watchdog has criticised prison staff in Northern Ireland for their reaction when an inmate, who later died, was found "unresponsive" in his cell.


The influx of migrants has put pressure on the authorities of the northern city to find accommodation. Some migrants are sleeping rough outdoors. Hamburg's law takes effect next week. In a separate development, prosecutors filed charges of inciting racial hatred against a co-founder of the anti-Islamic Pegida movement. The prosecutors in the eastern city of Dresden said they acted after Lutz Bachmann had on Facebook described asylum seekers "trash" and "animals". Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) members have staged a number of rallies in recent months, attracting tens of thousands of people. Meanwhile, a new survey by broadcaster ARD said 51% of people admitted the influx of migrants scared them. It suggests a four-year low in Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity. She has said Germany can accommodate migrants who have genuinely fled war or persecution - a humanitarian gesture towards the many thousands risking their lives to reach Europe this year. But many politicians - including her conservative Bavarian CSU allies and various EU partners - have criticised the open-door policy. How long can Merkel's open-door policy last? Hamburg's new law is described as a temporary, emergency measure. Owners of empty commercial properties will be compensated. The law does not include residential properties. But the conservative opposition in the city, in the north of Germany, condemned the move. The authorities in Bremen, a city just west of Hamburg, are considering passing a similar law. Germany expects to host at least 800,000 asylum seekers this year - about four times the number it had last year. Many are from war-torn Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. But the thousands arriving also include asylum seekers from Kosovo, Albania and other Balkan countries, whose claims are usually rejected. On Thursday more than 200 migrants fought each other in a mass brawl at a reception centre in Hamburg-Bergedorf. Police said Syrians and Afghans were involved in the latest clash. Similar fights have erupted at some other migrant centres in Germany. A bigger brawl took place near Kassel, in central Germany, at the end of September. In Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and elsewhere the authorities have erected tented camps for migrants - but with winter approaching they are deemed too basic as communal housing. There is hardly any accommodation left in Hamburg for migrants, who are entering the city at a rate of about 500 daily, ARD television reports. The Hamburg region's leftist government - a coalition of Greens, Social Democrats (SPD) and Die Linke - says the new law will be in force until March 2017. Confiscation will only take place if the property owner refuses to hand it over willingly in exchange for compensation. In the Brandenburg region, in eastern Germany, the authorities have halted the demolition of old social housing blocks. Instead they will be refurbished to provide 4,000 flats for migrants, the daily Die Zeit reports. Meanwhile Franconia, in north Bavaria, plans to build cheap modular units to house migrants for 10 years, after which they will be rented out as social housing for locals.

Summary: Hamburg has become the first German city to pass a law allowing the seizure of empty commercial properties in order to house migrants.


The Alabama Securities Commission led the investigation, which helps prevent financial fraud against the elderly. After an agent interviewed Lee, the commission's head said he was satisfied she wanted a second book published. The new work - Go Set a Watchman - will be the 88-year-old American author's first release since the 1960s. The surprise move prompted some suggestions Lee was manipulated into publishing the decades-old manuscript, which was discovered by her lawyer in the author's possessions last year. "We closed the file. Let's just say that she was able to answer questions we asked to our satisfaction from our point of view,'' said Joseph Borg, Alabama Securities Commission director. The New York Times reported that the investigation was sparked by requests from a doctor that the state investigate whether Lee was capable to have consented to the release of the work. Lee herself was "extremely hurt" by allegations she was manipulated, her lawyer Tonja Carter said. To Kill a Mockingbird was published in July 1960 and has sold more than 40 million copies around the world. Go Set a Watchman was written before To Kill A Mockingbird, and features many of the same characters, with an adult Scout Finch returning to her native Alabama from New York to visit her father.

Summary: US investigators have closed an inquiry into whether To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee was pressured into publishing a sequel.


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Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), which overseas health services, has said the non-emergency service lacks "resilience". South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) runs the phone line and has said calls have increased by 16% in the last year. It claimed staff shortages contributed to problems in answering calls. In a risk assessment report published by OCCG, it said: "Patient safety in the 111 service will be compromised due to performance issues caused by a lack of resilience to peaks in demand." OCCG has ranked the phone line as a "red risk", the highest category for risks to patient safety. It comes after an undercover investigation by the Daily Telegraph in June recorded a worker at SCAS's 111 call centre in Bicester, Oxfordshire, saying all staff had "killed someone indirectly". After the report prompted an investigation in January, the Care Quality Commission said the service was "safe and effective". The ambulance trust said that a 16% increase in call volume meant phone handlers could not answer calls "as quickly as we would like". In January alone, the service received 173,563 calls on both their 999 and 111 phone lines. SCAS has also said that a recruitment shortfall has contributed to issues in responding to calls. A spokesperson added: "We are working hard to improve our response to the patients who require our assistance. "We are continuing to recruit staff to the NHS 111 service across our area." SCAS provides ambulance services for Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Buckinghamshire.

Summary: The safety of patients using the 111 service in Oxfordshire could be "compromised", according to the county's leading health body.


Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker will take the stage in Cleveland on Thursday night with seven rivals. Fox News selected the 10 most popular Republicans based on five national polls, excluding Mr Perry and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. Those two and five other candidates will take part in an earlier debate. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum reacted angrily to his omission. "The idea that they have left out the runner-up for the 2012 nomination [Santorum], the former four-term governor of Texas [Perry], the governor of Louisiana [Bobby Jindal], the first female Fortune 50 CEO [Carly Fiorina], and the 3-term Senator from South Carolina [Graham] due to polling seven months before a single vote is cast is preposterous," his spokesman said. In contrast, Mr Perry tweeted that he was looking forward to being on Fox at 5pm for "a serious exchange of ideas and positive solutions to get America back on track". The main debate takes place four hours later at 9pm local time (01:00 GMT). All eyes will be on hotel tycoon Mr Trump, who leads the polls and has made headlines with outspoken remarks about many of his rivals. A fun guide to the 10 Republican debaters One of the Republican frontrunners, Jeb Bush, became embroiled in a row with leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton over women's health funding on Tuesday. The former Florida governor was attacked by Mrs Clinton after he told a conservative Christian audience he wasn't sure "we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues". But he later said he "misspoke" after criticism of his remarks. Meet all of the 2016 hopefuls

Summary: Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, is not among the 10 Republicans running for president who will take part in the first primetime TV debate.


Michelle Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for her role in the suicide of Conrad Roy III. Prosecutors allege Ms Carter drove the Massachusetts 18-year-old to his death to attract sympathy. She has asked a judge to rule on the case, rather than a jury of her peers. "You need to do it, Conrad," Ms Carter texted him on the morning of 12 July, according to records presented by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. "You're ready and prepared. All you have to do is turn the generator on and you will be free and happy," she wrote. She told him in another message: "You're finally going to be happy in heaven. No more pain. It's okay to be scared and it's normal. I mean, you're about to die." As he expressed doubts, she kept pushing. "I thought you wanted to do this. The time is right and you're ready â€¦ just do it babe," she said. "No more pushing it off. No more waiting," she went on. Mr Roy was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his vehicle at a Kmart car park in Fairhavens, Massachusetts, on 13 July 2014. Texts show he wavered in his plan to follow through with the suicide, at one point getting out of his pick-up truck. Ms Carter replied in a message: "Get back in." After his death, she fundraised for mental health awareness and led a charity softball event in his honour. Mr Roy's mother, Lynn Roy, told the court on Tuesday she had no warning of her son's suicide. She said: "I thought he was a little depressed." On the day of his death, Mr Roy went to the seaside in Westport, Massachusetts, with his mother and sisters, according to prosecutors. He bought his sisters ice cream, joked about bathing suits and spoke of a scholarship he had just won, while making other plans for the future. As arguments began on Tuesday, images of his text exchanges with Ms Carter were broadcast on the courtroom wall. "She used Conrad as a pawn," said Assistant District Attorney Maryclare Flynn, adding that the accused had wanted to gain attention as the "grieving girlfriend". "She talked him out of his doubts point-by-point, assured him that his family would understand why he did it, researched logistics and reassured him that he was likely to succeed, and pushed him to stop procrastinating and get on with it, mocking his hesitation," said the prosecutor. Lawyers had requested the case be dismissed on the grounds of right to free speech. But a juvenile court judge ruled that encouraging suicide was not protected under the US constitution. Defence lawyer Joseph Cataldo argued that Mr Roy had been motivated to kill himself for some time, and that his depression was spurred by family troubles. He told the court that Ms Carter had previously talked her boyfriend out of suicide attempts. Recently unsealed documents show Mr Roy attempted to take his own life several times before, and had spent time researching methods online. Defence lawyer Mr Cataldo said in court: "My heart

Summary: A 20-year-old US woman whose boyfriend took his own life nearly three years ago after she repeatedly urged him to suicide has gone on trial.


The victim was attacked in Gillians Park in Blackbird Leys at 20:48 BST on Wednesday and remains in hospital with serious injuries to his arms. One suspect is described by police as a black man, aged about 24, of large build, with short hair. Another is thought to be about 25 years old, with a ponytail and beard. Det Sgt Wojciech Spyt said: "We would like to appeal to any witnesses in the area at the time of the incident who may have seen a group of four men running down Dunnocks Way towards Greater Leyes."

Summary: A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital after being stabbed by a gang of four men near a children's playground.


Police have confirmed paint was thrown over doors and windows at Crumlin Orange Hall some time between 2300 BST on Monday and 1000 BST on Tuesday. SDLP South Antrim MLA Thomas Burns condemned those behind the attack which he said was "pointless". "They can only harm and destroy, they can only cause pain and hardship and useless expense to taxpayers and ratepayers," he said.

Summary: An Orange hall in County Antrim has been the target of a paint bomb attack.


It's a virtual reality headset which when worn will allow gamers to experience a virtual gaming world. It won't be cheap though, it's being sold for Â£549 and you'll need a very powerful computer to even be able to use it. Similar products on the market include HTC's Vive VR headset which was launched earlier this year and Sony will be releasing it's own virtual reality headset called the PlayStation VR in October. Earlier this year Ricky got to try out the Oculus Rift and some of it's accessories.

Summary: The Oculus Rift is finally available to buy from high street stores and online in the UK, six months after it was released in the US.


More than 20 competitors are due to take part in Saturday's event in Carrbridge in the Cairngorms. Carvers from Scotland, England, Ireland as well as continental Europe, Canada and the US regularly enter the competition. They can use only chainsaws - any other carving tool is banned - to carve logs into the shapes of animals and people. Last year's winner Pete Bowsher, from Moffat, is to return to defend the title, and retain the first place winner's prize the Claymore Trophy.

Summary: About 3,000 people are expected to attend the 14th annual Carve Carrbridge chainsaw carving competition.


That's the verdict of scientists who have analysed ancient DNA of the extinct animals for mutations. The studies suggest the last mammoths died out after their DNA became riddled with errors. The knowledge could inform conservation efforts for living animals. There are fewer than 100 Asiatic cheetahs left in the wild, while the remaining mountain gorilla population is estimated at about 300. The numbers are similar to those of the last woolly mammoths living on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean around 4,000 years ago. Dr Rebekah Rogers of the University of California, Berkeley, who led the research, said the mammoths' genomes "were falling apart right before they went extinct". This, she said, was the first case of "genomic meltdown" in a single species. "You had this last refuge of mammoths after everything has gone extinct on the mainland," she added. "The mathematical theories that have been developed said that they should accumulate bad mutations because natural selection should become very inefficient." The researchers analysed genetic mutations found in the ancient DNA of a mammoth from 4,000 years ago. They used the DNA of a mammoth that lived about 45,000 years ago, when populations were much larger, as a comparison. Woolly mammoths were once common in North America and Siberia. They were driven to extinction by environmental factors and possibly human hunting about 10,000 years ago. Small island populations clung on until about 4,000 years ago. "There was this huge excess of what looked like bad mutations in the genome of the mammoth from this island," said Dr Rogers. "We found these bad mutations were accumulating in the mammoth genome right before they went extinct." Knowledge of the last days of the mammoth could help modern species on the brink of extinction, such as the panda, mountain gorilla and Indian elephant. The lesson from the woolly mammoth is that once numbers drop below a certain level, the population's genetic health may be beyond saving. Genetic testing could be one way to assess whether levels of genetic diversity in a species are enough to give it a chance of survival. A better option is to stop numbers falling too low. "When you have these small populations for an extended period of time they can go into genomic meltdown, just like what we saw in the mammoth," said Dr Rogers. "So if you can prevent these organisms ever being threatened or endangered then that will do a lot more to help prevent this type of genomic meltdown compared to if you have a small population and then bring it back up to larger numbers because it will still bear those signatures of this genomic meltdown." Scientists think the genetic mutations may have given the last woolly mammoths "silky, shiny satin fur". Mutations may have also led to a loss of olfactory receptors, responsible for the sense of smell, as well as substances in urine involved in social status and attracting a mate. Love Dalen is professor of evolutionary genetics at the Swedish Museum of Natural History and head of the team of scientists that

Summary: The last woolly mammoths to walk the Earth were so wracked with genetic disease that they lost their sense of smell, shunned company, and had a strange shiny coat.


Six documents taken from an old account belonging to Mr Brennan were published by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. The CIA said there was "no indication" that anything classified was released. But the documents do include a draft security clearance application containing personal information. They appear to all date to 2009, when Mr Brennan was seeking security clearance while applying for a job as a White House counterterrorism adviser. He was working in the private sector at the time, having already spent 25 years working for the CIA between 1980 and 2005. A high-school student claimed he was responsible for hacking the AOL account, telling Nthe New York Post he was protesting against US foreign policy. The boy's Twitter account, which says he is 13, has published redacted images of what appears to be government information. The documents published by Wikileaks include a draft on national security challenges said to have been created in 2007. The final, unfinished paragraph is headed "Damaging Leaks of Classified Information". A 2008 letter about interrogation methods is also included, appearing to be from the vice-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to his fellow board members. Wikileaks said it would release more documents "over the coming days". The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating the hacking. The CIA stressed that none of the documents released so far were classified. "In fact, they appear to be documents that a private citizen with national security interests and expertise would be expected to possess," a statement said. High-profile leaks including a wealth of diplomatic cables from Wikileaks have dogged the US government in recent years. The use of private email has become a major issue in recent months for White House hopeful Hillary Clinton, since it emerged that she had operated a private account while secretary of state. Mr Brennan became director of the CIA in 2013, having spent four years as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.

Summary: The CIA has condemned the hacking of director John Brennan's personal email account, describing it as a "crime" carried out with "malicious intent".


US media report that Tori Castillo, 39, is facing child abuse charges and the children are now with their father. Onlookers in the car park instructed the five-year-old on how to open the boot from the inside, reports say. Passersby had noticed the car shaking and noise coming from inside where it was parked outside a Walmart. The incident happened on Thursday in Riverdale, Utah. It is not clear how long the children were in the boot. Local police officer Casey Warren told KTVX: "It's never right to lock a child inside of a vehicle, let alone a trunk of a vehicle. "Obviously there's a lot of things that could go wrong." He praised the "good Samaritans" who helped the children get out. Under Utah state law, leaving a child under the age of nine unattended in a vehicle is punishable by a fine or jail time. The law was enacted in 2011 after repeated cases of children dying unattended in hot cars.

Summary: A woman has been arrested in the US after allegedly locking her children, aged two and five, in the boot of her car while she went shopping.


The couple, who have been dating since 2011, wed in front of about 10 people in Mazan, Provence - close to where the bride's family has a holiday home. Mayor Aime Navello told the Associated Press he married them at the town hall. The short service was followed by a reception for family and friends, reported to have included Righton's bandmates and actress Sienna Miller. Knightley, 28, announced her engagement to Righton, 29, last year. "Keira was a charming bride, very modest and simple in her attitude, as was James," Mr Navello told the Daily Mail. "I got the impression that it was a very moving experience for both of them." The actress, who was Oscar-nominated for her performance in 2005's Pride and Prejudice, is the daughter of playwright Sharman Macdonald and actor Will Knightley. She rose to fame in the British hit Bend it like Beckham, becoming an international star in films including Love Actually and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. 'More interesting' Knightley also won critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Atonement, A Dangerous Method and, most recently, Anna Karenina. Later this year, she will be seen in Jack Ryan - a prequel to previous Tom Clancy adaptations - playing Cathy Ryan opposite Chris Pine. Singer and keyboard player Righton has performed with indie rock band the Klaxons since 2005. The group won a Mercury Music Prize in 2007 for their debut album Myths Of The Near Future. In an interview last month, Knightley said she did not want an extravagant wedding day. "We're not 'big wedding' types. I don't need to have all that. I'm just trying to enjoy the engagement bit. "My parents are together after 40 years. The fights are there but they love each other. "It's not like the first three months, the first two years... whatever it is, but I think it gets more interesting, or I hope so."

Summary: Actress Keira Knightley has married Klaxons star James Righton in the south of France.


Media playback is not supported on this device The 29-year-old committed two fouls but jumped 7.90m with his last effort to go through as the 10th of 12 qualifiers. "I think I need to apologise to my mum and dad because I may have caused a few less hairs," said Rutherford. "I didn't get it right in the first two. Now I know where to start from on the runway you may see something good." Rutherford has won gold at his last four major championships and is the Olympic, world, Commonwealth and European long jump champion. His progress maintained the possibility of a repeat of Super Saturday when he, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah won gold on the same night at London 2012. "It's going to be a very special evening and I'm excited," he added. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Summary: Great Britain's Greg Rutherford sneaked into Saturday's long jump final to maintain his hopes of defending his Olympic crown.


A new free-to-view channel, Spike, will show the award-winning series in its entirety when it launches on Freeview, Freesat and Sky TV on 15 April. The first two series of the show were broadcast on both FX and Five USA, but later dropped when they failed to win a significant audience. Series three, four and five have never been shown on UK terrestrial TV. Spike, which already exists in the US, will also be the first UK channel to show series five of The Walking Dead. It will also bring US pop culture phenomenon Lip Sync Battle, hosted by LL Cool J, to British screens. The series was created by, among others, British comedian Stephen Merchant and John Krasinki, star of the US version of The Office. Merchant will also star as one of the participants in the series. "Spike is a driven, high-energy channel offering a point of view and programme mix I think is different from anything else on British TV right now," said Ben Frow, Channel 5's Programme Director - who will oversee the new channel's editorial content. Both Spike and Channel 5 are owned by Viacom International. The critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad concluded in 2013. It won five Primetime Emmys last year, including best drama series and best actor for Bryan Cranston.

Summary: Cult US drama Breaking Bad is to be broadcast in full on UK terrestrial television for the first time.


Liz Saville Roberts' private members' bill is aimed at giving victims more confidence in coming forward to report rape. It comes after the Ched Evans retrial jury was allowed to hear details about the sexual history of the complainant. Chesterfield striker Mr Evans was cleared of rape last October. Following the case Attorney General Jeremy Wright told the Commons that giving a court details of a complainant's sexual history was not "routinely used" in such cases, but there was "a concern". A review into the laws protecting alleged rape victims was also launched. Ms Saville Roberts, the Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, will introduce the bill on Wednesday. It has cross-party support. It replicates the so-called 'Rape Shield Law' which exists in the USA, Canada and Australia and aims to prevent the cross-examination of a rape complainant's sexual history, previous behaviour or appearance. "It is neither right nor just that a victim of rape can be questioned in court on matters not relevant to the case in hand," said Ms Saville Roberts. "Yet in the recent past victims have been humiliated by lawyers asking questions about their sexual partners, their clothing and appearance. "Such practices will undoubtedly make victims reluctant to come forward and more likely to drop complaints and there is already anecdotal evidence that high profile cases involving such evidence being used has led to a drop in the number of women who are coming forward." An 18-month study undertaken by Dame Vera Baird QC in 2015 concluded that in over a third of all rape cases heard at Newcastle Crown Court, there were questions about prior sexual conduct of the complainant. The charity Voice4Victim, which worked closely with Ms Saville Roberts on the bill, said changes to legislation were urgently needed. Its founder Claire Waxman said: "This brutal cross-examination of rape victims re-traumatises the victim and causes them irreparable harm. "It's this victim-blaming attitude of rape victims that needs to be stamped out from the justice process to ensure victims have the faith and confidence to come forward and report these serious crimes." In 2012, Mr Evans, 28, was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, the previous year. He served half of a five-year prison term. But that conviction was quashed on appeal last April and he was found not guilty of the same charge at the subsequent retrial.

Summary: An MP is launching a bid to stop alleged rape victims being cross-examined in court about their sexual history or appearance.


Bradley Lowery, from Blackhall Colliery near Hartlepool, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013. More than £700,000 was raised to pay for treatment in the USA, including a donation of £200,000 from Everton. However, last week his mother Gemma revealed his cancer had grown and treatment would only give him more time. On Tuesday it was revealed that Bradley had been sent more than 11,000 Christmas cards from well-wishers. A campaign to encourage people to send him the cards had been organised by an Everton fan.

Summary: A five-year-old boy with terminal cancer has appeared as a mascot at the Sunderland v Chelsea game.


Ryan Matthews, 62, was already serving a life sentence for double murder when he killed Sharon Wall at Wotton Lawn Hospital in Gloucester, where he lived. Ms Wall was stabbed twice in the back on 9 July and could not be saved despite efforts from hospital staff. Matthews pleaded guilty to the 53-year-old's murder in December. Police and NHS investigations have failed to establish how Matthews got hold of the knife he used. However Shaun Clee, chief executive of the Gloucestershire 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, said the attack was "neither predictable nor preventable". He admitted his staff had "no idea" where he got the murder weapon from but said it was not one of the "sharps" on the unit, which were "controlled" and "moderated". Matthews has changed his name several times and was convicted under the name of Stephen Cecil King for two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to murder in 1983. Gloucestershire Police said his mental health had been deteriorating throughout a number of hospital placements since 1999 when he left Broadmoor prison under the provisions of the Mental Health Act. He arrived in Wotton Lawn in 2012 but was due to be moved to Ty Catrin Hospital in Cardiff on the day he killed Ms Wall. Speaking after the sentencing, Det Ch Insp Steve Porter said: "This is a dreadful case in which a dedicated public servant turned up at her workplace only to lose her life in the most brutal way. "People who worked with Sharon say she was a very competent, hard-working healthcare assistant - her family are devastated by their loss. "Ryan Matthews had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and anti-social personality disorder but his condition had been managed with medication." Mr Clee said the trust - which is in the process of changing the search policy at the unit - was aware of Matthews' previous convictions, adding "the clinicians were happy with his placement at that time". He offered his "deepest sympathies" to Ms Wall's family and said the incident was the most difficult thing he, and many of his colleagues, had dealt with. "[Our investigation] has identified some areas where we think we can learn and do additional things, and we are revising and enhancing our search procedures," Mr Clee said. He would not confirm specific details about Matthews' care but said it was "common practice for individuals during their treatment programme, at times and when appropriate, to have leave". The Health and Safety Executive is investigating Ms Wall's death, saying its inquiry is continuing.

Summary: A convicted murderer who stabbed to death a worker at a mental health unit has been sentenced to a whole life order.


Ackerman was initially banned in October last year after being found guilty of corruption. He had laid bets against a horse knowing its jockey aimed not to win. Ackerman was granted a stay of implementation in November, but his disqualification has been reactivated with immediate effect until 11 June. However, his fine of £5,000 was quashed upon appeal, at the invitation of the British Horseracing Authority. Ackerman was banned after an investigation into six races featuring Ad Vitam at Kempton and Wolverhampton between 2 November, 2011 and 8 March, 2012. He was found to have breached the rules of racing alongside jockey Michael Stainton, registered owner Kenneth Mackay and former owner David Greenwood. Stainton was banned for two years, Mackay for six months and fined £5,000, with Greenwood, who had already been warned off for a separate offence, banned for eight years. All three also failed in their appeals, although, a separate appeal by Stainton against the penalty imposed "will be considered in due course". Stewart-Moore Solicitors, who represent Ackerman, Greenwood and Mackay, said in a statement that the "matter needs to be resolved by a High Court judge". "Messrs Ackerman, Greenwood and Mackay have not acted in breach of the rules of racing in any way," they added. "In spite of this they have been found, yet again, to have taken part in a conspiracy that has never been properly put to them."

Summary: Towcester racecourse chief executive Kevin Ackerman has failed in his bid to overturn a six-month suspension from racing.


Proposed timetable changes could have seen four of six services being cut. However, CrossCountry said there would now be no changes to timetables from this December, and that further discussion would take place on the future of the services. It followed discussions with the Department for Transport and Transport Scotland. A CrossCountry spokesman said: "Last year CrossCountry consulted widely on possible changes to its timetables from December 2017. "These included the option of changing the number of CrossCountry services north of Edinburgh to and from north east Scotland, allowing the local train operator ScotRail to provide these. "After discussions between the Department for Transport and Transport Scotland, it became clear that ScotRail would be unable to replicate these services at this time, so it was agreed there would be no changes to CrossCountry's Scottish timetables from this December and further discussion would take place to agree the future of these services."

Summary: Plans to reduce CrossCountry train services between Aberdeen and Edinburgh have been scrapped.


29 June 2015 Last updated at 11:41 BST Mr Richards, 19, from Wednesbury, was among 38 killed when a Tunisian student linked to Islamic State extremists opened fire on a beach in Sousse on Friday. He was a Walsall FC fan, football referee and student at the University of Worcester. Chief executive of the Birmingham County Football Association, Chad Ehlertsen, said "it just makes you smile every time you think about Joel." "He was just a leader of young people; a good organiser, a good communicator and an extremely talented young referee," Mr Ehlertsen said.

Summary: One of the victims of the Tunisia beach attacks, Joel Richards, has been described as a leader of young people.


Duffy, 26, raced into a 3-0 lead and beat the world number nine easily. A furious Ding criticised the playing conditions at the York Barbican. Sheffield's Duffy, who is seeded 121 for the event, said: "I was confident going into the match because I have been working harder than I ever have before, but it's crazy. I am buzzing." Ding's news conference lasted less than a minute and was littered with swear words. The Chinese star complained about the table set-up and conditions and will be lucky to escape a fine from World Snooker for his rant. Three-time UK Championship winner John Higgins had no problems coming through his first-round match. The 40-year-old Scot, who has already won two ranking events this season, continued his impressive form with a routine 6-1 victory over Leo Fernandez. Higgins is joined in the second round by three-time runner-up Ken Doherty, Mark Davis, Antony McGill and Sydney Wilson, who came from 4-2 and 5-4 down to stun Welshman Michael White in a thrilling final-frame decider. Doherty, 46, thumped fellow veteran Tony Drago 6-0, world number 20 Davis beat Rhys Clark 6-1, while Scotland's McGill scored three centuries in a 6-3 victory over James Cahill.

Summary: Amateur Adam Duffy pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UK Championship history with a stunning 6-2 win over two-time winner Ding Junhui.


The organisations used the Freedom of Information Act to get details on pay packages for everyone from managers and hospital doctors to dentists and GPs. Researchers included bonuses, pension contributions and redundancy payments, as well as salaries, in the sums. The Taxpayers' Alliance said some of the figures were concerning. In particular, the lobby group highlighted the sums being paid to senior managers. The overwhelming majority of staff on six-figure salaries were clinical, including GPs, hospital consultants and dentists. But nearly 2,400 of the staff were employed by NHS bodies in the UK in non-clinical roles - of these 472 earned more than £150,000. The Daily Mail said its analysis of annual accounts of NHS bodies showed that the pay bill for NHS directors had risen by 22% in two years. Another 534 employees of quangos were also on six-figure salaries. Taxpayers' Alliance chief executive Jonathan Isaby said: "No-one begrudges paying doctors and nurses well for the tough jobs they do, but it's galling to see bosses at failing hospitals continuing to rake in the cash. "It's an insult to taxpayers, but it's even worse for patients who have suffered because of mismanagement and worse. "The rewards-for-failure culture is rife in the NHS and it must be stamped out as a matter of urgency." However, separate figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre have shown that overall the number of managers in the health service in England, including senior and lower level ones, has been falling. There are now just over 37,600 employed - down by nearly a fifth in five years. Ministers in England also pointed out that they had written to NHS bodies to discourage "retire and rehire" practices where staff get lucrative pay-offs and then start working again in closely linked jobs, while any salaries above the level of the prime minister's now needed to be scrutinised by the Department of Health. Health Minister David Prior said: "We are absolutely clear that value for money for the taxpayer is vital, every pound that is wasted or spent unnecessarily is a pound that cannot be spent on looking after patients." Rob Webster, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, defended the pay levels, saying being a chief executive in the NHS "was one of the toughest jobs in the country". And he added: "In the toughest environment for the NHS in a generation, we need good leaders who can transform care. They need the ambition and the skills to take people with them, and have the stability and time to build relationships around a common shared goal for their local population."

Summary: More than 50,000 people in the NHS earned more than £100,000 in 2013-14, an investigation by the Taxpayers' Alliance and Daily Mail shows.


It's hard to tell which blow took us more by surprise, the first ever positive steroids test in the history of Scottish rugby, or the fact that and think it's unfair that so many Scottish, Welsh and Irish teams qualify for the Heineken Cup from a league without relegation. But let's start with to bulk up and get on in rugby, and leave the Heineken Cup for another day. The public statement made by Sam Chalmers, son of one of our finest ever players Craig, is that he is sorry and that he got the stuff off the internet. It has shades of the convenient "lone wolf" theory about it. Was he the only player to get this stuff? Did he talk to other players about it? Coaches involved in age-group rugby tell me that weight training and supplements appear to be going hand in hand Here is my thinking: I buy the argument that players are under pressure to get big. I buy the argument that players are under pressure to get heavier too. The rugby pitch has stayed the same size for 150 years while humans have changed. Rugby is more about going through people than round them now. What I don't buy is that players are under pressure to buy steroids. It's cheating. The moment you buy the things you are cheating. You know it's not allowed. You are hoping the drug testers never get to you. Some players may have contemplated taking steroids but chosen not to do so. If you're not big enough then choose another profession. It's not a game for all shapes and sizes any more. Coaches involved in age-group rugby tell me that weight training and supplements appear to be going hand in hand. Young players go to the gym after taking supplements, they drink supplements during their training, and immediately afterwards. Perhaps they are being indoctrinated into thinking that there is no way to do this consuming food alone. Maybe, just maybe, the logical next step from that is that artificial aids help, and the last resort - and illegal - artificial aid is your steroid of choice. So is it possible to get big enough taking food alone? The IRB has its latest drug test figures on its website. It states: "The IRB carried out 1,542 tests both in and out of competition in 2012, across all IRB tournaments and events, including the HSBC Sevens World Series, Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifiers, men's and women's Tests and Age Grade Rugby. "The programme saw a total of 21 anti-doping rule violation cases, equating to 1.36% of the IRB's entire programme." That means around 1.4% of elite level players take drugs and try to get away with it. Some of them, you can see from the website, were caught taking the steroid favoured by both Sam Chalmers and disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, stanozolol. The 2011 Word Anti-Doping Agency figures, also available on the IRB website, show there were 5,553 drug tests globally in rugby in 2011, and 61 violations within them - just

Summary: Scottish rugby suffered two body blows this week and, rather like boxer Ricky Burns who "drew" with his opponent after getting one heck of a hiding from opponent Raymundo Beltran, it's a little battered, a little broken and in need of time off the canvas.


Institutions across the UK are likely to be affected by joint action by the University and College Union (UCU), Unison and Unite. The unions have rejected a pay offer of 1% which they say represents a 13% pay cut in real terms since 2008. The employers maintain the offer is a good outcome for staff. The unions say they are willing to meet for last minute talks but say they are not optimistic "as the employers had so far refused to engage in talks aimed at resolving the dispute". Michael MacNeil, head of higher education at UCU, said: "There is widespread anger over the pay cuts staff have had to endure in recent years and all the reports we are getting suggest that Thursday's strike will be very well supported. "We are amazed the employers are still refusing to sit down with us to try and resolve this without any need for disruption. There are precious few hours left now, but our offer of talks remains open." Unison's head of higher education Jon Richards accused university management of "sitting on record surpluses, splashing out on senior management pay but refusing to give a decent wage to the staff who have made UK universities some of the best in the world". The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), which represents the universities as employers, has expressed disappointment at the rejection of the offer. A spokesman for UCEA said that less than 5% of the higher education workforce had chosen to vote in favour of strike action and predicted "a low level impact on students". The spokesman said that they had made their final pay offer in May and had been engaged in a dispute resolution process with the unions throughout the summer. "We have met repeatedly over the last six months and as recently as last week." The spokesman added that "salary costs in most HE institutions will actually rise by around 3% this year. "Many staff will also get generous incremental increases and contribution pay. These pay increases will be seen as generous by many looking into the sector." He added that the GMB union had agreed to accept the pay offer for its members employed by universities. For Unite, the turnout for the ballot was 28% and of these, 64% (1,654 members) voted in favour of action. For the UCU the turnout was 35%, with 62% voting in favour of strike action. Unison said that of those who had voted, 54.4% had been in favour of action and 45.6% against. UCU says its members last went on strike over pay in 2006.

Summary: University staff have offered to meet employers for eleventh hour talks to avert a one-day strike over pay, planned for Thursday.


The 40-year-old took over in 2012 and has guided Leigh to the Championship title in each of the past two years. They won just one game in The Qualifiers in 2015 as they missed out on a place in Super League. "It is with a heavy heart I have decided to resign as coach," said Rowley in a statement. "My reasons for leaving are personal and I will not comment further in public or in private."

Summary: Paul Rowley has resigned as Leigh Centurions head coach 10 days before the start of the 2016 Championship season.


The man's bike was struck by a lorry at 17:15, near a petrol station north of the roundabout junction with the A830. They warned drivers to expect delays in the area as there are no local diversions. Officers said at 21:00 on Thursday they expected the road to be closed "for some time" while the emergency services dealt with the aftermath.

Summary: A cyclist has been killed in a crash on the A82 road to the north of Fort William.


The newly-designed form, used to apply for a divorce in England and Wales, asks for the name "of the person your spouse has committed adultery with". Family lawyers say that, in most cases, involving a third party adds "conflict and complexity". The Ministry of Justice said there was "no obligation" to name people. Lawyer Margaret Heathcote, vice-chairwoman of family law group Resolution, is one of those concerned about the form. "Generally speaking, we don't name the third party. It increases the conflict from day one," she said. "There's no need. But because the box is there, the indication will be to fill it in." The online form has been updated to make the legal process more user-friendly - especially as some complete the process without seeking legal advice. The guidance on the form highlights that it is "not normally necessary" to name the person your spouse committed adultery with. But Georgina Hamblin, director at divorce lawyers, Vardags, said people are "unlikely to read the much smaller print or choose to ignore it". The older version of the form left a space for so-called "co-respondents" to be named where appropriate. "The new form flatly asks for 'the name of the person your spouse has committed adultery with'," Ms Hamblin explained. "This is an invitation which I fear most broken hearts will not be able to refuse." If you name the person your husband or wife committed adultery with, they become part of the court case. They will be sent copies of the paperwork and given a chance to respond. If they don't respond, proceedings may be delayed and could incur more costs. According to the latest statistics, there were just over 100,000 divorces granted in England and Wales in 2015. Adultery was the reason for 12,148 of them. "Unreasonable behaviour" accounted for 46,815. Ms Hamblin said 80% of the new clients she deals with in matters of adultery "want to get the new partner involved and to have their chance to say what they think of them". "But it puts the petitioner in a bad light. We have to talk clients down from doing that," she said. "Judges take a very dim view of petitioners trying to bring in new partners and embroil them in proceedings." When you apply for a divorce you must prove your marriage has broken down and give one of the following reasons: Source: Gov.UK A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "It has always been possible for a petitioner to name the person they believe their spouse has committed adultery with on divorce application forms. "As set out in the previous form, and more clearly in the new form, there is obviously no obligation to do so. This is a relevant part of divorce proceedings."

Summary: The government's new divorce form - which invites the writer to "name and shame" - could lead to more people being accused of adultery, lawyers say.


The Fermanagh MLA Phil Flanagan tweeted after Tom Elliott appeared on a BBC radio programme in May 2014. On Friday, the High Court was told the tweet read "Tom Elliott speaks to Steven Nolan about past. "I wonder if he will reveal how many people he harassed and shot as a member of the UDR." Mr Elliott served in the UDR for 10 years, between 1982 and 1992. He is now the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone The High Court heard that he has a clear MoD record. The court was told that Mr Elliott was alerted to the tweet by the victims campaigner Ann Travers and by DUP assembly member Arlene Foster, who is to become Northern Ireland first minister on Monday. The tweet was deleted by Mr Flanagan within an hour of being posted. The apology, which must also be posted on Twitter before the end of Friday, will state that the Sinn Féin MLA accepts that his tweet about Mr Elliott "was untrue and wholly without foundation". Mr Justice Stevens has reserved judgement on the amount of compensation. The court was also told that the insurance firm which indemnifies MLAs at Stormont, has refused to cover Mr Flanagan in respect of any compensation and costs in this case. The Sinn Féin MLA is challenging that decision in a separate court action. In a statement, Mr Elliott said: "I have been totally vindicated and Phil Flanagan has admitted that the comments he made were totally untrue. I am very disappointed that it has taken so long to get to this stage. "This could have been resolved 19 months ago, but unfortunately I was forced to go down this route. Despite that, I am delighted with the result."

Summary: A Sinn Féin MLA has agreed to apologise and pay compensation to a former Ulster Unionist leader over a defamatory message posted on Twitter.


The ex-Pontypridd MP blamed Labour's lack of "radical thinking" for its election defeat. Mr Howells said the party must have a "radical analysis" of society if it is to increase its numbers in parliament. But he said Labour had "held the line in Wales as well as anybody did in Britain" and praised the first minister for doing "something right". He told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme: "It's probably at least as bad as under Michael Foot's leadership when we were in real dire straits. "If the Labour party doesn't come up with fresh thinking, with some radical analysis of what's going on in society and what people need out of society, it could well dwindle to a very small number of MPs." Labour won 232 seats in the general election, down from 258 in 2010. In Wales, the party won 25 out of 40 seats, but had expected to improve on the 26 seats it won in 2010. Of those seats, it lost Gower to the Conservatives by 27 votes, a constituency Labour had held for more than 100 years. Mr Howells acknowledged Labour's biggest successes were in the city and coal field regeneration areas. "If we ever want to be back in government again, we need to win southern England," he said. He also attacked Ed Miliband for promoting "unmitigated gloom" which he described as "dull, it's boring, it does not inspire anyone". And he said there was little enthusiasm for the party's new prospective leaders as they were "branded with the Miliband brand". Labour's next leader, he said, would need to be "much more radical" and "jump a generation of leaders and ideas". But Mr Howells was more optimistic about the future of Labour in Wales. He said: "I think Carwyn Jones is a much sharper leader. "They've proved that they can run a government in Wales and people trust them, that's why they voted for them." Responding to his comments, Labour peer Baroness Eluned Morgan admitted the party needed a "thorough rethink", but denied claims it was experiencing its worse crisis in living memory. She said the party needed to readdress the way it approached politics and the way it makes contact with society if it was to move forward successfully.

Summary: Former Labour minister Kim Howells has said the party is in the "deepest crisis" he can remember.


The 27-year-old was caught on camera apparently swearing at Murray's semi-final opponent Tomas Berdych's team. Murray had defended Sears, saying: "In the heat of the moment, you can say stuff that you regret." But Sears made light of the issue for the final against Novak Djokovic.

Summary: Andy Murray's fiancee Kim Sears laughed off the controversy over her colourful language in Melbourne by wearing a 'Parental Advisory: Explicit Content' T-shirt to the Australian Open final.


Sgt Louise Lucas, 41, was airlifted to hospital but later died. Her daughter Olivia, eight, was also injured in the incident on The Kingsway on 31 March. Her family described her as "an outgoing, hard working and loving person." A coroner has called on Swansea council to address safety concerns on the road. In a tribute they wrote: "Our family is absolutely devastated at the tragic accident, which took Louise from us all last week. "We've lost a beautiful loving wife, mum, daughter and sister who will never be forgotten. "Louise was an outgoing, hard working and loving person. An incredible hole has been left in our family which can never be filled." The family thanked staff at Swansea's Morriston hospital who treated the mother-of-three and her daughter. They also paid tribute to police, members of the public and staff from the Principality building society who looked after Olivia after the incident. After the crash, Swansea council said it would install temporary barriers along the central reservation of the road. It has already dropped the speed limit to 20mph following concerns from residents that the road was unsafe. In a letter to the council, Swansea's acting senior coroner Colin Phillips said the road had a "serious design issue", which "must be addressed". Mr Phillips issued the report as part of his investigation into the death of Daniel Foss, 37, who died after being hit by a bus on The Kingsway in September 2013.

Summary: The family of an off-duty police officer who died after being hit by a bus in Swansea say her death has left a hole that can never be filled.


The 29-year-old centre-back turned his left ankle during the second half of last Saturday's 4-0 win over West Brom. "When your mind is positive it's easier to recover," said the Argentine boss. "He doesn't require surgery. "We have players that can perform in his place and we are very happy with the squad and the players we have." Analysis: The best defence? the most powerful midfield? - How good are Tottenham? Vertonghen has played in 20 out of 21 league matches this season, forming part of a defence that has conceded just 14 goals - the best record in the league. Pochettino, however, was unsure as to when attacking midfielder Erik Lamela would return to action. The 24-year-old has been sidelined since the end of October with a hip problem. "He will have a scan on Friday," he added. "Still it is difficult to give the time that he can come back. We need to wait tomorrow because there is still some problems, and we are still not sure of the diagnosis."

Summary: Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is expected to be out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury, according to his manager Mauricio Pochettino.


Ethnically it is highly diverse, with more than 300 local languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to a modern urban elite. Sophisticated kingdoms existed before the arrival of the Dutch, who consolidated their hold over two centuries, eventually uniting the archipelago in around 1900. After Japan's wartime occupation ended, independence was proclaimed in 1945 by Sukarno, the independence movement's leader. The Dutch transferred sovereignty in 1949 after an armed struggle. Indonesia profile - home Read more country profiles Profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Long-term leader General Suharto came to power in the wake of an abortive coup in 1965. He imposed authoritarian rule while allowing technocrats to run the economy with considerable success. But his policy of allowing army involvement in all levels of government, down to village level, fostered corruption. His "transmigration" programmes - which moved large numbers of landless farmers from Java to other parts of the country - fanned ethnic conflict. Suharto fell from power after riots in 1998 and escaped efforts to bring him to justice for decades of dictatorship. Post-Suharto Indonesia has made the transition to democracy. Power has been devolved away from the central government and the first direct presidential elections were held in 2004. Indonesia has undergone a resurgence since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, becoming one of the world's major emerging economies. Investors are attracted by a large consumer base, rich natural resources and political stability, but often equally deterred by poor infrastructure, rampant corruption and growing calls for economic protectionism. The country faces demands for independence in several provinces, where secessionists have been encouraged by East Timor's 1999 success in breaking away after a traumatic 25 years of occupation. Militant Islamic groups have flexed their muscles over the past few years. Some have been accused of having links with al-Qaeda, including the group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, and others more recently with Islamic State. Lying near the intersection of shifting tectonic plates, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. A powerful undersea quake in late 2004 sent massive waves crashing into coastal areas of Sumatra, and into coastal communities across south and east Asia. The disaster left more than 220,000 Indonesians dead or missing. Demand for palm oil and other agricultural products has led to high rates of deforestation.

Summary: Spread across a chain of thousands of islands between Asia and Australia, Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population and Southeast Asia's biggest economy.


Colin Shields put Belfast ahead before Scott Aarssen levelled late in the first period. However, second-period goals from Ryan Martinelli and Mark Garside left the Giants in control. Alex Foster increased Belfast's lead to 4-1 before Steve Saviano completed the scoring with five minutes left. Belfast have a game in hand on the Devils, who defeated Coventry Blaze 5-3 on Monday evening. Cardiff are back in action against Blaze on Tuesday while the Giants are at home to Manchester Storm on Wednesday evening as the busy festive period continues. The Giants took the lead after 15:52 on Monday with Shields netting after being set up by James Desmarais and Saviano. Aarssen netted on the powerplay in the last minute of the first period but Martinelli restored the Giants' advantage on 27:41 after combining well with Saviano. Garside then fired into the Braehead net on 33:50 before Foster's powerplay effort on 51:45 and Saviano's concluding goal on 55:18. After Wednesday's game against Manchester, Braehead Clan are the visitors on Friday before Coventry Blaze take on the Giants at the SSE Arena on 2 January.

Summary: Belfast Giants remain within four points of Elite League leaders Cardiff Devils after earning a 5-1 Boxing Day away win over Braehead Clan.


The alleged attack on another woman took place in Malton Crescent, North Shields, on Friday at about 13:00 GMT. Simonik Da Costa, 41, of Charlotte Street, Wallsend, was also charged with common assault and possession of an offensive weapon. She was remanded in custody and will appear before North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on Monday. The injured woman was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and was said to be in a stable condition.

Summary: A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing in North Tyneside.


Bruce, without a club since leaving Hull in July, is favourite to replace Roberto di Matteo, who was sacked by the Championship club on Monday. Savage said Bruce has experience in the division and still lives in the area. "He took Birmingham up, he took Hull up," said the Welshman. "He won't have to travel, he won't have to uproot." Blues were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2005-06 season. But Bruce, who had been in charge of Blues since 2001, led them back to the top flight the following season - and also went on to win promotion to the Premier League with Hull twice too. Savage played under Bruce at St Andrew's and thinks Villa fans will not worry too much that Bruce used to manage their city rivals. He also says Bruce's ability to get the best out of the Birmingham players whenever they played Villa will count for a lot. "When we were in the Premier League, we absolutely battered them time after time," said Savage. "I think Villa fans will remember that. "They had better players than us but we had this team spirit, this togetherness and we battered them more times than not in massive pressure games." Villa have appointed a former Birmingham boss as manager in the past - and the outcome was not good. Alex McLeish lasted just 11 months before he was sacked in May 2012. During his reign, the Scot was often targeted by Villa supporters angry that the club had who appointed a former Blues manager as their boss. Former England defender Danny Mills told the Monday Night Club on BBC Radio 5 live that Villa had to get the "best man for the job" and thinks Bruce could be a good option despite his association with Birmingham. "I don't understand this fixation that he was Birmingham manager, so he can't do a good job for Aston Villa," Mills said. "It makes no sense. Surely if he goes there and does a good job, fans have got to come around to that way of thinking. It's not like he was born and bred at Birmingham, played there his whole life. He's managed other clubs."

Summary: Former Birmingham City boss Steve Bruce is the "right man" to manage Aston Villa, according to former Blues midfielder Robbie Savage.


Mr Opstelten had said the trafficker was paid less than he actually was for money wrongly confiscated by the state. He also said details of the payment - authorised by Mr Teeven as prosecutor - had been lost, but this was not so. The resignations are a blow to the Liberal party as it faces an election. Mr Opstelten and Mr Teeven are both from the conservative wing of the party, which faces a challenge from Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party in provincial elections this month. The resignations are also expected to place a strain on the Liberal's coalition with the Labour party, which has been very critical of Mr Opstelten and Mr Teeven. The justice minister had claimed that a convicted drug trafficker, Cees Helman, was paid much less than the compensation of 4.7 million Dutch guilders - worth â‚¬2.1m (Â£1.5m; $2.3m) in current terms - that he in fact received. He also said that the details of the payment had been lost. On Monday, however, Mr Opstelten said a record of the transaction had been found. "This information could have been found earlier," he told reporters. "I take full responsibility for this and have just now offered my resignation to the king." The payment was made after the authorities were unable to prove that money they had confiscated from Helman had been obtained illegally. Mr Teeven, who was a prosecutor at the time, had authorised the settlement. The payment was not illegal. However, both ministers said the misinformation had made their positions untenable, Reuters news agency reports.

Summary: Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten and his state secretary, Fred Teeven, have resigned after misleading parliament over a 2001 compensation payment to a convicted drug trafficker.


Language was spelled "langauge" in the original release, put out on Thursday. But it was corrected by officials after Twitter users ridiculed the error. BBC Radio 4 presenter Anita Anand said it was "beyond parody" that the Home Office could not spell language in a note to migrants who have been told to learn English. A Home Office spokesman said: "This was a regrettable typographical error that has now been corrected." On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron announced a Â£20m fund to teach Muslim women in the UK to speak English, claiming it would help tackle segregation and help them resist the lure of extremism. But some Muslims have accused him of wrongly conflating the two issues. Mr Cameron said all those who entered the UK on the five-year spousal settlement programme - not just Muslim women - would have to sit language tests after two and a half years. Thursday's press release said the new requirement would not be implemented before October 2016, with the precise timing and further details to be confirmed by the Home Office "in the next few weeks".

Summary: Red-faced officials at the Home Office have been forced to correct a spelling error in a press release about new English language tests for migrants.


The 78-year-old actress is famed for being part of the classic Carry On... line up but also became a household name to a new generation of TV viewers through her role as landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders. Here, in pictures, is a look back at her career, which spans seven decades.

Summary: Actress Barbara Windsor has been made a dame in the Queen's New Year Honours list for her services to entertainment and charity.


Well, if you're Lorde, you turn up to the VMAs in a half-cocktail dress, half-sweat pants combo and perform an interpretive dance instead. Simple. The New Zealander said she had to be hooked up to an IV drip, referring to herself as a "cute lil propped-up corpse". End of Twitter post by @lorde Her flu explains why she wasn't singing, which is a shame given MTV said her rehearsal was "epic". But as Lorde tweeted, the #showgoeson. Lorde was praised for showing up, comfy trainers and all. The official VMA account tweeted a picture of the singer seeming to jump on the stage and the caption: "The ground is the flu trying to stop you glowing up at the #VMAs." End of Twitter post by @vmas Fans were impressed on Twitter too, with one saying: "If Lorde can perform at the VMAs with the flu, I can definitely make it through this week in one piece." End of Twitter post by @nikki_camm She's not the first star to rock up to a gig when full of the lurgy. So who else has battled on regardless? Fans got a bit more than they bargained for when Justin Bieber was sick on stage - twice - back in 2012. He was performing in Arizona as part of the Believe tour when he vomited twice. He left the stage each time, but came back to finish the show and even did an encore. Bieber later told fans he was "getting better" and that "milk was a bad choice". The following year he had to take a 20-minute break mid-set due to breathing problems - but once again, he insisted on getting to the end of the performance. What a pro. Perhaps Biebs could have shared stories with Rihanna about his experiences - as the same thing had happened to her while she was playing in Portugal. She was at Lisbon's Atlantico Arena when she had to run off during What's My Name to be sick. RiRi tweeted a fan at the time, saying she "made it juuuust in time for RudeBoy", with her dancers covering for her while she was ill. Last year, she had to cancel her Grammys performance though under doctor's orders - she was suffering from bronchitis that time. Haim bassist Este has type one diabetes - which means her body can't control blood sugar levels and that she needs to inject insulin. But when she was playing on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2013, she realised her sugar levels were plummeting due to the fact she'd not eaten enough. She came off stage and her manager checked her levels and rubbed chocolate inside her mouth to give her much-needed glucose. After two minutes, she got back on to perform the rest of the set with her sisters. Este admitted she had to do it "sitting down like BB King" however - and that now she makes sure she's had her "fuel for the day". When Dave Grohl fell off stage at a concert in Sweden two years ago, he broke his

Summary: What do you do when you're booked to play at a show but you're sick and would rather be tucked up in bed?


The bodies of the ex-EastEnders star and her sons, Zachary and Amon, were found at the family home on Tuesday. Concerns about Ms Blake's welfare were passed to the Met police before it launched its missing persons inquiry. The IPCC promised it would conduct "a thorough investigation". A missing persons probe was launched on 16 December after officers attended the family's home in Erith. This was undertaken following information from the children's charity, the NSPCC, over concerns about Ms Blake's welfare, police said. Remains found in the garden of the family's home at Erith south-east London home were confirmed on Thursday as those of Sian Blake, 43, and her sons Zachary Bilal Kent-Blake, eight, and Amon Ben George Kent-Blake, four. A police spokesperson said they all died from head and neck injuries. Ms Blake's partner is being sought by police over the deaths. However, the BBC understands Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, has left the UK and travelled to Ghana. Ms Blake and the couple's sons had not been seen since 13 December. They were reported missing three days later. The case is now being treated as a triple murder inquiry. Forensic specialists were later called in to search the family home and the bodies were found during excavations in the garden on Tuesday. Significant attempts had been made to conceal the bodies, police said. Det Supt Paul Monk, from the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said the police were "continuing to appeal for any information about the movements of Arthur Simpson-Kent". Ava Blake, Ms Blake's sister, has claimed the former EastEnders star had previously said she wanted to leave her boyfriend. Sian Blake, who had motor neurone disease, played Frankie Pierre in the BBC One soap between 1996 and 1997.Probe into police after actress murder The Met referred its handling of the case to the IPCC earlier this week. It has now been confirmed the watchdog will proceed with an investigation. IPCC Associate Commissioner Tom Milsom said: "The loss of Sian and her two young boys, Zachary and Amon, is a tragedy and my thoughts are with their family during this very difficult time. "The IPCC will be conducting a thorough investigation into how police responded to the concerns for their welfare and their disappearance."

Summary: The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating the police response to concerns raised about the welfare of former actress Sian Blake and her two children.


The 28-year-old has spent the past four years with Danish top-flight club AGF Aarhus. Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson said: "He's got experience, a good grounding and is a great character. "We watched a lot of him on video, spoke to various people about him and got good reports and he's impressed in the time he's spent with us." He works hard and wants to do well Scotland Under-21 international Kevin McHattie is Hearts' first-choice left-back. Neilson said: "It's great to get both cover and someone to challenge Kevin." Eckersley, capped by England Under-18s, made a solitary first-team appearance while at Old Trafford, and had loan spells at Royal Antwerp, Brondby, Barnsley and Port Vale. The latter resulted in a permanent move to the Valiants, but he switched to Horsens in the Danish top flight in 2008 before moving to Aarhus two years later. He won the Danish First Division, the country's second tier, with both clubs. "He works hard and wants to do well," said Neilson on Hearts' website.

Summary: Hearts have signed former Manchester United youth-team full-back Adam Eckersley after a successful trial.