She inveighed against a "draconian policy of austerity" that favoured "globalised elites at the expense of the people". The speaker was not a left-wing firebrand, but the leader of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen. The Front first emerged in the 1980s as a mainly anti-immigration group. Ms Le Pen is careful not to neglect this core issue, but nowadays she frames her nationalist message in anti-globalisation terms. Under both the right and the left, she contends, France has surrendered its sovereign powers to EU bureaucrats who are setting interest rates and tearing down borders for the sole benefit of big business. "The grave diggers of Brussels," as Ms Le Pen put it, "are setting France on the path to under-development". She found a receptive audience among the struggling workers who had come from all over France to hear her speak. Roger Denis, a 41-year-old haulier from the eastern city of Nancy, feels his job is threatened. "My company uses a lot of Polish drivers," he says. "I have nothing against them, but they are working for 800 euros a month (Â£650; $1,100). They have Polish number plates, but of course they work in France." Patrick Cathala is in an even more precarious position. Five years ago he lost his construction job, and he too regards himself as a victim of Europe's open-border policies. "I'm unemployed because firms prefer to hire workers from Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal or Spain. They're letting all those people in. What am I supposed to do?" The transformation of the Front from fringe group into France's leading working-class party is not sudden. In the 1980s Jean-Marie Le Pen - the founder of the FN and the current leader's father - targeted urban voters who were leaving the Communist Party in droves. It was he who decided to hold the Front's annual march on 1 May - the traditional Labour Day celebrated by trade unions. It is now by far the biggest event in Paris on that date. Under Marine Le Pen, the drive to capture far-left votes has been extended to moderate socialists, says Guillaume Bernard from the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies. How FN won in socialist heartland "Those voters are typically public workers and pensioners and these people are sensitive to a message emphasising the role of the state," says Mr Bernard. This has meant not just a shift in emphasis in the FN's message - unfettered markets have all but replaced uncontrolled immigration as its main bugbear - but also a new geographical focus. Studies have highlighted a growing divide in France between city dwellers and those living in the countryside. The first tend to do well, and benefit from globalisation; the second group feel left out. Last year Marine Le Pen went on a "tour of forgotten France" ("Tour de France des Oublies"), taking her message to rural areas and small towns that suffer social deprivation and poor public services. She told residents she felt their pain - while Paris and Brussels officials had sacrificed "small people" to multinationals who wanted an impoverished

Summary: At the May Day rally, the politician accused the government of "helping the richest 1%, to reassure credit ratings agencies and international finance".


Royal Mail predicts that on what it calls Take-back Tuesday there will be a rise of more than 50% in returns against December's daily average. Clothing and footwear are the most likely items to be returned. People are also expected to flock to shops at lunchtime to give back gifts, but may face issues getting a refund. Catherine Shuttleworth, from consumer analysts Savvy Marketing, told the BBC: "The problem for many people will be that without a gift receipt they will not be able to get a return at the retail price at which an item was originally purchased. "Prices have been slashed in the Boxing Day and January sales, and there is also likely to be very mixed stock available if shoppers are wanting to return and replace an item, as it is unlikely a product will be available on the shelf." It is not only shoppers who could have problems - there are also issues for the companies themselves. "It poses challenges for retailers in terms of additional staffing for returns and ensuring that returns policies are adhered to," Ms Shuttleworth said. "This year, returns are complicated by the high level of discounting before Christmas when many gifts were purchased - so retailers have the challenge of managing their [profit] margin on returns. "You can also expect to see long queues in retailers at exchange points, which are never a desirable position for the retailer or shopper." Find out more about your rights Most online clothes shoppers send something back Royal Mail's figures for the expected surge in returns is based on the number of parcels handled by its Tracked Returns service, which is used by more than 1,000 e-retailers. A Royal Mail survey of 1,517 UK online shoppers, looking at the number of items sent back, discovered that 30% of them returned women's clothes, 17% men's clothes, 16% footwear and 7% children's clothes. And in a separate survey of 1,505 online shoppers in the UK, 38% said that a free returns policy was likely to make them do more shopping in this way. The highest volume of returns through Royal Mail in the last financial year took place in January 2016.

Summary: Post offices and shops are expected to be very busy on Tuesday, as people going back to work after the holidays try to return unwanted presents.


It should "stand up to government and say we need legal change... to strengthen governance," he said. He added that shareholders also had to take responsibility and act if a company's standards were failing. The FRC said it had requested more powers to tackle bad behaviour. From the end of MG Rover, to the near-collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS, through to Tesco's accounting scandal and BHS's extinction, failings in corporate leadership have continued to stalk UK businesses. It is 25 years since the Cadbury code was published, which put in place most of the rules governing public company practices and is overseen by the FRC. Sir Adrian Cadbury wrote his report in 1992 following scandals such as the collapse of the bank BCCI and textile company Polly Peck, along with Robert Maxwell's raid on Mirror Group pensioners. It has been the cornerstone of corporate governance ever since. It recommended an independent board, reasonable pay to attract executives and formal processes to appoint directors. "The Financial Reporting Council which controls the Cadbury code, and is a rather timid body, should get stronger," Lord Myners told the BBC's Today programme. It should "stand up to government and say we need legal change in a number of areas to strengthen governance". The code has no punitive means of enforcement and follows a so-called comply or explain model. If a company wishes to shun a particular rule, it can give its reasons for doing so. This arrangement aims to stop companies ducking rules as a matter course and rewards openness. But critics say it treats all rules as optional. "It hasn't been binding enough," Lord Myners said. In a statement to the BBC, the FRC said: "The FRC has called on the government for more powers to tackle all directors when companies fail, not just those we regulate (accountants and actuaries), and we want more scrutiny on directors fulfilling their obligations under the Companies Act. "The Corporate Governance Code's 'comply or explain' approach has allowed the FRC to respond confidently and effectively to evolving market circumstances, which prescriptive hard rules often cannot." Its latest monitoring report on the code shows "high compliance" among companies, but when boards don't follow the rules "too many explanations are of poor quality". "This suggests that some boards still need to do more than pay lip service to the needs of their shareholders and other stakeholders. "The FRC believes more focused reporting by boards on how they discharge their responsibilities is necessary and has called for more oversight powers from government to help achieve this." Another criticism from Lord Myners is the role of shareholders themselves in controlling corporations. "Cadbury did not focus at all on the roles and the duties and obligation of the shareholders and that's where the failing is happening," he said. "Nobody owns enough of a company to really be put out enough to really dig in and find out what's wrong." He termed this the problem of "ownerless corporations." This view echoed that of Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South, who told the

Summary: The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which regulates how firms govern themselves, is too "timid" and needs more powers, says former City minister Lord Myners.


The best-selling author of Fatherland and Archangel said the corporation "owes it to books to do what it used to do, which is to give something back". The former BBC journalist was speaking at the presentation of the 2014 Costa Book Prize, whose jury he chaired. A BBC spokesman said books and authors were "at the heart" of the corporation. "From dedicated strands like Meet The Author and Talking Books on the News Channel, to Radio 4's Open Book and Radio 2's Simon Mayo's Book Club," he said. "We show documentaries throughout the year like Imagine: Colm Toibin (BBC One) and BBC Four Secret Life of Books and have recently launched our new online service, Books at the BBC. "We also run the BBC National Short Story Award and children's writing competition 500 Words on Radio 2 and cover major literary prizes such as Costa, Man Booker and the Samuel Johnson Prize." Harris, though, told reporters the BBC should have "a dedicated books programme". "I do wish the BBC in particular would fulfil that bit of its charter remit," he said. Helen Macdonald's memoir H is for Hawk was named Costa Book of the Year on Tuesday, beating four other finalists. Previously called the Whitbread award, the Â£30,000 prize aims to honour outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland.

Summary: Novelist Robert Harris has called on the BBC to give books more coverage "at a time when they're really fighting like crazy for a bit of space".


Michael D Higgins will ask the Council of State if the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill's legality should be tested by the Supreme Court. The bill would allow a termination when doctors deem that a woman is at risk of taking her life. President Higgins must decide by Wednesday whether to sign the bill into law or refer it to the court. If the Supreme Court decides it is constitutional and approves the bill, it will automatically become law and its constitutionality could never be subsequently challenged. It the first time that President Higgins has convened the Council of State since he assumed office in November 2011. The Council of State is an advisory body that aids and counsels the president. The introduction of the legislation follows the case of an Indian woman who died in an Irish hospital after she was refused an abortion. The debate revealed deep splits in the predominantly Catholic country. Anti-abortion campaigners say that the bill will allow the intentional killing of the unborn for the first time in the Republic of Ireland. Others argue the bill is too limited as it does not allow for terminations in cases of rape or incest, or when there is a foetal abnormality or when the foetus cannot survive outside the womb. Since a Supreme Court ruling in the 1992 X case, abortion has been constitutionally available when a woman's life, as distinct from her health, is at risk from the continued pregnancy. X was a suicidal 14-year-old schoolgirl who had been raped by a neighbour and was initially prevented from leaving the country for an abortion in Britain. Since then, the credible threat of suicide is, constitutionally, regarded as grounds for a termination. But until now, no government in the republic has introduced legislation to give doctors legal certainty on when an abortion can be carried out. That uncertainty provided part of the context for the Savita Halappanavar case. She was a 31-year-old Indian dentist who was admitted to hospital in Galway in October 2012 while miscarrying. She died a week later from septicaemia. Her request for an abortion was turned down. Her inquest heard that she could not get a termination at the time because her life was not in danger but, by the time her life was at risk, an abortion would have been too late to save her.

Summary: A bill giving limited access to abortion has been referred to an advisory body by Ireland's president.


Under the watchful eyes of heavily armed police, they streamed around the centre on foot, strolling up and down the re-opened boulevards of the Ramblas. Only the clusters of people standing around little vigils of candles here and there, and the camera tripods of the media, broke the flow. Stop at a tree where a little stuffed toy had been placed among the candles and flowers, and you could make out the sound of several women crying inconsolably as a man with a guitar led others in a rendition of John Lennon's song of peace and tolerance, Imagine. To hear such weeping, you would wonder how anyone could put on a brave face but, each in their own way, people have been pushing back at the horror of Thursday's events. She will not let me publish her name but she tells me everything else, this mother of four from a town near Barcelona. How she heard of the attack while enjoying a day out on a French beach to the north with friends, the alerts pinging on their phones. "We all have kids and we are always walking around PlaÃ§a de Catalunya (Barcelona's main square) and the Ramblas, so it could have been any of us," she said. On Friday she cut flowers from her own garden and, as public transport was disrupted, she set out on a slow, hot journey into the city to lay them on the Ramblas. On the central square, she stood in the crowd, near the staff spilling out of the Apple Store, as people observed a minute's silence at noon. They applauded King Felipe and Spanish and Catalan political leaders who had set aside their political differences to turn out together in an extraordinary show of solidarity with the victims. "We are all human beings," she said. "This has nothing to do with Catalan independence or friction. This is a terrorist attack and we are defending peace. This could have happened to you, to me, to my children, to anyone." Why did they attack Barcelona, I asked. "Because Barcelona is always in the papers," she said. "When you're a terrorist, no-one will pay attention if you attack a little village lost in the middle of nowhere, yes? But attack Barcelona and everyone is going to read about it." Then we said goodbye and she headed off to the city's Vall d'Hebron hospital to give blood. Human rights activists Luca Gervasoni Avila and Josep Maria Royo also turned up to observe the silence. "We are all in shock," said Luca. "It was not easy to come here, just 100 metres from the place where the attack started." For him, the key message was that "we have no fear and we are a city of peace". While this was a moment for giving support to the victims, there had to be a rethink on how to combat terrorism, he said. Mass surveillance and intensive use of the military and the police did not work, he argued. Instead, "human rights, tolerance and democracy" should be promoted. "We are a

Summary: Less than 24 hours after the horrific van attack, the people of Barcelona set out to reclaim their beloved city.


Prof Les Mayhew said the difference between the sexes peaked at nearly six years in the 1970s. Life expectancy is going up all round, but the rates for men are increasing faster. Plummeting smoking rates in men are thought to explain a lot of the change. Prof Mayhew, a professor of statistics at Cass Business School, analysed life expectancy data in England and Wales. He was working out how long 30-year-olds could expect to live. His findings show men languishing far behind for decades, but now starting to get closer to women. If current trends continue, Prof Mayhew predicts, both sexes could, on average, be living to the age of 87 in 2030. He said: "What's interesting at the moment is that in the last 20 years or so, male life expectancy at 30 has jumped by about six years and if it jumps by the same amount in the next 20 years it will converge with female life expectancy." The reason could be down to men living a healthier lifestyle. "One of the main reasons, I think, is the trend in the prevalence of smoking. Smoking took off after 1920 in the male population and at its high about 80% of males smoked. "This was reflected in more divergence in the life expectancy, so by the time you get to about 1970 it was at its peak - the difference in life expectancy was about 5.7 years." Other factors are thought to be safer, more office-based, jobs. Millions of men used to work in hazardous occupations such as coal mining. Healthcare has meant more men live longer as well. People with heart disease, which is more common in men, can expect to live much longer than they did a few decades ago. By contrast, women started smoking later than men. , but are falling fast in men. A boy and a girl born on the same day will still not have the same life expectancies, as the study looked only at people who had already reached 30. Boys are more likely to die in their first year of life and are more likely to take up dangerous sports or be involved in fatal accidents. It means that women could still have the edge for some time to come. Prof David Leon, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "In virtually all countries in the world, women do have a slight advantage." However, he said the gap was definitely closing in some countries. Countries with lower levels of life expectancy, such as in sub-Saharan Africa, showed very little difference between the genders. This was due to the prevalence of infectious diseases which "are not picky about men and women", he said. In countries that had defeated most infectious diseases, such as in Eastern Europe, "there is a much bigger difference, mostly dominated by lifestyle factors". At one point in the 1990s, the gap between life expectancies in Russia reached 13 years. Prof Leon said it was an "absolutely massive" difference in a "very gendered society". In his third class

Summary: The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.


Connor Williams, 17, and Conor Tiley, 18, both from Aberbargoed, died in a crash on New Road, Tir-y-Berth, Hengoed, on 3 January. The teenager was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Gwent Police confirmed no further action would be taken.

Summary: A 17-year-old boy arrested following a crash which killed two teenagers in Caerphilly county has been released without charge.


Media playback is not supported on this device The Six Nations champions trailed 9-6 at half-time, with Kurtley Beale kicking three penalties to Leigh Halfpenny's two. The Wales full-back landed two more to nudge the hosts 12-9 ahead on the hour. But with less than 30 seconds left, Beale scored in the right corner. "That's the worst defeat I've ever been involved with. To be in control really for the majority of the second half and in the last play of the game we slip-up. It's really hard to take." It was a desperate end to a dismal autumn for Wales, the game ending in further anti-climax as Halfpenny, after a man-of-the-match display, was taken off on a stretcher. Defeat means Wales will drop out of the top eight in the world rankings ahead of Monday's 2015 World Cup draw and will be in the third band of seedings. Already without three injured locks among a dozen casualties, Wales appeared to have lost another as early as the third minute when Luke Charteris got his head in the wrong place trying to tackle Scott Higginbotham and was forced to leave the field after lengthy treatment. The beanpole second-row re-emerged five minutes later to join Lou Reed, the Scarlets lock starting his first Test, in the Welsh engine room, but only lasted until half-time, Ryan Jones replacing him. Australia, playing their 15th Test in the last six months, showed few signs of physical or mental fatigue initially, despite Beale missing an early penalty. (provided by Opta) They were the first to demonstrate their attacking intent, Adam Ashley-Cooper cutting through the midfield and finding Drew Mitchell on the left wing, but Wales scrambled well in defence. The hosts were quick to respond. Wales won a scrum on their own line and Rhys Priestland, feigning to kick, instead passed to Jamie Roberts, who in turn released Alex Cuthbert to race 60m up the right touchline. But the giant wing appeared to delay before trying to find his support, allowing Berrick Barnes to force him into touch. Wales threatened a try on three more occasions in the first half, the first when Wycliff Palu narrowly beat Sam Warburton to Halfpenny's kick ahead after an electric break from the full-back. Then Liam Williams also opted for a kick rather than keeping ball in hand, before Australia won a turnover after Jonathan Davies had released Cuthbert. Instead it was Australia who opened the scoring in the 16th minute, Beale going for goal from the halfway line after Matthew Rees was penalised for going off his feet at a ruck. Halfpenny swiftly replied with a long-ranger from inside his own half, and kicked Wales into a 6-3 lead after 24 minutes when David Pocock, the Wallabies open-side playing his first match since August, was penalised at the breakdown. Beale soon levelled the scores with his second penalty from halfway and nudged his side ahead four minutes before half-time after Roberts was penalised for taking the ball into contact. Wales should have been level at the break, but Halfpenny missed

Summary: Wales slipped to an agonising seventh straight Test defeat and their eighth in a row against Australia as the Wallabies stole victory in a dramatic finale in Cardiff.


The victims were farming in an area that was declared unsafe because of its close proximity to Mount Sinabung. The volcano was still spewing ash on Sunday, hampering rescue operations. More than a dozen people were killed when it erupted in 2014. It also erupted in 2010, after having been dormant for 400 years. Rescue teams are still scouring the area, looking for more victims who may have been killed or badly burned by the hot gas and ash clouds released in the eruption. Rescue teams were searching homes and farms in the village of Gamber, which was also evacuated in 2014. What causes volcanoes? The 2,460-metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is among the country's most active. Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes.

Summary: Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky.


Speaking to Radio Times magazine, Paxman, 63, said: "If a chap can't shave on holiday, what can he do? Beards are so 2013." Paxman unintentionally created a media storm when he fronted Newsnight with a full beard on BBC Two last August. At the time, he branded the BBC "pogonophobic" - which means having a fear of beards. He also explained his reasons, saying: "I have grown a beard for the last few summers, and suddenly wondered whether I really needed to shave it off to present Newsnight. "Unless you're lucky enough to be Uncle Albert on Only Fools And Horses, Demis Roussos or Abu Hamza, the BBC is generally as pogonophobic as the late-lamented Albanian dictator, Enver Hoxha." Expanding on his thesis, he told the Telegraph: "Beards promise freedom." "They cover a multitude of chins. They spare you having to look in the mirror at the ravages of time, absolve you of pointless, never-to-be-acted-upon promises to yourself, and they remind you that you're not going into the office today." Paxman's newly-hirsute appearance caused a flurry of comment and opinion pieces during the summer's slow news season. Radio broadcaster Robin Lustig, a beard of the year winner, agreed that the BBC was biased against beards. "On TV, yes definitely, the evidence is there," he said. "There's no bearded current affairs presenter. "Michael Buerk once was told to shave off his beard if he wanted to carry on presenting." Celebrities also waded into the debate, with Comedian Russell Brand, telling Paxman his beard was "gorgeous" during a Newsnight interview. "If the Daily Mail don't want it, I do," he added. "I'm against them, grow it longer, tangle it into your armpit hair." Paxman replied: "You are a very trivial man." The Beard Liberation Front, which describes itself as a British and international pressure group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them, said it was a shame Paxman had decided to return to his clean-shaven look. "We support people's right to dress and appear as they want so, while we regret Jeremy Paxman's decision to shave off his gravitas-adding beard, the choice should be entirely up to him, BBC pogonophobia notwithstanding." While Paxman made the shortlist for the Beard Liberation Front's Beard of the Year 2013, he was beaten by choirmaster Gareth Malone and actor John Hurt, who claimed joint first place.

Summary: Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman has shaved off his infamous beard for the new year.


Hatton made eight birdies and three bogeys in his five-under-par 67, while Fitzpatrick carded a level-par 72. They are tied with Australia's Marc Leishman (71) at Bay Hill, three shots behind American leaders Charlie Hoffman (71) and Kevin Kisner (68). Rory McIlroy moved up to a tie for eighth after a seven-under-par 65. World number three McIlroy scored the joint-lowest round of the day, along with American Rickie Fowler - who moved into a tie for 11th. The 27-year-old Northern Irishman started the round 11 shots behind overnight leader Hoffman, but five birdies on the back nine moved him up the leaderboard. "I just played better, held some putts, which was nice to see. I just had to put it all together and I did," McIlroy told the PGA Tour. "Hopefully I can be in with a shout and then if I get off to a fast start tomorrow, I can be right in there."

Summary: England's Tyrrell Hatton and Matthew Fitzpatrick are both three shots off the lead going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.


Bissouma penned a professional deal with the northern club only in July 2016, four months after joining the reserves from AS Real Bamako. The 20-year-old, whose previous deal ran until June 2019, says he is very happy at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. "In football, when you put in the work you always get rewarded," Bissouma told the club's website. "I still have a lot of progress to make. I want to give myself every chance of doing that and fulfilling my objectives. "The first is to keep the club in Ligue 1, and then I would also like to win a trophy with Lille." Bissouma has scored once in 17 appearances for the club since making his debut against Toulouse in September 2016.

Summary: Mali international midfielder Yves Bissouma has signed a new contract to stay with French club Lille until 2021.


Sexist, racist and homophobic remarks were being used by pupils against school staff, as well as offensive comments about appearance, the NASUWT said. There were also examples of parents being abusive on social media, it added. About 60% of 1,500 teachers questioned in a poll said they had faced abuse, compared with 21% last year. In one case, a photograph of a teacher was posted online with an insulting word underneath. In another, pupils used the name of a heavily pregnant school worker to post insults, the teachers' union said. Of those who had been subjected to insults, nearly half (48%) said these remarks were posted by pupils, 40% said they were put up by parents, and 12% said both parents and pupils were responsible. Almost two-thirds (62%) said pupils had posted insulting comments, while just over a third (34%) said students had taken photos or videos without consent. A third (33%) received remarks about their performance as a teacher, 9% had faced allegations from pupils about inappropriate behaviour and 8% had been subjected to threatening behaviour. More than half (57%) of pupils responsible were aged between 14 and 16, and 38% were 11 to 14, the teachers' poll found, with a fifth aged 16 to 19 and 5% were seven to 11. Among the examples published by NASUWT was the case of a student uploading a teacher's photo and then, along with classmates, writing insults underneath. One teacher had been harassed for nine months by students who sent sexually explicit messages and set up a fake social media account in the teacher's name. The union said it had been told of a teacher receiving the comment "I hope she gets cancer", while the heavily pregnant worker had faced abusive remarks. Another school worker faced comments from a pupil's family member about how they looked and that they were ugly. Chris Keates, the union's general secretary, said: "It is deeply worrying to see that the abuse of teachers has risen by such a huge margin this year. "Equally concerning is that it appears that more parents are the perpetrators of the abuse. "The vile, insulting and personal comments are taking their toll on teachers' health and well-being, and undermining their confidence to do their job."

Summary: More teachers are facing abuse on social media, warns a teachers' union.


Most of the main streets are waterlogged, bringing the city to a standstill. Many offices, schools and colleges have been shut due to rains in the past week. The rains have also affected at least 80,000 people in northern parts of neighbouring Sri Lanka. A depression formed in the Bay of Bengal has triggered rains in coastal areas of India's Tamil Nadu state and Sri Lanka. Government officials said around 10,000 people had been evacuated from their homes in Chennai, the Reuters news agency said. The National Disaster Response Force and the army are also helping in ongoing rescue work. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha, has announced a 5bn-rupee ($75m; Â£49m) relief fund for flood-affected areas. "The rain that was meant to be spread out over the monsoon months has poured in just a few days," she said. "No precautionary measures would have managed to prevent water logging and damages. In areas where flooding and damage have been caused, relief, rescue and repair works are being taken up on a war footing," she added. Images from Chennai show the difficulties people have been facing to access essential services.

Summary: More than 70 people have been killed as incessant rains continue to batter the southern Indian city of Chennai, media reports say.


Test your news knowledge with our 12 days of Christmas news quizzes. This quiz is day seven and asks questions about the month of July 2016. Good luck!

Summary: How much do you remember about the news in Wales over the past 12 months?


Security minister James Brokenshire set out the motion, which was passed unopposed in the House of Commons on Thursday. It will now be an offence to be a member of any of the groups in the UK. Mr Brokenshire said terrorists from or connected to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq posed a threat to the UK security. The list of proscribed organisations includes ISIS, whose fighters are known to have been involved in conflicts in both countries. The four other groups to be banned are: Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (THKP-C); Kateeba al-Kawthar (KaK); Abdallah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions (AAB/ZJB); and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC). Mr Brokenshire said that Syria was the "number one destination" for jihadists anywhere in the world, and added that by banning these groups it sent a "strong message that terrorist activity is not tolerated wherever it happens". He said: "The reality is that the Syria conflict has seen a proliferation of terrorist groups with multiple aims and ideologies and little regard for international borders. For example in the last week we have seen significantly increased violent activity in Iraq by ISIS." Downing Street said on Wednesday that 65 people had been arrested in the past 18 months for Syria-related jihadist activities. And between 2001 and the end of March 2013, 32 people were charged with proscription offences as a primary offence in the UK, of which 16 were convicted. The motion was welcomed by Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, who said more work needed to be done with internet service providers to ensure content related to the banned organisations was taken down. He said: "We face our gravest threat in the last 13 years and the government is right to bring before the House a number of orders proscribing organisations which they feel undermine the security of this country."

Summary: Five Syria-linked jihadist groups - including the The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) - have been banned in the UK by MPs.


Williams, 25, suffered the ankle injury during Wales' win over South Africa. Reports have suggested Williams has agreed to join the European champions for the 2017-18 season. "As soon as that decision is made 100%, we won't be holding it back," Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac said. "Liam is getting a rest this week, but in terms of contracting, no change. "I'm just concerned about what Sanjay [Williams] tells me, and so I'm comfortable where things are at. "I haven't thought down that line, but we do have [new Kiwi wing/full-back] Johnny McNicholl here." Pivac is hopeful of having Williams back for the European Champions Cup double-header against Toulon on 11 and 18 December. Wales squad quartet Jonathan Davies, Gareth Davies, Samson Lee and Jake Ball are set to return to regional action, but centre Scott Williams and hooker Ken Owens will be rested. Scotland flanker John Barclay is being assessed following his international spell and South African lock David Bulbring is out with shoulder trouble which may need an operation. "There's three of the internationals that are having a bit of time off. The guys that have been here from the pre-season right the way through, with a lot of minutes [on the pitch] and a lot of loading through training," Pivac added. "We've got to be smart, look at the games coming up and the best opportunities to have the odd break, a couple had breaks for Treviso and Dragons earlier in the season." Wales prop Rob Evans is likely to play his first rugby of the season against Zebre following surgery on a wrist injury. "He's chomping at the bit, he's an excitement machine around the building, he's full of energy and we've got to get him focused, but certainly he's in consideration for the trip," said Pivac. "Rob's up for the challenge [of regaining his Scarlets and Wales jerseys], he knows it's going to be roll your sleeves up from day one." The Scarlets are to step up contract talks with regional captain Owens and his regular stand-in as skipper, Kiwi centre Hadleigh Parkes. "Ken is one we've left alone because he's [been] in the international camp, I'm sitting down with Ken next week to discuss what we do going forward, he's currently the captain of the side so we'd like to think he won't be going too far" Pivac explained. "[Hadleigh] is the captain while Ken's away and we'd like to think he's not going too far either."

Summary: Wales full-back Liam Williams will miss Scarlets' Pro12 trip to Zebre with an ankle injury as the region refuse to admit defeat over his prospective move to Saracens.


The former London Irish man, 29, who can play in the second or back row, was injured in Friday's loss at Newcastle. "He really hurt his neck and he has got pins and needles in his arms and through his hands," director of rugby Todd Blackadder told BBC Points West. "So he could be out for a little while yet but it's hopefully not too serious. But to lose a big boy like that is an opportunity for someone else."

Summary: Bath forward Matt Garvey is to have surgery after sustaining a neck injury.


Northern Ireland's world number three is due to tee off with Americans Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler at 02:45 GMT (10:45 local time) on Thursday. The 26-year-old currently leads the Race to Dubai rankings with just three tournaments remaining. "I'm not feeling great. I ate something a couple of nights ago and Tuesday wasn't good at all," he said. "I thought I would be better Wednesday morning, but I had a piece of toast and a couple of bits of melon for breakfast and I came here and tried to hit some balls, but even just making a couple of swings my stomach was too sore. "I just need another day of rest and hopefully I will be better tomorrow and I can play." Four-time major winner McIlroy is the only two-time winner of the Race to Dubai - the European Tour's season-long event - having claimed titles in 2012 and 2014. He currently leads England's Danny Willett, Irishman Shane Lowry and South African Louis Oosthuizen.

Summary: Rory McIlroy hopes to play in the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai despite suffering with food poisoning.


A public consultation has opened on the new proposals, which include a single tower rather than two skyscrapers, for the Jackson's Row area of the city. The former Manchester United stars put the project on hold following criticism from conservationists. Historic England said the plan was "getting there". The revised proposals had the potential to "enhance" the area's character "rather than dominate it", it said. The public body said the previous scheme threatened to "erase" the area's history. The St Michael's development plan includes a five-star hotel, apartments, offices and a synagogue. Neville said the scheme would make a "significant contribution" to the growth of Manchester city centre and create 1,500 jobs. He said they had not shied away from the "passionate debate" on the original proposals and addressed the issues raised "head-on". "At the same time, we have kept faith with our central vision of creating a true mixed-use destination with a signature development of the highest quality including residential living, Grade A offices, a five-star hotel, exciting retail and leisure units and world-class outdoor spaces," he said. Work could start by spring or early summer 2018, subject to planning approval, he added. The plans still include a new synagogue and a public square outside the Sir Ralph Abercromby, the developers said. Catherine Dewar, from Historic England, said: "The new masterplan still needs work but it's getting there. "The new proposals... have the potential to enhance the character of the Deansgate/Peter Street conservation area, rather than dominate it, as the previous scheme threatened." Ms Dewar said the change to the plan for a single tower further away from the town hall and twisted around would have much less impact on the Grade II-listed Central Library, Grade I-listed Town Hall and Grade I-listed St. Ann's Church. The former police headquarters and the Sir Ralph Abercromby pub "have soul and tell important stories about our city's past", she added.

Summary: Ex-footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs's £200m plans to redevelop part of central Manchester have been revised.


The BBC's Ian Pannell said the jihadists were putting up a hard fight. BBC producers Joan Soley and Peter Emmerson are also embedded with the Iraqi troops. BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani caught in crossfire. This picture from Feras Kilani shows the destruction of a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city. There are thought to be up to 1.5 million civilians in Mosul, trapped between IS and Iraqi forces. The team were with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) when it retook Bazwaya, about 3km (2 miles) east of Mosul, on Monday.

Summary: As Iraqi special forces enter the city of Mosul for the first time since the start of the campaign to retake it from so-called Islamic State, a BBC team embedded with the troops is tweeting from the front line as the battle unfolds.


Joshua knocked out Wladimir Klitschko to add the WBA world heavyweight title to his IBF crown at Wembley Stadium last weekend. Afterwards the Englishman was hailed as "the biggest sports star in Britain". "Nothing would make us happier than having a Joshua fight at some point," Phillips told BBC Radio Wales Sport. Phillips says the stadium's roof - the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom - ensures the home of Welsh rugby can be used at anytime. "The stadium is an asset that we want to use," he continued. "When we're not playing rugby on it, we want to use it as much as we can so we've sort of driven that quite hard this year with concerts." Speedway, rugby league, football and boxing have all taken centre stage there and Phillips says talks are continuing with NFL chiefs over the possibility of hosting American Football. Joshua's stunning win over Klitschko added to his appeal and Tyson Fury has accepted the prospect of an all-British title bout. Welsh boxing legend Joe Calzaghe beat Mikkel Kessler in front of an estimated 50,000 fans at what was then named Millennium Stadium in November, 2007 Phillips, the joint stadium and Welsh Rugby Union chief executive, added: "We're in conversations with various boxing promoters. Find out how to get into boxing with our special guide. "Obviously the roof - we are the only big stadium with a roof - and it's been done before, obviously, with Calzaghe and so on, previously. "So nothing would make us happier than having a Joshua fight at some point." Get all the latest boxing news sent straight to your device with notifications in the BBC Sport app. Find out more here.

Summary: Principality Stadium chief executive Martyn Phillips would relish the chance to host an Anthony Joshua bout at the 74,500 capacity Cardiff venue.


The employees, who worked in four takeaways, are alleged to have been living and working in the country illegally. The firms have been asked to produce documents proving their staff had the right to work and live in the UK. If they are unable to do so the Home Office said they would impose a fine of up to Â£20,000 per illegal employee. The process to deport the workers is already under way.

Summary: Eleven people have been arrested in Shetland following illegal immigrant raids by the Home Office.


Transactions carried out in European markets were previously recorded in Luxembourg, with which Amazon had a low-tax agreement. Now sales made through subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy will be registered in those countries, the retailer has said. Amazon had received heavy criticism for its tax avoidance policies. "More than two years ago, we began the process of establishing local country branches of Amazon EU Sarl, our primary retail operating company in Europe," the company said in a statement. "As of 1 May, Amazon EU Sarl is recording retail sales made to customers through these branches in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy. "Previously, these retail sales were recorded in Luxembourg." Amazon added that it was "working on opening a branch for France". In recent years, the European Union has intensified its investigations into the tax deals negotiated by global companies with countries such as Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It suspects that such deals amount to illegal state aid and distort competition. Last year, the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - launched a formal investigation into Amazon's tax arrangements with Luxembourg. And the EU is also looking into tech giant Apple's tax dealings in Ireland, coffee-shop chain Starbucks' dealings in the Netherlands, and Italian carmaker Fiat's agreement with Luxembourg.

Summary: Amazon, the global online retailer, is changing the way it records sales in a move that could see it paying more tax.


Conte's move to Stamford Bridge was announced in April and he will take over when his Italy contract expires at the end of this summer's tournament. Ventura, 68, most recently coached Serie A side Torino and led them to 12th in the league last season. His five-year tenure at the club - including promotion from Serie B in his first year - came to an end in May. Ventura's only managerial trophy is a third division title with Lecce in 1996, but Italian football federation president Carlo Tavecchio described him as a "master of football". Tavecchio also called Ventura an "innovative" coach with "limitless experience" who has helped many players reach the national side. He will have a two-year deal until the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup and is expected to take several of his key staff from Torino to the Italy set-up. Conte announced in March that he would step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016. Italy face Belgium, Sweden and Ireland in Group E.

Summary: Italy will replace Chelsea-bound national coach Antonio Conte with Giampiero Ventura after Euro 2016.


The plane was flying over the Amanos Mountains in the southern province of Osmaniye on Monday when it lost radio contact, Anatolia news agency said. The pilot reportedly sent a message saying "I'm jumping" before contact was lost. Rescuers found his body near to the wreckage of the aircraft. Osmaniye Governor Celalettin Cerrah had earlier announced that a cockpit window and some other pieces of the aircraft had been found in the Caksir area. The jet, which is based at the 5th Main Jet Command in the northern province of Amasya, had been performing an operational flight. The Turkish military said it had lost touch with the aircraft at 14:15 local time (11:15 GMT). People living around the village of Yarpuz, about 25km (16 miles) north of the Syrian border, said that they had heard a loud bang like an explosion, according to local media A Turkish fighter jet was shot down by Syria over the Mediterranean in June 2012, after Syrian forces said it had entered the country's airspace. It was not immediately clear what caused Monday's crash.

Summary: The pilot of a Turkish F-16 fighter jet has been found dead after the aircraft crashed near Turkey's border with Syria, reports say.


How a winemaker is taking on Sicily's rural Mafia It's a warm July evening and the surrounding hills glow golden in the setting sun amid the chirruping of swallows and the song of cicadas. It should be an image of rural peace and contentment, but on closer inspection, all is not quite as it seems. Security cameras on high stilts dot the perimeter of his land. The metal gates leading into his winery remain securely shut throughout our interview, and inside the winery's main building, images from across his vineyard flicker on a bank of screens. This, he says, is what it takes to run a modern business in Sicily in 2017. Cesare has been threatened, his land has been repeatedly trespassed on, his buildings have been damaged and trees cut down or set alight. He's even been physically attacked. "The rural Mafia was trying to drive us off our land and destroy our business," he says between careful sips of wine. So who are the rural Mafia? Well, they're shepherds in the main - but some officials believe they're acting in cahoots with local lawyers, accountants and possibly even local politicians. Cesare believes the battle against them pits modern Italy against forces that want Sicily to remain rooted in the ways of the past. Driving out of his winery, he points out wooden stakes in the ground. "See that?" he says. "They're the signs of the rural Mafia" The stakes are dotted across the land around his vineyard. They're about a metre-long, distinctive for the strip of white cardboard wrapped round them. And they're a common sight in rural Sicily. There are more about 100km (60 miles) away from Cesare's winery, in the foothills of Mount Etna, where Sebastiano Blanco is rebuilding a house on his plot of land. "What those stakes say is 'this land belongs to us'," Sebastiano says. "They, the rural Mafia, see all this land as their own, regardless of who has legal title to it." Like Cesare, he says there are local clans who believe that they, and not the Italian state, set the laws. Last year, Sebastiano's house was burnt down. The police and fire brigade said the fire was probably started by a homeless person who'd come inside to warm up. But Sebastiano thinks it's no coincidence that the fire happened soon after stakes appeared on his land. He believes the rural Mafia took revenge when he wouldn't hand over his land. He cuts a forlorn figure, kicking at the blackened rubble strewn across the charred ground of what were once his bedroom, with the early evening's purple sky visible through the exposed beams of his shattered roof. So, what exactly is it that the Mafia wants? Giuseppe Antoci, president of Sicily's largest national park, Nebrodi, and co-ordinator of Federparchi Sicilia, the Federation of Sicilian National Parks, has been investigating the matter for the past few years. What he's uncovered is widespread fraud involving European Union farm and rural development funds. In an investigation conducted together with the deputy police commissioner Daniele Manganaro of

Summary: From the terrace of his winery near the baroque town of Caltagirone in south-eastern Sicily, Cesare Nicodemo surveys his fields of ripening vines - a glass of his finest spumante in hand.


Allan Stanley, 76, of Nefyn, was snorkelling around the island of Gozo when he was hit on 19 June. His widow Diane told the inquest in Caernarfon it happened in seconds. She said: "There wasn't enough time for me to shout or do anything." A conclusion of accidental death was recorded by coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones. The inquest heard Mr Stanley was snorkelling in a bay when a rigid inflatable boat started up. "A person snorkelling is very difficult to see," Mr Pritchard-Jones said. "At best it's only part of the top of the head that can be seen. "Whether the person operating the boat looked or made any efforts to see if anyone was in the water, I can't say." Pathologist Dr Mark Lord told the inquest Mr Stanley suffered head injuries and his death was "likely to have been virtually instantaneous".

Summary: A grandfather from Gwynedd died after being hit by a boat's propeller off the Maltese coast, an inquest has heard.


The popular game for mobile devices was removed from online stores on Sunday by its Vietnamese creator, who said its fame "ruins my simple life". Dong Nguyen, who created the game in just two to three days, was making as much as $50,000 (Â£30,482) a day from the game's advertising revenue. In several Twitter posts, he said the game's removal was not due to legal issues and that he may make a sequel. Mr Dong, who describes himself as a "passionate indie game maker", also said on the micro-blogging site that he will not sell Flappy Bird but that he will still make games. Flappy Bird has been downloaded more than 50 million times, making it this year's most popular mobile game so far. Launched in May 2013, the game was free to download and required players to tap the screen to keep the bird in flight. Despite its simple graphics, Flappy Bird was a notoriously difficult game since many users could only keep the bird in the air for a few seconds before it hits an obstacle and falls. The game went viral after being promoted almost entirely by social media users and was reviewed on a YouTube channel by more than 22 million subscribers. The official version was only available for Apple and Android devices. It quickly became the number one free game in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store charts. Several news sites had noted the similarity between the game and an earlier title called Piou Piou, by a different French developer, as well as the fact that Flappy Bird's main character and obstacles resembled the Cheep-Cheep birds and green pipes found in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros series. Forbes had even suggested that Mr Dong could be sued for intellectual property infringement as a result. However, the developer has stated that his decision to pull the title was "not anything related to legal issues". After Mr Dong took the game down, many fans turned to social media to petition for its return. On Twitter, there were widely-used hashtags of #RIPFlappyBird and #SaveFlappyBird, with several "Save Flappy Bird" accounts being spawned as well. The game is no longer available through online stores, but it still works on phones that had previously downloaded it. As a result, some online users have offered to sell their smartphones still containing the Flappy Birds app for large sums of money. However, some fans expressed their relief that the game was gone. One user describes Flappy Birds as "an addictive game that everyone hates to love" while another said, "I think it's for the best, and for the best of all the cracked phones out there." At least one user has tweeted a photo of a cracked iPhone screen - apparently as a result of frantic tapping whilst playing the game.

Summary: Flappy Bird is flapping its wings no more.


The procedure involves holding down the Falcon 9 on its launch pad and then igniting its Merlin engines. The test only runs for a few seconds, but it tells engineers that all nine engines at the base of the vehicle, and the sub-systems that support them, are functioning normally. If the test throws up no anomalies, the Falcon is given the green light to go ahead with its mission. Clearly, though, on this occasion, something went catastrophically wrong. The entire rocket and its satellite payload were destroyed in an explosion. Company CEO Elon Musk said the problem - whatever it was - occurred during the operation to fill the rocket with propellant, so the event happened just prior to the test ignition. Remarkably, the lightning towers surrounding the pad stayed standing in the face of the blast, and so did the erector tower that is used to feed cables and fluids to the rocket. Undoubtedly, though, Launch Complex 40 as it is known, will have suffered significant damage. Twisted and bent metal was visible to long-range cameras. But the repairs to the pad are only a part of SpaceX's immediate problems. Its launch schedule will now be put on hold, perhaps for many weeks, as engineers try to understand what happened and to correct any procedural errors and hardware failures. That is going to be a headache for SpaceX's many customers who are waiting patiently for a ride. The Amos-6 satellite that was lost in the explosion is just one spacecraft in a very long line of platforms that have contracts to fly on the Falcon. They have little option but to accept the delay; you cannot very easily swap rockets like you can swap trains. Most of the backlog is made up of commercial payloads, and every extra month these expensive satellites stay on the ground will hit their operators' revenues. Consider customers like Iridium - one of the main sat-phone providers. It was due to send up the first 10 spacecraft in its new constellation of satellites on a Falcon later this month. Iridium has big loans that need to be serviced. At Nasa, too, they will be frustrated. The agency sends cargo to the space station on Falcons, and the next freight mission was scheduled for November. More concerning however is the shadow this incident casts over the issue of human transportation. SpaceX has a contract to use its Falcon to take astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Manned test flights were expected in the next 18 months. Is that timeline realistic now? This is the second accident involving a Falcon inside 15 months, after a vehicle broke up in flight in June 2015. The Falcon's performance will have reverberations with the US military also. SpaceX is working hard to convince the Pentagon that it has a reliable rocket system that can be entrusted with high-value national security missions. That job just got a little harder. Setbacks are inevitable in this business, however, and SpaceX has shown before that it can bounce back. Customers and commentators alike have

Summary: It is usual for SpaceX to do a "hot fire" test a few days before a launch.


They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras. The embryos are part of research aimed at overcoming the worldwide shortage of transplant organs. The team from University of California, Davis says they should look and behave like normal pigs except that one organ will be composed of human cells. The human-pig chimeric embryos are being allowed to develop in the sows for 28 days before the pregnancies are terminated and the tissue removed for analysis. The BBC's Panorama was given access to the research for Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes. Creating the chimeric embryos takes two stages. First, a technique known as CRISPR gene editing is used to remove DNA from a newly fertilised pig embryo that would enable the resulting foetus to grow a pancreas. This creates a genetic "niche" or void. Then, human induced pluripotent (iPS) stem cells are injected into the embryo. The iPS cells were derived from adult cells and "dialled back" to become stem cells capable of developing into any tissue in the body. The team at UC Davis hopes the human stem cells will take advantage of the genetic niche in the pig embryo and the resulting foetus will grow a human pancreas. Gene editing technique could transform future Pablo Ross, a reproductive biologist who is leading the research told me: "Our hope is that this pig embryo will develop normally but the pancreas will be made almost exclusively out of human cells and could be compatible with a patient for transplantation." But the work is controversial. Last year, the main US medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health, imposed a moratorium on funding such experiments. The main concern is that the human cells might migrate to the developing pig's brain and make it, in some way, more human. Pablo Ross says this is unlikely but is a key reason why the research is proceeding with such caution: "We think there is very low potential for a human brain to grow, but this is something we will be investigating." His team has previously injected human stem cells into pig embryos but without first creating the genetic niche. Prof Ross said although they later found human cells in several parts of the developing foetus, they "struggled to compete" with the pig cells. By deleting a key gene involved in the creation of the pig pancreas, they hope the human cells will have more success creating a human-like pancreas. Other teams in the United States have created human-pig chimeric embryos but none has allowed the foetuses to be born. Walter Low, professor in the department of neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, said pigs were an ideal "biological incubator" for growing human organs, and could potentially be used to create not just a pancreas but hearts, livers, kidneys, lungs and corneas. He said if the iPS cells were taken from a patient needing a transplant then these could be injected in a pig embryo which had the key genes deleted for creating the required organ, such as the liver: "The

Summary: Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.


But, swift of foot and imposing in stature, Oliver Burke is not only far from your stereotypical winger, he is no ordinary 19-year-old footballer. He became a fixture in new Nottingham Forest head coach Philippe Montanier's starting line-up this season, repaying the Frenchman with four goals. Now, days before vying to win his third Scotland cap after being included in Gordon Strachan's squad for Sunday's opening World Cup qualifier in Malta, Burke has switched to the German Bundesliga after RB Leipzig paid the English Championship club £13m for his services. Here's five things you should know about the teenager tipped to be the football superstar for which Scotland has long been yearning. Born in Kirkcaldy on 7 April 1997, Burke was brought up in England and joined Nottingham Forest's youth academy at the age of eight. He signed a professional contract shortly before being handed his first-team debut by Stuart Pearce as a late substitute in a 3-1 Capital One Cup defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on 24 September 2014. A one-month loan to Bradford City was to follow and two outings in English League One defeats contributed to an inauspicious start to his career. However, on his return to Forest, he gradually established himself as a fixture in the Championship club's first-team squad under fellow Scot Dougie Freedman last season. With his bulging thighs and broad shoulders holding up a 6ft 2in frame, Burke would not look out of place among the bulked-up wingers who these days grace the fields of top-class rugby union. And, by the time he scored his first Forest goal in December's 1-1 draw for Cardiff City, he had elbowed compatriot and namesake Chris Burke out of the picture at the City Ground. Burke the elder, the former Rangers, Cardiff City, Birmingham City and Scotland winger now on trial at Kilmarnock, was subsequently taking his more diminutive frame to Championship rivals Rotherham United on loan before being released at the end of the season. Burke had still featured more from the Forest bench - 18 out of 31 appearances - than the starting line-up, but that did not deter Strachan from calling him into the Scotland squad for the first time in March. Strachan has suggested it was a happy coincidence that Burke had impressed for Forest while the head coach was on a scouting mission to watch striker Tony Watt in action for Charlton Athletic. Some wingers beat their man with speed, some beat their man with trickery, some beat their man with power. In Burke, Strachan, himself a renowned winger of old, saw a player who "offered something different" and his brief cameo performance in the 1-0 friendly win over Denmark confirmed him as someone who combined all those qualities in one handy package. A couple of lung-busting runs quickly justified Strachan's decision to by-pass the under-21 set-up for the teenager who had already played six times for the Under-19s. As summer debate raged about why Wales were able to reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals while Scotland failed even to qualify, much was said about the

Summary: He's been compared to Gareth Bale, fast-tracked into the national squad, and was linked with a transfer to some of the top clubs in Europe before becoming the most expensive ever Scottish player - all after only 13 starts for his club.


The 32-year-old Irishman is accused of striking Dundee United striker Aidan Connolly in the face with his elbow. Goodwin was not pulled up for the offence during United's 3-0 win. Should he accept the ban, the midfielder would miss three games from 15 November because of an additional suspension due to his recent record. Goodwin has until Wednesday to respond to the complaint, with a hearing set for Thursday. He was banned for two matches last season for elbowing United midfielder Stuart Armstrong. This came after United released their own footage of the incident in the match at St Mirren Park.

Summary: St Mirren player-coach Jim Goodwin has been charged by the Scottish FA with violent conduct and offered a two-match suspension.


But when Paul Gascoigne appeared on BT Sport's Fletch and Sav show, everyone listened, including Russell. For all of Gazza's amazing moments on the pitch, he's also known for his long term battle with alcohol. Despite visible signs of vulnerability over the years the former footballer seemed back to his old "daft as a brush" self. Paul Gascoigne was massive news when you were growing up. He picked up 57 England caps and was described as the most naturally gifted footballer of his generation. Type "Paul Gascoigne Euro 96 wonder goal" in your search engine and you'll see for yourself. He was also famed for cracking jokes and playing pranks on teammates. He began the interview talking about how the tabloids have reported on his problems with addiction. "(What) the press what they've been writing about it, it's scandalous. "The press were actually outside my house and were taking pictures and they even wrote the next day that I was in rehab in Spain somewhere," he said. "I wasn't, I was somewhere else. It was just the lies that keeps coming on." He then remembered a conversation which led to him signing for Tottenham. "I played against Spurs at Newcastle, scored two, and walking off the pitch Terry Venables (Spurs manager) said 'If you come and sign for me I guarantee you within 10 days you'll be playing for England'." "That's all I wanted to do. "Then I did in about eight games of coming to Tottenham, I got my chance to join with the England squad, which was unbelievable." Then, almost inevitably, things took a funny turn when Gazza remembered trying to help out the Spurs groundsman. "He [the groundsman] said 'I've got to get rid of these pigeons', I went 'OK then I'll help you... I'm not doing anything.' "I walked across the pitch, and he says: 'There's one at the top of that roof'. "I went: 'OK how'd I get up there?'" Once he got up onto the roof things soon went, hilariously, wrong. "I went over and I just heard [a cracking sound], and I fell through the roof, I landed 30 foot down on the steps! "I said, gaffer, I don't think I can train today," "He said 'what for?' "I said 'A pigeon did it.'" The 47-year-old talked about turning down a deal to sign with Manchester United, in favour of a Tottenham package which included a house for his parents, as well a sun bed for his sister. What he didn't bank on was getting a letter from Sir Alex Ferguson himself. "It wasn't a good letter, I got cained. "It was like 'I can't believe you turned down the biggest club [for a sun bed]'. Gazza enjoyed a spell in Italy in the 1990s after Lazio paid more than Â£5m for the striker. "The one team I wanted to play for was AC Milan, I eventually got to play them - away. "I thought this is my chance to prove against them, how good I am." "We got beaten 5-1, I think it's the

Summary: It's not often Russell Brand plays second fiddle as a guest on a TV show.


Eid al-Fitr means: 'festival of the breaking of the fast' and it is one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic year. The date Eid falls on is decided by the cycle of the moon, and this year it's on Sunday evening. On the day of Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan ends and Muslims often celebrate by praying, giving gifts and having a big feast with family and friends. Thank you for your comments - this page is now closed. I am going to my cousin's and enjoying Eid with lovely clothes and tasty food! Amaya, 10, Bucks We are going to our friends house and having a nice dinner! Emilia, 10, Braknell I will be going to my family and friends house to celebrate Eid, it will be so fun, and I will be wearing a lovely dress. Husna, 9, Derby I'm going to visit my family and friends where we're going to have an eid party and eat lots of delicious food! Amna, 12, Burnley I am celebrating Eid with my Family and including my Granny and Grandad I am going to eat yummy food a play with my cousins! - I wish everyone a Happy Eid! Eid Mubarak! Abdul-Rafay, 10, London Aslam Alaikum! On Eid I am going to go out and spend time with my family. Anayah, 6, London I'm spending my time with my family and I can't wait to eat all the food that has been prepared for me. Zainab, 10, London Eid Mubarak! Eid is such a wonderful festival for muslims and everyone else and today me and my family will be celebrating with our relatives and we will be eating lots of yummy asian food. Nayim, 11, London On Eid I am going out with my family, I making a lot of money and it is going to be really fun. Aisha, 12, London Eid Mubarak! We are celebrating Eid with all our family by dressing in our lovely clothes and eating lots of yummy food! Aneesa, 8, Stockport My family and I are going to go to my cousins' houses, where will give presents and receive some, we are going to eat asian food. I can't wait!! Tasnim, 11, London I am celebrating with my Daddima. I am not sure what I'll be eating but I will be happy celebrating with my Daddy and the rest of my family. Lana, 6, Kent

Summary: Millions of Muslims all around the world will be celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week to mark the end of Ramadan.


Matthew Morris, 29, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, travelled to hotels in Glasgow between July and November 2013 to meet the 15-year-old girl. He was caught after colleagues at the English Table Tennis Association reported their concerns to police. At Glasgow Sheriff Court, sentence on Morris was deferred for background reports and his bail was continued. He was also placed on the sex offenders' register. The court heard that Morris and the schoolgirl - who cannot be named for legal reasons - met at a tournament in Liverpool when he was 27 and she was 14. It was heard that when she was 15 "they became involved". Other members of staff at the Table Tennis Association found out and the police were contacted. Morris was questioned by police in March 2014 before being released. When police later analysed the girl's phone, they found 10 pictures involving Morris. Some showed them on beds kissing while others were pictures of his body that he had sent to her.

Summary: A table tennis coach has admitted engaging in sexual activity with a teenage girl he met at a tournament.


Early indications are of wide variations nationwide, with up to one in six missing out on their first choice of school in some areas. While in other areas, almost all got their number one preference. It comes days after council leaders said two in five local authorities would have too few places by 2016. Pressure is growing, particularly in schools on London's fringes and in cities such as Leicester, Nottingham, Reading and Peterborough. However, in London, around 99,000 pupils or 95% received a place at one of their six preferred schools this year - up 1,100 and nearly five percentage points from last year. Of those, 81% got into their first preference school, the same proportion as the two previous years. But there were wide local variations within the capital. In Kensington and Chelsea, only 59% got their first preference, while in Barking and Dagenham it was 91%. This comes against a backdrop of an extra 900 applications in the capital this year. The crisis has been precipitated mainly by a booming birth-rate, partly by immigration and by families moving specifically to be near popular schools. The demand for school places has risen steeply in Harrow, which has some very good primary schools. It was predicted to be 12% over capacity by this September but the council said it had worked really hard to ensure there are enough places for Harrow children this year. A spokesman said the crush Harrow was seeing now was very likely to affect other areas around the country soon. Initial results from a Press Association survey of town halls shows families in some areas are more likely to gain a place at their top choice than in others. Results from Birmingham show 84.7% of children starting reception have got a place at their first preference, while 94.8% got one of their listed choices. Around one in 20 applicants - 826 children - were given a school that was not one of their preferred options. A further 3.3% - 532 youngsters - have been offered a school outside the city. Figures from East Sussex show 84.68% got their first choice, while in Southampton the percentage was 85.4%. In Derbyshire, 93.4% of youngsters received their first pick, in Torbay it was 86.2%, Bristol was 84% - up from 82% last year, and in Cornwall it was 90.7%. In Kent the figure was was 85.81%, up slightly from 84.9% last year. Labour and the National Association of Head Teachers also blame the coalition government's free-school policy, which has allowed some new schools to be opened in areas that already have surplus places. At the same time, the ability of local authorities to plan for population surges has been reduced by regulations requiring any new schools to be either an academy or a free school, rather than a council school. NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby said: "We have a balkanised system with authorities, academies and central government taking decisions in isolation." He added: "There is a desperate need for long-term planning that spans all sectors. With the massive increase in pupil

Summary: More than half a million families are discovering which primary schools their children will attend, amid a growing places squeeze in parts of England.


Sea Watch said men from the speedboat boarded the dinghy and beat migrants with sticks, causing a "mass panic". At least four of the 150 people on board the dinghy fell into the water and drowned, Sea Watch said. A spokesman for Libya's naval forces in Tripoli said he had not heard about the incident. The motive for the attack was not clear, but Ruben Neugebauer, a spokesman for Sea Watch, said the attackers were attempting to steal the dinghy's engine. Mr Neugebauer said that 25 people remained missing. Sea Watch, a German organisation, said in a statement: "The violent intervention of the Libyan Coast Guard caused a situation of mass panic on board the rubber boat in distress. "One tube of the rubber boat collapsed, causing the majority of the 150 people to slip into the water." About 120 people were rescued and brought aboard the Sea Watch 2 ship. Four were unconscious and receiving treatment. Italy's coast guard confirmed that Sea Watch had been involved in some of the nine rescue operations taking place on Friday. Both the Libyan and Italian coast guards said they had received no information about the attack yet. Italy has taken in more than 146,000 boat migrants so far this year and is on track to see more arrivals than last year, when 153,000 arrived. In August, the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group, which operates rescue ships off the coast of Libya, said it was attacked by armed men on a Libyan navy boat. The Libyan navy said it thought the vessel was involved in people smuggling.

Summary: At least four migrants have died after a speedboat labelled "Libyan Coast Guard" attacked a dinghy, according to a migrant rescue organisation.


The gang carried a handgun, a crowbar and a machete as they burst into the Kirkcaldy home of Dwayne Kinner, who was with his cousin Nicholas Roberts. James Mackie, 30, Derek Finlay, 31, Gordon Ellis, 24, and Scott Smith, 23, raided the flat on 8 January 2015. A stolen phone with a tracking app took the police to the gang. They also made off with a haul of Â£2,500. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that the victims believed they were going to be shot after the gun was pointed at their heads and another robber threatened he was going to cut their fingers off. The gun, which was discovered to be an air pistol, was later found behind a kickboard in a kitchen at a house in Glenrothes, which Finlay had previously had access to. Advocate Ashley Edwards QC said it had the appearance of a firearm. Mackie, from Kirkcaldy, Ellis, from Cardenden, Finlay, a prisoner and Smith, from Cardenden, all pleaded guilty to assaulting and robbing the victims. Judge Michael O'Grady QC deferred sentence for the preparation of background reports and all four were remanded in custody.

Summary: Four thieves who forced their way into a Fife flat and held two men at gunpoint while they stole money and valuables have admitted the raid.


Burnley Empire Theatre defaulted to the care of the Duchy of Lancaster as an "owner of last resort" after the ownership could not be established. Last used as a bingo hall in 1995, the Cow Lane venue was recently named the fifth most at risk theatre in the UK. Campaigners who want to restore the building to its former glory said the decision was a blow to their plans. Sophie Gibson from the Burnley Empire Theatre Trust (BETT), said: "This news came as something of a surprise and a disappointment. "The viability study, which the council contributed to as well, is currently taking place and the results are due very shortly. "If, as we hope, the verdict is a positive one we can then move on to stage two, the architectural planning phase for the project, when we also begin applying for funding. "All of this could have been for nothing if it is auctioned off before we are able to get that far." The Duchy of Lancaster, said it had been left with "no alternative" but to put it to bidders after offering it free of charge to both Burnley Council and the Theatre Trust - an offer that "remains open". A spokesman added: "The Duchy remains hopeful that the building will remain in local ownership." BETT said it could not yet afford the legal costs that would be incurred to take on the building. The four-storey building, designed by G. B. Rawcliffe, opened in 1894 as a music hall, before being converted to a cinema in 1938. It is to be auctioned in Manchester on 16 October.

Summary: A dilapidated Grade-II listed theatre, which has stood empty for over 20 years, is to be sold at auction.


Lee Novak put the Spireites ahead, nodding in Gboly Ariyibi's cross, for his 14th goal of the season before Adam Hammill's deflected equaliser. Jamal Campbell-Ryce was dismissed for two yellow cards, one for kicking the ball away, but Ollie Banks side-footed home to restore Chesterfield's lead. Hamill then hit the post as Barnsley could not find a late leveller. Defeat in their first league game since winning the Johnstone's Paint Trophy means Barnsley are now six points off the League One play-off positions. Chesterfield, meanwhile, have now opened up a four-point gap between themselves and the relegation places.

Summary: Ten-man Chesterfield edged out Barnsley to boost their own survival chances and dent their hosts' play-off ambitions.


The missile reached an altitude of about 3,000km (1,865 miles) and landed in the sea off Japan, the Japanese national broadcaster NHK said. It comes three weeks after North Korea's first ICBM test. In response, the US and South Korean military conducted a live-firing exercise using surface-to-surface missiles, a US defence official said. The missiles were fired into the "territorial waters of South Korea along the east coast," a US military statement said. The latest North Korean missile flew higher, further and for longer than the one in early July. Its launch has been condemned by a number of countries. The test - the 14th carried out by North Korea in 2017 - is the latest to be conducted in defiance of a UN ban. US President Donald Trump called it "only the latest reckless and dangerous action by the North Korean regime". Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California, said that initial indications showed the latest missile had a range of about 10,000km - far enough to strike the west coast of the United States and beyond. The Washington Post reported that Denver and possibly Chicago could now be in North Korea's range. The latest missile was launched at 23:41 (15:41 GMT) from an arms plant in Jagang province in the north of the country, the Pentagon said. It is unusual for North Korea to launch a missile at night - the significance is as yet unclear. No missiles had been fired from Jagang province before, indicating a previously-unknown launch site is operational. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the missile flew for about 45 minutes - some six minutes longer than the ICBM tested in early July. NHK said it reached an altitude of about 3,000km - about 200km higher than the previous ICBM. It landed about 1,000km from the launch site, the Pentagon said. ICBMs can reach altitudes well outside the earth's atmosphere. Using sharp trajectories with high altitudes allows North Korea to avoid firing over neighbouring countries. In the latest reaction: Despite ongoing tests, experts believe Pyongyang does not yet have the capability to miniaturise a nuclear warhead, fit it on to a long-range missile, and ensure it is protected until delivery to the target. They say many of North Korea's missiles cannot accurately hit targets. Others, however, believe that at the rate it is going, Pyongyang may overcome these challenges and develop a nuclear weapon within five to 10 years that could strike the US. The US has installed a missile defence system in South Korea to combat the threat from the North, but the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system (Thaad) has angered many in the region, especially China. South Korea's president said he wanted to hold talks with the US on deploying more of the Thaad units in the wake of the latest tests, Yonhap reported.

Summary: North Korea has conducted a new intercontinental ballistic missile test, South Korea and the Pentagon say.


Andrew Haldane said in a speech he was downbeat over the UK economy because of weaker global growth, low wage growth and financial and political risks. "Put in rather plainer English, I am gloomier," Mr Haldane said. "This implies interest rates could remain lower for longer, certainly than I had expected three months ago." Global markets have tumbled this week, with investors disconcerted at the lack of growth in Europe and especially Greece, the impact of Ebola, and worrying economic data from China and the US. Previously, UK interest rates had been expected to rise early next year. Mr Haldane made his remarks at a speech to local business leaders in Kenilworth, where he described the UK's economy as "writhing in both agony and ecstasy". He said there were still plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Growth is set to be the fastest of any major economy this year and inflation and borrowing costs are low, he said. However, he said the "reasons to be fearful" included productivity and wages, which had not risen. "If there is genuine uncertainty about the path of the economy, the optimal policy response may be to avoid the worst outcomes," said Mr Haldane. Sterling dropped 0.5% against the dollar following his remarks. Share trading on the London market has been volatile. Mr Haldane's caution about global economic prospects were echoed by the Chancellor, George Osborne, who told the BBC that the worldwide economy was "more unstable than it has been for some time". Mr Osborne would not comment on Mr Haldane's remarks. But he said there were "a lot of global risks out there at the moment" affecting the international economy. "Interest rates are entirely a matter for the independent Bank of England, the monetary policy committee there," Mr Osborne said. He added: "I'll say this about the economy more generally - there are clearly a lot of global risks out there at the moment - we see these problems in the European economy, we've got this horrific disease Ebola in West Africa, all the problems in the Middle East and in the Ukrainian border. "The global economy is more unstable than it has been for some time. That is all the more reason why in the UK we have to stick to the stability we have won." He said it was important to "make sure Britain is well protected as we're in these stormy international economic waters". Earlier this month, Mr Osborne warned that the eurozone slowdown will impact UK economy.

Summary: Interest rates should remain low to avoid long-term economic stagnation, the chief economist at the Bank of England has said.


Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy asked the bureau to unclassify the message so it could be archived, "never to be seen again". He made the request in relation to an email about the 2012 attacks on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. But the FBI said it did not change the classification level. The email in question described reports in November 2012 that Libyan police were arresting suspects in the attack of two months earlier, which left Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans dead. Other interesting revelations from the newly released FBI documents include: The 100-page FBI document published on Monday says an unnamed FBI official was "pressured" in summer last year to change the classified Clinton email to unclassified. The official said he had received a call from a colleague - whose name is also redacted - at the FBI's International Operations Division. The colleague said he had been contacted by Mr Kennedy asking him to change the email's classification level in "exchange for a 'quid pro quo'". The State Department, the FBI document says, offered to "reciprocate by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries where they are presently forbidden". Mr Kennedy, according to the FBI documents, followed up on this matter at a subsequent meeting, spending 15 minutes attempting to influence the FBI to unclassify the Clinton email. He also pressed FBI assistant director of counterterrorism Michael Steinbach on the issue. Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the revelation "bears all the signs of a cover-up". Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted: "Unbelievable." Mr Kennedy, who has spent more than four decades at the State Department, was already a lightning rod for Republican criticism. He oversaw both diplomatic security during the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and the records and IT departments during Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server. But State Department Deputy spokesman Mark Toner denied any wrongdoing by Mr Kennedy. "Under Secretary Kennedy sought to understand the FBI's process for withholding certain information from public release," Mr Toner said. "As has been reported, there have been discussions within the interagency on issues of classification." The email in question was among some 100 messages recovered from Mrs Clinton's private email server that the FBI would ultimately designate as classified. The FBI and State Department engaged in a review of the former secretary of state's emails as they were being made ready for public release. FBI Director James Comey concluded in his investigation Mrs Clinton had been "extremely careless" in handling the classified material. The scandal has fuelled the perception among many voters she is untrustworthy. The emails scandal relating to her private server is different from the messages that Wikileaks have been releasing recently.

Summary: A State Department official "pressured" the FBI to change the classification of a Hillary Clinton email in a "quid pro quo", according to FBI documents.


BBC Radio 4's File on 4 programme discovered 22 profiles belonging to men convicted of child sex offences, which included grooming a child on Facebook and attempting to meet her for sex. Six of the accounts remained live three weeks after the BBC reported them. Facebook's UK policy director Simon Milner said the company was effective in dealing with the issue. He said he appreciated the BBC bringing the pages to light but said Facebook worked proactively to search out behaviour that should not be happening on the site. According to the platform's own rules, convicted sex offenders are not allowed to use the social media network. Among the profiles uncovered was one belonging to Bruce Cordwell, 20, who groomed 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood through Facebook and Whatsapp just days before she was raped and murdered by another man, Stephen Beadman, in November 2015. "It's absolutely vile," said Stephanie Haywood, Kayleigh's mother, when she was shown Cordwell's page. Kayleigh, from Measham, Leicestershire, was contacted by 28-year-old Luke Harlow on Facebook in 2015 and the pair exchanged more than 2,600 messages during a two-week period. After Harlow convinced art enthusiast Kayleigh he was her boyfriend, she agreed to stay over at his flat in Ibstock. The following night, his neighbour Stephen Beadman came round to the flat and later raped and murdered the teenager before dumping her body in a hedgerow. Beadman was jailed for 35 years for murder, rape and false imprisonment, and Harlow received a 12-year sentence for meeting a child following sexual grooming, sexual activity with a child and false imprisonment. But while detectives were investigating the case, they discovered Cordwell, then 19, had also been sexually grooming Kayleigh. In February, he was jailed for three years and seven months after pleading guilty to attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence. Stephanie, a mother-of-eight, said convicted child sex offenders who remained on social media posed a huge risk. "There is a risk they could do what they've done again, or worse," she said. "I say, 'Once a groomer always a groomer.' "Once they've been inside for whatever they've done, I think they should remove it. I think it's horrible." By comparing police mug shots and media coverage of child sex abuse cases and cross-referencing them with the details on Facebook, File on 4 tracked down accounts belonging to 22 convicted offenders. Facebook has a rule that forbids convicted sex offenders from using its site and has a portal for people to report pages belonging to offenders. The portal requires people to supply a link to the offender's page and provide evidence of their offending, which could be a link to a media report of the court case. Facebook then checks on the offenders with the police before removing them from the site. When the BBC reported the 22 pages it had found, most were removed within 48 hours - but six remained live three weeks after the BBC reported them. Facebook said it was waiting for confirmation from police that the final six were convicted offenders before it

Summary: Facebook accounts belonging to convicted child sex offenders have been uncovered by a BBC investigation.


Scottish FA regulations prohibit players from betting on any football. Annan Athletic chairman Henry McClelland and Inverness player Lewis Horner were this week charged by the national body with gambling offences. "We have to have an adult conversation regarding a number of issues relating to gambling," Wishart said. "The effectiveness of the rule when people are still gambling, is it fit for purpose in the modern day, why are individuals still gambling, are there financial problems, mental health problems, addictions behind the scenes? "Since the rule was brought into place, there's been nobody charged with spot-fixing or match-fixing, which is very, very important, and therefore the game perhaps is suffering from poor headlines and I don't think the situation at the moment is helping the image of Scottish football." Wishart admits he is uncertain whether the existing regulations are adequate, and reiterates his belief that Scottish football's authorities must join forces to tackle the problem. "Sometimes I move from one side to the other," Wishart told BBC Scotland of his appraisal of the rules. "I can absolutely see why the rule is in place, because we want to stop and discourage people from spot or match-fixing. And that was the original purpose of the regulation. "But since then, [the Scottish FA] have brought in a specific regulation that addresses spot and match-fixing, and has much, much heavier sanctions. If we sit in Scottish football as stakeholders and don't do anything, don't address or discuss the issues then I don't think we're doing our jobs. "Because at the moment player after player, perhaps betting on games across Europe, now we've got a chairman and we may have others as well, traipsing up the steps at Hampden to massive negative headlines, and I don't think it's doing our game any good. I would just call for a proper and adult discussion on all these issues." PFA Scotland's chairman, former Dundee United midfielder John Rankin, told BBC Scotland in April that gambling is "rife" throughout Scottish football. Ex-Inverness player Barry Wilson believes there should be an amnesty for players regarding historical bets - a suggestion Wishart says should be considered. "Certainly, we should be looking at and considering an amnesty," Wishart added. "There are a number of people who have been charged for what are ostensibly historical issues going back a number of years when perhaps they weren't aware on the rules. "So I thought perhaps an amnesty would give us a start from zero, and then with a renewed education programme we cam move on from there. "We're trying to address the issue and the individual. We see the problems individuals have that perhaps people in the public don't see, where people have mental health problems, financial problems and addiction issues, which are huge things. "I think we have to get away from the headline-makers - are people breaching the regulations? Yes, they are. That's wrong and if people are breaching a rule, we have to look at the effectiveness of that rule, and the issues around that, and that's where we're trying to

Summary: PFA Scotland's chief executive Fraser Wishart argues the effectiveness of Scottish football's gambling rules should be examined.


The firm filed an application with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday in a bid to boost growth in one of the world's fastest growing movie markets. Imax's China profits jumped nearly 30% last year, according to the filing. It has been rapidly expanding in the Greater China region, nearly doubling the number of theatres since 2012. March figures indicate Imax has 239 theatres in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but the company says it is planning to build another 219 theatres in China. News of the listing comes as box office revenue in the world's second largest economy jumped 36% last year to $4.9bn (Â£3.2bn), which is nearly three times more than it was 2010. The parent company is already listed in New York and its shares rose as much as 9% after the announcement.

Summary: Imax, the Canadian maker of widescreen cinema theatres, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of its China unit in Hong Kong.


Mr Tshibala will be leader until presidential elections later this year. He was expelled from Congo's largest opposition party, the UDPS, last month after contesting the designation of successors to veteran leader Etienne Tshisekedi who died in February. Mr Tshibala's appointment is likely to further divide Mr Kabila's opponents. Talks to negotiate his exit from power broke down last week. Mr Kabila was supposed to step down after his second and final five-year term came to an end last year but the vote to replace him was not held. The electoral commission cited financial and logistical difficulties. The arrogance of power The failure to organise the polls led to a wave of deadly demonstrations by opposition supporters, with calls from diplomats for the president to respect the constitution. The Roman Catholic Church stepped in to broker a deal at the end of 2016 which outlined the creation of a transitional government that would oversee the elections. But the deal collapsed because the government and the opposition were unable to agree on the power-sharing mechanism under the arrangement. The country of 71 million people has not had a peaceful transfer of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960.

Summary: Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has appointed Bruno Tshibala as the new prime minister of the power-sharing government.


Mark Gilmore was suspended in June 2014 by the county's police and crime commissioner (PCC) in connection with an investigation into the awarding of vehicle contracts in Northern Ireland. PCC Mark Burns-Williamson said prosecutors had concluded there was no criminal case for the chief constable to answer. However, Mr Gilmore will not return to his post immediately. In a statement, Mr Burns-Williamson said: "There remains however a legal requirement for me to consider conduct matters in relation to the police standards of professional behaviour and an independent investigation will be carried out by Lancashire Police. "While this conduct investigation takes place Mark Gilmore has agreed to work on a transition project for the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and to delegate day-to-day operational control of West Yorkshire Police to his deputy Dee Collins who has, in his absence, acted as the temporary chief constable." The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) had arrested a total of seven men on suspicion of offences including bribery, misconduct in public office and procuring misconduct in public office. Mr Gilmore, originally from Belfast, joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the predecessor of the PSNI, in 1983. He was appointed Chief Constable of West Yorkshire in April 2013.

Summary: West Yorkshire's chief constable has had his suspension lifted.