The study, published on the British Medical Journal website, showed that the failure rate could be cut in half. Researchers analysed data from patients who were taking bisphosphonates, which are used to prevent the loss of bone material. However, scientists say further studies are still needed. When joints become damaged or worn out, commonly due to osteoarthritis, it can be painful and limits movement. An implant can dramatically improve a patient's mobility. More than 50,000 hip and 70,000 knee, replacements take place in the UK each year. While they can last for decades, some fail within years. This can happen when the bone around the implant is dissolved by the body meaning the replacement joint becomes loose. The theory was that bisphosphonates, which are used by patients with osteoporosis to prevent bone being broken down, would prevent the loosening. The researchers looked at data from General Practice Research Database for joint replacements and compared what happened to 1,912 patients taking bisphosphonates with 41,995 patients who did not. After five years, 1.96% of implants failed without the drug, compared with 0.93% in those taking medication. Prof Nigel Arden, a specialist in rheumatic diseases at the Universities of Oxford and Southampton, said the first implant would cost the NHS about Â£7,000, but replacements would cost Â£34,000. He told the BBC: "It has the potential to have a huge impact." He said two of the risk factors, age and obesity, meant the number of cases was "increasing dramatically". Prof Arden is not arguing that people should be given the drug yet. He has applied for funding for a further trial to test the effectiveness of bisphosphonates and which patients would benefit most. The chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies welcomed the findings. "With such a high incidence of knee and hip replacement surgery, the possibility that the life of joint implants could be lengthened and reduce the number of complex revision surgeries means that these results have the potential to make significant improvements to the lives of many NHS patients," she said.

Summary: Using a bone-strengthening drug could make joint replacements last longer, according to an analysis of GPs' records.


The teenager was taken to Southmead hospital with knife wounds, but died of his injuries. Two 19-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the stabbing on Stothard Road, Lockleaze, at about 5:50 GMT. Avon and Somerset Police said the men remained in custody and the force is not looking for anyone else. Officers have closed the road during investigations.

Summary: A 16-year-old boy has died after being stabbed during the early hours in Bristol.


The Labour politicians, representing Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and Liverpool, say northern motorways are reaching "saturation point". And they say train capacity in what has been dubbed the Northern Powerhouse economic region is "at the limit". The Treasury says an extra Â£1.3bn will be spent UK-wide to tackle congestion. The chancellor will give an update on a number of government spending projects during his Autumn Statement on Wednesday, including transport upgrades. The Northern Powerhouse idea is aimed at ending the UK's economic reliance on London. Earlier this year the Conservative government said it was spending Â£13bn on transport for the Northern Powerhouse over the course of this Parliament "including dramatic improvements to our roads and railways in the North". But the Labour figures, who include Greater Manchester mayoral candidate Andy Burnham, say there is now an added need, following the "wake up" call of the Brexit vote, which will see changes to the economy once the UK leaves the EU. They say investors could lose confidence in the region - and the concept of a "Northern Powerhouse" - if there is not a realignment of how money is invested in regional transport. "Decades of unfair allocations from the transport budget have left the North with an inadequate rail system and motorways that are at saturation point," said Mr Burnham. "If people in London and the South East had to put up with the North's transport system, there would be protests in the streets. It is our turn to come to the front of the queue for transport investment and that must start this week." In the 2016 Budget, the-then chancellor, George Osborne, announced Â£60m would be allocated to develop plans to cut journey times to around 30 minutes between Leeds and Manchester, as well as improving transport connections between other cities in the north. It was Mr Osborne, in a speech in 2014, who said: "I'm here to talk to you today about what we can do to make the cities of the north a powerhouse for our economy."

Summary: Politicians in northern England want Chancellor Philip Hammond to prioritise transport links in the region to make it more attractive to investors.


The Paris St-Germain striker scored twice against Portugal on Tuesday but Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick took his side through 4-2 on aggregate. Ibrahimovic, 32, said: "It was probably the last attempt to reach the World Cup with the national team for me. "A World Cup without me is nothing to watch so it is not worthwhile to wait for the World Cup." The play-off between Sweden and Portugal, who had both finished second in their qualifying groups, had been billed as a showdown between Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo - two of the best players in the world. At the age of 32, Sweden skipper Zlatan Ibrahimovic may not have another opportunity to play in a World Cup finals. And the tournament would represent a nadir in the Paris St-Germain striker's career. He has never scored at a finals having made two substitute appearances in 2002 and three starts in 2006. They ended up scoring all six goals between them as Portugal won 4-2 on aggregate. Former Inter Milan forward Ibrahimovic, who has played in two World Cups, scored eight times in qualifying, including the play-offs, and assisted another six goals - having a hand in 14 out of Sweden's 21 goals. He told Uefa's website: "Why did we lose? To be honest, they were better than us. We should be proud. We couldn't have done better than we did. "Of course, we could look back at our mistakes, but these things happen. They punished our mistakes. After making it 2-1 it felt like we were on a roll, our hopes grew, but unfortunately they made it 2-2 soon afterwards." Real Madrid forward Ronaldo, who has scored 34 goals in 24 games this season for club and country, said: "I just did my job, as I have been doing lately. I always try to give my best - that is always my goal." He is now Portugal's joint-top scorer, along with retired former Paris St-Germain striker Pauleta on 47. "It was not a priority for me to break Pauleta's record," the 28-year-old said. "I knew Portugal needed me and I stuck to the task at hand. Now we have some time to rest and to do our best for our clubs before starting to think about the World Cup finals."

Summary: Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic says the World Cup is not worth watching without him after their play-off loss.


Media playback is not supported on this device The Spaniard became the only man to win three times so far this season. He drove a controlled race and stayed just far enough ahead of his pursuers to maintain the lead. Great strategy calls from the team to keep me ahead through the pit stops. I knew it would be a long race to the end Button climbed up from sixth on the grid to pass Vettel at the second pit stops but was re-passed with two laps to go. However, the Englishman was promoted to second place after race stewards gave Vettel a 20-second penalty for his overtake of Button on the penultimate lap. Lewis Hamilton retired with gearbox damage after running well down the field following an early puncture. But he will not incur any penalty for a gearbox change because of his retirement. The result extends Alonso's championship lead to 34 points ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber who had a low-key race to eighth place, never showing any real pace. Alonso said: "It was tough, not an easy race. Maybe we were not the quickest in dry conditions but we were competitive and it was enough to maintain the lead. "Great strategy calls from the team to keep me ahead through the pit stops. I knew it would be a long race to the end, with Jenson putting pressure. "But the car was feeling good on top speed and traction and that was enough to keep the lead into Turn 6, and after that overtaking is not so easy." Media playback is not supported on this device The only consolation for Hamilton on the occasion of his 100th grand prix was that the McLaren showed encouraging pace following a major performance upgrade. At one stage, Hamilton unlapped himself on Vettel - although not Alonso - as he attempted vainly to recover from his early set-back. A move which angered the double world champion. Alonso was never very far in front but was always able to stay just far enough ahead of first Vettel and then Button to ensure they could not use their DRS overtaking aids to pass him into the hairpin at Turn 6. It led to a tense grand prix in which the identity of the winner was always in doubt until Alonso took the chequered flag. The Ferrari made a lightning start from pole position and although Vettel quickly closed up the initial gap Alonso had built on the first lap, the Spaniard was able to pull clear before their first pit stops to ensure he held the lead into the second stint. Meanwhile, Button was fighting past Hulkenberg and then Schumacher, to move quietly into third place. Vettel emerged from his first pit stop five seconds ahead of Button but the McLaren closed remorselessly on the Red Bull and passed the German by making his second stop a lap earlier. Vettel emerged from the pits to find Button on his outside on the run to Turn 2, and the McLaren easily took the position. Button

Summary: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Jenson Button in a close fight to win the German Grand Prix.


It started life as Castle Donington Airfield - a decommissioned RAF base, and now handles 4.5m passengers a year. An estimated 95m passengers have passed through the airport since it opened on 2 April 1965. In 1963, it was bought for £37,500 by a committee of representatives from Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire as a replacement for Burnaston Aerodrome near Derby, which later became part of Toyota's car factory. Work started on the £1.37m airport in 1964. In its first year, 114,000 passengers passed through the airport, which now sees 4.5m passengers a year. The first destination on offer was Glasgow but it now flies to more than 70 locations as diverse as Aberdeen and Barbados. A runway was extended in 1970 to accommodate bigger aircraft but the first Boeing 757 did not arrive until 1982. Since it was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1965, it has had its fair share of royal visitors, including the Queen Mother in 1977 and Princess Anne who opened a £3m passenger terminal in 1986. In 1989, disaster struck when a Boeing 737 tried to make an emergency landing at the airport but crashed on the M1 motorway at nearby Kegworth, killing 47 people. Mercifully, no one was killed on the ground and 74 passengers and crew survived. A £14.5m new departure building opened in 1996, when the airport welcomed its 25 millionth passenger. Managing director Andy Cliffe said the aviation industry had changed "enormously" in the past 50 years, with the proliferation of low cost carriers. Derby Airways was the first company to fly from East Midlands. The firm later became British Midland which operated at the airport in the form of low cost airline BMI Baby until 2012. In 2004, Ryanair began operations and the airport introduced self service check-in. The airport hit global headlines in 2010 when a suspicious package discovered on a Chicago-bound cargo plane was found to contain explosives. The package, which was a printer toner cartridge with wires attached, was addressed to two Jewish places of worship in the city. East Midlands, which employs about 7,000 people across its entire site, is the UK base for carrier services DHL, TNT and UPS and is the main air hub for Royal Mail. The airport, which is owned by Manchester Airports Group, is the busiest cargo airport in the UK, shifting more than 300,000 tonnes a year. "Our long term plan is to grow to about 10m passengers and 1m tonnes of freight. We're ambitious for our future," said Mr Cliffe. A £12m terminal redevelopment is about to be completed at the airport The anniversary was marked with a party on Thursday and a time capsule will be created later this year.

Summary: East Midlands Airport has marked its 50th anniversary.


Alex McKechnie, then 16, was in the crowd for that first show and went on to be a regular at the club: "I saw The Beatles a few times in the north end of Liverpool and was working in Liverpool city centre as a messenger boy in a printing works when I heard that they were on at the Cavern in a lunchtime session. "The Cavern was in the basement of a three or four storey warehouse. The public went down one flight of stone stairs and then there were three long arches. "At the end of one of the long arches was a little tiny stage. That's where the Beatles performed 292 times. "I remember it being very highly charged with excitement. The music sounded even more exciting [than the previous gigs] because The Cavern was this little squashed space so the music sounded a bit louder, a bit more exciting and a bit more vital. About 20 to 30 people were there. "The Beatles were the complete package - they didn't just have a great singer, they had two great singers. They always did harmonies right from the very first time I saw them. "They could probably only afford two microphones, and so when one was doing the lead singing the other two were facing each other on the mic, and it was quite charismatic, it was nice to look at. They had a camaraderie about them. "I never heard them singing one of their own songs because they were just a straight covers band at that time, as was everybody else in Liverpool. "The standard songs that they sang - them and the other bands in Liverpool - were [by] Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly. The sound that I very clearly remember the Beatles playing in the Cavern was a Chuck Berry riff. "As well as doing the stock standards, the Beatles were a bit different because they were better at playing complicated chords. The Beatles were a bit more adventurous. "It wasn't just the music and the singing, it was their lack of respect for the audience. At the Cavern for those first few gigs, they were quite irreverent to the audience and other people. They were sort of the first punk band. The Beatles were a law unto themselves on the stage. "They were still doing that when they went to America - if someone asked them a question they didn't give a serious answer, and that's how they behaved on stage in the Cavern, and that's why I think they liked it in the Cavern. "They were the epitome of rebellion in Liverpool because they weren't trying to imitate Cliff Richard and the Shadows doing little in time steps. They would dance out of step on purpose. "That was their purpose in life - to upset the apple cart. They were so cheeky and so entertaining all around. They were a little bit of a voice for us against authority. I think they were rebels. We were mini rebels supporting them. "Of

Summary: It was 50 years ago today that The Beatles played their first gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool - the venue where the band built their reputation and where Beatlemania was born.


The trip includes a birthday barbeque in Western Australia for the heir to the British throne, who is turning 67. The pair will also meet new Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, once the public face of the country's republican movement. Their 12-day tour will take in 12 different towns and cities across Australia and New Zealand. Charles and Camilla arrive in the New Zealand capital Wellington on 4 November. They will then travel around Australia between 10 and 15 November, visiting Adelaide and Tanunda, Canberra, Sydney, Albany and Perth. It will be the 15th time the Prince of Wales has visited Australia. His son Prince William and his wife Kate proved a hit with Australians when they visited last year to show off their baby son.

Summary: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are to visit Australia and New Zealand in November, his office says.


My confusion stems from the proposals for tax, benefit and economic reform submitted by the Greek government to secure, at the very last minute of the last hour, a deal from their creditors to avoid tumbling out of the euro. Having obtained a copy of this paper, headed "Greece: Prior Actions - Policy Commitments and Actions to be taken in consultation with the EC/ECB/IMF staff", it feels very familiar. That familiarity stems from its great similarity to the bailout proposals put to Greece by the creditors - the eurozone governments, the European Central Bank and the IMF - last month. Pretty much everything wanted by the creditors is there - with the odd tweak or softening, but nothing which looks as though it ought to be noxious to them. So there is a pledge for budget surpluses rising in steps to 3.5% of GDP or national income by 2018; VAT would be raised to three rates of 23% (the standard rate), 13% (for food, energy, hotels and water) and 6% (for medicine and books) - increases that would raise revenue equivalent to 1% of GDP; and Athens is eating the dust of comprehensive reforms of pensions to make them more affordable; and so on. So here's why I am a bit baffled. Only a few days ago the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras won an overwhelming mandate from the Greek people, in a referendum, to reject more-or-less these bailout terms. And today, on the back of that popular vote, he is signing up to the supposedly hated bailout. This is big politics that would make Lewis Carroll proud. Does that mean the eurozone can go back to life as normal, of inadequate economic performance but Greek Armageddon deferred (again)? Is a rescue done and dusted? Not yet. Tsipras has to get these proposals through the Greek parliament today - though his pax of earlier this week with the main opposition parties will surely deliver that (at the price of the splintering away of some of his own supporters). Then there is the small question of whether eurozone ministers will stump up the 35bn euros requested by Greece from the European Stability Mechanism to meet debt repayments through to June 30 2018. And Athens wants a nod that there'll be proper negotiations on reducing its completely unaffordable debt burden by around 30%, as per the IMF's recent sustainability analysis (which would be achieved through the backdoor route of rescheduling repayments closer to the end of time, rather than through the direct write-offs that so offend Germans and east Europeans). Finally, and most problematically, something has to be done to take the banks out of intensive care. Given the recent melting down of the Greek economy, my sources tell me there is now a solvency problem for Greek banks, to add to the awkwardness for them that they are almost out of cash. Here is the point. If a way isn't found to allow the banks to re-open within days - and the ECB simply maintaining Emergency Liquidity Assistance won't come anywhere near to

Summary: Not for the first time over the five years of Greece's euro crisis - or the eurozone's Greece crisis - I am confused.


The 43-year-old scored over 24,000 runs during 12 seasons at Hove, and helping them win three County Championship titles and four limited-overs trophies. "I am grateful for the opportunity to come back to my second home," he said. "I believe I can bring to a very talented squad some belief and options on playing certain situations in all formats. I'm hoping to try and add a winning culture." Sussex have reshuffled their coaching set-up following relegation from Division One last season and cricket manager Mark Robinson's appointment as head coach of England Women. Mark Davis was appointed head coach in November, with Keith Greenfield named director of cricket and Carl Hopkinson now academy director. Davis said he was "thrilled" to see former Zimbabwe international Goodwin, who left Sussex at the end of 2012 to join Glamorgan, back at Hove. "I am confident Murray's relentless approach to batting and his technical expertise will be of great value," Davis added. "He has a brilliant work ethic and a passion for teaching the game, which is a vital ingredient in any elite coach."

Summary: Sussex have appointed ex-player Murray Goodwin as their new batting coach.


Ex-Labour press chief Alastair Campbell and MP Simon Hughes have also settled with News Group Newspapers (NGN), which published the News of the World. Mr Gascoigne received £68,000 while Mr Coogan got £40,000. The comedian said afterwards: "This has never been about the money." Tony Blair's former spokesman Mr Campbell, who won substantial damages plus costs, also said his action had "not and never has been, about the money". Liberal Democrat deputy leader Mr Hughes received £45,000 plus costs while football agent Phil Hughes, a friend and former agent of ex-footballer George Best, received substantial damages plus costs. Hugh Tomlinson QC told the court his client, singer Charlotte Church, had not reached an agreement. The case involving her and her parents is due to start at the end of the month. By Clive ColemanBBC News legal correspondent This latest round of settlements represents a continued waving of the white flag by News International in the civil cases for breach of privacy arising out of the phone hacking at the former News of the World. The vast majority of the original 60-odd cases have now been settled. And the more they settle, the more difficult it becomes for News International to defend one. The case brought by the singer Charlotte Church and her family is due for trial, as are five other cases. Whether any of them will actually get there seems doubtful. The settlement sums reflect the level of hacking, the period over which it took place and the number of articles that were written based upon the information hacked. But this is not even the beginning of the end. Waiting in the wings, are around 800 additional potential claimants, perhaps more. News International seems to be in for a very long and very costly act of surrender. Speaking outside the High Court, Mr Coogan said he had taken the action to expose the way in which parts of the press had been operating. "Like other people who sued, I was determined to do my part to show the depths to which the press can sink in pursuit of private information. "The police and the Leveson Inquiry will be investigating these matters but at the time, when these civil cases began, News International seemed likely to succeed in covering up the hacking scandal completely. "Neither the police nor the government were willing to hold those responsible accountable for unlawful acts." He said some of the phone hacking victims were "many ordinary members of the public, sometimes vulnerable people with the most tenuous connection to news". Mr Campbell said he would be using the settlement to make donations to organisations, including the Labour Party and Mind, "so that at least some small good for the causes I believe in can come out of the criminality and cultural depravity of others". "For me, this has been about people with a voice and a platform using them to change the media culture which, as I argued at the Leveson Inquiry, has become putrid in parts," he said. The announcement of the latest settlements, at a

Summary: Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled claims for damages over phone-hacking, the High Court has heard.


Media playback is not supported on this device Scotland scored twice in three minutes in the final quarter to win 2-1 in Glasgow. James Carson gave Wales the lead from a penalty corner, but Ben Cosgrove and Alan Forsyth won it for the hosts. Earlier the Wales women's team lost 3-0 to Italy to finish fourth at their EuroHockey Championships in Cardiff. Chiara Tiddi, Celina Traverso and Federica Carta scored the Italian goals. "We came out fighting for the bronze today but just couldn't hit the line," midfielder Sian French told BBC Wales Sport. "We'll keep on pushing as a team for the next two years and we'll come back even stronger next time." Because two teams get promoted from the B Division, Wales's men will compete in Europe's top tier at the next EuroHockey Championships in 2019. On Friday, Wales women's hopes of rising into Europe's top tier were shattered in a 2-1 defeat by Russia. Wales' men secured promotion to their top tier by beating France 4-3 in their semi-final in Glasgow. Wales women had beaten Austria and Poland, but lost to Belarus on the way to the semi-finals. Neither Wales side has been in the EuroHockey A Division since it was reduced to eight teams more than a decade ago. The nation's women were playing in the third tier just four years ago.

Summary: Wales men's hockey team suffered an agonising late defeat by Scotland in their EuroHockey Championships II final.


Media playback is not supported on this device Swans boss Paul Clement said after his team's crucial 1-0 win over Everton on Saturday: "It is a shame we can't bring all the fans. "The players paying for the supporters' tickets came from Leon Britton and I thought it was a brilliant idea. "That's been done by the players and led by Leon and we hope they get up there safely." Fernando Llorente scored the only goal as Swansea's win combined with Hull's defeat against already-relegated Sunderland saw the Welsh club climb out of the bottom three with two games remaining. Britton has not been a regular in recent weeks but started against the Toffees, and Clement added: "Leon was fantastic and he has been really great ever since I have been at the club. "The fact he didn't play until the Stoke game, yet remained so professional and supported the players and did that even when he was out the squad. "He helped me as club captain. He came in, did his job and you can see he has a fantastic connection with the crowd. It was really nice to see." Britton himself, who has made more than 500 appearances for the Welsh club, said he was often amazed by the Swansea supporters. "The support we've had at home and away has been amazing considering how tough it's been at times," Britton told Swansea's official website. "That support has been there not just over the course of this season, but for a number of years. "If there was ever a time that we need one another more than ever, it's now, over these last few games of the campaign.'' Clement said the victory over Everton has given his players a huge lift, but insisted the job is not yet finished. Swansea still have to travel to Sunderland before facing West Brom on the final day, while Hull face relegation rivals Crystal Palace before entertaining Tottenham Hotspur. "It was a fantastic win for us at this stage in the season, when the stakes are so high," Clement added. "I had a feeling the atmosphere would be good and I thought they were unbelievable today, getting behind the players against a really good team. "We knew Hull would play first and we said in the meeting that whatever happened, we needed to win. "The message was we have an opportunity, don't waste it. It ended up being a positive weekend, but we know how quickly it can swing the other way."

Summary: Swansea players will cover the cost of 3,000 away tickets for the club's match at Sunderland next Saturday.


Harper Lee's classic was published 50 years ago this summer and it remains the only novel she ever wrote. Lee, 84, has never explained why she stopped writing. She doesn't give interviews - "Hell, no" was her response to a request several decades ago - and that silence has only added to the intrigue. But her close friend Thomas Lane Butts, a retired minister in her hometown, Monroeville, Alabama, says she once told him the reason. Sitting on a pew in the Methodist church which the Lee family still attends, he described to me how she suddenly brought the subject up one night over dinner in New York. "She asked me, 'You ever wonder why I didn't write anything else?' And I said, 'Along with several million other people, yes, I had wondered about that.' And she said, 'Well, what do you think?'" Speaking in his slow southern drawl, the Rev Butts, who just turned 80, suggested to her that she had already written a great book and therefore didn't need to compete with herself. "And when I got through she said, 'You're all wrong.' I said, 'Alright, smart Alec. You tell me.' She said, 'I would not go through all the deprivation of privacy through which I went for this book again for any amount of money.' "And she said, 'I did not need to write another book. I said what I wanted to say in that book.'" Harper Lee called it a simple tale about the "conflict of the human soul" and Monroeville, Alabama, is where she drew her inspiration. The story depicts the segregated South of her childhood, during the Depression. It was published at the height of the civil rights struggle. The Rev Butts grew up 10 miles outside Monroeville. By the late 1950s, he says, he was a "fuzzy-cheeked young preacher" campaigning for an end to segregation. He had met Martin Luther King Jr and signed a petition to boycott buses. The Ku Klux Klan had left a burning cross on his front lawn. He says To Kill a Mockingbird was not well received in Monroeville when it was published. "The people who were hard racist did not like it because of the implication of the book," the Rev Butts told me. "The book revealed racism and that always frightens a racist - when you pull the cover off them. "Those of us who stood up for civil rights were much encouraged by the book because in a very skilful and subtle way it addressed itself for justice." But these days, the Rev Butts says, there is enormous civic pride in Monroeville. The old courthouse, which Hollywood re-created for the film, now houses a museum to Harper Lee and the town's other literary icon, Truman Capote. Capote was a childhood friend of hers and is thought to be the inspiration for the Dill character in To Kill a Mockingbird. The town's residents often try to protect Lee, allowing her to live a normal life instead of being hounded by fans or bothered with prying questions. "Being famous

Summary: It's one of the best loved books in American literature, but To Kill a Mockingbird was also a one-hit wonder.


Forensic expert Susan Williamson was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns and Alexander Porter, who deny attacking Russell Findlay. The High Court in Glasgow heard she examined a jacket, mail bag, a knife and a jar that had contained acid. The jury was told DNA matching Mr Burns was found on the jacket. Prosecutor Richard Goddard asked Miss Williamson: "When you examined the jacket you obtained a DNA profile which matched William Burns," and she replied: "Yes." Ms Williamson told the court that she also examined the handle of the knife found at the scene and said the major DNA contributor was Mr Porter. The court was told the odds on the DNA belonging to anyone else not related to the men was a billion to one. Defence counsel Susan Duff, representing Mr Porter, said: "There are a number of ways DNA could have got there," and Ms Williamson said: "Yes." As well as working for the Sun newspaper, Mr Findlay is the author of books about Glasgow crime gangs. Mr Findlay has already given evidence alleging that a man claiming to be a postman came to his door at 08:30 on 23 December 2015. The journalist said the man, whom he identified as Burns, threw liquid onto the right side of his face and right eye. The jury has heard from an eye specialist that Mr Findlay's sight could have been saved by a neighbour dousing is face with water. Mr Burns, 56, and Mr Porter, 48, also deny attempting to murder Ross Sherlock by shooting at him repeatedly near St Helen's Primary School in Bishopbriggs on 24 September 2015. The trial before Judge Sean Murphy QC continues.

Summary: DNA matching two men accused of throwing acid at the face of a Scottish Sun journalist was found on items at the scene, a court has heard.


Such investments should be registered in the same way as securities sales, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It follows a rise in the number of Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, through which crypto-currency start-ups have sought quick financial backing. However, there are concerns that ICOs are creating an investment bubble. More than $1bn has been raised so far this year in such transactions but there are questions over how investors are to be protected should a venture backed with digital coins fail. Now the SEC has said that issuers of "distributed ledger or blockchain technology-based securities" must register offers and sales. "The innovative technology behind these virtual transactions does not exempt securities offerings and trading platforms from the regulatory framework designed to protect investors and the integrity of the markets," said Stephanie Avakian, the SEC enforcement division's co-director. It was sometimes difficult to see how a firm had justified a large evaluation for its ICO, said Eitan Jankelewitz, a technology specialist and partner at law firm Sheridans. "If you consider the size of the investment compared to the type of investment that a professional would make, they look disproportionally large," he told the BBC. He also pointed out that regulators don't need to rely on legislation specifically dealing with crypto-currencies to enforce rules on securities and investments. "Those sorts of regulations tend to be more principles-based," he explained. "If a new technology comes along that allows a new activity to be undertaken, then the law would still apply." The SEC made its comments on ICOs in a report on a crypto-currency investment fund known as the DAO. Digital coins worth $60m ($41m) at the time were stolen after the DAO was hacked last year. While the SEC has not decided to make civil charges as a result of its investigation into what happened, it is using the case to caution industry and the market.

Summary: A US regulator has said firms looking for backing via crypto-currencies should be more strictly regulated.


Martin will replace Bruce Anstey in the team, who won last year's race. McGuinness had been on his way to a third straight victory before suffering a technical issue, and eventually finished fourth. The team said the duo, who will also be team-mates at Honda at the TT races, will target the first 120+mph lap. McGuinness still holds the lap record for the class of 119.279mph (18:58.743), which he set on way to victory in 2015. Martin, from Grimsby, missed last year's TT and North West 200 to compete in the 2,712-mile Tour Divide mountain bike race in the United States. The 35-year-old has not raced since suffering multiple broken vertebrae and a fractured sternum in a crash in the Dundrod 150 Superbike race in 2015. The truck mechanic and TV personality is still looking for his first TT victory, having finished on the podium 16 times.

Summary: Guy Martin and John McGuinness will race for the Japanese-based Mugen team in this year's TT race for electric-powered machines.


GP practices are being paid to help local NHS groups limit the number of patient referrals and cut costs, the doctors' magazine Pulse found. Appointments affected include scans and consultations with specialists - including those for cancer patients. The British Medical Association said such incentives were "misguided". At least nine clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were offering GP practices payments for hitting targets, according to Pulse's investigation. In one case, Birmingham South Central CCG was offering practices more than Â£11,000 to reduce new outpatient attendances, follow-ups, A&E attendances and emergency admissions by 1%, compared with 2014/15. It said the schemes, which exclude cancer referrals, were designed to "incentivise best quality practice" and "drive improvements in the quality of primary medical care". "Our priority is to ensure that patients have access to services that they need, when they need them," said a spokesperson for Birmingham South Central CCG. Another CCG told Pulse it had considered the "full impact" of the incentive scheme and was "confident that there is no conflict of interest". Pulse said that one scheme had already been looked at by the General Medical Council, the body which regulates medical standards in the UK, after local GP leaders expressed their concern. The magazine pointed out that initial hospital referrals for cancer patients should happen within two weeks of a GP first suspecting the condition. Dr Chand Nagpaul, chairman of the GPs committee of the doctors' trade union the British Medical Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that such schemes were a "financial contaminant" to patient-doctor trust. He said: "It's short-sighted and misguided of CCGs to introduce such mechanisms, because they do lead to the potential for patients questioning the motives of GP referrals. "We believe it is far more appropriate for CCGs to introduce clinical pathways that ensure patients are referred appropriately rather than these crude, salesman-like bonuses which pay GPs simply to make reduction to referrals in numerical terms." Dr Peter Melton is local GP and clinical chief officer for North East Lincolnshire CCG, which offers the equivalent of more than Â£6,000 to practices that reduce outpatient referrals to the same level as the 25% with the lowest referral rates (which include two-week urgent cancer referrals) in 2014/15. He said the CCG was already among the best in England for referring suspected cancer patients to a consultant within two weeks and the scheme was not about avoiding sending people to hospital. "It is not focussing on referral reduction per se but on better clinical and quality standards for the patient," he explained. "The expectation is practices will be encouraged to investigate more locally and monitor the patient in the first instance rather than automatically refer in to a secondary care service." Analysis by the BBC's Helen Briggs The NHS is under pressure to make savings, with a target of carving out Â£22bn of efficiency savings by 2020. NHS leaders want to cut patient referrals that are deemed inappropriate, particularly when patients could be cared for locally. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are groups of GPs that work together to plan and

Summary: Some doctors in England are being offered thousands of pounds to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital, an investigation has found.


The watchdogs, which have been going for 40 years, want higher profiles as bodies which can raise concerns about the NHS when things go wrong. They admit public awareness is "poor" and a "real weakness". It is set against a background of controversy about hospital reorganisations, A&E waiting times, ambulance response times. We asked Peter Meredith-Smith, director of the Wales board of Community Health Councils,(CHCs) about the challenges facing the network of eight watchdogs across Wales. He is a former nurse and an ex-official with the Royal College of Nursing and has also been a senior official involved in nursing and mental health with the Welsh government. Is the biggest problem facing CHCs that patients do not know who you are and how to make a complaint? The public that engage with the CHCs very much value the role that we play in overseeing their NHS and are appreciative of the support they receive when they need help in raising concerns. However, it is disappointing that we have been described as "the best kept secret in Wales". One of our highest priorities going forward is to increase public awareness of CHCs. As the statutory NHS Wales watchdog we represent public and patient interests in healthcare, so it is important that they know we exist and how we can help them. Lack of public awareness of the CHCs' independent advocacy service was a finding within Keith Evans's review of NHS complaints handling last year; we are addressing that now. Is this about persuading the public that CHCs are independent bodies which work in their interest, rather than in the interest of health boards or the government - has this been a problem in the past? As statutory, independent bodies representing the interests of the public and patient in health, the CHCs always put the interests of the public we serve at the heart of our work. Our regulations, which have just been reviewed, underpin our role and our independence from the NHS that we scrutinise. Notwithstanding this, it is essential that we enjoy a trusting and constructive relationship with the NHS organisations across Wales that we oversee. We work closely with them to ensure services are safe and represent the patient interest in any service changes proposed. What three issues have you as a group been seeing over the past 12-18 months which keep coming up? The first is probably the major concern relating to the pressures on accident and emergency departments across Wales and the UK as a whole. This is a serious systemic issue, resulting in ambulances being unable to discharge patients in a timely way. The second, relating to this, is the generally high level of delayed transfers of care, where hospital beds are needlessly occupied because of problems discharging them to community-based care. The third relates to the delays in actually realising "integrated healthcare". There are some good examples of best practice, but the bridge between health and social care is still a very narrow one. If I had a concern about the care of a relative in a

Summary: Community health councils (CHCs) in Wales are to re-launch themselves at their annual conference after admitting many patients do not know they exist.


John Lamont quit the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency seat to fight for a place at Westminster, hoping to unseat the SNP's Calum Kerr. The Conservative MSP formally resigned from the seat as of 13:00 on Thursday. The by-election means residents in the area will vote on their local council, their Holyrood representative and their MP all inside five weeks. Selection procedures for the Holyrood by-election have yet to get under way. Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh has written to Tracey Logan, chief executive of Scottish Borders Council and returning officer for the elections, to confirm his choice of date and to ask for arrangements for the by-election to be put in place. Mr Lamont is seeking to unseat the SNP's Calum Kerr in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Scotland's most marginal Westminster constituency. Mr Kerr gained the seat from Lib Dem former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore in 2015 by a margin of 328 votes. The Lib Dems have put forward Catriona Bhatia, currently deputy leader of the council, as their candidate for the Westminster poll.

Summary: A Holyrood by-election is to be held on the same day as the UK's snap general election on 8 June.


People currently get antiretroviral therapy only when their white blood cell levels drop. But a US-led study has now been cut short as early treatment was so beneficial for patients. The United Nations Aids agency has called for everyone to get immediate access to the drugs. Around 35 million people are living with HIV and more than 2 million start antiretroviral therapy each year. The discovery of drugs to attack the virus has profoundly changed the way the disease is treated. But there has been fierce debate about when treatment should start. World Health Organization guidelines say treatment should start when there are fewer than 500 white blood cells in every cubic millimetre of blood. The trial on 4,685 people in 35 countries, organised by the US National Institutes of Health, compared this approach with immediate treatment. The trial started in 2011 and was due to run until the end of 2016. But an interim analysis of the data showed that cases of Aids, deaths and complications, such as kidney or liver disease, had already been halved by early treatment. All patients on the trial are now being offered antiretroviral drugs. The director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, said: "We now have clear-cut proof that it is of significantly greater health benefit to an HIV-infected person to start antiretroviral therapy sooner rather than later. "Moreover, early therapy conveys a double benefit, not only improving the health of individuals but at the same time, by lowering their viral load, reducing the risk they will transmit HIV to others. "These findings have global implications for the treatment of HIV." Michel Sidibe, executive director of at UNAids, argued: "Every person living with HIV should have immediate access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy. "Delaying access to HIV treatment under any pretext is denying the right to health." Dr Steve Taylor, the lead HIV Consultant at the Birmingham Heartlands HIV Service, told the BBC the trial was hugely important. "Not least that they will they will change the way HIV treatment is prescribed in the UK and around the world. "Based on this study, people will be able to access treatment much earlier than currently, which is good for their own health and will reduce HIV transmission." Deborah Gold, chief executive of the National Aids Trust, said: "These exciting results should dramatically change the approach to treatment for people living with HIV, both in the UK and internationally."

Summary: HIV drugs should be given at the moment of diagnosis, according to a major trial that could change the way millions of people are treated.


At its peak more than 40 firefighters tackled the blaze in Albion Terrace, which started at about 08:10 BST. The line, which was closed for safety reasons, was reopened at about 15:15. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue (SYFR) said crews were expected to be at the scene "damping down" throughout the evening. It is believed the unit was being used to manufacture soft toys from the film Minions. National Rail said trains are now running normally between Sheffield and Doncaster. Kevin Ronan, from SYFR, said: "We're on top of the fire now. We're just in the process of damping down the remains of the incident. "Parts of the building have collapsed already. It's been totally involved and it will probably have to be taken down." He said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Summary: A fire at an industrial unit in Hexthorpe caused disruption to train services between Sheffield and Doncaster for several hours.


That is the unusual sporting journey Sophie Hitchon, 25, has made on her way to competing in her second Olympics, in Rio, this summer. At the age of 14, Hitchon, from Burnley, had been practicing ballet for over 10 years. Three years later, she would be crowned Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist in the hammer. "It was a bit of a whirlwind," her father Michael told BBC Sport. "In the space of 12 months she'd gone from not being able to throw, to an Under-17 British record." After improving on her British record at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing last summer, she is hoping for even more in Brazil. "Ballet takes a lot of strength in yourself and it helps to develop that from a young age," she told BBC Sport. "It teaches dedication to sport and how to control your direction." Initially focusing on sprint events when she first started track and field, Hitchon took the opportunity to try the hammer throw and has never looked back. "There are plenty of local clubs to have a go at different events, it's all about finding a local club and seeing what's available," she added. "There are lots of young girls getting into it and we'll hopefully see lots of young girls coming through soon." Setting a new Under-17 Women's national record in 2007, she won European Under-23 gold in 2013 and took a bronze medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games two years ago. At the World Championships in Beijing last summer, she improved her British record with a throw of 73.86m. Sophie's father is a former English Schools champion in the 100 metres and initially coached Hitchon when she took up the sport. "The strength aspect of dancing came in really well for a future in sport through balance, poise and strength building," Michael Hitchon added. "It sets the mind and performing in front of people at a young age does all really help." Hitchon is currently coached by former hammer Olympian Tore Gustafsson and trains twice a day, five days a week - this includes throws, weights, running and plyometrics. "It's probably one of the most difficult events in athletics, if not the most difficult," Michael Hitchon continued. "I think the event is under appreciated. They have to be everything really - a sprinter, a jumper and a thrower. "You can get a hammer thrower that can run really fast, throw a long way and jump a long way. It's a bit like being a multi-eventer really. "We estimate she's probably done one-and-a-half-million throws in training. "Her whole mentality is about competing for her country. When she pulls on a British vest it's a massive thing for her." From the competitors of the hammer final at London 2012, gold medallist Tatyana Lysenko along with 11th-placed Maria Bespalova, both from Russia, have since tested positive for banned substances. Sophie Hitchon says she will not let this affect her mentality. "There are a lot of issues in athletics and hopefully the people that can sort it are doing the right things," Hitchon

Summary: From ballet beginnings to hammer heights.


David Jordan, 44, from Cavanalinn in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, is accused of the bomb attack on the officer in Castlederg in May 2008. The police officer was driving to start a night shift at a police station when a booby-trap bomb hidden under his car exploded. He escaped from the vehicle but suffered serious leg wounds. Mr Jordan is also charged with causing an explosion and belonging or professing to belong to a proscribed organisation. On Thursday, Gavin Coyle, 38, was also charged with attempting to murder the police officer. Mr Coyle, formerly of Culmore Park in Omagh, County Tyrone, but whose address was given as Maghaberry Prison, also faced charges of causing an explosion likely to endanger life and membership of the IRA. A detective told Friday's hearing at Dungannon Magistrates' Court that the two men were involved in a "joint enterprise" to try to kill the policeman. She said that when each charge was put to Mr Jordan during police interviews, he replied: "I am totally innocent of this fabricated charge." The detective added that the accused then said: "This is yet another case of internment by remand." Mr Jordan had originally been arrested in connection with the bombing in the days after the attack, but was released without charge, the court heard. The detective said police believe CCTV footage captured Mr Jordan and Mr Coyle driving two vehicles in the vicinity of the officer's house prior to the bomb. A trace of nitroglycerin was also found in the boot of a car later seized by police from Mr Jordan, the detective added. She said police were opposing bail as the defendant was connected to republican paramilitary groups and could commit offences if he was bailed, adding that he also posed a flight risk. But a defence lawyer told the court the evidence linking Mr Jordan to the attack was "non-existent". He rejected a claim that new evidence had emerged since his client's original arrest in 2008. He said: "This defendant should not be connected to these offences." Police expert analysis of the CCTV footage had not even been able to confirm the make and model of the vehicle, he said, and the car later impounded by police was not even registered to Mr Jordan. The solicitor also questioned the police's reliance on the nitroglycerin trace, saying the bomb used in the attack had been made of semtex. The judge refused Mr Jordan's application for bail. He is due to appear before Strabane Magistrates' Court via videolink on 17 December 17.

Summary: A man has been remanded in custody charged with the attempted murder of a Catholic policeman in County Tyrone.


There are currently five drop-in clinics in England for victims of the practice, which affects an estimated 200 million women and girls worldwide. But there is no such medical provision in Wales. Now charity Bawso is working to open a pilot clinic at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary to provide medical and psychological help to survivors. In 2014-15 Bawso supported 788 families affected by FGM in Wales which, according to the World Health Organization involves "the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons". Bawso's violence against women director Dr Mwenya Chima said: "In the UK there are women's clinics for women who have had FGM, for medical and psychological help. Survivors can just walk in and ask for help. "But in Wales we don't have any of that. We are trying to make a case to health agencies that we need to have this kind of clinic, even if it is initially for one day a week for a year to see if there is a demand." Dr Chima believes there is a big gap in the support provided, and that many survivors of FGM in Wales are not known about. She said: "I worked with a young women recently - a survivor of FGM - who wanted medical help as she was having problems. Although she wanted help she was already in two minds about having anything done as she was going against her parents. "We tried to get her help from the clinic in Bristol, but there were delays because she was outside the area, so in the end it didn't happen and she is still living with these problems now." The call comes as the world marks the international day of zero tolerance to FGM - a UN-sponsored event to raise awareness of the issue. Although it has been illegal to carry out FGM in the UK since 1985, there have been no successful prosecutions relating to the practice, which is carried out for cultural and religious reasons in certain communities.

Summary: Campaigners want a dedicated clinic for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) to be opened in Wales.


Underlying pre-tax profits in the year to 30 April rose to Â£447m from Â£381m a year earlier. Group like-for-like revenues were up 5%, with turnover at Â£9.7bn. The company was formed by a merger between Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail in 2014. In the UK and Ireland the group trades as Carphone Warehouse, Currys and PC World. Regarding the referendum result, chief executive Seb James said: "The nation has spoken and there has been a vote to exit the EU in due course. As you can imagine, we have been giving some thought to this. "Our view is that, as the strongest player in our market and despite the volatility that is the inevitable consequence of such change, we expect to find opportunities for additional growth and further consolidate our position as the leader in the UK market." The company also has operations in Europe and trades as Elkjop and El Giganten in Nordic countries and Kotsovolos in Greece. Mr James said they had posted record profits but it was vital the government struck a deal that ensured Britain continued to have preferential access to the European single market. "We're going to see lots of screaming and shouting, but my message to my team is to absolutely make sure we do everything in our power to ensure our leaders get access to the single market and make sure we heal the rifts that this debate has caused in our society," he added. Mr James said despite last Thursday's vote, business had continued as normal, with sales up and most customers carrying on with their lives as normal. In morning trading, shares in the group fell more than 2%. George Salmon, investment analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Dixons Carphone was benefiting from its position as "the last man standing" on the UK high street when it came to the large-scale supply of electrical items. "However, the vote to leave the EU has knocked the share price, which is unsurprising given the group's exposure to the UK consumer and weaker European economies. "Dixons Carphone also faces a structural threat from online retailers like Amazon and eBay, who have cost advantages like lower rent, fewer staff and less onerous business rate burdens. "In order to keep earnings on the up and up, Dixons Carphone needs to keep customers coming through the doors. A key factor in their success will be the service and knowledge of their sales staff, as this is one area where the group holds a potential trump card in the battle against the online retailers," Mr Salmon added.

Summary: Dixons Carphone chief executive has said the company expects to find "opportunities for additional growth" in the wake of Brexit as it announced a 17% jump in profits.


The reconstruction of the event 66 million years ago was made possible by drilling into the remnant bowl and analysing its rocks. These show how the space impactor made the hard surface of the planet slosh back and forth like a fluid. At one stage, a mountain higher than Everest was thrown up before collapsing back into a smaller range of peaks. "And this all happens on the scale of minutes, which is quite amazing," Prof Joanna Morgan from Imperial College London, UK, told BBC News. The researchers report their account in this week's edition of Science Magazine. Their study confirms a very dynamic, very energetic model for crater formation, and will go a long way to explaining the resulting cataclysmic environmental changes. The debris thrown into the atmosphere likely saw the skies darken and the global climate cool for months, perhaps even years, driving many creatures into extinction, not just the dinosaurs. The team spent April to May this year drilling a core through the so-called Chicxulub Crater, now buried under ocean sediments off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Chicxulub Crater - The impact that changed life on Earth The researchers targeted a particular zone in the 200km-wide bowl known as the "peak ring", which - if earlier ideas were correct - should have contained the rocks that moved the greatest distance in the impact. These would have been dense granites lifted from almost 10km down. And that is precisely what the team found. "Once we got through the impact melt on top, we recovered pink granite. It was so obvious to the eye - like what you would expect to see in a kitchen countertop," recalled Prof Sean Gulick from the University of Texas at Austin, US. But these were not normal granites, of course. They were deformed and fractured at every scale - visibly in the hand and even down at the level of the rock's individual mineral crystals. Evidence of enormous stress, of having experienced colossal pressures. The analysis of the core materials now fits an astonishing narrative. This describes the roughly 15km-wide stony asteroid instantly punching a cavity in the Earth's surface some 30km deep and 80-100km across. Unstable, and under the pull of gravity, the sides of this depression promptly started to collapse inwards. At the same time, the centre of the bowl rebounded, briefly lifting rock higher than the Himalayas, before also falling down to cover the inward-rushing sides of the initial hole. "If this deep-rebound model is correct (it's called the dynamic collapse model), then our peak ring rocks should be the rocks that have travelled farthest in the impact - first, outwards by kilometres, then up in the air by over 10km, and back down and outwards by another, say, 10km. So their total travel path is something like 30km, and they do that in under 10 minutes," Prof Gulick told the BBC's Science in Action programme. Imagine a sugar cube dropped into a cup of tea. The drink's liquid first gets out of the way of the cube, moves back in and up, before

Summary: Scientists say they can now describe in detail how the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs produced its huge crater.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 20 points to end at 20,914.62, while the broader S&P 500 index dipped by just three points to finish at 2,378.23. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was unchanged at 5,901. Among the individual shares to rise was jewellery firm Tiffany's after it reported better-than-expected results. Strong demand in Japan and China, as well as higher prices, helped an overall rise in sales, but profit fell to $157.8m in the fourth quarter from $163.2m the same time last year. Software company Adobe also saw its shares jump 3.8%, also after beating expectations with its earnings.

Summary: US shares dipped on Friday, as the rally prompted by the Federal Reserve's rate rise paused for breath.


The second round of group games include must-win matches for England, against Uruguay, and Spain, who face Chile, after both teams suffered defeats in their opening fixtures. Brazil and Mexico are the first teams to play their second game, on the same day as the opening fixtures in Group H. Those results are also included in Lawro's predictions. Before the tournament, Lawro picked his two teams to go through from each group and reach the knockout stage. He is backing Argentina to win the World Cup and lift the trophy at the Maracana on 13 July, and believes England will reach the quarter-finals. Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. Brazil 0-0 Mexico Read the match report. Cameroon 0-4 Croatia Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Brazil and Mexico Australia 2-3 Netherlands Read the match report. Spain 0-2 Chile Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Spain and the Netherlands Colombia v Ivory Coast (19 June, 17:00 BST) Read the match report. Japan v Greece (19 June, 23:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Colombia and Ivory Coast Uruguay v England (19 June, 20:00 BST) Read the match report. Italy v Costa Rica (20 June, 17:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: England and Italy Switzerland v France (20 June, 20:00 BST) Read the match report. Honduras v Ecuador (20 June, 23:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: France and Switzerland Argentina v Iran (21 June, 17:00 BST) Read the match report. Nigeria v Bosnia-Hercegovina (21 June, 23:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Argentina and Nigeria Germany v Ghana (21 June, 20:00 BST) Read the match report. United States v Portugal (22 June, 23:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Germany and the United States Belgium v Russia (22 June, 17:00 BST) Read the match report. South Korea v Algeria (22 June, 20:00 BST) Read the match report. Lawro's pre-tournament picks to go through: Belgium and Russia

Summary: BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is predicting the outcome of every game at the 2014 Fifa World Cup.


Media playback is not supported on this device A 2-1 defeat at Monaco sealed their exit from the competition as they paid the price for their woeful home form. Consecutive defeats at their temporary Wembley home had left Spurs with no margin for error and they duly came up short against a classy Monaco side. "We need to improve our mentality and be ready every game," Pochettino said. "From the beginning of the season, I said our challenge was not physical, it was tactical - to manage your mind and to play on Saturday and then Tuesday or Wednesday." Pochettino added he may need to add "more quality" to his squad. "Our objective is to be competitive in the Premier League and Champions League but we need to show more," he said. "Maybe after today, we see we struggle a bit." Tottenham were outclassed by Monaco at Stade Louis II, and only an inspired performance by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris prevented a bigger margin of defeat. Djibril Sidibe's header early in the second half sparked a stunning sequence of three goals in just five minutes, with Harry Kane levelling from the penalty spot only for Monaco to score the winner just 39 seconds later through Thomas Lemar. It was Spurs' third defeat in five Group E games, following reverses at Wembley against Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen, who have both now reached the last 16. By Phil McNulty, BBC Sport chief football writer All last season's hard work in the Premier League was carelessly tossed away in Tottenham's abysmal Champions League campaign, and the whole group phase has been a nightmare for manager Mauricio Pochettino. Spurs made Wembley their home as White Hart Lane's capacity is reduced by a rebuild, but the tenants have never settled. The curse of Wembley - the loss to Leverkusen was their sixth there in succession - was perhaps a convenient excuse, though, as the more uncomfortable truth was revealed in Monaco. Pochettino took a huge share of the blame from Spurs fans on Tuesday, and rightly so after a mystifying team selection. The Argentine knew Monaco were dangerous. He knew defeat would be fatal to their hopes. Yet still chose to gamble recklessly. Jan Vertonghen's presence was surely crucial, even more so with Toby Alderweireld injured, and yet he chose to leave the Belgian on the bench, pairing Kevin Wimmer with Eric Dier in central defence and picking Kieran Trippier ahead of Kyle Walker at right-back. Spurs were hopelessly exposed defensively. Any hope of setting up a final Wembley hurrah against CSKA Moscow by getting a good result in France went up in smoke as they produced a display lacking in intensity, quality and resilience. It summed up neatly their efforts in the Champions League. They have not been good enough and were not helped by a bad misjudgement from Pochettino. Former England international Phil Neville, part of the BBC Radio 5 live commentary team, described Spurs' display as "the worst I've seen them play all season". He added: "They were wide open at the back, disorganised in

Summary: Tottenham's players lacked the quality and mentality required to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League, says boss Mauricio Pochettino.


The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said she was "swept off my feet" when she was contacted by a man she believed to be in Turkey. She lost her home, business and took out several loans over 14 months. She said: "The pressure was horrendous, and it got to the point where all the money had gone." More on this and other York stories Speaking to BBC Radio York, the woman, known as Nancy, said she had come out of a "bad marriage" and joined dating website Match.com "to dip my toe into the dating world". In July 2015, she received her first message. Nancy, from North Yorkshire, said: "I just connected with what seemed to be a very attractive-looking person who was really keen to talk to me. "There's a term for it - lovebombed - where you're just bombarded with affection and compliments. "When you're with someone who tells you how awful you are every day for ten years, then someone pays you some compliments... of course you're going to be swept away." After chatting for six weeks online, they then began talking via another messaging service, and she was asked for money. She was told the man and his young son had been attacked and mugged, with the boy requiring "urgent medical care". "It was a really bizarre amount of money, it was €3,750, it wasn't a straightforward amount of money I would have normally associated with a fraud," she said. "Reluctantly I sent the money, because I couldn't think of a child in distress and we seemed to be getting on really well." Nancy said she was "bombarded" with messages from the moment she woke up to when she went to sleep, with further requests for money coming in. She did not tell anyone about what she was experiencing. Nancy said: "As soon as the money requests came through it was posed to me that I shouldn't tell anybody because it would look really bad, nobody would understand." Action Fraud advice Nancy continued: "I came from one abusive relationship and went straight back into another one. "The manipulation was so extreme that I was told that if I didn't send money, they would starve and die. I didn't want that on my conscience. "You get to the point where you have lost so much money, you have to keep going in the hope that you're wrong." After reading fraud advice online, Nancy went to police at the start of September, but by this time, more than £300,000 had gone. No arrests have been made over the crime, also known as 'catfishing'. Nancy added: "I've got no house and huge debts, but the pressure has now gone. "I've restarted my business and have got a really good support network now."

Summary: A woman "lovebombed" out of more than £300,000 in an online dating scam has shared her story as a warning to others.


It is hoped it will help recognise the "vital role" of those educating and caring for children aged up to seven. Education Minister Huw Lewis said the Welsh government's draft 10-year plan would help support "raise the status" of early years carers. Since 2008 children aged between three and seven have been educated through the play-based Foundation Phase. Reports into the effectiveness of the programme in May said that while it was having a positive impact on how children learned, it varied between schools and raised concerns about how well children were being prepared for exams later on in their education. The draft plan will go out to public consultation until 15 December and should be published next April. It would cover everyone who works with children in both state-run schools and nurseries and private childcare settings. The plan wants to see staff highly skilled and "highly regarded" in their career, who understand children's development, help all children to meet their potential and are bilingual. Mr Lewis is visiting a staff training session at Herbert Thompson Primary School in Cardiff to unveil the plan. He said: "The ages of 0-7 are a crucial time in every child's development. "It's important, therefore, that individuals like those I will meet today, that play such a key role in supporting children during these important years, receive the right level of support, are highly motivated and skilled and feel that they are valued. "We're determined to raise the status of careers in early years, childcare and play to a level which better reflects the vital role these practitioners play in supporting children's development." Some of the proposals include: Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths said: "We owe it to our future generations to get this right. "If we reach our goals we will improve the lives of young children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds."

Summary: Plans to develop a highly-skilled workforce to improve early years education are to be unveiled.


According to The Times, the flyer offered "free legal support". Leigh Day, which was cleared of wrongdoing over claims against British troops in Iraq, said it had "no prior knowledge" of the poster. At least 80 people died in the blaze on 14 June, leaving hundreds homeless. According to the newspaper, the poster featured British passports and included two personal email addresses for the members of staff. It reportedly read: "Our aim is to help you kick-start any potential insurance claims and review any complex documents. "We do not charge for the assistance we provide. However a third party may charge for their services." The government recently said it would not conduct immigration checks on foreign nationals who survived the fire, as well as those coming forward with information. Leigh Day said it does not represent any survivors of the fire and that an internal investigation is under way. A spokesman for the firm said: "Leigh Day would never have given authority for the posters or their display and we are taking this matter extremely seriously. "As soon as the posters were brought to our attention, a full internal investigation was commenced under formal protocols," he added.

Summary: A law firm has suspended two paralegals over allegations they produced a poster offering to "kick-start" insurance claims for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire in West London.


Gareth Benbow, 33, of Inverness, was accused of having a vendetta against Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. Sheriff Margaret Neilson said medical staff had saved his life on 19 occasions following numerous overdoses. Jailing Benbow for two years and five months, she said he had a "misguided view" he was not treated properly. A jury at Inverness Sheriff Court took less than 40 minutes to unanimously convict Benbow of the malicious call, following a two-day trial. The court heard that staff and visitors who were evacuated from the hospital on 24 August last year. The patients included eight people receiving treatment in intensive care, nine in a cancer ward and 10 children. A member of staff who had previously dealt with Benbow recognised his voice in the hoax call. He denied making the threat. Sentencing Benbow, Sheriff Neilson told him: "The staff in the intensive care unit had saved your life on 19 occasions after your numerous overdoses. "You have a misguided view that you have not been treated appropriately by doctors in the past and appear to be pursuing some kind of vendetta against Raigmore Hospital and those who work there."

Summary: A man who made a bomb threat which led to more than 20 patients being evacuated from a hospital has been jailed.


The concerns came amid Sportscotland plans to reduce sport funding in Scotland by 20%. Scottish Athletics, which runs the initiative to encourage non-club runners to take exercise, said it was shocked by the decision. The Scottish government said £50,000 had been provided last year to help JogScotland become more sustainable. The scheme has been in place since 2002 and has evolved into a network of over 300 clubs with about 40,000 members. Of those who joined a JogScotland programme, 68.6% were previously inactive, most were over 40 and 77% were female. Every Tuesday night, JogScotland's Leven group, known as "Leven Las Vegas" has met at the local swimming pool before heading out on a social jog, walk or run. Malcolm MacTavish, 61, who is one of the group's regulars, said five years ago he weighed 100kg and was on the maximum dosage of blood pressure tablets. He said: "One day I just stopped and said I had to do something about it and I looked around for ways to improve my health and came across 'Couch to 5K'. "Within a year I had lost a third of my body weight and was off medication totally." In the aftermath of the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, Scottish Athletics said the initiative was a key priority. The organisation's CEO Mark Munro said the decision to pull the funding was not theirs. "We're absolutely devastated and shocked as well," he said. "We received a £100,000 from the government roughly for the last number of years and for a reason unknown to ourselves, the funding has been cut." He said less than 20% of Scottish Athletics budget was spent on elite athletes with the majority being used to support clubs, coaching and development pathways. The Scottish government said it was "making significant investment in sport and physical activity" and that the funding for JogScotland was never direct. A spokesman said: "In 2016/17 Sportscotland provided Scottish Athletics with £65,000 to create a digital pilot system to demonstrate the impact which the JogScotland programme is having, and to use this to generate commercial income. "An additional £50,000 was provided by Sportscotland to further support the transition of the JogScotland programme to a more sustainable model. "In terms of the budget allocations for 2017/18, Scottish Athletics will discuss with Sportscotland how they plan to carry forward their strategic plan and their priorities for the forthcoming year." The initiative is now in discussions with mental health charity SAMh about the possibility of a funding partnership. JogScotland Fife group leader Ian Shield, said he did not mind where the funding came from as long as the "important resource" was not lost. "The way I look at it, we get about 40 people here on a Tuesday night," he said. "People see 40 people dressed up to go running. I see 40 people who in 20 years time won't be lying in an NHS bed trying to recover from diabetes or circulation problems, heart problems, obesity. "That's what I see."

Summary: JogScotland's future could be at risk after it emerged £100,000 of Scottish government funding is to be cut.


Russian state TV has been suggesting - somewhat gleefully - that such products could be banned in retaliation for the EU extending economic sanctions against Russia. The European restrictions were introduced last year after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine; Moscow hit back with counter-sanctions in August, targeting EU producers' profits. Even the agriculture minister called the idea of adding a European wine ban 'radical,' given that domestic production is nowhere near enough to meet demand, not to mention the quality. But he didn't exclude it. The bullish tone of the reporting is typical of the defiant mood in Russia after a year under Western sanctions. That same mood dominated the St Petersburg International Economic Forum late last week, dubbed the 'Russian Davos,' where a key message appeared to be: 'they didn't break us.' The glitzy event was boycotted in 2014 by senior US and European executives in protest at the Ukraine crisis. This year some returned to encounter a decidedly upbeat Vladimir Putin informing them that a 'catastrophe' had been averted. "We have stabilised the situation [â€¦] and are now making our way forward confidently through this difficult patch," Russia's President assured his audience. As well as asset freezes and individual travel bans, the sanctions limit access to Western financial markets for state firms. They also ban arms trade and the export of equipment used in specific oil projects. Calculating their precise impact is impossible as the restrictions were imposed at the same time as the price of Russia's chief export, oil, plummeted. But Russia's economy shrank 2% in the first quarter of 2015, the rouble has plunged, inflation has soared and the number of people living below the poverty line has risen. "I don't like it when there is some discrimination, that's not fair," Russia's trade minister, Denis Manturov, told the BBC, in response to the news that sanctions were being extended. But he insists it's the oil price that's hurt Russia's economy, not sanctions. "To be honest, for me - who is responsible for Russian industry - [sanctions are] a motivation. To motivate Russian companies to produce and supply not only for the local market, but abroad," the minister added. Import substitution has become the official mantra as Russia attempts to capitalise on gaps in the market created by Western sanctions and Russian counter-measures. So Mr. Manturov says domestic firms are now supplying energy firms with equipment they once imported, for example, and local dairy production has certainly expanded. But economists warn that the EU ban on credit can't be ignored. "Sanctions are clearly making the situation a lot worse," explains Moscow-based analyst Chris Weafer, of Macro Advisory. On paper the ban only applies to state-owned banks, but even non-sanctioned banks and companies are being denied financing by Western institutions wary of the risk. "It's like a voluntary expansion of the sanctions," Chris Weafer explains. With no new money entering the market, and no sign of China rushing to fill the funding-gap, Russian banks prioritise credit to major state-owned firms and the cost for everyone else has soared. Far from

Summary: Already coping without EU cheese, Russians could soon be braced for life without its wine, fine chocolate and flowers.


Anne Marie Waters, a former Labour activist and founder of the Sharia Watch pressure group, has previously called Islam "evil". Her leadership bid has split the party, with some MEPs threatening to quit if she was allowed into the race. But the UKIP National Executive Committee, which vets all would-be candidates, has allowed her to stand. The other candidates to replace Paul Nuttall - who stood down after UKIP's poor performance in June's general election - are: Voting papers will be sent to party members over the next few weeks and the new leader will be announced at the party's annual conference in Torquay on the 29th and 30th of September. Ms Waters's leadership bid was backed by former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson and she has previously been blocked from standing as a UKIP election candidate. James Carver, UKIP West Midlands MEP, said he "sincerely hoped" Ms Waters did not win - but added that she should be allowed to stand. He said: "Her train of thought, I think is going about it the wrong way... there are many British Muslims in this country and that is a good thing." The party's former leader, Paul Nuttall, has previously said her views made him "uncomfortable". Ms Waters believes her anti-Islam message, including a proposed ban on the burka, the closure of all sharia councils and a temporary freeze on all immigration, will strike a chord with many voters. She has argued that UKIP could regain support if it had the "guts" to be "honest about Islam" and challenge the view that it had "nothing to do" with jihadist violence. Last month, former leader Nigel Farage told BBC's Sunday Politics that "if UKIP goes down the route of being a party that is anti the religion of Islam, then frankly it's finished".

Summary: An anti-Islam candidate has been allowed to stand for the UKIP leadership.


Thousands of sufferers and their dependants will be able to get damages from a £350m pot over the next decade. Those diagnosed after 25 July 2012 and who cannot sue former employers as they have gone bust or insurance details have disappeared will be eligible. Ministers said it was a "major breakthrough" to "end an injustice". Mesothelioma is a fatal disease with average survival rates of about nine months after diagnosis. It is most prevalent among those who worked in industries with heavy exposure to asbestos up to the 1980s, including construction, shipbuilding, engineering and power generation. About 2,400 people die every year of the disease and numbers are set to increase over the next 30 years, with an estimated death toll of between 56,000 and 63,000. While some people have taken legal action to recover damages, many are deterred because of the stress involved. The speed with which the disease takes hold means many die before their cases are heard. Victims and their families have, up to now, been able to claim damages under two pieces of legislation but the sums paid have not generally exceeded £20,000. Under the proposed new fund, which must receive parliamentary approval, UK claimants will be entitled to 75% of the average settlement paid out in civil actions relating to mesothelioma, expected to be about £115,000. Claimants will have to demonstrate that they were negligently exposed to asbestos at work and are unable to claim compensation because they cannot track down a liable employer or insurer. "This scheme represents a major breakthrough for the many victims of this terrible disease, who have been failed by successive governments and the insurance industry for decades," said Work and Pensions Minister Mike Penning. "It will end an injustice that has left many tragic victims and their families high and dry. "The aggressive and terminal nature of this disease, coupled with the fact we're approaching a peak in cases in the coming years, makes it imperative that we get this legislation in place as soon as possible," he added. According to government calculations, 900 people are likely to qualify for support in 2014, with a further 300 expected to get assistance in each of the following nine years. If the Mesothelioma Bill currently before Parliament is passed in the next few months, it is hoped the first payments will be made next July. There has been anger that ministers have proposed a cut-off point for claims and that those diagnosed before 25 July last year, when the scheme was first announced, will not be eligible. Officials have defended the move, saying that an open-ended commitment to compensate all those afflicted by the disease would simply not be affordable. Those suffering from other asbestos-related conditions, such as asbestosis, will also not be eligible. One campaign group said the proposals were a "drastic improvement" on the current support available. But it said the cut-off point seemed "arbitrary and harsh" and some victims felt it was unfair that they were not able to claim 100% of the value of a civil settlement. Mesothelioma

Summary: Victims of mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, will be able to claim far larger compensation under a new fund.


McBryde leads Wales against Samoa and Tonga this summer in the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley, who coach the Lions in New Zealand. "The game on Saturday gives players a stage to be measured," he said. "We'll see how they react to pressure of playing at the Principality." Cardiff Blues face the Ospreys at the Principality Stadium on Saturday before the Newport Gwent Dragons play the Scarlets in the double header with Gatland naming his Lions squad on 19 April. "I can only speculate in regards to the selection on the 19th [of April] for the Lions," said McBryde. "We are just expecting there to be a few players from the teams that are playing this weekend to be selected. "But we are just looking forward to seeing how they react to playing at the Principality and looking forward to the good occasion. "There were some quite consistent performances during the Six Nations, so there could be as many as 9/10 Welsh players selected for the Lions tour." Media playback is not supported on this device McBryde says he will be picking a squad to win both Tests when he names the Wales touring party for the summer of 24 April, and that Judgement Day could also have ramifications for the Wales squad. "We have always said that we would measure the players by their performances in the Pro12, their performances against one another in the derbies and in Europe, especially against the Irish provinces." he told BBC Wales Sport. "But this game is a big one from a selection point of view. We are looking to name the squad on the 24th to allow the players to prepare both physical and mentally prepare for the tour ahead. So the double-header does allow us to focus on the players with a close microscope. Media playback is not supported on this device "We are going there with the mentality to want to win both Tests. That is in the forefront of our minds and the selection will be based on this. "We can't control injuries or players being asked to join the Lions, we know we can't account for that. "We can take a strong squad down there and make sure our squad is right for the two games against Samoa and Tonga. "Maybe there will be one eye on the short term and one eye on the long term with the World Cup just two years away."

Summary: Robin McBryde says there is still an opportunity for players to play their way into the British and Irish Lions and Wales squads if they impress at Judgement Day.


In a video posted online by a Christian group, Angus T Jones said he no longer wanted to take part. The 19-year-old explained that the show's raunchy humour conflicted with his recent bible studies. Jones, who has been in the show since he was 10, said viewers should question the impact such programmes had on them. The clip was posted by the Forerunner Christian Church in California, where Jones, who reportedly makes $350,000 (Â£218,000) an episode, says he sought spiritual guidance. "I'm on Two and a Half Men and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it," he says in the online video. "Please stop filling your head with filth. Please. It's, you know, people say it's just entertainment." He adds: "Do some research on the effects of television and your brain and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to the television and especially with what you watch on television. It's bad news. It's bad news." Warner Bros Television, which produces the show, and CBS, which airs it, have made no comment. In Two and a Half Men, which has run for nine seasons, Jones is the underachieving son of an uptight father, played by Jon Cryer. The series originally starred Charlie Sheen as the womanising uncle of Jones's character. But Sheen was fired in March last year after a bizarre rant against the show's lead writer, and Ashton Kutcher replaced him.

Summary: An actor in one of the biggest comedies on US television, Two and a Half Men, has described the show as "filth", while urging viewers not to watch it.


Rory Gallagher's side have recovered from the disappointment of their heavy Ulster semi-final defeat to Tyrone with narrow wins over Longford and Meath. Galway enter into Round 4A of the qualifier series after surrendering their Connacht title to Roscommon. Cian Mulligan is the only injury concern for Donegal with a quad strain. Following their nine point loss to Tyrone in the Ulster championship, Donegal returned to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over Longford and then came out on top of a thrilling shoot-out against Meath earlier this month. 2012 Footballer of the Year Karl Lacey will equal Christy Toye's record of 65 championship appearances for Donegal if he features on Saturday. Galway had a strong start to their season when they beat Kildare to finish top of Division Two of the National League and earned promotion to Division One for next season. Kevin McStay's side beat arch-rivals Mayo in their Connacht championship semi-final but they will be disappointed with the way they lost their provincial title after a heavy nine-point loss to Roscommon in the Connacht final.

Summary: Donegal are hoping the momentum they have gained through the qualifier series can carry them through to the All Ireland quarter-finals.


The PRI is set to win about 30%, with the conservative National Action Party on about 22%, said the head of the National Electoral Institute. On current projections, the PRI will see its number of seats drop slightly. The run-up to the poll was marked by violence with drug cartels blamed for the deaths of several candidates. On Sunday morning, protesters and parents of 43 students who disappeared last year burned election material in the town of Tixtla. They say they want answers about what happened to the students before elections are held. A dissident teachers' union also burned ballots and ransacked offices of political parties to express its anger at education reforms. Ahead of the elections, there was a great deal of pessimism - the feeling among many that votes do not really matter, politicians here are all the same, and violence will continue no matter what. But at a polling stations on Sunday, in relatively peaceful Mexico City, there was a sense of duty among many - that voting was the only way to make a difference. Asked what their main concern was and almost without exception, the response among voters was: 'Security.' People here are worried about where the country is heading. Despite President Pena Nieto's promises to restore peace in Mexico, these elections have proved otherwise. They have been some of the most violent in recent history. President Pena Nieto deployed federal police and troops to guard polling stations. His spokesman Eduard Sanchez said on Saturday: "Mexicans have the right to vote in peace... [we] will take all necessary measures within the framework of legality'' to protect the elections. Ahead of the polls opening, the CNTE teachers' union attacked the offices of five political parties in Chiapas state in the south of the country. In Guerrero state, explosive devices were thrown into a conservative party's office. Meanwhile in Oaxaca, as well as Guerrero, tens of thousands of ballot papers were burnt by protesters. A former mayor was shot dead outside a polling station in the same state. A number of candidates and numerous campaign workers have also been killed in drug-related violence.

Summary: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party will keep control of Congress, preliminary election results suggest.


The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene, following the crash in New Malden at about 08:30 GMT. The lorry driver, who was not arrested, stopped following the collision in Lime Grove. Det Sgt John Hartfree, of the Met Police, appealed for drivers and pedestrians who witnessed the crash to come forward.

Summary: A 13-year-old girl died when she was struck by a lorry while walking along a street in south-west London.


The finding was one of the takeaways from a US central bank survey of more than 6,640 adults published on Friday. In total, the number of respondents with no more than a high-school diploma who said they were "living comfortably" or "doing okay" fell to 60% from 61%. Overall, the annual survey showed US economic health improving. Some 70% of respondents said they were either "living comfortably" or "doing okay," up from 69% the year before, and 62% in 2013 when the Federal Reserve started the survey. But there were continuing signs of instability, with over a third of US households (35%) saying they could not cover their monthly bills or an unexpected $400 (Â£307) expense, according to the survey. The survey also suggested that disparities between households with different education levels was growing. Gap between rich and poor 'keeps growing' Enriching the rich in the US - but what about the rest? "A clear pattern over the past two years across these measures is that the improvements have been most pronounced among those with greater levels of education," researchers wrote in the report. Nearly 100 million Americans have no education beyond high school, according to US government estimates. (The estimate excludes members of the military and people in institutional facilities such as prison.) That fact is tied to wide differences, the survey found. About 46% of adults with at least a college degree reported family incomes of $100,000 or more, compared to just 9% of respondents with a high school degree or less. Adults with at least a college degree were more likely to report earning money from online activities - such as renting out properties using a website - and more likely to have a steady stream of income from month-to-month. They were also more likely to say they received a raise in the last year, and more likely to say it exceeded the growth in their expenses. "The thing is that earnings are so highly correlated with education and employment," said Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. "It's hard to imagine how a sense of financial wellbeing would not be correlated with education." Jobs in sectors that once supplied well-paid work for school leavers, such as manufacturing, have fallen. At the same time, the overall labour market has become more unstable as employers cut back on benefits and pay rises. The share of Americans in the workforce is also shrinking - particularly among those with lower levels of education, said Valerie Wilson, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. "The workers we would expect to have the strongest labour attachments have actually been becoming less attached," she said. Among survey respondents who did not attend college, nearly 40% said it was too expensive or that they needed to earn money. Their status was also closely tied to whether their parents had attended college. But Ms Baum said simply getting everyone to go to college is not the solution. "There could be more work done to equalise things at the level of higher

Summary: American adults without a college education saw their overall financial circumstances decline last year for the first time in three years.


Daniel Bebb-Jones, 23, was arrested by anti-terror police near an Army reserve centre on Sunday night in possession of knives and an axe. Police say there are not believed to be any links to terrorism. Mr Bebb-Jones, from Merton Close, Kidderminster, will appear before Redditch Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. See more stories from Hereford and Worcester here

Summary: A man has been charged with three counts of possessing a bladed article in a public place.


Anders Behring Breivik complained in a letter to the prison service that his coffee is served cold, he does not have enough butter for his bread, and he is not allowed moisturiser. Breivik is serving a minimum 21-year sentence for the bombings and shootings in Oslo and Utoeya island last July. The Norwegian authorities have not commented on the letter. However his lawyer has confirmed that the details of the 27-page document leaked to Norway's VG newspaper are authentic. Breivik is being held in almost complete isolation - 23 hours a day, he says - at Ila prison outside Oslo. His cell includes three sections, one to sleep, one for study and a third for exercise - each measuring 8 sq m (86 sq ft). In the letter, he complains that the cell is poorly decorated and has no view. "I highly doubt that there are worse detention facilities in Norway," he writes. 'Too cold' Among his other complaints are: Ila is an all-male institution which "houses some of the country's most dangerous men", its website says. However it differs markedly from other maximum security jails in western Europe. The staff is a half-and-half mix of men and women and none are armed. Breivik massacred 77 people, most of them teenagers at a youth camp run by Norway's governing Labour Party. His 21-year sentence can be indefinitely extended for as long as he is considered a danger to society.

Summary: The Norwegian convicted of the massacre of 77 people last year has said he is being held in "inhumane" conditions.