Kompany - back after a five-month injury lay-off - left the field by his own choice in injury time after City had made all three substitutions. Gael Clichy's fourth goal in English football had put City in charge before Aleix Garcia swept home a second. Swansea's record signing Borja Baston missed several chances before Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a late consolation. Belgian centre-back Kompany sat out Euro 2016 and had not played since injury forced him off in City's Champions League semi-final defeat by Real Madrid on 4 May. "The doctors are speaking with him, but hopefully it is not a big, big problem. We're going to wait for the result," said City manager Pep Guardiola. "Once they scored the goal, after I said: 'What happened?'. They said that Vincent had gone to the locker room. Hopefully, it will not be a big problem. We will have to wait. If he's injured, he's injured. He cannot stay on the pitch." "It's not easy after a long, long time without playing. Defensively, he was so strong - he played really good." Both sides rang the changes for this game but City showed they have the depth to compete in all competitions - despite Guardiola scoffing at the notion of winning four trophies - with the likes of Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and John Stones restored by the Spaniard. Swansea made eight changes themselves, and starts for the likes of Jay Fulton and defender Kyle Naughton, as a winger, gave their team an experimental look. A close first half saw chances limited, but City surged ahead after the break through Clichy's deflected goal and might have added to Garcia's smart second after Jesus Navas' pinpoint cross. City twice came close to gifting the Swans a goal, but Borja was denied by Willy Caballero either side of half-time, before Sigurdsson's late consolation effort from close range. Swansea manager Francesco Guidolin: "It is not a good moment for us. Little things are going against us, we are missing chances. "Manchester City are a very good team, even though they changed their players around. But I am optimistic, as I saw my team play a good game. "This is my job. With my experience, I know football is like this. it does not bring any added pressure for me. I have to work with my players, my staff and to pick up better results." Match ends, Swansea City 1, Manchester City 2. Second Half ends, Swansea City 1, Manchester City 2. Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Tosin Adarabioyo. Goal! Swansea City 1, Manchester City 2. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Modou Barrow. Attempt missed. Modou Barrow (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Substitution, Manchester City. Tosin Adarabioyo replaces Aleix García. Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Vincent Kompany. Fernando (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Leon Britton (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by

Summary: Vincent Kompany suffered an injury scare on his return as Manchester City eased past Swansea in the EFL Cup.


Cardiff singer Gwenno recently won the Welsh Music Prize 2015. But those unaware of the artist before will now see her adorning the outside wall of Cardiff's famous venue Clwb Ifor Bach on Womanby Street. The 34-year-old said she was " incredibly honoured" to see herself in the 12 x 38 metre mural. "I remember Clwb when I was growing up, I probably went to see my first gig there, dragged along to a Welsh Language Society event with my mum," said Gwenno, whose full name is Gwenno Saunders. "Clwb is a huge part of everyone's heritage from Wales, most bands have played here. "I'm incredibly honoured that they thought my face was worth putting up there," added the singer, who recently became a mother to son, Nico. Gwenno was first approached by designer Mark James about the mural, which he designed for the Get it right campaign. The campaign aims to prevent piracy in music and television, by promoting the value of creativity in the UK and raising awareness of genuine online content services. "Gwenno's album had just come out and was getting a lot of attention," Mr James said. The sci-fi themed album Y Dydd Olaf, sung in both Welsh and Cornish, was inspired by Owain Owain's 1976 Welsh novel of the same name. "The original idea was to be quite political and to make a statement," he said. Mr James's design, one of Cardiff's largest street art projects, was sprayed painted onto the building by local street artists Rmer, Zadok and Karm, in under three days. It will remain on the walls of Clwb Ifor Bach for the next six months.

Summary: An award-winning musician says seeing a giant mural of herself on the side of a club she went to as a teenager is "very, very surreal".


This Central American nation has often been in the middle of events with an impact far beyond its borders, from the engineering marvel that is the Panama Canal to the country's many political storms. Even so, people here have reacted with surprise - and indignation - after seeing their country's name linked to a hashtag that is shaking the world. For many locals, to talk about #PanamaPapers is in itself an injustice, as the name tarnishes the whole country with an alleged complicity in international tax evasion. They claim the accusations should instead be directed at a minuscule segment of their society. And anyway, they insist, the Panamanian companies involved were not doing anything different to firms in other financial capitals across the world. Panama is indeed a large and sophisticated offshore financial centre, whose companies help manage, in one way or another, large fortunes from all corners of the planet. But how does all of that money impact the everyday life of normal Panamanians? For a visitor, the prosperity of parts of the country is evident from the moment the plane flies over the capital, affording the first glimpse of Panama City from above. The city centre is so ostentatious that a Trump luxury hotel tower, 284 metres high and until 2012 the tallest building in Latin America, goes almost unnoticed among the dozens of skyscrapers crowding the horizon. Some people say it reminds them of Dubai, others say it looks like Miami. Panama City has done a good job in attracting cash to the country, home to just four million people and with relatively few natural resources other than its geographic location. The financial sector is key to the country's wealth, representing around 7% of GDP. And in a business where reputation is everything, many fear the effect the scandal could have on the industry's future growth. But Rafael, the taxi driver who takes me from the airport into the city centre, does not necessarily see it as his problem. He views it as a quarrel among elites. "It is a white people's dance," he says disdainfully. He will not give me his full name, objecting that "you never know who you are talking to". But after a few minutes of conversation, he acknowledges his own life has been closely affected by the financial industry's ups and downs. He says he worked with one of the many Western banks that came to Panama during the 1970s boom, when Latin America was awash in petrodollars and the country helped manage many of the region's fortunes. But in the 1980s the petrodollars vanished. Panama was stigmatised as a money laundering centre for drug cartels, the bank left, and he ended up without a job. The financial sector eventually recovered and is now a central part of the economy, together with the Panama Canal, helping the country become more prosperous than most of its neighbours. With this wellbeing threatened, it is no wonder that political and business leaders in Panama treat the scandal as little less than an act of foreign aggression against

Summary: Although a very small country, Panama is used to getting attention, for reasons good and bad.


It had submitted plans for a new short-term holding facility near Glasgow Airport, which would have replaced the Lanarkshire detention centre. But Renfrewshire Council rejected the planning application for the new facility. As a result, the Home Office said it will retain Dungavel House for people who are facing removal. The Home Office said it had been "disappointed" by the council's decision to block a new holding centre. It said the Glasgow Airport plan would have created a "modern and secure facility" for "those with no right to be in the UK". A spokesman said: "We always made clear that the closure of Dungavel immigration removal centre was dependent on the opening of a new short-term holding facility in Scotland. "As the application for a new facility at Paisley was rejected, Dungavel will remain open." The replacement would have used to detain people under immigration powers for up to seven days before they were moved on to an airport for deportation or to an immigration removal centre. The Home Office has said it believes detention and removal are essential parts of effective immigration controls but insists they are carried out with dignity and respect. Officials say that when people are detained, it is for the minimum time possible. They pointed out the most recent inspection of Dungavel by Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons found that the centre was a safe place where detainees are given the support and help they need. The Lanarkshire detention centre has attracted protests from opponents who described it as "racist and inhumane".

Summary: The Home Office has abandoned plans to replace the immigration removal centre at Dungavel House.


The terror attacks that traumatised this small nation have dominated political life and the media in Norway ever since. Norwegians are weary of the wall-to-wall media coverage of the Breivik attacks but they are still searching for answers about what happened that day. In particular, the victims' families want to know why it took police so long to respond. The former justice minister Knut Storberget and the former chief of security services (PST) Janne Kristiansen, both in charge at the time, were forced to resign under heavy criticism of the handling of the terror attacks. After months of criticism, the police, the PST and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg finally apologised in March. The catalogue of police errors on the day is currently under investigation and will be a main subject of the independent public inquiry into the attacks which is due to be published in August. Oslo District Court has built a new, custom-made courtroom (no 250) for Breivik's trial, and refurbished two floors to accommodate the media and the many aggrieved parties who will be following the trial. Geir Engebretsen, president of the court, says the trial is estimated to cost around Â£10m (12.1m euros; $15.9m). He expects there to be between 1,000-1,400 people in the court building every day during the trial, however there are only 190 places available in the main courtroom which are reserved for the victims and members of the press. An estimated 2,500 people will be able to follow the trial via video link in 18 local courts around the country. The police have the responsibility of securing the building and have promised that everyone will feel safe. Breivik himself will be protected in court by a bulletproof screen. He has received at least two confirmed death threats in prison. The case will be heard by a panel of five judges rather than a jury: two professional judges and three lay judges who are general members of the public. The accused: Anders Behring Breivik (33) Judges: Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, Arne Lyng Lay Judges: Ernst Henning Eielsen, Thomas Indreboe, Diana Patricia Fynbo Public Prosecutors: Inga Bejer Engh and Svein Holden Counsel for the Defence: Geir Lippestad, Tord Jordet, Odd Ivar Groen, Vibeke Hein Baera Co-ordinating Counsel for the aggrieved parties: Mette Yvonne Larsen, Siv Hallgren, Frode Elgesem Expert witnesses: Torgeir Husby, Synne Soerheim, Agnar Aspaas, Terje Toerrisen The trial is expected to finish on 22 June. The verdict, due some weeks later, can be appealed. The trial will begin with the indictment read out by the prosecution. Breivik is expected to take the stand on Tuesday 17 April and will have several days to testify. While the prosecution will call more than 90 witnesses, Breivik's lawyers will summon up to 40. Controversially, his defence counsel has notified the court it will call a number of far right extremists including a prolific Norwegian blogger, known as Fjordman, whom Breivik quoted extensively in his manifesto. They will also call members of the Labour Party and Progress Party, as well as writers and experts on terrorism and psychiatry. Several public

Summary: Preparations for the trial of Anders Behring Breivik have been going on since his dramatic arrest on the island of Utoeya on 22 July last year.


The host country beat South Africa by just two wickets at the match in Bristol. England will now face either Australia or India at Sunday's final at Lords Cricket Ground in London. Hopes will be high for England, who have only lost one match this competition and topped their table in the group stages.

Summary: England have made it through to the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup.


Unfortunately, a side effect of the tablets was hair loss. I had a large bald patch at the back and lots of smaller patches on the top and around my hairline at the front. I went to see various specialists and tried out a number of different shampoos, creams and sprays - but nothing worked. Because I was so embarrassed and self-conscious about my hair - I started to pull it out, which only made the situation worse but strangely made me feel better. In September last year, I went to a company in Belfast to have special hair extensions fitted, which stopped me from being able to pull my own hair out and allowed it to grow. On a regular maintenance appointment to my get my hair extensions tightened, I was told I didn't need to keep them in anymore. It was exactly six months since I'd had them fitted and to be honest, they had become like a security blanket. I wasn't sure how I felt at the thought of having them taken out. I was happy, scared and pretty emotional all at the same time. Once my hair had been washed and dried, I couldn't believe the difference. I realised at that point I had absolutely no reason to be scared. My hair had grown back, and was stronger and thicker than it had ever been before. The next day, I went to my own hairdresser, who put some highlights in and cut my hair back into the style I had had before the problems began. I had struggled with hair loss for nearly four years and after using numerous shampoos, sprays, creams and taking different courses of herbal tablets, I only found the solution I was looking for in September 2012. After searching online, I came across a private company who deal with all types of hair loss - from women who are completely bald, to women like me who have a less severe problem. I made an appointment, went to the clinic at 09:30 BST - spent 10 hours there getting hand sewn extensions fitted and came out with the shoulder length hair I had wanted since 2008. I didn't realise how depressed I was about my hair loss until I had the extensions fitted. We first noticed the problem in 2008, after I had finished a course of very strong prescribed medication for acne. One evening, while I was watching TV, my parents noticed I had developed a large bald patch on the back of my head. When they told me and showed me, I was absolutely devastated. We initially thought it was alopecia, and I was afraid that I might lose more, or all of my hair. However, upon further investigation, we discovered it was a side effect of the tablets I had been taking. At the time, my hair was shoulder length - and it had to be cut short to try and disguise the bald patch as much as possible. I was gutted and felt like I'd lost all my femininity. I became

Summary: In 2008, I had been taking very strong prescription medication for acne.


Matthew Llewellyn, 27, of Gilfach Goch, Rhondda Cynon Taff, previously admitted failing to stop at an accident and other offences. Tye Hawkins was left with life-changing injuries after the crash in Mountain Ash, in September 2015. Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard Llewellyn went on to dump the bike and said he was in Scotland at the time. The court heard Tye was crossing the road with his mother from behind a school bus when he was hit by Llewellyn's 600cc Suzuki motorcycle. Llewellyn failed to stop and drove 11 miles (18km) away before ditching the bike and hiring a car to get away. When he was eventually traced two weeks later, he denied any involvement and claimed to have been in Scotland at the time. The court heard another man was arrested as part of the investigation as a result of the false information he gave police. He eventually admitted owning the motorcycle but claimed he had sold it, before later admitting his part in the crash. The court heard Tye suffered a blunt head injury which caused bruising to his brain, along with other fractures and lacerations. He spent 17 days in intensive care and is preparing to spend three months at a specialist brain injury recovery centre in Surrey, which it is hoped will help him regain movement. In a victim impact statement, his mother Clair told the court the months since the crash had been "the worst of my life". "Seeing him struck has haunted me. I have seen changes in Tye, he finds it difficult to concentrate, he hallucinates and needs help to dress," the statement added. The court was told Llewellyn had written to Tye's family to express his remorse and admitted leaving the scene was "totally reprehensible". Sentencing Llewellyn, Judge Daniel Williams, said he had showed "no concern for this young lad and every concern for your self preservation". Llewellyn was sentenced for attempting to pervert the course of justice, driving without insurance and failing to surrender in relation to the crash. He was also banned from driving for 12 months.

Summary: A motorcyclist who left a 10-year-old boy with brain injuries after a hit-and-run has been jailed for 15 months.


Borge helped to create the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1961. In 1979, the Sandinista revolution overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza and Borge served as interior minister in the new government of Daniel Ortega. US President Ronald Reagan saw the revolutionaries as a threat and backed the right-wing Contras in the civil war that followed. An estimated 30,000 people died in the fighting which lasted a decade and wrecked the country's economy. Borge was born into a poor family and dedicated himself to the struggle against the Somoza family, which had run Nicaragua for 40 years. He received military training in Cuba before he helped to found the Sandinista movement. The organisation was named after Augusto Cesar Sandino, who fought against US intervention in Nicaragua in the 1930s. Borge became the powerful interior minister in the Ortega government of the 1980s, where he imposed censorship on the media and was accused of human rights violations. However, he denied accusations that he was responsible for expelling and harassing clergymen during the war. The Sandinistas were voted out of power in 1990. Congressman Jacinto Suarez was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying Borge was "a transcendental figure in Nicaraguan history". But the news agency also quoted Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli, who said of Borge's later life: "After 1990, I have the sense he gave up his revolutionary ideas... He ended up a tragic-comic figure". Borge's final years saw Daniel Ortega return to government - he won presidential elections in 2006 and again in 2011. Borge was admitted to hospital earlier this month for a lung infection and underwent surgery.

Summary: The last surviving founder of the left-wing Sandinista movement in Nicaragua, Tomas Borge, has died aged 81.


The deal for Pearson, 24, who scored nine goals in 51 appearances in all competitions last season, is a record for an Accrington sale. The versatile defender is Barnsley's 11th summer signing ahead of their Championship season-opener on Saturday. "Matty has some exceptional qualities that we feel we can work with and make better," boss Paul Heckingbottom said. Pearson began his career with Blackburn Rovers and played for Rochdale and Halifax Town before joining Stanley in May 2015, going on to make 103 appearances. Barnsley begin their Championship campaign at Bristol City on Saturday. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Barnsley have signed defender Matty Pearson from Accrington Stanley on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.


The six-year-old victor, ridden by Noel Fehily, was cut to about 16-1 from 66-1 for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. Alary, trained by Colin Tizzard, had been considered a Gold Cup hope but was pulled up before the third last fence. Bristol De Mai sealed a Haydock double for Nigel Twiston-Davies after The New One became the first horse to win the Champion Hurdle Trial three times. The nine-year-old, ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies for his trainer father, produced a gutsy display to edge past runner-up Clyne. Unbeaten Neon Wolf ran out a nine-length victor of the novices' hurdle, while 2014 Champion Hurdle winner Jezki returned from a 632-day absence with a comfortable success at Navan. Earlier, Ascot's Grade One meeting and Taunton's card on Saturday were called off because of frozen ground. The Ascot fixture was due to feature the Clarence House Chase, which has been rescheduled to take place at Cheltenham on Festival Trials Day on 28 January. Cheltenham will now have a nine-race card next week, with racing starting at midday. Cornelius Lysaght, BBC horse racing correspondent Abandoned Ascot was billed as the day's top fixture, but had it been on, it'd have struggled to compete for interest with Haydock in terms of the build-up to March's Cheltenham Festival. The Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained pair The New One and Bristol De Mai showed off the fact they are players - not necessarily the biggest - but definitely players in whatever they go for at Cheltenham. But the horse to really catch the eye was the Harry Fry-trained Neon Wolf who breezed home under jockey Noel Fehily (2-05) and will line-up in one of the Festival's big novice hurdles.

Summary: Bristol De Mai romped home to win the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock as the well-touted Alary disappointed.


Hibs were reduced to ten men in the first-half, Marvin Bartley seeing red after kicking out at Bobby Barr. Chances were a rarity in a niggly affair that featured six yellow cards in addition to Bartley's red. Despite dropping points yet again, Hibs go top after Queen of the South's thrashing by Morton. These sides met seven times last season and it appeared that a few feuds had carried over as the first-half was punctuated by niggling challenges and numerous appeals from both sides to referee Steven Finnie. Chances were sparse. Jean-Yves M'voto reacted quickly in the box to deny Grant Holt and Paul Hanlon hit the bar with a diving header from the resultant corner. The talking point of the half came after 38 minutes when Hibs were clearing their lines, Raith conceded a free-kick but Bartley became involved with Barr and kicked out at the Raith player in front of the referee who showed no hesitation in showing a straight red card - Hibs third red in their last four league matches. The half ended with more cards than serious goal chances - Holt, McManus and Thompson all saw in yellow in addition to Bartley's red. Neil Lennon re-jigged the Hibs side after the red card, with an emphasis on the midfielders getting forward quickly to support Holt. Ross Callachan was booked for simulation as he clearly dived seeking a penalty decision as Raith grew frustrated in trying to make their numerical superiority count. Hibs were not prepared to sit back and play for a point. More than once they sent low crosses across the box but could not find the finishing touch. An afternoon that neither manager will view with great fondness, the sense of frustration on the park bled over to the technical area with Gary Locke hoping for more from his side, while Lennon earned a quiet word from referee Finnie. It was a strong performance from Hibs after going down to 10 men and they were not prepared to sit back and play for a point. The Easter Road side were also frustrated by a two penalty claims that the referee waved away. Raith Rovers manager Gary Locke: "There were a lot of tackles going and a lot of stop-start play, it is hard to get momentum in a game when there are so many fouls. "The sending-off changed the game and I thought Hibs sat back but were dangerous on the break. "If we'd just shown a wee bit composure in the final third I thought we could have caused Hibs a lot of problems, which I thought we did early in the game but in the second-half our quality wasn't what it should be." Hibernian manager Neil Lennon: "The referee's performance was frustrating but my team were outstanding. That is the best we have played and was totally the opposite to where we were last week. "We were on the front foot second-half and our fitness levels were fantastic. It was frustrating not to win the game but we've gone top of the league

Summary: Hibernian moved top of the Championship despite a draw with Raith Rovers extending their winless run to five matches in all competitions.


Researchers studied more than 1,000 fossils of the Montsechia Vidalii species as part of the study. The plant resembled a pond-weed but bore fruit containing a single seed - the defining characteristic of a flowering plant. The scientists say it grew in Spanish lakes more than 125 million years ago. "A 'first flower' is technically a myth, like the 'first human'," botanist David Dilcher says in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "But based on this new analysis, we know now that Montsechia is contemporaneous, if not more ancient, than Archaefructus," a similar aquatic plant found in China. Scientists have known about the Montsechia Vidalii species for a long time. Its fossils were first discovered more than a century ago in the limestone deposits of the Iberian Range in central Spain and in the Montsec Range of the Pyrenees. But Mr Dilcher said many of the fossils were misinterpreted, because Montsechia "possesses no obvious 'flower parts' such as petals or nectar-producing structures for attracting insects".

Summary: Botanists in the US say an ancient plant that grew underwater in what is modern day Europe may have been the world's first known flowering plant.


The decision ends six years of composting household waste at sites in Farington and Thornton with the loss of about 250 out of 330 jobs. The Labour-run council said it will no longer process food and green waste but store it for treatment elsewhere. Tory councillor Michael Green said it was "a failure of catastrophic proportions costing millions". Mr Green said, who represents Leyland South West, added: "We are being asked to believe it was the 'wrong kind of waste', which is what I have been told for the last six years. "Surely someone should have done due diligence on the kind of waste it would process." Lancashire County Council said the sites were no longer economical blaming changes in households attitudes and a drop in the amount of organic material to compost in the last 10 years. Cabinet member responsible for environmental services, councillor Marcus Johnstone, said: "What we are left with is a high cost, high liability and highly complicated plant." The two sites were built following a £2bn Private Finance Initiative (PFI) over 25 years with Global Renewables, an Australian-based company. Composting began in 2010 but annual costs of £12m a year forced the council to scrap the contract in 2014. On Friday 19 February, the council's executive decided that composting will stop immediately at Thornton with composting ending at Farington on 31 March. Council leader Jennifer Mein said: "Lancashire is in a much better position than a number of other local authorities which also invested in PFI-funded mechanical and biological treatment facilities because we successfully restructured the financing for the sites in 2014 to make an annual saving on the contract of £12m." A visitor and education centre at Farington will also close.

Summary: A £2bn waste treatment scheme has been shut down by a county council to save £8.5m per year.


The former international moved to Linfield last summer but he had limited game time at Windsor Park because of injury and was eventually released. Clingan's cross-channel career included spells at Norwich City, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest and Kilmarnock. The midfielder, who won 39 Northern Ireland caps, lined out for Glenavon in a pre-season friendly against Loughgall on Saturday. Glenavon open their Irish Premiership campaign with a contest away to Warrenpoint Town on Saturday.

Summary: Glenavon have signed ex-Northern Ireland midfielder Sammy Clingan.


Allegations against the Rt Rev George Bell were first made by the victim in 1995 but were not investigated or referred to the police. Bell was Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his death in October 1958. Current Bishop Dr Martin Warner issued a formal apology after the Diocese of Chichester settled the civil claim. He paid tribute to the victim's courage in coming forward to report the abuse. "I am committed to ensuring that the past is handled with honesty and transparency," he said. The allegations of sexual offences against Bell date from the late 1940s and early 1950s and concern an individual who was at the time a young child. The victim first reported the abuse to the then Bishop of Chichester, Eric Kemp, in August 1995 but no action was taken until contact was made with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's office in 2013. Following settlement of the claim, Bishop Warner wrote to the survivor formally apologising and expressing his deep sorrow. The victim's solicitor said they remained bitter their 1995 complaint was not properly listened to or dealt with. "The failure to respond properly was very damaging, and combined with the abuse that was suffered has had a profound effect on my client's life," said Tracey Emmott. "For my client, the compensation finally received does not change anything." Another retired Church of England bishop was jailed last week for a string of offences against teenagers and young men. Peter Ball, 83, the former Bishop of Lewes and Bishop of Gloucester was sentenced to 32 months for misconduct in public office and 15 months for indecent assaults, to run concurrently.

Summary: A victim who was sexually abused as a young child by a former Bishop of Chichester who died in the 1950s has received compensation from the Church.


About 30 people were stuck on the ride when it was stopped at about 12.00 BST. A spokeswoman said a piece of rubber "came away from one of the carriages." "At no time were any guests at risk," she added. The ride reopened in March, nine months after the horror crash. Latest updates on this story In a statement, the theme park said all visitors were evacuated from the ride in 30 minutes. "The ride remained closed for a short period to investigate the matter, which is part of our standard process in assessing minor incidents," it added. "The technical team have declared the ride safe and The Smiler re-opened at 16.22." Liam Dennett, 33, from Cheltenham, was in the queue for the ride when an announcement was made about a "technical fault". He said: "The ride's still closed now. We can see it in the distance that it's still closed. I would say between 30 and probably 35-40 minutes that they were stuck for." He said he would not go on the ride after seeing what happened. "My son still wants to go on it, but I wouldn't go on it personally now," he said. Two women needed amputations after two carriages crashed on the track in June 2015. Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd admitted breaching the Health and Safety Act after an investigation found the crash was caused by human error.

Summary: The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers had to be closed after debris fell from a carriage - 14 months after it crashed leaving five people seriously injured.


Only Italian champions Juventus earned more than Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United, while Arsenal and Southampton were also in the top 10. In total, 641 European clubs from 54 national associations received a revenue share of 150m euros (£127.74m). Liverpool, top earners in the Premier League, took £2,890,773 for releasing players for the finals and qualifying. Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Roma completed the top 10. At the other end of the scale, Gibraltar's inclusion in Euro 2016 qualifying meant Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Division One North side Farsley Celtic and Welsh Premier League outfit Bala Town took a share of the revenue. An understanding between Uefa, European football's governing body, and the European Club Association (ECA) means some of the revenue from Euro 2016 is shared among those clubs who released players to their national teams. Clubs that released players for the final tournament took a share of 100m euros (£85.6m), while another 50m euros (£42.58m) was set aside for those that released players for qualifying matches. Another 744,937 euros (£634,390) was carried over from Euro 2012 and divided up during the qualification phase. "It is important and fair to recognise and reward the clubs for the release of their players," said ECA Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. In qualifying, each club that releases a player to the national team for is entitled to receive a fixed amount per player, per match. For the final tournament, clubs receive a fixed amount per player, per day. This starts 14 days before the player's country's first match and ends the day after their last match. Liverpool, who supplied five of Roy Hodgson's 23-man England squad, were the top earners in the Premier League and enjoyed the second highest payout for the whole tournament with £2,890,773. Meanwhile, striker Adam Priestley's appearances in qualifying for Gibraltar pocketed eighth-tier Farsley £21,531. Linfield were the only team from Northern Ireland to benefit, while Welsh side Bala Town earned £17,942 from Gibraltar international David Artell.

Summary: Five Premier League clubs were among those to benefit most financially from sending their players to Euro 2016.


Home-video consoles, that were growing in popularity through the 1990s, were officially banned in 2000 for fear that they were corrupting Chinese youth. It was a kind of King Canute communism - an attempt to hold back the rising tide of capitalism and the inflow of Western cultural products. Of course, in the end it failed and the shrill warnings about "electronic heroin" were drowned out by consumer demand. Consoles remained available on the grey market and the gaming industry simply moved online. Today it's an industry that's worth more than 50bn Chinese RMB ($7.9bn; Â£5.2bn) a year and the Communist Party and its army are now well and truly in on the act. Since its public release a few months ago, Glorious Mission, a video game initially designed for and by the Chinese military, has been downloaded more than a million times. It might look like just another shoot 'em up blood-fest but it is, in fact, China's latest propaganda tool. It was designed as a training aid for Chinese soldiers and state-run television has show pictures of ranks of them merrily gaming away, controlling virtual People's Liberation Army troops in various battlefield scenarios. Interestingly, the virtual enemy they're taking on appears at times to bear at least a passing resemblance to the US and its allies, raising questions about exactly what real-life scenarios they're training for. But whatever the effect on soldiers, the decision to make the game available to the wider public was taken in order to instil patriotic values, the "core values" of the military, according to army sources. Gu Kai, vice-president of the software developers behind the game, Giant Network Technology, says that he believes the game will help drum up new army recruits. "I would hope that somebody will play the game and fulfil their dream," he says. "Most young boys, from the bottom of their hearts, want to be a soldier. They like to fight, they like to win, and if this video game can make that dream come true, I won't be surprised." The propaganda appears, in places, less than subtle. One of the game's stages recreates the "fiery atmosphere of camp life", according to one news report. In one Shanghai internet cafe, almost every one of the 100 or so terminals is busy with someone locked in intense online combat with a wide variety of foes; goblin, alien or human. One young man says he spends more than 10 hours a week in here, and he agrees that online games might be a powerful tool for influencing thoughts and ideas. "It's possible," he says. "Most of the players here are young. A military video game could make you feel familiar with and then develop an affinity for the army." Glorious Mission, then, is a swift about-face for the Chinese military as well as a sign that China isn't just censoring the internet, banning search terms and deleting posts which it does routinely, but also now trying to harness its power. The country already has an army of Communist Party bloggers posting comments in

Summary: China's Communist Party and its more than two-million-man army aren't supposed to like video games.


The funds, which had been sent from abroad, were frozen amid accusations that campaign groups were hurting India's economy. The money, totalling more than $272,000 (Â£179,000), was frozen in June 2014. Greenpeace has called the ruling a victory of democracy and free speech. Greenpeace India said the government had "arbitrarily barred" it from receiving foreign funds from Greenpeace International and Climate Works Foundation in June 2014. The Delhi High Court directed the home ministry to unblock the funds in September 2014 but Greenpeace India said it did not receive the money. Tuesday's ruling means the funds will be released with immediate effect, the group said. "This is a vindication of our work and the role that credible NGOs (non-governmental organisations) play in support of India's development," Samit Aich, Greenpeace India's executive director, said in a statement. "This is a strong signal from the judiciary that the government must cease its campaign of harassment of civil society" he said. India's government can appeal against the decision in a higher court. The BBC's correspondent in Mumbai, Yogita Limaye, says Tuesday's ruling only pertains to the specific funds frozen in June and does not affect the order the government has in place to prevent Greenpeace and some other NGOs from getting other funds from abroad without the clearance of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The order came after an Indian intelligence report last year accused several campaign groups of stalling development projects by carrying out protests against their environmental impact.

Summary: An Indian court has ordered the government to release thousands of dollars in funds belonging to the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.


The protesters stormed the Congress and set fire to the building. The authorities have arrested four police officers after a protester, Rodrigo Quintana, was killed. Political leaders on Saturday paid their respects to the dead man. His body was laid out at the headquarters of the opposition Liberal party in the capital, Asuncion. They condemned the killing and called for an investigation into his death. Around 200 protesters were detained but many have since been released. The protesters had taken to the streets following a private meeting of 25 senators - a slight majority of the house - which approved a bill to amend the constitution. Paraguay was controlled by military ruler General Alfredo Stroessner, who seized power in a coup, from 1954 until 1989. The current constitution, created in 1992 after the dictatorship, limits the head of state to a single five-year term. Protesters were angered by the bill which would have allowed President Cartes' to remove the restriction and run for re-election. An opposition senator, Desiree Masi, called the move a coup and called on supporters to resist it. The bill must also be approved by the other house of parliament - the chamber of deputies - where President Cartes' party holds a majority. President Cartes' term is due to end in 2018.

Summary: Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes has sacked the interior minister and the chief of police after violent protests on Friday against a bill that would allow the president to run for a second term in office.


The 21-year-old has played three times for Leeds, scoring the winner on his debut against Luton Town in the EFL Cup last season. He signed a new three-year contract at Elland Road in 2016-17. Leeds, who have signed Manchester United left-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson on a season-long loan, have the option to recall Denton in January. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: League Two Port Vale have signed Leeds United left-back Tyler Denton on a season-long loan deal.


The men, a 27-year-old Algerian and a 22-year-old Nigerian, were arrested last month on suspicion of planning a terror attack. A gun and a flag of the so-called Islamic State were found at their homes during police raids in the central city of GÃ¶ttingen. But the men have never been charged. The criminal proceedings were dropped because police never established whether the suspects had planned to carry out an attack. Police say the two men are "dangerous". Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius said the deportations would take place as soon as possible, and certainly before mid-April. He said discussions were already under way with Algeria and Nigeria to facilitate this, and the two men would be subject to a "life-long re-entry ban", preventing their return to Germany. It was not immediately clear if the two men would appeal against the decision. Germany determines citizenship by the nationalities of one or both parents and also a person's place of birth. The country has been on high alert since the Berlin Christmas market attack on 19 December, that left 12 people dead and dozens injured.

Summary: Germany says it will deport two men born in the country but whose parents are foreign - the first such case in German history.


Thirty years ago, the boy from the Gellideg estate challenged Mexican Lupe Pintor for his WBC Bantamweight belt. Despite defying the odds to dominate the early stages of the fight, he was knocked out in the 12th round, never to regain consciousness again. In a typically hard-fought battle for life, he survived for another two months, but on 4 November 1980, Johnny Owen eventually succumbed to his terrible head injuries. Born to a large Merthyr family, Johnny soon learned to stick up for himself, and started his interest in boxing aged just eight. He was to remain in the amateur sport until he was 20, an unusually long time by modern standards; winning 106 of his 124 bouts. He fought for Wales 17 times, and was victorious on 15 occasions. Yet despite this impressive record, Merthyr boxing writer and professional referee, Winford Jones, says that Johnny's true talent didn't lie in the shorter format of the sport. "Johnny was a machine. His great skill wasn't his strength - though he never took a backwards step and could punch as hard as anyone of his weight - it was his stamina. "He could fight for hours, and would wear opponents down by outlasting them. You could see this talent far more in 12 and 15-round professional fights, than you could in the three rounds allowed in amateur boxing." His professional career lasted just four years, from 1976 to 1980, but in that time Johnny Owen crammed in 28 fights; winning 25, drawing one and losing two. Though in a sense it is possible to argue that he never lost fair and square. His first defeat came against Spain's Juan Francisco Rodriguez, in a fight for the European belt. In what's now widely regarded by experts to have been a travesty of a home-town decision, the judges awarded Rodriguez a fight which Owen had clearly bossed. His second, and final defeat came in the fatal clash with Pintor, a fight in which he at least held his own, and may have won, were it not for the head injuries which he'd sustained. But at one stage Owen's record read 22-0, winning his first fight against a former Welsh champion, George Sutton. In his sixth fight he again saw off Sutton to claim the Welsh title. By bout nine he had the British belt, beating Paddy Maguire, and in November 1978 he became the Commonwealth champion, stopping Italian-Australian Paul Ferreri. Owen wasted no time in avenging the controversial defeat to Rodriguez in the spring of 1979. Just a year later he convincingly bettered him in a re-match in Ebbw Vale, setting up his World title chance against Pintor. Winford Jones was lucky enough to referee some of those early fights. "In what I think must have been his fourth or fifth fight, I remember he was taking on an Irish lad, and I had to stop it in the fourth round because Johnny was murdering him. "It makes you think about what happened a few years later on to Johnny. "But he was fearless, you

Summary: In the firmament of Welsh boxing legends, no star has burned so brightly, or for such a tragically short time, as the "Merthyr Matchstick", Johnny Owen.


Matt Green scored the opening goal in the 63rd minute and Shaq Coulthirst sealed the points after 76 minutes. Coulthirst forced a couple of early saves from Mark Gillespie in the Carlisle goal before Danny Rose had a goal ruled out for offside in the 35th minute. Shaun Miller and Jamie Proctor both went close for Carlisle, while Gillespie blocked a powerful Coulthirst shot and Rose missed the target with the follow-up. Green gave his side the lead when he cushioned home a perfect eight-yard header from Coulthirst's left-wing cross. Coulthirst made the game safe when he arrowed a powerful low finish across the goalkeeper and inside the far post. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Mansfield Town 2, Carlisle United 0. Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 2, Carlisle United 0. Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick. Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United). Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United). Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Malvind Benning. Attempt saved. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Joel Byrom. Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Malvind Benning. Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Rhys Bennett. Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Junior Joachim (Carlisle United). Substitution, Mansfield Town. Yoann Arquin replaces Danny Rose. Attempt blocked. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt saved. Junior Joachim (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Goal! Mansfield Town 2, Carlisle United 0. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Attempt saved. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Junior Joachim (Carlisle United). Substitution, Carlisle United. John O'Sullivan replaces Alex McQueen. Substitution, Mansfield Town. CJ Hamilton replaces Alexander MacDonald. Attempt missed. Alex McQueen (Carlisle United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt blocked. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Michael Raynes. Attempt blocked. Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Shaun Brisley. Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Danny Grainger. Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Kyle Howkins. Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Carlisle United 0. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box to the

Summary: Mansfield Town ended their four-game goal drought to overcome Carlisle United at One Call Stadium.


The lead investigator was seeking to clarify earlier comments by police that suggested some of the driver's actions were deliberate. Band members Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Jack Dakin and Tomas Lowe died, along with manager Craig Tarry, 33, near Stockholm on 13 February. Lars Berglund said the driver's "only intention was to avoid a crash". Witnesses reported seeing the car going though red lights and barriers before the Warrington band's car plunged 80ft (24m) into a canal off a bridge, the middle section of which was raised. Mr Berglund told Mirror reporter Rhian Lubin: "I have not suggested that [the driver] was doing this in order to kill himself or the band. I said he was making a move from the right lane to the left lane and that was not accidental. "We can see the brake lights. His intention was to stop the car. But maybe his speed was too high and it was too late." Earlier, a Stockholm police spokesman said: "It looks like he [the driver] tried to drive past red lights, barriers. "All the witnesses thought it looked like he was trying to drive past... there weren't supposed to be cars on the left. 'It is a possibility he deliberately crashed the car, but he may have misunderstood the signs. "[It is] still subject to investigation and we are still waiting for results of technical investigation too." Police have previously confirmed the driver, who has not been identified, had no traces of alcohol or drugs and said it would have been very difficult to pass two lines of parked cars if he was asleep. The car, carrying the four members of the band and their manager, was recovered from the canal under the E4 highway bridge in Sodertalje, Sweden. In the week after the accident, the band reached number one in the iTunes chart following a social media campaign backed by Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Tim Burgess from The Charlatans. A concert in the band's memory at Warrington's Parr Hall on 2 April has now sold out. The gig, which will feature friends and bands they have played with, will be hosted in their Warrington hometown by BBC Radio 1 DJ Phil Taggart.

Summary: Swedish police say they do not believe the Viola Beach crash driver "intended to kill himself or the band".


Two tries from Mark Atkinson and one from Matt Scott helped put them 21-6 ahead, before Simon Labouyrie and Dion Evarard Oulai crossed for the hosts. Billy Twelvetrees' try made it 29-20 at half-time, before Evrard Ourai's second reduced the deficit to just two points. But May's effort and a late try from Tom Savage earned their side the win. Bayonne: Jane; Laveau, Whitelock, Lacroix, Fuster; Meret, Duhalde; Iguiniz, Labouyrie, Choirat, Ducat, Jaulhac, Latimer, Lespinasse, Oulai. Replacements: Leiataua, Bordenave, Taufa, Huete, Saubusse, Duputs, Maillard, Mamao. Gloucester: Hook; Halaifonua, Scott, Atkinson, May; Twelvetrees, Heinz (c); Thomas, Hibbard, Doran-Jones; Savage, Latta, Ludlow, Rowan, Morgan. Replacements: Matu'u, Orr, Afoa, Galarza, Kvesic, Braley, Thorley, Sharples. Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland) Assistant referees: Stuart Gaffikin and Richard Kerr (Both Ireland) For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Summary: England winger Jonny May scored a try on his return after 10 months out with a knee injury to help Gloucester beat Bayonne in their Challenge Cup opener.


The environmental watchdog said it received a large number of complaints to its pollution hotline after a fault caused high-pressure steam venting. The noise stopped when the fault, which took several hours to investigate, was fixed at about 23.00. Sepa said its inspectors would be following up the incident with Ineos. Scott Cumming, 42, who lives in Linlithgow, about seven miles away from the site, said: "It was a bit like the noise from an aircraft landing or taking off. "It went on for literally hours. I wrote an email to Ineos asking if they could give an explanation but I haven't had a reply from them." A post on the Sepa Facebook page read: "We're aware of a very loud noise in Grangemouth last night, which caused significant disturbance and public complaints in the wider area. "This was caused by high pressure steam venting from the Ineos Power Station at Grangemouth, due to a fault. "It took a numbers of hours to investigate and correct. The noise ceased when it was corrected at 11pm. "We'll be following the incident up with Ineos."

Summary: Noise from the Ineos petrochemical site in Grangemouth caused "significant disturbance" to the public on Tuesday night, according to Sepa.


Labour peer Lord Foulkes has said there should be two separate votes - the first one to decide on independence. If that vote was defeated, a second ballot could be held on further devolution. Lord Foulkes has tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill proposing the measure. The bill - which is designed to implement the proposals of the Calman Commission to increase the powers of the Scottish Parliament - is being debated in the House of Lords later. Last week, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond set out the question he intends to ask in the referendum on independence which he wants to hold in autumn 2014. However, the SNP leader, who is holding a consultation on the referendum process, has said that he does not rule out a second question on the so-called Devo Max option, which could see Scotland being given fiscal autonomy. The UK government has insisted that the referendum should be a single question on whether the Scottish people want independence. Lord Foulkes, who was a Scotland Office minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, said many people were confused about what question or questions would be put on the ballot paper. The former MP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley argued it would be better to split the issues. He said if people in Scotland voted for independence there would be no need for another referendum. But if the idea was rejected, then a second vote could be held about a month later to decide what extra devolution powers the country should have. Lord Foulkes told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Well there has been a lot of discussion about two questions at the one time on the one ballot paper, or two ballot papers, making the decision simultaneously and that would confuse things. "The first question is should Scotland remaining part of the UK. If Scotland is going to become an independent country then the question of devolution and the extent of devolution doesn't arise. "But if Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom then we have a second question which says how much devolution do you want - I actually want more devolution, I want more fiscal autonomy, full fiscal responsibility. "But you can't make a decision about that until you know whether Scotland is going to remain part of the UK. How can you make a decision about how much devolution when you don't know whether Scotland is going to remain in the UK - is that logical?" Another amendment to the Scotland Bill will attempt to stop Scottish universities charging students from the rest of the UK up to Â£9,000 a year to study in Scotland, while other EU students pay nothing. A number of peers have said the present system is ''discriminatory" and their amendment calls for an end to the practice. Although peers are debating the bill on Thursday, the proposals will not be considered until after the UK government's consultation exercise has concluded.

Summary: A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a "double referendum" to determine Scotland's constitutional future.


Media playback is not supported on this device In the 40 previous editions only twice has a team trailing by more than two points after the first two days come back to win. But with late swings on Saturday evening giving the USA a 9½-6½ lead going into the final afternoon, Europe will need to win at least seven and-a-half of the 12 points on offer to hang on to a trophy they have lost only once in the last 14 years. Rory McIlroy will lead the attempted fight-back in an alluring match-up against Patrick Reed, before Open champion Henrik Stenson takes on Jordan Spieth and Thomas Pieters plays JB Holmes. A European comeback is not impossible - at Medinah in 2012 they had trailed 10-4 late on the Saturday, and began the singles four down before storming through for a famous victory. Team talisman McIlroy has led the European charge superbly thus far, winning three points from a possible four, and his foursomes and fourball partner Pieters has also been in the sort of dead-eyed form that belies his rookie status. Yet with the other two of captain Darren Clarke's wildcards, Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood, struggling to justify their selection and the US inspired by the stunning performance of the pugnacious Reed, home captain Davis Love will know that his team has a wonderful chance to win only their third Ryder Cup in the last 21 years. All 12 of Love's players won points in the first two days, while five of Clarke's - Kaymer, Westwood, Danny Willet, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan - are yet to score. Clarke, who won four of his five Cups as a player and was a vice-captain at Medinah in 2012, remains defiant despite the disappointment of losing Saturday afternoon's fourballs session 3-1 when at the midway point it had looked as if Europe might have reversed that score. He said: "We're going to have to work hard and play very, very well, but it's been done before from a worse position - we have a big task ahead of us, but the guys are capable of doing it. "With the team that's here this week, I don't need to pick them up. Those guys fully believe that they have the talent and the desire to put a result in." Love was the US captain on that stunning afternoon at Medinah, one of many high-profile US golfers so scarred by the succession of recent defeats that they set up an 11-man task-force to put it right this time. With only five points required from the 12 on offer on Sunday he is close to achieving that goal and the raucous capacity crowds around this long course are likely to once again offer the most passionate and partisan of support as Clarke puts his big hitters out early. Love said: "I've obviously been around a lot of teams so it was no secret that they (Europe) were going to load the boat. "So our problem, was we say, all right, we're going to put the

Summary: Europe must scale a mountain if not find another miracle to match that of four years ago if they are to retain the Ryder Cup on Sunday.


Pigott joined Cambridge in July 2016, but scored only once in 17 games before joining Maidstone on loan in January. The 23-year-old scored six goals in 16 league appearances for the Stones. Pigott is Maidstone's second signing since the end of the season, following the arrival of former Bromley left-back Joe Anderson.

Summary: National League side Maidstone have signed striker Joe Pigott on a one-year deal following his release by League Two club Cambridge.


It is unclear why the helicopter carrying Lionel Zinsou crash-landed in a stadium. "My father is fine. There were no victims in the helicopter accident in Djougou," Marie-Cecile Zinsou tweeted. Earlier this month, Mr Zinsou confirmed he would run as a candidate in Benin's 2016 presidential elections. The helicopter crashed while landing at a stadium in the city of Djougou, a spokesman for Benin's interior ministry Leonce Houngbadji told the AFP news agency. He said no-one in the helicopter was hurt. Mr Zinsou, a former private-equity executive, was appointed prime minister of Benin in June. He has said he will run for president in February's election as a candidate of the ruling Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) party. Reuters reported in early December that Mr Zinsou's announcement put an end to speculation Benin's president Thomas Boni Yayi was seeking a third term.

Summary: Benin's Prime Minister walked away unscathed after the helicopter in which he was travelling crashed in the country's northwest, his daughter said.


John and Lynette Rodgers, from Holywood in County Down, were found on a beach at Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape on Friday. Efforts were made to resuscitate them, but they were declared dead at the scene. Rescue workers said sea conditions were rough at the time, with strong rip-currents in the water. It is believed they had gone for a swim shortly after arriving at the popular tourist resort. A local man raised the alarm at about 18:00 local time after discovering the body of Mr Rodgers, 28, in shallow surf on Robberg Beach, the National Sea Rescue Institute said. Two women walking along the beach found the body of Mrs Rodgers, 26, about 200 metres away. Rev Stephen Lowry of First Holywood Presbyterian, the church where the couple were married, said: "The happiness and joy of their wedding last Saturday has been replaced by grief and loss." The UK Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to both families "at this extremely difficult time, and will remain in contact with local authorities".

Summary: A couple in their 20s from Northern Ireland has drowned while on honeymoon in South Africa.


Jamal Mahmoud, 21, died at the London prison on Tuesday. Two prisoners, aged 34 and 26, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. BBC News understands the weapon used was a "hunting-style knife". The motive is not yet clear, although claims about a dispute between gangs or drugs debts are being investigated. It is understood the stabbings happened in a prison wing and inmates were then moved into the jail's exercise yard, according to the BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw. He said a prison source had told the BBC the knife used in the attack had been recovered, and described it as "bigger than a Bowie knife but smaller than a machete". The weapon was not improvised, the source said. Mahmoud was attacked on the fifth floor landing of one of the prison wings, before being thrown over the railings, falling about 30ft (nine metres). Mahmoud, from Enfield in north London, was jailed in July for helping to hide a machine gun. A friend of the dead man, Danny Rynne, a scaffolder from Enfield, described him as "small" and "placid". "He's got a girlfriend who's just had a baby that was born two weeks ago. It's a shame what happened. I don't know too much about what it's about but it's a shock to everyone," Mr Rynne said. How dangerous are our prisons? The Prison Governors Association (PGA) said inmates at Pentonville were living in "squalid and brutal conditions". "If a society is judged by how it treats those it locks up, then we are in a very dark place," it said. 22,195 Assaults 31% Rise compared to the same period of the previous year 2,953 Serious assaults 5,423 Attacks on prison staff 5 Apparent homicides (in 12 months to June 2016) The association has renewed calls for a public inquiry amid what it said was an "unprecedented" rise in prison violence and suicides. In response to those comments, a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokesperson said the justice secretary had made clear that safety in prisons was "fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and a vital part of our reform plans". "We are fully committed to addressing the significant increase in violence, self-harm and self-inflicted deaths in our prisons," the spokesperson added. The MoJ said measures would include spending an extra Â£14m in 10 prisons and increasing staffing levels by more than 400 prison officers. Analysis: BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw Pentonville's Governor Kevin Reilly has noted that in recent weeks people had "felt anxious" about violence at the jail. Writing in an internal newsletter, seen by BBC News, Mr Reilly said reducing violence was one of his "top five priorities". He said although there had been a slight reduction in violent incidents during the month, people remained concerned. In July the Pentonville Independent Monitoring Board said the government should "knock down" or "urgently upgrade" the 174-year-old prison. The board said the jail was "decrepit" and blamed the former legal high Spice for driving an illicit economy which in turn had led to violence, self-harm and bullying.

Summary: A prisoner has died and two others were critically injured in a stabbing at HMP Pentonville, leading to claims the prison system is in a "dark place".


Transport Secretary Philip Hammond cut the ribbon at the 1.1 mile (1.8km) tunnel, on the London-to-Portsmouth A3 road, allowing traffic to go through. He said: "This is another one of the missing links in Britain's trunk road network now put in place. "The cutting-edge road scheme has surpassed expectations." Southbound traffic is using the tunnel first, with northbound traffic due to start using it in a few days. After that, work will begin to return the old A3 to nature, reuniting the Devil's Punchbowl with Hindhead Common for the first time in almost 200 years. Construction began on the twin-bore tunnel in January 2007. It is one of the longest in England and is part of a four-mile bypass of the Surrey village of Hindhead. Seven safe crossing points have been built over or under the new road, most of them specifically for pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders. A major new junction has also been built at Hazel Grove, and access roads have been laid for the businesses and properties that used to turn directly on to the busy A3. The tunnel, which will be used by an estimated 30,000 vehicles a day, runs under the bowl which is a large hollow of dry, sandy heath, to the east of Hindhead. The Highways Agency said its safety features include the UK's first radar-based incident detection system and 100% CCTV coverage. The project has won awards for its innovation and its safety record, and has been delivered within budget and on schedule. Mr Hammond said traffic had been held up at the Hindhead crossroads for years, "hampering the flow of goods and services and blighting the lives of people living in and around Hindhead". "No longer. This new road will transform journeys on the A3 - improving journey times by around 20 minutes or more at busy periods - and will deliver a threefold return on investment for the economy," he said. "This cutting-edge road scheme has surpassed expectations in almost every way, and sets a new standard for how vital infrastructure improvements can be delivered in a way that not only protects, but actually enhances the surrounding environment." Thousands of motorists are expected to use the tunnel this week en route to the Glorious Goodwood race meeting in West Sussex.

Summary: The £371m Hindhead Tunnel under the Devil's Punch Bowl in Surrey has been officially opened after a four-and-a-half year construction project.


Police Scotland said they had searched four properties and had seized drugs worth about Â£65,000 and a four-figure sum of cash. An air weapon was also recovered during the operation. The drugs seized are believed to be cocaine. Three men, aged 65, 38 and 18, and two women, aged 68 and 39, were arrested for alleged drugs offences. They are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday. A 64 year-old woman and a 66 year-old man will also be subject of a report to the procurator fiscal in connection with the air weapon. Officers said they had searched homes in Cameron Avenue in Bishopton, Ryat Linn and Sconser in Erskine, and Merlinford Crescent in Renfrew at about 15:30 on Friday.

Summary: Five people have been arrested after a series of drugs raids at homes across Renfrewshire.


Abdul Hafidah was stabbed after he was hit by a car at about 17:15 BST on Thursday. He died later in hospital from a stab wound to the neck. Police believe he had been chased by a group of men near Greenheys Lane before being hit by the blue Vauxhall Corsa on Moss Lane East and then stabbed. A 19-year-old man is being questioned, Greater Manchester Police said. Two other people have been arrested in connection with Mr Hafidah's death. A 19-year-old man from Moss Side , who was arrested on suspicion of murder on Sunday after handing himself in at Longsight police station, remains in custody for questioning. A 17-year-old boy earlier arrested on suspicion of attempted murder has been bailed pending further inquiries. Officers are appealing for anyone with dash-cam or mobile phone footage of the incident to pass it on to them via dropbox or by calling at their local police station.

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-year-old man in the Moss Side area of Manchester.


Despite this, net use among this group is growing with the numbers trying the net doubling since 2011, it found. It also revealed that 25% of disabled people have yet to use the net - a figure campaigners called "shocking". About 88% of all UK adults, about 46 million people, used the net in the last three months, it said. The ONS bulletin on net use in the first three months of 2016 revealed that 91% of people living in London went online regularly. By contrast, in Northern Ireland only 82% of people are regular users of online sites and services. Pete Lee, from the ONS's surveys and economic division, said the statistics revealed some significant changes in usage and exposed those sectors of the population where net use remained low or patchy. Net use among women aged 75 and over had grown by 169% since 2011, it found. However, it found that a significant number of older people who start using the net did not do so consistently. About 5% of those aged 75 or more had stopped using the net in early 2016. "While we have seen a notable increase in internet usage across all groups in recent years, many older and disabled people are still not online," said Mr Lee. Mark Atkinson, chief executive at disability charity Scope, said it was "shocking" that 25% of disabled people had not used the net as it created a significant digital divide. "Digital access has the power to make life cost less," he said. "Many people go online to compare the best consumer deals and offers." "Life costs more if you are disabled, from higher energy bills to specialist equipment. Scope research shows these costs add up to on average Â£550 per month," he added.

Summary: Almost two-thirds of people aged over 75 have never gone online, suggest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).


Saints won 13 trophies under Harrison, who has left after five and a half years in charge to join Hartlepool. Ruscoe, 39, is in interim charge along with Steve Evans following Harrison's departure. "He's won so many [trophies] and he's done such a good job, how do you go and follow that now?" Ruscoe said. "Me and Steve want to give it our best and the lads will as well. They've been great in the last few days as we've taken over." Saints begin their preparations for the Champions League qualifiers with a friendly against an Anglesey Island Games XI on Tuesday, 6 June. Club owner Mike Harris hopes Ruscoe and Evans will be permanent replacements, but says one of them must complete their coaching qualifications. Former club captain Ruscoe, who joined Saints as a player in 2001 and holds a Uefa A coaching licence, wants the job on a permanent basis. "I've been in football full-time for over 20 years so it's something I want to do for the rest of my career," Ruscoe told BBC Radio Shropshire.

Summary: Interim manager Scott Ruscoe says Craig Harrison will be a hard act to follow at Welsh Premier League champions New Saints.


Adam Szurgocinski, 26, died after being found at Jubilee Road on 14 September. Rafal Palinski, 29; Pawel Wegorzewski, 20, and Jaroslaw Owczarczyk, 32, have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. Dariusz Bogusz, 32, has been charged with perverting the course of justice. Two others have previously been charged with murder and remanded in custody. Mr Palinski, of Fenland Road, Thorne, Mr Wegorzewski, of Jubilee Road Mr Owczarczyk of Raby Road and Mr Bogusz of Jubilee Road are expected to appear in court later. Sebastian Gurski, 30, of Ramsden Road, Hexthorpe, and Mateusz Halabura, 25, from Doncaster, were both remanded in custody.

Summary: Three men have been charged with the murder of a man who died from a serious neck injury in Doncaster.


Firefighters, police and ambulance crews were called to the property in Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards, at 02:00 BST. The man was recovered from the house but was later pronounced dead, Sussex Police said. An investigation is being carried out by East Sussex Fire and Rescue and police but the cause of the blaze is not being treated as suspicious.

Summary: A man has died in a fire on the first floor of a house in East Sussex.


Mr Mortazavi, considered a close aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was taken to Tehran's Evin prison, the semi-official Fars agency reported. Until January, he was head of Iran's wealthy social welfare organisation but was removed under pressure from the Majlis - Iran's parliament. Mr Mortazavi, 45, was placed under US sanctions in 2010. He and other officials were accused by Washington of "sustained and severe violations of human rights". By Mohammad ManzarpourBBC Persian Saeed Mortazavi's arrest could be considered a turning point in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's tenure as Iran's Supreme Leader. Having risen from obscurity as a young judge, Mr Mortazavi was instrumental in the mass culling of reformist newspapers during former President Mohammad Khatami's administration. He later gained further notoriety for his involvement in the case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist who died in custody following her arrest in 2003. More recently, Mr Mortazavi was accused in connection with the abuse and killing of post-election protesters in the Kahrizak detention centre. It is unlikely that Mr Mortazavi's arrest could have come without the supreme leader's approval. Whatever red-line Mr Mortazavi may have crossed to trigger this chain of events, his arrest marks the end of an era of impunity, long enjoyed by the Islamic state's most loyal enforcers. Analysts say his arrest could be the result of disputes between President Ahmadinejad on one hand and parliament and the judiciary on the other. The arrest was "possibly" in connection with allegations of torture and the deaths of prisoners after the controversial 2009 election, Fars reported. A few days after he was removed last month as head of the social welfare fund, he was rehired by President Ahmadinejad, but this time as official caretaker of the same organisation, angering some lawmakers. While defending the former prosecutor in parliament, Mr Ahmadinejad accused the head of parliament and the head of the judiciary of corruption, which analysts say might be one of the reasons behind Mr Mortazavi's arrest. Mr Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009 - and the violent suppression of subsequent opposition protests - has widened the rift between conservatives and reformists within Iran's political establishment. Correspondents say parliament has been hostile to Mr Ahmadinejad for most of his second four-year term which expires in August. Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani is a likely frontrunner in the race to succeed Mr Ahmadinejad.

Summary: Iranian police have arrested former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, Iranian news agencies say.


Spectators were joined by pagans and druids at the ancient monument in Wiltshire, but the dense cloud cover meant the sun remained hidden. Police, who estimated 21,000 people attended, targeted the crowds with sniffer dogs and took 22 people into custody for drugs-related offences. The solstice has had spiritual significance for thousands of years. The word itself means a stopping or standing still of the sun. What are the mysteries behind the Summer Solstice? Find out more: BBC Religion Paganism A crowd had gathered to spend the night near the giant stones, with police reporting 2,000 people on site by 21:30 BST on Thursday. The sun then rose at 04:52 on the longest day of the year. Supt Matt Pullen, from Wiltshire Police, said: "The majority of people respected the conditions of entry and the amnesty bins provided were used. "Approximately 70 cannabis street warnings were issued. As with previous years, the passive drugs dogs proved very effective." Twenty-two miles away (35km) at Avebury, where there are three stone circles, the crowd peaked at some 500 people. BBC Radio Wiltshire reporter Rachel Royce said: "There are some very serious druids here in their long cloaks, taking it very solemnly. There are also some party-goers, and ordinary visitors who love the atmosphere. "It really is a very peaceful and nice event."

Summary: Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge for the sunrise on the longest day of the year.


The shadow health secretary warned that some NHS hospitals were planning to double the number of private patients they treat under new freedoms. In a speech to Labour's conference, he said the coalition risked destroying the character of the NHS that David Cameron had promised to protect. Labour has not ruled out all competition to provide NHS services. In the party's 2010 manifesto, it promised patients the right to go private if they were still waiting for an operation at 18 weeks and an "active role" for the independent sector in treating NHS patients. By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent, BBC News The role of the private sector in the NHS is a thorny issue. Ever since the health service was created it has bought in expertise from outside when necessary. Today it is estimated about Â£1 in every Â£20 spent on NHS care goes to non-NHS providers. Some of this pays for charities to help in areas such as cancer and mental health care, while some is handed over to private health firms to carry out knee and hip replacements. The last 20 years or so has been marked by a desire by politicians from all sides to use the market to make the NHS more efficient. Labour under Tony Blair expanded this under the patient choice initiative. That allowed patients to choose non-emergency hospital treatment from an approved list of providers, including many from the private sector. This set the wheels in motion for a greater role for private firms in the community sector - one of the issues Andy Burnham is warning about now. Either way, the genie was out of the bottle long ago. But the party believes the scale and pace of "marketisation" under the coalition threatens the foundations of the health service. In particular, Mr Burnham said he feared the new freedom for hospitals to earn 49% of their income from private work would "damage the character and culture" of the NHS and take it closer to an American model. In his speech, Mr Burnham said: "We can save the NHS without another structural re-organisation. "I've never had any objection to involving doctors in commissioning. It's the creation of a full-blown market I can't accept. So I don't need new organisations. I will simply ask those I inherit to work differently. "Not hospital against hospital or doctor against doctor. But working together, putting patients before profits." The shadow health secretary also called for the NHS and local authorities to work closer together to improve care for the elderly and for "full integration" of health and social care services to be actively considered. "If we can find a better solution to paying for care, one day we might be able to replace the cruel "dementia taxes" we have at the moment and build a system meeting all of a person's needs - mental, physical, social - rooted in NHS values," he added.

Summary: Andy Burnham has vowed to reverse the "rapid" privatisation of NHS hospitals in England if Labour wins power.


The aim of the research is to develop a more efficient way of producing meat than rearing animals. At a major science meeting in Canada, Prof Mark Post said synthetic meat could reduce the environmental footprint of meat by up to 60%. "We would gain a tremendous amount in terms of resources," he said. Professor Post's group at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has grown small pieces of muscle about 2cm long, 1cm wide and about a mm thick. They are off-white and resemble strips of calamari in appearance. These strips will be mixed with blood and artificially grown fat to produce a hamburger by the autumn. The cost of producing the hamburger will be Â£200,000 but Professor Post says that once the principle has been demonstrated, production techniques will be improved and costs will come down. At a news conference, Prof Post said he was even planning to ask celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal to cook it. "The reason we are doing this is not to show a viable product but to show that in reality we can do this," he told BBC News. "From then on, we need to spend a whole lot of work and money to make the process efficient and then cost effective." So why use such high tech methods to produce meat when livestock production methods have done the job effectively for thousands of years? It is because most food scientists believe that current methods of food production are unsustainable. Some estimate that food production will have to double within the next 50 years to meet the requirements of a growing population. During this period, climate change, water shortages and greater urbanisation will make it more difficult to produce food. Prof Sean Smukler from the University of British Columbia said keeping pace with demand for meat from Asia and Africa will be particularly hard as demand from these regions will shoot up as living standards rise. He thinks that lab grown meat could be a good solution. "It will help reduce land pressures," he told BBC News. "Anything that stops more wild land being converted to agricultural land is a good thing. We're already reaching a critical point in availability of arable land," he said. Lab-grown meat could eventually become more efficient than producing meat the old fashioned way, according to Prof Post. Currently, 100g of vegetable protein has to be fed to pigs or cows to produce 15g of animal protein, an efficiency of 15%. He believes that synthetic meat could be produced with an equivalent energy efficiency of 50%. So what is the synthetic burger likely to taste like? "In the beginning it will taste bland," says Prof Post. "I think we will need to work on the flavour separately by trying to figure out which components of the meat actually produce the taste and analyse what the composition of the strip is and whether we can change that." Prof Post also said that if the technology took off, it would reduce the number of animals that were factory farmed and slaughtered. But David Steele,

Summary: Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year.


Andrew Buchanan, 46, from Inverness, died at Raigmore Hospital on Monday. The crash, involving a black Seat Altea car, happened at about 18:15 on Saturday 4 March at the junction of Kenneth Street and Tomnahurich Street. Police Scotland said a report had been sent to the procurator fiscal.

Summary: A 46-year-old pedestrian has died nine days after being struck by a car on the A82 in Inverness.


The popular Smart Sheriff app has vulnerabilities that could leak children's personal details or allow the phone to be hacked, the study says. The app's developer says it has since addressed some of the issues raised in the report, although this has not been independently verified. South Korea mandated in April that all children's phones must be monitored. Anyone under 19 who buys a smartphone must install an app that can filter and block harmful content. The University of Toronto report is based on two separate security audits, one conducted by researchers at the Citizen Lab with the university's Munk School of Global Affairs, and the other by auditing firm Cure53. Smart Sheriff was developed by a consortium of telecommunications companies known as the Korean Mobile Internet Business Association (Moiba). It has been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of users in South Korea. The app allows parents to control the apps on their child's mobile phone, as well as schedule when the phone can be used. It can also alert parents when it detects trigger words such as "kill", "rape", and "suicide", according to earlier news reports. However, the new report found that children's personal details and browsing activity were not secure on the app, parental limits could be easily disabled and Smart Sheriff's design and infrastructure were insufficiently protected. The report said this could "allow children to bypass parental protections, allow malicious attackers to disrupt access to every user's device, and interfere with the operations of the service". "This case shows precisely how good intentions can end up seriously wrong â€” in this case, a government-promoted parental monitoring application actually putting children at greater, rather than less, risk of harm," said Citizen Lab's director Ron Deibert. News agency AP quoted independent researcher Collin Anderson, who worked with Citizen Lab on the report, as saying: "Smart Sheriff is the kind of baby sitter that leaves the doors unlocked and throws a party where everyone is invited." Citizen Lab said it had informed Moiba of the vulnerabilities. Moiba has since released updates, the latest on 25 August, to fix the issues raised. However, researchers said they had yet to independently verify if all vulnerabilities had been addressed. The BBC's calls to Moiba on Monday were not answered. The introduction of the child monitoring law in April sparked some controversy, with critics raising privacy concerns.

Summary: A child monitoring phone app funded by the South Korean government has major security flaws, a new report says.


Cardiff and Vale health board said admissions to the University Hospital of Wales will go to a different ward or a different hospital. The board has not confirmed what the infections are. Babies already being treated on the ward will remain there, so it has not closed completely. Ruth Walker, the health board's executive nurse director, said: "In order to protect very vulnerable babies we will not be taking any planned or routine admissions over the coming days."

Summary: The neonatal intensive care unit at a Cardiff hospital has stopped taking admissions due to a "cluster of infections".


The debate over the legislation reflected deep divisions in Argentina, which is a mainly Roman Catholic country. BBC Mundo looks at the key aspects of the law and the situation across Latin America: What does the law consist of? The law foresees a modification of article 2 of the Argentine Civil Code, which establishes matrimony as being between two individuals of different gender. The new legislation will replace the expression "man and woman" with "couple". Homosexuals will have exactly the same rights as heterosexuals. This includes the right to adopt, which was one of the most controversial aspects of the proposed bill, inheritance, pension rights and other rights relating to social security. When does the law come in to force? The law will take effect when it has been published in the official gazette, which could take a couple of days. What is the difference between civil union and marriage? Civil partnerships bestow many but not all of the rights and obligations of marriage. The scope of same-sex marriage and civil union laws vary from country to country. For example, Portugal's gay marriage law does not allow adoption, while Uruguay's civil partnership legislation does. However, the difference in scope is not just legal but often has a significant symbolic and cultural component. For those who support same-sex marriage, it is a historic advance that grants rights to people irrespective of sexual orientation. For those opposed, recognising same-sex unions as marriage undermines the traditional concept of family. Where else is same-sex marriage recognised? Just a handful of countries recognise gay marriage - see box. In the US, same-sex couples can marry in five states and in Washington DC. Some of the countries that recognise civil partnerships are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovenia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Israel. Luxembourg, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. What is the situation in the rest of Latin America? Mexico City until now had been the only place in Latin America where homosexuals had the same rights as heterosexual couples to marry and adopt children. Uruguay allows gay people to adopt children but not to marry. In Chile, the government is drawing up proposals which would grant homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples regarding their finances, including pension rights, and being recognised as next of kin. However, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said that civil unions would not under any circumstances be equivalent to marriage. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has indicated he backs the legalisation of civil unions. However, various legislative proposals regarding this have failed in Brazil, which has the world's biggest Catholic population. Other countries, such as Colombia, do not recognise gay marriage but do offer civil guarantees, including the right to draw a pension if one partner dies. In the majority of Central American and Caribbean countries there are no major legal or social initiatives regarding gay marriage or civil partnerships. In Costa Rica, however, gay rights activists and some deputies have backed a proposed bill to guarantee civil rights. There was a proposal in Cuba in

Summary: Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage.


The Walkabout Creek Hotel, in the small town of McKinlay in the state of Queensland, was made a popular tourist attraction by the film. But owner Paul Collins says he is looking for a change after 23 years. In the movie, the Walkabout Creek Hotel is the favourite watering hole for knife-wielding hero Mick "Crocodile" Dundee played by Paul Hogan. The hotel - built in 1900 - was originally known as the Federal Hotel but later changed its name to that used in the film. "I've been running it for 23 years, it's time for a change and a break," Mr Collins told AFP news agency. "It's a different pub, it's in a remote location. It's not everyone's cup of tea," he added. "But there has been some pretty strong interest to date. It's a good pub." The pub is packed with memorabilia and photographs from the hit film. It is a popular stopping-off point for tourists who travel between Brisbane and Darwin.

Summary: The Australian outback pub made famous by the 1980s film Crocodile Dundee is up for sale.


Rewilding Britain has been established with the goal of restoring several key species which were hunted to extinction. Its supporters argue other European countries are home to large predators. They believe there is no reason why Scotland, and some other parts of Britain, should be any different. The group's proposals have already drawn criticism from farmers' leaders. And the Scottish government says there are no plans to reintroduce large predators such as lynx or wolves. Rewildling Britain says its plans would allow "native forests to regenerate, while giving the seas a chance to recover from industrial fishing". But it is the group's goal of reintroducing species including the lynx, and ultimately the wolf, which will attract most scrutiny. Spokeswoman Susan Wright told BBC Scotland: "A lot of our important animals were hunted to extinction, species like the wolf, the wild boar, the lynx. "These are important keystone species which actually drive ecological processes and we should be looking a lot more seriously at bringing these animals back." NFU Scotland has called on politicians and Scottish Natural Heritage to "show stronger leadership" on the issue of rewilding. Vice President Andrew McCornick said: "Our countryside provides food, forestry, tourism, renewables, field sports and environmental goods. "Recent history has taught us any species introduction, whether legal or illegal, can have an impact on the many benefits that the Scottish countryside currently delivers." Opponents of rewilding cite the return of beavers and sea eagles to Scotland as examples of how reintroductions can cause problems for farmers and crofters. Landowners on Tayside say dams built by beavers have increased erosion and the risk of flooding in neighbouring fields. The animals' supporters argue they improve biodiversity by creating valuable habitats for a range of other species. The beavers found in the Tay catchment were not part of an official reintroduction project. A second Scottish population, at Knapdale in Argyll, was reintroduced as part of a detailed scientific study. Scottish government ministers are currently considering whether the beavers should remain, now that the research work is complete. Meanwhile, on Scotland's west coast crofters and sheep farmers have complained that sea eagles, also known as white tailed eagles, kill their lambs. The extent of the predation is disputed by scientists and the birds have proved to be a popular tourist attraction, providing an economic boost for the Isle of Mull. Prof Des Thompson is Principal Advisor on Biodiversity at Scottish Natural Heritage. He believes a wide range of rewilding projects in Scotland have already proved successful. "There's been a huge effort and week on week, month on month, we're learning from these experiences", said Prof Thompson. "It all depends on what you want to do with the landscape and the challenge is having a proper conversation with everyone who has a stake in the countryside." Previous proposals to introduce wolves and bears on the Alladale Estate in Sutherland were criticised by walkers, concerned about plans to use fences to prevent the animals escaping from an area covering at least 50,000 acres. But several of Rewilding Britain's goals have been welcomed

Summary: Lynx, wild boar and, eventually, wolves, could all be reintroduced to Scotland under plans set out by a new campaign group.


Former Aberdeen and Manchester United manager Sir Alex and the Aberdeen-born singer featured in almost 2,000 public responses. Their achievements will be celebrated at Provost Skene's House. The building will reopen following the completion of the Marischal Square development this summer. The Hall of Heroes: The 10 were picked from 50 candidates during a three-week vote. Aberdeen City Council leader Jenny Laing said: "The public's contribution has been tremendously valuable and will help ensure the attraction has widespread appeal. "The stories and achievements of our heroes - indeed all the candidates - clearly resonated with residents." Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie said: "I am hugely honoured to have been selected."

Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson and Annie Lennox are among the famous names chosen in a poll to feature in a new Hall of Heroes tourist attraction in Aberdeen.


The ban is being imposed at the Kumbh Mela, a pilgrimage that has attracted nearly three million people since July. Authorities say that selfies will be banned on the days that people ritually bathe in the sacred Godavari river. Organisers say they conducted a study that showed people took too long taking selfies. This slows down the flow of people, leading to pushing and panic. Signs saying "no selfie zone" can be seen around the two festival sites in the state of Maharashtra. The festival takes place every three years. It began in mid-July and runs until late September. The decision was taken after over 100 volunteers conducted a study on behalf of the Kumbhathon group which works with the authorities to help monitor the festival. "Since 13 July, our volunteers on the field have been collecting data which showed that people stop to take selfies. They also climb to dangerous spots to take selfies," Kumbhathon CEO Sandip Shinde told the Indian Express. Local official Dr Pravin Gedam told the paper that selfies would only be banned during the "days of the holy dip as we don't want to take away from the festive mood on other days".

Summary: A "no selfie zone" will be implemented at a major Hindu festival in India due to fears they could cause stampedes.


Earps, 22, missed just one game in two seasons at Bristol and has previously played for Doncaster Belles, Nottingham Forest and Birmingham City. She joins Reading ahead of their first WSL 1 campaign following their promotion from WSL 2 last season. "The club has a lot of ambition and a great work ethic, it's a really exciting opportunity for me," she said.

Summary: Reading women have signed former Bristol Academy and England Under-23 goalkeeper Mary Earps.


He said the Nord Stream pipeline would reduce Russia's dependence on Ukrainian pipelines, which were shut during gas disputes between Moscow and Kiev. "Technical gas", needed to build up pressure, was released on Tuesday. It is expected German consumers will begin receiving Russian gas through the new pipeline in a few weeks. The official launch of Nord Stream will be marked with a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Germany in November. Nord Stream, a twin pipeline, was built at a cost of $12.5bn (Â£7.7bn; 8.8bn euros) and is 1,224km (761 miles) long, running from Vyborg in north-west Russia to Sassnitz in north-east Germany. It should be able to move 55bn cu m of gas a year by 2013, after the completion of the second pipeline. Mr Putin, visiting Vyborg, said Ukraine had been "taking advantage", and that relations between the two countries would now become "more civilised". At present, 80% of Russia's gas exports to the EU flow through pipelines across Ukrainian soil. Apart from Nord Stream, Russia has been planning another pipeline, South Stream, which will run from southern Russia to Bulgaria under the Black Sea. The project is expected to pipe 63bn cu m of gas to central and southern Europe annually. In another project to pipe ex-Soviet gas westwards, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Austria have agreed to construct a 3,900km pipeline called Nabucco. It is expected to pump up to 31bn cubic metres of gas annually from the Caspian and the Middle East across Turkey and into Europe.

Summary: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has pressed the start button to open a pipeline carrying natural gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea.