The players in question are believed to include Sam Burgess and Danny Care. Reports suggest they invested in an oil-drilling firm and lost a combined total in excess of £100,000. An RFU spokesperson said: "The RFU takes the allegations extremely seriously. It is an internal matter and we are taking the appropriate action." England boss Stuart Lancaster and his coaching team are understood to have had no knowledge of Tennison's alleged shares advice. Lancaster's side endured a poor World Cup on home soil as they were eliminated at the group stages. Their performance - and Lancaster's position - are being reviewed by the RFU and chief executive Ian Ritchie will report to a management board meeting on 17 November. Burgess has since returned to rugby league, having left Bath to move back to Australia to join South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Summary: England kit man Dave Tennison is under investigation by the Rugby Football Union over claims he urged players to buy shares which fell in value.


Speaking in Cardiff, Mr Osborne said this year is likely to be one of the toughest since the financial crisis. He told business leaders that far from "mission accomplished" on the economy, "2016 is the year of mission critical". His message is in stark contrast to the positive tone of his Autumn Statement, when he said the UK was "growing fast". Earlier the chancellor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the Autumn Statement had put in place a four-year plan to restore the UK's public finances, and make the economy more productive, with businesses more competitive so they could create jobs. "It is precisely because we live in an uncertain world. It is precisely because we have not abolished boom and bust as a nation, that you need to take these steps, difficult steps, and I need to go explaining to the public, that the difficult times aren't over, we have got to go on making the difficult decisions, precisely so that Britain can continue to enjoy the low unemployment and the rising wages that we see at the moment," Mr Osborne said. The chancellor's warning came on the same day that China suspended trading on its stock markets after only 15 minutes. Circuit-breakers triggered the Chinese share suspension following a 7% fall in the country's main index. Later on Thursday, the Chinese authorities said they were suspending the circuit-breaker system. The price of a range of key commodities, such as oil, gas and iron ore, has fallen sharply in the past year, a move that indicates weakening demand in the global economy while oil prices hit fresh 11-year lows. earlier on Monday. But shadow chancellor John McDonnell blamed the government's "failed economic policies" for the threats facing the economy. "It's a cocktail of his own mixture - failing to invest, failing to rebalance the economy, relying upon consumer debt to boost the economy for an election victory and now we're facing our own lethal cocktail within our own economy," he told the BBC. "He's getting his excuses in early for the problems that he's caused that will now unfortunately hit upon many families across the country, especially if interest rates are increased during the year." The chancellor laid out a number of risks that the UK economy faces over the next 12 months in his Cardiff speech. People must not be "complacent" that the economy is fixed, he said. Significant challenges - including tension in the Middle East, slowing growth in China and low commodity prices - are all weighing on global confidence, he added. Mr Osborne told the Today programme the UK's economic recovery was not "a debt-fuelled recovery", citing the support of the governor of the Bank of England in his assessment. But the chancellor said he feared there was a complacency that appeared to be developing in the UK's national debate. "You have had people coming on programmes like this saying, 'We've got to spend billions of pounds here or billions of pounds there; the country can afford it,'" Mr Osborne said. "All the old habits, all

Summary: The UK faces a "cocktail" of serious threats from a slowing global economy as 2016 begins, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.


Prof Rosie Woodroffe has told BBC News that ministers were creating an "illusion" of success to justify the policy. She was speaking ahead of a scientific symposium on controlling cattle TB. Ministers say their approach is supported by government scientists and leading vets. Prof Woodroffe, a wildlife expert at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) who carried out the scientific assessment of culling badgers to control Cattle TB on which the current policy is based, said the government risked losing trust on how it used evidence - not just on its policy on controlling cattle TB but also on other important scientific issues. "When evidence is being cherry-picked and presented in the best possible light, it ceases to be evidence. It is fake science. "When it comes to (other policy areas) such as climate change and bee pollination, issues that have a big impact on lives and livelihoods of people, it is important that we can rely on the government to provide good evidence that stands up to scrutiny." A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which oversees the badger cull, responded: "England has the highest incidence of TB in Europe and that is why we are taking strong action to deliver our 25-year strategy to eradicate the disease and to protect the future of our dairy and beef industries. "Badger control in areas where TB is rife is one part of our long-term plan, which also includes strengthening cattle testing and movement controls, improving biosecurity on farm and when trading, and badger vaccination when possible." Read also: Badger culls extended to Wales to stem spread of cattle TB Defra has overseen the issuing of licences to cull badgers in 10 areas in South West England to reduce the incidence of TB in cattle. The first culls began in 2013 in two areas in Somerset and Gloucestershire amid criticism from many scientists that the policy would at best have only a marginal effect on the spread of the disease and possibly increase the spread of TB. The critics' comments stem from an eight-year trial carried out by Prof Woodroffe in the 1990s which showed that only sustained and coordinated culling of badgers can slow down the rate of increase in cattle becoming infected with TB in the immediate area. Crucially, the trial also showed that if less than 70% of badgers are killed, the incidence of TB will not be reduced and may even increase because of the greater movement of badgers caused by the disturbance of culling. Since then Defra's own monitoring has concluded that it has killed enough badgers in its pilot culls and has rolled out culls in eight more areas. The department will also announce up 10 more areas later this year. But some scientists are concerned that Defra has changed the way it assesses badger numbers in a cull area and how it sets the target for the minimum number of badgers to be killed to ensure that its culls are seen to be successful. The previous system involved field work by

Summary: A senior researcher has accused the UK government of using "fake science" to justify its policy of culling badgers to control cattle TB.


PC David Norman, 52, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, made the false statement after being called to a dispute between neighbours in Milford Haven. Swansea Crown Court heard he was "caught out" by a CCTV recording. He denies carrying out an act tending or intending to pervert the course of justice. The court heard PC Norman, who worked for Dyfed-Powys Police, arrested the man for a public order offence on 21 January, 2016. He later wrote a statement saying he had became "extremely abusive, shouting and screaming" and was swearing. But John Hipkin, for the prosecution, said PC Norman was "caught out" because the man had CCTV on his house which recorded images and sound and showed he spoke only in a normal voice. Mr Hipkin said that what PC Norman later told investigating officers might be the reason for the false statement. According to Mr Hipkin, he said: "I have been in situations with him before when he has been incredibly hostile to me and I have listened to him spouting out abuse and was shocked by his language." The man was arrested and spent two days in custody before being released, the court heard. Mr Hipkin added PC Norman "was adamant that he had not done it deliberately nor had he intended to pervert the course of justice". PC Norman added that he was having personal problems at the time of the incident. The trial continues.

Summary: A police officer "deliberately lied" in a witness statement claiming a man had behaved in an "extremely abusive" way, a court has heard.


The hosts went in front when Tyrone Barnett stabbed in as the Blades appealed in vain that goalkeeper George Long had control of the ball. Dean Hammond headed an equaliser but David Worrall drilled home to re-establish the Shrimpers' lead. Jack Payne sealed the victory with a dinked finish just seconds after Che Adams hit a post for the away side. Southend climb to eighth, six points adrift of the play-off places, while Sheffield United slip to 13th.

Summary: Southend United gave their fading League One play-off hopes a boost with a home victory over Sheffield United.


Daley dived twice from 10m and once from 3m, while Gallantree completed the reverse routines. They scored 434.65, with Ukraine (426.45) winning silver and China (425.40) bronze in Kazan, Russia. Britain won bronze on Tuesday in the synchronised 3m springboard. It is the first time Britain has claimed two medals at a World diving championships and Gallantree becomes the first British female to win a medal at World level. "We didn't have any expectations ahead of the competition as we know China is so strong and it felt surreal to be competing and, the next thing, we're on top of the podium," said Olympic bronze medallist Daley. "It's an insane feeling and thanks to Becky for diving so well." Gallantree said she could not believe she and Daley had won, saying: "We came in for a bit of fun and to practise ahead of our individual events, but it became a bit more than that. "I never thought I would be a world champion and it's amazing to say now that I am." Earlier on Wednesday, Olympian Tonia Couch qualified for Thursday's individual 10m platform final and in doing so secured Team GB a place in the event at the Rio Olympics. The British pair were in third after the first round of an event which featured China's multiple world champion Ruolin Chen and USA's London 2012 10m champion David Boudia. Two stunning routines by Daley and solid performances from Gallantree saw them move clear of their opponents in the final rounds. Daley was using the non-Olympic Team event as a warm-up before his individual 10m platform campaign begins on Saturday. Gallantree, who came 10th alongside Alicia Blagg in the synchronised 3m springboard final on Saturday, will compete in the individual 3m event on Friday.

Summary: British divers have claimed their second medal of the World Aquatics Championships with Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree combining to win gold in the team event.


Raikkonen was left annoyed after he led the early laps from pole but Vettel passed him by using a later pit stop. A Ferrari spokesman said: "The drivers are free to race. There was no plan whatsoever to get Sebastian ahead." Vettel said: "There was no plan of any team orders. I can understand Kimi is not happy. I would feel the same." Vettel went into the race leading Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the championship by six points and came out of it with a 25-point lead - a clear race victory - when the Briton could finish only seventh after starting 13th. Raikkonen pitted five laps before Vettel and came out behind slower cars, which he had to pass. Meanwhile, on a clear track, Vettel began setting fastest times and by the time he stopped he had made up enough time to emerge in the lead. Ferrari said that Raikkonen ran on a pre-planned strategy to stop around lap 34 and said that although they knew he would come out among slower cars, it was inevitable that would happen at some point. Raikkonen said: "I was called in, and that's about it. It didn't work out very well for me, but apart from that, it doesn't matter, does it? "That's as much as I can say about it right now. I got the bad end of the story today. It is still second place but obviously it doesn't count a lot in my book at least." Asked whether he knew why Ferrari had called him in at that time, he said: "I have no idea. They have reasons for why they do what they do. It is not up to me." He said he would be asking the team to explain the decisions to him. "We are a team and if you don't believe what you have been told then it will get very complicated at some point," Raikkonen said. "Today, as a team, we wanted one-two. It happened. As for myself, it could have been better but we have just finished the race and who knows? "We'll talk about it and I guess there are some reasons for everything that happened. As a driver I can do what I want but it is not how we work as a team." Vettel, widely believed to be Ferrari's contractual number one driver, was asked if he and the team had discussed whether they would try to use an opportunity to get him ahead of Raikkonen if one arose. He replied: "Not really. We spoke about the race before. The lead car normally has priority. "If I had the choice, going in the pits first is maybe what you like to do. "It is one of the rare occasions when the overcut [stopping after a driver you are following] decides the position, but from the team point of view there was no plan of any team orders. "Today it worked in my favour and I take it, but we are a team and I can see Kimi is not happy."

Summary: Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari denied they manipulated the Monaco Grand Prix to ensure the German beat team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.


Ahead of the vote, here are seven things you need to know about the West African country - once hailed as a model of stability. The economy has boomed in recent years and Ivory Coast is the world's biggest exporter of cocoa, producing around 40% of the planet's beans used to manufacture chocolate. But this year, it also overtook India as the leading exporter of cashew nuts. Cocoa transformed Ivory Coast into the "Paris of Africa" as it was called in the 1970s and 1980s, until a slump in cocoa prices dampened the "Ivorian miracle". President Alassane Ouattara, who took office in May 2011, wanted to diversify the economy. Agriculture is still the backbone, but it includes bananas, rubber and palm oil too. The last elections in 2010 sparked five months of violence when former President Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down. More than 3,000 people were killed in some of the most brutal violence the country has ever seen. President Ouattara has been accused of one-sided justice after hundreds of Mr Gbagbo's supporters were imprisoned but very few from his side were even arrested - despite the UN and international human rights organisations saying both sides committed atrocities. No more "nids de poules" on the country's major roads. The French call potholes "chicken nests". The government says it has built 1,000km (620 miles) of new roads since it has been in power and rehabilitated another 20,000km throughout Ivory Coast. It is promising to build 1,200km more if re-elected. There were 10, now there are seven. A former finance minister, Mamadou Koulibaly, and former foreign minister, Amara Essy, dropped out saying the elections would not be free and fair. The latest, former prime minister Charles Konan Banny, pulled out on Friday, with the same complaint. That leaves another former prime minister - Pascal Affi N'Guessan, leader of Laurent Gbagbo's former party - as Mr Ouattara's main rival. Mr Ouattara is the eldest at 73, while independent candidate Claire Jacqueline Kouangoua, one of only two women running, is the youngest at 44. Mr Affi N'Guessan, the main opposition candidate, is using the same slogan that France's Francois Hollande did in his last campaign , "Le changement maintenant", meaning "Change now", which is ironic considering how unpopular Mr Hollande is now in France. Mr Ouattara, known to his supporters as "Ado" because of his initials, has chosen to use "Avec Ado, reussir ensemble", meaning "With Ado, succeed together". This is also interesting because one of the main criticisms of President Ouattara has been his lack of focus on reconciliation since the crisis. The campaign theme of "togetherness" is clearly supposed to address this. Music has always played a role in Ivory Coast politics. Alpha Blondy, the country's undisputed king of reggae, began singing about war and fighting in the country as early as 1998. In 2010, he openly backed former President Laurent Gbagbo, giving a free concert in Abidjan. His main reggae rival, Tiken Jah Fakoly who sang anti-Gbagbo songs, had to go into exile and has decided to stay in Mali. And this

Summary: Ivory Coast is holding its first elections this weekend since a civil war sparked by polls in 2010.


Patrick Sullivan, 25, a former French foreign Legionnaire and member of the republican splinter group, the Irish People's Liberation Organisation, was knifed to death in February 1992. A west Belfast man was later convicted of his manslaughter. His sister and brother met the police in Belfast on Friday morning. Mr Sullivan was killed after confronting someone he suspected of anti-social behaviour in the Divis area. He was stabbed in the neck and back and died from his injuries. The family have always believed more than one attacker was involved and claim a post mortem examination that they have recently obtained backs up their assertion. Patrick's sister, Margaret, and his brother, Seamus, accompanied by their solicitor, Padraig Ómuirigh , met detectives for an hour-long meeting on Friday. The family would not reveal what had been said, but their solicitor said they hoped the new information they had would be enough to re-open the case. "We had a constructive meeting with the police and hope to bring further information to them," said Mr Ómuirigh. "The family have also lodged a complaint with the Police Ombudsman in relation to the standards of the original investigation and we also have a meeting with the ombudsman in the coming weeks." When asked for a comment on the meeting, a police spokesman said: "We can confirm that local police met with members of the Sullivan family today." The Police Ombudsman said: "We have received a complaint about the police investigation into the killing of Patrick Sullivan in Belfast in 1992. "We are currently investigating the complaint, and investigators are due to meet Mr Sullivan's family on 30 August."

Summary: The family of a west Belfast man who was killed 20 years ago have called for a fresh investigation into his death.


It follows an interview with Fox News in which he also claimed that there are "Muslim religious police" in London who "beat anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire". His comments triggered thousands of tweets using the hashtag #foxnewsfacts. PM David Cameron said the interview made him choke on his porridge. But Mr Emerson is not the first to get his facts wrong. Here are some other common #fails when it comes to understanding Islam. Back in October, political comedian Bill Maher made some pretty controversial remarks surrounding Islam on his HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher. The city's population estimated at 1,073,045 Christian: 494,358 Muslim: 234,411 Sikh: 32,376 Hindu: 22,362 Buddhist: 4,780 Jewish: 2,205 Other: 5,646 No religion: 206,821 Religion not stated: 70,086 Source: Census 2011 Maher has been critical of organised religion throughout his career, concentrating particularly on Islam. But this recent debate on the topic got pretty heated when actor Ben Affleck appeared on the panel and called the host's view "gross and racist". One of the main things people complained about was that Bill Maher was pretty quick to suggest all Muslims have the same belief system. Although there are several basic beliefs in Islam, there are different groups of Muslims such as the Sunnis and Shi'ites. The differences within Islam started when the Prophet Muhammad died and there were disagreements about who should lead the Muslim community. Sunnis and Shi'tes have different versions of the Hadith (the book of Muhammad's sayings) - which means they have a slightly different understanding of Islam. Overall, Islam is a diverse religion and there are different interpretations of the Qur'an. A basic issue in this statement is that people often don't fully understand what the garment is. A burka, sometimes spelled burqa, is the all-enveloping cloak, often blue, with a woven grill over the eyes, that many Afghan women wear. On the day that France became the first European country to ban the full-face Islamic veil in public places, the Today programme reported: "About 2,000 are said to wear the full veil and even that is a generous estimate according to some charities." Other veils which cover the body and face are called niqabs and hijabs - the latter is often simply called a headscarf because a woman's full face is visible. See the difference between all the veils No. Only if you live in Saudi Arabia where the law is being reviewed. In November, a member of the king's advisory council said the country was considering proposals to allow women to drive. The recommendations from the Shura Council to change the law would apply only to women over 30 - and they would only get to drive before 8pm. Nevertheless, such a move would represent a major victory for activists after years of rejection of any review of the ban. Earlier this year, a woman reportedly received 150 lashes for being caught driving. But Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women from getting behind the wheel. The literal meaning of Jihad

Summary: US terrorism "expert" Steven Emerson has apologised for describing Birmingham as a "Muslim-only city".


His plan to boost infrastructure investment was welcomed by the British Chambers of Commerce and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Meanwhile, the Institute of Directors said his intention to renationalise the railways and to raise business taxes would undermine the UK economy. It said business would "make its case". The most positive response came from RICS. Jeremy Blackburn, the organisation's head of policy said: "He has raised some challenging but principled issues around the expansion of Right to Buy to private landlords; as well as providing a voice for the widely-felt dissatisfaction of privatisation in our rail sector. There is undoubtedly opportunity in his agenda around infrastructure and public spending to get Britain building, and we look forward to sitting round the table and discussing this further. " John Longworth, director general of the BCC, also highlighted Mr Corbyn's infrastructure plans: "Firms will be encouraged by recent statements favouring much-needed investment in the UK's inadequate infrastructure and skills. "We will be looking for the opposition to take a pragmatic and practical approach to business recognising that wealth creation is the necessary prerequisite for the delivery of any political objectives." But there was a warning from Simon Walker, director general at the IoD: "From renationalising the railways, to raising taxes on businesses and increasing government spending, Corbyn has proposed some policies in the leadership campaign that we believe would undermine our open and competitive economy." Mr Walker added that business leaders were never in "perfect agreement" with politicians of whichever party, but that the IoD would give its views "sincerely" in discussions on matters such as state investment in infrastructure and excessive pay at big companies.

Summary: Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader has received a mixed reaction from business, including a cautious welcome for his plan on infrastructure.


It gained three seats - Colne Valley and Keighley from the Conservatives, and Leeds North West from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives held five seats as Andrea Jenkyns retained her Outwood and Morley constituency, where she ousted Labour's Ed Balls in 2015. The loss of Leeds North West means the Lib Dems have no seats in the county. Live election result and reaction from across Yorkshire Labour's Alex Sobel took the Leeds North West seat from Greg Mullholland with a majority of 4,224 and 44% of the vote. It was this seat that saw the biggest increase of registered voters in this campaign. There were 68,152 eligible voters, a 16% increase. Mr Mulholland, who represented the Lib Dems in the seat for 12 years, sent a brief tweet and said: "Night night all, it's been an honour & privilege." The Keighley seat was gained for Labour by John Grogan who had a majority of just 249 over the Conservative, Kristan Hopkins. In the third seat the party gained, Colne Valley, it was a majority of 915 for Labour's Thelma Walker over the sitting Conservative MP Jason McCartney. Ms Walker said: "I could see people over the weeks listening to us on the doorstep and saying 'this is good this is what we want'. So we began the last few weeks to think we can do this." Labour also retained several seats such as Halifax and Wakefield that had been Conservative targets. In Halifax, where Theresa May launched the Tory manifesto, Labour's Holly Lynch increased her share of the vote from 40% to 52.8%, taking her 2015 majority of 428 to over 5,376. Yvette Cooper, who retained Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford for Labour, and who voted against Jeremy Corbyn in last year's leadership election, said. "he won twice and that's why the party came together in this campaign to achieve this result".

Summary: The Labour Party has increased its hold on West Yorkshire, winning 17 of the county's 22 seats.


Bana Alabed shared a short video of herself and the Mean Girls star. They were in Ankara, Turkey, where they met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ms Lohan, who has been in the country for the past few days, says in the video that the pair are "sending lots of love and life and blessings" to refugees and people in Syria. The short clip shows Bana hugging the actress, who tells the camera: "We want to send to all of the people in Syria and Aleppo suffering and to all the refugees we are here supporting you and you can hang on and be strong just like Bana has." She adds "inshallah", which means "if God wills" in Arabic. Bana rose to fame after documenting on Twitter her daily life in rebel-held East Aleppo, with the help of her mother. The seven-year-old recently penned an open letter to new US President Donald Trump, asking him to open the country to refugees. Ms Lohan became a film star aged 11 when she starred in Disney's The Parent Trap, but her career has been marred in recent years by a series of scandals. Rumours began circulating this week the actress may have converted to Islam, after she was spotted in Turkey wearing a hijab. The actress also appears to have deleted all of her posts on Twitter and Instagram, changing her bio on the latter to read "alaikum salam", which means "peace be upon you" in Arabic.

Summary: The little girl who captured the world's heart tweeting about her life in East Aleppo has made a new friend - US actress Lindsay Lohan.


Pensions have become increasingly difficult to understand, especially for those in final salary schemes and higher earners. This Budget has added further traps for the unwary. As expected, the amount that can be saved in a pension free of tax over the course of a lifetime is to be reduced from £1.25m to £1m from April 2016. If your pension savings are more than £1m by that date, or you expect that what you have already saved will have grown to more than £1.25m by the time you take your pension, it is likely that you will be able to protect the funds you already have, as long as you do not put any more into the pension. This is known as "fixed protection". HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are expected to publish details of this shortly. The amount that can be saved in a pension tax-free each year - the annual allowance - has been set at £40,000 since April 2014. There will be changes to this system too. At present, you can contribute up to £40,000 a year into a personal pension scheme. If you have a "defined contribution" employer scheme, the total of employer and employee contributions must not exceed £40,000. The position is more complicated if you have a final salary scheme. Each year you are in the scheme, the value of the pension you will receive on retirement increases. The tax law assumes that you need a fund of 16 times that increase in order to pay the pension. So if you are a member of the pension scheme for a year, and your pension would go up by £2,000 as a result, tax law treats you as having increased your pension fund by £32,000. This increase must not be more than £40,000, or you have to pay tax on the excess. However, if you have not used your annual allowances in previous years, you can carry forward the unused amounts from up to the last three years. Under the new rules announced in the Budget, this £40,000 allowance will be reduced for those whose total income is above £150,000. In working out whether your income is above £150,000, you need to include the value of any pension contributions you make, any pension contributions made by your employer, and the increase in value of any final salary scheme over the tax year. This is called "adjusted income". For every £2 of adjusted income you have over £150,000, your annual allowance will be reduced by £1. The maximum reduction is £30,000, leaving an annual allowance of £10,000. So once your income is over £210,000, there is no further reduction. If you have unused annual allowances from earlier years, these can be carried forward in the usual way and added to your tapered annual allowance. If your taxable income - after pension contributions and other reliefs - is £110,000 or less, then these rules will not apply. In April, there was a major overhaul of pensions, allowing people to take out some of their pension in cash - possibly

Summary: This Budget not only chipped away at the pension tax regime, but also suggested that the entire edifice might be pulled down and replaced.


They agreed to take control of the two-time European Cup winners after reaching terms to buy the late Nigel Doughty's controlling stake. "It's an honour and privilege to assume control of this great club," said the Kuwaiti-based family, who plan to hold a news conference on Saturday. From 1865 to 1982, Nottingham Forest were run as a members club, and were the last Football League club to switch to becoming a limited company. "You can be assured of our best efforts in bringing the Reds back to the top." Doughty put Forest up for sale in October but died four months later. The Al-Hasawi's interest in the club first emerged at the end of May. Fawaz Al-Hasawi had been chairman of Al-Quadisya Sports Club in his native country, but his decision to step down was a precursor to interest in investment within English football. "We know there are challenging times ahead of us to bring the club back to its glory days and we look forward with excitement towards a new successful future," added the Al-Hasawi statement. "Over the next few weeks we will be working closely with our players, on-field and off-field team members in preparation for the forthcoming season." Doughty, a genuine Forest supporter, helped rebuild the club financially, although recovering past glories has proved difficult. The former European Cup winners were relegated to League One in 2005. They returned to the Championship after a three-year absence but, after two failed play-off campaigns, they finished 19th last season.

Summary: The Al-Hasawi family have completed their takeover of Championship side Nottingham Forest.


Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he disappeared on 24 July 1991. Detectives said they would be "lifting all the earth" at the second site, 750m from where he was last seen and close to where the dig started last month. They are investigating claims Ben may have been accidentally run over by a digger driver 25 years ago. Officers are working on the theory that Konstantinos Barkas, who died of cancer in 2015, might be responsible for Ben's death. Ben vanished from a farmhouse, which his grandfather was renovating, in the village of Iraklis. Continued searches near the farmhouse were drawing to a close and the rest of the team will be focusing their efforts on the second site, police said. Det Insp Jon Cousins said there was compacted material deposited over the last 30 years and the team "will remove this layer in the same [way] they excavated the first site". Mr Cousins said: "I have made a decision that we're extending our stay here. "We are going to be doing this to give me the confidence that I've done everything I can. "The team are 100% behind this. And every single one of them, including the volunteers, are adamant that they are staying for this period of time. It's got to be done." The team would remain on site for "at least two or three days", he said. A team of 19 South Yorkshire Police officers, forensic specialists and an archaeologist have been excavating the area for nearly two weeks as a result of a television appeal in May, which brought the theory about Mr Barkas to the attention of the force.

Summary: Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos have said they are extending their stay to continue exploring a second site.


Fitzgerald was last season's player of the year as Tigers made the Premiership and Champions Cup semi-finals. "It's been a great experience playing in the Premiership and in Europe for Leicester," said the 29-year-old. Fellow forward Bateman, 27, flanker O'Connor, 27, and scrum-half Kitto, 24, have also agreed new deals, the lengths of which have not been disclosed. Fitzgerald joined Tigers in the summer of 2015 and has made 44 appearances playing at lock and flanker, scoring four tries. Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger said: "Mike is a very good man to have around the squad. He has a great work ethic in training and on the pitch. "With the experience he has gained in the last 18 months in English rugby, we believe he will get even better in this environment." Bateman also arrived that summer, from Exeter Chiefs, and has played 29 times for Leicester. He achieved the notable feat of playing in all three front-row positions this season. O'Connor signed in the autumn of 2015, scoring a try on his debut in a European Champions Cup win over Stade Francais, and has made 29 appearances for the club. Kitto, meanwhile, moved to Welford Road in the summer of 2015 and has played 24 times for Tigers.

Summary: Leicester Tigers have given new deals to Mike Fitzgerald, Greg Bateman, Brendon O'Connor and Jono Kitto.


CAIR said Rose Hamid's eviction from the rally in South Carolina sent a "chilling message to American Muslims". Ms Hamid was removed after making a silent protest on Friday. Mr Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the US has been widely condemned. During the rally in the town of Rock Hill, Ms Hamid stood up wearing a T-shirt bearing the words: "Salam, I come in peace" - "Salam" is the Arabic word for peace. When she stood up, the crowd around her began chanting "Trump! Trump!" as they had reportedly been instructed to do in the event of any interruption, reports the BBC's Anthony Zurcher from Rock Hill. Ms Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant, was then told by a security officer that she had to leave. She was booed as she was escorted out. CAIR said that as well as apologising to Ms Hamid, Mr Trump should "make a clear statement that American Muslims are welcome as fellow citizens and as participants in the nation's political process". Mr Trump has yet to respond. At a Republican presidential forum in nearby Columbia, on Saturday morning, Ohio Governor John Kasich condemned the way the Trump crowd handled the protest. "We don't need to be shouting and booing and scaring somebody," Mr Kasich, who is competing against Mr Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, told the BBC. "This is not some high-school basketball game. We are all our brother's keeper." He added that the next US president must be willing to work with moderate Muslim nations. "That may not win me the Republican primary, but there's more to life than that," he added.

Summary: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has urged Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to apologise to a Muslim protester ejected from one of his rallies.


25 October 2013 Last updated at 09:08 BST The mummies of an adult and a child were found at an old religious site in the capital Lima. Experts also found other offerings including the remains of guinea pigs and jars with cat designs. They're being described as one of the most important finds in more than 30 years. Check out Ricky's report to find out more about mummies and where else in the world they've been found...

Summary: Two ancient mummies more than a thousand years old have been found in Peru in South America.


The officials say that the acting deputy justice minister, Abdulkarim Fares, was stopped in his car by a number of gunmen dressed in black. Two security guards and another man - identified either as another ministry official or Mr Fares's driver - were also abducted, said reports. The identity of the kidnappers is not known. Kidnappings happen regularly in Baghdad - either motivated by financial gain or to achieve political ends.

Summary: An Iraqi government minister has been kidnapped in north-eastern Baghdad, said security sources.


The 10,000-year-old remains of 27 people found west of Lake Turkana show that they met violent deaths. They were left to die there rather than being buried. Many experts have argued that conflict only came about as humans became more settled. These people, by contrast, were apparently nomadic hunter-gatherers. The archaeologists, who have been working on the site at Nataruk since 2012, discovered that the victims were clubbed or stabbed to death in a single event. The dead included male and female adults, as well as children. The evidence, published in the journal Nature, does not reveal exactly what happened but the fact that so many people died at the same time suggests it was the result of "some sort of conflict", according to Cambridge University Professor Robert Foley. Nataruk records what is, for now, the oldest scientifically-dated case of conflict between two nomadic hunter-gatherer groups. Nevertheless, its significance is not its age, but the fact that it involved these groups, who had few possessions to fight over. Nataruk establishes definitively that inter-group violence can and did arise regardless of whether the populations were settled. All it needed was moments of food abundance, causing groups to grow in size, putting pressure on the resources. Then the benefits of stealing from another group could outweigh the costs of the conflict that might ensue. Nataruk was an important place because it was at the edge of a super lake beach which would have attracted all land animals to drink, as well as giving access to fishing grounds, while other parts of the shore of Lake Turkana (the forested Kerio Delta, for example, or the rocky whole southern edge) would not have that. It is believed that the group was attacked by rival hunter-gatherers armed with wooden clubs and arrows or spears tipped with sharpened obsidian, a rare black volcanic rock. Speculating on the causes of the attack, Marta Mirazon Lahr, who led the Nataruk study, said the "massacre may have resulted from an attempt to seize resources... whose value was similar to those of later food-producing agricultural societies, among whom violent attacks on settlements became part of life". Today, the area where the bodies were found is scrubland, but the researchers say that 10,000 years ago it would have been fertile and very close to the shoreline of the lake. Many experts have argued that conflicts only arise "once people have things worth fighting over, [such as] herds of livestock, stores of grain... things that you can both defend and attack," Professor Foley told the BBC's Newsday radio programme. It has been assumed that hunter-gatherers were less likely to engage in such conflicts because they can move away, but the Nataruk find shows that "before we have settled life, groups were competing over resources", Professor Foley added.

Summary: Archaeologists say they have unearthed the earliest evidence of warfare between hunter-gatherers to be scientifically dated, at a remote site in northern Kenya.


Media playback is not supported on this device The 25-year-old scored 47 goals in 141 appearances for Barca and netted two goals in the World Cup in Brazil. He said: "I'm so happy to be joining a club which has a great manager, a fantastic squad of players and huge support around the world. "I'm looking forward to playing in the Premier League and Champions League." The Gunners also remain on course to sign French right-back Mathieu Debuchy, 28, from Newcastle United. Liverpool were keen on recruiting Sanchez as part of the deal that is likely to take striker Luis Suarez from Anfield to the Nou Camp, but that is now expected to be a straight cash transfer. Juventus had also shown a strong interest in Sanchez but the Italians are reportedly closing in on Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata instead. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: "As many people have seen during the World Cup this summer, Alexis is a fantastic footballer and we are delighted that he is joining us. "Alexis will add power, creativity and much quality to our squad and we are all looking forward to him joining up with us in a few weeks." Sanchez, who has made 71 appearances for Chile, scoring 24 goals, helped his country reach the World Cup last 16, where they lost on penalties to Brazil. He completed his medical in London on Thursday and will join up with his new team-mates at the end of July, after spending some time on holiday following the World Cup. In addition to pursuing Debuchy, Arsenal are still in the market for a holding midfielder and back-up goalkeeper. Their move for the defender is at an advanced stage but the clubs are yet to agree a fee, with Newcastle, who signed Debuchy from Lille for £5m in 2013, understood to be seeking in the region of £10m. Debuchy would replace Bacary Sagna, who left Arsenal to join Manchester City.

Summary: Chile international striker Alexis Sanchez has signed for Arsenal from Barcelona on a long-term contract for a fee in the region of £35m.


A two-day conference is taking place in St Andrews on how to address slow play across all levels of golf. R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers says the pace of play is an important issue for golf as it attempts to boost its appeal. "Time is a key issue and has been for a number of years," he said. "We want to examine it and come out with practical guidance that we can give to players and courses to really get on top of it. "There are lots of very practical things that can be done." Moves to speed up play come after more than 56,000 golfers from 127 countries took part in a survey on the state of the game carried out by the R&A between September 2014 and March of this year. And Slumbers, who succeeded Peter Dawson at the start of last month, believes some of the suggested measures could work straight away. "Maybe we need some marshals out on the course to help find balls," he added. "Maybe we need to play over shorter formats, nine-hole golf; playing off tees that are further forward, not cutting the rough as thick and deep as possible. "But the key thing is getting people aware and recognising that playing reasonably quickly and getting a move on isn't just good for their game but fair to everybody out on the course." Scottish golfer Alastair Forsyth, who has spent 15 years on the European Tour, feels the R&A may have to consider "radical" measures to combat slow play. "Something has to be done because it's only going to get worse," he told BBC Scotland. "I think the professionals maybe have to take a bit of responsibility and find a way of getting quicker. Unless we do something radical then I don't see it changing an awful lot. "It's a serious issue in the game at the top level and at golf club level. We used to go round a golf course in a three-ball in three to three-and-a-half hours. It's now five hours; even club medals are taking four-and-a-half hours. "It's putting people off the game. I've been reading some stuff this week about saying, 'right, you've got four hours, if you're not round the course in four hours then you're not finishing your round'. A bit harsh, but is it going to take something like that to make people speed up?"

Summary: Shorter holes and marshals helping to find lost balls in the amateur ranks could help to speed up golf, says the sport's governing body.


Gales hitting 100mph (161 km/h) ripped through parts of Gwynedd in 2014, laying waste to the gardens at Plas Tan y Bwlch at Maentwrog. A specialist consultant was recruited by the Snowdonia National Park Authority to restore the landscape to its former glory. It involved planting 400 new plants - and has now erupted into colour. "The gardens were originally created by the Oakeley family who owned the estate in the Victorian era," said Plas Tan y Bwlch's head of business, Andrew Oughton. "They were particularly fond of magnolias, rhododendrons, camellias and Japanese maples, so we have planted new varieties of these, along with many other species." The venue had to be closed initially following the storms in February 2014 and could not reopen until the summer. But it has still needed another 18 months of constant work to clear fallen trees, replant shrubs and plants and reinstate paths. New trails and a tearoom have also been installed as part of the restoration project. "Only in the past few days everything has burst into flower, creating a spectacle of colour the like of which has not been seen for many years," added Mr Oughton.

Summary: A Victorian garden devastated by storms is back in full bloom in Snowdonia after two years of restoration work.


The striker opened the scoring in the fifth minute as he tapped in a Liam Nolan knock-down from a corner. Nolan then got on the score-sheet himself to double the hosts' advantage in first-half stoppage time before Southport made it 3-0 shortly after the break when Allen got his second of the game. Maidstone pulled a goal back as Yemi Odubade's close range finish reduced the deficit for the visitors. The Stones made it 3-2 in stoppage time when Bobby-Joe Taylor dispatched a penalty but it proved to be too late for Maidstone. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Southport 3, Maidstone United 2. Second Half ends, Southport 3, Maidstone United 2. Goal! Southport 3, Maidstone United 2. Bobby-Joe Taylor (Maidstone United). Substitution, Maidstone United. Liam Enver-Marum replaces Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi. Substitution, Southport. Ashley Grimes replaces Jordan Lussey. Substitution, Southport. John Cofie replaces Andrai Jones. Callum Howe (Southport) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Maidstone United. Ben Greenhalgh replaces Bradley Hudson-Odoi. Substitution, Southport. Liam Hynes replaces James Caton. Jamie Coyle (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card. Goal! Southport 3, Maidstone United 1. Yemi Odubade (Maidstone United). Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Evans replaces Dan Sweeney. Goal! Southport 3, Maidstone United 0. Jamie Allen (Southport). Second Half begins Southport 2, Maidstone United 0. First Half ends, Southport 2, Maidstone United 0. Goal! Southport 2, Maidstone United 0. Liam Nolan (Southport). Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card. Goal! Southport 1, Maidstone United 0. Jamie Allen (Southport). First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Summary: Jamie Allen scored at the beginning of each half as Southport defeated Maidstone in the National League.


The union organisation said bosses should be happy with staff wearing vest tops and shorts rather than tights or jackets and ties during the hot spell. Fans should be available in offices without air conditioning, it urged. Firms should also supply cold drinks and allow employees to take frequent breaks, it said, as temperatures are expected to rise to 30C (86F). Plans are already in place for some local trains to operate at reduced speed, and the TUC said that commuters and workers should be given flexibility at times of high temperatures. "It is no fun working in a baking office or factory and employers should do all they can to take the temperature down," said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady. "Clearly vest tops and shorts are not suitable attire for all frontline staff, but those not dealing with the public should be able to discard their tights, ties and suits." The Chartered Management Institute echoed the TUC's call for flexible working, claiming that many businesses underestimated the effect that weather conditions could have on output. "It is therefore vital for employers to ensure they have business continuity plans in place to prepare for these situations, to ensure that productivity doesn't drop and that flexible working arrangements are on offer, should employees require these," it said.

Summary: Staff should be allowed to dress down and work flexible hours during the hot spell of weather, the TUC has said.


At least 20 roads in the county are closed, as flooding continues to affect parts of Northern Ireland in the wake of Storm Desmond at the weekend. The Rivers Agency said prolonged rainfall meant saturated ground and high water levels in lakes and rivers. Its chief executive, David Porter, said they were monitoring the situation. "Rivers Agency and the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in the south are responsible for controlling the lough levels and we are working closely to ensure everything can be done to reduce the levels and therefore the impact of any flooding," he said. "A combination of generation and spilling at the hydroelectric power stations at Cliff and Ballyshannon in Donegal is ongoing to ensure that water can leave the Erne system as quickly as it can flow down to the dams. "It should, however, be recognised that heavy rain can result in a greater inflow than can possibly be dealt with, even when spilling is in progress." He said the River Blackwater, which flows through counties Armagh and Tyrone, was at its "highest recorded level in 45 years but has now peaked". In County Armagh, firefighters rescued a man from a van that was trapped in flood water. It happened in the Armagh Road area of Charlemont at about 08:00 GMT on Wednesday. The man was not injured. Some businesses have also been affected by the flooding. Tom Leonard, who is the owner of a marina at Carrybridge, County Fermanagh, said water levels were within "seven to eight inches" of what they were in 2009. "It has left us now today that we are trying to salvage the customers' boats and protect them," he said. "At the moment, after this week then we have to lay off all the lads until after Christmas which annoys me more than anything else. "They have been with us all summer and now we have to lay them off in the mouth of Christmas because we just don't have a workshop to work in and we have lost all our stock."

Summary: Further flooding in County Fermanagh is possible as heavy rain continues to raise water levels at Upper Lough Erne, the Rivers Agency has warned.


It's a condition that affects the way you live your life and see the world around you. Our presenter Rosie was born with autism. She says even though living with it is difficult, it makes her unique and who she is. As well as telling her own story, you'll find out how Ben, Tony and Lenny are affected by the condition. Lots of children with autism get bullied at school and can find it hard to get jobs when they grow up. In our special film Rosie wants to tell the world what autism is and what it's like to live with it.

Summary: Newsround has made a special programme about autism.


Gemma Flanagan rolled herself down the catwalk for the first time at a London fashion event on Wednesday. "It was so amazing to do it and not fall off. My biggest worry was I'd roll off the end or the side," she said. Before an illness left her unable to walk, she worked as an air hostess and part-time model. "I surprisingly felt just as confident as I have done in the past which, considering it was the first one in my chair, I wasn't sure how I'd cope with. "When you're walking you can kind of have a little strut and do your thing. That's what I was worried about - not being able to show the clothes off as well. "The designer's just so pleased with how I showcased their items and at the end of the day that's what modelling's about." The fashion show was planned by the group Models of Diversity which campaigns for the fashion and beauty industries to represent diversity, and took place at the Ideal Home Show in London's Olympia. Gemma, who is celebrating her 32nd birthday this week, wants using disabled models to be the norm. "The more people that are open to using models with disabilities then the more people will see it as normal. "We've all been in campaigns that have been a one-off for companies and a lot of them aren't paid either. "It would be good to use models with disabilities just as models, not as one-offs - we're better than that," she says. As for her future, she says: "I've got a hair show in May and a couple of shoots lined up with local photographers. "I want to do a lot more using my chair. I'm in it near enough all of the time now. Part of me doing this show was to embrace myself and embrace the fact that the chair isn't the enemy anymore. "It's basically seeing past the metal and the wheels and just saying, 'that's a gorgeous model' rather than 'a girl in a chair'." In 2011 Gemma was diagnosed with Guillain-BarrÃ© Syndrome, a serious condition which affects the nervous system. She spent seven months in rehab trying to learn to speak, write and walk again. Recently though she says she's found it harder to walk with crutches and has become increasingly reliant on her wheelchair. "When I got ill they were hoping I'd make a full recovery," she said. "But I've started getting worse again and the consultant thinks this may be the best I'm ever going to be. "I've been a bit up and down, but now I feel OK mostly. "I want to show other people they don't need to be defined by their disabilities." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: "Being in a wheelchair doesn't mean that I can't do it or anyone else can't do it - we're just as capable as any other models."


Media playback is not supported on this device In the afternoon fourballs, Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose won 5&4 against Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed. Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera-Bello beat JB Holmes and Ryan Moore 3&2, with Rory McIlroy and Thomas Pieters beating Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar 3&2. But Brooks Koepka and Brandt Snedeker won 5&4 against Danny Willet and Martin Kaymer to ensure the US remain ahead. "I would definitely say it's better to have a small deficit with some momentum because we didn't have much at lunchtime," said Europe captain Darren Clarke. "The guys went back out there and they showed just why I'm so proud of them. They showed a massive amount of desire and the fight in them to get themselves right back into it again." US captain Davis Love said: "Obviously I'm happy to be 5-3. I like being ahead but I keep telling our guys there's eight points a day and then there's 12 points on Sunday." After failing to win a point in a session for the first time since 1981, Europe improved dramatically - especially on the greens - to ensure their quest for a fourth successive Ryder Cup was not effectively ended in just one day at Hazeltine. Still, the hosts hold a healthy advantage as they look to win the event for only the third time in 23 years, though it will not be lost on visiting captain Darren Clarke that Europe trailed 5-3 after the first day of their remarkable comeback win at Medinah four years ago. Both the 3-1 scoreline and margin of European victories in the fourballs not only quelled the rowdy home crowd, but also reversed the momentum of the 41st Ryder Cup, leaving the contest delicately poised for Saturday morning's foursomes. Media playback is not supported on this device Stenson and Rose trailed Spieth and Reed for almost all of the morning foursomes and looked set for a long afternoon in the Minnesota sunshine as the Americans began with more electric putting. But after the US putters finally failed on the fourth, Sweden's Open champion Stenson dragged his team along, making birdie on the seventh when Rose went in the water, then knocking his tee shot on the eighth to gimme range. Though Rose was below his best, Spieth and Reed became erratic after falling behind for the first time in 25 holes, their first Ryder Cup defeat as a pair engineered by the imperious Stenson. If the European turnaround was sparked by their most experienced pair, it was continued by Spanish rookie Cabrera-Bello, who was relaxed enough to be seen encouraging his vastly experienced compatriot Garcia on the way to the first tee. Cabrera-Bello, who sat out the morning, promptly birdied the first then, after a Garcia birdie for two up, put his team another hole to the good with a par on the seventh despite finding water off the tee. Garcia faded in the morning session but found life in his putter in the afternoon - and though Holmes cut the lead from

Summary: Europe fought back from a 4-0 foursomes whitewash to cut the USA's lead to 5-3 after day one of the Ryder Cup.


The game on 5 November is outside World Rugby's Test window and English clubs do not have to release players for it. Gloucester flanker Ross Moriarty has said he expects to miss the match. "As it stands, George will not be available for that game," Saints team manager Paul Shields said. He told BBC Radio Northampton: "I know discussions are ongoing with the WRU and the [English clubs'] chairmen but I'm not privy to those conversations." The decision to release England-based Wales internationals is now in the hands of Premier Rugby, the umbrella organisation for England's top-tier clubs. Following the match against Australia, Wales face Argentina, Japan and South Africa later in the month - those Tests fall inside World Rugby's international window, which mean clubs must release their players. The decision by Premiership clubs on whether to release players for the first match will also have ramifications for Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts and Bath's injured number eight Taulupe Faletau. Earlier this week, Wales coach Rob Howley appeared to suggest North, Roberts and Faletau had special dispensation to play against the Wallabies. However, Shields said: "George is no different than any other non-English player. There's no side letter that exists or anything in his contract that says we will release George to play. "We're governed by Premier Rugby, who as a company will not release players outside the international window." Meanwhile, Moriarty has said: "For the games after [Australia], I'll hope to be involved and have a good chance to play again." Following fine performances for Wales during their summer tour in New Zealand, Moriarty has continued that form with Gloucester and received another call-up. "Sometimes I've been left with my head in my hands worrying [about a call-up] but I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago and it was a pretty big hint," he told BBC Radio Gloucestershire. "It's been on my mind for a while now. But as long as I can keep on performing and doing the best I can to help the team then that's what I'll keep on doing."

Summary: Wing George North is not currently available for Wales' Test against Australia but talks between the Welsh Rugby Union and English clubs are ongoing, his club Northampton says.


The pro-European cabinet minister said UKIP had no positive policies and was just "against" foreigners. UKIP leader Nigel Farage hit back by accusing Mr Clarke of holding millions of British people "in utter contempt". He said Mr Clarke was "obviously not interested" in winning back disaffected Tory voters at Thursday's local elections in England and Wales. It comes as UKIP accused the Tories of conducting a "morally reprehensible" smear campaign against its local election candidates. The anti-EU party has expanded rapidly, recruiting a record 1,732 candidates to contest Thursday's local elections. It admits it has not had the time or money to vet all of them properly. UKIP says it has evidence that smears about its candidates are being spread by Conservative Central Office, which it claims has been trawling would-be UKIP councillors' Twitter and Facebook pages for months. "Were we inclined to return the favour, we would find even more examples to use against them. "We deem that using our candidates as cannon fodder to undermine a political campaign (is) morally reprehensible and downright dirty," said a spokesman. The party is investigating six candidates over links to the BNP and other far right groups or alleged racist and homophobic comments, following stories in national and local newspapers. "I am glad they have found some candidates in the BNP because we don't want them. We are quite pleased. We don't want these people in the party," a UKIP spokesman said. He said the row showed the Conservative Party was "rattled" by UKIP, which is hoping to make significant gains in Tory heartlands on Thursday, but added: "This isn't scrutiny, it's smear." Asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr show about UKIP's claims, Transport Secretary Patrick McLaughlin said all candidates had to be scrutinised, but added: "I don't know anything about a smear campaign." But his cabinet colleague, Ken Clarke, minister without portfolio, added fuel to the row in an interview with Sky News. He said: "They of course have not been able to vet their candidates. Fringe right parties do tend to collect a number of waifs and strays... "Some of them are saying quite different things now they are in politics than their actual views." Asked whether he agreed with David Cameron's 2006 claim that UKIP was made up of "fruitcakes and closet racists", Mr Clarke replied: "I have met people who satisfy both those descriptions in UKIP. "Indeed, some of the people who have assured me they are going to vote UKIP I would put in that category. I rather suspect they have never voted for me." Mr Clarke said he was sure that "most of the UKIP people are perfectly nice when they are having a drink". But he added: "The trouble with UKIP really is it is just a protest party. "It is against the political class, it is against foreigners, it is against immigrants. But it does not have any very positive policies. They do not know what they are for." He added: "The temptation to ordinary voters to UKIP is these are very difficult times, the political

Summary: Veteran Tory Ken Clarke has waded into his party's war of words with UKIP by branding them "a collection of clowns".


Cpl Roger Heal, based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, has been remanded in custody over the allegations. An RAF spokesman said they were unable to supply details of the charges, or Cpl Heal's age and background. Cpl Heal will face a hearing in Colchester on Tuesday. He worked with air cadets, scouts and civilian sports clubs, mainly in the London, Thames Valley, Cheshire and Northumbria areas, from 2001 to 2014. His arrest followed an investigation by a dedicated Royal Air Force Police sexual offences and child abuse investigation team. The Service Police Crime Bureau said anyone with information on crimes of this kind should contact them.

Summary: An RAF serviceman who worked with children across England is facing charges over possessing and distributing indecent images of children.


Its assessment follows North Korea's publication of pictures showing its leader Kim Jong-un observing a missile test launch from a submarine last week. South Korea says the test is "very serious" but that the technology is still at an "elementary stage". North Korea has said it is developing nuclear war-heads. Following the the launch, Mr Kim said his country now possessed a "world-level strategic weapon capable of striking and wiping out in any waters the hostile forces infringing upon [North Korea's] sovereignty and dignity", state media reported. On Monday, South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok urged North Korea to stop developing the weapons. "We judge North Korea's underwater test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile to be very serious and a matter of concern. We urge North Korea to immediately stop developing SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles), which hinder the stability of the Korean peninsula and northeast Asia." South Korea is taking the test launch seriously. It and the United States are contemplating installing a missile-defence shield at huge cost, but this would be ineffective if submarine-launched missiles could get under it. It's not clear if any missiles would be nuclear-tipped, though North Korea has said it is developing nuclear war-heads. The submarine test indicates that it is moving faster than previously thought in its quest for potent weapons capable of striking at very short notice. In April, a US think-tank claimed satellite pictures taken earlier this year suggest North Korea may have restarted one of its nuclear reactors. The Institute for Science and International Security says images of the Yongbyon plant show patterns of melting snow indicating new activity. Yongbyon's reactor was shut down in 2007 but was restarted in 2013.

Summary: The South Korean government has said that North Korea could have a submarine fleet capable of launching missiles in fewer than five years.


Asking prices in the capital for these top-of-the-ladder properties fell by 8.7% over the past year, according to search site Rightmove. House prices grew much faster in eastern England and the West Midlands than in London, according to Zoopla. London's annual house price growth for 2016 (3.7%) was below the UK average of 4.5% for the first time since 2008, the Nationwide Building Society says. So has the London bubble burst? Are bargains to be had? Well, these things are relative. One new development in Radstock Street in Battersea will see eight large apartments go on the market in February for £3.65m each. For most people around the UK, that is an eye-watering price for a three-bedroom property. Yet, the developers say these homes will be attractive to downsizers - people aged in their 50s and 60s already owning a home in central London. The idea of downsizing to a £3m-plus home might make those eyes water a little more, but Louisa Brodie, head of search at Banda Property, says these apartments are "realistically priced". "They have car parking, a porter, and are brand new. Properties like this are rare to find, and areas like this have a unique selling point," she says. "London is still one of the most desirable places to live, anywhere." This is surely a sign that London property has been decoupled from the rest of the country for many years. Despite the drop in activity in London, the average house price in the capital is still £474,000, more than double the typical price of £217,000 in the UK as a whole, according to the latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The slowdown in central London is the result of the most significant change in the housing market in 2016 - a stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let and second homes. Since April, anyone buying a home that is not their main residence has had to pay a 3% stamp duty surcharge. This meant that, for second homes or buy-to-let properties, the rate for properties priced at more than £1.5m reaches 15%. The surcharge led to a burst of activity in March followed by a steep drop in transactions in April - a "hangover" that still persists, according to Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). In Scotland, the equivalent tax - the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) - was also up-rated. The new surcharge, alongside a rise in normal stamp duty costs for £1m-plus homes since 2014, had a bigger impact on the market than the Brexit vote in June, according to experts. Ray Boulger, of John Charcol mortgage brokers, says it led to many at the expensive end of the market choosing to extend their homes rather than move. This made it more difficult to create chains lower down the market. Ed Stansfield, chief property economist at Capital Economics, says the housing market recovered "remarkably quickly" after cooling immediately after the UK's vote to leave the EU. He says a "degree of nerves" surrounding the economy and

Summary: Buyers of a four-bedroom family home in London need deep pockets - but perhaps not as cavernous as a year ago.


The skeleton was unearthed during a large-scale excavation of the Swinegate area of York in 1990. The York Archaeological Trust (YAT) said more than 100 burial sites were discovered, many dating from between the 9th and 11th Century. The skeleton and coffin are being displayed at the city's Jorvik Viking Centre. York was occupied by the Vikings from the late 9th Century until the middle of the 10th Century, when it was absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England. The Swinegate dig explored the churchyard of the former church of St Benet, which had stood on the site from the 8th to the early 14th Century. Unusually, a number of timber coffins had survived. Sarah Maltby, director of attractions for the trust, said: "As we found in the Coppergate dig of the late 1970s, York's waterlogged soil conditions preserved the timber of several coffins, including this one, so what our archaeologists unearthed represents a series of previously undisturbed burials with complete skeletons, some of which date back more than 1,000 years." She said the condition of the wood gave the coffin a national significance, as so few similar examples exist. The coffin was made for a young woman, estimated at being between 26 and 35 at her death, and dates from the late Viking period. The YAT said recent analysis of the bones revealed the woman had inadequate nutrition or disease as a child and a degenerative joint disease in the spine and hips. There was no indication of what caused her death.

Summary: The skeleton of a young Viking woman found in an intact timber coffin has gone on display for the first time.


First Minister Carwyn Jones will travel with former Wales football striker Ian Rush to Switzerland on 21 April to get the trophy from Uefa's headquarters. The trophy will be "welcomed" to the host city with a parade from Cardiff Castle to the Principality Stadium. It will then embark on a tour around Wales, stopping at schools, clubs and popular public locations. The women's Champions League trophy, the final of which will be staged at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday, 1 June, will also be on the tour. The second-legs of the men's quarter-final ties will be staged this week. UEFA Champions League Trophy Experience, public event dates in Wales: Friday 21 April: 16:45 Trophy arrival in Wales and procession from Cardiff Castle to Principality Stadium Saturday 22 April: 13:30-15:00 Liberty Stadium in Swansea Sunday 23 April: 16:00-20:00 Aberystwyth Town Football Club Monday 24 April: 14:00-19:00 Bangor City Football Club Tuesday 25 April: 17:00-18:30 Llandudno Football Club Wednesday 26 April: 18:00-20:00 Bala Town Football Club Saturday 29 April: All day Beaumaris Castle Sunday 30 April: 11:00-17:00 Portmeirion (Public event) Monday 1 May: 18:00-20:00 Cefn Druids Football Club, Wrexham Thursday 4 May: 10:00-16:00 Haverfordwest town centre Saturday 6 May: 09:00-11:00 Newtown Football Club, 13:00-15:00 Brecon Leisure Centre, 17:00-20:00 Merthyr Town Football Club Sunday 7 May: 10:00-14:00 Tenby Monday 8 May: 14:00-16:00 Friars Walk Shopping Centre, Newport, 18:00-20:00 Cwmbran Stadium

Summary: The Champions League trophy will go on tour around Wales before the 2017 final in Cardiff on 3 June.


"Hairy Nose" depicts a bleak future where people have evolved lengthy nasal hair to filter out the smog. It ends with a warning that if people don't change their ways, pollution will change them. The charity, WildAid, told the BBC they wanted people to stop waiting for government action to fix the problem. "We wanted to find some humorous way to talk about the very serious problem we are facing," said WildAid's China representative, May Mei. Hairy Nose shows a parade of stylish Chinese people - and one dog - sporting elaborately groomed nasal hair as they go about their daily lives in the "putrid, choking air and the never ending smog". We see a a young family out with their hairy-nosed baby, a young commuter with her nasal hair dyed and plaited, hipsters playing pool and a couple on a date. "To them, this is just the way it is," say the captions. But one man decides not to "blindly submit" and shaves off his nose hair so he can breathe, "because it reminds me that the sky once was blue". "Change air pollution before it changes you," says the final caption. Ms Mei said WildAid wanted to tell people to stop waiting for the government to take action on pollution and climate change, and instead come up with their own creative ways to be more green. "A lot of people complain about pollution in Beijing and Shanghai, but no-one really knows what you can do," she said. "What we want to say is that change is not that difficult, it should come from everyone." She suggested that 35% of Beijing's pollution comes from transport fumes, so cycling or walking would make a real difference. The campaign is targeting mostly young Chinese, particularly internet users, because they are "willing to change, to accept new ideas and are also prepared for something better". China, which is reliant on coal-fuelled power stations, is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Pollution levels in major cities routinely reach levels considered dangerous to human health. A report last year, published in Nature, put the number of annual deaths in China attributable to pollution at 1.3 million. WildAid clearly doesn't expect people to take its hairy nose warning literally, but Ms Mei said they hoped it would make people "think harder". "If you're waiting to change your actions, you will eventually be forced to live not in the way you want," she said.

Summary: Air pollution in China is no laughing matter, but one campaign group hopes its bizarre new film will provoke both laughs and action among urban Chinese.


The girl made emergency calls to Wiltshire Police from telephone kiosks on 16 and 23 November, reporting that a non-existent fight was in progress. She was identified when officers reviewed CCTV of the kiosks in Calne and posted images of her on Facebook. She was invited to Calne police station where she admitted both offences. Police said the first call was made from a kiosk in Church Street. When a PCSO attended the scene he found nobody there. The second call was made from a kiosk in Phelps Parade, but again nobody was there when officers attended. There were many responses from people to the CCTV images of Church Street posted on Facebook and, during the appeal, the girl also contacted officers to tell them what she had done. A further review of the footage from Phelps Parade established the same girl was responsible. She was invited to the station with her mother and questioned about both offences. As the girl had not been in trouble with the police before, and because of her age, it was agreed to resolve the matter with a so-called Local Resolution. She was told to write a letter of apology and then attend force headquarters to give her apology in person.

Summary: A 13-year-old girl who made hoax calls to police has been made to read an apology to the 999 call handler supervisor.


Lawyers have applied for a judicial review of the decision to close Conisbrough, Cedar and Thorne social education centres. The centres provide day care and activities for people with severe learning difficulties. Doncaster Council wants to shut them as part of a "modernisation" process to save the local authority money. Martin Chadwick, whose daughter has used Cedar care home for 20 years, said he was considering joining the legal action. He said: "It's crucial that Sarah goes to the centre, she needs it and we need her to go there for her health and wellbeing." A hearing over the application for a judicial review is expected to take place in September. Pat Higgs, assistant director of adult social care at Doncaster Council, said: "The decision in respect of the modernisation of day services was taken due to a number of factors, including the age, location and condition of the current buildings. "

Summary: Legal action could be taken over a decision to close three day-care centres in Doncaster.


The Daily Telegraph reported that the star would be dropped after an internal investigation concluded he had attacked a producer on the show. It said director general Tony Hall would explain that such behaviour could not be tolerated at the BBC. Clarkson tweeted a rebuttal of the story on Wednesday morning. "Just to keep everyone up to date, I haven't heard a thing," he wrote, shortly before 10:00 GMT. The BBC also says no final decision had been made on Clarkson's future. "When we have an outcome, we will announce it," said a BBC spokesman. Clarkson was suspended 16 days ago following an alleged "fracas" with producer Oisin Tymon. The row was said to have occurred because no hot food was laid on for the presenter following a day's filming in North Yorkshire. An internal investigation began last week, led by Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland. Mr Tymon did not file a formal complaint and it is understood Clarkson reported himself to BBC bosses. The BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, felt he had no choice but to suspend the presenter pending an investigation. The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him. Whatever the outcome of the BBC's inquiry, the motoring show is expected to continue. It is one of BBC Two's most popular programmes, and overseas sales generate an estimated £50m a year for the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. Whether Clarkson's co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond would continue in his absence has yet to be confirmed. All three have their contracts up for renewal this year. Meanwhile Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, who has been touted as a potential replacement for Clarkson, has ruled himself out of the running. "Not only is it not true, it's absolute nonsense," he told listeners on Wednesday morning. "From what I've seen on Twitter and various social media, there's a 50/50 split approximately as to whether me being involved in the show is a good idea. "In TV or radio, if you get a 50/50 love/hate reaction that usually equals massive hit. I used to work for [ratings body] Barb and knock on people's doors and this was the rule of thumb. "However, I'm in the no camp. So regardless of whether it would be a hit, I'm voting a no for myself on that show, so that's never going happen. "And that's the end of that." Speaking later to reporters outside Radio 2, Evans refused to speculate on who else might replace Clarkson, saying he "doesn't know if the post is available yet".

Summary: Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says he "hasn't heard a thing", after press reports suggested the BBC would sack him on Wednesday.


His victory in the small West African nation's presidential poll is arguably an even bigger shock than that of fellow property mogul in the US, Donald Trump. Mr Barrow's opponent Yahya Jammeh, has ruled the country for more than two decades, but said if God willed it, his presidency could go on for "a billion years". Before the 51-year-old was chosen in September as the candidate to represent seven Gambian opposition parties at the election, he had spent 10 years working in property, having started his own estate agency in 2006. In the early 2000s, he lived in the UK for several years, where he reportedly worked as a security guard at the Argos catalogue store in north London, while studying for his real estate qualifications. British media have even reported that while guarding the shop on Holloway Road, he made a citizen's arrest on a shoplifter, which resulted in a six-month jail term. It was also during that period that Mr Barrow chose to support Arsenal FC, at that time his local club. Despite the uncertainty over whether the disputed election, he recently shared a picture on Twitter of him wearing the north London club's jersey and declared support for the team: "You can change your politics, but never can you change your favourite football team! Thank you â€” @Arsenal! #Gambia #Arsenal" He was born in 1965, the same year his country gained independence from British colonial rule, in a small village near the market town of Basse in the east of the country. Throughout his campaign, he pledged support for an independent judiciary, as well as increased freedom for the media and civil society. Six things about Adama Barrow: He described his opponent as a "soulless dictator" and promised to undo some of Mr Jammeh's more controversial moves. "We will take the country back to the Commonwealth and the International Criminal Court (ICC)," he said. A devout Muslim, he also criticised the lack of a two-term limit on the presidency and condemned the jailing of political opposition figures. Speaking to the BBC three days before the election, Mr Barrow said that Gambians "had been suffering for 22 years" and were ready for change. He scorned the achievements of his opponent, who boasted of having brought The Gambia out of the stone age with his education and health programmes. More on President Jammeh's rule: The hospitals President Jammeh had built had "no drugs... or quality doctors", the schools "no teachers, no chairs... no good educational materials", he said. They were "white elephant projects". Although he became treasurer of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) party in 2013, Mr Barrow was not a household name in The Gambia. He was described as "little-known" even by one of the local media outlets supporting him. In an interview with a local media, Mai Ceesay, a former female UDP youth leader, describes Mr Barrow as industrious and humble, calling him the perfect candidate: "He is humble, kind and industrious man who breaks the deal. He is down to the earth," she said. In his

Summary: Adama Barrow, a successful property developer who has never held public office, has defied the odds to score a shock victory in The Gambia's elections.


The stoppage continues to 14 December, in a move that brings the total number of games lost to 422, or about a third of the 2012-13 season. The US and Canadian league locked out the players in mid-September, a month before the season was due to begin. The two sides are in a dispute over how to split $3.3bn (Â£2bn) in revenue. The owners want to reduce the players' share of annual revenue to 50% from the current 57%. The All-Star Game, which was to have been in Columbus, Ohio, on 27 January, has also been called because of the latest round of cancellations. It follows the owners' rejection of a new offer by the Players' Association on Wednesday morning. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is losing up to $20m per day, while the players are missing out on as much as $10m per day. The work stoppage is the fourth in 20 years for the NHL. A previous union dispute saw the entire 2004-2005 season cancelled.

Summary: The National Hockey League (NHL) has cancelled another two weeks of games, as the result of a lockout that threatens to wipe out the whole season.


She bought the turquoise and gold ring for £152,450 at auction last year, outbidding the Jane Austen's House Museum. Culture minister Ed Vaizey put an export bar on it until 30 September. After worldwide donations the museum has since raised enough money to buy the ring and its bid has been accepted. Contributions to the Bring the Ring Home campaign, set up by the museum in Jane Austen's former home, included an anonymous donation of £100,000 in August. The museum, in Chawton, Hampshire, was given until December to raise a further £49,000. Mary Guyatt, curator of the museum, said it had been "stunned by the generosity and light-footedness" of those who had supported the bid. Mr Vaizey added: "It's clear from the number of people who gave generously to the campaign just how admired Jane Austen remains to this day." The museum already displays two other pieces of jewellery owned by the writer - a turquoise bracelet and a topaz cross. The ring is accompanied by papers documenting its history within the author's family. It passed first to her sister Cassandra, who then gave it to her sister-in-law Eleanor Austen on her engagement to Jane and Cassandra's brother, the Reverend Henry Thomas Austen. It remained in the family until Clarkson bought it at auction. The ring will now go on display at the museum in the New Year. On hearing the museum had been successful in raising funds to purchase the ring, Ms Clarkson said: "The ring is a beautiful national treasure and I am happy to know that so many Jane Austen fans will get to see it at Jane Austen's House Museum." The museum said it hoped to welcome Ms Clarkson there in the future. Austen, who lived most of her life in Hampshire, is one of English literature's most celebrated authors. Fans are celebrating the 200th anniversary of her novel Pride and Prejudice this year. Although out of copyright and available free on e-readers, it is estimated that Pride and Prejudice sells up to 50,000 copies each year in the UK.

Summary: US singer Kelly Clarkson has been thwarted in her bid to take a ring which once belonged to Jane Austen out of the UK.


Coach Eddie Jones announced at the launch of the championship that the 30-year-old will continue in the role. "I haven't actually told him... shall I say now? I'd like to announce Dylan's the captain," Jones said. Hartley, who led England to the Grand Slam last year, was banned for hitting Leinster's Sean O'Brien in December. He caught the Irish flanker high with a swinging arm during Northampton's 37-10 Champions Cup loss and was shown the third red card of his career. The subsequent suspension took the total number of weeks he has been unavailable during his career to 60. Hartley will not have played for nine weeks before England's opening game against France on 4 February at Twickenham. When the captain was asked if he had changed his game in response to his latest sanction, Jones interrupted: "He's had 60 weeks off mate, he's a world expert." The Australian added: "I think he's ready. He trained well on Tuesday and has still got a couple of days to go. We're pleased to have him back. It's the continuity of the job." Hartley, when asked about his suitability for the role, said: "We did this last year, talking about me. I'm confident, I feel fresh, I feel fit, and focused. "I'm here on behalf of the team. The challenge is to use this week as best we can to get the preparation right for a huge first game." Hartley was dropped from England's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad after he headbutted Saracens' Jamie George, but was recalled by Jones after he replaced Stuart Lancaster. The hooker went on to lead the side to a Six Nations Grand Slam as they embarked on a run of 14 consecutive Test match victories. British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has refused to be drawn on whether Hartley's disciplinary record will affect his chances of leading this summer's tour to New Zealand. Media playback is not supported on this device Jones attended the launch with a dressing on his face and a black eye, caused by a fall in the bathroom of his hotel. However, the Australian did initially suggest he suffered the injury while attempting the combat sports England players have been practising since October. "First we had judo and then we had MMA, so we're just going through all the martial arts sports to see what effect they have on the body," Jones said. "My mother always told me I've got to shave and I forgot, so I walked out of the shower to get the shaver and this is what happened." Back row James Haskell has been given the all-clear to link up with the squad after recovering from a foot injury that kept him out for six months. The 31-year-old was a key part of England's Grand Slam and unbeaten tour of Australia in 2016. But, having missed the autumn internationals, he faces a battle to oust Tom Wood, who was this week singled out for praise by Jones. Jones said people would "have to wait and see" if Haskell would feature

Summary: Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley has been confirmed as England's captain for the Six Nations - two days after his six-week suspension for striking ended.


Mr Kerry was responding to a major report by the UN which described the impacts of global warming as "severe, pervasive and irreversible". He said dramatic and swift action was required to tackle the threats posed by a rapidly changing climate. Our health, homes, food and safety are all likely to be threatened by rising temperatures, the report says. Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world. In a statement, Mr Kerry said: "Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy. Denial of the science is malpractice. "There are those who say we can't afford to act. But waiting is truly unaffordable. The costs of inaction are catastrophic." Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which produced the report, told BBC News: "Even in rich countries, the impacts of climate change could lead to greater incidents of pockets of poverty, even in rich countries could lead to impoverishment of some particular communities. "However there is an equity issue, because some of the poorest communities in the poorest countries in the world are going to be the worst hit." Some impacts of climate change include a higher risk of flooding and changes to crop yields and water availability. Humans may be able to adapt to some of these changes, but only within limits. An example of an adaptation strategy would be the construction of sea walls and levees to protect against flooding. Another might be introducing more efficient irrigation for farmers in areas where water is scarce. Natural systems are currently bearing the brunt of climatic changes, but a growing impact on humans is feared. Members of the IPCC say it provides overwhelming evidence of the scale of these effects. By Roger HarrabinEnvironment analyst The prognosis on the climate isn't good - but the doctor's changing his bedside manner with the people in charge of the planet's health. The report's chair, Dr Chris Field, is worried that an apocalyptic tone will frighten politicians so much that they'll abandon the Earth to its fate. There is nothing inevitable about the worst impacts on people and nature, Dr Field says. We can cut emissions to reduce the risks of catastrophe and adapt to some changes that will inevitably occur. We have to re-frame climate change as an exciting challenge for the most creative minds. Cutting local air pollution from, say coal, can also reduce carbon emissions that cause warming; creating decent homes for poor people in countries like Bangladesh can improve lives whilst removing them from the path of flood surges. Some will criticise Dr Field for being too upbeat. But many politicians have gone deaf to the old-style warnings. Maybe it's worth a new approach. The report was agreed after almost a week of intense discussions here in Yokohama, which included concerns among some authors about the tone of the evolving document. This is the second of a series from the

Summary: The costs of inaction on climate change will be "catastrophic", according to US Secretary of State John Kerry.


DreamHost had argued the DoJ's warrant would have revealed 1.3 million IP addresses. The DoJ has now narrowed the scope of its demand. Disruptj20.org was set up to help arrange a protest at President Trump's inauguration. "The government has no interest in records relating to the 1.3 million IP addresses that are mentioned in DreamHost's numerous press releases and opposition briefs," prosecutors said in the new request. They were focused on the use of the website to plan and carry out a criminal act - a "riot" - not the "lawful activities of peaceful protesters", they said. The warrant does not now require certain access and error logs, which, DreamHost says, means visitors' IP addresses are "largely safe". "We see this as a huge win for internet privacy, and we absolutely appreciate the DoJ's willingness to look at and reconsider both the scope and the depth of their original request for records," DreamHost said in a blog post. However, it still plans to challenge the DoJ on other aspects of its request. Prosecutors signed the original warrant to DreamHost in July, arguing that disruptj20.org had been used to organise "violent" protests in Washington DC. DreamHost and privacy advocates argued that amounted to a "digital dragnet". In its updated warrant, the DoJ said that the full scope of the original request - criticised by DreamHost in its public statements - had been "unknown to the government and the court at the time that the warrant was issued". Data still required by the amended warrant includes files and databases stored by DreamHost. More than 200 people have been charged in relation to rioting at the inauguration.

Summary: Visitors to an anti-Trump website will probably not have their internet protocol addresses turned over to the Department of Justice, after a legal standoff with a US web company.


On Thursday, the hospital urged mothers-to-be to ring before arriving as its neonatal cots were full. It had said only women in advanced stages of labour who could not travel were being admitted. But on Friday the hospital said the unit was now accepting most mothers-to-be in labour. Consultants and senior midwives were said to be assessing each case of premature labour to see if they may still need to go elsewhere. Although the unit remained extremely busy, caesarean sections and inducements were also now going ahead. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board said: "The neonatal unit, which cares for poorly babies, is still extremely busy but the situation has eased enough for most mums-to-be to have their babies in the hospital. "Earlier this week the neonatal unit was completely full, meaning that only women who were too advanced in their labour to travel were being accepted and all others were being asked to call ahead in advance. "The situation is constantly evolving but the service is expected to remain under some pressure for a few days at least." Women due to give birth at Singleton who go into premature labour - less than 36 weeks into their pregnancy - are asked to call the ward on 01792 205666.

Summary: Swansea's Singleton Hospital says it is accepting "most" expectant women in labour again after pressures on its neonatal services eased.


Media playback is not supported on this device The 3-1 win at Solitude means David Healy's Blues finish the campaign two points ahead of Crusaders who had held the title for the last two years. Crusaders ended their title challenge with a 6-1 win over Glenavon at Seaview but in the end it was not enough. It is Linfield's first title triumph since they did the double in 2012. They are one match away from another double as they face Coleraine in the Irish Cup final on 6 May. Linfield may have lifted the County Antrim Shield in February, but this will go down as a first major managerial success for Northern Ireland record scorer David Healy. He took over as Linfield manager in October 2015 and saw his team end the season runners-up in the league and beaten by Glenavon in the cup final. Clinching the title in his first full season seemed unlikely in mid-February when Crusaders were nine points ahead. But Linfield went on an amazing run picking up 43 points from a possible 45, to take advantage of Crusaders' slip-ups. Linfield were trailing at half-time after Daniel Hughes headed Cliftonville into a 13th-minute lead but Linfield bounced back in style after the break. Waterworth pounced for a close-range equaliser and followed that with a brilliant individual strike which turned out to be the title clincher. The former Glentoran striker made it 3-1 on the hour with a penalty after he was fouled by Chris Ramsey who was sent-off. With Cliftonville losing, Ballymena's draw against Coleraine lifted them into fourth place, meaning they will have home advantage against Dungannon in the semi-finals of the Europa League play-offs. Cliftonville will host Glenavon in the other semi-final, with the matches being played on Monday, 8 May. Carrick are seeking a new manager as they prepare for the promotion/relegation play-off games after Aaron Callaghan quit minutes after their 4-1 defeat away to Ballinamallard United.

Summary: Andrew Waterworth scored a second-half hat-trick as Linfield beat Cliftonville to clinch the title on a dramatic final day of the Irish Premiership season.


Fishlock, 29, had been a player and assistant coach to Jo Montemurro, who has taken up a role with the club's men's team. Her first match in charge will be the Round 11 fixture at Sydney FC on Sunday, 8 January. Sydney are top of the table with Fishlock's side fourth.

Summary: Wales midfielder Jess Fishlock has taken over as Melbourne City coach for the final weeks of Australia's W-League season.


Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard that 67 videos were found on Mark Ross's laptop following a police raid at a house in Creel Court, St Abbs. They predominantly featured boys aged between eight and 12. Ross, 49, from Gateshead, admitted possession of indecent "pseudo photographs" of children between November 2010 and December 2013. Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser said the videos had been found after police received information that someone had been accessing images of child abuse through the internet. The court was told that Ross was a full-time carer for his mother and his lawyer Ross Dow added that his client had been fully co-operative with the police. Sheriff Peter Paterson said: "These are not victimless crimes. "But I do detect a significant degree of shame about your involvement." Ross was also given a three-year community pay back order involving work with a Northumberland sex offenders programme.

Summary: A man found with extreme pornography on his computer has been placed on the sex offenders register for three years.