Richard O'Dwyer travelled to the US voluntarily after spending more than two years challenging whether he should be extradited to face charges. The US authorities claimed the 24-year-old's TVShack website hosted links to pirated films and TV programmes. Mr O'Dwyer, from Sheffield, is expected to return to the UK later. He signed a deferred prosecution agreement, in which he said he would not break any US laws. If he complies with the agreement, the case will be dropped. Mr O'Dwyer attended the New York Southern District federal court with his mother, girlfriend and UK and US lawyers. After the court appearance, he told the BBC: "I'm happy it's finally over. I still maintain I never thought I was committing a crime. "I'm glad the US has decided to drop the case. It's a pity the UK wasn't able to resolve this." He added: "I'm looking forward to getting back to university and see all my friends." Mr O'Dwyer's barrister Ben Cooper said in a statement: "So far as we know this is a first in extradition cases - and a sensible solution for UK defendants faced with an ever-growing extra-territorial reach of US prosecutions." Mr O'Dwyer's mother Julia, who campaigned tirelessly to stop her son being extradited, said: "We are very pleased and relieved to have been able to resolve this matter. "We would like to thank the prosecutors who have been willing to engage in dialogue and recognise that this conduct did not merit the extradition, incarceration and criminalisation of my son. "This matter could have been dealt with over two years ago without the threat of extradition, which in my view is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Earlier this year Home Secretary Theresa May approved Mr O'Dwyer's extradition, which he appealed against. On 28 November a deal was struck at the High Court in London to avoid him being extradited and led to him signing the three-page deferred prosecution agreement. The Sheffield Hallam university student could have faced jail if convicted of the allegations, which were brought following a crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The agency claimed the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010. Mr O'Dwyer's extradition application from earlier this year is expected to return to the High Court so it can formally be disposed of. A spokesperson for Mr O'Dwyer said the £20,000 he has been ordered to pay will be used to repay victims whose copyrights were infringed by TVShack. Mr O'Dwyer will have no criminal record and will not be subjected to any travel restrictions as a result of the court case.

Summary: A student ordered to pay £20,000 by a New York judge after US authorities said he broke copyright laws says he is "happy it's finally over".


Asif, 33, and Butt, 31, were banned along with Mohammad Amir after spot-fixing incidents during a Test against England at Lord's in August 2010. Amir, 24, is back in the Test team but Asif and Butt are yet to be recalled. "We are waiting for them to prove their case," said Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan. "They'll have to knock the door down before they are considered." All three men were jailed for their parts in the incident, which saw Amir and Asif deliberately bowl no-balls as part of a betting scam. Khan added: "Amir, from day one, has admitted his faults and apologised. "The other two didn't admit from day one, only once they were sentenced by the court did they admit. There is a difference there." Amir was given a muted reception at Lord's on Friday as he bowled for the first time in a Test since being banned.

Summary: Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been told they must "knock the door down" before they are considered for a return to the Pakistan team.


Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) said there had been a particular rise in the scam in the last few weeks. Several small or medium-sized companies in the UK have lost sums of between Â£10,000 and Â£20,000 as a result. Typically, staff in a firm's finance department receive an email, which they believe is from a senior manager. The fraudsters use special software to make the message appear genuine. The emails request that urgent payments are made outside normal procedures, often for a pressing reason, such as the need to secure a contract. The scam has been dubbed "whaling" fraud, as it targets the so-called big fish of business. When the money is transferred, it goes into an account set up by the fraudsters. "While an urgent request from the boss might naturally prompt a swift response, it should in fact be a warning sign of a potential scam," said Katy Worobec, director of FFA UK. Staff are being advised to:

Summary: Office staff are being warned about fake emails that appear to come from one of their bosses, telling them to transfer money.


Prosecutors said he had maintained a "criminal relationship" with officials at a construction conglomerate. His lawyer said he was innocent and called the arrest a "spectacle". Dozens of politicians and Petrobras executives have been arrested and sentenced after a two-year anti-corruption investigation. The investigation, called the "Car Wash operations" has unveiled a massive corruption scheme at Petrobras. In a news conference, prosecutors said Mr Palocci had favoured construction giant Odebrecht while in government. They said he had facilitated contracts with Petrobras and helped the group obtain credit from a state bank in exchange for donations to the governing Workers' Party. Mr Palocci is alleged to have continued to intermediate bribes even after he left office. Last week, police temporarily detained another former finance minister, Guido Mantega, also on charges related to the Car Wash probe. He was released hours later because his wife was about to undergo surgery. Earlier this month a judge ruled that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would face trial on corruption charges over the Petrobras scandal. Mr Palocci served as a finance minister under Lula and as chief of staff to his successor, Ms Rousseff, who was impeached last month for manipulating the budget.

Summary: Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci has been arrested in connection with a long-running inquiry into corruption at oil giant Petrobras.


Barely a month after the Champions League final signalled the end of the 2016-17 domestic campaign, the focus is already on the coming season as qualifying for Europe's club competitions started this week. Qualifying for the Champions League is already under way and on Thursday 100 clubs from across the continent take their first steps on the long journey towards Europa League qualification. Several British clubs are involved, including Scottish Premiership side Rangers as they return to European action for the first time in six years. How well do you know some of the more obscure clubs involved, as well as those who play for them? Try our quiz to find out. This content will not work on your device, please check Javascript and cookies are enabled or update your browser

Summary: Football is back.


I've downloaded an episode of David Attenborough's Frozen Planet in about a minute and viewed YouTube videos in the middle of London without a hint of buffering. I've even tested a live broadcast using nothing but a laptop connected to a mobile phone network. All of this has been thanks to 4G - a technology which is already being rolled out in many parts of the world but won't be widely available in the UK until 2013 at the earliest. Two big 4G trials are underway at the moment. In London, O2 has launched a test network covering various parts of the centre of town, and soon out to Canary Wharf and the Docklands. In Cornwall, BT and Everything Everywhere - formerly known as Orange and T-Mobile - have begun testing 4G under very different conditions. The aim there is to work out whether part of the spectrum which is being auctioned late next year will provide a mobile broadband alternative for people who struggle to get a decent service down a fixed line. Now I can already hear the purists shouting that neither of these trials are "real 4G". Â They will point to the standards set out by the International Telecoms Union for the next generation of mobile networks and claim they do not match up. But I think most people will be more concerned to know what the new services promise - and how soon they will arrive. In London the O2 trial involves dongles plugged into a computer - there are no 4G handsets available yet. I've tested the network in Soho, where I got speeds of around 35Mbps, and at the O2 in East London, where, surprise surprise, I got something much faster - up to 90Mbps. So far, these speeds look impressive, although you have to bear in mind that once the new networks are clogged up with thousands of users, they are bound to slow down. But compared with 3G coverage, which is still annoyingly patchy - as I waited for a train in West London this morning I noticed that my phone was only getting a slow EDGE connection - the 4G revolution promises to make a big difference. When it finally arrives, that is. Amid infighting amongst the various mobile operators, the 4G spectrum auction has been delayed until the end of next year. The networks say that's not a problem because the analogue TV spectrum which will be a key part of the sale won't be free until 2013 in any case. But as other countries from Sweden, to Germany to the United States, move ahead more rapidly with rolling out the new technology, there's mounting concern that the UK could be left behind. One company making that case forcefully is eBay. The auction site says the UK is ahead of the pack in terms of mobile use, but falling behind in terms of infrastructure. Sitting in Soho Square - with a good 4G signal and very patchy 3G coverage - Angus McCarey from eBay told me: "The UK leads Europe in

Summary: Over the last week, I've had a taste of our mobile future.


The sixth-placed Shrimpers had influential midfielder Ryan Leonard sent off 20 minutes from time when the game was still goalless. But strikes from Nile Ranger and Theo Robinson and a stoppage-time penalty by Anthony Wordsworth saw Phil Brown's side secure a fourth successive victory. Oldham slightly shaded an uneventful first half but failed to seriously test the Shrimpers debutant goalkeeper Christian Walton. Latics would have fancied their chances when Leonard was dismissed for a late challenge on Ousmane Fane but the dismissal seemed to fire up Southend. Ranger broke the deadlock in the 75th minute when he netted for the fourth game in succession, tapping home an accurate cross from Robinson. Three minutes later, Robinson headed home a right-wing free-kick from Wordsworth before Wordsworth completed the scoring from the penalty spot in stoppage time. The penalty was awarded after Peter Clarke brought down Jermaine McGlashan and Wordsworth made no mistake with a firm effort from 12 yards. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Southend United 3, Oldham Athletic 0. Second Half ends, Southend United 3, Oldham Athletic 0. Goal! Southend United 3, Oldham Athletic 0. Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. Penalty Southend United. Jermaine McGlashan draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic) after a foul in the penalty area. Connor Ripley (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card. Attempt missed. Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Theo Robinson (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic). Jermaine McGlashan (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Anthony Gerrard (Oldham Athletic). Nile Ranger (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic). Attempt saved. Michael Ngoo (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United). Tope Obadeyi (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt missed. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Aiden O'Neill replaces Paul Green. Nile Ranger (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic). Attempt missed. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Nile Ranger (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic). Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ryan Flynn replaces Josh Law. Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Michael Ngoo replaces Ousmane Fane. Goal! Southend United 2, Oldham Athletic 0. Theo Robinson (Southend United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Wordsworth with a cross. Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jermaine McGlashan (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Josh Law (Oldham Athletic). Goal! Southend United 1,

Summary: Ten-man Southend dug deep to secure a dramatic win over Oldham at Roots Hall.


19 January 2016 Last updated at 19:50 GMT Eddie Girvan, 67, was found in his home on Station Road in Greenisland by police at about 21:30 GMT on Monday. BBC News NI's Kevin Sharkey reports.

Summary: A murder inquiry has begun into the death of a man who was found tied up and stabbed in his home in County Antrim.


Dr Margaret Ann Rous, who was 37, and her 28-year-old husband David Rous were killed when a light aircraft struck the ground in Glen Etive. The couple, from Newport-on-Tay in Fife, had been flying from Dundee to visit relatives on Tiree. The emergency services had been alerted when contact was lost with the Piper Cherokee at about 13:50 on Saturday. Police Scotland said the wreckage was discovered on the northern aspect of Glen Kinglass at 20:00, along with the remains of the two people on board. Dr Rous' sister Johann Maclean paid tribute to her on social media. She posted on Facebook: "Today has been the hardest day of my life, I love you Minnie xxxx" She also thanked friends and family for their sympathy messages. "Thank you all for the heartfelt messages, phone calls and visits," she wrote. "We appreciate your thoughts at this heartbreaking time xx." Following the discovery of the wreckage, specialist officers remained at the scene in the Beinn nan Lus area of Glen Kinglass. Inquiries are continuing into the cause of the accident.

Summary: Tribute has been paid to a Dundee GP and her engineer husband who died in a plane crash in Argyll.


The 16th Century mosque in Ayodhya town was razed in 1992 by a Hindu mob who want to build a temple to Lord Ram. The threat was made by T Raja Singh, a senior leader of India's governing BJP party in Telangana state. A BJP spokeswoman criticised the remarks Mr Singh made on 5 April. Late on Sunday, police in Hyderabad city registered a case against him for "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs", after a complaint by a Muslim political organisation. Mr Singh has defended his statement on the flashpoint issue, saying it was aimed at those who were opposed to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. "For the construction of the temple, we can sacrifice our lives and even kill others, this is my warning to those who want to create hindrance in the construction of the temple," Hindustan Times quoted him as saying. In the past too, Mr Singh has courted controversy when in December 2015 he supported the lynching of a Muslim man by a Hindu mob on suspicion that he had stored beef in his home in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Last year, he justified the beating of some Dalit (formerly known as untouchables, who form the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy) men by cow vigilante groups in Gujarat.

Summary: Police in southern India have filed a case against a legislator who threatened to behead those opposed to the building of a Hindu temple on the site of a destroyed mosque.


Media playback is not supported on this device The previous highest chase by England at Lord's is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook's men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq (49) and Sarfraz Ahmed (45) batted Pakistan into a strong position. England bowled well - Chris Woakes taking another five-wicket haul - but dropped two catches late in the day. Stuart Broad spilled a difficult chance to dismiss Yasir Shah (30 not out) at mid-off and then wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow dropped what was more of a regulation catch to end a punchy innings from strokemaker Sarfraz. They may also rue the moment Younus Khan, who put on 69 with Shafiq for the fifth wicket, had a leg-before dismissal reversed following a review with the score at 75-4 and Pakistan's lead just 142. Media playback is not supported on this device Woakes was head and shoulders above the rest of his team-mates with the ball. The Warwickshire all-rounder started the day hoping to push England closer to Pakistan's first innings total of 339 all out. However, he was let down by his batting partners as England's last three wickets fell for 19 runs - leaving Woakes unbeaten on a well-constructed 35. He then shone with the ball, recording what are currently the second-best match figures (11-101) by an England bowler this decade. His expert line and length, which is delivered at a livelier pace than when he made his debut in 2013, saw him snare opener Shan Masood via a catch at first slip and helped him to pin Azhar Ali in front. He returned later in the day to bowl the obdurate Asad Shafiq for 49 and have both Sarfraz and Wahab Riaz caught behind with an outswinger and attempted bouncer respectively. England's batsman were bamboozled by the leg-spin of Yasir Shah in their first innings, with Steven Finn becoming the 30-year-old's sixth victim on a frenetic third morning. The odd delivery is beginning to stay low, while Woakes showed the benefit of a lively line and length on a sporting surface. History is also stacked against Alastair Cook's side. Their highest chase at Lord's is the 282-3 they scored against New Zealand in 2004, with the ground's highest successful fourth-innings total being the 344-1 hit by West Indies in 1984. Test Match Special's Geoffrey Boycott: "You'd like to think England can do this. It comes down to how they play the leg-spinner (Yasir). "The seamers will be decent like ours, but when the shine goes it's not easy. So they'll do their bit. "But we come to the wrist spinner - if England play as poorly as the first innings, then it's bye bye. You want England to play better, but they need Alastair Cook to hang around." Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur on Sky Sports: "A lead of 300 would be very nice tomorrow. "Misbah's innings in the first pleased me, Asad Shafiq has been amazing at number six, but I'm disappointed that none of our batsmen pushed on today. "Misbah is a statesman, a

Summary: England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281.


Helen Bailey, who wrote the Electra Brown series, was last seen walking her dog near her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, on 11 April. There has not been any trace of the 51-year-old or her pet despite searches. Her partner Ian Stewart said: "Whatever has happened, wherever you are I will come and get you." Read more on this story and others from across Hertfordshire Northumberland-born Ms Bailey, who lived with her partner, had gone for a walk with her miniature dachshund Boris and had reportedly said she "needed a little time to herself". She was reported missing on 15 April. As well as the teenage book series, she started a blog called Planet Grief after her husband of 22 years drowned on holiday in Barbados in 2011. Officers searching for the author have carried out extensive searches of the local area and checked hundreds of hours of CCTV footage. They have said there is nothing to indicate "foul play"". In a statement, Mr Stewart said he hoped she would hear his message and "listen carefully". "We miss you and Boris so much... We are shattered in so many ways," he said. "You not only mended my heart five years ago but made it bigger, stronger and kinder. "Together we learnt to live with our grief and move forward with our lives but never forgetting. Now it feels like my heart doesn't even exist. Our plans are nowhere near complete and without you there is no point." Ms Bailey's brother, John, said it had been an "extremely difficult time" for her family. Making a direct appeal to his sister, he said: "I know you had said you wanted some time and space and we don't want to intrude on that unless you want us to... All we need is some information that you are OK." Chief inspector Julie Wheatley said it was a "highly unusual case" because Ms Bailey "seems to have simply disappeared". "We literally have no trace of her despite extensive searches and inquiries which have been on-going since she was reported missing," she said. "Whilst this very much remains a missing person's inquiry... as the days and weeks pass we and Helen's family and friends are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare." The force has asked for Ms Bailey, or anyone who knows where she might be, to contact them.

Summary: One month after a missing children's author was last seen, her partner has said her disappearance has "shattered" the family.


James Kelly Nestruck said he received a contract between Wests Tigers forward Martin Taupau and the Manly Sea Eagles. The two clubs have confirmed the transfer. A possible explanation for the mix-up is that Mr Nestruck has the same initial and surname as the CEO of the Sea Eagles, Joe Kelly. But in a statement the Wests Tigers denied that they had sent the email. Mr Nestruck made light of the incident on his Twitter account, having become an unlikely trending topic in Sydney. "Hey there Antipodean rugby enthusiasts... Thanks for all the interest, but I'm done playing at Kiwileaks now - and am off to review a play," he said.

Summary: A Canadian theatre critic has said he was accidentally sent an email revealing that a rugby league star is switching clubs in Australia.


International recognition and protection of such areas is urgently needed to halt their continued loss, say scientists. Roads may introduce many problems to nature, including deforestation, pollution and risks to wildlife. Areas untouched by roads do not have adequate protection in most countries, researchers report in Science journal. "We have produced a global map of road less areas," said lead researcher Pierre Ibisch, of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, in Germany. "And this map shows that Earth's landscapes are shattered into more than 600 thousand fragments. "We used a huge dataset of 36 million km of roads for producing this map." Roads are important for economic development, but they have a number of potential environmental impacts, including deforestation, chemical pollution, and noise disturbance. To gain a better understanding of the impact of road systems, scientists analysed two global datasets, OpenStreetMap and gRoads. They also reviewed 282 publications. The map found that about 80% of the Earth's land surface remains without roads. However, more than half of the 600,000 fragments created by roads are less than 1 sq km. Only 7% are larger than 100 sq km (400 sq miles) - that's about the size of the island of Montserrat. As roads continue to expand there is an urgent need for a global strategy for the conservation, restoration and monitoring of areas without roads and the ecosystems they represent, say scientists from 12 institutions in six countries. Few countries have legislation that protects areas that are not fragmented by roads. And in much of Europe and North America these areas have already been lost. However, in Australia, for example, untouched landscapes such as the Blue Mountains only hours from Sydney still exist. Dr Ibisch told BBC News: ''We see these road less areas as areas with an inherent value; something that merits being seen as a conservation target in its own right.'' Co-researcher Monika Hoffmann added: "Road less areas are still overestimated and many of them are reduced in size." The research is published in the journal Science. Follow Helen on Twitter.

Summary: A global map of areas without roads shows large tracts of wilderness remain unprotected.


Until 13 March, he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. Analysts did not see him as a favourite for the job of succeeding Benedict XVI, and his advanced age - at 76, he is just two years younger than Benedict at the time of his election in 2005 - may have surprised those expecting a younger man as the 266th Pope. However he appeals to both Church conservatives and reformers, being seen as orthodox on sexual matters, for instance, but liberal on social justice - though far from being a "liberation theologist". He was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires, of Italian descent. According to his official Vatican biography, he was ordained as a Jesuit in 1969 and went on to study in Argentina and Germany. As a young man he had a lung removed because of an infection, but his health is currently said to be good. He became a bishop in 1992 and Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998. At the 2005 conclave, he was seen as a contender for the papacy. His election took many by surprise in his home city, where many had thought his age ruled him out, says the BBC's Marcia Carmo in Buenos Aires. But any surprise soon gave way to the jubilant blaring of car horns on the streets. As Cardinal Bergoglio, his sermons always had an impact in Argentina and he often stressed social inclusion, indirectly criticising governments that did not pay attention to those on the margins of society, our correspondent says. Francesca Ambrogetti, who co-authored a biography of him, told Reuters news agency that part of his public appeal lay in his "sober and austere" humble lifestyle. In Buenos Aires, he lived in a simple flat. When in Rome, he often preferred to keep his black robe on and is also said to have re-used the cardinal's vest used by his predecessor. On the morning after his election, BBC Rome correspondent David Willey reported, the new Pope slipped out of Vatican City in a motorcade of unmarked vehicles to pray in a Roman Basilica. On the way back to the Vatican, he insisted on settling his bill at a hotel for clergy in the centre of the Italian capital, where he had been staying until the Conclave began on Monday. For the Church establishment, it is a novelty to have a Jesuit in charge - members are supposed to avoid ecclesiastical honours and serve the Pope himself. As a Jesuit, he is a member of perhaps the most powerful and experienced religious order of the Catholic Church, who are known as expert communicators, writes David Willey. It appears that few who know him doubt his conservative credentials. This is how Monsignor Osvaldo Musto, who was at seminary with him, described him in a BBC News article back in 2005: "He's as uncompromising as Pope John Paul II, in terms of the principles of the Church - everything it has defended regarding euthanasia, the death penalty, abortion, the right to life, human rights, celibacy of priests." His views

Summary: Born in Argentina, Pope Francis is the first Latin American - and the first Jesuit - to lead the Roman Catholic Church.


Media playback is not supported on this device From Popdance to Street Dance, Ballroom to Fitsteps, there is a type of dance to suit everyone, whatever your age, taste, aspiration or fitness level. Before you know it, you'll be getting fit and your energy levels will be soaring! It's easy to get into, effective and a great way to meet new people. Eight Count is by filmmaker Kelly Jayne Gill. You can find out more about Kelly and our other young film makers on the BBC Three Fresh profile page. BBC Three Fresh is a digital space for short documentary films, finding the voices and directors of the future.

Summary: Members of 8 Steps Dance Group explain why dancing is a fantastic way of expressing creativity and emotion as well as being a great way of keeping active.


At least 183 procedures have been cancelled at hospitals across the north-east since the beginning of November, the health board said. They include 13 procedures due to take place at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary since 1 January. The health board blamed "staffing challenges and winter pressures, not budgetary constraints". It said it had problems filling vacancies due to complex training requirements of theatre nursing but procedures were only rearranged as a "last resort". A patients' group raised concerns that elderly patients were being affected disproportionately because of the lack of staff with specialist skills. The Patient Action Co-ordination Team, which provides support to patients in Grampian, said orthopaedics and eye surgery for conditions such as cataracts are among those worst affected. It said that because these are ailments which predominantly affect older people, they are worst affected by the number of cancellations. The patients group also warned that the cancellations will affect the north-east health authority's waiting time target performance. Dr Annie Ingram, director of workforce at NHS Grampian, said: "We've made huge progress over the last year but, like other public sector organisations in Grampian, we face challenges in recruiting." "We apologise to any patients whose procedures have had to be re-scheduled." She said that around 30,000 operations are carried out every year in the region and the number which are postponed is usually between 1 and 2%. "Rearranging elective procedures is a last resort for us and is done according to clinical prioritisation: our most clinically urgent patients will still be seen," she added. "When providing staff for a theatre list of operations on any given day, the theatre nurses must meet the needs and skills required for that speciality and have enough knowledge to act as a skilled practitioner to maintain safe practice. "Vacancies have been difficult to fill due to the requirement to try and train staff in what is a complex area of nursing. "Normally when staffing is at a sufficient level, staff rotate specialties, gaining more knowledge and skills in a variety of different areas and subsequently building more resilience into the service."

Summary: NHS Grampian has had to cancel routine operations because of a shortage of theatre nurses.


Media playback is not supported on this device He stood down from his role earlier this year because of ill health but was to officially remain in post until February 2017. Mr Murphy played football and hurling for clubs in Down and was a county selector in the early 1990s. A lengthy career in administration included being a former member of the GAA Central Council and vice-president of the GAA. Mr Murphy served as vice-president and president of the Ulster Council before being appointed provincial secretary, a position he held for 16 years. "Danny was an outstanding leader who provided unstinting dedication to the GAA in Ulster for over 35 years," said Ulster GAA President Michael Hasson. "It was very fitting that Danny's leadership was honoured earlier this year by the First Minister, Arlene Foster, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, at Stormont in recognition of his efforts in promoting reconciliation, tolerance and respect across all communities.'' Mr Murphy's funeral mass will take place on Saturday, 10 December in St Mary's Church, Burren.

Summary: Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy has died at the age of 67.


Health Minister Recep Akdag was quoted by the Anadolu news agency as saying traces of one of the decomposition products of Sarin had been detected in the blood and urine of several victims. At least 89 people were killed in the incident in rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun. Syria's government has repeatedly denied using any chemical weapons. The US has rejected the assertion, however, and on Friday it carried out a missile strike on the Shayrat airbase, where it said a Syrian Air Force jet that attacked Khan Sheikhoun with chemical weapons took off. President Bashar al-Assad's ally Russia, which says the Syrian jet had in fact hit a rebel depot full of chemical munitions, denounced the "illegal action" by the US. A number of casualties were treated at hospitals in Turkey, which opposes Mr Assad, following last Tuesday's incident in neighbouring Idlib province. The World Health Organization said their apparent lack of external injuries and similar symptoms, including acute respiratory distress, suggested they had been exposed to organophosphorus chemicals, a category that includes nerve agents. On Tuesday, Mr Akdag announced that a chemical known as isopropyl methyphosphonic acid (IMPA) had been "identified in the blood and urine tests conducted on samples taken from the victims". Once exposed to air and water, Sarin breaks down into IMPA and methylphosphonic acid (MPA). The UN concluded that rockets filled with sarin were fired at several rebel-held suburbs of Damascus in August 2013 after finding traces of IMPA in samples taken from the scene of the attack, which the US blamed on Syria's government. Earlier on Thursday, Russia's president urged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to open a full investigation into last week's incident. Vladimir Putin also claimed rebels were planning "acts of provocation" using chemical weapons to encourage further US strikes on government forces. A Russian military spokesman said that the Syrian government was prepared to allow OPCW experts to visit the Shayrat airbase to search for chemical weapons.

Summary: Turkey says it has "concrete evidence" the nerve agent Sarin was used in a suspected attack by Syrian government forces a week ago, state media report.


Last-ditch talks aimed at averting the action are taking place - but here's everything you need to know should the strikes go ahead. London Underground workers are staging two 24-hour walkouts - the first starting at 18:30 BST on Tuesday and another from 18:30 on Thursday. Station staff will walk out from 18:30 on each of those days and drivers from 21:00 - but TfL says services will stop running from about 18:30. And even though the strikes are supposed to be 24 hours each, it's likely services will be affected from Tuesday evening right through to the end of Friday. Latest advice from Transport for London Transport for London (TfL) says it will "run whatever Tube services we can" based on the number of staff who turn up for shifts. Most lines are expected to be closed, and those running at all are likely to only serve certain stations, and only run for part of the day. London Overground, DLR, Transport for London Rail and trams will all operate a normal service - but will be exceptionally busy at peak times. Real-time updates on what's running and what's not Walking could be your best bet. Below is a walking map of central London showing the walking time, in minutes, between stops. But arm yourself with a brolly/wellies/waterproofs - the forecast is wet (though fortunately with some sunny spells). Or if you're looking for an excuse to keep fit, here's a calorie-burning map of the city. An extra 250 buses are running - here's a map of the key bus routes you might need - and some coach services are running more regularly on many routes. But, a word of caution, during the last strike buses were delayed by up to an hour, particularly in zones one and two, says TfL. And don't forget buses don't accept cash. Extra river services are running, and extra bikes are available to hire, along with extra cycle hubs (full list here). The Emirates Air Line cable car is also open until midnight on Thursday - Oyster and travelcards will be accepted. If driving, be aware the congestion charge remains in place from 07:00 to 18:00 and roads are likely to be very, very busy. But some road works are being suspended to help traffic flow. If travelling by road or river it's essential to check the latest before you travel - and try to make your journey outside rush hour. And lastly, check rail services before travelling too as there are a few service disruptions planned. Getting to Heathrow is likely to be difficult, as the Piccadilly line is not running. But Heathrow Express services from Paddington are operating, and rail services to Gatwick, Luton and Stansted airports are running. Again, services are likely to be busy, so leave more time and check the latest updates. Yes, it's part of the same dispute. The latest strike was called after talks failed to resolve a dispute between unions and London Underground over plans to bring in all-night Tube services. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport

Summary: Two Tube strikes are planned for this week and look likely to cause four days of travel disruption for commuters.


Media playback is not supported on this device The Dutchman was unhappy at what he saw as an overreaction to challenges from his players. "I don't like coaches from the bench the whole time shouting to referees and linesmen, making a big show about tackles. They were crazy," said Koeman. "According to their bench, the referee should have shown eight red cards." Koeman made it clear he was not referring to counterpart Jurgen Klopp, but some members of the Liverpool staff. Liverpool-Everton games have seen 21 red cards in the Premier League era, more than any other fixture. In a game where goals from Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi took Liverpool third, four yellow cards were shown. "Maybe one or two tackles were a little too much. From both sides I saw tackles that were maybe more than a yellow," added Koeman, whose side missed the chance to go sixth. "It's all about football, but we don't make a show from the bench like Liverpool. It's football - a hard and fair game. Liverpool boss Klopp did not respond directly to Koeman's comments, but was asked about a challenge by Ross Barkley and Dejan Lovren, where the Everton midfielder made heavy contact with home defender's ankle. "I'm still a kind of a guest in this country," said the German. "How can I decide what is OK and what is not OK? My opinion is that the players should leave the pitch healthy and fit but not injured. "It's not my job to judge it. If you saw something - say it. If not be quiet." Media playback is not supported on this device Liverpool did suffer the loss of Mane early in the second half, the forward falling awkwardly after trying to win the ball from Leighton Baines. The 24-year-old former Southampton man injured his left leg and is likely to miss the midweek visit of Bournemouth. "When I saw him in the dressing room, it didn't look like he'll be ready for Wednesday," said Klopp. "Obviously he has pain and it didn't look like it's only a knock or a muscle or something, but we have to wait. "When I came in I was looking for him immediately and I saw him on the bed. He'd already had treatment, and it didn't look like he felt really comfortable."

Summary: Everton manager Ronald Koeman criticised some members of the Liverpool coaching staff following the Reds' 3-1 win at Anfield on Saturday.


The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that six women and a child were among those who died in the raids on al-Heisha overnight. The IS-held village has been the target of a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters seeking to capture Raqqa. A coalition spokesman confirmed that it had conducted strikes in the area. But Col John Dorrian told the AFP news agency that "more specific information is needed to conclusively determine responsibility" for any civilian casualties. A coalition statement said seven strikes near the town of Ain Issa, about 14km (9 miles) west of al-Heisha, on Tuesday had engaged six IS tactical units and destroyed three fighting positions, a vehicle, and a car bomb facility. A spokeswoman for the Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), dismissed the reports of civilian casualties as "IS news". On Sunday, the SDF announced that it had begun a campaign to isolate and ultimately take control of Raqqa, which IS has controlled for almost three years. The initial report of the air strike on al-Heisha, about 40km (25 miles) north of Raqqa, came from the anti-IS activist group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently. It said 23 people had been killed and identified all but four of them. On Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory said 20 had been killed and about 30 others wounded in the attack. The SDF said some 200 families had fled al-Heisha. One of the residents who escaped, Saada al-Aboud, told AFP: "[IS] fighters brought heavy weapons to our village and stayed among us so that if there were strikes they would hit us." "They wouldn't let us leave. We had to escape by running out into the fields, with our children and old people. What else could we do? We left everything behind." The Syrian Observatory says at least 680 civilians, including 169 children, have been killed since coalition air strikes began in Syria two years ago. However, the coalition has admitted responsibility for only 55 civilian deaths in both Syria and neighbouring Iraq between August 2014 and July 2016. Last month, Amnesty International said some 100 civilians appeared to have been killed in three coalition air strikes in June and July 2016 around Manbij, north-west of Raqqa, during an SDF operation to drive IS militants out of the town.

Summary: A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 20 civilians in a village north of so-called Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, activists say.


Mr Fillon has denied allegations that members of his family were paid taxpayers' money for fictitious jobs. He has lost support within the centre-right party and in opinion polls ahead of the first round on 23 April. Mr Juppe, seen as his most likely replacement, attacked his rival's "obstinacy" but said he would not run. Opinion polls had shown that Mr Juppe would have progressed into the second round of the election. Mr Fillon is not projected to make it past the first round. They have been rumbling on for more than a month now - and the less likely they like going away, the more Mr Fillon has dug in (seemingly at the expense of his own chances of the presidency). He has fought allegations that his Welsh-born wife, Penelope, was paid for a number of years for work that she did not do as his parliamentary assistant. However Mrs Fillon, who insists she did work for her husband, told French magazine Journal du Dimanche on Saturday that "everything was legal and declared". Also under scrutiny are claims that two of the children, Marie and Charles, were paid by their father's office for legal work though they had not yet qualified as lawyers. At a mass rally in Paris on Sunday, a defiant Mr Fillon told tens of thousands of supporters, once again, that he would fight on. But key members of the Fillon campaign team have abandoned him and several leading Republicans have wavered in their support. Yes and no. Polls had shown the Bordeaux mayor would (unlike Mr Fillon) make it through to the second round on 7 May, alongside far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. But since losing the primary to Mr Fillon, he has repeatedly said he does not want to run as a Plan B. His announcement on Monday was consistent in that respect - he said it was "too late" for him to step in and unite the people. Mr Juppe, like Mr Fillon a former prime minister, did not hold back against any of the leading candidates on Monday. But he reserved his angriest comments for Mr Fillon, whose talk of a plot, and criticism of judges and the media, "has led him into a dead-end". "What a waste," Mr Juppe said. He also warned of the difficult journey ahead for the Republicans at a time when voters wanted fresh faces. The pressure on Mr Fillon is likely to grow next week, when he is due to appear before a judge to be placed under formal investigation for embezzlement. In the short-term, his party will hold a unity summit on Monday evening, a meeting he has been urged to attend. His drop in favourability, and Mr Juppe's decision, look like clearing the way for the young centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron to battle it out against Mrs Le Pen in the second round. Polls give him a clear edge over the National Front candidate. A big question mark now hangs over former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Defeated in the first Republican primary by Mr Juppe and Mr

Summary: Alain Juppe, the leading candidate to replace under-fire French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon, says he will not run, despite pressure to do so.


Boorstin was troubled by the emergence of what he called "pseudo" events, increasingly presented as news. "It is not spontaneous," he said, "but comes about because someone has planned, planted or incited it... it is planted primarily for the immediate purpose of being reported or reproduced." I have been reminded of this during the current election campaign. There are daily events but, certainly with the two main parties, the general unscreened public is rarely invited. Photo calls are arranged to provide the backdrop for a campaign. I am travelling with David Cameron's team. It is a campaign geared to exclude the unexpected, the random encounter. At events, microphones that could pick up a stray remark are kept at a distance. For the political class has bought into the narrative that Gordon Brown's campaign unravelled when an unguarded microphone caught him referring to a woman - Gillian Duffy - as that "bigoted woman". Similarly it was regarded as a defining moment when Tony Blair was ambushed by Sharon Storer who said to his face: "All you do is walk around and make yourself known but you don't do anything to help anybody." But elections are rarely decided by gaffes or unguarded moments. That was proved by Ronald Reagan who, at one point, boldly declared "all the waste in a year from a nuclear plant can be stored under a desk". It didn't hurt him. When I was covering the Obama campaign in 2008 it did not fatally wound Barack Obama when he spoke of "bitter working-class Americans who cling to guns or religion". In Britain, the political rally, open to the general public, is all but extinct. The reality of the election trail is mediated through highly choreographed TV scenes. Party leaders are wary of crowds, of hecklers; above all they fear unscripted moments leading the evening news. Elsewhere in Europe, campaigning is more unbuttoned. They ride out the hostile crowd. I have attended large public rallies in Paris, Rome and Berlin. I have stood and watched an unflappable Angela Merkel in Darmstadt continue speaking against a background soundtrack of noisy horn-blowing protestors. In Milan, I saw hecklers interrupt Silvio Berlusconi; he paused and began bouncing up and down as if on a football terrace while his supporters drowned out the protestors. After almost every campaign-stop, Francois Hollande worked the crowd regardless of their loyalties. His predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy once even turned on a voter urging him, in rather colourful language, to get lost, you idiot. In the UK, the instinct of the major parties is to shun the crowd, the unchecked rope-line, the hidden dangers of the town square. David Cameron's strategy is defensive, to stake his claim on his economic record. His effortless charm - much admired by Angela Merkel and others - is replaced by a politician more tightly-wound. In private he remains easy and relaxed but in Manchester, at the debate, his camera stare was more fixed as if he had been told not to stray from his core much-honed message. It is a campaign built around the economy,

Summary: In the early 1960s, before the birth of smartphones, before the retreat from privacy, the US historian Daniel Boorstin wrote a groundbreaking book called The Image.


Their agreement to give the European Central Bank the power to supervise the eurozone's bigger banks sounds horribly technical and dull. But it matters, in helping the eurozone to move a little further away from the cliff edge, while perhaps mapping a future for the UK in an EU increasingly dominated by currency union members acting as a unified bloc. The deal may represent the most significant new transfer of national powers to a eurozone institution since the crisis erupted in the currency union three years ago - and, for many, it represents the first step towards the kind of centralisation of decision-making that's necessary for the eurozone to survive. And it includes a possible blueprint for how the UK might avoid becoming too marginalised as a member of the European Union, should the eurozone evolve into a United States of Europe within a wider, looser EU structure. So it provides a possible answer to those who believe that one consequence of the eurozone doing what it needs to avoid fracture - to integrate politically in a deep sense - is that the UK will be propelled remorselessly towards the EU's exit. Here is the niggly detail. The ECB will take responsibility for supervising bigger banks, those with assets (loans and investments) of â‚¬30bn or whose assets represent more than a fifth of a nation's economic output. That is about 200 banks initially. Significantly, loads of French banks will be supervised by the ECB, but few German banks (because its banking industry is more fragmented). That looks like a victory for Mrs Merkel, except that the ECB will have the power to intervene at smaller banks if it sees problems - so Mr Hollande's dignity is preserved. Those EU countries like the UK not in the eurozone can opt to join this so-called banking union. They can opt to have their banks supervised by the ECB. The UK won't cede its national banking supervision powers to the ECB, but other eurozone "outs" might (although Sweden and the Czech Republic seem, like the UK, to have decided to stick with their national supervisors, for the time being at least). As for the Chancellor, George Osborne, he had conflicting instincts in the negotiations. On the one hand, he didn't want to block banking union for the rest - because he believes it is in Britain's interest to help bring calm and stability to the eurozone. On the other hand, he has the commercial interests of the UK's banks and businesses to protect, and he fears that a more closely-knit eurozone would seek to rig the single market to the detriment of Britain. He achieved two forms of protections for British commerce. On the one hand, the European Central Bank has agreed that it will not discriminate against any EU member state in the way that it uses its supervisory powers. The fear was that in setting liquidity or capital rules for the banks under its umbrella, it could somehow tilt the competitive playing field away from London. As for the outfit that makes regulations

Summary: At about 04:45 Brussels time this morning, European Union finance ministers made a bit of EU history.


The Antonov An-12 plane, which was heading to a factory in Irkutsk, caused a fire at the military unit, but there were no casualties on the ground. Six crew members and three others on board were killed. The authorities have given no explanation for the crash, but Russia has a poor air-safety record. Accidents are relatively frequent and planes are often poorly maintained, according to safety experts.

Summary: A Russian cargo plane has crashed into warehouses at a military facility in Siberia, killing all nine people on board, officials have said.


In early May 1945, American and German soldiers fought together against the Nazi SS to free prominent French prisoners of war. It is believed to be the only battle in the war in which Americans and Germans fought as allies. Hans Fuchs remembers how Itter Castle was converted into a prison by the Nazis in 1943. "We saw everything from our school window," he said, "a double barbed-wire fenceâ€¦ and floodlights so that the whole night was lit up like day." Schloss Itter, which dates back to the Middle Ages, was a sub-unit of the Dachau concentration camp. It was used for VIP prisoners, prominent politicians and military figures that the Nazis wanted to use as bargaining chips. They included two former prime ministers of France, Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud, as well as the elder sister of Gen Charles de Gaulle, Marie-Agnes Cailliau. In May 1945, the last days of the war in Europe, the German guards at Schloss Itter fled. But the French prisoners were trapped, as the woods around the castle were full of roaming units of the Waffen SS and Gestapo secret police. The French sent out two prisoners on bicycles to find help. Stephen Harding, author of the book The Last Battle, says one of them managed to contact a German major, Josef (Sepp) Gangl. A highly decorated Wehrmacht officer, Gangl had become opposed to the Nazis and was collaborating with the Austrian resistance. "Gangl realised he could not protect them [the prisoners], he only had about 20 soldiers who were loyal to him," Mr Harding said. Taking a big white flag, Gangl met up with the closest American unit, the 23rd Tank Battalion of the US 12th Armoured Division, led by Capt Jack Lee. Lee offered to lead a rescue mission to the castle. A small group of Americans, accompanied by Gangl and some of his men, made their way to Itter, parking their Sherman tank close to the castle entrance. At dawn on 5 May, they were attacked by the Waffen SS, who blew up the US tank, but were unable to storm the castle. "There was only one casualty," says Mr Harding. "Josef Gangl was killed by a sniper." Hans Fuchs, who was 14, watched the battle from his family's farm. "There was machine gun fire for hours," he said. "We saw clouds of dust and smoke." That evening, once the fighting stopped, he went down towards the castle. "The tank was still burning," he said. "I saw how around 100 SS men were taken prisonerâ€¦ They had to give up everything and were taken away on lorries." Josef Gangl was buried in the nearby town of Woergl. Today a street is named after him. Mr Harding says the battle was decisive. "If the SS had managed to get into the castle and kill the French VIPs, the history of post-war France would have been radically different. These people... formulated the policies that carried France into the 21st Century. Had they died, who knows what would have happened?"

Summary: Seventy years ago one of the most unlikely battles of World War Two took place, at Itter in the Austrian Alps.


Town, who beat Reading in the Championship play-off final in May, have been tipped by many to make an immediate return to the second tier. The Terriers start the season with a trip to Crystal Palace on Saturday. "People didn't expect anything from us last season and look what we achieved," the defender told BBC Radio Leeds. "We are more than happy for people to write us off and more than happy to be the underdogs, that's absolutely fine. But as long as we go about our business in the right way, which I'm sure we will, then I see no reason why we can't give it a good go. "We've got a good squad and good togetherness, and all of the attributes that we had last season I think will continue into this season. "We know it will be tougher but we see no reason why we can't stake a claim to definitely stay in the league and progress higher up it." The last Championship play-off final winners to avoid being relegated were Crystal Palace in 2013-14. Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Hull City have all gone straight back down after winning promotion at Wembley in the last three seasons. Smith, 25, missed much of Town's pre-season preparations with a foot injury sustained in the win over the Royals but is hopeful he will be able to feature against Palace. "I feel good. It took a while but the doctors and physios said it would take time but I was desperate to get fit as soon as possible," he added. "It looks like I'll be available for selection so I'm absolutely delighted with that and hopefully I can lead the team out at Selhurst Park."

Summary: Premier League newcomers Huddersfield Town are "more than happy with being written off", according to captain Tommy Smith.


Swansea are four points clear of the relegation zone after a much-needed 2-1 win at Everton. The Swans had beaten Watford earlier in the week and Williams wants the team to continue the momentum. "The main thing is we build on it and that was my message before the game," Williams said. "We want to put a run together now and pick up as many points as we can to put a bit of distance between ourselves and the drop zone. "Every team has a little run, whether it's a good one or a bad one, throughout the season. Media playback is not supported on this device "We'll try and make it our turn to have a good one now." New head coach Francesco Guidolin's first game in charge saw Swansea secure a first ever league win over Everton and two successive wins for the first time this season. Wales defender Williams has been impressed by the Italian, who previously coached Udinese and Monaco. "He's lifted the place a bit and also tried to implement some of his own ideas into the team in the week," Williams added. "He wants us to play our own game with a few little tweaks and ideas that he thinks will help us. "I look forward to working with him and all the lads have been impressed with his first week and the way he goes about work and what he's asking of us. "It looks good at the minute. It's been a good week for us and now we can settle down again, collect our thoughts and go again." Swansea's next Premier League game on Tuesday, 2 February will be away to the side immediately above them in the table, West Bromwich Albion.

Summary: Captain Ashley Williams has challenged Swansea City to maintain their winning form following back-to-back wins in the Premier League.


Media playback is not supported on this device Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Armstrong secured a 34th win of the campaign for Brendan Rodgers' side, who were then presented with the Premiership trophy. The feat was last achieved by Rangers in 1898-99, over an 18-game season. And Celtic join Arsenal (2003-04) and Juventus (2011-12) in being unbeaten over a 38-game league season. Rodgers' side, who won the League Cup in November, will attempt to win the club's first domestic treble since 2001 when they take on Aberdeen in Saturday's Scottish Cup final. Celtic, who have won six top-flight titles in a row, are unbeaten in 46 domestic games this season (38 in league, eight in cups), and 47 domestic matches overall including the final league game of last season. And they are unbeaten in 31 games in all competitions since losing to Barcelona in the Champions League on 23 November. With the win and goals against Hearts, Celtic set new records for the Scottish Premier League/Premiership era, including goals, points, wins and margin of victory. With so much anticipated from the hosts, Hearts head coach Ian Cathro sought to frustrate Celtic, restricting them to long-range efforts. Kieran Tierney and Callum McGregor came closest with those and Griffiths sent a free-kick into the side netting. And it could have been Hearts that went in front, Bjorn Johnsen laying a free-kick off for Alexandros Tziolis to strike narrowly over. When Celtic did get into the box, goalkeeper Viktor Noring was in fine form. The Swedish stopper made an instinctive block to deny Dedryck Boyata at a corner and then punched away Patrick Roberts' dangerous cut-back. However, Hearts' resistance was broken when Roberts danced clear on the right and set up Griffiths for a confident header. And Griffiths was involved in the second, his cross not properly cleared and falling for Armstrong to finish. Though sustaining a fourth straight defeat, Hearts competed well in Glasgow and fared much better than their 5-0 home loss to Celtic last month - the match that clinched the title for Rodgers' men. Johnsen headed against the right-hand post from a Malaury Martin corner as Cathro's men sought consolation. And substitute Martin's volley was then kept out by Craig Gordon late on. Match ends, Celtic 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Heart of Midlothian 0. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian). (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Don Cowie (Heart of Midlothian). Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Craig Gordon. Attempt saved. Malaury Martin (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko. Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Kieran Tierney. Krystian Nowak (Heart of Midlothian) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Scott Brown. Attempt blocked. Malaury Martin (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the left side

Summary: Champions Celtic beat Hearts to become the first team to complete a Scottish top-flight season unbeaten for 118 years.


Norway went ahead midway through the first half when the Hegerberg sisters combined to make the breakthrough. Andrine Hegerberg sent a free-kick into the box for sibling Ada to head past Siobhan Chamberlain from close range. England are next in action on Tuesday when they face Sweden, the Olympic silver medallists from Rio, in Murcia. Their best chances against Norway fell to Fara Williams and Lucy Bronze, who saw efforts from the edge of the box go over the crossbar. Steph Houghton's shot from a corner was cleared off the line, while Ellen White had a penalty appeal turned down after she appeared to receive a shove in the penalty area. Norway continued to push for a second goal but Chamberlain made a string of impressive saves to deny the opposition. With the Women's Super League clubs returning from their close season break only two weeks ago, the majority of the England players are still some way from peak fitness. Even so, with the European Championship seven months away, a defeat by quality opposition such as Norway will be a disappointment to England manager Mark Sampson. The match was England's first since November and they appeared to lose some of the free-flowing football they were displaying in the back end of 2016. Having failed to create a single clear-cut chance in the first half, the introduction of Millie Bright and White looked welcome in the 68th minute. The team came to life in the closing moments, when they won a string of corners which they followed up with on-target efforts but failed to find the equaliser. Sampson played a 3-4-3 formation and despite the defeat, England looked mostly solid across the park but lacked the creativity to find an equaliser for large part of the game. Media playback is not supported on this device After topping their Euro 2017 qualifying group, England came into the match on a 10-game unbeaten run and showed a gritty determination to get back into the match. Chamberlain, deputising for the injured Karen Bardsley, made a string of impressive saves to prevent England from going further behind. Jade Moore once again showed her battling qualities and her ability to control play in the middle of the field, while on the left wing Demi Stokes displayed pace and power. For some players, this training camp could be one of their last chances to impress before the summer and Sampson is expected to make a number of changes ahead of Tuesday's match against Sweden. Striker Danielle Carter, who did not play against Norway, will miss the Sweden game with a hamstring injury. The Arsenal striker, 23, will remain with the squad in La Manga. Chelsea defender Hannah Blundell has been called up as a replacement. Match ends, England 0, Norway 1. Second Half ends, England 0, Norway 1. Gunhild Herregarden (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Millie Bright (England). Offside, England. Lucy Bronze tries a through ball, but Nikita Parris is caught offside. Foul by Elise Thorsnes (Norway). Nikita Parris (England) wins a free

Summary: England women began their 2017 season with a 1-0 friendly defeat by Norway in Spain, bringing their 10-match unbeaten run to an end.


It is a year since Iymen Baerli, a refugee from Syria, arrived in Sydney with his wife and three young children. Within days, the skies above the harbour of Australia's biggest city sparkled and glowed as arguably the world's finest fireworks display ushered in another new year. The newcomers shared their adopted homeland's optimism about the journey ahead. Iymen, a 52-year old former pharmaceutical sales rep, had ambitions to open up a catering business, helped by his brother, who ran a well-established cake shop in suburban Sydney. But 12 months later much of that hope has withered and the Baerli family are living at their modest apartment in Guildford, a multicultural district 25km (15 miles) from Sydney Opera House. War had forced them out of their home in Homs, Syria's third largest city, and they sought safety in Egypt. Resettlement down under would eventually follow. "It was very hard moving from Syria to Australia. There are huge differences in the culture and tradition," he told me through a translator. "I have been struggling and it is not easy but I am hoping that in the future it is going to be easier for me." Iymen's English is rudimentary and, although he is receiving tuition, his lack of language skills has been a major hindrance, as has a chronic back injury. Most of the new arrivals have been staying with relatives in Sydney, but community workers believe that, for many, the transition has been hard. Ahmad Hemmed, a migration agent, who has helped many Syrian families in Sydney, told the BBC that the majority of the refugees have been unable to adapt. "There are people that after I meet them here after even a year, they do not like the country and they are scared to mix with the Australian community," Mr Hemmed explained. "They are still isolating themselves with similar cultural background people and I think they are raising their kids in the same way, which for me it is really concerning. They live in Australia but they are not actually carrying Australian values." It is a harsh assessment, but officials have conceded that many of those fleeing the Syrian conflict have found life tough in Australia and that finding jobs in particular has not been easy. "It is that extraordinary mixed feeling," said Prof Peter Shergold, the New South Wales co-ordinator general for refugee resettlement. "At one level I think their first feeling as they get out of the airport is just sheer relief, expectations that they can build a new life, but of course absolute fear of what they have left behind, is this the right decision?" He believes it is crucial the migrants mix with the broader community. "They are coming to a society in which 27% of Australians were born overseas and a similar number had a parent born overseas. "They are coming to a society which is used to diversity and that helps integrate into society and, yes, initially you'll tend to live in areas where other people from your ethnicity or religion live, [but] they need

Summary: Australia has resettled about half of the 12,000 refugees it agreed to take in over the past 13 months from the conflict in Syria, but how are they adapting to life in their new country?


The Perpignan flanker, 32, last featured for the Scots in their Rugby World Cup win over United States in Leeds in September. Former Edinburgh and Gloucester player Strokosch has been involved with the Scotland squad since 2006. "I've been lucky enough to fulfil my childhood dream of representing Scotland," he said. "Wearing the thistle has been the greatest honour and responsibility of my life outside of raising my children." After breaking through in club rugby at Boroughmuir, Strokosch turned professional with Edinburgh in 2004 and moved on to Gloucester three years later. He has been playing in France since 2012. His Test career started with a substitute's appearance an autumn series defeat by Australia. Strokosch featured in eight consecutive Six Nations campaigns up until this year's tournament and his two international tries came against Canada and Italy. "I treasure every memory from my time with the squad," he added. "I believe that the group we have now are among the most talented that I've seen have the potential to achieve great things for Scottish rugby. "I would have never achieved anything without the support over the years, particularly from Bob Easson, Carl Hogg, Dean Ryan, Shaun Longstaff, my parents and my wife Kirsty." And Scotland head coach Vern Cotter, said: "On behalf of the Scotland squad and management I'd like to thank Alasdair for his commitment to the Scotland jersey over the past nine years. "For almost a decade he has quietly gone about his business with exceptional professionalism, with a lot of the hard work put in - often in the less glamorous and combative areas of the park - going unseen. "We wish him all the very best in the remaining days with Perpignan where I know he's committed to doing everything he can to ensure their return to the Top 14 before finally hanging up his boots."

Summary: Back-row forward Alasdair Strokosch has retired from international rugby after 47 Test appearances for Scotland.


After initially refusing to talk, he has confirmed he is 29-year-old Egyptian Abdullah Hamamy. He was shot in the stomach as, authorities say, he lunged at soldiers. President Francois Hollande says there is little doubt it was a terrorist act. The Egyptian remains under arrest in hospital. His father, a retired Egyptian police general, said his son had not shown any signs of radicalisation, AFP reported. Reda al-Hamamy said his son was in Paris on a business trip, lives in the United Arab Emirates, and has a wife and a seven-month old son. Abdullah Hamamy had visited Turkey in 2015 and 2016, AFP reported. He entered France on 26 January on a flight from Dubai and stayed at an apartment costing â‚¬1,700 ($1,830; Â£1,470) a week near the Champs Elysees that had been reserved last June, months before Mr Hamamy applied for his tourist visa in October, a source told the news agency. He is believed to have bought two machetes after arriving. Cans of spray paint, but no explosives, were found in his backpack. French authorities say the suspect also shouted the Islamic phrase "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") during the incident. No group has claimed the attempted attack and no link to extremism was found during a search of the apartment. However police are also examining Mr Hamamy's Twitter account after around a dozen messages were posted in Arabic just minutes before the attack. "In the name of Allah... for our brothers in Syria and fighters across the world," he wrote, before referring to the so-called Islamic State jihadist group in another tweet a minute later, AFP says. Hundreds of visitors were inside the museum at the time of the incident and were evacuated.

Summary: The man suspected of attacking soldiers with two machetes at Paris's Louvre Museum on Friday has confirmed his identity to investigators and given his version of events, judicial sources say.


Richard Westwood, 72, from Surrey, and Leonard Hawkes, 69, from Berkshire, have been summonsed to Chester Magistrates on 2 December, police said. They will both face one count each of indecent assault relating to an incident in Chester in 1968. The Tremeloes formed in 1958 and first charted in the UK in July 1963 with a version of Twist and Shout. The band went on to have a string of hits throughout the 60's, including a number one with Silence Is Golden. Guitarist and vocalist Rick Westwood left in 2012 and bass player and vocalist Len 'Chip' Hawkes, left in 1988.

Summary: Two former members of 1960s band The Tremeloes have been accused of historical indecent assault.


Colin Trotman, 46, of Wetherell Road, Hackney, and Reynold Dyett, 55, of Elderfield Road, Clapton, have appeared at Basildon Crown Court. The offences, which include rape and sexual grooming, are alleged to have taken place in Southend between July and November 2012. Both men deny all the charges against them. Julia Faure Walker, for the prosecution, told the jury the men regularly drove from London to Southend, where they bought alcohol for teenage girls before getting them to perform sexual acts. It was alleged they knew some of the girls were under the age of 16. Mr Trotman is accused of three charges of rape, two charges of sexual activity with a child and one charge of conspiracy to meet a child following sexual grooming. Mr Dyett is accused of four charges of sexual activity with a child, one charge of sexual abuse and one charge of conspiracy to meet a child following sexual grooming. The trial, expected to last up to four weeks, continues.

Summary: Two men have gone on trial accused of a string of sexual offences involving underage girls in Essex.


The A38 St Chad's and Queensway tunnels will be closed from 22:00 GMT until 06:00 GMT from 1 April until 8 May. Contractors Amey said the work should "minimise the number of future closures". The tunnels were completely closed for renovation work in 2013 and 2014. Birmingham City Council said its traffic management plans during the closures have been coordinated with the current works on Paradise Circus and the M6 Junction 6. There will be a break in the closures on the evening of Saturday 2 May to allow for preparations for the Great Birmingham 10k Run, the council said. The tunnels were officially opened by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in April 1971.

Summary: Road tunnels through Birmingham city centre will be closed overnight for five weeks for "remedial works" and "structural inspections", the council has said.


Mr Greste was freed from prison and deported on Sunday after 400 days behind bars. He is now in Cyprus, en route to Australia. Mr Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested in 2013 on charges of spreading false news and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed remain jailed. In an interview with al-Jazeera, Mr Greste described his release as "a massive step forward" for the Egyptian authorities. "I just hope that Egypt keeps going down that path with the others," the Australian journalist added. Mr Fahmy, who holds dual Egyptian and Canadian citizenship, could be freed if he renounces his Egyptian nationality, presidential sources say. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said on Monday that Mr Fahmy's release was "imminent", without elaborating. But there are still concerns about Mr Mohamed, an Egyptian who holds no dual nationality. Speaking on Monday, Mr Greste said he "wasn't expecting" his release on Sunday and had been released with what felt like "just a few minutes' notice". He described a "real mix of emotions" after learning he would be freed, with both a "sense of relief and excitement but also real stress in having to say goodbye to my colleagues and friends - people who've really become family inside that prison". "It was a very difficult moment walking out of that prison. Saying goodbye to those guys, not knowing how much longer they would have to put up with this." He expressed concern for Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed, as well as other journalists convicted in absentia. "If it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free," he said. Mr Greste, Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohamed, journalists for al-Jazeera English, were arrested in 2013 after being accused of collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of former President Mohammed Morsi by the military. All three denied the charges against them and said their trial was a sham. In June last year, Mr Fahmy and Mr Greste were sentenced to seven years in prison and Mr Mohamed to 10. Their sentences sparked an international outcry. The three men's convictions were overturned on 1 January but they remained in custody pending a retrial. Several students have also been held in the same case. The students deny working for Al-Jazeera but it is thought that material filmed on their phones was used by the network. In a separate case, Abdullah El-Shamy, a journalist for Al-Jazeera's Arabic channel, was arrested in August 2013 when police broke up a protest by supporters of Mr Morsi. He was released on health grounds in June 2014 after a hunger strike of nearly five months. According to campaign group Reporters Without Borders, there are currently 165 journalists imprisoned around the world, including 15 in Egypt. Muted reaction in Egypt media How journalists were jailed in Egypt Who are the jailed journalists?

Summary: Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste says he is relieved to be free but feels "incredible angst" at leaving behind two of his colleagues in jail in Egypt.


Leah Washington had her leg amputated after two carriages on the Smiler ride collided on 2 June. Three others suffered severe injuries. Merlin Entertainment said it had contacted those injured and all 16 on board would receive compensation. Lawyer Paul Paxton, representing three of the families, welcomed the decision. Ms Washington's boyfriend, 18-year-old Joe Pugh, from Barnsley, is being treated for two broken knees and "extensive" hand injuries at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The couple were in the front row of the Smiler ride, alongside Daniel Thorpe and Vicky Balch, when it hit an empty carriage. Twenty-year-old Ms Balch, from Leyland in Lancashire, has undergone surgery in Stoke and is said to be in a serious, but stable condition. Mr Thorpe, 27, from Buxton, Derbyshire, is being treated for a collapsed lung and fractured leg at a hospital in Coventry. Chanda Chauhan, 49, from Wednesbury, who was sitting in the second row of the Smiler, was also admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital with internal injuries. Merlin Entertainment, which owns Alton Towers, said it had hand-delivered letters to all of those affected. Last week, chief executive Nick Varney promised there would be no problems with compensation and that those injured would "want for nothing". Alton Towers reopened to the public on Monday, but the X-Sector area, including the Smiler, remains closed. The two carriages that collided have been removed by the Health and Safety Executive to be examined in a laboratory and investigations are continuing at the theme park itself.

Summary: Lawyers representing the families of those injured in a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers have welcomed a promise of compensation.


On Monday, The News Letter obtained a copy of an email sent to health chiefs by the Department of Health's permanent secretary, Richard Pengelly. He said he was concerned about the "overtly political tweets from colleagues across the service". He added that it was "particularly relevant during the election". The permanent secretary, who is married to DUP MLA Emma Little Pengelly, said "such public statements" were "not appropriate". Northern Ireland goes to the polls on 2 March to elect 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The trust's email said: "At all times, but particularly now as we are in the midst of the pre-election 'purdah' period, staff should be reminded that as public servants, we must at all times remain publicly neutral in terms of expressing any political opinions for example, through social media. "The trust would take this opportunity to remind you of your responsibilities". The trust then sent a follow up email to outline the section of the NI Executive's Election Guidance which is relevant to Non-Departmental Public Bodies. The Department of Health said that while staff are entitled to express personal opinions on social media, these must be "in line with the HSC Code of Conduct". Employment lawyer Rosemary Connolly from Warrenpoint, said staff receiving such an email was "highly unusual". "Individuals are entitled to have political opinions and most will have. They are entitled to express them. "The difficulty would arise if someone was expressing an offensive, aggressive opinion or harassing someone. "But simply expressing a political viewpoint in a tweet is a lawful activity, therefore it seems to me difficult to understand how an employer could require no employee tweet on any political matter. "Unless there was a provision in the contract, or a social media policy, and I would be surprised if that was the case, then people are entitled to these views. They're only subject to normal rules - defamation or breaching confidentiality in some way. "If you're on social media in your private time, you're entitled to freedom of expression as anyone would would be, providing it doesn't contravene some other obvious situation. " A Department of Health spokesperson said: "HSC staff have the right to express their own personal opinions on social media. "However, this should be in line with the HSC Code of Conduct, applicable to all HSC employees, which sets out the core standards of conduct expected of HSC staff and which complements individual organisations policies and procedures." Dr Brian Patterson, former chair of the British Medical Association in Northern Ireland, told the BBC that he thought the email was very unusual. "If these are people's personal accounts this action is somewhat unusual, even extreme," he said. "While I was chair of the BMA, I was always careful about what I said in public but that was because I represented the BMA and other doctors." He said people were entitled to their own views especially in Northern Ireland where "health is a very prominent issue". Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland Director Janice Smyth said it "actively encourages members to

Summary: Staff in the South Eastern Trust have been sent an email instructing them not to express political opinions on social media.


The bill against the practice, which aims to "cure" a non-heterosexual person of their sexuality, was voted through unanimously. Under the new law, anyone who tries to "change, repress or eliminate a person's sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression" will be fined or even jailed. Professionals will face heftier fines of up to 10,000 euros (Â£8,450/$10,700). They could also be jailed for up to a year, according to Malta Today. The bill also enshrines in law that "no sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression constitutes a disorder, disease or shortcoming of any sort". Malta was named the best European country for LGBT rights by advocacy group ILGA-Europe in 2015. Gay conversion therapy has increasingly come under the spotlight in recent years, but remains more popular in the US than in Europe. Its supporters claim it uses standard psycho-therapeutic and counselling techniques so people can change or reduce their "homosexual tendencies" of their own free will. But the World Psychiatric Association has denounced the practice as unethical, unscientific and harmful to those who undergo it. Two years ago, NHS England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists - along with 12 other organisations in the UK - signed an agreement which called it "potentially harmful and unethical". It has also been banned on minors in several places in the US, including California and Illinois.

Summary: Malta has become the first European country to ban gay conversion therapy.


Mr Kerry, 71, was cycling in France when he hit kerb and broke his leg. He arrived back in the US late on Monday and will be treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It remains unclear how his injury will affect his work as the top diplomat for the US. He is due to have surgery later on Tuesday. On the flight back Mr Kerry tweeted with #Onward, "Headed back to Boston. Look fwd to getting leg set & getting back to @StateDept! Meantime, work goes on." Mr Kerry had been holding talks over the future of Iran's nuclear program in Geneva, Switzerland, one day before his accident. Experts see any potential agreement as a key diplomatic achievement for the Obama administration. The deadline to build on the already achieved "framework agreement" is the 30 June. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters on Monday the deadline would not change. "To be very clear, the secretary is absolutely committed to moving forward with the negotiations, to proceeding with them on the exact same timetable as before his accident," Ms Harf said. Mr Kerry was unable to attend recent scheduled meetings in Madrid and Paris in person. Mr Kerry remotely participated in Monday's Paris conference, which has convened the nations who oppose IS. "I would love to see anyone at the hospital try to stop @JohnKerry from negotiating and working while recovering from breaking his leg," tweeted Jen Psaki, a former State Department spokeswoman. Medical experts have told US media that it often takes six months to recover from a fractured femur. Since the accident, Mr Kerry has spoken to President Barack Obama and to Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, according to the State Department.

Summary: Negotiations with Iran about its nuclear programme will continue despite US Secretary of State John Kerry's recent injury, US officials say.


The service at Holy Trinity Church was followed by a parade to Victoria Pier to cast wreaths into the Humber. Keith Thompson, organising the parade, said during the conflict the Royal Navy requisitioned more vessels registered in Hull than from any other British port. Trawlers, tugs and a North Sea Ferry, Norland, were manned by volunteers. Argentina invaded the Falkland island in April 1982. About 650 of its troops, 255 British servicemen and three Falklands civilians died in two months of fighting. The Norland Hull to Rotterdam passenger ferry landed Royal Marines and other forces in San Carlos Water and was often attacked by Argentine forces. Mr Thompson, a Falklands veteran from the Norland, said in total nine Hull-registered vessels sailed - "the largest Falklands task force from one port". Later in the conflict, the Norland transported prisoners of war back to Argentina and returned to Hull in 1983. She was scrapped in 2010. During today's wreath-laying service on the pier, Hull firm SMS Towage was due to pull a tug down the Humber with jets firing as a mark of respect. Mr Thompson said the public was invited to attend the service and the pier parade to lay flowers "for a loved one lost at sea in war or in peace time". In the world wars hundreds of Hull trawlers and crews were also requisitioned by the Admiralty and used as minesweepers and patrol craft. Many merchant seamen were killed in action. The memorial service took place at Holy Trinity, the nearest church to the port.

Summary: A memorial has taken place to remember Hull's vessels used in the 1982 Falklands conflict.


NVA has concluded missives with the Catholic Church for St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Argyll and Bute. The A-listed building was designed and built in the 1960s as a training college for priests but it has not been used since the 1980s and is now a ruin. NVA aims to restore part of the seminary and use it as an art space. Its plan would stabilise the structure and gradually restore some interior spaces for cultural and educational use. The charity has already received £100,000 from Creative Scotland's National Lottery Fund towards the project. It still needs to raise £2m by 2013 to take its proposals forward. St Peter's Seminary was designed by Glasgow architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. The Roman Catholic seminary, which belonged to the Archdiocese of Glasgow, was completed and consecrated in 1966. The distinctive zig-zag design and concrete appearance soon brought architectural recognition to the site. However, as numbers entering the religious life fell and with high maintenance costs, the decision was taken to close the college. In 1980 the seminary was deconsecrated and fell into a state of disrepair. The building was Category A listed by Historic Scotland in 1992. The World Monuments Fund, which works to preserve endangered cultural landmarks, added St Peter's College to its register in June 2007.

Summary: A public arts charity aims to raise £10m over the next two years to help save a building considered one of Scotland's great modernist structures.


At a UN oceans summit, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would work to keep plastics out of the seas. Some of the promises are not yet formalised and environmentalists say the measures proposed are not nearly urgent enough. But UN officials praised the statement. Meeting in New York, they said it was part of a clear international shift against ocean pollution. Eric Solheim, the UN's environment director, told BBC News: "There are quite encouraging signs, with nations taking the ocean much more seriously. Of course, there is a very long way to go because the problems are huge." It is estimated that 5-13 million tonnes of plastics flow into the world's oceans annually. Much of it is ingested by birds and fish â€“ and fragments of plastic have even been found in organisms at the bottom of the ocean. A recent paper said much of the marine plastic often originates far from the sea â€“ especially in countries which have developed consumer economies faster than their ability to manage waste. The Helmholtz Centre in Leipzig, Germany, estimated that 75% of land-borne marine pollution comes from just 10 rivers, predominantly in Asia. Reducing the plastic loads in these rivers by 50% would reduce global plastic inputs by 37%, it said. Tom Dillon from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which campaign on oceans, urged China to move quickly. He told BBC News: "For thousands of years the Maritime Silk Road was a pathway for export of Chinese culture and influence. Will the ocean be a vehicle for export of Chinese pollution, or a new culture of conservation and sustainability?" A report to the UN conference from the Thailand government says most marine plastic debris is land-based, caused by inefficient waste management and poor handling of plastic wastes. In Thailand, the total amount of garbage finding its way into the sea was estimated at 2.83 million tonnes in 2016 - of which 12% was plastic. The Thai government says the nation has established a 20-year strategy to tackle the problem, including developing financial incentives for keeping plastic out of the sea and encouraging eco-packaging design and eco-friendly substitutes for plastics. In Indonesia, the government is starting a mass education programme for schoolchildren, and in the Philippines new laws are being developed. Part of the challenge is finding substitutes for plastics. An international prize for smarter materials and design for packaging was launched recently by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin

Summary: Nations responsible for much of the world's ocean plastic pollution have promised to start cleaning up their act.


Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said all services would be suspended from 2 July. They are due to resume on 1 August. A replacement bus service will be provided for subway passengers during the closure. It will follow the subway route, with additional direct services to the city centre from key stations. They include park and ride facilities at Bridge Street, Kelvinbridge and Shields Road. Services will run every five minutes at peak times and every 10 minutes during off-peak. All passengers will pay £1 for a single journey, £2 for a return and £2.50 for an all-day ticket. Child fares will be 50p for a single and £1 for a return. The modernisation work involves replacing a 40-year-old section known as "ramps and turnouts", which permits trains to access the tunnels from the surface depot at Broomloan and cross over between the inner and outer circles. SPT said the section had to be fully replaced to ensure a reliable subway service in the future. SPT chairman Jonathan Findlay said: "To date, SPT has achieved all of the modernisation works without any disruption to passenger service which is a considerable achievement. "We have now reached a crucial stage in the modernisation plan that requires us - for reasons of safety for everyone involved - to suspend services for a short time during July. "We apologise for any inconvenience to all our passengers but our full replacement bus service will mean that they can still get to where they want to go." He added: "All our passengers are encouraged to turn up at their designated stop, allow a little longer for the journey, and leave the rest to us." All the information on the subway suspension and the replacement bus service is available on the SPT website. The Glasgow subway is the third oldest underground system in the world and is 120 years old this year. It is currently undergoing a £288m modernisation plan to upgrade or replace trains, signalling, platforms and stations. The Scottish government is contributing £246m towards the cost.

Summary: The Glasgow Subway is to close for about four weeks in the summer while modernisation work is carried out.


Nyom also revealed that after initially rejecting his country's call-up he changed his mind - but coach Hugo Broos told him there was no place for him. After winning the trophy on Sunday, Broos said those Cameroonian players not there would rue their decision. "Let him know that I don't have any regrets," Nyom told BBC World Football. The 28-year-old was one of seven Cameroon players to decide to miss the tournament, with Liverpool defender Joel Matip another high-profile absentee. After Cameroon beat Egypt 2-1 in Sunday's final Broos suggested "it was their decision, but maybe they are saying now to themselves 'why didn't I go with them?'" However, Nyom is adamant he made the right choice. "I heard what Broos said. It made me laugh because he knew what happened and he knew why I was not there. "It's true, at first I didn't want to go, but afterwards I changed my mind. But he knew that and he knows what he told me, so I have no worries, no regrets. "If before the tournament they had told me 'Cameroon is going to win and you are not part of the squad', I don't mind because I'm happy I'm playing for my club - it's much more important for me. "If I had been there, it could stall my club career."

Summary: West Brom's Cameroonian defender Allan Nyom has insisted he has no regrets about not being part of the Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad.


The carrier initially launched the three-times-a-day service until 21 October while the Severn Tunnel was closed as part of the rail electrification programme. But it said there had been a "very promising" uptake, with 95% of passengers surveyed saying they would continue using it. The service has now been extended. Tickets are now available for the coming weeks, with Cardiff Airport chief executive Roger Lewis saying "the immediate future" is secure. He wants to see continued use to make it a long-term route at the airport. Flybe's chief revenue officer Vincent Hodder said: "This route has quite simply taken off, quickly becoming an early success. "We have been heartened by the response it has received." The flight time is about an hour, but the record journey to date is 35 minutes.

Summary: Flights between Cardiff and London City airports will continue while demand exists, the airline Flybe has said.


The director of the BAFTA Cymru award-winning bilingual BBC and S4C crime drama does not think Wales is producing enough behind-the-camera talent. BBC Wales and S4C said they are trying to grow TV's production pool in Wales. Economy Secretary Ken Skates said continuing to help finance film and TV productions was vital. The final episode of the third series of Y Gwyll, the Welsh language version of Hinterland, was broadcast on Sunday night on S4C and the English language show is due to be broadcast on the BBC in the new year. Mr Thomas, creative director of independent TV production company Fiction Factory, which is behind Hinterland, wants the broadcasters and the Welsh Government to create a strategy to nurture producing and directing talent. "When I started off, I wasn't interested in a career," he told BBC Radio Cymru. "I wanted to say something and challenge people - and I'd like to see the next generation doing the same. "If we really want to produce and export Welsh work in the future outside of the Hinterland crime genre, we have to nurture voices that look on Wales in a different way. "I would like to think that the next generation challenge us more. They don't do so at the moment, there doesn't seem to be great talent coming through. "I'd like to see the Assembly being aware there's a need to work with the BBC, maybe, and S4C and ask the question 'What kind of content do we want and how are we going to make it?'. "I'd like to think that it's a challenge for all of us to nurture new talent and show that it can be good for the nation that there's different Welsh stuff out there, that can be exported and that is made by youngsters." Hinterland and Y Gwyll were mainly filmed in Aberystwyth and surrounding Ceredigion and initially received repayable government support. An S4C spokesman said: "We are determined to expand the pool of directing and producing talent in Wales and have been developing talent in this sector since S4C began. "We have two ambitious plans in place to promote new talent in producing, directing and writing, called Labordy and Sinematic." BBC Wales said it "provides opportunities for new talent" producing programmes such as Pobol y Cwm and Casualty through apprenticeships, work traineeships and work experience. A spokesman added: "Since the beginning of the apprenticeship scheme in 2012, more than 50 individuals have taken advantage of the scheme and 80% of those have chosen to stay in the field and continue to contribute to the industry." Ken Skates said: "Ultimately, for the long term, it's the availability of skills and the infrastructure that will determine whether or not the creative industries thrive in Wales. "Where we are right now, we have great technical skills, we have great facilities as well. Between the two, I'm confident that the creative industries have a very strong future."

Summary: Hinterland co-creator Ed Thomas has called on BBC Wales, S4C and the Welsh Government to help inspire more TV producers and directors in Wales.