Kerem Demirbay was given a second yellow card in his side's Bundesliga 2 match against FSV Frankfurt last week. Demirbay reportedly told female referee Bibi Steinhaus women have no place in football while leaving the pitch. "This is what happens when young players make mistakes," Fortuna said on Facebook. Turkish youth international Demirbay, who was made to referee the girls' game by his club, is still awaiting sanction by the German FA for his comments but has repeatedly apologised. "I am extremely sorry for having said what I did to Ms Steinhaus," Demirbay said earlier this week. "I should never have said this sentence and it does not reflect my image of women."

Summary: A Fortuna Dusseldorf midfielder was made to referee a junior league girls' game as punishment for insulting a female referee.


The fire on 1 January destroyed the nursery and infant classrooms at Coed Eva Primary School. Seven people from the area have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and are currently on bail. Crimestoppers has put up the reward as it is believed that there are local people who hold vital information. Ian Johnston, Crimestoppers' ambassador for Wales, said: "This arson attack has hit a local community extremely hard with over 200 pupils directly affected by the destruction of their school building." The reward will only qualify if information passed to Crimestoppers leads directly to an arrest and conviction.

Summary: A reward of up to £5,000 is being offered for information following an arson attack on a Torfaen school.


Wildschut crossed for defender Reece Burke to put the visitors ahead from close range against the run of play. Aaron Mooy equalised straight after half-time for the Terriers. But Wildschut ran from inside his own half to round goalkeeper Danny Ward and slot home the winner. The two teams came into the match at opposite ends of the table but both in poor form, with Huddersfield's early season dominance having fallen away in recent weeks. However, the Terriers dominated the first half without finding the breakthrough, although Elias Kachunga did have an effort ruled out for offside. Wigan had already looked dangerous on the break when they counter-attacked again and Wildschut sped down the right before delivering a centre for unmarked on-loan West Ham defender Burke to fire home. Whatever Town boss David Wagner said at half-time clearly worked as five minutes into the second half, Mooy equalised after Nahki Wells' left-wing centre found him at the far post. But Huddersfield had not learned their lesson when the Latics broke again and Wildschut ran unchallenged from the halfway line to round Ward and slot the ball home. Wigan's first win in three games moves them up a place and although they are still in the relegation zone, it puts them level with Wolves on 18 points. The Terriers are clinging on to the final play-off place but have now conceded 15 goals in their last six games, having only let in 10 in their opening 12 matches. Huddersfield boss David Wagner told BBC Radio Leeds: "We played some good stuff today, we brought our identity on the grass, created moments and played with speed and were energetic. It was a good game from my side, but unfortunately we didn't get two penalties in my opinion, after speaking with the guys from the TV one was 100%. "Our biggest problem in our game was that we were not able to handle their counter-attacks better than we did. "The first one we have to clear in the middle of the pitch, not when their winger was on the sideline, and the second one we switched off after we thought we had cleared the situation and the ball goes over our head. "We have to give credit to our opponent. It was a gameplan Wigan had and it worked for them. They did exactly the same against Barnsley and we were not able to defend it better today." Wigan boss Warren Joyce told BBC Radio Manchester: "I'm obviously pleased to get the three points but it's just one game and you have to follow it up by bringing some consistency into the group, so we're seeing that regularly not only on a weekly basis but on a daily basis that we do the right things every day and then if you're doing that, there's a pretty good chance you are going to do it consistently on a Saturday or a Monday night. "Yanic Wildschut is a very effective footballer. If he's got the ball at his feet or he's dribbling with it or he's running

Summary: Yanic Wildschut scored one goal and made another as Wigan earned their first win under new manager Warren Joyce and stretched Huddersfield's winless run to four games.


Media playback is not supported on this device Three years on they are about to compete in this year's Olympic Games. They are two of the 10 athletes who are refugees that have been selected for the Team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA) by the International Olympic Committee in recognition of the worldwide refugee crisis. In the first of a series of portraits, we bring you their story.

Summary: Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika, two judoka from the Democratic Republic of Congo, sought asylum in Brazil during the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio.


The clubs had voted in favour of the increase by a majority of seven to five at a meeting on Wednesday. In addition, clubs can have two marquee players - up from one - with exemptions for new or returning players as well as some under the age of 21. The 12 teams will be able to spend £1.9m next year, £2m in 2019 and then £2.1m in 2020. It is below the Australian National Rugby League cap of £4.25m for 2017, while, in rugby union, the English Premiership cap is £7m. Super League's chief commercial officer Roger Draper says the increase will put clubs in a stronger position to compete to bring some former league players back to the sport from rugby union, such as Kyle Eastmond, who left St Helens to join Bath in 2011, and Chris Ashton, an ex-Wigan player currently at Toulon. When asked by BBC Radio Manchester if this is an attempt to target union players, he replied: "Yes, there are rugby union players out there and returning talent. "There is speculation around Kyle Eastmond and Chris Ashton, those sort of players, who have made an impact and want to come back into rugby league as well." Wigan Warriors owner Ian Lenagan voted in favour of the new proposal and said: "We need the best players playing in our competition and when all of the proposals that were voted through are looked at together, the decisions that were made will provide Super League clubs the opportunity to do that." However, Wakefield coach Chris Chester told BBC Radio Leeds the changes will make things tougher for his club. "I think it's divisive and it will make the gap between the top and the bottom wider. I find it bemusing," he said. "There won't be any marquee players at Wakefield Trinity for the foreseeable future. It's something we won't be using." Marquee players New and returning players Sign up for rugby league news notifications on the BBC Sport app

Summary: The Rugby Football League has approved plans to raise the salary cap in Super League from £1.825m to £2.1m by 2020.


On 5 April 2014 voters went to the polls in a carnival atmosphere, despite heavy rain. But more than two-thirds of cabinet posts are still unfilled. The decision by President Ghani to suspend all provincial governors and police chiefs has led to the further stagnation of government across the country. The reformist governor of Nangarhar province in the east has resigned from the post because he was left without the power he needed to do his job. Nangarhar is in a crucial location, both in terms of security as well as revenue-raising, as it is the gateway to Afghanistan from the Khyber Pass in the east. Its provincial capital, Jalalabad, has been facing increasing attacks from the Taliban and other insurgents in recent months. At a public meeting, a number of elders signed a letter urging the governor, Mullah Ata Ullah Ludin, not to stand down. One said that he was the only person taking on the "criminal mafia". Mr Ludin's departure leaves this important province leaderless. He finally insisted he had to step down because he could not make the decisions he wanted. His "acting" status meant he was prevented from appointing new teachers, and an order he gave to close a border weighing station was overturned. He had made the decision because trucks were constantly leaving far heavier than had been weighed - and must have paid a bribe for the difference. Apart from the lost revenues, the heavy trucks were damaging the region's roads. He said that if the situation of acting governors and police chiefs was not resolved soon, then the country would "slide towards instability; people will lose faith in the government and corruption will increase". It's the same story in the province of Herat, the gateway to Iran, at the western end of Afghanistan's most important trade route. Stagnation here following the suspension from office of most senior officials has provoked the former governor Ismail Khan to actively campaign against President Ghani's government. Khan was a prominent commander in the jihadi war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. He and other ex-jihadi commanders say they are locked out of government, and are a formidable opposition to the technocratic moderniser who is now president. But President Ghani is also losing support among those who previously backed him. MPs like Helai Ershad say that far from establishing a reformist government, he has had to make alliances with men she described as "a bunch of mujahidin". She said that the problems began when the international community persuaded Ghani to share power with Abdullah Abdullah, the opponent he narrowly defeated in a contested election. Since both men have two deputies, there are six separate powerbases to satisfy in making appointments. "Two different mentalities, how can they work under the same umbrella?," she asked. Since there are no political parties in Afghanistan, a country where patronage is the main driver of power, the jockeying for position has gone on. Ms Ershad believes that only 10 of the more than 20 ministers still to be confirmed by parliament will be approved

Summary: Afghanistan still does not have a full government a year after the presidential election.


The Israeli ambassador to the UN called the database a "blacklist" and said the body was acting obsessively against it. But the Palestinian envoy said the move was a "message of hope" for his people. Settlements built on territories occupied by Israel in 1967 are considered illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this position. About 500,000 Jews live alongside 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Thirty-two of the 47 members of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to adopt the motion calling for the establishment of the database. None voted against the motion, while 15, mostly European nations, abstained. The BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says the database will provide a resource for any organisation wanting to divest from companies involved in Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands. It will potentially include a number of Israeli and international firms working in industries from banking to construction and security services, our correspondent adds. The Palestinians have been campaigning for tougher sanctions against settlements. The Palestinian envoy to the UN said that the passage of this resolution and others by the Human Rights Council were a "message of hope" to his people. "Israel continues to systematically violate the inalienable rights of the Palestinians while enjoying impunity from the international community," Ibrahim Khreisheh added. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the body "an anti-Israel circus which attacks the only democracy in the Middle East and ignores the blatant violations of Iran, Syria and North Korea". He added that it was absurd to condemn Israel rather than deal with attacks by Palestinians on Israelis and by so-called Islamic State in Europe.

Summary: Israel has criticised the UN Human Rights Council for voting to establish a database of firms doing business in settlements in the occupied West Bank.


The first concerns rates - the locally collected property tax paid by businesses and households. The political crisis means the NI Executive has not set its part of the bill, known as the regional rate. James Brokenshire had promised to bring forward legislation to enable a regional rate to be set if there was no political deal by 18 April. That legislation could be passed as early as this week. The bigger issue is the Northern Ireland budget. The executive failed to agree a budget for 2017-18 and so civil servants have been using emergency financial powers since the start of the financial year. However, officials believe that state of affairs is only sustainable for a few months at most. That has led to speculation that Mr Brokenshire could use the House of Commons to pass a Northern Ireland budget. Welfare reform is being cited as a precedent where Westminster legislated for Northern Ireland despite welfare being a devolved power. If Mr Brokenshire is to take that step he will have to move quickly.

Summary: Northern Ireland has two pressing financial issues on which the Secretary of State could act before parliament is dissolved in early May.


With a guide price of Â£125,000 the sale of Ynys Bach includes the attached Ynys Faelog boathouse - with planning permission to rebuild it. But anyone interested in buying the island has been warned they would not be allowed to live on it. It can be accessed through a pedestrian walkway from St Georges Road in Menai Bridge. Agents Dafydd Hardy said it was an opportunity to buy something unique with fantastic views. "It would suit a philanthropist with an interest in marine life or maybe an artist would like to sit there painting the Menai Strait," said Mr Hardy. "I'm looking forward to selling it as it's really interesting." The lot goes under the hammer on 27 June at 17:30 BST at The Anglesey Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge, Anglesey.

Summary: An island in the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey is set to go under the hammer.


Media playback is unsupported on your device 27 August 2015 Last updated at 00:00 BST That's the good news. The bad news is that the Zano drone which the company hopes to start sending to backers next week will not at first deliver what was promised last year. BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones travelled to Pembroke Dock to find out just how challenging it is to deliver on the promises you make in a crowdfunding project.

Summary: Europe's most successful Kickstarter project is finally ready to deliver the tiny drone that won more than Â£2.3m in backing last November.


The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the funding to Cwm Community Action Group of Betws-y-Coed to help create the Snowdonia Slate Trail. It comes as Gwynedd council bids to secure World Heritage Site status for the region's slate villages. The pathway, which will use existing rights of way, will also gather stories about the area's rich history. The Snowdonia Slate Trail will start at Porth Penrhyn, near Bangor, and pass through a number of villages including Bethesda, Ffestiniog, Penmachno, Capel Curig and Betws-y-Coed. A Snowdonia National Park Authority spokesman said: "This new route will be of benefit not only to walkers who wish to walk short distances, but also for long distance walkers, encouraging them to stay in the area over several days which in turn will be of great benefit to the local economy." The total cost of the project is £85,000, and funding has also come from Magnox, Ffestiniog and Bethesda town councils, the Snowdonia National Park Authority's Cae Fund and the community fund in Wales. The walkway is due to be completed in October 2017.

Summary: The creation of a new 85-mile trail through Snowdonia has been boosted by a £53,000 grant.


Nothing unusual there, you might think. But one writes about Allah and her mosque, the other about her synagogue and the Star of David. The two met at a Washington DC youth slam poetry event and write and communicate about their faiths in ways that aim to engage and provoke their audiences. It's a type of dialogue that will be much needed now, after the killings in Paris and the attack on a kosher supermarket there. The young poets were taking part in a session at Limmud, which has been likened to a Jewish Edinburgh festival, Hay and Glastonbury rolled into one and is held on Warwick University campus just before New Year. Limmud (from the Hebrew word for "learning") began life in 1980 and now has some 50 offshoots around the world. In the UK this year, it drew over 2,500 people from 27 countries - all the more remarkable given the relatively small size of the UK's Jewish community, which numbers under 300,000 people, a community with close links to Jewish families in Paris and elsewhere in France. The question of identity and security was tackled in many of Limmud's discussions, as Judaism and the role, lives and place of Jewish people in Europe and across the world was examined from every perspective, from the historical to the feminist, and from the religious to the secular. Even before the Paris attacks, there were worries over a sharp rise in anti-Semitism in the UK and mainland Europe in 2014, during and after the latest conflict in Gaza. In France, the killing of Jewish schoolchildren in Toulouse in 2012 by a Frenchman of Algerian descent, and the murders of four people inside the Jewish museum in Brussels by another Frenchman of Algerian descent in May 2014 heightened fears amongst the Jewish community in France and elsewhere. The uneasy mood was articulated by BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, at a conference in Jerusalem last year. He said he had "never felt so uncomfortable as a Jew in the UK", as figures showed that anti-Semitic incidents in Britain also rose to record annual levels in 2014. Mr Cohen said levels of hatred were on the rise across Europe. "You've seen the number of attacks rise, you've seen murders in France, you've seen murders in Belgium. It's been pretty grim actually." The killings at Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week have further focused attention on radical Islamism in Europe, and the safety of Jewish communities in France, Germany and the UK. At one Limmud seminar, Michael Whine, of the Community Security Trust (CST), which seeks to protect Jewish communities and offer advice on security, sought to place last summer's figure in a wider European perspective, citing research by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research showing that Jewish people in the UK felt safer than those in France. However, CST figures still showed a significant rise in both verbal and physical attacks on Jewish people in the UK in 2014 compared with 2013, with 543 recorded in July and August 2014 alone - although the

Summary: Two young college student poets, Hannah Halpern and Amina Iro, are talking about their faith.


Taylor, 30, started his career with the Latics, making 254 league appearances before joining Millwall in May 2012. Former Bolton winger Obedayi, 27, scored two goals in 25 appearances for the Scottish Championship side. He has also played under Oldham boss John Sheridan, having served under him at Chesterfield and Plymouth Argyle. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Summary: Oldham have re-signed Bolton winger Chris Taylor on loan until the end of the season and brought in Tope Obedayi after his release by Dundee United.


The UK government announced in the Queen's Speech in May last year that it would bring forward a bill. Two Scottish sites have announced plans to bid for the spaceport licences - Prestwick airport and Machrihanish. However, the government said there was currently no timetable for the introduction of the bill. There is a growing market for launching small or nano satellites which could be used for communications such as broadband. The Scottish sites want to tap into this market and also lay down the infrastructure for future developments such as space tourism. Legislation concerning space is reserved to Westminster. The UK's government's Department for Transport (DfT) is responsible for the Modern Transport Bill, which would set regulations for driverless cars as well as allowing UK aerodromes to access space. It told BBC Scotland that it had been working hard on the bill but parliamentary time had been limited by events such as Brexit and the discussions over triggering Article 50. A spokeswoman for the DfT said: "The final date for the introduction of the Modern Transport Bill will be announced in due course. "We are creating the legislative and regulatory framework to allow the development of spaceports in the UK. It will be for the market to decide where the first spaceport will be established." Prestwick airport's director of spaceport development Richard Jenner said it had done a lot of work in preparation for applying for a spaceport licence. He said the airport was now waiting for the regulations to "clarify" what was needed to become a spaceport. He told BBC Scotland: "If the delay's only short I don't think it's a big problem at all. "As I understand it, the UK government are still very committed to launching the first rocket by 2020 and they are very keen for us to progress so I don't think there's any change in their intent. "I think it's just a delay due to the parliamentary process." Prestwick commissioned a report in 2015 which said it would cost between Â£1m and Â£3.5m to get the airport to the standard to meet US spaceport regulations. Mr Jenner said the airport would need to make some modifications but it was confident it already had most safety measures in place. Also based at the South Ayrshire airport is a company called Orbital Access, which is developing a hybrid aeroplane and rocket system. It plans to use a wide-body carrier aircraft, with special modifications to carry a rocket under its body. The launcher rocket would be released at altitude and fired into space to deliver the payload. This system could be used at any of the spaceports which get a licence. Campbeltown airport at Machrihanish on the Kintyre peninsula has also announced a technical partnership which is looking at how to develop a spaceport. The Machrihanish plan is being put together by DiscoverSpace UK, which has signed a memorandum of understanding will tech firms QinetiQ and TelespazoVEGA. DiscoverSpace UK's managing director, Tom Millar, told BBC Scotland it would look to develop its plans over the next six months.

Summary: Plans for legislation to enable the development of the UK's first commercial spaceports have been delayed by Brexit, BBC Scotland understands.


To protect your email, social networking accounts and the rest of your online life, strong passwords are essential. But setting and remembering it can be as easy as singing your favourite song. Here's our step-by-step guide to how lyrics can help you stay safe online. We'll pick the Foo Fighters, because they're generally great. But it could be anyone you like, or U2. As long as you can remember some of the lyrics to one of their songs. The catchier the better, to make sure you can remember those words. Something from Nothing seems like a good track to go for, fresh from the Foo's new album Sonic Highways. It could be the chorus or the bit you like the most. We've gone for the opening lines: "Give me the flammable life, I'm cold as a match." Sing it, Dave. Take the first letter of each word to make the basis of your password. That gives us GMTFLICAAM. Not bad, but it could someone who knows your music taste possibly guess it? Mix lower and upper case letters to make the password a little harder to guess. You should end up with something like: GmTFLICaam Swapping letters for numbers and symbols can make your password even more difficult to guess. So, a capital G looks a bit like 6, we'll swap F for 4 because four begins with f, L and I both look like 1s so that's an easy swap. The @ signs are a good alternative to the letter a. It probably goes without saying, but ours is just an example and not one you should use. Stay safe! Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube. on YouTube

Summary: If you needed a reminder that strong passwords are important online, the Russian website showing thousands of live video feeds could be it.


The Japanese engineer created many popular drum machines, including the iconic TR-808. Its sound is a staple of hip-hop and electronic music, used by everyone from Kanye West to Marvin Gaye. Kakehashi received a technical Grammy in 2013 for contributions to electronic music technology. Dave Smith - Kakehashi's co-winner - told the BBC he "was just an amazing man, a good friend, a very good competitor of course and just innovative continually all that time". Before leading Roland for 40 years, Mr Kakehashi founded Ace Tone in the 1960s. The firm made amplifiers and primitive drum machines, laying the groundwork for the engineer's future success. The sound of the TR-808 proved a game-changer in the 1980s and 90s. It appears on Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing", and in the opening bars of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody". Rapper Kanye West's 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak showcases the machine throughout. Musicians have shared their tributes to Mr Kakehashi online, calling his impact immeasurable. Marc Almond of synthpop duo Soft Cell called him "a man who changed music". Martyn Ware, who played keyboards for The Human League, told the BBC: "Roland was central to everything that we did for the whole of the first two albums - they featured on every track." "We were loyal to them like people would be loyal to a football team." In 2015 the TR-808 was the subject of a documentary featuring Pharrell Williams, Fatboy Slim, and Phil Collins - among many others. In a farewell to Mr Kakehashi, his colleague for almost four decades, Roland developer Tommy Snyder wrote: "He was a super funny, wonderful and gifted human being, and his contributions to the musical instrument world, and music, touched millions of people worldwide. RIP dear Taro."

Summary: The music world is mourning the loss of Roland founder and electronic instrument pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, who has died aged 87.


Charlton had thrashed Rovers 5-1 at the Memorial Stadium in November and they were convincing victors again, although they had to do it the hard way after a mistake by Patrick Bauer gifted Rovers a 12th-minute lead. The Addicks defender slipped while attempting a back pass, enabling Jermaine Easter to burst clear on goal and round Dillon Phillips before slotting into an empty net. Magennis' free-kick hit the crossbar, while Adam Chicksen's cross was tipped behind by Will Puddy via the woodwork as Charlton sought an equaliser before the break. Parity was restored four minutes before the interval with Magennis heading home from Joe Aribo's free-kick. And the duo combined in almost identical circumstances five minutes into the second half, an unmarked Magennis again using his head to convert from Aribo's set-piece delivery. Aribo turned provider once again just after the hour, playing a low ball across the face of goal which was swept in from close range by Jorge Teixeira to make it 3-1. Magennis completed his treble after 73 minutes, latching on to Andrew Crofts' pass and then firing an angled shot beyond Puddy in some style. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Charlton Athletic 4, Bristol Rovers 1. Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 4, Bristol Rovers 1. Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Foul by Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic). Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers). Attempt saved. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Foul by Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic). Lee Mansell (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Nicky Ajose replaces Chris Solly. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Kevin Foley replaces Ezri Konsa Ngoyo. Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Attempt saved. Peter Hartley (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic). Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Peter Hartley. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Lee Mansell (Bristol Rovers). Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Fredrik Ulvestad replaces Joe Aribo. Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic). Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal! Charlton Athletic 4, Bristol Rovers 1. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jorge Teixeira. Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by

Summary: Josh Magennis struck a hat-trick as Charlton came from behind to brush aside Bristol Rovers at The Valley.


Huge plumes of smoke billowed from the site at Belraugh Road, Garvagh, on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was reported to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) shortly after 14:00 BST. Six fire engines from Coleraine, Dungiven, Maghera, Ballymoney and Limavady attended the scene. The NIFRS said its fire emergency support service vehicle was also deployed, along with a command support unit from Kilrea and water tanker from Pomeroy. Earlier on Tuesday evening, Alan O'Neill from the NIFRS said the fire had been brought under control. "When we arrived there was quite a significant amount of vehicles involved and we increased our fire appliances to six at the scene. "We have been there from shortly after twenty past two and we expect to be there for the next couple of hours."

Summary: Up to 600 vehicles have been damaged during a large fire at a car dismantlers' yard in County Londonderry, firefighters have said.


They need new content to feed their 560 million avid gamers, who contribute to the biggest gaming market in the world - worth an estimated $24.4bn (Â£19.8bn) in 2016, according to Newzoo. And this market is growing at around 15% a year. Chinese firms have already spent more than $111bn on foreign acquisitions this year, according to Dealogic, with some of the biggest deals involving gaming companies. Internet giant Tencent - which owns the WeChat and QQ Games platforms - bought Finnish Clash of Clans mobile games maker Supercell for $8.6bn earlier this year. Tencent already owns League of Legends maker Riot Games, and has minority stakes in Epic Games and Activision Blizzard, the World of Warcraft maker. Activision itself bought Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital Entertainment for nearly $6bn last year. Chinese online games publisher Youzu Interactive snapped up German free-to-play games maker Bigpoint for â‚¬80m (Â£71.5m; $88.7m) early in 2016. And this summer, Zhongji Holding bought venerable UK games maker Jagex, famous for its 15-year-old RuneScape fantasy role-playing game, for about $400m. Analysts believe there are several more acquisitions to come. Lisa Pan, director of Shanghai Zhongji Enterprise Group, Zhongji Holding's parent company, tells the BBC: "Chinese investors are attracted to the creative sector in the UK. We're also looking at Europe and the US for good gaming assets. "The games sector is a fast-growing industry and we're interested in building a portfolio of gaming companies." The firm expects to make further acquisitions this year, she says. One reason why successful Western games companies are attractive to Chinese investors is that they generate cash but are relatively cheap compared to the valuations of domestic companies listed on China's stock market, says Affan Butt, partner at Code Advisors, a technology and media investment banking specialist. But what's in it for the games companies - apart from a big payday? Rob Moffat, partner at investment firm Balderton Capital, says medium-sized developers realise that to access the fast-growing Asian market they need to form strategic partnerships with Chinese firms. "If you're a developer dependent on just a few games, you're vulnerable, so you need to scale up to about 10 games a year in the hope that one of them is a big hit. That means getting bought essentially," he says. Developing a new game from scratch can cost anything from $5m to $100m, says Jagex chief executive Rod Cousens - a games industry veteran who previously ran Codemasters, maker of the popular F1 motorsport game. "This is why all eyes are turning East right now - it's the biggest market in the world - and Chinese companies are looking beyond their borders." Amongst mobile gamers, average revenue per user is now higher in China than in the US, UK, and South Korea, according to a recent report by AppAnnie, proving that this really is a market that cannot be ignored. But what are the technical challenges facing a British games company like Jagex - primarily known for a visually rich desktop-based game - as it tries to expand into China where

Summary: The Chinese are coming and they're hungry for games companies.


Pregabalin, also known by the brand name Lyrica, is an anti-epileptic drug also used to relieve chronic pain. Last year, pregabalin was prescribed more in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the UK. The drug has been linked to the deaths of two teenagers earlier this year. It was one of a cocktail of drugs used by Aaron Strong, 19, and Aaron Fox, 16. 'With Lyrica, I see people running about like zombies' An ex-drug user, who lost his teenage friend to suicide after a battle with drugs, has told BBC News NI that abuse of Lyrica is "wrecking lives". The Belfast teenager, who spoke anonymously, said he first took the drug when he was 16 and that it is freely available in his community. Read more on his story here. It is illegal to have class C drugs without a prescription and illegal to supply or sell them to others. The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs made the recommendation in a letter to ministers, including the then home secretary Theresa May, in January. The letter cited warnings from the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) who highlighted "significant misuse and abuse" of the drug. Pregabalin is known as "bud" or "Budweisers" by recreational users because it is makes them feel the same high as if they were drunk. Life on Lyrica: Geoff Savage, drug counsellor I am a prescribed user of Lyrica. There's a stigma around drugs prescribed by professionals. That they're safe and not harmful. Prescribed drugs can sometimes be more serious if they're not taken properly. Being someone who takes it, I know the dangers with it. I once overdosed by accident. I was out of my head. Read more of Geoff's story here. Joe Brogan, the HSCB's head of pharmacy, said the problem "appears to be a growing issue". In 2012, Mr Brogan wrote to GPs and pharmacists telling them to be aware of the "potential misuse of the drug". It is understood that some doctors have written to patients who have been prescribed Lyrica to say they may need to review the dosage. "We've been raising it with general practitioners and prescribers in primary care to be mindful of repeat prescriptions of the drug," said Mr Brogan. "It can be a challenge for prescribers to understand if the patient is getting sufficient treatment as it's often used for a chronic pain issue." Pregabalin can be ordered online. It is understood it has been coming into Northern Ireland in fairly constant levels for a number of years, along with other prescription drugs including diazepam and temazepam. Packages of the drug ordered by customers in Northern Ireland are intercepted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Border Agency at airports in England every week. Analysis: Vincent Kearney, BBC News NI home affairs correspondent The organised crime branch of the PSNI is notified about every seizure of the drug and decides what action, if any, is to be taken. If the quantity of drugs intercepted is considered insignificant the police may decide not to take investigative

Summary: A prescription drug being abused by teenagers in NI should be made a class C drug, health officials have said.


Emergency services were called to the scene close to Knockmore industrial estate at about 06:45 GMT on Thursday. No one was hurt. The train was evacuated and passengers were transferred to buses. Translink and the Health and Safety Executive have begun investigations and the line will remain closed all day. The transport firm's spokeswoman said: "We would hope to be in a position to resume a full train service from tomorrow [Friday] morning." On Thursday afternoon, rail passengers were advised that a bus substitution will operate between Moira and Lisbun until 18:30 GMT to "accommodate peak time commuter traffic". After the rush hour, a bus substitution will operate between Portadown and Lisburn and cross-border passengers will be bussed between Belfast and Newry for the rest of the day. Translink's statement added: "Safety is our top priority and an investigation is currently ongoing. "We are now taking steps to get the line cleared; our engineers have been on site and will be working throughout the night in order to get services back to normal for our customers." The firm said it will be working with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) during the investigations. Translink has apologised to their customers for the inconvenience. The Knockmore Road, which was closed between the Moira Road and Ballinderry Road, has now reopened.

Summary: A train hit a piece of construction equipment on the railway line near Lisburn, County Antrim, a Translink spokesperson has said.


Paul Bingham spotted the blaze on the M6 near Coleshill, Warwickshire, and pulled up to help the stricken party. He then transported the youngsters to the National Motorcycle Museum, where parents were waiting. Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation - with four 10-year-old girls taken to hospital. Nobody was seriously hurt in the fire, which remains unexplained. More on this and other Warwickshire stories Mr Bingham was on his way back to his coach company's headquarters in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, when he saw the group, from a school in the Black Country, standing on the hard shoulder. He said "small flames were coming out the rear at the bottom of the engine" before the bus was eventually engulfed. Pictures later showed the vehicle reduced to smouldering remains. "I was there with an empty coach, so it all fell into place," he said. "I did nothing really. I just parked my bus and said 'jump on'. I got 60-odd people away from the scene and allowed them to sit in comfort." Mr Bingham said he was grateful the children hadn't seen the extent of the fire, as that would've been more "stressful" for them. He added that his bosses at Eavesway Travel told him to "crack on" and "deal with it". The four girls taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital were not thought to be in a serious condition, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. The ambulance service commended Mr Bingham for his actions. A spokesman said: "We would like to pay tribute to the Eavesway Travel of Wigan coach driver who spotted the issue, stopped at the side of the motorway and helped evacuate the children."

Summary: A coach driver has described the "dramatic" moment he helped 59 pupils and seven teachers escape a burning bus on a motorway.


The metal sculpture will show two fists overlapped in the style of the song's "horse-riding" dance move. It will be erected outside the COEX shopping centre, where part of the video was filmed. Gangnam Style was released by South Korean singer Psy in 2012 and remains the most-watched YouTube video ever. It has been viewed more than 2.4 billion times. Gangnam tourism director Park Hee-Soo said he hoped the statue would "become a landmark for our district". "Tourists can take pictures under the statue and the song will play automatically when you stand there," he added.

Summary: A statue dedicated to the South Korean music hit Gangnam Style is to be unveiled in the Seoul district made famous by the song.


The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association will walk out with Aslef, RMT and Unite on 5 August in a row over servicing the new Night Tube service. London Underground said it had made a "fair" offer and would continue to be available for talks. The four unions previously walked out on 9 July causing the entire Tube network to shut down. Talks had been held at conciliatory service Acas on Tuesday. But TSSA's general secretary Manuel Cortes said: "We were expecting to agree a framework to discuss all our concerns over staffing levels and safety at the Night Tube as well as the pay issues. "But all we got was a repeat of the 'take or leave' final pay offer which has already been rejected and no detailed talks on the Night Tube. We are willing to negotiate, they clearly are not." Steve Griffiths, London Underground's Chief Operating Officer, said: "We have made a very fair and reasonable offer on pay and the introduction of the Night Tube and we continue to urge the trade unions to put it to their members. "We will be at ACAS this week for further discussions to resolve this issue and trust the trade unions will be too." The row is over a 2% average pay rise offer for LU members and workers' terms and conditions linked to plans to introduce an all-night Tube service on the Jubilee and Victoria lines and and most of the Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines. Last week's strike saw long delays and rush hour began earlier than normal as commuters tried to find alternative ways to get to and from work.

Summary: A fourth union has announced it will be take part in a 24-hour Tube strike next month in a row over pay and conditions.


State department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed that Mr Fowle was on his way home on Tuesday following negotiations. She said the US was working to secure the release of two other US nationals, Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bae, who remain in detention in North Korea. The US has accused North Korea of using the detained Americans as pawns in a diplomatic game. Mr Fowle, 56, entered North Korea on 29 April and was detained in early June as he was leaving the country. He was charged with "anti-state" crimes. He was reported to have left a Bible in the toilet of a restaurant in the northern port city of Chongjin but his family have insisted that he was not on a mission for his church. Missionary activity is considered a crime in North Korea. In August, he and fellow detainee Matthew Miller made a televised appeal to the US government to help secure their release. Responding to the appeal, the US authorities vowed to make securing the release of the detainees a "top priority". Mr Miller was later sentenced to six years' hard labour for committing "hostile acts". The state department's Marie Harf said Washington welcomed Mr Fowle's release, adding that US officials "remain focused on the continued detention of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller and again call on the DPRK [North Korea] to immediately release them". She said North Korea had asked the US government to transport Jeffrey Fowle out of the country as a condition of his release. She also thanked Sweden, which serves as the US protecting power in North Korea, for the "tireless efforts" of its embassy in Pyongyang. No reason was given for Mr Fowle's release. Washington has been trying to send high-level representatives to negotiate the detainees' release, but these visits have been cancelled by North Korea in recent months. Pyongyang has denied accusations that it is using the arrested Americans as diplomatic bargaining chips.

Summary: Jeffrey Fowle, one of three US citizens detained in North Korea, has been released, US officials say.


The 23-year-old fly-half, who has four Wales caps, sprained an ankle in a win over Cardiff Blues on 1 January. Scarlets earned a bonus point before half time thanks to further tries from Wyn Jones and Olympian James Davies. Edinburgh have won only one of their last 10 matches in the Pro12 and only four games all season. Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac named seven returning internationals after the conclusion of the Six Nations, while Edinburgh welcomed back nine Scotland players. But it was Wales hopeful Patchell who boosted his chances of selection for Wales' summer tour in which they face Samoa in Apia and Tonga in Auckland. Scarlets were be looking to bounce back following a disappointing defeat to Leinster in the last round and made the perfect start when Hadleigh Parkes' sensational dummy allowed Patchell to pounce and score after a surging run. Duncan Weir reduced the arrears for Edinburgh with a penalty, but the Scarlets then powered over, a driving line-out resulting in prop Wyn Jones crossing for the second try in the opening 15 minutes. Media playback is not supported on this device Parkes was again the instigator as James Davies surged clear for the Scarlets' third try, his perfectly weighted pass splitting open the Edinburgh defence and giving Davies an easy run in through the gap. However, the hosts gave Edinburgh a gift of a reply, a charged down kick rebounding kindly into the path of Phil Burleigh who went over, with Weir adding the extras. The Scarlets had however, secured a bonus point by the 30 minute mark when Patchell again found space and was able to cross the whitewash for try number four. Patchell was withdrawn to a standing ovation on the 50 minute mark, replaced by Dan Jones, with the contest petering out as the Scarlets looked to protect what they had. Scarlets rang the changes throughout the second period, introducing Emyr Phillips and DTH van der Merwe, but they lacked execution to match their industry and a slew of handling errors restricted the contest to no further scores. Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac: "We created some opportunities [in the second half] but just didn't get to finish them off. Certainly to get four tries by half time is half the job done. "We talked at half time and we needed to go on and score first and it didn't happen. "After a few weeks off we were a little bit slow to finish them off." Scarlets: Johnny McNicholl; Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes (capt), Steff Evans, Rhys Patchell; Aled Davies, Wyn Jones, Ryan Elias, Samson Lee, Tom Price, Tadhg Beirne, Aaron Shingler, James Davies, Will Boyde. Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Rob Evans, Werner Kruger, Lewis Rawlins, John Barclay, Gareth Davies, Dan Jones, DTH van der Merwe. Edinburgh: Blair Kinghorn, Damien Hoyland, Chris Dean, Phil Burleigh, Tom Brown, Duncan Weir, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Allan Dell, Ross Ford (capt), Simon Berghan, Anton Bresler, Ben Toolis, Viliame Mata, Jamie Ritchie, Cornell Du Preez Replacements: Stuart McInally, Murray McCallum, Kevin Bryce, Grant Gilchrist, Viliami Fihaki, Nathan Fowles, Jason

Summary: Wales fly-half Rhys Patchell scored two tries within thirty minutes of his return after three months out injured as the Scarlets beat Edinburgh 26-10.


William Summerill, 25, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday to seven years and six months for drug supply offences and resisting arrest. The Wavertree man had scaled the walls of the Dockers Club, Anfield, on 2 February to escape arrest, police said. Four police officers were then hurt by the petrol bomb thrown by a bystander. Summerill, of Carno Street, was arrested after drugs were found at an address in Lampeter Road, Merseyside Police said. He admitted three counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply, and resisting arrest. Police confirmed an investigation into the petrol bomb attack in Townsend Lane was ongoing. It was thrown by one of the onlookers who had gathered in the street during the rooftop incident.

Summary: A drug dealer who climbed onto the roof of a Liverpool club during an incident in which a petrol bomb was thrown at police officers has been jailed.


Figures provided by 27 forces under the Freedom of Information Act revealed nearly 70% of the 363 officers who failed were women. No punitive measures will be taken against those who have not passed, but from September, action could be taken against anyone failing three times. Compulsory testing was introduced in England and Wales last year. In total, nearly 3% of the 13,024 officers tested failed. Devon and Cornwall, Dorset and North Wales were the only three forces with a 100% pass rate The constabularies with the highest percentage of failures were Suffolk (7%), Gwent (6%) and Wiltshire (5%). Suffolk's Deputy Chief Constable Paul Marshall said officers were aware of what was required of them with regard to the national guidelines. He said: "While there is clearly room for improvement, we still have 93% of our officers who have passed. "If anyone is to fail the test then words of advice are given around improving their levels of fitness and programmes can be offered to support this process." Not everyone is required to take the fitness test - only those involved in officer safety training, which includes baton use and arrest techniques. The endurance test involves a series of shuttle runs between two lines 50ft (15m) apart at a steadily increasing pace controlled by means of a speaker emitting "bleep" signals in decreasing time periods. The Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, had voiced concerns that it might "disproportionately impact on older officers, women and those with disabilities". Federation spokesman Stephen Smith said the statistics were "not particularly surprising". "There could be a number of underlying reasons why an officer might fail the test, such as disability, injury or occupational health reasons," he told BBC News. "What we hope is that forces will be supportive of officers - possibly even with training schedules - and what we expect is that everyone will work together making every effort to ensure people pass." Mr Smith added that officers who failed the fitness test three times would be subject to action under "unsatisfactory performance procedure", but he insisted that did not automatically mean dismissal from the force. Avon and Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Dyfed-Powys, Essex, Northumbria, Staffordshire and Warwickshire have not yet started testing and so could not provide figures. Merseyside said it was considering whether it was in the public interest to release the figures, while South Yorkshire was unable to provide the data. Cumbria, West Midlands, Thames Valley, Metropolitan Police, Humberside and Greater Manchester failed to respond to the request by the Press Association.

Summary: Hundreds of police officers have failed a new compulsory fitness test, figures have shown.


He is the first serving head of state to come before the court in The Hague. He was called to appear at the ICC "status conference" when the prosecution said evidence needed to go ahead with a trial was being withheld. The charges - which Mr Kenyatta denies - concern his alleged role in violence following the 2007 elections. More than 1,000 people died in the aftermath of the poll. Mr Kenyatta says the charges against him are politically motivated and insists that the case should be thrown out. The prosecution accuses the Kenyan government of obstructing the investigation. The president temporarily relinquished power to come to The Hague. Nevertheless, his convoy received a presidential welcome. Flag-waving crowds surged as his police-escorted car pulled up. International TV crews jostled to get him in their frame. But the trial has reached a deadlock. The prosecution accuse the Kenyan government of withholding vital evidence, the defence say without evidence there should be no trial. Around 100 politicians flew to The Hague. One of them told me they had all paid their own air fares, a public demonstration of support for their president. About 1,200 Kenyans were killed in the violence - the case was sent to the ICC after Kenya failed to bring the perpetrators to justice. The judges must now decide whether to abandon the trial or give the prosecution more time to search for the missing evidence. The ICC wants Mr Kenyatta to explain allegations that evidence against him had been withheld by the Kenyan government - a claim rejected by Kenyan Attorney-General Githu Muigai, who appeared before the court on Tuesday. Scores of Mr Kenyatta's supporters packed the public gallery as the hearing got under way. Defence lawyer Steven Kay said Mr Kenyatta would not be making a statement. He said the government had co-operated with the prosecution requests where it was possible to do so. The hearing was later adjourned. As he left the court Mr Kenyatta told his supporters in Swahili: "We know where we are coming from, we know where we are now, we know where we are going. No-one will tell us where we are going and yes, we will decide for ourselves." ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who is from The Gambia, said there was still a significant "body of evidence" against Mr Kenyatta. The prosecution, which wants an indefinite adjournment, told the court it had phone data and nine witnesses who were willing to testify how Mr Kenyatta had funding links with the Mungiki sect which took part in the violence. Fergal Gaynor, a lawyer for the victims, said they were entitled to know why witnesses for the prosecution had withdrawn from the case. In September, the court postponed the trial after prosecutors said the Kenyan government had failed to deliver key documents. Deputy President William Ruto is acting president while Mr Kenyatta is at The Hague. On Monday, the president again stressed his innocence, saying his conscience was clear. In a speech to the Kenyan parliament, Mr Kenyatta said that he was going to

Summary: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he faces charges of crimes against humanity.


The H5N8 strain found in a wild duck at an estuary near the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) Llanelli Wetland Centre is the same which hit a turkey farm in Lincolnshire last week. The centre said it had closed "as a precautionary measure". Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths said the risk to humans was "very low" and poultry was safe to eat. The Welsh Government said it was the first time the H5N8 strain had been found in a wild bird in the UK. It was described as "extremely concerning" by the Welsh Conservatives which called on the government to ensure safety measures were in place. Restrictions were imposed across Britain to keep birds indoors after the disease came to light across Europe, the Middle East and north Africa. On Tuesday, the measures were tightened to ban any indoor gatherings of birds at events such as livestock fairs, auctions and bird shows. Ms Griffiths said: "This finding is not unexpected and follows calls for bird keepers to be more vigilant for signs of the disease. It is likely that more cases will be confirmed. "There have been no reports of human infection from the H5N8 strain and the risk to human health is very low. "The Food Standards Agency has also confirmed it is safe to eat poultry meat, such as turkey, goose and chicken." In a statement on Thursday confirming its temporary closure, WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre said: "This is a concern for local birds - not humans. "This is not a strain of bird flu that has ever transferred to people. "The finding is not unexpected as the disease has already been found across Europe. "Like other organisations across the country, we have been keeping a close eye out for any signs of the disease in birds this winter. "We will remain closed while we increase surveillance among wild birds on our reserve and our collection of zoo birds, and put in place any measures necessary to help protect them." Welsh Conservative spokesman for rural affairs, Paul Davies AM, said: "If it is allowed to spread then it could have a devastating impact on poultry farming across Wales. "The Welsh Government must ensure that all farms provide details of their flocks to the poultry register and are appraised of all relevant safety measures in the event of an outbreak." Chief Veterinary Officer Christianne Glossop urged people to report any sightings of dead waterfowl, or groups of at least five dead wild birds of other species in the same location, to the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

Summary: The first finding of an infectious strain of avian flu in a UK wild bird has been confirmed in Carmarthenshire.


Northern is implementing increases of up to 50p from 21 May to "bring fares in line with other areas". The RMT union said the "latest fares rip off is just another example of costs being shifted" to passengers. Northern, which has introduced rises since September 2016, said fares in the area have been "historically low". The rail operator said there would be an increase "of no more than 50p" on the majority of off-peak day returns and singles for journeys made within Greater Manchester. It said there would be no change to anytime day single, anytime day return or weekly season tickets and Transport for Greater Manchester concessions. There would be reductions on some tickets, it added. Northern said the rises were to make fares "fair and consistent" across the network. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "This latest fares rip off is just another example of industry costs being shifted to the passenger." Rochdale councillor Andy Kelly said the hike was "the great rail rip off " and would "affect the poorest". "Many commuters tell me that they have changed their shift patterns to take advantage of off-peak discounts." Northern said the travel increases would go towards its modernisation programme which will see it get rid of Pacer trains by 2020. Rail workers on Northern, Southern and Merseyrail have gone on a number of strikes with the latest on 8 April over proposals for driver-only-operated trains.

Summary: Rail fares for some off-peak Northern services in Greater Manchester will be increased by up to 10% - the third rise within the past year.


Rob Lawrie, 49, from Leeds, admitted to a court in Boulogne that he tried to get Bahar - known as Bru - into the UK. He faced smuggling charges but was found guilty of a lesser charge of 'endangering life' because he hid the girl in an unsafe way in a van. Lawrie will have to pay the 1,000-euro (Â£754) fine if convicted of another offence. The decision was met with applause from supporters in the courtroom. The former carpet cleaner, who disclosed he had bipolar disorder and Tourette's Syndrome, said he acted "stupidly". Before the case started he appeared with the child on his lap at a media conference in the French town. Lawrie said he feared "being made an example of" by the court. He told the assembled media: "They see the media attention I have been getting and I think it could go one of two ways. "France has an opportunity to show, as I know they are, a compassionate country." Lawrie said he regretted his actions and would not repeat the effort. He told the court he had acted stupidly and irrationally in hiding Bru in the sleeping compartment. Speaking via an interpreter, he told the judge: "I saw the little girl and her father in the work that I was doing. That night I just could not leave her there any more. "It was wrong. It was the most stupid conceived plan." Lawrie rejected the idea that he was trafficking for money, telling the judge: "Her father is a farmer from Afghanistan. He doesn't have any money whatsoever." The aid worker was stopped in Calais as he returned home in October 2015. The former Army physical training instructor said he was helping build shelters in The Jungle camp when he got to know Bru and her father asked him to help get her to close family members living legally in Leeds. He said he was not a hero but "an unemployed carpet cleaner from Leeds" who wanted to help and had never been in trouble before. He told reporters his actions had left him penniless and on the edge of bankruptcy after giving up to Â£8,000 of his own money as well as collecting donations for the refugees. He was caught when British sniffer dogs found two Eritrean men who, unbeknown to him, had also stowed in the back of his van. Speaking outside the courtroom, Lawrie said that he had had a heavy weight on his shoulders but now felt "light" and would continue fighting to get help for child refugees in The Jungle. He said: "I'm going to have a few days off and then I'm going to raise the profile (of refugees) even more because we cannot simply leave these children. "We need to get these children now and into our education system because these guys are going to be doctors and lawyers and teachers if we get them now and educate them correctly. "Or we can leave them in The Jungle to rot and die of cold."

Summary: A former soldier caught trying to bring a child into the UK has been given a suspended fine by a French court.


The Lady Black Cats beat Reading 3-0 to make the semi-finals with Arsenal, Manchester City and holders Chelsea. "If you want to win a trophy you've got to beat the best," Williams told BBC Newcastle ahead of Tuesday's draw. "Whoever we get, we'll prepare appropriately. We're not going down without a fight." Carlton Fairweather's side had drawn 1-1 with Reading in Women's Super League One on 26 March. Ex-Doncaster defender Williams continued: "We played Reading in the league last week and we felt that we underperformed quite badly. "So we had a chat first thing on Monday morning, we had a look through the videos, discussed what we needed to improve on and we applied that." Sunderland Ladies have only played in an FA Cup final once, losing 2-1 to Arsenal in 2009. "It would be massive if we get there [the final]," the 25-year old added. "It's every kid's dream, isn't it? You don't get many chances to play at Wembley and you've got to work hard to get there."

Summary: Defender Victoria Williams says Sunderland Ladies will "not go down without a fight" after reaching the last four of the Women's FA Cup.


Based on the 1993 comedy film with Bill Murray, the show will be directed by the Old Vic's new boss Matthew Warchus. Other plays in his inaugural season include Ibsen's The Master Builder, starring Ralph Fiennes, and Pinter's The Caretaker, with Timothy Spall. Warchus is taking over from Kevin Spacey, the Old Vic's artistic director for 11 years. He said his first season - which also includes a stage adaptation of Dr Seuss's The Lorax and a dance production of Jekyll and Hyde - reflected a "something for everyone" approach. He aims to up the number productions per year through shorter runs, and hopes three or four will transfer to the West End or go direct to Broadway via a new partnership with big-name producers Scott Rudin and Sonia Friedman. Groundhog Day reunites Warchus with three of the creative team behind the hit musical Matilda - composer and lyricist Tim Minchin, choreographer Peter Darling, and designer Rob Howell - who will work with the film's co-writer Danny Rubin. It tells the story of grumpy TV weatherman Phil Connors who is sent to the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and gets stuck in a time loop, having to live the same day over and over again. In an interview with the BBC, Warchus described the show as "an intelligent mainstream Broadway classic" that was ideal for the Old Vic. "It needs a large audience and a large stage, and I wanted to start it in this country, so it's the perfect match." He added that the film had made him laugh and cry. "It is really about how little time you have to become the best version of yourself. It's sophisticated meaty stuff in a romantic comedy package." It will premiere in June 2016 before going to Broadway. The opening production of the new season in September is Future Conditional, by Tamsin Oglesby, a new play set in a school starring Rob Brydon as a teacher with a cast of 23 "young performers" as his class. Warchus will direct. That will be followed in October by Eugene O'Neill's American drama The Hairy Ape, directed by Richard Jones. Warchus will also direct The Master Builder, with Ralph Fiennes as architect Halvard Solness in a new adaptation by David Hare, and also Timothy Spall in Harold Pinter's 1960 classic The Caretaker. Plans for future seasons include the first revival of Art by Yasmina Reza, a 50th anniversary production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, and a new musical based on the 2014 film Pride, about a group of gay and lesbian activists who supported striking miners in the 1980s, which Warchus directed. Warchus is also introducing a new ticketing scheme, which will make half of all seats at the first five previews of each production available for £10. "It's not just about young people," Warchus said. "We'll be trying to guide or nudge those tickets to people who are new theatre goers."

Summary: A new stage musical of Groundhog Day is to have its world premiere at the Old Vic in London next year.


Trouble is, the aspen tree itself doesn't like to produce seeds which makes life very difficult for everyone. But last year I visited Shropshire company Forestart and helped them out with their plans to get their aspens in a seed producing mood. Forestart harvests a billion wild tree seeds every year to grow into new trees for planting. You can read a blogpost about their plans here, but here's the general gist. Aspen trees usually reproduce by sending up suckers, thin plants that are clones of the parent tree. That's no good for Forestart who need seeds to grow new aspens. The last time aspens in Scotland flowered and produced seeds was twenty years ago. So Robert Lee from Forestart had a plan. I helped him remove a ring of bark around each of his aspen trees. Not all the way around as that would kill the tree, but a strip about an inch wide round most of the trunk. The idea was to simulate a beaver attack on the tree, stressing the tree out and forcing it to produce flowers and then seeds. Well this week I returned to see if the experiment had worked and an amazing sight greeted me, eight aspen trees all covered in catkins. It's something that you very rarely see in nature. Robert explained to me I'd missed the very best display and a windy day had rather done for the flowers on the male trees but overall it was a remarkable thing to see. It's also really good news for Robert as if all goes to plan he and his team will be able to gather a huge volume of aspen seeds later in the year. Can we be sure it was our intervention that made the difference? Well yes, as Robert cut the bark so that some trees had branches below the exposed part of the tree. Those branches had no flowers, no catkins, while the rest of the tree was laden. It's not totally clear why this worked, it could be the stress as Robert first though or it might be the ring of removed bark blocks the goodness in the aspen leaves from returning to the roots and instead keeps it all in the tree canopy which in turn leads to an eruption of flowers. The trees themselves are healing nicely and while this won't be an annual event it is something Forestart could repeat in the future. Meaning more chances for people who want to plant this most wonderful of our native trees. The only slight cloud on the horizon is if the whole effort is too successful, we get a lot of seeds and the local bird population treat the aspen seeds as a very expensive lunch. Fingers crossed the siskins find something else to eat instead!

Summary: Aspens are one of our most beautiful native trees and there's a huge demand for seeds to grow new ones for planting.


Three team-mates have made the shortlist - Stuart Armstrong, Moussa Dembele and Scott Sinclair - along with Aberdeen winger Johnny Hayes. But Rodgers feels his captain should not have been overlooked. "I still can't get away from how Scott Brown's not on it. I really can't," he said of the Scotland midfielder. "I don't know what he was like in other years, but for this season, in my first season up here in Scotland, the level that this man has played at, he's the most influential player in Scottish football. "I look at Chelsea's N'Golo Kante down south as a central midfield player and I think he got the player of the year award down there - and I think that Scott is certainly at least worthy of being a nominee." Rodgers, though, would not reveal whether 31-year-old Brown would have been his choice for player of the year. Media playback is not supported on this device He also declined to nominate which of the three Celtic players on the list deserved to win. However, he praised the consistency and leadership shown by Brown throughout the campaign. "I can only remember him having one bad game and that was Hearts when we won the league - and I think he said it himself he was hopeless," added the Rodgers. "Every other game has been at a top level and this is Champions League, this is big games. "The players here will tell you the catalyst he is for them, what he gives the team. He has been superb. "I can't believe why he isn't in it, but of course, I'm really happy for the other boys and the young players that are nominated as well." At Ibrox on Sunday, Sinclair was subjected to racial gestures from a Rangers fan, who has since admitted the offence in court, and Rodgers said the English winger had put the incident behind him. "Racism - whether it is football or whether it is society - there is no place for it," added Rodgers. "He's fine. He's got the support of all the people here, all the supporters and he moves on from it. "He's been playing the game quite a long time, so it says something that it's the first time he has come across it in his life. "There's been so much great work over the last 20 years to wipe out this kind of thing. "In this day and age, when you do hear about it, it's very, very surprising, so thankfully it's been dealt with straight away, which is good to see, and we hope we don't have any more incidents like it for players like Scotty and whoever else."

Summary: Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers cannot believe Scott Brown is absent from the nomination list for the PFA Scotland player of the year award.


Rowe, 24, has signed a contract until 2020 but will not available to play for the Suffolk club until Tuesday's league game against Derby County. He has scored six goals in 25 National League appearances for Macclesfield this season and helped the Silkmen to the second round of the FA Cup. Rowe is the fifth new addition made by boss Mick McCarthy in January. Striker Kieffer Moore, defender Jordan Spence and centre-back Steven Taylor have all signed full-time deals, while midfielder Toumani Diagouraga has joined on loan from Leeds until the end of the season. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.

Summary: Championship club Ipswich Town have signed Macclesfield Town winger Danny Rowe for an undisclosed fee.


His salary included a £596,000 bonus, in addition to pension benefits, the company has disclosed. In its annual report, Marks and Spencer said that because the business met its profit target, it paid bonuses across the company. The High Street retail giant recently reported its first rise in annual profits in four years. Last year, Mr Bolland and his executive team had to forgo bonuses, after the company's consistent drop in profits. The chairman, Robert Swannell, said in the firm's annual report: "This year, we have seen outstanding performance in some areas of the business, but performance below our expectations in others." He said the food business had an outstanding year, while the company's international business performance was disappointing. Steve Rowe, the executive director of the company's food division, earned a £653,000 bonus for the year, with a total package of £1.4m.

Summary: Marks and Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland earned more than £2m in the last fiscal year.


Journalist Ben Jacobs tweeted that Mr Gianforte had "body slammed" him, breaking his glasses. The front runner's campaign said that Mr Jacobs had initiated the incident by grabbing Mr Gianforte's wrist. But other journalists said they saw the reporter show no physical aggression. The incident took place on Wednesday, the eve of a special election to fill a vacant seat in the House of Representatives. The Guardian released an audio recording of the clash, in which crashing sounds can be heard when Mr Jacobs presses the candidate for a response to a question. Mr Gianforte then shouts "I'm sick and tired of you guys" and tells the reporter to "get the hell out of here". Alicia Acuna of Fox News was in the room with two colleagues preparing for a television interview with Mr Gianforte at the time. She said Mr Jacobs entered the room, put a voice recorder up to Mr Gianforte's face and asked about the Congressional Budget Office report on the American Health Care Act. When Mr Jacobs persisted, "Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him", she wrote. "Faith, Keith and I watched in disbelief as Gianforte then began punching the reporter. As Gianforte moved on top of Jacobs, he began yelling something to the effect of, "I'm sick and tired of this!", she added. "At no point did any of us who witnessed this assault see Jacobs show any form of physical aggression toward Gianforte," she said. Mr Jacobs later told MSNBC he then went to a hospital to have his elbow X-rayed, because he landed on it during the incident. He said he believed the campaign staff were unhappy about previous dealings with Guardian colleagues. Three of the state's largest newspapers, the Billings Gazette, the Helena Independent Record, and the Missoulian, have since their endorsements of Mr Gianforte. "We are also sick and tired - of Gianforte's incessant attacks on the free press," said the Independent Record. The Missoulian noted that as the eyewitness report came from right-wing Fox News, the incident could not be construed as liberal "fake news". Mr Gianforte's campaign spokesman said Mr Jacobs entered the office without permission and "aggressively shoved a recorder in Greg's face and began asking badgering questions". The candidate, "attempted to grab the phone", then "Jacobs grabbed Greg's wrist and spun away from Greg, pushing them both to the ground", Shane Scanlon wrote in a statement. "It's unfortunate that this aggressive behaviour from a liberal journalist created this scene at our campaign volunteer BBQ," he added. Gallatin County Sheriff's Office said that after an investigation a citation was issued to Greg Gianforte on Wednesday night for misdemeanour assault. This is a lesser offence than felony assault, for which "the nature of the injuries did not meet the statutory elements", Sheriff Brian Gootkin said. The maximum penalty for the offence is a $500 (Â£385) fine and a six-month jail term. Records show that Sheriff Gootkin has donated $250 to Mr Gianforte's congressional campaign. The vacancy in Montana arose after President

Summary: The Republican candidate in a special congressional election in Montana, Greg Gianforte, has been charged with a misdemeanour for assaulting a Guardian reporter.


Don and Maxine Simpson from Bakersfield, California, died four hours apart on adjoining beds, holding hands during some of their final hours. Melissa Sloan said her grandmother died first and when her body was removed from the room, her husband followed. "All Don wanted was to be with his beautiful wife. He adored my grandmother, loved her to the end of the earth," she told KERO-TV. He was 90 and she was 87, and they met at a bowling alley in Bakersfield in 1952, getting married in the same year. When civil engineer Don worked for the US Army, the couple spent some time in Germany, where they adopted twin 18-month-old boys from an orphanage. They returned to Bakersfield, where she worked as a nurse and he owned his own engineering firm. They are survived by one son and five grandchildren.

Summary: Even in death, a couple married for nearly 62 years were inseparable.


A total of 1,454 Carlisle fans travelled the 68 miles to Morecambe, making up 47% of the attendance. "They were sucking the ball into the net - you could feel it," Curle told BBC Cumbria. "It's phenomenal - the noise you can hear from behind the goal. You can tell there's a unity growing." Carlisle came from behind and sealed victory with two goals in two minutes - a 83rd-minute Charlie Wyke penalty followed by a close-range finish from substitute Derek Asamoah. "The pleasing thing is that at 1-0 down coming off the pitch at half-time, the supporters were with us," Curle, 52, continued. "The supporters stayed with us because they knew there is a level of commitment within the players and within the staff that we want to do well for them and I think that shone through." Carlisle sit 11th in League Two, three points below the play-off places, but with games in hand on many of the teams above them. "I'm very proud to be manager of Carlisle United. I know there's a journey for this club to go on and I'm desperate to be a massive part of it," former Manchester City defender Curle added. "I've said to the players - if we make the play-offs, we go up."

Summary: Carlisle United manager Keith Curle has credited his club's "phenomenal" away support for their 2-1 win against Morecambe on Saturday.


McLaren's engine partner Honda says the two-time champion will receive a five-place grid drop for using too many examples of a specific engine part. Honda expects further penalties when it finalises its plans for the race after Friday practice. As Alonso is likely to qualify on the cusp of the top 10, a back-row start appears inevitable. Honda, struggling with performance and reliability, is keen to try to avoid penalties at the Hungaroring in two weeks' time because it expects it to be one of the most competitive races for McLaren. "It will not change too much if we take a small penalty or a big one," Alonso said. "Maybe it is better to take the big one and arrive in Hungary with a little bit more safety." Hungary is one of the tracks where engine performance is least important in overall pace, whereas Honda will struggle at Silverstone because of the high-speed nature of the track and the fact that the lack of braking around the lap exposes the engine's relative lack of effectiveness of hybrid energy recovery and deployment. Alonso and team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne had already amassed a total of 110 grid-place penalties even before the Silverstone weekend as Honda struggles to get to grips with F1 technology. The first engine part that has been changed on Alonso's car for this weekend is the energy store - or battery - of his hybrid system, of which Alonso has already used the maximum permitted number of four this season. Media playback is not supported on this device Alonso will be using the newest-spec internal combustion engine - known as Phase Three. This new engine also included a new-spec MGU-H - the part of the hybrid system that recovers energy from the turbo - aimed at solving a weakness in the bearing that has led to a series of failures this season. But this new-spec MGU-H failed on Saturday morning in Austria and Alonso had to have a Phase Two specification engine fitted for the rest of the weekend because there was not enough time to fit an old MGU-H to the new-spec engine. Alonso will start the Silverstone weekend with a Phase Three internal combustion engine fitted with a Phase Two MGU-H and Honda has yet to reveal what other changes it will make after that.

Summary: Fernando Alonso is poised to start the British Grand Prix from the back of the grid following fresh engine penalties.


It is expected to fetch up to Â£1.2m as part of Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale. The controversial piece, shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999, gives a snapshot of Emin's life after a traumatic relationship breakdown. It is being sold by art collector Charles Saatchi, who bought it for Â£150,000 in 2000. After installing the bed at Christie's, Emin told BBC News arts correspondent Tim Masters what it still means to her 16 years on. It feels different knowing that it's going to leave. Before, when I've installed it, there is a level of nostalgia each time. But this time I was really quite sad because I don't know where it's going. It's quite scary, it's out of my control completely. Not that I'm a giant control freak. But I really care about the bed, and I really love it. I realise being here today how much it means. It's always meant a lot to me, but I didn't realise how passionate I was about it. The best possible result is that an amazing benefactor buys it and then donates it to a museum. I have no idea where it's going to end up - or how much anyone is going to pay for it. There's never been anything like it for sale in an art auction before. All the duvets were wrapped up, and everything was in airtight containers. It looked like a crime scene or a scientific project. Today when I took the duvet out, it was flat. And when I threw it on the bed, it didn't look right. So I fluffed it up, and it still didn't look right. So I actually made the bed and got in and pushed the cover back so it had that natural feeling that a body has been into it. It is strange because it still has that same smell that it had 16 years ago. Obviously the stains and everything else are touching me, and it's like being touched by a ghost of yourself. My American friends came to see me installing it this morning, and they saw the mattress and they went: "Tracey!" I think people are so used to seeing it as an image that they forget that it's real. When they see it for real, it still evokes these feelings inside them because you can see the trace of a human being in there. It's like the self-portrait of someone that's gone. It's like a time capsule, and a lot of people relate to that in some way. Pretty good. Especially being a woman and being part of art history. I'm pleased about that. If I never do anything else great and seminal again, like the bed, I've done it. And that makes me happy. Now I can just get on with my life and do what's really important to me - and that's making art. My Bed is being sold as part of Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale on 1 July, which includes works by Francis Bacon, Peter Doig, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock.

Summary: Tracey Emin's most famous artwork My Bed (1998), which features stained sheets, cigarette packets, and discarded condoms, is being auctioned in London on Tuesday.


The Coptic Orthodox Church is one of Christianity's oldest, founded in Alexandria around 50 AD. But since President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood were removed from power by the military in early July, Islamist extremists have targeted Egypt's Christian minority, holding them partly responsible. The Coptic Pope, Tawadros II, has received death threats, while several Christians have been killed. At St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday, dozens of children gathered for Bible study. Security at the gates was tight, after an attack there earlier this year. Last Tuesday, 10-year-old Jessi Boulus was walking home from her Bible class in a working-class area of the capital when a gunman killed her with a single shot to the chest. For Jessi's parents, the grief is still almost too raw for words. She was their only child. Both try but cannot hold back the tears as they describe their daughter. Her mother, Phoebe, believes that she was targeted purely because she was Christian. BBC Religion: Coptic Orthodox Church "She was my best friend, my everything. Jessi was just becoming a young woman," she says. "Every woman dreams of becoming a mother, and for 10 years I was lucky enough to be a mum. I'll miss Jessi calling me mum - I know I won't ever hear it again." Jessi's father, Boulus, veers between grief and despair, as he recalls the hatred that changed their lives forever. "Jessi was everything to us. Her killers didn't know that Jessi was my life - my future. They killed our future. I lived for her. We both did," he says, unable to conceal his emotion. The couple say that in recent months, Jessi had begun to worry about her own safety, aware of the tensions on the streets. The family had talked about emigrating, but made a conscious decision to remain in Egypt, their home. Boulus, though, says that a climate of increasing intolerance created by Islamic fundamentalism led to his daughter's and other deaths. "I'm telling you in the West that your taxes and government money go towards supporting the killing here - by funding Islamist political parties." Though Muslims and Christians stood together in Tahrir Square in July, radical Islamists have blamed Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian community for helping to remove President Mohammed Morsi from power. At another church in Cairo, St Cyril's, the walls outside are scrawled with graffiti. Inside, Father Antoine Rafik Greiche is praying for his Melkite Greek Catholic flock as he prepares for the evening service. He explains that the cross and the crescent have co-existed, mostly peacefully here, for well over a thousand years, especially in the 18th, 19th and much of the 20th Centuries. But he, too, says radical Islamists are now scapegoating Christians in Egypt, as well as other Muslims who disagree with their views. "The fall of President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood was a release for Christians," he says, explaining that many Muslims and Christians felt that early promises made by the Morsi government were never fulfilled, leading to the mass popular demonstrations against his rule.

Summary: As tensions rise again in Egypt, the country's Christians are dreading a further backlash.


Gustavo Silva Da Cruz was among three swimmers seen struggling in the water around noon on Sunday at Camber Sands. He was discovered on the beach at 18:20 BST and declared dead at the scene. Police said he had been visiting family in Croydon, south London. The others - a man and his teenage son - are critical but stable in hospital. The pair, who are aged 35 and 17 and from London, were not connected to Mr Silva Da Cruz. They were given CPR by paramedics and airlifted to hospital. Live updates after swimmer's body discovered A Go Fund Me website appeal has been set up to raise funds to return Mr Silva Da Cruz's body to Brazil. It says he was in the UK to visit his father and family, who are originally from Brazil. He was raised in Brazil by his grandparents and mother. The website said: "The family was enjoying the hot weather in the company of friends at Camber Sands beach where Gustavo drowned. "The young man was dragged by the strong wind which started suddenly and could not swim back to the beach." More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for lifeguards to be located at Camber Sands. Rother District Council said it was saddened by the incident and its thoughts were with the families and friends of those affected. It said the beach was "particularly busy with around 25,000 visitors" on Sunday. "As is usual for the summer season, beach patrols were on site to advise people of potential dangers, reunite lost children and deal with incidents on the beach. "The district council's coastal officer and officers from Sussex Police were also on the beach." A spokesman said: "Our officers are trained to deal with incidents on the shore and acted quickly and professionally in what was an extremely distressing situation; performing CPR on two of the men and alerting HM Coastguard and the RNLI who carried out the search for the missing man."

Summary: A man who died after two others were pulled from the sea off East Sussex has been identified as a 19-year-old Brazilian national.


A judge ordered that access to the popular messaging application be blocked in Brazil for two days from Thursday for its failure to comply with a court order. Brazilian media reported that the judge wanted WhatsApp to provide investigators with access to the WhatsApp conversation of a suspect in a criminal case. Brazilians have been expressing their surprise at the suspension and have been joking about how they would spend the next two days without access to the popular messaging service. A user calling himself simply idiota (idiot) (@euidiotices) made it clear he felt adrift without WhatsApp when he posted the above picture and the sentence: "Me without whatsapp". He was not the only one to make the connection to the popular film Cast Away. Karina Ribeiro (@karinaribeiro72) said she would exchange some ideas with Wilson, the volleyball Tom Hanks' character starts speaking to while stranded on the deserted island. Many others shared what they would do with their newfound time under the hashtag #Nessas48HorasEuVou (#Inthese48hoursIwill), which quickly began to trend. While many of the users said they would pass the time by watching box sets of popular TV shows such as The Walking Dead and Supergirl, some seemed to have forgotten what a TV was. Luis Mariz (@LuisMariz) tweeted: "#Inthese48hoursIwill we have a picture at home here that has people talking inside, I'm told it's called TV, does your home have one?" Others wanted to use the outage to socialise with friends face to face...or even get to know their relatives better, such as user Luanete LS. Some WhatsApp users clearly feel they have lost touch with their closest ones to a sometimes worrying degree, such as Brenda who said she would use the time to "find out who those strange people in my house are. Some promised to use the time to read books they have so far struggled to finish or to simply watch the sun rise over Rio de Janeiro. Many also want to return to the days before mobile communication and spend the next two days visiting people and "hugging them". A thought shared by Rafaa (@rafa_dalri)...or not when she tweeted: "#Inthese48hoursI will have a social life. Just kidding, there's still Twitter".

Summary: Brazilians angered at the 48-hour suspension by a court of the WhatsApp messaging application have been taking to social media.


Police reportedly fired teargas at mourners. Kashmir is under lockdown as protests against Indian rule continue. More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters, have died in more than two months of violence. Nasir Shafi was found dead after going missing on Friday in Srinagar. An almost complete curfew is now in place in Kashmir, part of the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir state. Why has Kashmir erupted in violence? Some reports say Nasir Shafi was 11 years old. Correspondents say restrictions on free movement and internet use are at their tightest since street demonstrations began on 9 July. They were sparked by the killing of a popular militant leader in a gunfight with the army. Security forces have continued to fire lethal shotgun pellets at protesters, despite the government saying it would use an alternative. Disputed Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan and has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years, causing two wars between the neighbours.

Summary: Thousands of people have defied a curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir to attend the funeral of a schoolboy whose body was found riddled with pellet wounds, local media report.


Click here to see an enlarged version of the artwork "It's a cross I bear, it's an albatross I have to deal with," he says. It is a fairly stark, somewhat surprising admission from Sir Peter Blake, sleeve designer of The Beatles' 1967 albumSgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "What vaguely depresses me still is that I'm known pretty much as 'Peter Blake - who did the cover of Sgt Pepper' when I've done so much else," he says. "Every so often I manage to forget it but it comes back all the time." What makes the revelation even more surprising is that Sir Peter has set aside any misgivings he has about his most famous work on the sleeve of arguably the Fab Four's greatest album, to create a new poster reimagining the image to mark both his 80th birthday and designer Wayne Hemingway's Vintage Festival. Gone are cutouts of actress Marilyn Monroe, comedians Lenny Bruce and WC Fields to be replaced by Amy Winehouse, Kate Moss, artists Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst and musicians Eric Clapton and Noel Gallagher. Sadly, gone too are The Beatles themselves. "I don't own the copyright," he explains. "Part of everything that went wrong at the time was that my agent signed away any kind of royalties and the copyright so we had to ask Apple Corps - The Beatles' management - for permission and they didn't want it to be associated with advertising." Apple Corps have yet to comment on Sir Peter's claims. Instead, Sir Peter has used what he called "family, friends and icons" on the latest poster. Though he has craftily managed to get round the Beatle-ban by including not one but three McCartneys. Longtime friend Sir Paul is in there, alongside designer daughter Stella and her sister, photographer Mary. Alongside the McCartneys are an array of faces - from food, represented by restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King and chefs Delia Smith and Rick Stein, to Kate Moss and Paul Smith from fashion and Noel Gallagher, John Peel and Paul Weller for music. Late singer Amy Winehouse also gets a nod, Sir Peter fondly recalls his first memorable meeting with her. "It was after a South Bank Show lunch at the Savoy and we went into the American Bar after the lunch," he says. "We were thrown out because Jamie Cullum was playing the piano, Amy was singing and we were singing along around the piano and we got chucked out. I really liked her very much and admired her and was very sad at what happened. "It was memorable to be staggering out with Jamie and Amy," he adds. From the art world, sculptor Grayson Perry makes an appearance in full drag and contemporaries Emin and Hirst are present. Sir Peter is quick to defend Hirst from recent criticism, notablyby the critic Julian Spaldingwho questioned the artist's credentials. "I admire Damien enormously, I think he added a great deal to the excitement of the art world and I think that he is a very interesting artist," he says. "I think

Summary: British artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated the iconic album sleeve for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on his 80th birthday.


Lalmatia Club were dismissed for 88 in 14 overs on Tuesday before bowler Sujon Mahmud sent down just four legitimate deliveries, despite bowling 20 balls. Three deliveries were no-balls and 13 were wides - all of which raced to the boundary, costing his side 80 runs. The four legal deliveries were hit for 12 runs by Axiom opener Mustafizur Rahman - not the Bangladesh Test bowler of the same name - as they completed a 10-wicket win in 0.4 overs. Club secretary Adnan Rahman said the deliveries were part of a protest against poor umpiring in the Dhaka Second Division League, and that his team's captain was not allowed to see the coin after the toss. The Bangladesh Cricket Board, which organises club cricket in Dhaka, told AFP they had asked match officials to submit a report before launching a formal investigation. The most runs conceded in a Test innings is Australian left-arm wrist-spinner Chuck Fleetwood-Smith's 1-298, which came from 87 overs against England in 1938.

Summary: A Bangladeshi cricket team conceded 92 runs in the space of four balls to deliberately lose a match in a protest over umpiring.


The alleged victim was on her way to school when she was reportedly taken by two men in a car. But after reviewing CCTV, dash-cam footage and eye-witness accounts, there was no evidence of an abduction, Thames Valley Police said. They are still looking into rape allegations. According to initial reports from police, the victim alleged she was abducted by two men in a silver car on Marston Ferry Road in Summertown on 28 September. She was then found knocking on residents' doors in Cavendish Drive. Oxford City commander Supt Joe Kidman said the force, county council and social services are working with the victim at her pace. He added: "Attacks such as initially reported are mercifully rare and will always be treated extremely seriously and thoroughly investigated. "Working with vulnerable and young victims is an extremely complex and lengthy process and it is paramount that they are protected appropriately." 29 September: Police report that a teenager, 14, was abducted walking to school at about 08:25 BST on 28 September, and then raped. Forensic patrols begin across North Oxford 30 September: Patrols are increased throughout North Oxford and officers tell children and schools to remain vigilant 1 October: Police release descriptions of alleged abductors and rapists 3 October: Thames Valley Police focus their search for forensics on Marston Meadow, where the girl was thought to have been taken 5 October: Ribbons are put up across North Oxford in a show of solidarity for the alleged victim 12 October: Police issue e-fits of alleged abductors 26 October: Detectives say there is no CCTV footage or evidence of the victim being abducted 11 November: Police reveal the alleged abduction did not take place but say they are still investigating the rape

Summary: Police investigating the alleged abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Oxford have said the "abduction did not take place".


The man was reported dead at the Yarl's Wood centre earlier. A Home Office spokesman said Bedfordshire Police had been informed and a full inquiry would be carried out by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. Sally Chidzoy, BBC Look East Home Affairs Correspondent, said a source at the centre told her the man died after drinking an energy drink. She said: "My source says the man who died had been arrested with his wife and child over an alleged breach of visa regulations at an airport. They are believed to have travelled from the Indian subcontinent. "I have been told he was staying at the Hummingbird wing. In the morning he was having breakfast with his wife, and was laughing and joking. "He was given an energy drink and shortly after collapsed and died, I am told." A Home Office spokesman added: "Our thoughts are with the family at this very sad time." The spokesman could not comment on claims that he died after drinking an energy drink.

Summary: A detainee has died at an immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire, the Home Office has confirmed.