The US, UK and France have been calling for air operations, given the reluctance of Damascus to allow relief into rebel-held areas. This comes as Syria says it has approved the delivery of aid to 36 regions, including 11 besieged areas. Meanwhile, air strikes in and around the northern city of Aleppo have reportedly killed 31 civilians. They included 10 people on a bus going down a road used by rebels as a supply route, rescue workers from the Syrian Civil Defence force said. Stephen O'Brien, the UN aid chief, told the Security Council that consent from Damascus was needed to carry out the air operations, diplomats who were in the closed door meeting said. The formal request would be made on Sunday, they added. The UN has 19 areas designated as "besieged" in the country, where an estimated 600,000 people live. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said it had already drawn up a plan to carry out air drops but that funding was also needed. However, a senior UN official warned that air operations were "not imminent". Earlier, a statement by the Syrian Mission to the UN said permissions for humanitarian aid included access to Kafr Batna, Saqba, Hammura, Jisrein, Zabadin, East Harasta, Zamalka, Madaya, Foua, Kefraya and Yarmouk. Eight other towns were approved to receive medical assistance, school supplies and milk for children, including Daraya and Douma, also under siege, it said. The Syrian opposition has warned the government may open the door just enough to alleviate international pressure before restricting access again. In February, the WFP carried out a 21-pallet air drop of aid to a government-held area of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, which ended in failure. Of the 21 pallets, 10 were unaccounted for, seven landed in no-man's land and four were damaged. But it has since carried out 44 air drops over the city, delivering mainly rice, chickpeas and beans to meet the immediate needs of around 100,000 residents. The WFP has identified some 592,700 people in 19 besieged areas that may need to receive aid by air. But the operating conditions are challenging, it says. Many besieged locations are in built-up, urban areas with no suitable space for a drop zone. High-altitude drops are not possible in those areas because of the risk of harming people on the ground. The UN food agency says airdrops are always a last resort as access by land is more efficient. Meanwhile, aircraft from the US-led coalition dropped ammunition to rebels in the town of Marea, in Aleppo province, the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It was not clear if weapons were also delivered. Rebels are fighting militants from so-called Islamic State (IS), who cut off supply routes between Marea and Azaz, both under rebel control, near the Turkish border. The area between the city of Aleppo and the Turkish border is split between IS, rebel and government-controlled zones. The US is also supporting an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up by Kurdish and Arab fighters, against IS-held Manbij. The Syrian

Summary: The United Nations will ask Syria to allow the air drop of humanitarian aid to areas under siege, diplomats say.


The Duke of Rutland - who lives in Belvoir Castle - was caught speeding twice in Nottinghamshire, once in North Yorkshire and again in Derbyshire in an eight-month period. He was banned for a year and 15 points were added to the nine he already had. He was also ordered to pay £3,025 in fines and costs. The Duke, who was named in Northallerton Magistrates' Court as David Charles Rutland, failed to respond to the fixed penalty notices and a trial was set until his lawyers indicated he would plead guilty. Rutland did not appear at the hearing which was told he was driving a Land Rover Discovery at the time of the offences. His solicitor Lisa Wilson said: "He does not wish to minimise the offences. He does not wish to put forward an argument of exceptional hardship. "The court may consider that with the title he has and the property he resides in the defendant is of considerable means." Rutland, whose wealth was estimated at £140m by the Sunday Times Rich List, lives in the family seat of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, set in 18,000 acres of land. It has been the backdrop for several films including The Young Victoria and the Da Vinci Code while Haddon Hall in Derbyshire - also owned by the family - featured in Pride and Prejudice in 2005. The offences: Rutland was ordered to pay £2,550 in fines, £400 in costs and a £75 victim surcharge.

Summary: One of the wealthiest aristocrats in the UK has been banned from driving after amassing 24 points on his licence.


The BBC's Tom Espiner looks at seven unusual ways of getting at least some of the 20 minutes of brisk activity a day being recommended. Sir Stanley Matthews was still playing professional football at 50, but for people of a similar age who might like to ease back into the game, walking football could be just the ticket, according to Surrey Football Association. Walking Football has helped players start kicking a ball again and getting active who have suffered from hip replacements, chronic arthritis - and even heart bypass surgery, says Surrey FA Football Development Officer Chris Cole. Andy Cox plays Walking Football every week in Croydon. "I never envisaged at the age of 65 I'd start playing football again. I'm fitter now than I was 30 years ago," he says. Luton Council and leisure trust Active Luton are two organisations keen to promote the beautiful game at a sedate pace - Active Luton has recently been given Â£40,000 from Sport England for walking football. Active Luton chief executive Helen Barnet says: "The skills and enthusiasm on show compares to anything you would see on Match of the Day. It is simple to do and play and above all everyone that takes part is always smiling." The Walking Football United website's interactive map shows where you can go to find out more. People may think of hula-hooping as primarily being a US 1950s craze, but, hula-hoop based classes are available around the country, with some groups offering circus skills as well. Ellouise Hempstead, of Etrois Dance and Fitness in Newcastle, says: "Hooping can be a solo activity in your living room, or a social one if you join a hoop class. Either way, it's great to lose body fat, gain muscle tone, boost your energy, improve balance and co-ordination, reduce stress and most importantly have fun." Kurling is inspired by the original game of curling, and involves pushing a kurling stone on casters (called "bearings") towards a target. The beauty of new age kurling is that you don't need an ice rink to do it, according to Ann McCallum, secretary for the Dover club which practises the sport. "All you need is just a target, some chairs to sit on, some sticks, and then you're away," she says. The Great Britain Kurling Association has more information. "Double Dutch" is the name given to jumping two ropes swung by two people, and can be fiercely competitive. However, people can skip at their own pace singly, and even Double Dutch skipping occasionally lets people have a rest, as they hop in and out of the ropes, according to the British Rope Skipping Association. For those people who think that sailing is "like standing under a cold shower tearing up Â£5 notes" - as former PM Edward Heath reportedly said of ocean racing - the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) begs to differ. Dinghy sailing, where people sail boats designed for one, two, or more people, is open to all, RYA says. "It is one of most accessible sports for disabled people and is also one

Summary: Scientists say a lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people as obesity and are urging people to get more active.


Filming for Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur will begin on Monday and last for six days, Snowdonia National Park Authority has confirmed. The Guy Ritchie film will star Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur and Jude Law as the villain Vortigern. Velocity Productions will be filming in and around Capel Curig, Nant Gwynant and Pen y Gwryd. Meanwhile, Bangor University has just extended its archive about Arthur after Flintshire council donated its Arthurian Collection.

Summary: Snowdonia's renowned natural beauty is to play a starring role in a Hollywood film featuring Jude Law.


The 22-year-old joined Tigers in January 2016 from Bristol, initially on loan before making the move permanent ahead of this season. "Leicester Tigers is a club with a lot of success and a big history," Genge told the club's website. "I feel I have come on a lot since I joined the club, learning all the time working with people like Marcos Ayerza, Dan Cole and now Boris Stankovich." He added: "I just want to play rugby and I am enjoying it at Tigers. It's great to play at Welford Road with crowds over 20,000 every week." Capped by England in the end-of-season game against Wales last year, he was included in the 2017 Six Nations squad and has been named in the tour party for this summer's two-Test trip to Argentina. Leicester, who face Sale Sharks at Welford Road on Saturday, have not confirmed the length of Genge's new deal.

Summary: England prop Ellis Genge has agreed a new contract with Leicester Tigers.


But who are the contenders to replace him as leader of a party that won 12% of the vote in the last general election? The 48-year-old barrister is a rising star in the party, holding the high-profile immigration and financial affairs brief, and one of UKIP's most accomplished media performers. Announcing his leadership bid, he promised to tackle social mobility by backing 50 new grammar schools in deprived areas of the UK and to chase Labour's vote "ruthlessly." Thought to be Nigel Farage's favoured successor, he dismissed as "absolute nonsense" suggestions that his leadership bid could be derailed amid reports that his UKIP membership lapsed between the end of 2014 and early 2016 - party rules require candidates to have been members for two years. Born in Manchester, with African-American, Jewish and Irish Catholic roots, he is also head of the party's Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) association. After being called to the bar, he practised in criminal law before moving into commercial practice, advising hedge funds and other City businesses on regulatory issues. He joined UKIP in 2010 and was elected as MEP for North West England in 2014. He contested the Stockport constituency in the 2015 general election, where he came third despite boosting the UKIP vote by 10%. Although not a well-known figure in Westminster circles, Lisa Duffy has won the backing of key modernising figures in the party such as Suzanne Evans and Patrick O'Flynn. Ms Duffy is a town and district councillor in Cambridgeshire, a former mayor of the town of Ramsey and as campaigns director, played a key role in fighting by-elections. At her campaign launch, Ms Duffy, 48, a mother of six and former retail manager, pitched herself as the "grassroots candidate" who would "walk the People's Army into Westminster". Chief of staff to MEP Mr O'Flynn, she joined UKIP in 2004 and stood unsuccessfully against Labour's Hazel Blears in Salford in the 2005 general election. She said the party needed to widen its appeal to win seats in 2020 but also continue to tackle "taboo subjects" such as the impact of immigration on British communities and the need for a positive vision for "modernised British Islam". The North East UKIP MEP has thrown his hat into the leadership race, saying he wants to be a "strong and credible voice for the North East". The 35-year-old was elected to the European Parliament in 2014 and is a former general secretary of the party. Announcing his candidacy, he said he wanted to appeal to the millions of voters who did not support UKIP in last year's general election, but backed Brexit in the EU referendum. He warned that the elevation of Theresa May to the premiership meant that "negotiations for the UK's withdrawal from the EU will be in the hands of those who do not actually want us to leave". The MEP for the West Midlands, and Dudley councillor, has said UKIP should stick by its "core principles and values" and not be "distracted by negative influences". The 46-year old was a Conservative activist before

Summary: Nigel Farage is standing down as leader of UKIP, saying he wants "his life back" after helping to secure a Leave vote in the EU referendum.


Nobel prize-winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse told BBC Newsnight experts "are being derided and pushed back". Mr Gove says he had economists mostly in mind when he said "people in this country have had enough of experts". But he admitted some people may have felt "licensed" by his remarks to challenge all forms of expertise. Mr Gove made the controversial remarks in an interview with Sky's Faisal Islam three weeks before last year's EU referendum. Michael Gove was justice secretary at the time and a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign. Critics claimed Mr Gove was whipping up an anti-intellectual mood with parallels to Donald Trump's assault on media and other sources of information. Mr Gove said his remarks were taken out of context because Mr Islam interrupted him before he was able to clarify that he was referring to "organizations with acronyms who had got things wrong in the past". He told Newsnight he had failed to express himself more carefully because it was "a high profile, high intensity, high tension, high nervousness, encounter". He insisted he did not regret using the word "expert" but added: "One of the things that is occasionally irritating is that people assume that what I was saying was a blanket rejection of facts, evidence, rigour - when in fact what I was trying to do was to say look let's simply not take arguments at face value, just because someone works for a prestigious organisation." He conceded that some people may have felt encouraged by his comments to cast doubt on all forms of expertise. "It may be that there are some people out there who think that that I'm giving them licence to operate in that way. Who's to say?" He added: "I would hope that people looking at my career would say whatever that phrase may have encouraged or licensed, actually the man uttering it was someone who believed in more knowledge and more critical thinking - not less." But Sir Paul, a former president of Britain's top scientific body, the Royal Society, said even if Mr Gove had meant to cast doubt primarily on economics, he had been "irresponsible" not to clarify his remarks. He said the comment "spilled over into all sorts of other areas where experts have an enormous contribution to make to the proper running of society". "The fact that experts have been derided in this way does have an effect in undermining science and scientific evidence." Sir Paul said the British public still has high levels of trust in scientists but we are living in a period where "opinion is on the front foot". "Those who are expert, who have the knowledge, who have the intellectual ability to dissect these difficult problems, are being derided and pushed back," he said. "My view about this is that it cannot last for very long, because opinion is not built on firm foundations and it rapidly falls apart. And I think we're seeing that already with, for example, Mr Trump. "Science is built to last. Opinions are not built to

Summary: One of the UK's leading scientists says Michael Gove's attack on experts during the EU referendum risked undermining science and scientific evidence.


The Under-20 boss replaces Gareth Southgate, who vacated the role to become England manager after the departure of Sam Allardyce. Boothroyd, 45, took charge for the U21 side's final two Euro 2017 qualifiers and secured qualification for this summer's finals in Poland. "I've been at the FA three years; this is the logical next step," he said. "I believe I am here on merit because I've worked in all four divisions and I've got an understanding of speaking to a League Two manager or a Premier League manager and the problems they have." Boothroyd was in charge of Watford for three seasons from 2005, initially saving the club from relegation to the third tier before leading them to the top flight in 2006. The Vicarage Road side finished bottom of the Premier League the following season, then failed to make an immediate return, losing in the play-off semi-finals. Boothroyd left the following season and had a nine-month spell at Colchester and an 11-month stint at Coventry before taking charge at Northampton in 2011. The side were bottom of League Two at the time and Boothroyd guided them to safety, and the play-offs the next season, before being sacked in 2013 with the club once again last in the fourth tier. "You can get stuck in a job and I was very much on a hamster's wheel in my previous jobs," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "But this has reinvigorated me. I've watched games I could only have dreamed of, met people, been to World Cups and I feel like I've grown massively in the last three years."

Summary: Former Watford and Coventry boss Aidy Boothroyd has been confirmed as manager of the England Under-21 team.


On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module used thrusters to touch down, marking the latest step in China's ambitious space exploration programme. Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as "Jade Rabbit". The touchdown took place on a flat plain called Sinus Iridum. The Chang'e-3 mission launched atop a Chinese-developed Long March 3B rocket on 1 December from Xichang in the country's south. The official Xinhua news service reported that the craft began its descent just after 1300 GMT (2100 Beijing time), touching down in Sinus Iridum (the Bay of Rainbows) 11 minutes later. State television showed pictures of the moon's surface as the lander touched down and an eye-level view of the landing site was released later on Saturday. Staff at mission control in Beijing clapped and celebrated after confirmation came through. The probe's soft-landing was the most difficult task during the mission, Wu Weiren, the lunar programme's chief designer, told Xinhua. By Damian GrammaticasChina correspondent It is the third robotic rover mission to land on the lunar surface, but the Chinese vehicle carries a more sophisticated payload than previous missions, including ground-penetrating radar which will gather measurements of the lunar soil and crust. "It's still a significant technological challenge to land on another world," said Peter Bond, consultant editor for Jane's Space Systems and Industry told the AP news agency. "You have to use rocket motors for the descent and you have to make sure you go down at the right angle and the right rate of descent and you don't end up in a crater or on top of a large rock." The landing module actively reduced its speed at about 15km from the Moon's surface. When it reached a distance of 100m from the surface, the craft fired thrusters to slow its descent. At a distance of 4m, the lander switched off the thrusters and fell to the lunar surface. The Jade Rabbit was expected to be deployed several hours after touchdown, driving down a ramp lowered by the landing module. Reports suggest the lander and rover will photograph each other at some point on Sunday. According to Chinese space scientists, the mission is designed to test new technologies, gather scientific data and build intellectual expertise, as well as scouting for mineral resources that could eventually be mined. "China's lunar program is an important component of mankind's activities to explore [the] peaceful use of space," said Sun Huixian, a space engineer with the Chinese lunar programme. The 120kg (260lb) Jade Rabbit rover can reportedly climb slopes of up to 30 degrees and travel at 200m (660ft) per hour. By David ShukmanScience editor, BBC News Why China is fixated on the Moon Moon rover mission lifts off Its name - chosen in an online poll of 3.4 million voters - derives from an ancient Chinese myth about a rabbit living on the moon as the pet of the lunar goddess Chang'e. The rover and lander are powered by solar panels but some sources suggest they also carry radioisotope heating units (RHUs), containing

Summary: China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, the first soft landing there for 37 years.


The Torquay United goalkeeper has yet to make his debut for the National League side, but no-one else at the club can claim to have faced the kind of players the Gibraltar international has. In the eight caps he has won for the fledgling football nation, Robba has come up against world champions Germany, Euro 2016 winners Portugal as well as Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. "It's hard to get my head around it. How the hell am I playing against the European champions? It doesn't make sense," he tells BBC Sport. But since Gibraltar's acceptance as an international footballing nation in 2013, Robba and his team-mates, who had previously relied on the Island Games to give them 'international' matches against the likes of Jersey, the Isle of Man and Shetland, now find themselves on the same stage as World Cup golden boot winner Thomas Muller. "The whole team pinches themselves while we're there, because most of them are semi-pros at most," says Robba. "We've got a few professionals, but even the professionals think 'what are we doing playing against the European champions?'" But from the heights of having four put past him by Portugal in Porto and 'narrowly' losing 4-1 to Greece in midweek, Robba will come back down to earth with a bump on Saturday as he returns to the bench for Torquay United when they host York City in the National League. It is the 24-year-old's first professional deal and he is understudy to the club's United States goalkeeper Brendan Moore. But Robba hopes that playing full-time will help ensure that he is the one who gets the nod for the Rock's big matches. "It's my first year that I've tried to be a professional, so I have to adapt and I'm still adapting and still trying to get used to it," he says of the switch from part-time to full-time football. "I'm hoping that this can cement my number one place in the long term in the Gibraltar squad and the line-up. "It's between me and Jordan Perez, who played against Greece, who's a good goalkeeper himself and played well against Greece. "I've come to Torquay to try and do my best. Brendan's a really good keeper and a really good guy - I try and push him and he tries and push me. That's football, that's what you do. "Good competition makes us all better and it's the manager's choice who plays." How long Robba has to wait to make his debut in England is unclear, but his manager at Torquay, Kevin Nicholson, says he has potential. "Jamie's come in done great for us, trained well and he's keen to show what he can do," Nicholson said. "Brendan's been doing very well, so he'll keep his spot, but I know that Jamie won't give up."

Summary: In the space of 10 days one footballer will go from taking on the European champions to warming the bench in the fifth tier of English football - welcome to the world of Jamie Robba.


The star, whose hits include Orinoco Flow and Book of Days, famously creates complex vocal arrangements, in which her voice is layered hundreds of times. She told the BBC that, when she first became famous in 1988, replicating those songs on stage "wouldn't really have been possible." "But now it is very, very possible. You see wonderful concerts. "There are orchestras there, choirs there, so it's a different time." But, the star added: "I don't know if that's something I would do." Enya is one of the most-successful folk singers of all time, selling more than 75 million records worldwide. Yet she has never played a solo concert, and tends to disappear for years between albums. She said the decision not to tour with her music had initially arisen out of necessity. "We actually had in my [record] contract that we would have two to three years between each album, " she said, explaining that the painstaking construction of her songs required several years of work. "So that's why I ended up not touring. The success of [my debut album] Watermark caught them by surprise, as it did me. They were worried that if I went on tour and then had three years to work on the next album, it would be too much of a gap." Enya admitted that, had she become famous in this decade, "the focus would have been to tour". "A lot of artists now are touring because sales are not what they were in 1988." And she will perform some of the material from her latest record, Dark Sky Island, on US television later this year, "because they insist". The album is her first in seven years, and is preceded by a single - Echoes In Rain - which has been described as a companion piece to her breakthrough hit, Orinoco Flow. A full interview with Enya will be published in coming weeks.

Summary: Irish folk singer Enya says it would be "very possible" to perform her songs on tour for the first time.


Grace, 31, had an amazing run to the semi-finals last year but 19-year-old Zhao, one of the rising stars of the game, showed superb form to beat him. The Leeds player said he felt the need to go for hard pots because Zhao was "potting balls off the lampshade". "I had half-chances but I couldn't take them," Grace said. Media playback is not supported on this device "Up until a few weeks ago I was winning lots of first-round games. But I have had Mark Williams in the last tournament [Northern Ireland Open] and Zhao Xintong here. "It's a tough draw so I will not beat myself up too much. "It would have been to get through to at least the televised stages because I really enjoyed it last year. But it wasn't to be." Grace, the world number 47, said he felt his form was decent and remained positive about his chances in the German Masters qualifiers and Scottish Open, which are both before Christmas. "I don't feel like I am that far away - just a few missed shots here and there and key moments in the game," he added. Sign up to My Sport to follow snooker news and reports on the BBC app.

Summary: David Grace was unable to repeat his 2015 UK Championship heroics but said he did little wrong in his 6-2 first-round defeat by China's Zhao Xintong.


There are many things about it that have attracted comment from US columnists to the blogosphere: that he oversaw such controversial and costly wars but should ultimately fall on a matter of personal behaviour; that President Barack Obama was not apparently informed until election day that Gen Petraeus was under investigation by the FBI; and that the issue is now drawing in more people, including General John Allen, who replaced Gen Petraeus as the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan. The inquiry resulted from complaints by a woman that she had received threatening e-mails from Paula Broadwell, Gen Petraeus' biographer and for several months apparently also his lover. The FBI investigation is now moving on to issues such as whether the author had unauthorised access to classified material. Some have written of the general's vanity, suggesting he liked to be surrounded by admiring staffers, academics and indeed journalists. Having met and interviewed him several times, I can certainly confirm that he took particular care of his image (for example preferring to be filmed favouring the patch on his right shoulder - the combat one of the 101st Airborne Division, which he commanded during the 2003 invasion of Iraq), and that lately his staff tried hard to discourage challenging lines of questioning, whereas during our earlier meetings he had proven more than happy to tackle whatever we threw at him. It was during one of these later meetings with Gen Petraeus that he introduced me to Mrs Broadwell, who at that time was working on her book about him and with whom, it emerged last week, he was having an affair. I will not pretend that I had any great presentiment or intuition about what was going on, but did note that during our off-camera conversations, he and I reflected in a humorous way on the ageing process and how it played out in men. Gen Petraeus had gone through cancer treatment in 2009 and it is in this context that a friend of his, a fellow general, sought to explain to me today what had happened: "Almost everyone considered him to be immortal, but he had been shaken by the cancer business and continually deployed for five-and-a-half years." The same officer concluded that while his friend was right to offer his resignation once the extramarital affair with Ms Broadwell had come to light, that "the president shouldn't have accepted it". Some reports today suggest that the CIA director did not even himself feel it was a resigning matter, but was persuaded to write the letter by the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. The head of the wider US intelligence community apparently felt it would not be possible for Gen Petraeus to discipline CIA staff accused of marital indiscretions, if he had shown himself fallible in the same regard. General Stan McChrystal, Gen Petraeus' predecessor as Nato commander in Kabul, also suffered a public fall from grace in 2010, stepping down after staff members were quoted by Rolling Stone magazine being critical about the Obama administration. Some used a similar formula at

Summary: The fall of David Petraeus, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the general who successfully commanded America's troop surge in Iraq during 2007-8 is a modern morality tale, even if it did arise from one of the most ancient human failings, marital infidelity.


Kenya's government said Mohamed Kuno was behind the attack in April 2015 that killed 148 people. Regional forces in Somalia said he was one of 16 people killed in an overnight raid on their convoy in Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia. Four of those who died were reportedly senior members of the al-Shabab Islamist militant group. The BBC's Africa security correspondent, Tomi Oladipo, said the news comes as a huge boost for Somalia and its allies in the fight against al-Shabab. However, at least 10 people were killed on Wednesday by a car bomb outside a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, that was claimed by al-Shabab. The news of Kuno's death was confirmed in a press conference held by Abdirashid Janan, the security minister in the Somali region of Jubaland. Mohamed Kuno: Kenya's most wanted Africa Live: Latest updates After the Garissa attack, Kenya's government put up a $215,000 (Â£149,000) reward for Kuno's capture. A Kenyan-Somali, he was a headmaster at a madrassa, or Islamic school, in Garissa until 2007. But then he crossed the border into Somalia to join the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which at one point controlled much of the country. When the UIC collapsed, he joined the militant group Hizbul Islam, which in 2010 merged with al-Shabab. He had several aliases but was best known as Mohamed Dulyadin, which means ambidextrous in the Somali language. He was thought to be in mid-30s. Attack as it happened Who were Garissa victims? Why does al-Shabab target Kenya? In the university attack on 2 April last year, four al-Shabab militants shot students in their dormitories before rounding up and killing dozens more. The four gunmen were killed during the siege but it took 16 hours for anti-terrorism forces to bring the attack to an end. It was the deadliest attack in Kenya since al-Qaeda's bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998, which killed 213 people. It also came a year and half after al-Shabab fighters targeted the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, killing 67 people. Kuno is alleged to have been behind several attacks on Kenyan soldiers who are fighting al-Shabab in Jubaland. He was also blamed for attacks on Kenyan civilians in Kenya itself. Al-Shabab says it is retaliating for acts by Kenya's security forces, which are part of the African Union's mission in Somalia against the group. 1. Militants enter the university grounds, two guards are shot dead 2. Shooting begins within the campus 3. Students attacked in their classrooms while preparing for exams 4. Gunmen believed isolated in the female dormitories 5. Some students make an escape through the fence

Summary: The leader of the attack on Garissa University in Kenya has been killed, officials in Somalia say.


The Magpies have lost five league games in a row and are only four points above the relegation zone. Crossley told BBC Radio Nottingham: "If Notts County were without a manager and looking for someone to get them out of it, John would be an automatic choice." Sheridan, 52, and Crossley, 47, joined Notts prior to the start of the season. "I know the chairman is really eager for us to do well," added former Nottingham Forest keeper Crossley. "He has been brilliant with and he still thinks we are the right people to turn it around. We can ask no more from him. He is with us and by us. "But we're realistic. We have lost five on the bounce and this is a results-based industry. "We know what we have to do and as far as we are concerned we will do it. But we need more from the players." Crossley said the club had "targets" and were looking to bring in players in the January transfer window as they look to get through a "sticky period". "Things have to change. We realise that and they will change in January," he said. "There is only way to get through this and that is by everyone working hard every single day and eventually it will turn."

Summary: Assistant manager Mark Crossley says boss John Sheridan has the backing of chairman Ray Trew, despite Notts County slipping to 20th place in League Two.


Councillors have voted to shut Plas Madoc - despite opposition from 2,000 people - as part of a bid to cut spending by Â£45m over five years. Protesters meeting on Thursday evening said they had not been given enough time to draw up alternative options. The closure decision will still need approval from full council next week. Committee members of the the Save Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Campaign urged people at the meeting to lobby their local councillors to voice concerns ahead of next week's vote. The council has said the community could run the centre, but supporters said that even extending the deadline to the end of June for interested parties to come forward with propositions is too little notice. The meeting at the Air Products Social Club, Acrefair, heard the campaign is consulting a barrister about the possibility of a judicial review of the council's decision. A council report outlined opposition to the closure saying the leisure centre is regarded as a "valued resource that contributes towards health and wellbeing and a focal point for the local, deprived, community". However, the report said the council faced big budget cuts and a Â£2m bill in maintenance costs at its leisure facilities, including Wrexham's town centre Waterworld swimming baths and gym. Among those trying to save Plas Madoc include former Wales footballer Robbie Savage, who played five-a-side at the centre as a boy.

Summary: About 150 people attended a meeting aimed at saving a leisure centre earmarked for closure in one of Wrexham's most deprived areas.


The 22-year-old, who joined Fulham's academy in 2009, has played four times for the Cottagers and spent a month on loan at Accrington last season. The Finn also had spells on loan with Maidenhead United, Cambridge United and Finnish Premier League side FC Lahti. The 6ft 5in goalkeeper has represented Finland at several youth levels and made his senior debut in 2013. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Stevenage have signed Finland goalkeeper Jesse Joronen on a six-month loan from Championship side Fulham.


The BBC understands that both companies are keen to sign a so-called "statement of intent" before the week Geneva Motor show starts on 6 March to prevent ongoing speculation overshadowing the release of new models. Events that will determine the future of Vauxhall in the UK have been moving very quickly. Since last week's surprise announcement that GM was considering a sale, senior management from both companies have met with politicians and unions in Germany and the UK. They fear that PSA, partially owned by the French government, may cut jobs outside France. In a call with Prime Minister Theresa May last night, the PSA boss "expressed willingness to develop the iconic Vauxhall brand for its faithful customers". That's not quite the same as guaranteeing the future of 4,500 Vauxhall workers at Luton, Ellesmere Port and throughout the UK. An outline deal will signal the start months of intense lobbying across Europe. Progress after any deal is signed will be slower. It doesn't make much financial sense to stop production of a car before a new model is introduced and the Astra produced at Ellesmere Port is not due for an update till 2020. At that point, Ellesmere Port is considered particularly vulnerable to competition from a PSA plant in Sochaux in France. The cost and complexity of moving car production at any point is formidable. Supply chains, logistics and IT platforms would require years of modifying. For example, I'm told that at the Jaguar Land Rover plants in the UK, computers still briefly show a Ford prompt when users log in - and Ford sold JLR to Tata a decade ago. Nevertheless, one thing all industry experts appear to agree on is that the 24 plants in Europe that a combined company would have is too many. With only two factories of those 24 - and those plants soon to be outside the EU - the UK is considered the lightweight in this manufacturing tug-of-war. The government here has stressed its support for the automotive sector with particular emphasis on new electric vehicles and battery technology - something considered key in convincing Nissan to promise increased investment in the UK.

Summary: A draft agreement to sell General Motors' European business to PSA, the owner of Peugeot and Citroen, could be signed as early as next week.


Mr Joyce was giving a speech in Perth on Tuesday when the man walked on stage and shoved the pie in his face. A man identified by local media as the attacker later criticised the airline chief's support for same-sex marriage, which is not legal in Australia. "I will have every intention of pressing charges," Mr Joyce said. Police charged the 67-year-old man with giving false details after the incident, which happened in front of 500 people. He may yet face an assault charge, police told the BBC. "On the west coast, there is very limited opportunity to have connection with national figures," the pie-wielder, identified as Tony Overheu, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "From my reading, it would appear that Alan Joyce is very much part of a network trying to subvert the federal parliamentary process around the issue of marriage equality." Mr Joyce was one of 20 company chief executives who signed a petition in March calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, the government's most prominent conservative, described the attack as "a disgrace". "The person should be ashamed. The threats any of us receive is unacceptable," Mr Dutton tweeted. Mr Joyce had been discussing the airline's recent decision to operate non-stop flights from London to Perth when the incident happened. "I don't know what that was about," he said, before continuing his speech.

Summary: Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has said he intends to press charges against a man who hit him in the face with a pie.


The Terriers made 10 changes for the trip to St Andrew's having sealed a Championship play-off place, but the EFL said the result would stand. Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray later questioned Town's line-up. Rovers, who occupy the final relegation place, are two points behind Harry Redknapp's Blues with one game to play. The EFL said in a statement: "We have today written to Huddersfield Town to request their observations in relation to team selection during their recent Championship match with Birmingham City and, as per our regulations, the EFL executive will refer the matter to the board if it is deemed appropriate to do so. "It should be noted, however, that the result of Saturday's game will stand in all circumstances and any potential action would be taken against Huddersfield Town directly." Blackpool and Wolves were fined for fielding much-changed teams in Premier League matches in 2010 and 2009 respectively. Earlier this season 12 League One and Two teams were fined for playing weakened sides in the Checkatrade Trophy, although that competition had specific regulations regarding team selection.

Summary: The EFL has written to Huddersfield to "request their observations regarding team selection" for Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Birmingham City.


AM Simon Thomas said it would use Wales' share of proceeds from UK ministers' apprenticeship levy, around £150m a year, to fund the plan. He said it would boost young people's prospects and plug "skill gaps". On Tuesday, Welsh Labour ministers outlined plans to spend an additional £5m on apprenticeships in 2016-2017. Mr Thomas launched the proposals with Plaid leader Leanne Wood at a gas training academy in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent. Although aimed at young people, Plaid Cymru said it would put no age restrictions on its proposed scheme.

Summary: Plaid Cymru would create 50,000 apprenticeships if it wins power in May's assembly election, the party has announced.


The Under-20 boss replaces Gareth Southgate, who will look after the senior team for their next four matches after the departure of Sam Allardyce. A point in Kazakhstan on 6 October will be enough for the Under-21s to secure a spot in next year's finals in Poland. Their final group match is at home to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Boothroyd's assistant coach Paul Williams will take charge of the Under-20s on an interim basis. Boothroyd has coached the England Under-20 side since 2014. Media playback is not supported on this device Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Summary: Former Watford and Coventry manager Aidy Boothroyd will take charge of the England Under-21 team for their final two Euro 2017 qualifiers.


British institutions are in talks with their US colleagues to try to make it easier for scientists to travel, collaborate and share facilities. Research Councils UK said it would deliver benefits for both countries. UK research groups are currently marketing themselves at the US's largest scientific meeting in Boston. Thirty-three researchers are speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference and over 200 scientists and science policy specialists are also attending. Prof Philip Nelson, chair of Research Councils UK and part of the British delegation, told BBC News: "We all reap the social and economic benefits when the best researchers in the world can freely collaborate and share ideas, knowledge and facilities. "The US and the UK are two of the world's preeminent science, research and innovation nations". The hope eventually is to develop ways to make it easier for researchers in the US and the UK to work together on big flagship projects. The impetus for the deal came following the UK referendum result to leave the European Union. British universities, in collaboration with small businesses, receive Â£850m in research grants each year from membership of the EU's research programmes. EU membership also makes it easy to form collaborations. But there are fears that much of the funding and collaborative work with EU scientists will be in jeopardy once the UK leaves the union. British researchers are being encouraged to foster links with other nations. While most, if not all, research leaders are still dismayed by the referendum result, some are beginning to become excited by what they see as an opportunity for greater collaboration with America. A spokesman for Britain's Department for Business Enterprise and Industrial Strategy, which overseas science, said that developing scientific collaborations with countries outside the EU was a priority: "As we prepare to leave the EU, we are determined to secure the best possible outcome for our world-leading research base. "Our international relationships make us a global centre of excellence and we want to enable UK researchers to partner with the best in the world, gaining access to large-scale facilities with unique resources." James Wilsdon, professor of research policy at the University of Sheffield welcomed the new initiative. "We need to lift our sights and look beyond Europe, for opportunities to deepen and extend the collaborative networks that are so central to 21st Century science and innovation. "The US and UK remain two of the world's science superpowers, and researchers in both countries will grab with open arms any measures that can better enable fast and frictionless collaboration. "I hope this is the first in a wave of new bilateral agreements, involving both EU and non-EU countries, that can restore vital connective tissue between UK and international research networks, that may otherwise be ripped apart by Brexit." Prof Venki Ramakrishnan, the current president of the Royal Society, is in Boston for the AAAS meeting. He told BBC News: "Science is becoming increasingly international and the UK and US are already at the forefront of that. "Greater cooperation between our two countries would

Summary: The UK and US are in talks to extend their "special relationship" in science after the UK leaves the European Union, the BBC understands.


Police called to the property in St George's Hill, Weybridge, at about 10:00 BST by ambulance crews also found a man in his 30s with serious injuries. Formal identification has not yet taken place, Surrey Police said. St George's Hill is a private, gated estate with a golf club and tennis club, where six-bedroom homes are listed for about £14m. Det Ch Insp Jason Taylor said officers believed they knew the identity of the woman and the man, who was taken to hospital for treatment. He said next-of-kin had been informed. "The investigation into this tragic incident is still in the very early stages but at this time I believe this to be an isolated incident," the detective said. The 964-acre estate is described by the St George's Hill Residents' Association as having been "designed for driven, motivated and successful high achievers".

Summary: A murder inquiry is under way after the body of a woman in her 30s was found at a house in an exclusive part of Surrey.


Malorie Bantala, 21, was eight months pregnant when she was attacked by two men in Talfourd Place, Peckham, in south-east London, in June. A 20-year-old man has been charged with child destruction and grievous bodily harm with intent. But officers have yet to identify the second suspect. Det Insp David Suddick said: "The victim has recovered physically from her ordeal, but naturally remains devastated at the loss of her baby. "Somewhere out there is a very violent individual and we hope the offer of this reward may encourage someone to come forward." He added that the victim's white iPhone 5s went missing during the attack and is yet to be traced. Ms Bantala's former boyfriend, Kevin Wilson, of Longfield Estate, Bermondsey, south-east London, is due to face trial in November.

Summary: A £20,000 reward is being offered to find a "very violent" man involved in an attack which resulted in a heavily pregnant woman losing her baby.


Just hours before its day in court - in the town of Riverside, California - the most unexpected twist yet: the trial had been postponed, perhaps indefinitely. The FBI said it had, "this past weekend", been shown a way to unlock the iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. The FBI has until 5 April to let the court know how it gets on. If the method doesn't work, and the phone is still locked, we'll probably return to Riverside for the hearing. If it is successful - then, well, who knows what will happen? Uncharted waters. The case, already the most fascinating tech legal tussle for years, enters murky territory. And here's why. Let's say, for arguments sake, that the FBI does indeed have a new, credible method of getting into the iPhone. Where on Earth did it come from? Apple's bewilderment is understandable given that, right up until the final hour, the FBI had insisted it had exhausted every possible route. It told Congress as much. In a hearing earlier this month, FBI director James Comey stood firm as Congressman Darrell Issa gave him a dramatic dressing down for not pursuing a technique known as mirroring - essentially, and I'm simplifying here, duplicating the phone so repeated attempts can be made to unlock it without disturbing the original. Mr Comey said he'd look into it - though that was 20 days ago. Also during that congressional hearing, Mr Issa pressed Mr Comey on whether he had asked the National Security Agency (NSA) for its help. In response, Mr Comey, making reference to the particular model of iPhone and the software contained on it, said: "We have engaged all parts of the US government to see does anybody have a way, short of asking Apple to do it, with a 5C running iOS 9 - to do this, and we do not." Had Tuesday's hearing gone ahead, we were expecting to hear the witness testimony of Stacey Perino, an FBI electronics engineer, and Christopher Pluhar, a computer forensics professor from California State University. Both were due to underline that Apple, and only Apple, would be able to break into the phone. Prof Pluhar, who is a supervisory agent for the FBI, had in the past said he had been "unable to identify any other methods feasible for gaining access to the currently inaccessible data stored within the subject device". But we're being told to put all that aside for a moment because the FBI has said it is "cautiously optimistic" a new method suggested by an as-yet unknown "outside party" could solve all its problems, allowing investigators access to the iPhone without Apple's help. Apple's legal team has said it has no idea what that vulnerability could be - but it, of course, didn't rule out the possibility it existed. After all, it's software - and no piece of software ever written has even been watertight. Every time you update your phone, computer, tablet, it's often to plug a few new security holes. So if, come 5 April, the FBI

Summary: You could forgive Apple's legal team for coming across a little exasperated on Monday evening.


Their report has recommended sentencing statements by judges and sheriffs could be shown. The review group, chaired by Lady Dorrian, also backed the idea of live tweeting by reporters in court. But they said broadcasting or recording of cases involving children, sexual offences and vulnerable witnesses should not be allowed. Lord President Lord Gill, Scotland's most senior judge, ordered the review because technology had changed dramatically in the 20 years since broadcasters were first allowed to televise some proceedings. Three or four applications are submitted each year to film in court, but permission has rarely been given. Lord Gill said: "I am grateful to Lady Dorrian and her group for having carried out this exercise so thoroughly. "These well-considered recommendations have the support of the judges. I accept all of the recommendations. "They are entirely appropriate in the contemporary world. My office will now prepare guidance on the implementation of Lady Dorrian's report." The recommendations of the report include: A total of 17 individuals and organisations responded to a consultation process during the preparation of the report. The report has been welcomed by the Faculty of Advocates. Its dean, James Wolffe QC, said: "In keeping with his vision of an open and accessible justice system - a vision which I share - the Lord President has made an important announcement about televising the courts. "While there must be safeguards to protect the interests of justice, public understanding of the work of the courts - which is fundamental to our democracy - will be enhanced by these proposals, and I welcome them." The Law Society of Scotland has also backed the proposals. Fiona Robb, secretary to the Law Society of Scotland's Civil Justice Committee, said: "Used responsibly, cameras in court and the use of features like live tweeting will help to demystify the law, allowing the public to gain insight into the process and improve access to justice. "While we have previously expressed concerns about significantly increasing the jurisdiction limit of the Court of Session and the huge impact that it is likely to have on Scotland's sheriff courts, we do believe that there will be significant improvements to the running of our courts as a result of these reforms."

Summary: Some court cases could be shown live on television under proposals put forward by Scotland's judges.


Scientists have shown how the insects will use the Milky Way to orientate themselves as they roll their balls of muck along the ground. Humans, birds and seals are all known to navigate by the stars. But this could be the first example of an insect doing so. The study by Marie Dacke is reported in the journal Current Biology. "The dung beetles are not necessarily rolling with the Milky Way or 90 degrees to it; they can go at any angle to this band of light in the sky. They use it as a reference," the Lund University, Sweden, researcher told BBC News. Dung beetles like to run in straight lines. When they find a pile of droppings, they shape a small ball and start pushing it away to a safe distance where they can eat it, usually underground. Getting a good bearing is important because unless the insect rolls a direct course, it risks turning back towards the dung pile where another beetle will almost certainly try to steal its prized ball. Dr Dacke had previously shown that dung beetles were able to keep a straight line by taking cues from the Sun, the Moon, and even the pattern of polarised light formed around these light sources. But it was the animals' capacity to maintain course even on clear Moonless nights that intrigued the researcher. So the native South African took the insects (Scarabaeus satyrus) into the Johannesburg planetarium where she could control the type of star fields a beetle might see overhead. Importantly, she put the beetles in a container with blackened walls to be sure the animals were not using information from landmarks on the horizon, which in the wild might be trees, for example. The beetles performed best when confronted with a perfect starry sky projected on to the planetarium dome, but coped just as well when shown only the diffuse bar of light that is the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Dr Dacke thinks it is the bar more than the points of light that is important. "These beetles have compound eyes," she told the BBC. "It's known that crabs, which also have compound eyes, can see a few of the brightest stars in the sky. Maybe the beetles can do this as well, but we don't know that yet; it's something we're looking at. However, when we show them just the bright stars in the sky, they get lost. So it's not them that the beetles are using to orientate themselves." And indeed, in the field, Dr Dacke has seen beetles run in to trouble when the Milky Way briefly lies flat on the horizon at particular times of the year. The question is how many other animals might use similar night-time navigation. It has been suggested some frogs and even spiders are using stars for orientation. The Lund researcher is sure there will be many more creatures out there doing it; scientists just need to go look. "I think night-flying moths and night-flying locusts could benefit from using a star compass similar to

Summary: They may be down in the dirt but it seems dung beetles also have their eyes on the stars.


Those gaining A* to C grades in English rose from 68.8% to 73%, Maths rose 1.6% to 66.2% and Science from 61.5% to 64.8%. Overall, the number of pupils achieving A* to C grades increased by 1.5% to 78%. While more boys achieved A* to C grades than last year, girls continued to outperform them by 7.6%. By Maggie TaggartBBC News NI Education Correspondent Northern Ireland boards test pupils in sections or modules. Old-style O levels and, from 1986, GCSEs were offered as linear exams, with a single test at the end of two years study. In 2009, modular style exams were introduced in GCSEs across the curriculum. They split the course of study into sections or "modules" and each one is tested throughout the two years. A previous education secretary for England, Michael Gove, decided to change that. He used two arguments: he wanted to reduce the amount of testing pupils had to cope with and he also thought the linear exam would be more "robust". Not everyone agrees and some argue that pupils can actually get better results from linear testing. In Northern Ireland, Education Minister John O'Dowd decided not to follow suit and the exams offered by the CCEA, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, have retained the option of modular exams. Performance by students in Northern Ireland in individual sciences was particularly high, the Joint Council for Qualifications said. The proportion of entries awarded A* to C in Biology sits at 93.3% (91.2% in 2013), in Chemistry 93.6% (93.4% in 2013) and in Physics 95.0% (94.7% % in 2013). The overall improvement comes despite concerns about changes to the style of test taken by English examination boards. In English Language, Northern Ireland improved while in Great Britain the results have worsened. The English-based boards dropped the 'speaking and listening' element of the exam, but it was retained by Northern Ireland. The Joint Council for Qualifications said there were notable performances in Music and modern languages: CCEA director of qualifications Anne Marie Duffy said the results reflected the hard work of students and teachers. "The performance in core subjects of English and Mathematics will provide strong foundations for learners as they move on to further education, training and employment," she said. "This year there has been a 2.8% points fall in the Northern Ireland Year 12 school population, and we've seen GCSE entries decrease by 3,609. "Against this backdrop, entries in Business Studies and ICT have risen while sciences and modern languages have maintained their popularity." Careers' information can be found at www.nidirect.gov.uk/results or, you can call 0300 200 7820. For those with queries on any issues relating to their exam results, for example appeals, remarks or re-sits, contact your exam centre or the CCEA helpline on 028 9026 1260 or email helpline@ccea.org.uk.

Summary: GCSE pupils in Northern Ireland have shown improvements in English, Maths and Science.


R&B Distillers has proposed turning Borodale House, a derelict Victorian hotel, into a distillery and visitor centre. The building work is scheduled to begin in April this year and the production of whisky next year. The distillery would be one of the largest employers on an island with a population of about 170 people.

Summary: Highland Council has approved plans for the Isle of Raasay's first whisky distillery.


After a fourth day of searches, 384 people have been rescued from the Annapurna trail, 216 of them foreigners, in the country's worst-ever trekking disaster. Helicopters have been searching parts of the trail high as 5,790m (19,000ft) for survivors. The government said the priority was to rescue 22 stranded hikers. The trekkers are stranded at Thorung La pass, and face a shortage of food and water. Army helicopters tried to rescue them but failed after being unable to land. The BBC's Andrew North in Nepal says that it is still unclear which climbers have been accounted for and which are still missing. The task of the authorities is made more complicated because there are thousands of climbers in Nepal at this time of the year. Army helicopters tried unsuccessfully to rescue them on Saturday between the Mustang and Dolpa districts, government rescue coordinator Suresh Acharya said. Twenty bodies have been recovered but 19 bodies are still in the snow and a rescue team will be deployed on Sunday to dig them out and retrieve them by air, he said. One of the main trekking routes - the Thorung La pass, the high point of the Annapurna Circuit - is now "relatively safe" after the army cleared snow, he said earlier. Rescuers have only limited resources and most of the missing and dead are believed to be at the maximum heights that helicopters can reach. Nepalese, Japanese, Israeli, Canadian, Indian, Slovak, Vietnamese and Polish trekkers are said to be among the dead. Many survivors have been left with severe frostbite and will have to have limbs amputated. Nepal earns huge revenues from the tens of thousands of trekkers and climbers who flock to the Himalayas every year. However, it remains a very poor country and the authorities here have struggled to cope with the scale of this disaster, our correspondent says. This has been a particularly deadly year for Nepal's trekking and mountaineering industry. An avalanche on Mount Everest in April killed 16 Sherpa guides and resulted in a significant drop in the number of expeditions to the world's highest peak. The latest disaster comes at the height of the trekking period. Nepal blizzards: Survival guide

Summary: Snowstorms and avalanches have killed 39 trekkers on a popular hiking route in the Himalayas, Nepali officials say.


Armed police were seen outside a house in the street on Friday morning. Police said a 30-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of a class B controlled drug and possessing a class B controlled drug with intent to supply. The man remains in custody.

Summary: A quantity of suspected cannabis and imitation firearms have been seized by police during a search of a house in Frank Street in east Belfast.


The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) described the actress as a "class act" after her speech at the ceremony on Sunday night. Streep criticised President-elect Donald Trump and said: "We need the principled press to hold power to account." Lorenzo Soria, the president of the HFPA, has now endorsed Streep. "As an organisation of journalists, the HFPA stands by your defence of free expression and we reject any calls for censorship," he wrote on Twitter, addressing the actress. "We thank you for your unwavering support for the arts." Streep has also been contacted by several fellow actors who offered their support of what she had said. One was Robert De Niro, who told the actress in a letter: "What you said was great. It needed to be said, and you said it beautifully. "I have so much respect for you that you did it while the world was celebrating your achievements. I share your sentiments about punks and bullies. Enough is enough." He added: "You, with your elegance and intelligence, have a powerful voice - one that inspires others to speak up as they should so their voices will be heard too. It is so important that we ALL speak up." It is not the first time De Niro has made his dislike of Mr Trump clear - prior to his election the actor released a video in which he described the president-elect as an "idiot" and a "fool". Viola Davis, who introduced Streep at the Golden Globes, said after the ceremony: "She's earned the right to say that, and I think all of us felt a sigh of relief. "Sometimes you need the first person to dive in there and have the courage and the bravery to give a mouthpiece to what we were all feeling." At the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Streep received the Cecil B DeMille Award for outstanding contribution to entertainment. In her acceptance speech, Streep made reference to Mr Trump's imitation of a disabled reporter during the US presidential campaign trail last year. She also spoke of the need for the principled press to hold Mr Trump to account over the next four years. Mr Trump responded by tweeting: "Meryl Streep, one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a Hillary flunky who lost big." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: The organisation behind the Golden Globe Awards has praised Meryl Streep for her championing of the press.


Plymouth planning officers concluded the plans for Drake's Island should be rejected partly because the little egrets would be disturbed and leave. Developers Rotolok, who want to build a 25-bed hotel on the uninhabited island, said there was "no problem" with its effect on the birds. No-one from the council was available for immediate comment. Drake's Island, which was bought by the Tiverton-based businessman and former Plymouth Argyle chairman Dan McCauley, covers about six acres and contains military barracks and buildings from the Napoleonic era. Mr McCauley is trying for a third time to get permission to build a Â£10m boutique hotel, bar and restaurant on the island. Last year, plans submitted by his company Rotolok Holdings for Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound were rejected by city councillors who said more information on the risks to wildlife was needed. Natural England has now told officers: "The little egrets have selected a roosting and breeding site distant from human activity. "If the development were to result in disturbance, as we believe is likely even with the proposed mitigation in place, this may result in the complete loss of the breeding colony from this site and communal roost rather than a reduction in numbers of birds present." Little Egrets There are thought to be about 700 breeding pairs nationally and it is ranked amber on the RSPB's conservation list, as a rare breeding species. They first arrived in the UK in 1989, and only started nesting in 1996. Source: RSPB Officers recommended refusal to the planning committee on 15 January citing the effect on the egrets and flooding risk. Mr McCauley's son Aidan said: "I am staggered that after years of close working with council officers they are choosing to ignore the evidence that is before them and turn our proposed investment away. "My professional team has provided the council with all they need to approve this existing scheme and it is clear that there is no problem with the little egrets, and no need for any off-site mitigation measures to be taken."

Summary: A colony of rare birds could thwart a multimillion-pound scheme to redevelop an island in Plymouth Sound.


The isle is a mile long (16.km), depending on tides and weather, and separated from the mainland by a (330ft) 100 metre wide channel. It was first spotted by locals as a "bump" above the water in April, according to the Island Free Press. Photos taken by a Connecticut tourist have gone viral on Instagram, leading to a boost in curious visitors. Photographer Chad Koczera described encountering the island during his visit to Cape Point. "My fiancee and I were driving to the point after a storm to collect shells when we spotted an area we couldn't get to by car," he said. He described returning for his fifth time to the park, and to visit Cape Point where he had proposed marriage to his then-girlfriend. "I sent the drone up to check it out and noticed this beautiful island. We didn't get a chance to make it on to the island because of the strong current." The island is littered with old shipwrecks and whale bones that poke through its sands, says local historian Danny Couch. Experts say the shores of the Outer Banks are constantly shifting, as sandbars rise above or sink back below the water. Park superintendent Dave Hallac has cautioned visitors against trying to swim or walk across the channel to reach the island. Currents can swiftly carry away a person, while sharks and sting rays have been spotted in the area. Visitors are advised to use a kayak or paddleboard to reach Hatteras Island, as it's been dubbed.

Summary: A new island has formed off the coast of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore.


Zaur Dadayev shot the former deputy prime minister, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, in February 2015 near the Kremlin. Four others acted as accomplices. The group were allegedly promised $250,000 (Â£192,000) to kill Nemtsov. They all denied the charges. Nemtsov's relatives fear that whoever ordered the murder will never be found. Russian authorities are still looking for another Chechen said to be behind the killing, Ruslan Mukhudinov. He believed to have fled abroad. But lawyers for Nemtsov's family have said the investigators have exaggerated Mr Mukhudinov's role and "the masterminds are high-ranking people". The jury in Moscow convicted the five men after more than eight months of hearings. Zaur Dadayev is former member of an elite military unit. He was under the command of pro-Moscow's Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic in the North Caucasus. The other four defendants are brothers Anzor Gubashev and Shadid Gubashev, Khamzat Bakhayev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov. A sixth man, Beslan Shabanov, died while he was being detained in Chechnya. Nemtsov served as first deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s, and later became a vocal critic of President Putin. The 55-year-old was shot dead on 27 February 2015 on his way from a restaurant in central Moscow. Earlier that day he was interviewed on a liberal radio station, in which he had called on listeners to join a rally. At the time, Nemtsov was working on a report examining Russia's alleged role in the conflict in Ukraine. President Putin called the murder "vile and cynical" and vowed to hold those responsible to account. Russia has seen several killings of high-profile politicians and journalists in recent years. But the country has a long history of prosecuting alleged hit-men and failing to follow the chain of command to discover who ordered the murder, correspondents say. It took the 12 jury members more than 12 hours to reach their verdict. They spent it in a closed room in one corner of the military courthouse with a guard posted outside the window. But when they finally filed back into court, it was to pronounce every one of the accused guilty. In each case they ruled by a clear majority. Standing opposite them inside a glass cage, surrounded by armed police and a Rottweiler, the men from Chechnya listened in silence, looking relaxed and even smiling as they had for much of this trial. There was speculation that one of the accused, Khamzat Bakhayev, might be acquitted for lack of evidence. When the jury found him guilty too, his wife burst into tears. But outside, lawyers representing Boris Nemtsov's family said they believe the trail of evidence leads to senior figures within Chechnya, loyal to Vladimir Putin. They've vowed to go on pushing until they uncover who actually ordered Boris Nemtsov killed, and why.

Summary: A Russian jury has found five ethnic Chechen men guilty of murdering leading opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.


The overnight shoot-out between two sets of police began when each side believed the other to be criminals. It happened near Kiev and has been described as a "heartbreaking tragedy". The gunfight began when a burglar alarm went off by chance in the house next door to one being staked out by two undercover policemen. A separate unit then arrived to investigate the alarm, in the small town of Knyazhychi, and detained the pair, mistaking them for robbers. But the back-up unit for the two men apparently feared they had been confronted by the thieves and tried to rescue them. Interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said those suspected of being the real burglars - who were nearby - heard the gun battle and fled in two vehicles. The three were arrested soon afterwards with firearms in the capital, Kiev, the Kyiv Post reported, and it is expected they will be charged with numerous criminal offences. The former chief of national police Khatia Dekanoidze described the shooting as a "heartbreaking tragedy", the paper reported.

Summary: Five police officers in Ukraine have been killed by friendly fire during a botched operation to arrest robbers, an interior ministry official has said.


Ann Khoshbin, owner of Rose Garden Day Nursery in Uplands, is to be awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to education. She set up her business after being unable to find suitable childcare for her own children. She said: "It's lovely, I'm pleased and humbled really. She said of receiving the letter informing her of the honour: "It was such a surprise, I just cried, I couldn't believe it. "I don't do the work to have a medal. I do it because I absolutely love it. It's a family business." Mrs Khoshbin also provides work placements for college students and gives talks to students. Unlike other honours, the BEM is not awarded by the Queen or Prince of Wales but by Lord-Lieutenants, who are the representatives of the Crown for each county in the UK. Other recipients of BEMs from south-west Wales are: Also recognised in the birthday honours list is Swansea councillor Peter Black who will be appointed CBE for services to politics and public life in Wales. Mr Black was a Liberal Democrat AM between 1999 and 2016 and has represented the Cwmbwrla ward as a councillor since 1984. British honours are awarded on merit, for exceptional achievement or service. All of the recipients will be invited to a Buckingham Palace garden party to celebrate their achievements.

Summary: The owner of a Swansea nursery has said she is "pleased and humbled" to be recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list.


Brighton and Hove City Council has set up a cross-party panel to look into the issue of the "party houses". There are about 300 in the city, with concerns about the problems they cause most evident in the Queen's Park area. Chair of the panel Geoffrey Bowden said: "We don't want to be killjoys... but there are responsibilities." The councillor said the properties were houses "which sit cheek by jowl with families which live there all the time". "There are some really superb operators, and they do certainly take care "We need to bottom-out whether these are businesses or not, because if they are businesses then they should be paying business rates, and they should be paying for commercial waste to be taken away," Mr Bowden said. The panel plans to gather evidence from as many people as possible, including the owners of "party houses", before reporting back to the full council. Mr Bowden said: "People having a decadent weekend is one thing, but if you live next door and have to get up for work in the morning you might take a more hardline approach."

Summary: Houses let out to groups for stag and hen weekends are to be the subject of a council investigation amid complaints about noise and anti-social behaviour.


The Landmark Trust has funding for Llwyn Celyn farmhouse in Monmouthshire, with the aim of restoring its 500-plus years of architectural legacy. The Grade 1 Listed medieval hall house is considered the most significant inhabited "at risk" building in Wales. Welsh heritage body Cadw and the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) gave grants totalling Â£670,000. Thought to date from around 1480, the property is said to represent key developments in Welsh architecture between the 15th and 18th Centuries and a textbook example of the development of the British manor house. Largely untouched for the past century, the house is in more than six acres (2.6 hectares) of ground, near Llanvihangel Crucorney in the Llanthony Valley, and still has smoke-blackened roofs from its early years - the chimneys and floors were added in the 17th Century. Jennifer Stewart, of the NHMF, said the aim of the work was to "build up the story and the story book of who lived in the property at different stages". She said: "Because it has been in private hands for 100 years, we really don't know that much about it. "Unlike modern houses, we don't know what is behind the panelling. We want to see what this house is like inside and what it was like to live in this house. There's a huge amount to be discovered there." However, it is thought that the original owner must have been someone of considerable status and wealth and there is possibly a connection with Llanthony Priory which is situated less than six miles away. The Landmark Trust is to begin fundraising for the restoration and the house, which sits within the Brecon Beacons National Park, will be available for rent as holiday accommodation. SOURCE: Cadw Ms Stewart added: "Often the way to preserve [buildings like this] is to find them a use. This is an other way to find a modern use for an ancient building. "This is helping the building to "breathe" if you like. If people have enjoyed their stay, they may well provide additional funds." Peter Pearce, director of the Landmark Trust, said: "The importance of Llwyn Celyn in helping us understand the development of high status Welsh houses more fully cannot be understated."

Summary: It may not look like much now, but this in-need-of-attention property is set to be a holiday let for history fans.


He is a copy of one of the world's first ever robots, and has gone on show at the Science Museum in London. Eric was originally built in 1928 by Captain WH Richards and AH Reffell. However, after he amazed crowds all over the world, Eric mysteriously disappeared - never to be seen again. That is until 2016, when the Science Museum launched a campaign to raise money to build a copy of Eric. Artist and robot builder Giles Walker agreed to help build the new and improved Eric. However, the only information he had to go off were old newspaper stories, a short video from the 1920s, and a scribbled copy of the original building plans. Instead of his old gears and pulleys, Eric is now operated by wires and motors. It took Giles five months to build the new robot and he stands at a whopping two metres tall. He is made from aluminium and can move his arms and head, and speak a number of phrases. Ben Russell, who put Eric on display at the Science Museum, said: "As the UK's first robot, Eric holds a unique place in our history. "He was everything we now imagine a robot to be - a talking, moving mechanical person."

Summary: Eric the robot is no ordinary robot.


Campaign groups and opposition parties are organising a march on 9 July against the current system, which they say is plagued with fraud. Police say the rally to be held in Kuala Lumpur is illegal and have warned the public against attending. Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to call a general election this year. Mr Razak called on the opposition to fight him at the polls rather than on the street, brushing off allegations of electoral fraud. "Do not create chaos just because you want power. If there is chaos, then [the organisers] will be held responsible," he said in an interview with the Star newspaper published on Sunday. Police arrested scores of people at the weekend, stopping buses carrying activists, many of them from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), in the north and south of the country. Many have since been released but some 31 remain in detention in northern Penang, according to PSM spokesperson Y Kohila. The BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur says the activists are demanding longer campaign periods, automatic voter registration and equality of access to the largely government-linked mainstream media. Police have accused the detainees of carrying flyers and T-shirts advertising the demonstration that have "inflammatory slogans". The authorities say they are trying to promote communist ideology, thereby "waging war against the king". "Based on paraphernalia seized by police from the activists, it can be seen that they have connections with the Communist Party of Malaya ideology," said Penang's deputy police chief Abdul Rahim. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged police to release the activists, calling the communist allegation a "flimsy pretext". Human rights groups said the arrests appeared to be pre-emptive. "The police campaign appears to be aimed more at intimidation, apparently on the misconceived basis that this is a legitimate means to preserving public order," said rights lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar. PSM leaders said the allegations were "ridiculous and far-fetched". The police launched a crackdown after a similar demonstration in 2007. Analysts say that protest helped the opposition win an unprecedented number of seats in the last general election. This time though, pro-government groups have pledged to counter the demonstrations planned for next month, setting the stage for potential confrontation, our correspondent says.

Summary: More than 30 Malaysian activists remain in detention, after being arrested at the weekend weeks before a planned mass rally calling for electoral reforms.


Ganesan Nimalaruban died and several other inmates, all Tamil Tiger suspects, were reportedly injured after a failed prison mutiny in the north. The authorities deny mistreating him, saying he died of a heart attack. They say that the prisoners were working with Tamil separatists abroad. Human rights lawyers working with the parents of Mr Nimalaruban have lodged a petition over the death at the Supreme Court. They want to overturn a court ruling that he must be cremated near the capital, Colombo. His grieving mother and father say they would prefer to give him the last rites in their home district, Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka. They reject assertions by the authorities that such a funeral would be a security risk. It was in the Vavuniya prison that 32 inmates who are Tamil Tiger suspects took three prison guards hostage in late June, holding them for 19 hours in a protest against prisoner transfers. The siege was successfully broken and all the prisoners relocated. But rights campaigners and Tamil MPs say the prison authorities and police worked with other inmates to exact a terrible revenge, attacking them with stones and weapons, physically throwing them or breaking their legs. Nimalaruban's parents said his body was covered in blood. The authorities deny all the accusations. At least one other prisoner is reported to be in a coma and in hospital.

Summary: The parents of a prisoner who died in obscure circumstances in Sri Lanka are locked in a battle with officials who say his body cannot be taken to his home town for the last rites.


Lily Hartley was in Bradford Royal Infirmary when two rings, which had belonged to her late husband, were taken. Her granddaughter, Emma Hartley, reported the theft on Facebook and said the rings had sentimental value. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it "sincerely apologised" to the family. A spokesperson added they were "fully investigating the matter." Read more about this and other stories from across West Yorkshire West Yorkshire Police said it had been alerted to the theft relating to Mrs Hartley and also a second one at the hospital. Officers said it believed two victims, both women in their 80s, had items of jewellery taken between the 26 and 29 March.

Summary: Hospital bosses have apologised after a woman in her 80s had jewellery stolen whilst in hospital.


Representatives from the west of Norway have been in the isles to discuss how expertise can be shared. They believe knowledge built up in Scandinavia through work in the oil and gas sector could prove key to the next stage in developing technologies. Orkney is a major Scottish hub for renewables. In January, plans for a Â£6.5m research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney took a step forward after the organisations driving the project agreed funding. Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Orkney Islands Council are behind the venture. The campus is aimed at supporting sectors including marine renewables.

Summary: A partnership is being formed between the energy sectors in Orkney and Norway to look at ways they can work together to develop marine renewables.


The influence of the movement has been in the spotlight again in Mr Gulen's home country, where a feud between his followers and other members of the political class has been blown into the open by a series of arrests. Ill-feeling is said to have grown since the Turkish government moved to close down a network of private schools run by Hizmet. Until then, the movement played a part in driving the electoral success of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party, which has been in power for three terms. But the movement's influence extends far beyond Turkey, funding schools, and think tanks and media outlets, from Kenya to Kazakhstan. It has attracted millions of followers and billions of dollars. Hizmet has no formal structure, no visible organisation and no official membership, yet it may have grown into the world's biggest Muslim network. Its name means "service" and it promotes work for the common good, with advocates saying they simply work together in a loosely affiliated alliance inspired by the message of Mr Gulen. The imam promotes a tolerant Islam which emphasises altruism, hard work and education. There are said to be millions of Hizmet followers in Turkey, where they are believed to hold influential positions in institutions from the police and secret services to the judiciary and the AK Party itself. Followers are said to donate between 5% and 20% of their income to groups affiliated with the movement. The movement's schools usually boast hi-tech facilities, and many students are on scholarships funded by Gulen-inspired businessmen. Although the schools are secular, teachers are expected to act as role models. Smoking, drinking and divorce are frowned upon. Fatma Disli first came across the movement at a school it founded to help students pass university admissions tests. "The people I met through Hizmet were really hard-working, virtuous people who were practising their religion, but at the same time had important jobs," she told BBC News. "I realised that it's possible to be religious and to have a career." Turkish businessmen are attracted by what they see as Mr Gulen's international outlook and pragmatic approach to issues like using credit. The mix of philanthropy and business appears to have been powerful, with Gulen-inspired schools supporting and smoothing the way for Turkish businessmen in emerging markets like Africa and Central Asia. However, critics believe the movement's aim is to gain power, to spread socially conservative Islamic attitudes on issues like marriage and alcohol around the globe, and to suppress any opposition. Opponents of the movement point to a video which surfaced in 1999, in which Mr Gulen seemed to tell his followers that they should deliberately attempt to infiltrate mainstream structures: "You must move within the arteries of the system, without anyone noticing your existence, until you reach all the power centres. "You must wait until such time as you have got all the state power, until you have brought to your side all the power of the constitutional institution in Turkey." The following year, Mr Gulen faced charges of trying to undermine Turkey's

Summary: Supporters regard the Hizmet movement inspired by US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen as the benign, modern face of Islam, but critics question its motives.


The victim was found with gunshot injuries in Markham Avenue at around 21:00 GMT on Monday and died later at Leeds General Infirmary. West Yorkshire Police said three men aged 17, 19 and 20 had been arrested on suspicion of murder. Two boys aged 15 and 16 were detained on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Detectives found the victim's Vauxhall Astra abandoned in Pasture Road, near to Back Airlie Avenue. Det Ch Insp Steve Snow said the force believed the man was deliberately targeted and the shooting took place near to where the car was found.

Summary: Five people have been arrested after a 33-year-old man was shot in the Harehills area of Leeds.


It follows the release of a report into the disaster which resulted in the death of 96 fans. Kelvin MacKenzie wrote the headline The Truth on the front-page story which ran four days later. Trevor Hicks, of the Hillsborough Families Support Group, said it was "too little, too late". In a statement Mr MacKenzie said: "Today I offer my profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool for that headline. "I too was totally misled. Twenty-three years ago I was handed a piece of copy from a reputable news agency in Sheffield in which a senior police officer and a senior local MP were making serious allegations against fans in the stadium. "I had absolutely no reason to believe that these authority figures would lie and deceive over such a disaster. "As the prime minister has made clear these allegations were wholly untrue and were part of a concerted plot by police officers to discredit the supporters thereby shifting the blame for the tragedy from themselves. "It has taken more than two decades, 400,000 documents and a two-year inquiry to discover to my horror that it would have been far more accurate had I written the headline The Lies rather than The Truth. "I published in good faith and I am sorry that it was so wrong."

Summary: The former editor of the Sun has offered "profuse apologies to the people of Liverpool" for blaming fans for the Hillsborough tragedy.


They play Venezuela in South Korea on Sunday (11:00 BST), with previous U20 sides having failed to win a single game at the tournament in the past two decades. England have bettered their previous best performance of finishing third in 1993. Of that squad, only four players went on to represent England at senior level. But many had successful top-flight careers, including a Premier League and Champions League winner. Is this 2017 side a potential 'golden generation'? Will they get their break in the Premier League? Are they the future England squad for the 2022 World Cup? "There has been a determination about the players from the first day I met up with them," said manager Paul Simpson, speaking to BBC Sport from the team hotel in South Korea before the semi-final. "It means everything to this group, not only to put the Three Lions shirt on but to bring success ... they all know what it means to the group, the families and people back home." Simpson added: "We are changing everyone's perception of English football." Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd - who worked with many of the current squad at Under-19 level - added: "They are resilient, they don't know when they are beaten, they are a group that can score goals in a variety of ways. "They are quick on the counter-attack and technically gifted to build a goal, good in both boxes, have a terrific goalkeeper and a good team behind them on the staff. Paul Simpson understands and knows the game and is getting the best out of the players." Goalkeepers: Freddie Woodman (Newcastle), Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Luke Southwood (Reading) Defenders: Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Jonjoe Kenny (Everton), Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham), Callum Connolly (Everton), Jake Clarke-Salter (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton) Midfielders: Lewis Cook (Bournemouth), Kieran Dowell (Everton), Josh Onomah (Tottenham), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool), Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) Forwards: Adam Armstrong (Newcastle), Ademola Lookman (Everton), Harrison Chapman (Middlesbrough), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Dominic Solanke (Chelsea, joining Liverpool on 1 July) Recent call-ups also include Tammy Abraham and Izzy Brown, who have moved on to the U21s, and Celtic's treble-winning winger Patrick Roberts, who is injured. Manchester United's Axel Tuanzebe and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson are other recent U20 players who have made Premier League appearances. Of the 21-man squad, 16 played senior league football this season, half of them on loan, while striker Adam Armstrong played for both loan club Barnsley and parent club Newcastle. Everton forward Ademola Lookman also represented two sides this season, having joined the Toffees from Charlton for £11m in January. The current side have made a total of 72 Premier League appearances to date, Armstrong leading the way with 15, having made his top-flight debut as a late substitute in Newcastle's 1-0 defeat by Fulham on 15 March 2014. Everton's Kieran Dowell and Liverpool's Sheyi Ojo made no senior league appearances this season but both represented their teams in the 2015-16 Premier League campaign. Dowell made his debut in a final-day win over Norwich, while Ojo played eight times after being

Summary: England have reached the final of the Under-20 World Cup for the first time by beating Italy 3-1 in the semi-finals.


Media playback is not supported on this device Wellingborough Town's Martin Potton is alleged to have made the comments in a game refereed by Mary Harmer. During a 7-0 defeat by Rushden and Diamonds he was overheard saying Harmer was not fit enough to referee a women's match, let alone a men's game. It is alleged he made further comments about other women in sporting roles. He told BBC Sport: "I deny all the charges but was found guilty in my absence as I was denied the opportunity of a personal hearing." Lindsay England, founder of equality group Just A Ball Game, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme that she was at the United Counties League Premier Division match last April and overheard the comments. She reported him to the Football Association, and others complained as well. She did not know he was chairman of the non-league club, adding: "Nobody challenged him and nobody laughed and joined in with what he was saying. I think he actually knew what he was saying and he believed that he still had that right to do that." Potton was banned for the maximum five games by an FA disciplinary commission and fined £75 after being found guilty of using derogatory and insulting language towards an official. He was also ordered to attend a mandatory education lesson. Sue Ravenlaw, head of the FA's equality and safeguarding team, told BBC Sport: "Any time that discriminatory abuse occurs in football, it's just frankly unacceptable. "We've been encouraging an environment of collective responsibility from club level, with stewards, safety officers all the way through to ourselves. Whenever discriminatory abuse arises, of any form, people should be confident to report it." The case was one of a number of incidents which came to light during a survey carried out by Professor Sue Bridgewater of Liverpool University on behalf of Women in Football. The survey, which aims to identify whether women are achieving their full potential in the football sector, was released to coincide with International Women's Day and is a follow-up to an initial survey carried out in 2014. More than 500 women - from coaches, match officials, administrators and the media - who work in the football industry responded to the 2016 questionnaire. The main findings showed: Heather Rabbatts, FA board member and chair of the FA Inclusion Advisory Board, said: "We still have a considerable way to go before there is a level playing field for women working across the game. "Surveys like this are a good indicator of where the industry is on some of these critical issues and incidents of bullying, sexism and sexual harassment, must be dealt with whenever and wherever they arise in the game."

Summary: A football chairman was banned from attending five matches and fined after being found guilty of making sexist comments about a female referee.


Essex-based E2V created the imaging detectors used on the New Horizons probe in its historic flyby. Chief engineer David Morris said the firm's two detectors would send back both colour and black and white images. He said: "It will continue taking more images for the next couple of weeks, looking back at Pluto as it recedes." One of the images to come back has shown an area of icy mountains on Pluto. "These were completely unexpected for Pluto, which was why you heard all the 'oohs and ahhs' in the background from NASA. "It was anticipated it would be icy, it was anticipated that it would be quite smooth with some craters but the formation of what are mountains was quite unexpected." He said: "There was a certain nervousness that it could all have been for nothing. "Getting the timing right and the image timing right was going to be crucial. It worked. I was excited and, of course, quite relieved. And very proud." The team has had a 10-year wait to the see the results of their efforts. Dr Paul Jerram, chief image sensor engineer at E2V, said: "To see that they have worked after their nine-and-a-half-year journey and have produced images that are way beyond anybody's expectations is amazing." Mike Culley, of Southend Planitarium, said: "Pluto has been this distant tiny little dot and we've now got these incredible pictures. "It has turned from a blob into a real world."

Summary: An engineer involved in the sensors for the space probe launched to study Pluto has told of the "nervous" wait for the first images to come back.


Caretaker manager Paul Warne has been in charge of the Millers since Kenny Jackett's departure on 28 November. "Paul Warne, Matt Hamshaw and John Breckin will remain in control of the first team throughout the Christmas period," said a club statement. "The club will continue to work towards a position where we can announce a more permanent solution in early January." Rotherham, who are bottom of the table and have lost 13 of their past 15 matches, host 23rd-placed Wigan on Boxing Day and 21st-placed Burton three days later. The statement added: "Paul Warne and his staff will work closely with our new head of recruitment Jamie Johnson to indentify, and move for, targets ahead of the upcoming January transfer window." Warne has said that he does not want the job on a full-time basis. Former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Jackett was in charge of the Millers for 39 days before offering his resignation. Rotherham have had five permanent managers and three caretakers since the start of last season, with Neil Redfearn, Neil Warnock, Alan Stubbs and Jackett all having spells in the job following Steve Evans' departure in September 2015. Eric Black was placed in temporary charge after Evans left, while Nicky Eaden was appointed caretaker-manager when Redfearn was sacked in February - although Warnock was appointed before the former Birmingham and Wigan defender had the chance to lead the team in a game.

Summary: Championship strugglers Rotherham United aim to name a permanent first-team boss in "early January".