So-called mathematics anxiety was found especially in countries which were more developed and where males and females were considered more or less equal. University of Glasgow researchers looked at achievements, attitudes and emotions around maths and found girls showed more negative emotion about it. Data was collected from 500,000 15-year-olds in 68 countries. Mathematics anxiety is defined as "negative feelings experienced during the preparation of and engagement in maths activities". Academics, led by Dr Gijsbert Stoet, from Glasgow University's school of education, said it did not seem to matter whether the girls' mothers worked in related fields and that efforts to attract more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects had largely failed. Dr Liberty Vittert, a lecturer at the School of Maths and Statistics at University of Glasgow, told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that mathematics anxiety could hamper future job prospects. Dr Vittert said: "When I was about 14, I had a maths teacher who called my parents into school to say that I couldn't do maths and I should stop and there was no point in further continuing with it. "It really stops you with jobs if you stop with maths young. "So I pushed through and I had an undergrad in pure mathematics from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and now I have my Phd. So I think it's very important, but I think there's a lot of pressure on young girls to not do some subjects." Asked if maths had caused her anxiety at school, she said: "Absolutely. I think when you have teachers or other authority figures telling you that you can't do something, of course it creates huge anxiety. "And clearly there are pressures on a young girl not to do these things." She added: "If you think about maths, there is always a right or a wrong answer. Whereas in some subjects such as English, there aren't always right or wrong answers. "So if you can't get that exact answer, the teacher can just say, 'Well you don't know what you're doing, you're not smart.' "Whereas maybe you just don't quite get it. In English you can have varying levels of understanding."

Summary: Girls are "more afraid" of mathematics than boys in 80% of countries, according to a new study.


President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed the deal in the border town of Moyale. The deal aims to tackle youth unemployment by creating jobs in the energy, mining and livestock industries. Tensions between rival ethnic groups have risen due to lack of land and water. There was a heavy security presence ahead of the meeting on the Kenya-Ethiopia border. "This is a historic function," Kenya's President Kenyatta was quoted as saying. He said a tarmac road would be built by September 2016, linking the two countries' capital cities. Cross-border raids have forced thousands to flee their homes in recent years.

Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a UN-backed trade deal worth $200m (Â£130m) in a bid to ease cross-border conflict.


Stand-off Ian Keatley struck from just inside Edinburgh's half after prop John Andress had collapsed a scrum. "If you look where that scrum is, and where the penalty was taken, there was definitely a metre taken there," the head coach told BBC Scotland. "It looked to me that the ball, had it been taken from the right spot, would have gone under the bar." As part of the Pro12's post-match review protocols, Solomons said he will "definitely" raise the issue. The late penalty aside, the South African was frustrated with Edinburgh's inability to secure victory in a match they ought to have won. Will Helu scored a brilliant, flowing try for the hosts - a rare moment of fluency and precision for Edinburgh, who lacked composure and committed too many errors. And the hosts almost snatched victory on the last play after Damien Hoyland's interception saw them pound the Munster line well beyond 80 minutes, climaxing with a rather hurried drop-goal attempt from Sam Hidalgo-Clyne that was charged-down and spilled. "There's no question about that - we should have won this game," added Solomons. "I thought key decision-makers at times didn't have the composure. That happens. We made a rod for our own back with silly decisions that were taken. "It was a superb try and I thought we could get in there at the end, but I think we just had to hold the ball down there and the points would have come. "I thought we played poorly against Zebre [two weeks ago] and fully deserved to lose. I thought we should have come away with a draw at Connacht [last weekend], and this game is a game we should have won. "We've got to look at ourselves. It's those little things, those fine margins we spoke about at the end of the game between winning and losing, and we've got to make sure those fine margins fall on our side."

Summary: Alan Solomons felt the penalty that beat his Edinburgh team against Munster was taken beyond the mark.


Media playback is not supported on this device Harte's current three-year deal has now expired following the county's 0-18 to 1-11 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kerry on Sunday. However, Harte made clear following the game that he intends to continue on for a 14th year in charge. "My intentions are to be helping build this team into something even better than they are now," said Harte. "That would be a very good place to be." Harte was appointed to the Tyrone job in the autumn of 2002 and has guided the Red Hands to All-Ireland triumphs in 2003, 2005 and 2008. Earlier this summer, there was some speculation over Harte's future in the role but his team's run to this year's All-Ireland semi-finals appears to have ended any doubts about his position. The Tyrone boss made no attempt to hide his disappointment after a contest on Sunday that he believed his side could and possibly should have won. Along with many, Harte felt his team should have been awarded a second penalty shortly after Peter Harte's spot-kick had levelled the game when Padraig McNulty appeared to be bundled over by Aidan O'Mahony. But Harte accepted that the controversial penalty decision could have been academic if his team had taken a couple of the four glorious goals chances that they created in the contest. "We didn't take the chances that were presented to us in the way that we ought to have done. "I thought we were harshly done by for not getting a second penalty and I think a few of those frees, when we got back into the game, after being under the cosh a bit, we needed those scores. "That would have made a big difference. "I thought we were as good as them on the day but they have result and that's what will be remembered in history."

Summary: Mickey Harte has indicated that he plans to remain on as Tyrone football manager in 2016.


The Vikings looked set for only a third win this season when tries from Chris Houston, Rhys Hanbury and two from Patrick Ah Van opened up a big lead. But Jansin Turgut got a try back for Hull 30 seconds before the break. Full-back Jamie Shaul got two of Hull's five unanswered second-half tries, with Carlos Tuimavave, Albert Kelly and Danny Washbrook also crossing. A fourth successive win for Lee Radford's side, in which Marc Sneyd added four conversions and a drop goal, lifted them back to second in the Super League table. Widnes, already without the injured Corey Thompson, who announced on Thursday that he will leave at the end of the season, lost centre Chris Bridge after just 90 seconds. But scrum-half Tom Gilmore, who also converted three of their four tries, was the inspiration behind their first-half show. Two tries in two minutes either side of the break, the second from Shaul triggered by Josh Griffin's half-time arrival, proved the turning point for Hull. Tuimavave was put over for try number three by a deft pass from stand-off Kelly, who then found a gaping hole to romp in from 50 metres for his 12th try of the season, Sneyd adding the extras to level the scores with 15 minutes left. Shaul then crossed for his second with a typical bursting effort as Widnes' defenders ran out of energy, and Sneyd dropped the goal which left Widnes needing two scores before Washbrook had the final say with a simple score. Widnes head coach Denis Betts told BBC Radio Merseyside: "If we had points for winning halves, we'd be in a lot better position. These past few weeks we've won the first halves in games but not got anything out of them. "It was the best 40 minutes of the year for us. Then we stopped doing everything. Our shape dropped, our talk dropped off. We had a great lead and energy but then don't turn up in the second half. "They have got some good players, Jamie Shaul, Albert Kelly, Marc Sneyd, Carlos Tuimavave, but we let them back in. We were chasing shadows. "Chris Bridge knocked himself out in the tackle. He had his head slammed to the ground and he's still a bit dazed. That means we had one rotation less. We looked really tired in the second half and it showed." Hull FC boss Lee Radford told BBC Radio Humberside: "We gave ourselves a really difficult job to do because of the start we made. But we scored before the break and that gave us a chance. And we could have made it even easier in the end as we bombed some chances. "We were out-enthused in every department in the first half. We showed the lads some clips at half-time why we were in the situation we were in. "We needed something more and we needed some energy and we eventually got it. We wanted to get Albert Kelly carrying the ball a bit more and he managed to do that. "The group know comebacks like

Summary: Hull FC produced one of the comebacks of the season as they hit back from 22-0 down to win at bottom club Widnes.


Mousinho, 31, has captained the Brewers in all three Football League divisions, but had not played in the second tier before last season. "The Championship was a bit of an unknown for me," he told Burton's official website. "Now I feel in a better place with that season under my belt." Mousinho made 32 appearances in the Championship in 2016-17, starting in Burton's victories over Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich, Huddersfield and Leeds, all sides who finished in the top eight. And while he admits the Brewers will no longer carry the element of surprise, Mousinho says the team, who were playing non-league football less than a decade ago, will be stronger following their maiden campaign at Championship level. "Maybe a few underestimated us last season and I don't think that will happen again," he added. "It will be a completely different challenge but we have more experience, we know what it takes, what the level is all about and as last season went on we got better and better. "Next season I think we will be set up well but there will be new challenges and we will relish that."

Summary: Burton Albion skipper John Mousinho says he is relishing a second season in the Championship after signing a new one-year contract.


Losses unlike any suffered by a main opposition party between elections for three decades. But - of course - that may all turn out to be a naively rosy expectation when the results are finally in. The votes have yet to be counted, after all, and it's possible the Labour Party may end up wishing the outcome was merely painful and no worse. It could just conceivably turn out to be catastrophic. If this all sounds a little apocalyptic, forgive me. Hair-rending and teeth gnashing Doom-laden adjectives are the stock in trade of political punditry at election time, especially when the occasion lends itself to a little hair-rending and teeth-gnashing. And there is already a not-especially-orderly queue of Jeremy Corbyn's critics in the Labour Party, waiting to blame poor results for their party on his leadership, and clearing their throats to strike up the chorus of voices wanting him to go. In so far as an objective analysis exists, what would a bad night for Labour look like? No main opposition party has suffered net losses of council seats for 30 years. The English local council seats up for grabs were won at the height of Labour's popularity under Ed Miliband - though that's not saying a great deal. Now, losses look inevitable, and a pantheon of psephologists predict 150, 190, more? Mr Corbyn's Labour enemies have set the bar for respectability impossibly high. Four hundred gains are the minimum to show progress, according to the likes of defeated leadership contender Liz Kendall, and given the fact Labour's trailing the Conservatives in the national polls, she might as well have demanded 400,000. If Labour comes third in Scotland - though that's not thought very likely - or loses in London - something almost no-one expects to happen, the hair-rending and teeth-gnashing will be so frenzied as to leave the entire Labour Party, Corbynistas and anti-Corbynistas alike, bald and toothless. As it is, we can expect a cacophonous set of rival choruses. Those loyal to the leader blaming the disloyalty of dissident MPs for vote-sapping disunity. And those who want the leader gone blaming him; demanding a change of direction and some a change of leader. There's no plan among the mutineers in waiting to move against Mr Corbyn this side of the European referendum. That would smack too much of treachery with a defining struggle for Britain still to be won and lost. Will they strike afterwards? Will any MP risk the certain wrath of Mr Corbyn's army of loyal supporters subsequently? From all I hear, at least two and possibly more Labour MPs of vintage and deep anti-Corbyn conviction, have told friends and colleagues that they will. As of now - tonight - a challenge looks to me more than a plausible possibility. But let's see. Remember Michael Foot? Remember Gordon Brown at the nadir of his fortunes? Yes, Labour dumped Tony Blair, but he had a truly dedicated and ruthlessly ambitious replacement in Mr Brown (and the compromises he forced on the party grated horribly with the faithful well before

Summary: A bad night, and a worse morning ahead for the Labour Party.


Australia media reported that Stephen Brady's partner of 32 years was barred from an airport greeting party. Peter Stephens was reportedly told to "wait in the car" rather than join Mr Brady on the tarmac to meet Mr Abbott. Mr Brady offered to resign after ignoring the instructions, which Mr Abbott said were not from him. The incident happened in April, as Mr Abbott was flying into Paris from Turkey where he had been marking Anzac Day. He was not travelling with his wife, so under normal diplomatic protocol the receiving ambassador would be expected to welcome him without his or her partner as well. The prime minister's office said he had been "very happy to be met by ambassador Brady and his partner when he arrived in Paris last month". Mr Abbott said on Wednesday that there was "some issue at the level of junior officials and I don't concern myself with these things". He said Mr Brady was "a fine servant of Australia, a really fine servant of Australia. He's a friend of mine, always has been and as far as I'm concerned always will be". Opposition leader Bill Shorten, however, said that if the report was true Mr Brady and Mr Stephens "deserve an apology". Australia largely has progressive attitudes towards homosexuality though it does not allow same-sex marriages. Parliament voted down a bill to legalise it in 2012, and Mr Abbott has expressed personal opposition. Earlier this week, some of Australia's most prominent business leaders came together to call for marriage equality. The CEO of national airline Qantas, Alan Joyce - who is himself gay - said it would show young gay Australians that "they're not in some way second-class citizens".

Summary: Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed as "trivia" a media row over the treatment of the gay partner of his ambassador to France.


Nearly 500 Chinese children are reported to have developed dermatitis, blood abnormalities, leukaemia and lymphoma thought to be a result of air, soil and water toxins at their new school. There is widespread media anger, with news outlets prominently reporting that children are experiencing "serious health problems" in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. The news has triggered a social media campaign calling for local authorities to be made answerable. Tens of thousands of social media users are discussing the incident, asking why earlier campaigns went ignored. It is not the first time that people have taken to social media in large numbers over toxins endangering children's health in the city in eastern China. 'Take notice' On 17 April, China's national state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported that nearly five out of six pupils at Changzhou Foreign Language School who underwent medical checks had health problems. Its primetime news bulletin contained interviews with parents saying that they have been complaining for months. CCTV posted the report on its Sina Weibo platform, which instantly received tens of thousands of shares, and comments from users calling for "relevant departments to take notice". By 18 April, the story had gone viral on social media. It has been the most discussed topic in the past 24 hours, with more than 90,000 Weibo users actively using the hashtag #ContaminatedSchools. Users of the microblog say this is not the first time that health and safety in schools within the city have been a viral talking point. Lujia Cangcang shared a map of the area highlighting that other schools had also been affected. "Do not just focus on the private schools, there are public schools affected too," she said. Her post received more than 100 likes. Yin Yihao adds: "If I remember correctly, this incident was exposed a year ago, but from start to finish was not given huge exposure [and] was repressed locally." Social media users have sparked angry online campaigns about hazardous toxins in Changzhou schools before. In October, thousands of Weibo users set the hashtag #PoisonousTrack trending. According to Sina Jiangsu, a number of parents at schools citywide said that their children had had nosebleeds and dizziness after a new school running track was built using plastic. It added that the "poorly constructed" track may have contained toxic toluene, xylene, lead salt and "maybe even toxic plasticisers". It also appeared that the incident was not limited to Changzhou. In an online poll of more than 800 users, more than 60% said that a "large, choking" smell was coming from plastic running tracks. Some social media users at the time called on supervisors and regulators to reveal safety reports so that users could determine whether this was part of a wider "fraudulent enterprise". BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Summary: The Chinese authorities are investigating reports that hundreds of children have become sick after their new school opened next to a former industrial site.


Light-flyweight Yafai, 23, scored a clear points victory over Cameroon's Simplice Fotsala in the round of 32. Welsh lightweight Cordina used classy footwork and counterpunching to beat bustling Filipino Charly Suarez. Okolie, a heavyweight in just his 26th bout, used his jab well to overcome Polish fighter Igor Jakubowski. The 23-year-old Londoner only quit his job at McDonalds after watching Anthony Joshua win super-heavyweight gold at London 2012, and battled obesity as a youth. "To become a legend, you have to do legendary stuff. This is just part of the journey to be a legend," he said. "If I manage to win, then I deserve it. It's not about scraping a medal or getting lucky. It's about wanting to beat everyone. If I can beat everyone in front of me, I get gold. If I don't, I don't deserve it." Light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi is the only Briton in action on Sunday, taking on Uganda's Kennedy Katende at 17:00 BST.

Summary: British fighters Galal Yafai, Joe Cordina and Lawrence Okolie progressed in the Olympic boxing competition on the first day of Rio 2016.


Merseyside Police were called to Crete Towers on Jason Street, Everton, on Tuesday morning after someone noticed a strong smell coming from the building. It comes two weeks after one of the biggest ever cannabis farms in Liverpool was found on the same street. Police estimate the total crop had a street value of more than £1.3m and described the farms "a sophisticated and industrial-scale criminal set-up". Det Insp Lee Wilkinson said: "This was an elaborate series of cannabis farms spread across four separate flats. "We discovered a total of 339 plants but believe much more could have been grown."

Summary: Four cannabis farms have been found in flats at a tower block in Liverpool.


Alfio Anthony Granata pleaded guilty to multiple rapes, threats to kill, and intentionally causing serious injury. He held the backpacker in his Melbourne hotel room in 2012 after they had sex and took drugs with his partner. She was freed only when she tried to kill herself, prompting Granata and his partner to call emergency services. A judge on Monday described Granata's actions as "akin to torture", and that he had "degraded and humiliated" his 21-year-old victim, who has not been named. Granata and his partner, Jennifer Peaston, had met the backpacker at a party in November 2012 and invited her to their hotel room. The backpacker was forced to live in the shower. Granata, with the help of Peaston, beat the woman with various objects including a meat tenderiser and rolling pin, and performed bizarre rituals on her. The judge said the woman was left a "reclusive and frightened" individual. Earlier this year, a judge found that Peaston was traumatised and had also been a victim of abuse by Granata. She avoided jail and was given a good behaviour bond without conviction.

Summary: An Australian man who imprisoned a Dutch backpacker in a hotel room for six weeks and repeatedly raped and beat her has been jailed for 17 years.


Services have taken place across the country to honour all those who have died in conflict. The Queen led the commemorations at the Cenotaph in London. Prime Minister Theresa May and party leaders attended. The Queen laid the first wreath, followed by other royals and politicians. After a remembrance service, veterans and current military personnel paraded down Whitehall. More than 700 soldiers, sailors and members of the RAF lined Whitehall to hear a service led by the Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres. Detachments from units such as the Royal Marines, Household Cavalry and Royal Gurkha Rifles flanked the stone memorial. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended the annual wreath laying and Remembrance Sunday service at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. She said it was "an opportunity for all of Scotland to join with others right across the world and commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice in conflicts during the last century and more recently". BBC correspondent Daniela Relph at Whitehall The crowds are 20-people deep in places on Whitehall. Those with a front row position had to start queuing to get through security at first light. People were craning their necks to catch a glimpse of the march past. Whitehall today is a place of shared remembrance. There are those who've come to the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday for the first time. And there are those for whom this is an annual event, something they would never miss. They have come from all over Britain and beyond. Those I spoke to talked of feeling humbled during the 11 o'clock silence. They also said that that being here, in person, was a really moving experience. There are 8,000 people taking part in the march past. Watching it stirs contradictory feelings - it is both a solemn experience and somehow uplifting. No-one here on Whitehall today will ever forget. The Irish Prime Minister and Northern Ireland's First Minister attended a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Fermanagh. And there was a National Service of Remembrance for Wales at Cathays Park in Cardiff. First Minister Carwyn Jones said: "It is important we take the opportunity to pay tribute to those who lost their lives, paying the ultimate price for our freedom. "Those who fought bravely for our futures must never be forgotten." Elsewhere, more than 40,000 knitted poppies have been placed on a Remembrance Day parade route in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. The organisers said volunteers had sent in knitted and crocheted flowers from all over the world. In Croydon, where seven people were killed and 50 injured after a tram derailed earlier this week, special prayers are being said for those affected. Remembrance Sunday The prime minister has said the day is not only about honouring the dead but also for paying tribute to those members of the armed forces currently on active service combating so-called Islamic State. Mrs May said: "The way of life we enjoy today depends upon the service offered by members of the armed forces and their families. "Across generations, and in every corner of the UK, today

Summary: A two-minute silence has been held to mark Remembrance Sunday.


By reaching a settlement, Google will avoid criminal prosecution in the US for profiting from the adverts. The $500m represents the firm's revenues from the adverts and the revenues generated from the sale of the drugs, federal investigators said. Google said it should it not have allowed the adverts. "We banned the advertising of prescription drugs in the US by Canadian pharmacies some time ago," the company said in a short statement. "However, it's obvious with hindsight that we should not have allowed these ads on Google in the first place." The US Justice Department said controls over selling the drugs were inadequate. "While Canada has its own regulatory rules for prescription drugs, Canadian pharmacies that ship prescription drugs to US residents are not subject to Canadian regulatory authority, and many sell drugs obtained from countries other than Canada which lack adequate pharmacy regulations," the department said. It added that the higher price of the drugs reflected the fact that some could be bought without a doctor's prescription.

Summary: Internet giant Google has agreed to forfeit $500m (Â£306m) for publishing online adverts from Canadian pharmacies selling illegal drugs to US customers.


The suspects - from Doncaster, Warminster, Northampton and London - are being questioned by Scotland Yard's e-Crime unit. Their arrests are part of a wider operation involving UK law enforcement and the FBI. At the same time, 14 suspected members of Anonymous appeared in a US court. Authorities around the world have been rounding up suspects following a wave of attacks by both groups on major corporations and government institutions. Amazon, PayPal, the CIA, US Senate and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency have all suffered either intrusions or denial of service attacks, designed to take their websites offline. In the latest round of British arrests, police detained 20-year-old Christopher Weatherhead from Northampton and 26-year-old Ashley Rhodes from Kennington, near London. The pair are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 7 September. Detectives also arrested a 24-year-old man from Doncaster, and a 20-year-old from Wiltshire for conspiring to commit offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. In the United States, a mass court appearance saw 14 suspected Anonymous members appear before a judge in San Jose, California. All of them denied being involved in a denial of service attack on PayPal's website in December 2010. Anonymous had publicly declared its intent to target both PayPal and Amazon for, what the group perceived as, their complicity in isolating whistle blowing website Wikileaks. Following the leaking of confidential US State Department memos, PayPal stopped processing donations to Wikileaks, while Amazon kicked the site off its web hosting service.

Summary: Four men have been arrested in separate parts of the UK by police investigating the hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.


Surrey Police said two teenage girls were waiting at a bus stop half way along Rydens Road, in Walton-on-Thames, when a man approached them and touched one of the girls on the bottom. He then went into some nearby bushes and exposed himself. He is described as white, in his mid 20s and about 6ft tall. He had short ginger or blonde hair and wonky teeth. The incident happened at 19:30 BST on Thursday. Det Con Ben Kirby said: "Prior to this incident, the girls had been travelling on the 461 bus to Walton town centre. However, it had broken down so they were waiting for another bus to continue their journey. "We would like to speak to anyone who was on this bus as they might have information which will help us to identify this individual."

Summary: A man targeted two teenagers waiting at a bus stop by sexually touching one and exposing himself in some nearby bushes.


An earlier 06.15 GMT Belfast departure time had been due to begin at the end of January. But the journey time would have taken longer - almost two and a half hours. However Translink has now said that "alternative options" are being looked at. Passengers have been consulted by Translink and Iarnród Éireann about the proposed changes. The service is operated jointly by Translink and Iarnród Éireann. "The companies will work together to review feedback from the timetable consultation processes," a statement from Translink read. It added they hoped to finalise a new timetable by the end of "the first quarter of 2016".

Summary: Translink has postponed the introduction of a new timetable for the Enterprise train service to Dublin.


Countryman Gary Hunt, 32, retained the Best High Diver of the Year award after a second successive World Cup success. Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, 27, who won three Olympic golds, was Best Female Swimmer for a third year in a row. American Michael Phelps, 31, who retired after Rio with a record 23 Olympic golds, won the men's award. Phelps' 19-year-old compatriot Katie Ledecky, who won four gold medals in Brazil, took the female Olympic performance award from swimming's world governing body. Peaty, 21, clocked 57.13 seconds to win gold by more than 1.5 seconds and become Britain's first male Olympic swimming champion for 28 years.

Summary: Britain's Adam Peaty won Fina's Olympic Performance of the Year award for his world record-breaking 100m breaststroke final win at Rio 2016.


The Commonwealth Games silver medallist was bidding for her second Grand Prix crown in the space of six weeks. "I don't think I played particularly badly, but just that extra little bit of tension, just not hitting convincingly enough," said Gilmour. "I did everything I could to get that feeling back but she (Kjaersfeldt) was on form today." Despite Gilmour winning a close first game 21-16, the Dane responded strongly by taking the second by the same scoreline. When Gilmour led 13-10 in the decider, Scotland's hopes were high but fourth seed Kjaersfeldt turned the tables to lead 16-15, then move swiftly to 20-15 before clinching victory on her third match point. She had beaten the top two seeds in Gilmour and Beatriz Corrales in the last 24 hours and she beat both players on the way to her first Scottish Open final appearance in 2011. Top seed Gilmour, who last month won the Dutch Open Grand Prix as well as the Prague Open, had wanted to provide the perfect finish to the Championship. "It's not lost on me that I'm 22 and could still have eight of these to do," she said. "I need to look at silver linings. "I've got a long time in this game; this isn't the end for me. This isn't the end of the Scottish Open Trial. Everything right now is experience and a learning curve until I stop playing. I need to take this one on my chin. "I landed a bit funny yesterday and brought back an old injury, but adrenaline is running through me right now so I don't feel a thing!" Kjaersfeldt said: "I wasn't really that nervous. I knew all the pressure was on Kirsty coming into the match, so I was just relaxed and played my game. "I'm really happy. It was my first Grand Prix win. It was a really good atmosphere. The crowd here are very knowledgeable about badminton and I always enjoy coming here." Danish top seed Hans-Kristian Vittinghus defeated England's Rajiv Ouseph with a 21-19, 11-21, 21-16 victory to claim the men's title for Denmark for the first time since Peter Gade won in 1996. Finals day got off to an unhappy start when Dutch player Iris Tabeling had to retire in the second game of the women's doubles with a suspected torn calf. She and Samantha Barning were trailing 21-14, 14-11 when the injury occurred, handing victory to Japan's Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. Germany's Michael Fuchs and Johannes Schoettler downed England's Andrew Ellis and Peter Mills in winning 21-15, 21-18 in the men's doubles. The mixed doubles went to Russia's sixth seeds Vitaly Durkin and Nina Vislova, who defeated France's third seeds Ronan Labar and Emilie Lefel.

Summary: Kirsty Gilmour was beaten in the Scottish Open final by Line Kjaersfeldt at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.


The Met, the largest force, topped the list, spending £5.2m from 2011-16, the data showed. One critic said it did not stop the "cycle of crime", however, the National Police Chiefs' Council said it was "a cost effective tactic". A Home Office spokesman said it was "an operational matter for police". Informants can get anything from a few pounds for basic information, up to several thousand pounds for helping break up organised crime. Payments are typically used to solve - or prevent - crimes including murder, terrorism and serious sexual offences, and can also be made to recover valuable stolen items. Ronnie Howard, a former undercover police officer, said he made regular payments to informants, and in one case paid out £15,000 over 12 months in order to recover £3m worth of cannabis. He said informants were usually recruited after being arrested and offered either money or a possible sentencing deal in court in return for information supplied. Figures obtained by 5 live Breakfast, under a freedom of information request revealed 41 forces in England and Wales collectively paid £19.59m to informants between 2011 and 2016. The Police Service of Northern Ireland spent almost £2m during the same period while Police Scotland, who only released figures for 2013-16, revealed it had spent £565,248. There are no statistics available to show how many convictions have come as a result of paying informants - or covert human intelligence sources as they are officially known - but the National Police Chiefs' Council defended the practice. Deputy Chief Constable Roger Bannister said: "The intelligence provided helps to prevent and solve the most serious of crimes and is vital in bringing offenders to justice through the courts. "This is a well-established and highly regulated, worthwhile, and cost effective tactic, with the money paid to informants being very closely scrutinised." But, Neil Wood, who worked as an undercover police officer and ran many informants, said the tactic has its limitations. "It can be effective for certain crimes but for others - such as the war on drugs - using informants merely ensures that the cycle of violence and brutality continues," he said. "Nobody wants to inform on the drug lords because of fears of violent reprisals, so it's only the low-lying fruit that gets caught out - and the trade continues regardless. "Nobody can call that effective. Overall it does little to bring down the level of overall crime." Of those which responded, 39 forces in England and Wales provided annual breakdowns, which suggested payments had fallen from £4.1m in 2011/12 to just over £3.1m last year. North Wales Police paid out the smallest amount, handing over just under £40,000 over five years. South Yorkshire Police and Cleveland Police did not provide figures. Police forces are audited on their use of informants and are inspected annually by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners to ensure they are not breaking the law. A Home Office spokesman said decisions on the operational deployment of resources "are matters for chief constables", adding: "There is no question that the police still have the

Summary: Police forces across the UK paid out at least £22m to informants over the last five years, according to figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live.


Oswald 'Ossie' Bradley was swimming to an island in Bessbrook Pond to remove two Irish tricolour flags from trees. It is claimed Mr Bradley intended to replace them with a union flag when he got into difficulties. Police are not treating the death as suspicious. Sinn FÃ©in MLA Mickey Brady last week called for the removal of the flags after they appeared on the island. A teenage boy managed to bring Mr Bradley ashore at about 17:00 BST on Monday where attempts were made to resuscitate him. Emergency services took him to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, about four miles away, where it was announced that he had died. Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said the death was devastating news for the man's family and the village of Bessbrook. "This is a very tragic outcome to controversies surrounding flags in this village," Mr Kennedy said. "This is too high a price for any family and community to pay. "The entire Bessbrook community will join with me in showing our sympathy and support for the whole family circle. "He was highly respected and liked within the Bessbrook community. I counted him as a personal friend and I am deeply upset by his untimely and tragic death." Dominic Bradley of the nationalist SDLP, who knows Bradley family, said the village was in shock. "I think the action that he undertook yesterday was probably uncharacteristic of him, from what I hear from friends of his," said the assembly member. "Bessbrook is a mixed community, Catholics and Protestants live side-by-side and, generally speaking down through the years, community relations have been very good. "I believe some local councillors and the police have arranged for the flags to be removed." Mr Bradley was a member of the County Armagh victims' group Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR). He was involved in the campaign seeking justice for the victims of an IRA gun attack near his village, that became known as the Kingsmill massacre. FAIR's chaplain Pastor Barrie Halliday, who knew Mr Bradley personally for more than 30 years, said he "loved" the union flag and displayed it at his house. "Some people say it was totally out of character but maybe we need to take it in context of his great interest in working along with the Kingsmill families - a tragedy of nearly 40 years ago that's going on today. "Obviously he was affected by it and disappointed by a lack of movement in every area concerning this. "It had been playing on his mind and it was just something he couldn't stand it any longer - a tricolour being up over the village," the pastor added. Last week, Mickey Brady of Sinn FÃ©in said last the flags could be seen as intimidating by Protestant residents in the village. He said the flags could be considered by some as "overtly sectarian, intimidating and threatening". "The issue is one that is causing contention because obviously, in Bessbrook particularly, there is a mixed community," he said. "I think you have to respect the culture and nature of the

Summary: A 68-year-old man has drowned in an incident at a lake in County Armagh.


Di Maria, 28, said if he had not played in his side's 2-1 win over champions Chile in the Copa America he was afraid "she was going to get mad". Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said he was unaware of what had happened when picking the Paris St-Germain forward. "Not all people respond the same in those situations," said Martino. Di Maria scored the opening goal before setting up Ever Banega for his side's second as Argentina, without injured captain Lionel Messi, won their opening game in the tournament in the United States. "I am so happy because I was able to score," said the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player. "It was for my grandmother and my family that are having a difficult time. "In the morning when I knew what happened I knew that I would score today." Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Summary: Angel di Maria paid an emotional tribute to his grandmother after scoring for Argentina on the day she died.


Sarah Goldstein, 24, found the posts two weeks ago after her claim for personal independence payments (PIPs) was turned down. One post described how the nurse wanted to "catapult" a claimant "back to...[where] he came from". Capita, which assess claimants for the government, said it was investigating. Mrs Goldstein, who has fibromyalgia, Raynaud's phenomenon, and suffers with chronic anxiety, migraines and depression, claimed Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and first applied for PIPs in October 2014. Her husband, Jay Goldstein, said she had been assessed last year but turned down for PIPs because it was felt she was "making everything up". Mrs Goldstein reapplied for PIPs at the end of 2015 and was assessed at her home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, in March by the nurse, who works for Capita on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DwP). But the couple's suspicions were aroused when they found they had been turned down by the nurse on the basis of a number of "falsehoods" in her accompanying report, which has been seen by the BBC. These included claims that Mrs Goldstein had given birth to 13-month-old daughter AJ naturally. Mrs Goldstein had a caesarean and said she was never asked about the birth. In addition, the report said Mrs Goldstein was "calm, relaxed and her mood appeared stable". Mr Goldstein said his wife was "clearly anxious" and did not make eye contact with the assessor. Mr Goldstein, 25, said the nurse's name was on the report, so his wife looked her up on social media "to make sure everything was above board" and discovered the posts. One, written in July 2014, appears to attack a claimant who had lost two legs as a child and had appeared on a programme about benefits. The post said he should "get a job fitting carpets" and that she "would like to catapult the scrounger back to...[where] he came from". It is believed the nurse started working for Capita a few months before the July post. Mr Goldstein said: "People need to see how people with disabilities like my wife are treated. They're human beings, they deserve a good quality of life. "[The nurse] is clearly not the best person for that job." The couple reported the posts to Capita, which, as a result, suspended the nurse and told the couple a new assessment on Mrs Goldstein would be carried out on Wednesday. Mr Goldstein said his wife, had been left "stressed" and "unwell" over the claim. A Capita spokesman said: "The individual was suspended as soon as we were made aware of the allegations, and further investigations are taking place. All prospective assessors are subject to strict security and vetting checks. We also have strict policies in place which govern the use of social media." In response to a request for a comment, the nurse told the BBC to contact Capita.

Summary: A disability benefits assessor has been suspended after allegedly posting abusive comments about disabled claimants on Facebook.


The base, near Albrighton, is home to the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering. Its future was put in doubt after the government announced last year that RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire would open a training college in 2013. The RAF said working with private firms could help Cosford survive. Station Commander Jamie Johnston said: "We already have trained some elements of British industry. "Industry are finding it harder to find trained people and it's expensive to train people. It makes sense to look at how we can do that in a smarter way." RAF Cosford is estimated to contribute about £70m a year to the local economy. The government has said the base could be used by soldiers returning from Germany, although that is unlikely to happen until 2020 at the earliest. Shropshire councillor Malcolm Pate said it made sense to look at different ways to secure the base's future. Mr Pate said: "Given the technical expertise that's at RAF Cosford, I think there's a great opportunity for Cosford to have a large income stream by selling its expertise to local companies and private business." The government has revealed that a six-year review into the move of aeronautics training from Cosford to St Athan in south Wales cost taxpayers £150m. Station Commander Johnston described it as a "large sum of money" and said the military had a duty to deliver best value for money for taxpayers. Plans to move the training college were scrapped two years ago, news of which was welcomed by local business leaders, councillors and Conservative MP for the Wrekin Mark Pritchard.

Summary: RAF Cosford in Shropshire could sell its training expertise to the business community if the government moves its defence operations.


Members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews have been sending their replies to a postal ballot on whether to admit women to the club for the first time in its 260-year history. The result will be made known in the early evening of Thursday when a statement will be issued by the Fife-based organisation. If, as expected, the vote favours the admission of women it will be a significant step forward for the game. While it won't make any practical difference to the thousands of female golfers in the UK, it will help one of the game's governing bodies perform its duties free from rising criticism that was undermining its authority. Golf has been regarded as out of step with modern society because several men-only clubs hold positions of great influence - none more so than the Royal and Ancient, which in 2004 spawned the limited company that runs the Open Championship and acts as rule-maker for the game. The championship committee that organises the Open is made up by members from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. Provided there is the anticipated "yes" vote, this means women will have a route to become involved in the running of golf's oldest and most revered tournament. It is a significant move because the club will regain a moral authority that was slipping from its grasp. "We've done this really because of our governance role in the game," said R&A chief executive Peter Dawson when he announced the ballot in March. "Sport has been changing, society has been changing and golf is part of that. We think it's time this change is made. "You can always ask that question: 'Why now? Why not 10 years ago?' The R&A have been considering this. It's been on our agenda, on our radar, for quite some time," Dawson added. "The feeling is as society changes, as sport changes, as golf changes, it's something the R&A needs to do." Back in March, Dawson stated a "no" vote would be "undesirable". Indeed, were the move to be rejected it would leave many questioning the R&A's right to have any future influence on the running of the game. During the ballot process, Dawson has been at pains not to be drawn any further into the debate. He did not want to say anything that might upset the membership. Originally the vote, which would have required a two-thirds majority, was scheduled to take place at the club's annual business meeting. That's why they had no choice but to use the same date as the Scottish referendum. However, it soon became clear that this was a matter for the entire club, not just the 300 or so members who typically attend the business meeting. Therefore a postal ballot of all 2,400 members was organised and only a simple majority is required to enact the historic move. Too many recent Opens have been overshadowed by the men-only issue. Whenever the championship has been played at St Andrews, Muirfield, Royal St George's and Royal Troon, it has detracted from the

Summary: While Scotland decides its future on 18 September, the result will be published of another significant vote by one of the country's historic sporting institutions.


Media playback is not supported on this device Christian Benteke scored Liverpool's winner in the March meeting after Marriner gave a stoppage-time penalty. "He gives the penalty last year so we've got a negative in our mind anyway," said Pardew. "I don't think Andre Marriner should have reffed this game." Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy said: "I don't agree with not refereeing. You can't look back at every game and start taking referees off games." The Professional Game Match Officials Limited - led by general manager Mike Riley - assign officials to matches. In April, it stood down Leicester fan Kevin Friend from officiating a match involving their title rivals Tottenham. Wilfried Zaha twice went down in the box for Palace, while team-mate Benteke, who left Liverpool in the summer, also had appeals for a penalty rejected. "They are tight but they are probably no worse than Christian's last year," Pardew said. "Why was Mike Riley giving him the game today? I can't understand it. It's just a little bit frustrating." Marriner awarded 15 fouls and a yellow card against Palace and five fouls and two bookings against Liverpool. Liverpool were twice pegged back by headers from James McArthur before Joel Matip climbed highest to restore the visitors' lead before the break. Roberto Firmino made the game safe for Liverpool with a chipped finish with 19 minutes to go. Palace, who have taken one point from their past four Premier League games, are 12th in the table.

Summary: Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew said Andre Marriner should not have refereed Saturday's 4-2 Premier League defeat by Liverpool - because he awarded the Reds a penalty in last season's fixture.


British Heart Foundation Cymru (BHF) wants emergency life support (ELS) skills on the national curriculum, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). BHF says such a move would create a new generation of lifesavers across Wales. The Welsh petition has collected 4,000 names since being launched in February. The charity wants to teach children first aid skills, such as resusciation techniques, incorporating them into areas of the existing curriculum. "If they are properly trained they are as capable as adults and by acting promptly they can prevent disabilities and help save lives," Delyth Lloyd, public affairs manager for BHF Cymru, told BBC Radio Wales. She said ELS are a set of actions which can "keep someone alive until professional help arrives" such as CPR which can include rescue breaths and chest compressions. Ms Lloyd acknowledged that while it is not currently a compulsory part of the curriculum some schools do teach ELS skills. "We'd like to see a new generation of lifesavers across Wales with every child leaving secondary school knowing how to save a life," she said. Across the UK over 100,000 people have signed the petition.

Summary: A petition has been handed over to the Welsh assembly calling for first aid to be taught to all pupils in secondary schools.


Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead spent Â£160,000 trying to move 10 caravans from Shurlock Row, Berkshire. Those occupying the land lost appeals and finally a judicial review bid to remain at the site in 2016. The authority said the group had now left voluntarily and an order imposed to restore the site to its original condition within 28 days. Councillor Derek Wilson said residents in the area had been "waiting for this day". He added: "The occupiers were in breach of planning control and we followed every procedure correctly to get to this point as swiftly as was legally possible." Grass had been paved over and machinery installed without planning permission following the group's arrival in December 2009, the council said. An enforcement notice was issued ordering them to stop using the land. The travellers lodged an appeal in 2010 which was unsuccessful and they were given until February 2013 to leave but failed to do so. After another unsuccessful appeal, they applied for a judicial review. This was refused by the High Court, the Court of Appeal and finally the Supreme Court in August 2016.

Summary: Travellers who sparked a Supreme Court legal battle by pitching at a site for more than seven years have left.


Sir Philip Bailhache, then Jersey's attorney general, supervised Roger Holland's appointment to the honorary police in 1992. Holland had been convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl with learning difficulties in 1986, when he worked for St John Ambulance. Sir Philip said he had not known before Holland's inauguration. Holland was jailed for two years in 2008 for eight sexual offences, some of which were committed while he was in the honorary force. Despite including the 1986 conviction on his application form, he was elected to the St Helier honorary police in 1992, where he held office for another six years. Sir Philip said he was only informed of Holland's conviction after the election, and "it was reasonable to conclude he had been re-habilitated". "What Holland did was put his hand up a girl's pullover. It was an unpleasant thing to do but across the range of sexual offences it was at the lower end of the scale.", he said. The Jersey Care Inquiry is investigating allegations of child abuse in Jersey's care system since 1945. Sir Philip, Jersey's current external relations minister, also denied he deliberately distracted attention from abuse victims in a speech he gave in 2008. He told people on Liberation Day :"All child abuse is scandalous but it is the unjustified and remorseless denigration of Jersey and her people that is the real scandal." Sir Philip told the inquiry he was not "diminishing the gravity of child abuse" but that his choice of words were possibly "unfortunate".

Summary: A former senior judge was "not aware" a man was a convicted sex offender when he was admitted to a voluntary police force, an inquiry has heard.


Gaioz Nigalidze could face a three-year ban if the complaint against him is upheld. The reigning Georgian national champion was playing Armenian Tigran Petrosian in the sixth round at the Dubai Open. Petrosian alerted officials after noticing that his opponent was visiting the bathroom at regular intervals. Nigalidze was apparently using the same cubicle each time for ten minutes or more, arousing his rival's suspicions. When the player emerged from the toilet, officials discovered a smartphone wrapped in toilet tissue and buried in the bin. "He denied it was his, but it was logged into his Facebook page and there was a chess program running on it, showing his positions," the tournament director Yahya Mohamed Saleh told the BBC from Dubai. The first prize up for grabs at the competition was $12,000 (Â£8,000). Gaioz Nigalidze did not respond to an email request for comment. The Georgian Chess Federation called the incident "very bad," but said it was waiting to hear the player's side of the story before passing judgement. "He is very talented," Sofiya Nikoladze told the BBC. "He's a very nice young man and I would never have thought he could do such a thing," she said of the 26 year old, who is ranked 400th in the world. . It is the first case of a grandmaster being referred to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) since it established an Anti-Cheating Commission last year. Describing the problem in chess as "high-tech doping," officials say they have increased their efforts to stamp it out. As computers have become more discreet and more powerful, FIDE has begun deploying metal detectors, blocking devices and carrying out random inspections of players to prevent their use at competitions. In 2008, before smartphones became widespread, an Iranian player was banned from the Dubai Open for taking tips via text message. Today, cheating is relatively rare at the top level but lesser players have been known to hide electronic devices in their socks and shoes, and even inside their ears. As a result, arbiters are now permitted to search competitors. Failure to comply can lead to expulsion. "The problem [of electronic cheating] has increased in the past three or four years, so we've made special efforts to combat it," Yuri Garrett, secretary of the Anti-Cheating Commission explains. He says a poor cheat who manages to consult a computer and then makes too many strong moves will easily be spotted; a more intelligent fraudster who only seeks outside help a few times might evade automatic detection. A formal complaint has been sent to the anti-cheating commission at FIDE, which is now investigating. The commission then refers the case to an ethics committee for a ruling. Should it confirm that Gaioz Nigalidze was using a computer to help his game in Dubai, the Georgian will be penalised with a lengthy ban from chess. That would make the decision to cheat the worst move of his career.

Summary: A chess grandmaster has been expelled from an international tournament after he was discovered using a smartphone in the toilet to check his moves.


King's has been collaborating with Technische UniversitÃ¤t Dresden on a research initiative, known as Transcampus, since 2015. But, according to Times Higher Education, an "offshore King's College Europe" is now on the cards. King's College confirmed that it was discussing potential further collaborations with TU Dresden. The two institutions already offer 10 joint professorships and several joint PhD programmes through Transcampus. However, its dean, Prof Stefan Bornstein, has told Times Higher Education that plans for the new King's campus are already "in the process". Prof Bornstein, who is director and chairman of TU Dresden's department of medicine and an honorary consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at King's, said the plan would allow King's to have a presence in Europe and maintain access to European research funding post-Brexit. Likewise, he said, TU Dresden would benefit from increased ties to London, one of the "leading academic centres in the world". Prof Bornstein said the new campus would hopefully run new undergraduate courses "linked to innovation and the needs of industry and society". The aim would be to recruit leading scholars from around the world, he added. Prof Bornstein said the Transcampus project had been envisaged before the EU referendum but admitted that it had become "a lot more interesting" since the vote. "We cannot allow things that have developed for so many years in a positive way [to be] hampered by political decisions that actually nobody wanted," he said. "It's a nice way to have a solution to get around this very stupid Brexit idea." A number of UK universities are believed to be considering opening branch campuses in Europe after Brexit - though earlier this year Oxford University rejected reports that it was in talks to open a Paris campus. Prof Bornstein said he would expect the Transcampus model to be replicated by other universities in the UK and Europe, but stressed that the key was a long history of collaboration between researchers at the two institutions. In a statement, King's said the university valued the Transcampus initiative "which demonstrates the success of cross-national and institutional links". "We will continue to work together in various fields on research and exchange and discuss potential further collaborations."

Summary: King's College London could become the first British university to open a European campus since the referendum.


The seven-hour standoff started after police tried to execute a warrant for the arrest of Korryn Gaines. Gaines, who was armed with a shotgun, was shot dead in her apartment while her 5-year-old son watched. Police said her followers on Facebook encouraged her not to give in. According to Facebook's policies, accounts can be suspended if law enforcement believe individuals are at risk of harm. Police Chief Jim Johnson has said their decision to request a de-activation was based upon the fact Gaines had a gun and a child was present during her standoff with officers. Gaines' social media accounts have been restored. But two videos are missing and are being withheld for violating Facebook's standards - which include a provision against inciting violence. Videos posted on Gaines' Instagram appear to show her talking to her son during the standoff. In one clip, Gaines questions her son about the situation unfolding outside, with a police officer visible through her open door. "What [are the police] trying to do?" she asks the boy. "They're trying to kill us,' he replies. Officers claim Gaines threatened to shoot them if they entered her apartment and that she fired shots several times. Gaines' mother, Rhonda Dormeus, told The Baltimore Sun her daughter ignored pleas to surrender. Ms Dormeus believes she might have been able to help calm her and end the situation peacefully had she been allowed to speak with her. Gaines had a history of mental health problems, including anxiety, her former doctor said in an interview. "I do feel like they didn't want to hurt her," Ms Dormeus said, referring to the police. "But I don't feel like they exhausted all the means of negotiation." The initial warrant for Gaines' arrest related to a traffic stop charge dating back to March.

Summary: A woman killed in a police standoff outside Baltimore tried to live stream the siege but authorities successfully had her social media accounts deactivated.


Quins overcame the loss of lock George Merrick to injury to score five first-half tries and secure a bonus point, with Stade managing a solitary reply. Tim Visser's intercept try came as Stade rallied early in the second half. Clement Daguin and Willem Alberts tries gave Stade faint hope that Marland Yarde's late try quashed emphatically. It was an impressively dynamic first-half performance in front of watching England boss Eddie Jones, while it was their defensive mettle under more intense pressure in the second period that would have stood out. Quick shifts and sharp set-piece work set up Joe Marler's try from a rolling maul, and after Merrick's injury stoppage, a two-try blast from Joe Marchant and Visser established control. Sekou Macalou returned a skewed Yarde kick for Stade's opener, but two bludgeoning James Chisholm scores extinguished any momentum the Top 14 side had before the break. Gonzalo Quesada's side threatened to breach a creaking Quins defence in the second half before Visser pounced to increase Quins' buffer. The visitors did find some consolation with scores from Daguin and Alberts but they came too late to influence the result, particularly when Yarde's score took Quins beyond 40 points. Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Marchant, Roberts, Visser; Swiel, Dickson; Marler, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Horwill (capt), Robshaw, Wallace, Chisholm. Replacements: Gray, Evans, Jones, Twomey, Luamanu, Mulchrone, Jackson, Marchant. Stade Francais: Camara; Vuidarvuwalu, Bosman, Williams, Sinzelle; Plisson, Daguin; Taulafo, Burden, Slimani, Pyle, Pape (capt), Macalou, Lakafia, Parisse. Replacements: Bonfils, Zhvania, Melikidze, De Giovanni, Alberts, Coville, Fartass, Millet. Referee: Ben Whitehouse.

Summary: Last season's beaten finalists Harlequins kicked off the European Challenge Cup with a dominant home victory against Stade Francais.


Swiss-based Falcon Travel is to operate weekly charter flights from Zurich from May. A 100-seater Fokker 100 aircraft will operate into Inverness until August. The service will also return in 2016 and 2017. It marks a return to Inverness by Falcon, which previously operated flights between the two cities. Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) said the new service could lead to a tourism boost worth almost Â£1m for the local economy. Inverness Airport general manager Graeme Bell said: "We are delighted that Falcon Travel have committed to operate this service for three years. "Inverness and the Highlands have a great deal to offer Swiss visitors and we will be working closely with Inverness and Loch Ness Tourism BID and other tourism agencies to ensure we make the most of this opportunity."

Summary: Charter flights from Switzerland's largest city to Inverness are set to make a return.


The 25-year-old scored one goal in 58 games in two seasons for the U's, having moved from Rotherham in 2015. Newton began his career at Newcastle United but never made a first-team appearance for them. His most successful stint came on loan to St Mirren, where he won the Scottish League Cup in 2013. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Hartlepool United have signed midfielder Conor Newton on an undisclosed contract following his release by Cambridge United.


Some 148,976 cars rolled off UK production lines last month, down from 150,060 in the same month last year. But, for the 10 months to end-October, production was still running at its highest since 2005, driven by exports. Overseas demand rose 1.5% in October year-on-year, but domestic demand fell 8.3%. About 80% of UK car production went for export, according to the figures. "Despite a small drop in overall output last month, the industry has delivered a robust performance so far this year, particularly in terms of exports," said Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive. "Given the slowdown we've seen in several key global markets in recent months, UK automotive manufacturing still remains in a strong position." For the year so far, production is at 1,318,452, up 2.8% on the figure of 1,282,080 in the same period for 2014. On Tuesday, Europe's trade body for the car industry, the Association of European Carmakers, reported that car sales across the EU slowed sharply in October from the month before. Analysts suggested that buyers may have been put off purchases while they awaited the outcome of investigations into how carmakers report emissions data, sparked by the discovery that VW cheated emissions tests.

Summary: UK car production fell by 0.7% last month compared with October 2014, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.


The home side had early chances, David Worrall heading over from Joe Martin's cross, while Byron Webster wasted an opportunity from a Worrall corner inside the first 15 minutes. But Coventry led after 22 minutes through Marvin Sordell's first goal for the club. The forward showed strength under pressure to swivel and fire home from 25 yards for only the Sky Blues' third league goal this term. Coventry keeper Reice Charles-Cook's attempted clearance played in O'Brien before half-time, but he dragged his shot wide. The visitors repeatedly went close after the break, Sordell's header trickling inches wide before Tony Craig deflected his shot behind minutes later. Superb play from Steve Morison on 71 minutes, skinning Jordan Turnbull before setting up O'Brien from close range, set up a grandstand finish. Substitute Jodi Jones' free-kick forced a quality save from Jordan Archer, while Morison headed narrowly wide. Reports supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Millwall 1, Coventry City 1. Second Half ends, Millwall 1, Coventry City 1. Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Jamie Sterry (Coventry City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Shane Ferguson (Millwall) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Jamie Sterry (Coventry City). Callum Butcher (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City). Substitution, Millwall. Jamie Philpot replaces Aiden O'Brien because of an injury. Attempt missed. Callum Butcher (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is too high. Shaun Williams (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Devon Kelly-Evans (Coventry City). Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Jordan Archer. Jodi Jones (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall). Attempt saved. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Gael Bigirimana. Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Devon Kelly-Evans. Attempt missed. Jamie Sterry (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Substitution, Coventry City. Daniel Agyei replaces Kyel Reid. Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Joe Martin. Joe Martin (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jodi Jones (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Joe Martin (Millwall). Substitution, Millwall. Callum Butcher replaces Ben Thompson. Substitution, Coventry City. Jodi Jones replaces Ruben Lameiras. Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall). Marvin Sordell (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal! Millwall 1, Coventry City 1. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steve Morison. Substitution, Coventry City. Devon Kelly-Evans replaces Lewis Page. Attempt missed. Sam Ricketts (Coventry City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner. Corner, Coventry City. Conceded by Ben

Summary: Aiden O'Brien's second-half tap-in denied Coventry their first win of the season as Millwall rescued a point.


With characters like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Strange under his belt, he's signed up to play a supposed 41-year-old who is really 400. He'll star as Tom Hazard in the film adaptation of the forthcoming How to Stop Time by author Matt Haig. Described as a "wildly imagined love story", it follows Haig's children's books such as A Boy Called Christmas. How to Stop Time won't hit shelves until July, but we know Hazard's youthful looks are down to an "extremely rare condition". "The prospect of Benedict Cumberbatch playing Tom Hazard is a hugely exciting one and I could not be happier," Haig said. The writer is best known for his quirky - and dark - stories about family life. Cumberbatch's production company SunnyMarch will make the film with Studiocanal, while the actor will also take on the role of executive producer. Before that, he'll be coming back as the eccentric surgeon Dr Stephen Strange in the Marvel superhero movies Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War. He'll also star in The Current War as the real-life genius inventor Thomas Edison. 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: Benedict Cumberbatch's versatility shows no end as he gears up for another offbeat role.


The teenager told police that two men abducted her from an isolated spot near her home in Lakhisarai district and brutally raped her on Saturday. They later took her to a railway station and boarded a train where three others joined them and also raped her. Police told the BBC that she was being treated for serious injuries. One suspect has been arrested so far. The men boarded the train at Chanan railway station and threw her out near Kiul. Some people found her near the tracks and took her to a local hospital. She was then transferred to a government hospital in the state capital, Patna. She has reportedly suffered fractures and serious injuries. Senior police officer SK Singhal said at least two of the men knew the victim and lived in her neighbourhood. Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported from across the country.

Summary: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped and thrown from a train in the northern state of Bihar, police say.


The Civil Aviation Authority revoked the airline's safety licence in October 2015. The firm contracted other companies until it pulled out in January. Passengers are trying to get their money back on journeys booked before LinksAir stopped providing the service. The Welsh Government called the situation "wholly unacceptable". Letters have been sent to creditors by Yorkshire-based insolvency practitioners Redman Nichols Butler - informing them that a meeting is to be held on 1 April in Driffield, East Yorkshire. Stella Flemmings, Redman Nichols Butler practice manager, said: "The directors of the company have asked us to assist them in putting the company into liquidation and there will be a creditors meeting on 1 April." Passenger Alan Hughes from Caernarfon told BBC Wales he lodged a claim with LinksAir to be reimbursed with the Â£180 cost of two return tickets scheduled for the end of February. He said: "As private individuals, we go to the end of the queue, don't we. The taxman will take priority. From previous experience, {people have} ended up with nothing. "I'm disappointed - I don't want to give somebody Â£180 and not get anything back. "I'm disappointed also that the Welsh Assembly Government have been very quiet on this issue. I don't know whether or not we have any redress there or not, but I just feel that over 200 people have been badly let down." A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Although this is a matter for Links Air and the administrator to resolve, we are aware that some passengers who had bookings with the company before it stopped operating the Intra Wales Air Service in January, have not received refunds from Links Air. This is wholly unacceptable and we hope the administrator considers these matters as part of the liquidation process." A new airline has since been appointed to run the service. The BBC has asked LinksAir for a comment.

Summary: A former provider of the Anglesey to Cardiff air route is set to go into liquidation, BBC Wales has learned.


The buildings, in Cambridge, Castle Donington, Taunton and Wakefield, have never opened and cost an average of £1.9m each in 2014-15. The charges are for rent, utilities and facilities management. Five other buildings were constructed as part of a Labour plan to regionalise fire control centres. These have been let out, saving £90.5m in future costs. The plan, approved in 2004, was for nine control centres to be built to replace 46 separate centres across the country. But six years later, with costs spiralling and major delays to the IT software programme, the coalition government cancelled the scheme. Fire minister Mark Francois said: "We inherited a poorly conceived and badly delivered top-down programme to create regional fire control rooms. "To avoid further taxpayers' money being wasted, the project was terminated after it repeatedly ran over budget and behind schedule." The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said it had "reduced site maintenance and support costs though renegotiating contracts with our service providers" at the four empty centres. A Freedom of Information request by BBC Somerset showed three of the four centres cost more in rent, rates and other running costs in 2014-15 than each of them did in their first full year after construction was completed. However, the amount spent on marketing the empty centres has been cut, from £37,250 in 2012-13, to £4,030 in 2014-15. "In 2014-15 the marketing strategy focused on using internet marketing and direct marketing, which by its nature does not incur significant spend," DCLG said. A spokesman added the department was in "active discussions" over letting out Castle Donington and Wakefield, with interest being shown by a telecoms company. Taunton has only had a small number of enquiries, including "a very early enquiry from a government agency in the last week". A document published by DCLG in March said the Wakefield negotiations, which involve a bidder for a separate government contract, will resolve in July when that contract is awarded. The March report also said there had been a number of viewings of the Cambridge centre with interest from a private sector internet security company, but that is no longer described as "live". The marketing company working for DCLG said it would continue its current strategy until August while also looking at alternative "cost reduction initiatives" including mothballing or reducing the equipment in the centres. Each of the vacant centres still has a £6,000 espresso machine in-situ which DCLG says are "a landlord's fixture and do not belong to the department".

Summary: Four empty fire control centres are still costing the government £7.6m a year, the BBC has learned.


The attacker targeted a crowd that had gathered as the body of a prominent lawyer murdered earlier on Monday, Bilal Kasi, was being brought in. Lawyers and journalists were among the dead. About 120 people were injured. The Taliban faction, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, said it was behind both the hospital attack and the killing of Mr Kasi. He was head of the Balochistan province bar association. He was shot while on his way to the court complex in Quetta. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar [The Party of Freedom Fighters] split from the Pakistani Taliban two years ago. It has claimed a number of major attacks, including a suicide bombing that killed more than 70 people - including many children - at a park during Easter celebrations this year. Balochistan, Pakistan's poorest province, has long been plagued by insurgency. A number of people, including lawyers, have been murdered in Quetta in recent weeks. Mr Kasi had strongly condemned those attacks. He had announced a two-day boycott of court sessions in protest at the killing of a colleague last week. After the hospital blast, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and chief of army staff Gen Raheel Sharif both went to Quetta for talks with security officials. Mr Sharif expressed his "deep grief and anguish", adding: "No-one will be allowed to disturb the peace of the province. The people, policy and security forces in Balochistan have given sacrifices for the country." The president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association, Syed Ali Zafa, called the assault "an attack on justice". The Pakistan Bar Council has announced a nationwide strike by lawyers on Tuesday. Those killed in the hospital attack were said to include Baz Muhammad Kakar, a predecessor of Mr Kasi as provincial bar president, and more than 30 other lawyers. Two journalists have also been identified among the dead - Shahzad Khan, a cameraman for Aaj TV, and Mehmood Khan, a cameraman for DawnNews. Lawyers in Lahore staged a demonstration to condemn the attack. Some journalists also protested, demanding protection for freedom of expression.

Summary: A faction of the Pakistani Taliban has said it carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least 70 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta.


Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg isn't quite Prost-Senna, Piquet-Mansell or Villeneuve-Pironi, but they are definitely not the easiest pair of drivers in F1 to handle. All credit to the Mercedes management. Because of their very open style, they have been able to manage their egos. So far. Hamilton is the biggest star in F1. Rosberg is a very talented racer, who you feel after performances like we saw in Mexico is on the cusp of great things. Take Hamilton out of the team and we could well be hailing him a two-time world champion. Quite apart from the battles on track, there is a lot going on between these two guys at the moment, and it's fascinating to watch. Media playback is not supported on this device Hamilton is far from averse to making little digs at Rosberg. There was the comment after winning the US Grand Prix, when he said he was "your worst nightmare" as a team-mate. Then the remark after Mexico when he said Rosberg had "driven really well today, no mistakes, no gust of wind" - a reference to the reason Rosberg gave for his decisive error during the race in Austin. There is a real subtlety to those remarks, much more Prost than Muhammad Ali, and that makes you realise there is a much greater awareness there than Hamilton sometimes lets on. Hamilton's argument with his team in Mexico over whether he should make a second stop for tyres was evidence of the mind of a serial winner. He has not won three world titles and 43 races by always being in the best car, even if that is exactly what he has right now. Media playback is not supported on this device He has an instinctive understanding and spatial awareness of what is going on in a race. He had seen Rosberg pit. He was feeling good on his tyres. He knew from the strategy the team went into the race with that they were planning to do a one-stop race. And then they told him they were on Plan B. He was thinking: "Hang on a minute. Why are we on Plan B? I can go Plan A. I have track position now. If I stay here I could have a better chance of winning." So he questioned it, and left the team hanging in the pit lane for a whole lap. It took the firm action of Lewis's engineer to sort that out - and full credit to Peter Bonnington for that, because it cannot be an easy situation to deal with. From the outside, we can easily read into it that Mercedes wanted to take the risk out of the race, neutralise it between the two drivers and keep it all fair and square. If they had allowed Hamilton to go on and make only one stop, and he had gone on to win the race, then the very real risk was that all relationships would have broken down within the team. Since then, Hamilton has thrown out some crumbs about the team

Summary: Throughout the history of Formula 1 there have been many examples of very public and acrimonious fall-outs between team-mates.


Professional hunter Lee Lightsey said the 15 ft (4.5m) beast was one of the biggest he had come across in 18 years and required a tractor to move it. Mr Lightsey and hunting guide Blake Godwin discovered the alligator in cattle ponds while supervising a guided hunt on Saturday. When the creature surfaced about 20ft (6m) away from them, they shot it. "Although this animal is huge I was not that surprised it existed," Mr Lightsey said. "We have come across lots over the last 20 years that have been only a little smaller. "But what really drew our attention to this animal was the fact that it seems to have been feasting on the cattle on my farm, because mutilated body parts were found in the water. It was a monster which needed to be removed." Mr Lightsey's company arranges hunts for alligators, wild boar and turkey on the farm he owns for hunting trips. The largest alligator previously killed was just over 13ft (4m) long. He charges $10,000 (£7,060; €8,780) to kill an alligator larger than 13ft (4m) and $4,500 (£3,180; €3,955) to kill an alligator between 10ft and 12ft. The animals are mostly killed with a high-powered rifle. "But always we kill them with the minimum of suffering without allowing them to be injured before they die," he said. There are hundreds of alligators for hunters between 10ft and 13ft, he says, while animals longer than 13ft are only encountered about once a year. Mr Lightsey has been commercially hunting alligators since he began "harvesting" them in 1988 and more than 5,000 alligators bigger than 1.5m have been killed since then. American alligators inhabit the south-east of the US with Florida and Louisiana each reported to have a population of more than one million alligators each. Southern Florida is reputed to be one of the only places in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live alongside each other in freshwater environments such as rivers, lakes and swamps. Mr Lightsey says he plans to get the alligator stuffed while the meat will be donated to charity.

Summary: A hunter in the US has told the BBC how he shot an 800lb (360kg) alligator that was feasting on his farm's cattle.


Sundowns went to Uganda leading 2-1 from last weekend's home leg, with the Kampala City outfit buoyed by their away goal. It was KCCA who went ahead in the second leg of the last-32 tie, leaving the defending champions stunned. Geoffrey Sserunkuma, who had scored in all three of Kampala City's African Champions League games during this campaign, netted again after half an hour to make it 1-0 on the day and 2-2 on aggregate. Crucially, because of their away-goal, that strike also meant that if the score stayed that way, KCCA would oust the holders and advance to the last sixteen. However, the hosts' fairy-tale run came to an end ten minutes from time when substitute Anthony Laffor of Liberia smashed the ball into the net to equalise and give Sundowns a 3-2 aggregate lead. That was how the match ended, with Laffor later revealing what his coach Pitso Mosimane had urged him to do before coming off the bench. "I'm happy to have been trusted to make the difference," Laffor said on Sundowns' official twitter feed. "The coach said to me that I must get in the box and fight," the Liberian added. Elsewhere on Saturday, Bakry Al Madina scored a hat-trick as Al Merrikh of Sudan trounced Rivers United of Nigeria 4-0 snatch a group place. Merrikh qualified 4-3 on aggregate after a dramatic recovery from a three-goal first leg loss last weekend in the last-32 tie. Experienced Al Madina opened the scoring after eight minutes in Omdurman and completed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time. Substitute Mohamed Abdulrahman scored the fourth Sudanese goal 18 minutes from time with his first touch of the ball. Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, who reached the semi-finals last year, edged Mounana of Gabon 5-4 on penalties after losing 1-0 in Libreville. Hamidou Sinayoko forced a shootout by scoring four minutes into stoppage time, but Zouheir Laaroubi saved the third Gabonese spot-kick. The other Moroccan challengers, FUS Rabat, defeated Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya 3-1, but were eliminated on away goals. After Brahim El Bahri bagged a brace to give FUS a two-goal lead by the break, Mouayad Ali halved the deficit three minutes into the second half. USM Alger of Algeria, the 2015 runners-up, secured a group slot despite playing 65 minutes with 10 men in a 1-0 defeat by Rail Kadiogo in Burkina Faso. Amir Sayoud, who scored in a 2-0 first leg win by USM, was sent off after two yellow cards and Mohamed Kahan scored the Kadiogo goal on 53 minutes. Hopes of a Madagascar club reaching the group stage for the first time were dashed when CNaPS Sport were held 1-1 by Coton Sport of Cameroon in Antananarivo. Coton took a 1-0 first leg lead and doubled their overall advantage when Souleymanou Moussa struck on the hour mark. Zanaco of Zambia were another team to progress, although they could only draw 0-0 with Young Africans of Tanzania in Lusaka. The Zambians won on away goals after drawing 1-1 in Dar es Salaam a week ago. Another nine second

Summary: The African Champions League title-holders, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, survived a scare in Kampala on Saturday as they drew 1-1 at KCCA to progress to the group phase of this year's competition.


Lt Col Gill Wilkinson was commanding officer of 154 (Scottish) Regiment Royal Logistic, based in Dunfermline. She handed over to her husband, Lt Col Alan Wilkinson, last month. The exchange makes the pair, who married in 1998, the highest ranking couple to follow each other in a command role. Gill, 45, originally from Northern Ireland, was in the Army from the mid-90s but left when her two children were born. She re-enlisted in the Army reserve in 2003 and took command of the regiment in 2014. Husband Alan, 46, who was also in the Army before joining the Army Reserve, took on the role of main carer for their children when Gill became CO (commanding officer). Gill told BBC Scotland: "It almost feels like I handed over the children to him two-and-a-half years before taking command and this feels very similar. "You do feel a responsibility for a regiment. It is quite a parental role. Your soldiers are like your family. "Normally when a commanding officer leaves command they don't look back at the regiment, they leave the next CO to carry on. "Obviously I'm trying to do that but I can keep an eye out and ask how people are getting on and satisfy that parental bit." Alan, originally from the Borders, met Gill at Dundee University before joining the Army. He joined the reserves in 2009. Alan said taking over from his wife was no different to any new job. He said: "We have worked closely together throughout our career in the Army. I was in the fortunate position of being able to speak to Gill in the months before about it so it only took about four days to handover. It was fine." Gill, who will now work with the Army Reserve part-time, said opportunities for women were "getting wider". She said: "When I joined the Royal Logistic Corps it was because it offered, as far as I was concerned, the greatest opportunity to do the same job as men were doing. "It is still majority male but the regiment I was commanding was about a quarter to a third female." "I think ever since I joined the Army it has been increasing with more and more opportunities opening up. "But we are really at the final bastion now where women are moving into combat roles." Alan says his wife has offered him advice on his new role. He says: "Some is good, some I listen to but I do make my own assessment."

Summary: A Scottish couple made an unusual bit of British military history when the wife handed over command of an Army unit to her husband.


Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are both up for actress of the year, while Todd Haynes' film is also one of 10 titles up for the film of the year award. Tom Hardy has three nominations that recognise his roles in The Revenant, Legend and his whole body of 2015 work. Sir Kenneth Branagh will get a special award at the ceremony on 17 January. Carol, which tells of a shopgirl who falls in love with a wealthy socialite in 1950s New York, gets additional nominations for its direction, screenplay, score and cinematography. Marital drama 45 Years comes close behind with six nominations, two of them - actress of the year and British actress of the year - for its star Charlotte Rampling. Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Steve Jobs have five nominations apiece, while Brooklyn, Ex Machina and Room have four. Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, meanwhile, achieves a notable hat-trick by being nominated for best film, best British film and best documentary. Other titles up for the film of the year award include Disney/Pixar animation Inside Out, Ridley Scott's The Martian and hard-hitting documentary The Look of Silence. More than 200 titles were put forward for the film of the year award by the Critics' Circle Film Section, whose membership is made up of more than 145 broadcasters, critics and writers. "There was love for everything from Tangerine and Tangerines to Love, Joy and The Hateful Eight," said Rich Cline, chair of the Critics' Circle Film Awards. "Getting to that final list of nominees certainly wasn't easy this year." Last year's awards saw Boyhood named film of the year, with additional prizes going to its director Richard Linklater and cast member Patricia Arquette. Sightseers stars Alice Lowe and Steve Oram will return to co-host the 2016 ceremony at London's May Fair Hotel.

Summary: Romantic drama Carol leads the field at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards, having received seven nominations from the UK's film reviewers.


Some 789 people at a music festival in eastern Finland went skinny dipping on Saturday, organisers said, beating the previous record set in Australia by just three, reports said. Organisers were waiting for Guinness World Records to confirm the record. It is the third Finnish attempt at the record, Yle news website said. Previous attempts in Helsinki in 2015 and 2016 each attracted about 300 participants. Organisers at the Ilosaari Rock music festival in Joensuu had hoped to entice 1,000 people into the chilly water. As in previous attempts, only a few hundred volunteers appeared to be willing to participate, but shortly before the event was due to begin the sun came out and this boosted the numbers, Yle reported. The record they were hoping to break was achieved in 2015 in Perth by 786 people at an attempt to celebrate positive body image. Outdoor swimming is a tradition in Finland, where "avantouinti" - ice-hole swimming - is promoted by the country's tourist board as an energy-boosting experience.

Summary: Hundreds of naked swimmers have taken to the water in Finland in a bid to break the world record for the biggest naked swim.


The 34-year-old joins the county as cover for fellow West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards, who broke an ankle while playing football last week. Best has played 25 Tests and 26 one-day internationals for his country, and taken 316 wickets in 115 first-class wickets at an average of 28. Like Edwards, he is a Kolpak signing, with South African Ryan McLaren Hampshire's designated overseas player. "Tino trained with us in Barbados during pre-season and looked good," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White said. "It's come about at short notice, initially on a short-term contract. He seems excited about the opportunity and very motivated to do well." Best will play for Hampshire in a three-day second XI match against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl starting on Monday with a view to joining the first-team squad for the County Championship game that begins against Middlesex on Sunday. As well as Edwards, who will undergo surgery on Tuesday, Hampshire are currently without the services of bowlers Reece Topley, Gareth Berg and Ryan Stevenson through injury. Ireland seamer Craig Young has also joined the county on a short-term loan deal. "We'll support Fidel through his recovery and look forward to having him back in a Hampshire shirt as soon as possible," White added. "He's a class act and the team will miss him."

Summary: Fast bowler Tino Best has joined Hampshire on a short-term deal.


Winds gusting to up to 75mph have been forecast for Tuesday. The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning to cover from 10:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday for the worst affected areas. It has warned of the possibility of disruption to ferries, large waves and heavy showers. The Met Office said the stronger winds would be "short lived in any one location". But it added: "At the same time some large waves will run onto exposed coasts bringing the chance of some spray and wave overtopping."

Summary: The Met Office has issued a high winds warning for Shetland, Orkney and parts of the Western Isles and northern mainland Scotland.


Third Energy submitted an application to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale in May 2015. The authority said a report on the application had not yet been finalised but it had received more than 4,000 representations about the proposals. Third Energy said it aimed to "minimise disruption to the local community". Rasik Valand, chief executive of the company, said: "The hydraulic fracturing and testing is a key step towards determining the viability of producing gas from this hybrid sandstone and shale formation in North Yorkshire." The county council's decision on the planning application had originally been expected last November but was delayed after the authority requested more information from Third Energy. The council said it recognised there would be considerable public interest in the decision and was making arrangements to ensure the meeting, at County Hall in Northallerton, was managed "safely and effectively". Environmental permits have already been granted to Third Energy by the Environment Agency.

Summary: A decision on whether to allow fracking at a site in North Yorkshire will be taken on 20 May, the county council has said.


Wales lock Jake Ball is also back along with Scotland back-rower John Barclay. It is only the second time this season for Davies to partner Williams in Scarlets' midfield. Former Wales and Scarlets scrum-half Mike Phillips returns to west Wales with Sale, as does lock Jonathan Mills. The Sharks make three changes with a first start of the season for full-back Mike Haley, and Dan Mugford coming in at fly-half and Ross Harrison at prop. Sale lie seventh in the English Premiership with two wins in six games while Scarlets are also seventh in the Pro12 with three wins in their six matches. Holders Saracens travel to deposed champions Toulon earlier in the day in the same group. Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac: "What is clear is we're in a very tough pool, but having said that, the majority of them are pretty tough. "I think it's a good thing from a players' point of view, if I was a player out there I'd want to pit myself against some of the best. "We'll be going out giving it everything we've got to get a result. "We'll worry about the other games when they come along. The home games are must wins if you want to get out of the pool." Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond: " We're probably two or three points behind where I thought we would be at the break. "We worked hard for the whole of last year to qualify and it is a fantastic group I think. We are up and down at a team at the minute and we need to get some consistency. "I think I've been there five times as a player and coach and lost five times, it is a difficult place to go as they are a massive club. "It will be a big test for us as I think we're about equal as teams." Scarlets: Liam Williams; DTH van der Merwe, Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, Steff Evans; Rhys Patchell, Gareth Davies; Wyn Jones, Ken Owens (capt), Samson Lee, Jake Ball, David Bulbring, Aaron Shingler, James Davies, John Barclay. Replacements: Ryan Elias, Luke Garrett, Werner Kruger, Lewis Rawlins, Will Boyde, Jonathan Evans, Dan Jones, Hadleigh Parkes. Sale Sharks: Mike Haley; Byron McGuigan, Will Addison, Sam James, Paolo Odogwu; Dan Mugford, Mike Phillips; Ross Harrison, Neil Briggs, Brian Mujati, Bryn Evans, Jonathan Mills, Cameron Neild, David Seymour, Josh Beaumont (capt). Replacements: James Flynn, Halani Aulika, Andrei Ostrikov, Magnus Lund, Tom Curry, James Mitchell, Sam Bedlow, Nev Edwards. Referee: Romain Poite (France) Assistant referees: Pierre Brousset (France), Mathieu Noirot (France) TMO: Eric Gauzins (France) Citing commissioner: Peter Ferguson (Ireland) For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter.

Summary: Jonathan Davies returns to partner fellow Wales international Scott Williams in Scarlets' midfield in their European Champions Cup Pool 3 opener against Sale.