Mr Abbott announced the news that Queen Elizabeth II's husband would receive the country's top honour on 26 January - Australia's national day. He said the Prince's life of "service and dedication" should be honoured. But many commentators say the move raises grave questions about Mr Abbott's judgement. They have suggested he is out of step with mainstream opinion - as well as his own party. Mr Abbott re-introduced knighthood and damehood honours last year, nearly 20 years after they had been discontinued. "What was the Prime Minister thinking?" asks an editorial in The Australian. "It seems his political colleagues didn't get a chance to talk him out of it." The paper describes Prince Philip as a "symbol not just of another time but another country", who is "celebrated by Brits for his howlers and gaffes". The editorial says Mr Abbott risks further alienating core Liberal supporters at a time when he was under fire for ignoring them. "With the odd decision to ennoble a member of the British monarchy, Mr Abbott gives those who would lampoon him a right royal charter." Australia's honours system The Sydney Morning Herald shares the view of many critics that Mr Abbott is under the spell of Britain, Australia's erstwhile colonial ruler. "It is as though he is caught in a bygone era of deference to the old country," an editorial in the paper says. As a contrast, the paper praises the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, who last weekend called for Australians to recognise that their country would be better off as a republic. Australia is a parliamentary democracy that retains Britain's monarch as its head of state. The Herald ultimately takes a pragmatic view, arguing that Mr Abbott's actions will show the electorate his true colours. "In one sense his blind spot on the monarchy will do Australia good in the longer term," the paper says. "It will offer voters a clear choice: to be part of a nation that evolves democratically or one that remains locked in a colonial past." HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, KG (Knight of the Garter), KT (Knight of the Thistle), OM (Order of Merit), GBE (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire), AC (Companion of the Order of Australia), QSO (Companion of The Queen's Service Order), PC (Privy Counsellor). He also holds many foreign orders and decorations, as well as honorary appointments and ranks in the Armed Services. Several papers stress that the knighthood may come to be seen as a tactical mis-step, weakening Mr Abbott's position as a leader. He is already under fire from party backbenchers for major policy u-turns. "[The knighthood] gains no ground for the government and only invites ridicule," says an editorial in The Telegraph. "This government is in a position where every step must be a winning move. It has no political capital to waste." But however damaging the knighthood proves to be, commentators say it is unlikely by itself to be Mr Abbott's downfall. "An MP from the conservative right

Summary: The Australian press has expressed scorn and bewilderment over PM Tony Abbott's awarding of a knighthood to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.


Both Real and Atletico Madrid were banned after breaching rules over the transfer of foreign players under 18. As part of the ban, football's world governing body Fifa said the young players involved were not allowed to play. However, Cas has agreed to suspend that requirement while the appeal is heard.

Summary: Real Madrid has told the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) it will appeal against its Fifa ban on signing players.


John Jones, 50, from Rhos, Neath Port Talbot, was given 16 pints at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, after losing a leg in a forklift accident in 1990. But one of the donors had hepatitis C, and Mr Jones died in 2012. Recording a narrative verdict, assistant coroner Paul Bennett said infection and cirrhosis killed Mr Jones. Dr Stephen Field, medical director of the Welsh Blood Service, offered "sincere condolences" to Mr Jones' family. He said when Mr Jones received his transfusions there was no test available for hepatitis C. Testing was introduced throughout the UK a year after his operation. He added: "Securing the safety of the blood supply is the number one priority of the Welsh Blood Service."

Summary: A father-of-three died more than 20 years after receiving infected blood, an inquest hears.


The cuts, which will be spread across the country, represent 7.5% of the company's 16,000-strong workforce. The move follows the merger earlier this year of the two networks which together have 30 million customers. At the time analysts warned the move would mean some staff overlap and would therefore mean a reduction in staff numbers. The jobs will go from back office, headquarters and management. The group said no cuts would be made among customer service or store staff. Its main offices are in London, Bristol and Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Summary: Everything Everywhere, the company that runs Orange and T-Mobile in the UK has said that it will cut 1,200 jobs.


The proposal, dubbed Hornsea Three, would create a complex that would be the "world's largest offshore wind farm", Dong Energy said. Hornsea Project One, which is being built 75 miles (120 km) out at sea, is expected to be operational in 2020. The RSPB has previously voiced concerns about the "high collision risk for seabirds using the area". Brent Cheshire, Dong Energy UK's chairman, said moving forward with Hornsea Project Three "underlines our commitment to the UK offshore wind industry." An application for consent to build Hornsea Project Two was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate in January last year. A decision is expected later in the year. The energy firm said it expected to submit a planning application for Hornsea Project Three in 2018. If approved, construction was anticipated for sometime between 2022 and 2025. Dong Energy has already built the Westermost Rough wind farm which consists of 35 turbines located 16 miles (25km) off the Holderness coast.

Summary: A public consultation into plans for a third offshore wind farm off the East Yorkshire coast has started.


Among her prizes were best female artist, best streaming song for Shake It Off and the ceremony's top honour, artist of the year. Sam Smith won best new artist and accepted his trophy via a video message using a series of cards. One Direction came away with two trophies, for best group and best touring artist, dedicating one of the awards to Zayn Malik, who left the band in March. Other Brit winners were Coldplay who won best rock album for Ghost Stories, while Irish singer Hozier picked up best rock song for Take Me To Church.

Summary: Taylor Swift dominated at the Billboard music awards winning eight of the 14 categories in which she was nominated.


Ten incidents of possible police misconduct have been found by investigators looking into the killing of Jacqueline Oakes. Marcus Musgrove was jailed in July 2014 for killing the 51-year-old. A review was launched over her death, including contact she had with various agencies at the time. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it had issued notices to 26 serving West Midlands Police officers and seven police staff, advising them they are subject to investigation. Notices have also been sent to an officer who has retired and to one who now works at another force. An IPCC spokesman said its initial assessment had identified ten potential misconduct issues relating to incidents between April 2013 and January 2014. "Our independent investigation is looking at whether the police officers and staff involved resourced, recorded and risk assessed the incidents in line with force domestic abuse policy," the spokesman said. A domestic homicide review is also being carried out by Birmingham Community Safety Partnership. Ms Oakes was discovered in a bedroom at Century Tower, Dollery Drive in Edgbaston, in January 2014. The mother-of-four died from multiple blunt force injuries. Musgrove, of Lichfield Road, Aston, aged 40 when sentenced, was told he would serve a minimum of 18 years. At the time, West Midlands Police said he carried out the fatal attack after weeks of subjecting her to controlling and abusive behaviour.

Summary: Thirty-five members and former members of West Midlands Police are being investigated over events that led to a woman's murder in Birmingham.


Alan Barnes, who is visually impaired, was left too afraid to return to his home in Low Fell, Gateshead, after the attack on 25 January. Mr Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground. Following reports of the attack, Katie Cutler set up the Help Alan Barnes online donation page on Go Fund Me. During the meeting at Mr Barnes's sister's house, Ms Cutler presented him with chocolates and a card, and he told her she would be a friend for life. When she set up the page, Ms Cutler's aim was to raise £500 but that was quickly passed and by noon on Saturday it had reached £100,000. The total passed £279,000 shortly after 08:00 GMT on Monday, by which time more than 20,000 donations had been made. The donations have come in from the UK, Canada, Holland and many other places around the world, with many praising Ms Cutler for setting up the page. Ms Cutler, a beautician, said it showed "there are so many lovely people out there". "This person that hurt Alan is just a minority." Mr Barnes, who has lived with disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant, said it was "just unbelievable". "I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said. "Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?" Stephen, who donated £5, said: "So sorry this has happened to you dear friend, I know it's not a lot, but hope it goes a long way." Rupert wrote: "There are bad people in this world, people that wouldn't think twice of abusing a vulnerable man. "But as this shows, those people are engulfed by good, caring and loving people that stand against these morals." There have also been offers of practical help from plumbers, electricians, bathroom and kitchen fitters, carpet layers and people donating furniture, Ms Cutler said. She also wrote on the fundraising site that businesses and schools had told her they were holding fundraising events for Mr Barnes. Mr Barnes's family said that the money would go into a trust fund for him.

Summary: A woman who set up a fundraising page for a man who was mugged outside his home has met the victim as donations approached £300,000.


Media playback is not supported on this device Dan Topolski, BBC Sport "You are going to get medals galore if you tune into the rowing. Team GB have representatives in 13 of the 14 events, and we could come away with medals in 10 of them. Katherine Grainger, who is in a pretty stunning double scull with Anna Watkins, is looking to turn three silver medals from the three previous Games into a gold. In the lightweight men's double, Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter are the reigning world and Olympic champions, so you'd think they are a good bet. Competition for Britain could come from the New Zealanders who are fantastic in several events." The days when Redgrave and fellow knight Sir Matthew Pinsent ruled the waves may have passed but the sport in Great Britain has never been in better shape and the hosts will be looking for a record return of medals at Eton Dorney. The rowing regatta has produced at least one gold for Team GB in each of the last seven Olympics and the nation's overall medal haul has been increasing in recent times - two medals in Atlanta, three in Sydney, four in Athens and six in Beijing. Redgrave's exploits are now the stuff of legend and there are several other Britons hoping to make their mark in the history books at the London Games. Rowing is a sport that requires huge strength and lung-busting stamina. For those competing at an elite level, the immense mental fortitude needed to cope with the punishing training regimes - pre-dawn starts, even on cold and dark winter days, are just part of the routine. Media playback is not supported on this device A large number of muscles are used for an extended period of time while rowing. The high volume of strokes performed will increase muscular endurance in your legs, back and arms. Rowing also boosts coordination as it involves a complex series of movements from every limb, repeated in a controlled manner. All of these components mean rowing is one of the most physically demanding sports on the Olympic programme, with approximately 651 calories burned per hour. This makes Redgrave's achievement of winning gold at five consecutive Games all the more amazing. As rowing is often carried out in groups, it is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people. Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply playing the sport. Rowing is a diverse and all-embracing sport. You don't need to be an Olympic-standard athlete to get out and enjoy the United Kingdom's waterways. More than 55,000 people from 520 clubs in Britain now row at least once a week and there are around 300 rowing events a year across Britain. Get your performance under pressure analysed in just 20 minutes by four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson Start the experiment For an annual membership fee which may vary between £35-£450 per annum, clubs will provide training programmes and the use of facilities and boats. Most clubs will offer

Summary: Thanks to the success of one of the greatest ever Olympians, Sir Steve Redgrave, and the world famous University Boat Race, rowing has a proud history within British sport.


Alec Bedford later showed a video of the incident to colleagues at Daventry Police Station. A misconduct hearing in Northamptonshire concluded Special Sgt Bedford had been guilty of misconduct but not gross misconduct. The officer, aged 26, did not attend the hearing. For more on this and other stories, visit BBC Local Live: Northamptonshire Sgt Bedford had been called to a house in Daventry in July 2015. A 90-year-old man had refused to go to the police station after being arrested. The man, referred to at the hearing as JA, had been accused of threatening behaviour towards a neighbour and of pulling his wife - JMA - by the hair two weeks previously. The hearing heard Sgt Bedford had adopted a "confrontational approach". At one stage he had bodily moved JMA across the room and had then pushed her in to a chair. JMA had scratched his arm and he decided to arrest her. David Ring, a solicitor acting for the police force, said Sgt Bedford had acted unprofessionally by shouting at and "roughly handling" JMA. JA was eventually taken to Daventry Police Station. His wife was given bail. Sgt Bedford later showed video of the arrest to colleagues at Daventry Police Station. Mr Ring said the officer had "behaved unprofessionally by laughing" and his actions constituted "a very complacent attitude to confidentiality." Sgt Bedford pleaded guilty to charges relating to the use of excessive force, failing to act with courtesy and deliberately breaching confidentiality. The misconduct panel's independent chairman, Geoffrey Payne, said: "This was a deeply disturbing and entirely unacceptable matter."

Summary: A part-time volunteer police sergeant who pushed an 87-year-old woman and shouted in her face has been given a final written warning.


Initial Environment Agency figures showed £86,000 was spent on a wildlife survey and putting the animals in winter storage at a cost of £24,000. But the latest figures show the total cost was higher - working out at £2,454 per vole. The agency said it had a duty to move the legally protected species. 'Feel vibrations' Previously, the agency said the wildlife survey was not part of the cost of relocating the voles. But the BBC has since learned the cost of setting up traps along the river banks and checking them over a period of several months was not previously disclosed. Farmer James Winslade said when annual dredging took place before the agency took over, it had not appeared to affect the vole population. "They're not stupid, they'll feel the vibration and move on - it's not like they haven't any other habitat to move on to," he said. "The riverbank adjoins fields so they can move from the riverbanks to the fields." Money spent on relocating the voles was a small percentage of the £6m spent on dredging five miles (8 km) of the rivers Tone and Parrett, the agency said previously. The voles spent the winter in an "over-wintering facility" before being moved to Hampshire and Cornwall, according to the figures. Ecology expert Graeme Skinner said the work required professional, academically-trained people "who hold relevant licences". "They are undertaking sometimes long, arduous hours in the field to make sure it's up to the standard that is required nowadays," he said.

Summary: A total of £135,000 was spent trapping and moving 55 water voles from the Somerset Levels ahead of dredging work - higher than previously thought.


Richard Kemp, who has delivered letters in Kentisbeare, Devon for 25 years, was told by Royal Mail he would be moved to a walking shift in the nearby town of Cullompton. But, the community rallied to save its postie with an online petition that attracted 450 signatures. Royal Mail has confirmed Mr Kemp would be "staying on his original round". Click here for live updates on this story Leanne Perkins, the landlady of the Wyndham Arms pub, set up the petition, saying Mr Kemp was a "huge part of the village". "He keeps an eye on people, the older generation of the village, he would be the first one to spot if there's anything not quite right, all of these kind of thing that when you live in a rural place like we do here, is vital," she said. "He knows everybody, everyone knows him." In 2014, Royal Mail performed two U-turns over the reinstatement of a postman of 17 years in the village of Lympstone in Devon, following a campaign by local residents. Ms Perkins said the community was "just ecstatic" when Royal Mail abandoned its plans, adding there were "a lot of tears". Kentisbeare on the edge of the Blackdown Hills only has 320 homes, but its postal round is spread across the countryside. Mr Kemp has declined to comment.

Summary: A veteran postman who was "too slow" to keep his village job has been saved after local outcry.


Regulator Ofcom ruled the performance, by Alexandr Magala of Moldova, was "in line with audience expectations". It also rejected suggestions the act might lead to copycat behaviour. "The repeated warnings and clear references to the inherent danger of the act meant it was very unlikely that audiences would attempt to copy it." Magala is no stranger to the ...Got Talent format, having previously appeared on the US, French, Italian, Russian and Ukrainian versions of the show. The 26-year-old also performed at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 prior to his ITV debut on 9 April. Audience members screamed and covered their eyes as the Magala slid down a pole with a sword lodged in his mouth, coming to a stop an inch above the ground. "I actually thought you were going to die," judge Simon Cowell admitted after the act was put through to the next round of the competition. The impresario later described Magala's oesophageal exertions as "the most dangerous act... ever seen on Britain's Got Talent". The same programme drew three complaints over its language, another three relating to animal welfare and another related to "generally accepted standards". These complaints will also not be investigated, according to the media regulator's latest broadcast and on demand bulletin.

Summary: ITV show Britain's Got Talent will not be investigated by the broadcasting watchdog over a sword-swallowing act that drew 33 complaints.


The 22-year-old won his first medal in the 10m platform event, finishing with a score of 543.80. China's Olympic champion Aisen Chen took gold with 580.60 while silver went to compatriot Hao Yang (574.80). Daley then teamed up with 20-year-old Grace Reid to finish third in the mixed 3m synchro behind pairs from China and Canada. Their best dive came in the third round when they scored 69.30 points for their inward two-and-a-half somersaults piked.

Summary: Britain's Tom Daley won two bronzes on the final day of the Diving World Cup event in Kazan, Russia.


The BBC has presented the company with evidence that many of its customers' router credentials have been hacked, putting them at risk of data theft. The UK broadband provider confirmed that the sample of stolen router IDs it had been shown was real. But it is still advising users that there is "no need" to change their routers' settings. A cyber-security advisor to Europol said he was astounded by the decision. "If TalkTalk has evidence that significant numbers of passwords are out in the wild, then at the very least they should be advising their customers to change their passwords," said the University of Surrey's Prof Alan Woodward. "To say they see no need to do so is, frankly, astonishing." A spokeswoman for TalkTalk said that customers could change their settings "if they wish" but added that she believed there was "no risk to their personal information". She referred the BBC to another security expert. But when questioned, he also said the company should change its advice. The risk to TalkTalk's subscribers was first flagged over the weekend by cyber-security researchers at Pen Test Partners. They had been investigating the spread of a variant of the Mirai worm, which was causing several makes of routers to stop working properly. During tests of a TalkTalk model, the researchers discovered that the vulnerability exploited by the worm was also being abused to carry out a separate attack that forced the router to reveal its wi-fi password. But TalkTalk played down the discovery, saying it had "not seen anything to confirm" that users' router credentials had been stolen. It said it was also making "good progress" to protect its routers. The BBC was subsequently contacted by someone who said he had access to a database of 57,000 router IDs that had been scraped before any fix had been rolled out. He did not reveal his identity, but agreed to share a sample of the credentials that had been harvested. The list contained details of about 100 routers including: The source said he wanted to highlight the problem because other more malevolent actors might have carried out a similar operation. The BBC passed the details on to TalkTalk. "The list that you sent me, I can confirm that they are TalkTalk router IDs," said its head of corporate communications. "But we haven't seen anything to suggest that there are 57,000 of them out there." Hackers could not use the credentials to carry out a mass attack from afar - but they could use the IDs to identify high value targets to travel to, or they could simply drive through the streets hunting for a match. Prof Alan Woodward said once a hacker was outside a vulnerable property, they could: TalkTalk's spokeswoman referred the BBC to Steve Armstrong, a cyber-security instructor that she said would support it on the matter. He said the risk to an individual user was relatively low. "If you look at the average home user and what is on their home network, that would be exposed to an attacker,... then there is not

Summary: TalkTalk's handling of a wi-fi password breach is being criticised by several cyber-security experts.


The app, which helps doctors and nurses spot signs of kidney failure, proved controversial when it was rolled out at the Royal Free hospital in London. The issue centred around whether it should have sought consent to access 1.6 million patient records. The BBC understands that in the new deal there will be no opt-out for patients who do not wish to share their data. DeepMind is Google's artificial intelligence firm, although development of the app did not involve any AI. The firm has a health division and is keen to explore new ways that technology can be used in the NHS. While the Streams app was welcomed by doctors and nurses, questions were raised about whether the NHS should have shared data with a firm such as Google. DeepMind has always reiterated that no data is shared with its parent firm. A report from the the head of the National Data Guardian said patients should have been informed about the partnership and data sharing arrangement. The app is also the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office. Following some negative headlines, DeepMind pledged to be more open with patients about its health plans and hold regular patient engagement forums. Musgrove Park Hospital plans to hold workshops and open day events with staff and the public to see how the app works, what it will mean for patients and how it will be developed in future. The hospital did not rule out the possibility that it could be used in future to detect other health conditions. Dr Luke Gompels, consultant in medicine at Musgrove Park Hospital, said: "This is all about early detection of seriously unwell patients so that we can immediately escalate care, ensure a very rapid response, and make sure they are treated quickly by the right specialist doctor. In this way we can make more of a difference, more quickly."

Summary: Google's DeepMind has extended the use of its Streams health app to Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset.


Save Fenton Town Hall say they are protesting because the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is selling the building. They say a World War One memorial is at risk of being destroyed if the building is sold. However, the government has said "a legal covenant" means any buyer would have a duty to preserve the memorial. The group said they wanted to see the building preserved for community use and were prepared to stay there all night. The magistrates' court, which was built in 1886 as a town hall, closed in December 2012 as part of government plans to shut 93 courts in England and Wales in a bid to save Â£41m. The Great War Memorial, which contains 498 names of soldiers from Fenton, is built into the wall of the court. An MoJ spokesman said: "We are aware of the issue at the court. We understand the police are in attendance and the protest will be a matter for them."

Summary: Some 30 campaigners have occupied a former town hall and magistrates' court in Stoke-on-Trent.


Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union drivers walked out on the Central and Waterloo and City lines in protest over the displacement of staff. A reduced service is running on the Central Line, but there is a good service on the Waterloo and City line. Other London Underground services are running as normal although commuters have been warned they could be busier. The strike began at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday. The dispute centres around plans to transfer eight train operators between Central line depots. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "If [London Underground] are allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around at the drop of a hat regardless of the consequences." Peter McNaught, operations director for the Central line, said: "We have made all reasonable efforts to resolve this dispute."

Summary: A 24-hour strike on two London Underground lines is causing disruption to commuters.


The $100 (Â£80) Light Phone, a credit-card sized device which can only make and receive calls, received $415,000 (Â£334,000) from backers on Kickstarter. Calls made to the owner's smartphone are forwarded to the phone, which has no internet functionality, via an app. It was delayed by several months as the firm grappled with software issues. "We've run into a few limitations in our initial user experience goals due to some iOS restrictions," Light Phone said in a statement. "They are not going to affect the experience of being light, but will make turning on call forwarding a little bit more manual." The Brooklyn-based company also apologised for missing its June shipping deadline and said the first batch of 1,800 white versions of the device will ship this month. "We took on the ambitious task of building the software in-house with a small team in order to maintain ultimate control over the experience, however we regret not having methods for projecting accurate timelines," it added. The phone has been manufactured by Foxconn in China. Light Phone describes its product as a supplement phone, designed to help people "step away" from the distractions offered by smartphones when convenient. "The phone is a very casual phone - if you're expecting an urgent call from your pregnant wife you shouldn't bring your Light Phone with you," founder Joe Hollier told the BBC. It boasts 21 days of battery life and has no camera or contacts book, although users can programme 10 numbers to speed dial. A black version of the phone will ship in January, the firm added. The Light Phone contains a 2G micro Sim card for communicating with its "parent" smartphone but some backers are now expressing concerns on Kickstarter that the phone will not work in countries like Australia and Singapore where there are plans to switch off 2G. Joe Hollier said the firm had contacted backers in affected regions and offered them refunds. "Most people who launch a Kickstarter campaign set very ambitious targets about when they are going to ship," said analyst Ben Wood from CCS Insight. "The grim reality is that it's not just about delivering the product, there are lots of things that go around it, like CE marking, regulatory approval and standards testing. It all takes time and costs money. "A lot of consumer electronics projects find it takes a lot longer to get to market than they anticipated. For hardened Kickstarter enthusiasts this is regarded as the norm this days." Mr Wood also said Light Phone was entering a competitive marketplace. "It's an attractive design and a fun idea and will appeal to people who want to disconnect from the constant barrage of social media and everything else," he said. "I think the challenge they have is there's a huge number of small talk/text phones available out there for very little money."

Summary: A crowdfunded handset designed to help people disconnect from their smartphones is due to ship at the end of November after a series of setbacks.


Those held in a series of raids in the capital Kuala Lumpur were mainly from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, officials said. Machines to make fake passports and to forge Malaysian immigration documents were among the items seized. Security in the city is being tightened up ahead of the Southeast Asian Games which begin in just over a week's time. Monday's raids saw police break down doors and lead scores of people away in handcuffs to waiting buses. They were taken to police stations for investigation and screening. Authorities said they were targeting anyone with missing or fraudulent travel documents or who was believed to be affiliated with terror groups in Syria and Iraq. "We will detect and take action against foreigners suspected of having links with terrorists, especially those involved in activities in Syria," police counter-terror official Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, said, quoted by Free Malaysia Today. Officers were also equipped with devices to detect radioactive materials, police said, although no such items were found.

Summary: More than 400 people have been detained in a counter-terrorism operation in Malaysia, authorities say.


Using pictures from the Cassini probe, the researchers have detected and tracked a slight wobble in the moon. After seven years of study, they have concluded this flutter would be much less if the icy crust was connected directly to Enceladus's rock core. It is strong support for the idea of an intervening, global mass of liquid. "If the surface and core were rigidly connected, the core would provide so much dead weight that the wobble would be far smaller than we observe it to be," said Matthew Tiscareno, a Cassini scientist based at the Seti Institute but previously affiliated to Cornell University, US. "This proves that there must be a global layer of liquid separating the surface from the core." Activity on Enceladus has been one of the great discoveries on the Cassini mission, which arrived at Saturn in 2004. The first clue that something interesting was going on was some low-resolution images showing a plume coming off the south pole that had the space-interested internet all abuzz. Shortly after, Cassini detected a disturbance in magnetic fields produced by the presence of what appeared to be an atmosphere. Scientists then established that the moon was actually venting huge jets of water vapour through south polar surface cracks dubbed tiger stripes because of their resemblance to the big cat's fur coat. Models were subsequently produced to explain how liquid water could be maintained on a 500km-wide body in the outer Solar System, and how that water might be feeding the jets. But there has always been a debate about how large the hidden reservoir might be. Early thinking suggested it might only be a relatively small lens of water. This new result, published in the journal Icarus, is the best evidence yet that the sub-surface sea is not regional in nature, but encircles the entire globe. It is significant because it makes it more possible that Enceladus is a habitable world. In those jets, Cassini has also detected salts and organic molecules. The chemistry has scientists intrigued, and fired up to send a dedicated mission to the moon. When that might happen is unclear. Both the US and European space agencies are only planning currently to send probes to Jupiter, and even they are not likely to get to their destination until the 2030s. Cassini itself is winding up its observations in the Saturn system. It has another couple of close passes of Enceladus this year before it then starts to manoeuvre towards disposal in the ringed planet's atmosphere in 2017. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

Summary: Scientists have determined that the sub-surface body of water on the Saturnian moon Enceladus must be far more extensive than first thought.


A Sporting Equals audit found 26 of 601 board members - just over 4% - are from BAME backgrounds. Only two of 68 chairpersons or chief executives are BAME. "Talking to other athletes and sportspeople, they are expressing concern that it is a world not open for them," said Briton Ohuruogu, 32. "They won't be welcomed, won't be valued and it is very negative. They have gone as far as they can as athletes but they don't feel there is any more room for them to go." Shadow sports minister Rosena Allin-Khan told BBC Sport that "greater representation" was needed in boardrooms to "increase role models". The Labour MP for Tooting added: "It is about empowering people who are already at the top of their game and those who have finished their sporting career and want to take up a position in the boardroom." Sporting Equals works to promote ethnic diversity in sport, and its audit included responses from grassroots sports organisations funded by Sport England and some institutions funded by UK Sport. Taking into account the UK BAME population of 14%, it revealed: Wasim Khan was the first Britain-born Pakistani to play professional county cricket, and was part of Warwickshire's double-winning side in 1995. In 2014, Leicestershire made him the first BAME chief executive of a county cricket club. "There is still a huge amount of work to be done but, for the first time, we have seen some real positive work," he told BBC Sport at a Sporting Equals event in London. "One of the excuses thrown is that there is not enough talent in the BAME community but that will be addressed now. "This is not based around tokenism; this is on merit. We want people to have a competitive chance of getting into sport." Khan said he had to "break the mould" as a youngster but said change is now taking place. For the first time, England's cricket team have four Britain-born Muslims in their side - Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari. Khan added: "In terms of diversity, you can see it is starting to happen in cricket and they are leading the way. "We need to make sure more are making it into leadership positions because there are enough role models now."

Summary: Barriers exist for black, Asian and minority ethnic people entering sports administration, says former Olympic and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu.


How long does it take to drive from Scotland to Russia? James Parker took his camera and found out by driving 9,898 miles in a classic 1972 Morris Minor, raising money for charity on the way. Passing through 19 countries, across three deserts and over two seas, Parker spent 53 days on the road. He particularly focused on capturing male subjects, wanting to find out if gender expectations changed from the West to East. On his journey, Parker realised: "I was being quite reflective with who I was photographing... I was focusing on situations that I recognised myself in." As a result, many of his subjects are young men like himself. He bonded with them over their transportation, "the bike being a universal object that no language barrier detracts from using." Driving such an unusual car was also often a benefit. "We would stop for a rest and to stretch the legs, next thing we knew, coffee sprung out from nowhere," he remembered. "Ten 'mechanics' turned up, the bonnet was open and it was like a Formula 1 pit crew... albeit with a few more bellies!" The journey had many highlights for Parker, although he soon realised that driving for up to 10 hours a day could be extremely tiring. Another struggle he encountered was finding fuel and food in remote places. Furthermore, they were stopped by the police regularly, although he said: "Our lowest bribe was a couple of smokes and a handshake." Despite this, "camping under the stars in the Gobi Desert, getting lost in Istanbul during the attempted coup," as well as "riding a hot air balloon over Cappadocia (Central Anatolia) during the sunrise" were particularly memorable. Plus - the car never got a puncture.

Summary: All photographs by James Parker.


Snowdonia Pumped Hydro (SPH) hopes to build a pumped-storage facility at the former Glyn Rhonwy quarry in Llanberis, in the area of a former RAF bomb store. A previous report suggested unexploded munitions may remain buried there with campaigners also concerned about nerve gas contamination. The MoD said it had made the site safe. The secretary of state for energy and climate change is expected to decide on the proposal for a 600 MWh hydro-electric pumping station in the next fortnight, after a six-month investigation by the Planning Inspectorate. SPH wants to build the facility in one of the site's quarry holes - after pumping out the water and discharging it into nearby Llyn Padarn - which worries some campaigners. During the Second World War the area was known as RAF Llanberis and was used as a bomb store and School of Explosives. It was later used for the post-war storage and disposal of thousands of tonnes of munitions - including bombs, bullets and incendiary devices - before being cleared by the RAF in a six-year project in the 1970s. An SPH-commissioned report said 14,000 tonnes of bombs filled with Tabun nerve gas were temporarily stored there after being taken from Germany - but were moved elsewhere and later disposed of at sea. However, campaigners have told BBC Radio Cymru's Manylu programme their own research shows the Gwynedd council-owned site was more dangerous than previously thought. They have found an official document showing one member of the 1970s clean-up team was injured by mustard gas while clearing the quarry hole which would be part of the proposed development. And following a Freedom of Information request, the MOD has confirmed several mustard gas bombs were found there in the 1970s. Ann Lawton, from Concerned About Glyn Rhonwy, said: "From the beginning, SPH have said there weren't any chemical weapons there and, only after we showed our evidence, they recognised that there had been some there." She said the MoD had two conflicting reports about whether chemicals found at the site were "dumped" there or taken to a research base. The group is also concerned residue from munitions burnt on site could pollute Llyn Padarn, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and a popular area with locals and tourists. "It needs a proper clean-up, done by the MOD with their facilities, and it doesn't want doing with accountants and shareholders breathing down their neck," campaigner Jeff Taylor, who also suggested the MoD pay for the clean-up, said. A spokesman for SPH said the only evidence of mustard gas was the injury to the soldier after a slight spillage from a damaged bomb found during the 1970s clear-up. The firm said only six bombs were found at that time and there was no evidence to suggest further bombs were likely to be present. SPH said if any unexploded ordnance was found on site during development, it had agreed with the authorities to pay for a leading specialist company to safely dispose of it. Last month, Natural Resources Wales granted a discharge licence to the company.

Summary: Opponents of a planned £100m hydro-electric scheme at a disused Snowdonia quarry have urged the Ministry of Defence to first clean the site.


The Conservative group of eight councillors has joined forces with six of the independent members. The council leader is independent George Alexander, with Conservative James Allan as convener. Nine SNP councillors were elected in Moray at the recent local elections.

Summary: Moray Council's new administration has been confirmed as a Conservative and independent coalition.


Negotiations over the fiscal framework have been going on since March 2015, with a lengthy deadlock over the issue of Scotland's block grant. Confirming a deal had been done, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "not a single penny" would be taken from the Scottish government's budget. Details of the deal will be published soon so Holyrood scrutiny can begin. The deal, which is the financial basis for new powers to be devolved as part of the Scotland Bill, was settled after Chancellor George Osborne spoke to Ms Sturgeon on the phone. He said the agreement created a "stronger Scotland in a stronger UK". The MP told the BBC: "It delivers on the vow we made to the people of Scotland. "It is fair to the taxpayers of all of the UK and it gives Scotland one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world." Ms Sturgeon and Finance Secretary John Swinney had earlier informed MSPs that there was only one issue outstanding in the talks, the substance of a five-year review of the agreement. The two sides had disputed a key line of the Smith Commission agreement on new powers, which said there should be "no detriment" to either the UK or Scottish budgets as a result of the deal. Ms Sturgeon said the deal agreed would see "not a single penny of detriment" now or "at any point in the future". Addressing parliament, she added: "There is now an agreement in principle that we can recommend to parliament. "There will be not a single penny of detriment to the Scottish government's budget as a result of the devolution of powers during the transition period, for the next six years to March 2022." She paid tribute to Mr Swinney over his role in the protracted negotiations, saying it had been much "harder work than it should have been" to stop the Treasury from carrying out a "cash grab" from Scottish budgets. Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "a significant day of devolution", which would deliver a "powerhouse parliament" in Scotland. He added: "We have reached a deal which is fair to Scotland and fair to the whole of the UK. "It delivers accountability to the Scottish government and transforms politics in Scotland. It means May's Holyrood elections can be fought on the issues which matter most: how the Scottish government should use these extensive new powers, rather than what they are. "I welcome this agreement which shows that Scotland's two governments can work constructively together for the benefit of Scottish people." Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale welcomed the deal, saying it was "a historic moment for Scotland". Her party had backed the Scottish government's position in the negotiations. She said: "Scottish politics will never be the same again thanks to these new powers. We have entered a new and exciting era of devolution." Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, who later gave evidence to the devolution committee on the matter, said he was "very pleased" that a deal had been reached. He insisted he had "always been confident" an

Summary: The Scottish and UK governments have reached a financial deal enabling new powers for Holyrood.


Laura Beal has served with the Devon and Cornwall force for 13 years as a police constable and even featured in a force advertising campaign. In her letter she says inadequate staffing has made it "impossible to do her job to the best of her ability". It comes as inspectors warn police cuts are putting the public at risk. Speaking to the BBC, Ms Beal said she was prompted to put her resignation letter on Facebook after her sergeant told her it was unlikely to be seen by the Chief Constable, Shaun Sawyer. Reality Check: Did the government protect police funding? She said she followed her father into the police when she was 19 and had always been proud to say she was a PC, but now felt "embarrassed at the way everyone is being treated". In her letter she claims she was expected to go on patrol covering Mid Devon with one other officer most days. "This is meant to be adequate and safe. How this can be acceptable is beyond belief," she wrote. Ms Beal's resignation comes as the police standards watchdog warned some forces are putting the public at risk by rationing responses as they struggle with cutbacks. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary said some forces had "downgraded" 999 calls, in order to justify responding to them more slowly. Its report found most of the 43 forces in England and Wales were providing a good service. But that others have let victims down. Ms Beale said the job had left her suffering from stress and anxiety. "Your staff are not coping, and are suffering because there is no one looking out for them. "Front line response is where you need to focus your time and money. This is where the buck stops," she added. Ch Supt Jim Colwell said: "I would like to formally thank PC Beal for her loyal service, hearing of an officer resigning is sad, particularly when this is done so publicly. "We do hear concerns from officers and staff and recognise where they are feeling the strain. "Being a police officer is not easy. It requires skills and personal resilience which are often unique to the role. We are a supportive force and will always assist an officer needing help or guidance." Last month Devon and Cornwall Police announced it would be employing nearly 100 additional police officers into local policing in an effort to relieve pressure on frontline staff.

Summary: A police officer has published a damning resignation letter on social media criticising police for "putting their employees last".


Mr Morsi said he was not "calling for war", but that he would not allow Egypt's water supply to be endangered. Egypt was apparently caught by surprise when Ethiopia started diverting the Blue Nile last month, amid works to construct a hydroelectric dam. The river is a tributary of the Nile, on which Egypt is heavily dependent. The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a $4.7bn (Â£3.1bn) project that Ethiopia says will eventually provide 6,000 megawatts of power. It says the Blue Nile will be slightly diverted but will then be able to follow its natural course. "Egypt's water security cannot be violated at all," Mr Morsi said on Monday. "As president of the state, I confirm to you that all options are open." "If Egypt is the Nile's gift, then the Nile is a gift to Egypt,'' he said, quoting popular sayings about the river in an emotive televised speech. "The lives of the Egyptians are connected around it... as one great people. If it diminishes by one drop then our blood is the alternative." Analysts say Mr Morsi could be using the issue to distract attention from severe domestic political and economic challenges. Egypt is particularly dependant on water supply from the Nile, and its growing population has been placing that supply under increasing strain. Sudan is also reliant on Nile waters. Egypt cites a colonial era ruling to claim a right to the majority of the Nile's waters for itself and Sudan, but Ethiopia says the ruling is outdated. Mr Morsi said Egypt had no objection to development projects on Nile basin states, "but on condition that those projects do not affect or damage Egypt's legal and historical rights". Last week, Egyptian politicians were inadvertently heard on live TV proposing military action over the dam.

Summary: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has said "all options are open" to deal with any threat to his country's water supply posed by an Ethiopian dam.


The investigation centred around allegations in former Labour leadership contender Angela Eagle's constituency. Ms Eagle faced criticism from sections of her party when she challenged Jeremy Corbyn in July 2016. Wallasey Constituency Labour Party (CLP) remains suspended until the inquiry is finished in March. Labour Party spokeswoman said further details of the two individuals' cases which have concluded will not be made available until next month. A window at the MP's office building in Wallasey was smashed at the time. The Labour spokeswoman added: "The National Executive Committee will consider allegations against individuals and the CLP remains suspended while these allegations are investigated. "The Labour Party has concluded investigations into two individual members. Other investigations remain ongoing." Ms Eagle eventually withdrew her candidacy in favour of colleague Owen Smith, who was beaten by Mr Corbyn in the leadership poll. Correction: An earlier version of this article stated an individual had been cleared of allegations of bullying and intimidation as part of the investigation. This has now been amended in light of clarification from the Labour Party.

Summary: Investigations into two members of a Merseyside Labour Party group accused of bullying and intimidation have now concluded, the Labour Party has said.


They will perform in Glasgow during the five-day "pop-up festival", as part of BBC Music Day. More than 60 performers will take part in the free event, which will feature both established and upcoming artists. The festival, which aims to bring people together across generations and communities through their love of music. will run from 4-8 June. Artists including Stevie McCrorie, James Bay, Jamie Cullum and Twin Atlantic will also take part, with all BBC Radio Scotland music shows involved. Sharon Mair, project executive of BBC Music at the Quay, said: "We know that our audiences loved the BBC at the Quay site last year during the Commonwealth Games and we are bringing this five day festival back to celebrate BBC Music Day. "Glasgow is the UNESCO city of Music and what a brilliant way for us to showcase the city and the fantastic musical talent that will be at the event."

Summary: Lulu, Deacon Blue and KT Tunstall have joined the line-up of artists taking part in BBC Music at the Quay.


The firm will rent voice and data capacity from two existing operators - Sprint and T-Mobile - and use existing wi-fi hotspots, rather than build new infrastructure from scratch. Initially, Project Fi will only be offered to Nexus 6 handset owners. Google Fiber, the firm's "ultra-fast" broadband service, is already seen as a disruptive force in the US telecoms market. It has been credited with encouraging Comcast and Time Warner Cable to offer their own customers speed boosts without higher prices. However, Fiber's roll-out involved Google buying infrastructure built by companies that had collapsed as well as laying its own fibre optic cables - giving it full control of the service. By contrast, one expert said running a mobile virtual network - which is dependent on rivals' equipment - might limit Project Fi's impact. "The example of MVNOs in the US and elsewhere suggests that it's hard for their operators to dramatically change the industry because of their nature," said Ian Fogg from the IHS Technology consultancy. "But the past isn't always a guide to the future. "No-one would have thought that a handset manufacturer could transform the mobile industry by teaming up with one network - but that's what happened with Apple and AT&T when the iPhone launched. "And Google itself has repeatedly shown that it is capable of changing the direction of an industry by entering it." Examples of existing MVNOs include Tesco Mobile, GiffGaff, Red Pocket Mobile and Virgin Mobile. Sundar Pichai, chief of Google's Android platform, first mentioned the company's plan to create a phone network in February, but provided little detail at the time. The company has now revealed that its subscribers will be automatically switched between 4G signals provided by Sprint and T-Mobile, depending on whichever is stronger at the time. They will also be able to make calls over wi-fi without having to use a special app, similar in nature to the Wi-fi Calling facility recently introduced by EE in the UK. "As you go about your day, Project Fi automatically connects you to more than a million free, open wi-fi hotspots we've verified as fast and reliable," Google said on its blog. "Once you're connected, we help secure your data through encryption. When you're not on wi-fi, we move you between whichever of our partner networks is delivering the fastest speed, so you get 4G LTE in more places." When alternatives are not available, users will also be able to use 3G and 2G signals. Customers will only be billed for the amount of data they actually use, rather than having an allowance that resets every month, as is typical on existing services. The way this will work is that customers will pay a $20 (£13.30) monthly fee for unlimited calls and texts, an extra $10 for mobile data access while in the US and abroad, and then a further $10 for each gigabyte of data they decide to consume. "Let's say you go with 3GB for $30 and only use 1.4GB one month. You'll get $16 back, so you only pay for what

Summary: Google has detailed its plan to run a mobile phone network in the US.


Sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told Sri Lanka's players they were too fat after they failed to reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Malinga, 33, responded by saying he did not care for criticism "from those who are simply warming chairs". "What does a monkey know about a parrot's nesting hollow?" he added. "This is like a monkey getting into a parrot's nest and talking about it." Jayasekara said Malinga's comments were a breach of his contract with the country's cricket board. "In my criticism of the appalling fitness levels of our players, I did not name Malinga, but he has chosen to put the hat on and attack me publicly," he added. Malinga won the Indian Premier League title with the Mumbai Indians before the Champions Trophy, and missed Sri Lanka's high-altitude training. Jayasekara spoke out after Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed was dropped twice off the bowling of Malinga as Sri Lanka failed to progress from their Champions Trophy group. "The typical body fat amounts for a cricketer should be about 16%, but most of our players have over 25%," he said. "I want the results analysed and in future no-one will be included in a national squad if they are above 16%."

Summary: Fast bowler Lasith Malinga is being investigated by Sri Lanka's cricket board after comparing the country's sports minister to a monkey.


The 28-year-old, who has 69 caps for his country and represented the British & Irish Lions, will join Quins next season. Roberts had turned down a deal to return to Cardiff Blues, where he spent six years before moving to France. "The whole club is ecstatic to have signed a player of Jamie's quality," said director of rugby Conor O'Shea. "He is massively ambitious and, as a role model to all of our players, he will be someone we can all learn from." Had Roberts opted to return to Wales, Blues would have had first refusal on Roberts's services under a Welsh Rugby Union agreement with the nation's four regions. Instead the Newport-born player, who has won the Six Nations three times with Wales, including two Grand Slams, will play in the Premiership at the Twickenham Stoop. Wales head coach Warren Gatland said earlier this month that a move to England would not preclude Roberts from selection for Wales. Under the so-called 'Gatland's Law', Wales-based players are likely to be favoured for Test selection over those who choose to play elsewhere. Roberts, who made his international debut in 2008, will also study part-time for a Masters degree in medical science at Cambridge University during his time with Quins. "Having played in Cardiff and in Paris, moving to London is a chance for me to experience and further develop my career in a different league," said Roberts. "My desire to compete and win at both club and international level remains as strong as ever." Roberts will link up with Harlequins in December, after the Rugby World Cup, and has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal which will run until the summer of 2018.

Summary: Harlequins have agreed a deal to sign Wales centre Jamie Roberts from French Top 14 side Racing Metro.


Established in honour of playwright Harold Pinter, it is given to a writer who casts an "unflinching, unswerving" gaze upon the world. Organisers English Pen praised Fenton as "one of the finest poets of his generation". He will receive his award at a ceremony on 6 October at the British Library. The prize will be jointly awarded to an international writer who has faced persecution. The second winner - who will be chosen jointly by Fenton and English Pen - will be announced at the October ceremony. 'Spoken truth to power' Fenton, who held the chair of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1994-1999, has written several collections of poetry and opera librettos. As a former war correspondent, many of his poems deal with the experience of war and its impact. One of Fenton's most acclaimed works, The Memory of War (1982), is a collection of poems that drew on his time as a reporter in Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s. Antonia Fraser, Harold Pinter's widow, said Fenton was "a worthy winner" of the prize. "James Fenton is a writer who Harold Pinter much admired for all his work, but particularly for his ability to write brilliant political poetry, she said. "This is an art which was very important to Harold not only for the poetry but also as part of the essential process of speaking up fearlessly: Which is the basis on which the Pen Pinter Prize is founded." Maureen Freely, president of English Pen, added: "Throughout his long and distinguished career, James Fenton has spoken truth to power - forcefully, fearlessly, and beautifully." Fenton said he felt greatly honoured to be awarded the prize: "In particular, I am happy to be connected in this way with Harold Pinter, whose writings I have long admired." Previous winners of the Pinter Prize include Tom Stoppard, Carol Ann Duffy, Hanif Kureishi and last year's winner, Salman Rushdie.

Summary: British poet and journalist James Fenton has won the Pen Pinter Prize, which celebrates champions of free speech.


Edward James, 75, was convicted of fraudulent trading at Crown Currency Exchange, where he was a director. He used new customer cash to pay off old clients for two years, Southwark Crown Court was told. More than 12,000 people were left £20m out of pocket after the Cornwall-based firm collapsed in October 2010. Three other people involved in the scam were jailed in June. Crown Currency director Peter Benstead, 72, killed himself during the trial. Benstead spent customer cash on a £900,000 luxury house in Penzance, a second home in the Dordogne and spent £36,000 on a seven week cruise. Jurors were told James, who stood down as Tory chairman of Mendip District Council in the wake of the allegations, knew the dire state of the company. Judge Michael Gledhill said James' public service to Glastonbury as mayor in 2009, "paled into insignificance" in comparison to his role in the frauds.

Summary: A former mayor of Glastonbury has been jailed for 42 months for his involvement in a foreign currency exchange scam.


The four crew members of the Be Good Too were rescued by the US Coastguard 300 miles (482.8km) off the coast of Virginia on 14 January 2014. The boat came ashore on the west side of South Uist on Monday. The crew of Be Good Too encountered stormy weather three days after leaving a marina in Jersey City. The catamaran was sailing for Caribbean. They were airlifted to safety by a coastguard helicopter. South Uist-based photographer JF Martin found the wreck on the beach. Former crew member, sailor Charles Doane, has blogged that he "couldn't believe it at first" when he was told the boat had been found. He said the owner of Be Good Too had died in past three years.

Summary: The barnacle-covered wreck of a catamaran abandoned during a rescue off the US east coast three years ago has been found on a Hebridean beach.


11 April 2016 Last updated at 18:11 BST Alex Zosel told the BBC that his device was safer than a traditional helicopter because its systems had more redundancy built-in. The Volocopter can continue to fly if some of its batteries or rotors fail, and can land itself when battery power is low. However, the multicopter can currently fly for only 25 minutes and is expected to cost Â£200,000 when it goes on sale.

Summary: An 18-rotor multicopter has been taken on its first manned flight in Germany.


Both have agreed "long-term" contracts with the Championship strugglers and have joined for undisclosed fees. Pearce, 27, and Northern Ireland international Mckay, 26, could feature against Ipswich on Saturday. The pair follow Liam Ridgewell and Chris Herd to Wigan, following their loan moves to the DW Stadium earlier this month. "He's someone we've been tracking for a while, a really powerful centre half, a leader and a warrior on the pitch," said manager Malky Mackay of former Portsmouth and Bournemouth centre-back Pearce. "When we found out he might be available, we immediately did all we could to get him because he's a player who can play a major role in taking the club forwards." On Mckay, the Wigan boss added: "We've been looking at Billy for some time. He lives to score and his record over the past two seasons speaks for itself. He's scored a lot of goals and been deadly for Inverness." Shaun Maloney, Ben Watson, Adam Forshaw, Callum McManaman and Ivan Ramis have all departed Wigan in the past week and ex-Cardiff manager Mackay said he knew he would have to offload players in January. "I knew when I took the job on there had to be a restructure of the squad in terms of it being leaner and also dealing with the contract situation," added Mackay. "So that then really comes to pass when the January window opens up. "It was a process that was going to start in January and we are in the middle of it. "What we are trying to do is make the best decisions for the club and every individual situation - depending on the club that comes in, the finances they want to pay, where the players contract is and where the players head is." Mackay also revealed there could be more departures from the DW Stadium before the January window closes.

Summary: Wigan Athletic have signed Leeds defender Jason Pearce and Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Billy Mckay.


The US military confirmed it "transferred custody" of three Pakistanis, but did not reveal their identities. The Afghan government was not involved in the transfer, the US said. Correspondents say the repatriation of a senior Taliban figure is extremely unusual. It could relate to attempts to improve Afghanistan-Pakistan ties, they say. While the US did not confirm Latif Mehsud was among those transferred, Pakistani officials said Latif Mehsud had been "released". Several senior officials said that the commander had been secretly flown to Pakistan earlier this week. The identity of the other two men is not yet known. The three men had been held by the US at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. The office of the US Forces in Afghanistan said that the transfer took pace after talks between the US and Pakistan. "In making a decision to transfer a detainee, we take into account the totality of relevant factors relating to the individual and the government that may receive him, including but not limited to any diplomatic assurances that have been provided," the US military said in a statement. Latif Mehsud was second-in-command to the former Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike last year. He was seized by the Afghan army in October 2013 in eastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border, then held by US forces at Bagram airbase. There were unconfirmed reports at the time that he was returning from talks over a mooted prisoner swap deal, and his capture is said to have angered then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The latest development is leading to speculation that such exchanges could be in prospect now, reports the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Kabul. There does currently appear to be some warming in relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have repeatedly accused one another of failing to act against cross-border militancy, our correspondent says. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani has said he is committed to striving for a peaceful solution to the conflict with the Taliban. Taliban prisoners have been freed in the past in a bid to help peace efforts. Pakistan's government entered talks with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in February. The hardline Islamist movement has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 2007, leaving tens of thousands of people dead.

Summary: A senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Latif Mehsud, has reportedly been handed over to Pakistan by the US from Afghanistan.


The move follows the case of a Thai surrogate mother who said an Australian couple rejected the baby she carried when they found he had Down's syndrome. The couple, who took home the boy's twin sister, have strongly denied the claim. Thai police say couples with surrogate children now need a court order before they can leave with the children. Thailand's military government is rushing through a new law aimed at banning commercial surrogacy. However, Australian surrogacy agencies believe there are more than 100 couples still awaiting the birth of children to surrogate mothers in Thailand. A Thai immigration official told the BBC that one same-sex couple with a baby was stopped from leaving Bangkok airport on Thursday because they lacked documentation to prove they were the legal guardians. Australian broadcaster ABC said three other couples were also believed to have been stopped from leaving Thailand with surrogate babies. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says Thailand has become the favoured destination for many Westerners seeking surrogate mothers. But while commercial surrogacy is not technically illegal in Thailand, it does violate the code of the Medical Council which regulates doctors and hospitals, he adds. Earlier this week, Australian couple David and Wendy Farnell denied that they had rejected baby Gammy, now seven months old, when it became clear he had Down's Syndrome. They said that Thai surrogate mother Pattharamon Chanbua, 21, had refused to hand him over and also threatened to keep his twin sister. It also emerged that David Farnell had been convicted in the 1990s of multiple sex offences against young girls. Mr Farnell insisted that Gammy's sister, Pipah, was not at risk of harm from him. Ms Chanbua, who has two other children, said the couple had asked her to have an abortion when she was told of the baby boy's condition. She said she refused, as it was against her Buddhist beliefs. David Farnell denied asking the mother to have an abortion and said that by the time they found out about the baby's condition, it was too late in the pregnancy to abort the foetus.

Summary: Thailand has imposed new restrictions on taking children born to surrogate parents out of the country.


Summary: Gallipoli centenary ceremonies are being held in the UK, Australia, Turkey and New Zealand to mark the beginning of the eight-month campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, 100 years ago.


The latest figures available suggest more than 1.5 million homeowners may not have cover if the worst was to happen to their home. Until last year Violet, a pensioner, lived in a semi-detached, thatched cottage which she inherited from her parents. Then in March, a fire believed to have started in her neighbour's chimney spread to her house, burning both of them down. Speaking to Radio 4'sMoney Boxshe said: "It quickly spread to my side. The wind was blowing my way, we had about 10 fire engines here but I lost just about everything." Violet's neighbour has buildings insurance and his insurer has agreed to meet his claim. Violet had cover until a few years ago but then cancelled it because of the cost, something she now bitterly regrets: "Being on a low income, I had to let the contents and house insurance go, but in retrospect I wish I had been insured because now I can't claim on anything." Since the fire Violet has lived in a mobile home in her garden which local people clubbed together to buy her. Vulnerable properties It is unclear exactly how many other homeowners like Violet would not be covered if something similar happened to them. But figures published by the Financial Services Authority in 2006 estimated that more than 10% of people do not have buildings insurance and UK government figures for 2010 put the number of owner occupiers at more than 17 million. This suggests the number of uninsured could be more than 1.5 million. There is no evidence that the cause of the fire was as a result of negligence nor anything other than an accident. Malcolm Tarling, from the Association of British Insurers, says the only way someone in Violet's position might be able to claim is if they were able to prove their neighbour had been negligent: "The law says if you want to claim against someone else you have to show they were negligent, and their negligence resulted in your property being damaged." However, that may not be an easy thing to prove. Laura Checkley, a property litigation solicitor at Pemberton Greenish, says an accident which was not easy to predict would not fall into this category: "A person has to take reasonable care to make sure they don't cause reasonably foreseeable harm to another person's property. So you would have to show that their behaviour fell short of that reasonable standard." Money Boxis broadcast on Saturdays at 12:00 GMT onBBC Radio 4and repeated on Sundays at 21:00 GMT. You can listen again via theBBC iPlayeror by downloading Money Boxpodcast.

Summary: If your home was destroyed by a fire that was not your fault and you did not have buildings insurance, could you recoup the cost of rebuilding it?


The family is suing the home's previous owners for not telling them about it before the sale, claiming they had received letters too. In letters "the Watcher" wrote that the home "has been the subject of my family for decades." "I asked [the previous owners] to bring me young blood," the Watcher wrote. Content from the letters are included in a complaint filed to a New Jersey Court. The house is worth $1.3m (Â£826,131). The stalker wrote that he has been in control of the house for two decades and he asked the previous owners to sell it. "You have changed it and made it so fancy...it cries for the past and what used to be in the time when I roamed its halls," the stalker wrote. "And now I watch and wait for the day when the young blood will be mine again." Westfield mayor Andy Skibitsky, speaking at town hall meeting in Westfield on Tuesday, said "The Watcher" is a mystery, ABC News reports. "When, over a year ago, this matter was reported to the police, our police department conducted an exhaustive investigation," Mr Skibitsky said. "Such efforts, however, have not yielded information leading to charges being filed and, therefore, this case is pending introduction of any new evidence."

Summary: A New Jersey family will not move into their new million-dollar home after receiving threatening packages from a mysterious sender called "the Watcher".


Vittek, 33, who is Slovakia's all-time top scorer with 23 goals, is injured. Liverpool's Martin Skrtel is included in the squad after his injury-hit campaign in the Premier League. Slovakia face Wales, Russia and England in Group B at the finals in France, with their first game against Chris Coleman's side on 11 June. "The players' names for the nomination were clear so I had no reason to speculate," Kozak said. Goalkeepers: Matus Kozacik, Jan Mucha, Jan Novota Defenders: Peter Pekarik, Milan Skriniar, Martin Skrtel, Norbert Gyoember, Jan Durica, Kornel Salata, Tomas Hubocan, Dusan Svento, Lukas Tesak Midfielders: Viktor Pecovsky, Matus Bero, Robert Mak, Erik Sabo, Juraj Kucka, Patrik Hrosovsky, Jan Gregus, Stanislav Sestak, Marek Hamsik, Ondrej Duda, Miroslav Stoch, Vladimir Weiss Forwards: Michal Duris, Adam Nemec, Adam Zrelak

Summary: Striker Robert Vittek is the headline absentee from the provisional 27-man squad Slovakia coach Jan Kozak has named for Euro 2016.


It coincides with the release of figures showing that 24 people died on Scotland's coastline in 2014. Over the past five years, the average fatality rate in Scotland was 35 each year. Scotland experiences proportionately more coastal drownings than the UK as a whole. The UK figure for 2014 recorded by the RNLI was 163. The charity's Respect the Water campaign aims to halve the rate of drownings by 2024. It includes two films which will be shown in cinemas throughout the UK. The largest proportion of deaths over the past five years - 24% - were accounted for by people slipping and falling into the water while walking and running. Other dangers included: Men are considerably more likely to put themselves in danger than women. Over the five-year period, 74% of those who died were men. RNLI lifeboat crews in Scotland saved 51 lives in 2014. The charity has highlighted dangers which can be more common in Scotland. After falling in, people can experience cold water shock or the effects of strong currents under the surface. There are also problems with slippery rocks, sudden waves or unstable ground. RNLI coastal safety manager for Scotland Michael Avril said: "We want people to enjoy the water but to make sure they respect it. "Around 35 lives are lost around Scotland's coast each year but many of these losses could be avoided if people acknowledge the dangers and follow some basic safety advice."

Summary: The RNLI has launched a drowning prevention campaign with the intention of reducing coastal deaths by 50%.


The woman, 26, was filmed cycling through the barrier at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire on 12 September. Following an appeal by British Transport Police (BTP), she came forward voluntarily, officers said. At the time of the incident, rail bosses described it as "one of the closest near misses we've seen". BTP released the CCTV of the Cambridge woman passing the closed barrier and ignoring warning signals and lights. Hundreds of thousands of people watched the footage of her cycling up to the tracks before slamming on her brakes, and edging backwards as the train sped past. Moments later the woman was seen mopping her brow before cycling off in the direction she had come from. Her actions forced the driver of the train to apply the emergency brake when he saw her, operator Greater Anglia said. More than 100 trains travel through the Waterbeach crossing each day, at speeds of up to 75mph (120km/h). Since 1 January, there have been 70 reported incidents at level crossings in Cambridgeshire, a BTP spokesman said. However, incidents such as this one were "extremely rare", he added. The woman was cautioned under section 36 of the Malicious Damages Act 1861. The section covers incidents of "obstructing engines or carriages on railways", which carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail.

Summary: A cyclist who dodged a closed level crossing barrier, coming within inches of being hit by a train, has been formally cautioned by police.


The businessman, from Essex, denied ill-treating his wife, who is in her late 70s, during a High Court hearing. The court's Family Division heard the woman was frightened of her husband and had taken legal action against him. Judge Catriona Murfitt concluded the woman was likely to suffer "significant harm" if he stayed in the house. The details of the case emerged after the man was ordered to vacate the property but went on to appeal the decision, saying the ruling was "unfair". Mr Justice Baker dismissed the challenge, telling him he had "no prospect" of overturning Judge Murfitt's ruling. He said the couple, who have two adult sons, could not be identified. In his ruling, Mr Justice Baker said the woman claimed "that for the duration of the marriage, she had been the emotional punch bag for his insecurities and frustrations". She also said he had been physically abusive towards her on occasion, and that he was an "extremely difficult" man who had been unfaithful and "disinhibited in his behaviour". Judge Murfitt had made an order requiring the businessman to "vacate the property altogether", Mr Justice Baker said. "She held that the wife was likely to suffer significant harm if the order was not made and that the harm that she would suffer was greater than any harm which the husband was likely to suffer," he said.

Summary: A 67-year-old millionaire has been ordered by a judge to leave his home after his wife said she had been used as "an emotional punch bag".


But Good Day Out, in Heol Senni, Powys, gives people the chance to go for a stroll with Kunekune pigs Babz, Holly, Hazel and Willow. Helena Barnard, who runs the walks with Julia Blazer, began after she adopted two pigs and walked them with family. "It's really about getting people closer to nature," she said. They are Kunekune pigs - a New Zealand breed whose name means "fat and round" in Maori. Mrs Barnard and Ms Blazer needed to get a Defra-approved licence and have a vet inspect the routes in order to get the go-ahead. The pigs are not on a leash and wander alongside people, motivated in no small part, by the promise of food. Mrs Barnard was a nurse and a sergeant for Bedfordshire Police and then Dyfed-Powys Police before making the switch to pottering about with pigs and she juggles it with her work as a dance teacher. The duo stared doing the walks in summer 2016 after Mrs Barnard adopted two pigs. She said: "Julia said to me 'if you like walking pigs, then I'm sure other people would do as well'. "There's a thing about walking pigs that's very calming because they walk slowly and happily just jog along with you. "They are very, very social animals and they love human contact."

Summary: If someone told you they were taking pigs for a walk in the Brecon Beacons, you might think they were telling porkies.


Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks. Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola in November, but new cases have been discovered in Liberia, which had been declared Ebola-free in September. The disease killed more than 2,500 people in Guinea, and a further 9,000 in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Even though there has not been any new cases of Ebola in 42 days, local health workers in Guinea and the World Health Organisation warned that people should still be very careful. "The coming months will be absolutely critical," said Dr Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organisation's Ebola response team. "This is the period when the countries need to be sure that they are fully prepared to prevent, detect and respond to any new cases."

Summary: The World Health Organisation has declared Guinea, in West Africa, free of Ebola, two years after the outbreak of the virus began there.


The New Wales Link Path spans an extra 18 miles (29km), joining the route near the Cheshire border at Saltney Ferry. It takes in four counties in all, stretching into Wrexham at Caergwrle and meeting the Offa's Dyke trail at Llandegla Forest in Denbighshire. Flintshire council secured Â£30,000 in funding to pay for route-markers. "If you are looking for a bit more of a challenge to walk around Wales, this route is for you," said councillor Bernie Attridge, cabinet member for the environment. Work on Wales Coast Path, the world's first round an entire country, began in 2007 with the formal opening in May 2012.

Summary: A new link has been added to the 870-mile Wales Coast Path at Flintshire for walkers seeking a "bit more of a challenge".


But the mother-of-four, who received a devastating cancer diagnosis earlier this year, is actively preparing her young family for her death. She is mother to Caileb, 13, Noah, nine, Brooke, eight, and Jesse, 15 months. Mrs Lennox, from Cullybackey, County Antrim, has been thinking of creative ways for her children to feel close to her, long after she is gone. She has made memory boxes for each of them and kept a journal for them to pore over. Mrs Lennox was 34 and pregnant with her youngest child when she was told she had breast cancer. Initial worries centred around the wellbeing of her unborn baby, who was born by emergency C-section at 30 weeks. "He was a little sleeping beauty after all of my chemotherapy," she said. "He was safe because I had a reduced dose of the treatment, but it was decided that he had to come out early. "Little Jesse was 3lb when he was born and his lungs were underdeveloped, but he fought to full health. "I completed my treatment and life returned to pretty much normal." But after fighting off the disease once, it was to return in January this year. The cancer has now spread to Mrs Lennox's lungs, and her prognosis is not good. "I am preparing to die," she told BBC News NI. "It may sound morbid and I try not to make things too sad, but I believe it's important that the children know I won't be around forever. "During my first round of treatment, I explained to them that I was sick and had to take medicine, but when it returned I knew I had to be more honest about the future. "I've always been the type of mother who wants to protect her kids and to hide them from anything too upsetting. "But now they know I won't be around to see them grown up and that I'm not going to get better. "Obviously I was devastated when I got the news - it's not something any mother would want, but life can be taken away from you by cancer at any age. "I don't have long left, but the kids get to go through some of the sadness they have ahead with me there to comfort them." As well as the memory boxes and leaving each child advice for the future, Mrs Lennox has been planning her funeral. "I've sorted the grave, chosen my own coffin, written my eulogy and chosen the readings and hymns," she said. "It's a strange experience, but my husband Alistair, 42, will have the four kids to look after when I'm gone, he doesn't need the stress of organising the funeral too." Mrs Lennox said she will make her final preparations in the coming days and then put it all to the side in order to spend the time she has left with her family. "Christmas is my favourite time of year, so although I may not be there this year, we are going to make decorations together to hang around the house," she said.

Summary: Organising her own funeral is not something that 36-year-old Laura Lennox ever thought she would have to do.


Joseph Travers will be charged with gross negligence manslaughter in relation to the death of Ryan Harvey and misconduct in public office. Mr Harvey, 23, was found hanged in his cell at the Buckinghamshire jail on 8 May 2015. Mr Travers is thought to be the first prison officer to be charged with manslaughter after a prisoner death. The Crown Prosecution Service said: "Following careful consideration of all the evidence provided to us by the police it has been decided that Joseph Travers should be charged." Mr Harvey was one of five prisoners found hanging in their cells in HMP Woodhill in 2015. The prison had the worst record for suspected suicides in all of England and Wales that year. Mr Travers will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on 20 April. HMP Woodhill, a Category A prison, opened in 1992 and can hold 819 inmates.

Summary: A prison officer is to be charged with manslaughter following the death of an inmate at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes.


The study is based on a century's worth of observational data drawn from 100 river basins across the world. It reveals a significant increase in the water being "lost" to the atmosphere as a direct result of human activity. This occurs through evaporation from land and water surfaces, and from plants as they transpire. The old estimates of human water consumption add up to a staggering number: 9,100 cubic km per year. This volume is about twice the size of Lake Michigan in the US. Fernando Jaramillo and Georgia Destouni from Stockholm University in Sweden have now used freely available data to update these assessments, to reveal a more precise picture of how much humans are impacting the natural water cycle at the global scale. Their research suggests human water management strategies are responsible for an additional quantity of water the size of Lake Ontario being transferred to the atmosphere - a significant element of consumption that the earlier approaches had underestimated. It means the human water footprint is actually closer to 10,700 cu km a year. "Previous assessments of human water consumption were mainly based on national statistics and global scale models. The novelty of this study is that it's based on data," Dr Jaramillo emphasized. The team has published its work in Science magazine. A presentation was also made this week to the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union - the world's largest annual gathering of Earth scientists. The authors explained that water consumption by humans goes beyond drinking water, industrial water, and water for municipalities. Water that would normally be in rivers but ends up being in the atmosphere as vapour due to human activity has been largely overlooked, and this is what the authors focused on. "The loss is from the landscape through the atmosphere and that leaves less water for both humans and other ecosystems in the landscape", Prof Destouni explained. This displacement of water into the atmosphere occurs through water evaporation or through transpiration by plants. So the total flow of water to the atmosphere is given by evapotranspiration. "We used a simple water budget: water lost by evapotranspiration is precipitation minus water runoff," Dr Jaramillo answered when asked how they used the data. Looking at their data, the scientists could see an increase in evapotranspiration when comparing the first and second halves of the last century. The question they then asked was how much of this change was being driven by human activity. They found that areas previously identified as having experienced the ecological consequences of dams and irrigation also showed the biggest increase in evapotranspiration. "Dam and irrigation developments - even though local - have a big global impact on human water consumption. That's what has not been calculated before and what we've estimated in this paper," Prof Destouni said. "The water footprint could be up to 20% larger than previously estimated," Dr Jaramillo revealed. "In dry areas, reducing the water in the environment can have an enormous impact on humans and ecosystems. In a wet landscape, it is in relative terms not

Summary: New calculations show that our already sizeable water footprint is 18% bigger than we thought.


6 February 2017 Last updated at 17:15 GMT This year features many famous faces and locations from around the world. You may recognise Pikotaro, who became an internet legend with his song Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen. Even the President of the United States, Donald Trump, makes an appearance. The biggest sculpture is a frosty version of the Arc de Triomphe - a famous monument in Paris. They even raised a French flag in front of it in a special ceremony. Check out the video to see some super snow sculpting skills

Summary: The Sapporo Snow Festival has started in Japan, featuring its famous collection of snow sculptures!


The 80-year-old Tokyo market is known for its tuna auctions which supply many of the capital's top sushi restaurants. Smoke could be seen billowing from shops on the outskirts of the market on Thursday, as dozens of fire engines tackled the flames. The fire was out by Thursday night and there were no reports of injuries. Tsukiji's interior industrial market - where the famous tuna auctions take place - was undamaged and the area was open to tourists as usual. The blaze broke out at about 16:50 local time (07:50 GMT), Japanese broadcaster NHK said, in the outer region of the market and close to the surrounding area's narrow streets. The area is home to many sushi restaurants and shops, some of which have been evacuated, NHK reports. The cause of the fire is not yet known. The blaze seems to have affected several old wooden buildings. The market was constructed in 1935, in the aftermath of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, and built largely from corrugated iron sheds. Today, it is a sprawling, busy market, but is seen by many as rundown and overcrowded. Nonetheless, its enormous volume and variety of produce means it receives tens of thousands of tourist visitors each year. The market is due to be moved by the end of 2017. Efforts to move the market to a more modern location have been met with resistance by many of the workers, some of whom have been in the family business for generations. Tokyo's governor, Yuriko Koike, has previously said the market needs to be rebuilt because of its age - and the associated risk of it being vulnerable to earthquakes, which are not uncommon in Japan.

Summary: Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at Japan's famous Tsukiji fish market - the largest in the world and a top tourist attraction.


Emergency services, including an air ambulance were called to Coate Water, Swindon at about 19:30 BST on Friday, after reports a girl had collapsed. Wiltshire Police said the 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers do not believe the death to be suspicious. A spokesman said: "Our thoughts remain with the girl's family and friends at this extremely difficult time."

Summary: A teenage girl has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in a Wiltshire park.


Firstly, there's an Anniversary Update on the way. With that, some enhancements to Cortana and the web browser, Edge - as well as an attempt to reinvent the stylus. Secondly, there's only one month left before the Windows 10 free upgrade offer ends. After that date, it will cost $119 (Â£89). In a phone call with the BBC, head of Windows Yusuf Mehdi said more than 350 million devices were now being powered by Windows 10. It has undoubtedly been a strong first year. Aside from the backlash from some users who felt Windows 10 was being forced upon them, the operating system is generally regarded as a welcome return to form for the company that still powers the vast majority of the world's desktop and laptop computers. "Customer satisfaction is at an all time high," Mr Mehdi told me. "We've had over 135 billion hours of usage since the launch." He'll be hoping to convince many more users to take advantage of the free update before the deadline hits. The lofty goal, set out by Microsoft 12 months ago, is to achieve more than a billion devices running Windows 10 within the next two years. When Windows 10 was launched, the big news was that it would be made available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 or 8 users, on any device with hardware capable of running it. At a time when Microsoft was well and truly left behind by the smartphone boom, the Windows 10 strategy, put into action by the then-new chief executive Satya Nadella, was certainly a bold move. A year on, we're starting to be able to look at whether Mr Nadella made the right call. "Despite progress towards the one billion goal, Microsoft faces the reality that consumer engagement is far greater on mobile than PC or tablet and this continues to be a significant disadvantage," said Geoff Blaber from CCS Insight. Mr Blaber suggests Microsoft is already well down a path that has it placed as a company now almost entirely focused on businesses rather than general consumers. "Over 300 million devices is solid progress for Windows 10 and Microsoft has successfully turned the tide of public opinion in the wake of Windows 8," he said. "Nonetheless, Microsoft's future is moving towards a far greater focus on enterprise than consumer. "Microsoft is successfully transforming Windows into a service and creating the platform for a future that's likely to be more about enterprise services, cloud and artificial intelligence than consumer computing." When I interviewed Mr Nadella last year, I put it to him that people had historically only used Windows begrudgingly. It was the operating system at school, at work, and on the only computer you could afford. It was the only comment that had the usually ice-cool Mr Nadella a little riled. With Windows 10, he insisted, people would come to not just need Windows, but want it. Perhaps even love it. The usage statistics show Microsoft has done well in getting people on Windows 10. But to what end? The company is still

Summary: It's almost a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10 - which means two things.


The Dons were held to a 1-1 draw at Pittodrie on Thursday, with the second leg in Bosnia-Herzegovina on 20 July. Apollon hold a commanding 3-0 lead after their home first leg. Coached by former Cyprus goalkeeper Sofronis Avgousti, Apollon finished third in their national league last season. Their squad, which features several Cyprus internationals, includes former Sunderland centre half Valentin Roberge, while former Porto goalkeeper Bruno Vale captained the side against Zaria. Malta striker Andre Schembri, their summer signing from Boavista, opened the scoring, with Brazilian midfielder Alex da Silva adding to that from the penalty spot before Portuguese Joao Pedro made it three before the break. Defender Angelis Charalambous, who had a short spell with Motherwell, and 20-year-old Edinburgh-born midfielder Alastair Reynolds are also on the Apollon books but did not feature in their Europa League line-up. Apollon went into the third qualifying round last season but lost 5-4 on aggregate after extra-time against Grasshopper Zurich. Zaria, who finishing fourth in Divizia Nationala last season, qualified because title winners Sheriff Tiraspol completed a league and cup double. Having themselves won the cup the previous season for the first time, Zaria were knocked out in the first qualifying round of the Europa League after also losing the first leg 3-0 to Videoton of Hungary before winning the home game 2-0. Aberdeen were in the same section of the draw at Everton, but the English side were paired with either Slovakia's Ruzomberok or Brann of Norway. Full Europa League third qualifying round draw

Summary: Apollon Limassol of Cyprus or Moldova's Zaria Balti await Aberdeen in the Europa League's third qualifying round - if they get past Siroki Brijeg.


The California-based firm unveiled the five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - on Thursday. Mr Musk tweeted the total reflected the orders received by the end of Saturday. Pre-orders of the Model 3 will not necessarily all translate into actual sales when the car is released, with first deliveries in late 2017. It can be ordered in advance in dozens of countries, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Brazil, India, China and New Zealand. Potential car owners need to put down $1,000 deposits to reserve their vehicles. Such has been the interest that Mr Musk tweeted the company was "definitely going to need to rethink production planning". Mr Musk has said his goal is to produce about 500,000 vehicles a year once production is at full capacity. The basic model will start at $35,000 (Â£24,423) and have a range of at least 215 miles (346km) per charge. Tesla delivered 50,580 vehicles last year. Most of those were its Model S saloon, which overtook Nissan's Leaf to become the world's best selling pure-electric vehicle. But the firm still posted a net loss of $889m (Â£620m) for 2015, partly because it spent $718m on research and development over the period. It left Tesla with cash reserves of $1.2bn, down from $1.9bn a year earlier. The company is facing competition from other electric cars with a similar price and range that will become available first, including General Motors' Chevy Bolt and BYD's Qin EV300.

Summary: Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says pre-orders of the firm's much-anticipated Model 3 electric car currently total 276,000.


In October, the figure had fallen to 6.4%, having previously peaked at 9.3% in June. The average price of a UK home in November was Â£218,000, according to the ONS and Land Registry data. The ONS said the figures, which include cash sales, continued the "strong growth seen since the end of 2013". The local authority which saw the sharpest increase was Rutland, England's smallest county by population size, where prices rose by 20.7% over the 12 months. By contrast the biggest drop in prices - a fall of 7.8% - was seen in both Aberdeen and Inverclyde, to the west of Glasgow. Where can I afford to live?

Summary: House price inflation picked up to 6.7% in the year to the end of November, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).


6 June 2016 Last updated at 12:49 BST The loophole could mean thieves who exploit the bugs gain time to break into and steal a vehicle. The vulnerability can also be used to fiddle with some of the car's settings and drain its battery. The wi-fi weaknesses have been demonstrated to Mitsubishi, which is now working on a way to fix them. Read the full story

Summary: The alarm on Mitsubishi's Outlander hybrid car can be turned off via security bugs in its on-board wi-fi, researchers have found.