Toulon's Halfpenny, 27, has started at full-back in the autumn internationals against Australia and Argentina, with Wales to host Japan on Saturday. Williams says Scarlets' Liam Williams should move over to full-back instead. "I used to enjoy playing on the opposite wing to Leigh and he used to score a lot of tries and create a lot of opportunities," Williams said. "For that reason I'd love to see Leigh back on the wing. Media playback is not supported on this device "Liam Williams is playing with such confidence at the moment you could put him in any position and he would still perform." Liam Williams missed Wales' defeat to Australia through injury but started on the wing and scored his side's first try in the win over Argentina last Saturday. Wales host Japan in their third game of the autumn series at Cardiff's Principality Stadium, with interim coach Rob Howley considering resting players. Howley has hinted Ospreys wing Keelan Giles could win his first senior cap against Japan and Shane Williams believes the 18-year-old should be given his chance. "I think a game against a team like Japan would suit Keelan," said Williams, who has been inducted into World Rugby's Hall of Fame. "I think it will be an open game and probably more chances and room for him to create than there would have been against Australia and Argentina. "Perhaps it's time Wales take the shackles off him and let us see what he can do. "He's a great players that's only going to get better."

Summary: Wales' record try-scorer Shane Williams wants to see Leigh Halfpenny starting back on the wing.


The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust eight-bed unit at Hellesdon Hospital is due to open to patients next year. Mothers and their newborn babies will be able to stay together during psychiatric care, the trust said. Referrals will come from Norfolk, Suffolk , Cambridgeshire and other parts of the country and the unit will work closely with local medical groups. Mental health illnesses such as postnatal depression and severe anxiety will be treated as well as postpartum psychosis - a mental health condition which can occur in women who have just given birth and can cause hallucinations and delusions and can severely disrupt perception, thinking, emotions and behaviour. Jessica Bannister, from Norwich, received mental health crisis treatment with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) when she suffered this condition following the birth of her son, Albert, three years ago. She then had to travel to Hackney, in London, for specialist inpatient treatment. "The immediate care that I received from NSFT when I went into crisis was literally life-saving, offering an urgent short-term safe haven, and for that I will always be grateful. "But there were no local facilities to treat my condition in a specialised environment," said the author and playwright. "These units are incredible places - the humanity, love and support you receive is phenomenal. The dedication of the staff to your recovery and wellness, along with the love they give to your child, is fantastic." She has written a drama documentary for BBC Radio 4 called Mama Courage, due to be broadcast on 12 May at 14:15 BST.

Summary: A £3m dedicated unit to help new mothers with serious mental health problems is to be set up in Norwich.


Media playback is not supported on this device They beat Ireland by 85 runs at Lord's to complete a 2-0 win - their seventh one-day series victory in two years. "England have got such a strong-looking squad, especially with the bat," Swann told Test Match Special "It's not long ago they were being thrashed by everyone and insisting they were playing the right way with their 1970s brand of one-day cricket." Swann, who took 104 wickets in 79 one-day internationals, was referring to the 2015 World Cup when Eoin Morgan's team were humbled by a group-stage exit, in which they only won games against minnows Scotland and Afghanistan. Since then, England have won series against World Cup runners-up New Zealand, Pakistan (twice), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, West Indies and now Ireland. They only lost to Australia and South Africa by the odd game in five. They hammered Ireland despite the absence of key men Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, who are playing in the Indian Premier League. Swann added: "They have such a strong middle order. Especially when you consider they can bring in Jos Buttler - one of the best in the world - and add him to that middle order and then Ben Stokes, who is arguably the best player in the world in all formats. "Eoin Morgan and (head coach) Trevor Bayliss ripped up that piece of paper from 2015 and said 'that's nonsense', we'll get the right personnel in, fill them with confidence, back them to the hilt and ask them to try and post 400 when they bat. "They scored 328 against Ireland and the captain said he felt they were 40 runs short. That's amazing to hear. Not too long ago, England captains and teams of old would have been cock-a-hoop with a score of 328." Media playback is not supported on this device

Summary: England are "justified favourites" for the Champions Trophy on home soil next month, says ex-spinner Graeme Swann.


The Â£200,000 work on Kingsway will include new signs, re-marking and remodelling of the road. Safety barriers were installed after the death of Sgt Louise Lucas in March, to stop pedestrians crossing. Another man was hit by a bus on 4 August, while Daniel Foss, 37, died in 2013. Swansea council is also considering introducing a dedicated cycle track as part of the changes. It said the work to prevent public transport travelling in both directions is a pre-cursor to more detailed plans to redevelop the route as a business district.

Summary: Following a number of deaths and serious accidents on a main route through Swansea, a new one-way system will be introduced in the autumn.


Gog the Yorkshire terrier became well known in Leicester because her owner Monti Shortt dresses her in clothes and pushes her around in the buggy. But the pooch was taken when the owner, who has cancer, quickly popped into the Haymarket Shopping Centre on Friday. She left Gog in her buggy outside and CCTV shows a woman wheeling it away. Ms Shortt, 69, said she needs to get her pet back urgently because Gog needs surgery on her knees costing over Â£1,000. "I haven't been without her since I've had her," said Ms Shortt. More on this and other stories in Leicestershire "We come into town regularly and she lights everybody's day up. "People say they love seeing her and hundreds of people have taken pictures of her." Gog was wearing a jumper, spotty baby vest and ribbons in her hair when she was stolen. She is five years old and Ms Shortt has owned her since just before she was seven weeks old. Ms Shortt uses the buggy to help her carry things and Gog sometimes sits inside. Leicestershire Police is examining CCTV of the theft, which happened in Humberstone Gate at about 14:50 GMT on Friday. Ms Shortt's coat, bag and inhalers were also in the stolen buggy but she is only concerned about getting Gog back.

Summary: A dog that became a local celebrity has been wheeled off in a buggy by a mystery woman, sparking a hunt for the animal's return.


The SSE Swalec Stadium was the venue for an Ashes Test and a double-header of men's and women's T20 games. The club turned in an operating profit of £593,000 after losing £87,000 in 2014. But the accounts also show a fall in income from domestic cricket. Chief executive Hugh Morris highlighted the success of staging international cricket in his report to members for the annual general meeting taking place on 31 March. "Our priority was to deliver sell-out crowds and we were delighted to fill the ground not only for four consecutive days of Ashes cricket, but also for the T20 international," he wrote. "We were particularly proud to receive our highest ever customer experience rating for the Ashes Test." The match was the third Test in Cardiff, which will host England one-day matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in 2016, with international games scheduled until 2019. 2015 saw Glamorgan finish fourth in division two of the Championship and narrowly miss out on a place in the T20 Blast quarter-finals. Morris warns the club must improve its income from county cricket and from the use of the stadium, admitting that membership numbers and money taken on the gate from spectators are on the decline. "The current squad size and the development of our own cricketers are only going to be improved by increases in our own income," he wrote. "It is vital we improve our core product, increase gate numbers, revitalise memberships, attract sponsors, consolidate our conferencing business, and development other sources of income." Pop group Simply Red will headline the first major music concert at the stadium in July with another concert to be announced shortly. But the financial year was also notable for the club having to ask for major debts to be written off. Cardiff Council agreed for £4.4m of debt to be cancelled, while Allied Irish Bank also agreed a 70% write-off of its debt and former chairman Paul Russell accepted a 75% loss. Morris's report thanked departing coach Toby Radford and groundsman Keith Exton for their work, while urging members to get behind new head coach Robert Croft and captain Jacques Rudolph.

Summary: Hosting England versus Australia matches helped Glamorgan to record a profit for 2015, thanks to a surplus of £1.36 million, according to the club's annual financial report.


The European Union has approved significant changes to data laws, aimed at putting individuals back in charge of their information. It is the biggest shake-up to privacy regulation for 20 years, according to experts. The changes would make privacy "a board-level issue", one lawyer said. Peter Church, a technology lawyer at Linklaters, said it would make businesses "start taking these issues a lot more seriously". US technology companies already have an uneasy relationship with European regulators, with both Google and Facebook facing big fines - Facebook over its use of cookies and Google over its privacy policy. Although this new law will not come into force until 2018, the changes meant the tech giants would have to "pay more attention to what regulators are saying", said Mr Church. The new draft policy, in discussion since 2012, will need to be ratified by the European Parliament next year. Other changes include: Jan Philipp Albrech, chief negotiator, said of deal: "This would be a major step forward for consumer protection and competition and ensure Europe has data protection rules that are fit for purpose in the digital age." Stewart Room, head of data privacy at PwC, said: "The scale and breadth of the EU's changes to privacy rules will deliver unprecedented challenges for business and every entity that holds of uses European personal data both inside and outside the EU. "Most companies will be shocked at the scale of the new rules and the work that needs to be done before the laws take effect in two years - it is not much time for the magnitude of the internal changes that will be required."

Summary: Technology companies could face fines of up to 4% of their global annual turnover under new European rules on data protection.


Laura Jayne Stuart, 33, was wounded in the incident near Love Lane and High Street at around 04:00 BST on Saturday and died on Sunday. Jason Cooper, 27, who is from the town, has been charged in connection with the incident. He appeared before Mold Crown Court on Tuesday and was remanded in custody. A post mortem examination revealed the mother-of-two died as a result of stab wounds. Senior investigating officer Det Ch Insp Neil Harrison said: "The weapon used remains outstanding despite a comprehensive search by specialist officers. "From initial inquiries we believe a kitchen knife with a 5in blade was used and then disposed of. "We are therefore asking anyone in the immediate area of Love Lane Denbigh and en-route to, and around, Denbigh Castle to check any outbuildings, gardens, and bins for any trace of the knife and to contact police immediately if one is found but to leave it for officers to recover."

Summary: People in Denbigh have been asked to search their outbuildings, gardens and bins for a kitchen knife used in a fatal stabbing.


The gunmen seized the compound five days ago and have been demanding the release of an opposition leader arrested last month on weapons charges. Supporters of the gunmen have staged rallies nearby and clashed on Wednesday with police, who fired tear gas. Mr Sarkisian urged the gunmen to "sober up" and end their "provocative" action. In comments reported by Armenian Armenpress news agency, he said: "No problem will be solved in Armenia with the use of force, raids and hostage-taking. The resolution of the problem will be an important test for Armenia and the maturity of our society." Mr Sarkisian said the government would act "in line with Armenia's laws" if the gunmen persisted, but he gave no further details. The hostage-takers have been demanding the release of Jirair Sefilian, a military veteran of Armenia's conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, who has been accused of illegally possessing weapons and preparing to seize government buildings. In taking control of the police station in Armenia's capital on Sunday, the gunmen killed one police officer and injured two others. They later released five hostages. Those still being held include a deputy police chief. Mr Sefilian has criticised Mr Sarkisian over his handling of the conflict involving pro-Armenian separatists in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has an ethnic Armenian majority. A bloody war erupted after the end of Soviet rule in 1988, and there has been frequent unrest since, the latest in April, when clashes left dozens dead.

Summary: Armenia's President Serge Sarkisian has urged gunmen holding four hostages at a police station in Yerevan to free their captives and lay down their arms.


Tucked away on a remote slope of the Othrys mountain, Anavra had no paved roads, and its farming and agricultural methods had hardly changed in centuries. The nearest school was in the Greek city of Lamia - a six hour mule ride away - forcing all children above a certain age to leave their hometown. Things are very different now. Anavra is famous for being one of the most prosperous farming villages in all of southern Europe, with an average household income of â‚¬70,000. In stark contrast to the rest of Greece, no-one in the village is unemployed. "Most of the villagers will be voting 'yes' on Sunday," Dimitris tells me over lunch in Anavra's cosy taverna - and it's not hard to see why. Walk around Anavra today, and you will encounter a modern school, a library, a gym, football and basketball pitches, a handful of cafes, a resplendent church, and even a museum. The roads are paved, and most Anavrans drive pick-up trucks, not donkeys. Residents also enjoy satellite TV and high-speed internet, and as Dimitris is keen to emphasise, "young people stay here". Much of this is a direct result of Greece's EU membership - alongside Dimitris' astonishing enterprise. In the early '90s, after 35 years of working at an electrical firm in Athens, Dimitris returned to Anavra, intent on reforming its ailing and rustic economy. After successfully running for mayor, his first move was to travel to Brussels, where he met with every EU official who would talk to him, and gathered information on all the available subsidies for rural communities. Upon his return to Anavra, Dimitris bypassed the local bureaucracy and applied for funding from the European schemes he'd learnt of through the relevant ministries in Athens. This, he admits, was "not very Greek". He quickly realised that many EU development programmes were environmentally focused, and in order to qualify, he encouraged Anavra's farmers to go organic, and to embrace clean energy sources. An EU-subsidised wind farm followed, as well as EU-subsidised roads, stables, telephone lines and even an environmental park. Anavra's 30,000 cows, goats and pigs used to roam freely in the village, causing hygiene and health problems, but once modern farming techniques were introduced, the quality of the village's livestock and produce quickly improved, as did the price their wares were able to fetch. Teachers came to live in Anavra, and a doctor arrived soon after. "If we weren't in the EU, this could not have happened," Dimitris says, gesturing towards the small, but well-built, village square. "The European project has been a blessing for us." But while Europe was the driving force of Anavra's extraordinary ascent, Greece's much lambasted bureaucracy threatens to bring it down to earth. In 2011, reforms pushed through as part of former prime minister George Papandreou's 'Kallikratis Plan' condensed the number of municipalities in Greece from over 1,000 to just 325. Anavra, which had been self-governing, suddenly found itself under the care of the relatively vast Almyros municipality. Its headquarters are an hour's drive away. The new municipality of 43

Summary: In the 1960s, when Dimitris Tsoukalas was a teenager, mules were the only form of transport available in his village.


The Juno spacecraft passed over the giant storm on Monday as it continued with its series of close passes of the gaseous world. The pictures of the spot reveal the intricate nature of its swirls which encompass a region bigger than Earth. Juno's instruments all acquired data during the pass which should now provide fresh insight on the storm. It has been a particularly long-lived feature on Jupiter, but there is evidence that the 16,350-km-wide oval has actually been shrinking of late. "For hundreds of years scientists have been observing, wondering and theorising about Jupiter's Great Red Spot," Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, said in a Nasa statement. "Now we have the best pictures ever of this iconic storm. It will take us some time to analyse all the data from not only JunoCam, but Juno’s eight science instruments, to shed some new light on the past, present and future of the Great Red Spot." Scientists describe the storm as something similar to a hurricane - but there are significant differences between that kind of storm on Earth and what we see at Jupiter. Many behaviours are not the same. For example, hurricanes on Earth quickly lose energy when they leave the ocean surface and pass over land - but on Jupiter, there is no land. Indeed, researchers are not even sure there exists any kind of hard surface under the planet's clouds. This could be an explanation for why the spot has persisted for centuries. But Juno hopes to resolve such puzzles. It has the instrumentation to determine the precise chemical composition of the oval's clouds, to sense their temperature and structure, and to measure how deep they go. There is a suspicion that the spot has very deep roots. Jonathan Nichols, a British science team-member from the University of Leicester, marvelled at the new pictures. "These images are stunning, and reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot in all its glory," he told BBC News. "From the three swirls inside the deep red core to the waves and vortices orbiting it, the images reveal the power and chaos of this iconic storm. "The light and dark shades reveal the wind flow in the spot and potentially the 3D structure of the cloud decks. But the images are also a perfect convergence of science and art, revealing the awesome beauty of the giant planet. "The quality of these data are superb, and it bodes well for further Juno data that will reveal how deep into the atmosphere the Great Red Spot extends." Juno has been at Jupiter for just over a year. It flies large ellipses around the planet, coming in close every 53 days. Monday’s pass saw it skim just 3,500km above the cloudtops at one point. When it travelled across the spot, it was still a mere 9,000km overhead. The practice of the mission so far has been to release raw images from JunoCam and invite the public to work on them - to process them in ways that highlight areas of scientific

Summary: An American space agency probe has returned the most detailed pictures ever of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.


About 40,000 high-strength painkillers were recovered in Craigavon at one of three locations searched by police on Wednesday. Two men have been arrested. A police spokeswoman said it was dangerous to take such drugs without a prescription. Officers were "relieved that such a significant quantity has been removed from circulation", she added.

Summary: A substantial amount of prescription medication, believed to be stolen, has been recovered by police in County Armagh.


First up, it's the scandal that refuses to burn out - the Belfast Telegraph and News Letter both carry stories relating to that rather infamous heat scheme on their front pages. "£2.5m fraud probed in just one RHI case" says the Belfast Telegraph, reporting that energy watchdog Ofgem is investigating a suspected multi-million pound claim to the scheme. According to the paper, it's been suggested it would take four biomass boilers running non-stop every day for 20 years to rack up a £2.5m claim. That's a lot of heat. Meanwhile, the News Letter leads on the news that the public inquiry into the scheme will not sit for any public hearings before March's assembly election. It reports that Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has confirmed that Sir Patrick Coughlin will chair a three-person panel into the scheme. Judging by events just in the last month or so, the panel has its work cut out. Elsewhere, the News Letter dedicates the rest of its front page, and three pages inside, to what it describes as Stormont's condemnation of a "missing man bail scandal". The debate at Stormont was inspired by the case of Damien Joseph McLaughlin, a man charged in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black who has gone missing after being bailed. Meanwhile, all the papers on Wednesday dedicate at least some space to yesterday's Supreme Court judgment over Brexit, with the Belfast Telegraph and Irish News both calling for unity among Northern Ireland's politicians over the Article 50 saga. "(Northern Ireland's MPs) may not agree on whether leaving the EU is a good or bad move," says the Belfast Telegraph. "But they must speak with one voice in ensuring that the best possible deal - taking into account our peculiar interests - is pursued during the divorce negotiations." "It is up to our politicians to fight for the best deal for the people of Ireland, north and south," says the Irish News. Brexit has involved plenty of discussion around the UK's financial and economic future but, according to the Daily Mirror, one Irish person need not worry about money ever again. "Irish punter wins £75m" says its front page, adding that it's not yet known where on the island this extremely jammy individual lives. However, Northern Ireland's record lottery win of £20.1m in 2004 could be under threat if the lucky winner turns out to be from up here. Speaking of gold, the Irish News is talking Oscars. The nominations came out on Tuesday with some Irish interest among the nods, including Best Actress nominee Ruth Negga who has attracted praise for her role in Loving. But, the paper reports, there was also a nod for Dublin-born costume designer Consolata Boyle (for Florence Foster Jenkins) and a Best Original Screenplay nomination for the Irish-funded (and Colin Farrell starring) film The Lobster. And finally, a tribute in the Daily Mirror after Ireland's oldest cow died from a heart attack. Jenny passed away in Clonakilty, County Cork, after racking up 33 years. "She was the queen among cattle," says her

Summary: The RHI scandal continues to make headlines, but there's also room for a bumper Irish lottery win, Oscar nominations and the fallout from yesterday's Supreme Court Brexit decision in Wednesday's newspapers.


Two bombs exploded in the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town in November 1974, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. Six men were jailed in 1975 but their convictions were quashed in 1991. The service, at the city's St Philips Cathedral, paid tribute to other terrorism victims. As part of the service, Birmingham Library was lit up in blue, white and red to also remember the victims of the recent Paris terrorist attacks, the council said. Justice 4 the 21 campaign group, set up by victims' relatives, is calling for another memorial to remember the victims. There is already a monument off St Philip's Place in the city. But the University of Birmingham and victims' families are discussing plans for a more prominent tribute - possibly in New Street near to where one of the pubs used to be. The families are also lobbying the government for inquests into the 21 deaths. Relatives met Home Secretary Theresa May and Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers earlier this year to make a fresh call for the hearings. An inquest was opened days after the bombings - at the time the worst ever terrorist attack on English soil - but it closed without hearing evidence in 1975 after the guilty verdicts. After the convictions were quashed, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbara Mills, placed a 75-year embargo on files relating to a Devon and Cornwall Police inquiry into the West Midlands Police investigation, meaning those files are not due to be released until 2069.

Summary: Relatives of the victims of the IRA Birmingham pub bombings have attended a memorial service to mark the 41st anniversary of the attacks.


Olympic Games-qualified O'Flaherty will defend her Seeley Cup title in Ormeau Park after finishing fourth at Sunday's Irish Cross Country Championships. Men's holder Pollock will not compete in the Belfast race. Pollock has opted to return to his regular training base in London ahead of the European Cross Country tests. The Holywood man was third in the men's race an Santry which represented his first competitive outing since running the Berlin Marathon in September. Pollock went into the Irish European trials as the defending champion but he insisted that he was content with his third place on his return to racing after his Berlin disappointment. The medical doctor achieved the Olympics marathon standard in Berlin but was only the fourth Irishman over the finish line in the German capital which means he will have to race again in the spring if he wants to achieve his Rio ambition. In his regular blog, the latest instalment of which was published earlier this week, Pollock revealed that, after the suggestion of his coach Andy Hobdell, he opted to take several weeks off following his Berlin exertions. The Santry race represented Pollock's return to competitive action and his target was to secure the top-three finish which would guarantee a sixth appearance at the European Cross Country Championships "On each of the previous five attempts at the Europeans I have run poorly, having peaked for the Irish trials," said Pollock in his blog. "This year however, I know that, at least, I will be in better shape than what I was at Santry. "With three weeks of hard training ahead of me and the knowledge that my fitness should come back quickly, the nerves are already setting in. "This championship is an unexpected but very welcome bonus. The bigger races will come in the Springtime. "For now however, it is time to focus on the task at hand. The Irish vest is an extremely special thing to wear and come 13 December, I want to run well." While Pollock will not race in Belfast, the Seeley men's race should still be a competitive affair with Letterkenny athlete Danny Mooney and Paddy Hamilton both expected to be in the field. Letterkenny man Mooney represented Northern Ireland at last year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and also competed for Ireland at this year's European Indoor Championships in Prague. Steeplechase track star O'Flaherty, 34, has opted to compete in Belfast even though she will join Pollock in the Irish team in Hyeres on 13 December. The Newcastle woman, was delighted with her fourth placing at Santry as she picked her way through the field in the closing stages. The Dublin race came immediately after a five-week training sting in French Pyrenees as she continued her build-up towards next summer's Olympics. O'Flaherty may opt to have a short indoor season in February in addition to running in the Armagh Road Races before heading back for another training stint at Font Romeu in mid-April. Commonwealth Games Gladys Ganiel and Kelly Neely will also join O'Flaherty in the Seeley Cup women's field. Ireland

Summary: Kerry O'Flaherty will race in Belfast on Saturday after booking her place at the European Cross Country Championship in France on 13 December.


Abbie Bloodworth, 19, died after a blaze broke out at a house in Cwmparc, Treorchy, just before 12:00 BST on 19 August. In a family tribute, her mother, Samantha Dorricott said: "Abbie was my rock, my world and I miss her deeply." The cause of the fire is being investigated by the fire service and South Wales Police. "She was a fabulous and loving mother to her three-year-old daughter Chantelle," added Ms Dorricott. "She was kind, funny and had a heart-of-gold."

Summary: A young mother who died in a house fire in Rhondda had "a heart of gold".


Businessman Dimitri Kovtun told a news conference in Moscow he thought the death was "suicide by negligence". Mr Litvinenko, 43, died three weeks after drinking tea laced with the radioactive substance polonium-210. English prosecutors suspect Mr Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi of poisoning him at a London hotel in November 2006. Before he died, Mr Litvinenko - a former officer with the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the KGB - accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination. The claims were denied by the Kremlin. However, speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Mr Kovtun said he believed Mr Litvinenko may have poisoned himself. "I am more than sure that he dealt with polonium without knowing it," the Russian news agency Interfax reported him saying. "Maybe it was leaking and polonium accumulated in his body gradually. It is possible that something he carried with him led to a gradual accumulation of polonium in the body," he added. Mr Kovtun and former KGB bodyguard Mr Lugovoi have denied any involvement and have remained in Russia, despite an ongoing public inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death. Sir Ken Macdonald, who was then director of public prosecutions, had recommended in May 2007 that Mr Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of Mr Litvinenko. Last month, Mr Kovtun offered to give evidence to the inquiry, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, via video link. Inquiry chairman Sir Robert Owen said he would grant Mr Kovtun "core participant" status to give evidence, if he met a number of conditions - including the provision of a witness statement and any relevant evidence.

Summary: Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko may have accidentally killed himself after handling radioactive material, a key suspect in his death has said.


It found the problem was compounded by the force's outdated and disjointed IT systems, one of which was at least 25 years old. But it also praised the "high quality training" offered by the force. The review was launched in response to a complaint of racial discrimination made by PC Jim Davies in 2014. It also recorded another allegation of "racist language" used by an officer in the same year, which was reduced from gross misconduct to misconduct. And it raised concerns over "potentially derogatory" Powerpoint slides used in training, which referred to "good breeding potential" and women who "expect to be hit". The authors of the review highlighted the absence of an "ethnicity recording system" that could properly track people from the Gypsy, Roma and traveller (GRT) communities. They said this problem was made worse by "elderly" IT programs, including a DOS-based system at least 25 years old, and a version of Windows that Microsoft no longer supported. It said: "Without clear ways of tracking GRT populations it is impossible to effectively consider the equality impact on these populations." The review was carried out between June 2014 and May 2015 and was led by Professor Margaret Greenfields of Buckinghamshire New University, as well as PC Davies who founded the the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Police Association. Prof Greenfields said the force had "fully accepted" the review's recommendations and praised it for "seeking to go far beyond tokenism or minimum standards of community engagement". A total of 40 crimes were identified in which members of the GRT community were involved.

Summary: Thames Valley Police must improve how it records data on Gypsies, Roma and travellers "as a matter of urgency", an independent review has said.


After resuming on 48-1, in reply to table-topping Lancashire's 462, Glamorgan had slipped to 182-6 when the threatened downpour arrived 19.2 overs into the afternoon session. It leaves Glamorgan still 280 behind going into the final day. Their first target will be the 131 runs they still need to avoid the follow-on. The patience of Lancashire's bowlers was rewarded as the home side took five wickets, two of them for for Australian all-rounder James Faulkner and two for 41-year-old veteran Glen Chapple, who is now within 18 of reaching a career haul of 1,000 first-class wickets. Nightwatchman Andrew Salter was Glamorgan's top performer with 45 before being stumped by Alex Davies off Simon Kerrigan. Lancashire now need to take 14 wickets in the final three sessions if they are to win this Division Two promotion clash on Monday and take a major step closer to promotion back to Division One. Lancashire veteran Glen Chapple told BBC Sport: "We've played well in this game. We laid a foundation in the first couple of sessions and gradually we increased the scoring rate and put ourselves in a strong position. "The pitch was slow to start with. Our batters tried to wear them down and we did that successfully, then Alex Davies and Jimmy Faulkner really picked up the rate on the second day. "I also think we bowled pretty well. I don't know if I'm leader of the attack but it's nice to be involved and I'm enjoying my cricket. "We've got them at 182-6 and there's a chance of enforcing the follow-on. To take 14 wickets on there will be a good effort but, if we can take four in the first session, that'll give us a chance." Glamorgan all-rounder Andrew Salter told BBC Wales Sport: "This game, we really wanted to hit it running and it hasn't quite happened for us. With them scoring over 400 it wasn't the ideal start with us fielding 140 overs. "But it's important we just do things right and finish this game strongly. We've still got quite a lot of batting to come with the likes of Graham Wagg and Mark Wallace, so we should be able to post a good total. "I've been working quite hard on my batting with our head coach Toby Radford and it was a good challenge coming in as nightwatchman. "I felt good. I'd have liked to score a 50 and then kick on again for 100, but unfortunately not."

Summary: Heavy rain wiped out the second half of the day's play at Old Trafford after Lancashire had bowled themselves into a winning position against Glamorgan.


She has lost her British citizenship and exclusion is expected to follow, meaning she cannot travel to the UK. Ms Chapman was among 10 Russians arrested in the US who admitted to being agents for a foreign country. Last week her lawyer said she would like to come to the UK as she has a UK passport through a previous marriage. Russia agreed to exchange four US spies for the 10 Russian agents and the swap was carried out in Vienna on 9 July. Ms Chapman, who is also known as Anya Kushchenko, is the daughter of a Russian diplomat. Until the Home Office's decision, she had dual Russian-UK nationality. BBC home affairs correspondent Andy Tighe said Ms Chapman became the best-known of the Russian spy ring after details and photographs from her Facebook entry were picked up by newspapers around the world. He said her lawyers were handed a letter formally revoking her citizenship and she was told her passport was no longer valid. It is understood steps are also being taken to permanently exclude Ms Chapman from travelling to the UK in the future, our correspondent said. Earlier this month, Briton Alex Chapman, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, talked to a newspaper about his four-year marriage to the 28-year-old Russian. He said they had met at a party in London in 2002 and married five months later. He said she changed dramatically during the marriage, and by the end was having "secretive" meetings with "Russian friends". Ms Chapman did not seek to conceal her Russian identity when she arrived in New York from Moscow in February 2010, saying she wanted to build up a recruitment agency targeting young professionals in both cities. But following the Vienna spy swap, a Home Office spokesperson had said they were reviewing Ms Chapman's passport situation. Russian agents' all-American lives Viewpoint: Life after spying 'Russian spy suspect was my wife' "The home secretary has the right to deprive dual nationals of their British citizenship where she considers that to do so would be conducive to the public good. This case is under urgent consideration," the spokesperson said. Shadow home secretary Alan Johnson had said it "cannot be in our interests" to let Ms Chapman settle in the UK. The BBC's Dominic Casciani said only half a dozen people have been stripped of British citizenship since the law was introduced in 2002. The law was partly introduced to make it easier to deport radical cleric Abu Hamza al Masri. The home secretary can strip someone of citizenship if their presence is "seriously prejudicial" to British interests: for example, if they are a threat to national security. The 10 Russian agents had pleaded guilty in New York to "conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign country". More serious money-laundering charges against them were dropped. Prosecutors said the accused had posed as ordinary citizens, some living together as couples for years, and were ordered by Russia's External Intelligence Service (SVR) to infiltrate policy-making circles and collect information. On Sunday it was reported that two of the

Summary: Anna Chapman, one of the Russian spies deported from the United States, has been deprived of her British citizenship, the BBC understands.


Lawrence, who competed for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finished her swim, bike and run in a total time of four hours, nine minutes and 11 seconds on the Sunshine Coast. The 26-year-old was nearly two minutes ahead of Australian two-time winner Melissa Hauschildt. Fellow Welsh competitor Leanda Cave won the same title in 2012.

Summary: Swansea triathlete Holly Lawrence has won the women's half ironman 70.3 World Championship in Australia.


The 24-year-old du Preez joined the Pro12 club after leaving Southern Kings in 2013, while Cochrane, 32, arrived from London Wasps the following year. Du Preez is enjoying working under compatriot and coach Alan Solomons. "The squad karma is really good and the club is moving forward," said du Preez in a club statement. "I enjoy working with Alan and it's good that he's staying on. I know what he expects from me." Du Preez had previously worked under Solomons at his former club, but he suffered a serious lower leg injury last season. "It was difficult coming back from injury, but our club physios did a great job to fix me up and all's good now," he said. "I'm looking forward to helping the club stay in the top group of the Guinness Pro12 and challenging for a place in the Champions Cup next season." Cochrane, who had spells with Rotherham Titans, Doncaster Knights and Bedford Blues, also praised Solomons' work and relished the challenge of winning a place in the team. "We have some talented young hookers coming through the club, which is great and keeps me on my toes," said the Edinburgh-born forward, who made a mid-career switch from the back row. Solomons was delighted to retain both players. "Cornell is a class player who has proved invaluable for us," he said. "He is also a great bloke and a good team man. "Neil has made a terrific contribution to the team since returning home from Wasps. "He is a superb hooker and a very good leader."

Summary: South African number eight Cornell du Preez and Scottish hooker Neil Cochrane have signed two-year contract extensions with Edinburgh.


Richard Pennycook told BBC Radio 5 live that the group had been "let down" by its former management. However, recent changes to its structure and governance should rectify that situation, he said. The organisation had been "undermanaged" in the past, according to Mr Pennycook. "We let the co-operative movement down in a fairly significant way, after 150 proud years where the Co-op had a reputation for doing the right thing." It now needed to become "better at business" and return to making profits, he said: "Just applying good management disciplines and taking out costs can improve profitability." It had been necessary to go through the "painful" process of selling some businesses to repair the balance sheet, Mr Pennycook said. The group is focusing on its grocery shops and funerals, and retains a 20% stake in the Co-operative Bank, which is now controlled by US hedge funds. The Co-op was second to Tesco in the convenience food market, he said, and the quality of its products had increased markedly: "We can absolutely compete with the best." Mr Pennycook was appointed as the Co-op's interim chief executive early last year before assuming the role permanently. Allan Leighton, chairman of the Co-operative Group, is in the process of rebuilding the board after being appointed in February as its first independent chair. His appointment followed the record Â£2.5bn loss for 2014 that was caused largely by the crisis in the group's banking business. The former Royal Mail chairman will preside over his first annual meeting of the Co-op on Saturday. Co-op members will vote on appointing three directors to the board. They are: former Labour minister Hazel Blears; Ruth Spellman, chief executive of the Workers' Educational Association; and Paul Chandler, former chief executive of the fair trade group Traidcraft. Mr Pennycook said he was both "surprised and delighted" that three candidates had been found. "The first principle of the governance reform is that anybody going onto the board had to have the requisite skills and experience," he said. However, he said the Co-op was yet to take its seat on the board of the Co-op Bank. An external candidate may be appointed to the position if no one on the Co-op board had the necessary skills, Mr Pennycook said. "We don't know yet whether we will have somebody on our group board with the qualifications to go on to the banking board. If we do, then that would be the right solution to take up our seat. If it happens that we don't, then we'll seek to appoint an independent suitably qualified non-executive," he said. "We would hope in future years that we have a healthy pipeline of a people who we'd like to represent on the board." Despite no longer owning the Co-op Bank, Mr Pennycook said it and the Co-op Group shared a name and many members. Co-operative ethics and values had been enshrined in its governance and he said it could no longer be called the Co-operative Bank in the future if that were ever to change.

Summary: The chief executive of the Co-operative Group has blamed past mismanagement of the organisation for the problems it has faced.


Screenshots posted by a computer science student in the US appear to show cash transfers between users could be coming to Facebook. Earlier this year the social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg said that "over time" there would be some "overlap" between messenger and payments. But Facebook declined to comment. Andrew Aude, 21, posted screenshots of the payment function on Twitter. He reportedly uncovered the facility using software which allows developers to explore and modify apps. He added debit card details which apparently unlocked a way of sending money, just as you would a photo or emoji. Speaking to investors in July, Zuckerberg warned that the company had "a lot of work to do" before offering a payments service. "We're going to take time to do this in the way that we think that's going to be right over multiple years." Earlier this year, Facebook hired former PayPal president David Marcus. Several person-to-person payment apps already exist including Ribbon, Square Cash and Venmo. So far these services have struggled to attract users in large numbers, particularly outside the US. Facebook has 1.3 billion active monthly users, giving it the potential to become widely used as a payment service. The social network has faced criticism for forcing users to use a separate app to send messages rather than the main Facebook app. Adding mobile payments may help Facebook encourage people to use the messenger app more widely. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: Soon it may not just be smiley faces, big cats and a thumbs-up that you can send your friends on Facebook messenger.


We drive up the hills in his pickup truck to see farmers harvest the coffee beans in the vast valley around us. Coffee has been the economic backbone of this region - on the border between the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo - for more than a century. But after years of a commodity-fuelled boom, economies like Brazil are having a hard time adjusting to slower global demand and lower prices. Over the decades, the Lacerda family has known fortune and poverty, with their wealth always oscillating around coffee. Droughts, government policies, global consumption, currency problems - these were blessings and curses that determined the fate of the Lacerdas. But in the past five years, farmers in this region are finding new ways to make their own fortunes, trying to move away from producing cheap commodity beans and instead invest in top quality production. Tarcisio drives me to the top of the hill and lets me in on their secret. The valley is filled with coffee trees - but not all of it produces particularly good coffee. In the past, farmers would collect all beans, put them in bags and ship them abroad, getting whatever prices were listed in the commodity markets. Now Tarcisio and his family are separating the best beans - most of which are from trees 1,500 metres above sea level - and producing their own specialty brands. The rest is sold to the market as cheaper, unprocessed green beans. "Usually you double your price - going from commodity to specialty," he says. "A bag of commodity coffee is now worth 450 reais ($110; Â£72) - but we can sell specialty at around 900 or 1000 reais ($220 or $240)," he says. Tarcisio takes me to his neighbour's farm - Forquilha do Rio - which has been winning some of Brazil's top awards for coffee. Their quality has to do with the favourable local conditions - mild temperatures, good sun exposure and high altitude. "We knew our coffee was good, but we had no idea it was this good," says Afonso de Abreu Lacerda (no relation to Tarcisio), in front of a cabinet packed with trophies. "It wasn't until we started competing in awards, about five years ago, that we learned just how valuable it was," he adds. In 2012, when Forquilha do Rio won one of Brazil's top awards, they were able to sell one of their lots for $950 - more than six times the commodity price at the time. They are now exporting their finished brand to China and Japan. The "specialty revolution" is partly the brainchild of Tarcisio's son, 26-year-old Jhone. When he was just 15, Jhone dropped out of school and moved into the family property, determined to learn everything about the coffee trade. With each harvest, father and son experimented with different ways of harvesting, drying up and roasting their product. Jhone designed, built and patented a new coffee drying equipment - which is one of the crucial elements of turning commodity beans into gourmet food. He also became a

Summary: As soon as the sun rises in the Caparao Mountains in southeast Brazil, Tarcisio Lacerda takes me on a tour of his property.


Alex Williams, 22, from Christchurch, had failed to appear in court for sentencing in November, but was arrested in the town on Sunday. He appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court earlier and was sentenced to 20 months in prison for violent disorder. Williams was also sentenced to a further two months for failing to appear in court. Detectives had appealed to the public to help locate him after he failed to show up. The gang's offences included throwing a liquid, thought to be ammonia, at two victims who were each left blind in one eye. Four men were jailed for the attacks. In November Joe Warne, 21, was sentenced to 20 years; Reece Watkins, 22, was sentenced to 18 years; Dominic Barker, 20, was given 16 years and Piers Fox-Havilland was jailed for 12 years. The men, who lived in the London area, were also sentenced to 12 years for conspiracy to rob and eight for possession of imitation firearms - to run concurrently. Dorset Police said the gang was charged following a lengthy investigation into attacks at locations including Boscombe and Christchurch.

Summary: A man who was part of a five-strong gang that committed violent acts in Dorset has been jailed.


He won a by-election in Clifton-with-Maidenway with almost 70% of the vote, beating the Conservative candidate who took 15% of the vote. The vacancy in the ward was opened up after Liberal Democrat Ruth Pentney died earlier this year. Mr Sanders lost his Torbay seat to Conservative Kevin Foster in May's general election after 18 years.

Summary: Former Liberal Democrat Torbay MP Adrian Sanders has been elected to Torbay Council.


The 25-year-old star won gold on the track at London 2012, but, on the advice of British Cycling, switched full-time to road racing last year. "Initially I was told I couldn't appeal," she said. "I'm going to explore that option. "I haven't really been given a fair explanation as to why I haven't been selected, to be completely honest." The Rio Olympics get under way on 5 August. King is second-highest British rider in the world standings but was overlooked when the British road race team was revealed last week. Emma Pooley and Nikki Harris were chosen instead - to support lead rider Lizzie Armitstead - despite both being ranked below her. King called the decision "unfair" but thought she was unable to appeal against the decision because she was not on British Cycling's funded programme. However, British Cycling's interim performance manager Andy Harrison subsequently announced she could. "I have really enjoyed being on the road this year and I feel I've exceeded all expectations in terms of my results," said King. "I was given nine criteria at the start of the year which I've been working toward and I'm absolutely gutted." Media playback is not supported on this device King defied expectations by returning to elite racing after a life-threatening training crash in November 2014 left her with eight broken ribs, a bruised liver and punctured lung. She stopped receiving UK Sport funding two months later and was told she would not be considered for the Rio track cycling team late last year. She has been focusing exclusively on road racing ever since. Despite her Olympic omission and the controversies surrounding British Cycling following the departure of technical director Shane Sutton amid claims of sexism and discrimination, King refuses to be too critical of the national set-up. "When I was on the programme, I was supported really well," she said. "It's just disappointing that I feel like this selection hasn't been fair to me." She insisted: "I'm not here to slag off British Cycling and I do wish all of the British riders a lot of success in Rio."

Summary: Olympic champion Dani King may appeal against British Cycling's decision not to select her for the Rio Games.


Massive adult yellowfins swim together, while juveniles group separately and swim with adult skipjack of a similar size. Schooling confuses predators and makes it less likely that any single fish will fall victim to one. And bigger numbers mean more eyes are on the lookout for a meal. Fishing is the best economic hope for the tiny island states that dot this part of the Pacific. And much like the fish they pull from the ocean, they've learned the benefits of swimming together. The bulk of the fishing in the Pacific is sold by treaty to other countries, with the host nation collecting an access fee for each day of fishing. Since the Pacific island nations started negotiating as a bloc five years ago, they've found themselves in a much better position. Effectively, eight Pacific countries including Kiribati, formed a cartel, banding together to wield their market power to negotiate a better deal, and it's working. Their revenues from fishing rights have increased from $100m (Â£65m) to $430m over the past five years, according to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency. So how can these tiny states, mere specks on a map of the vast Pacific, wield this kind of market power? In truth, they're not as small as they seem. Every nation's exclusive economic zone spreads roughly 370 kilometres (230 miles) from its shores in every direction. So a country of widely-scattered, tiny atolls can have massive fishing grounds, even if it doesn't have much land. Kiribati's land area is only 810 sq km, roughly equal to the city of New York or about half the size of Greater London, but its exclusive economic zone is bigger than India (about 3.5 million sq km). Together, the small island states control so much ocean that they've enacted a rule forcing their customers to choose between their waters and the open ocean. Most opt for the former. But controlling enough of the resources is no guarantee of an effective cartel. Cartels take a considerable amount of political will and discipline. Members of the most famous one, Opec, often break ranks, and there's some evidence of discord here, too. "Certainly we encounter more and more where it becomes more difficult to operate as a bloc. The easy wins have been won already," says Wez Norris, the deputy director-general of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency. Last year, Kiribati largely opted out of a regional $90m deal with the US, drastically cutting the number of days US boats could fish in its water under the treaty. Kiribati's President Anote Tong says there's a practical element to it. In previous years, they ran out of fishing days allowed under the treaty, and had to buy some from one country in order to give it to another. But Kiribati might also be looking for a better deal. "All we're saying is we would reduce our contribution of vessel days to the US treaty. If the US boats want to fish in our waters, they can buy direct from us," he says. Regardless of whether cartels stick together,

Summary: As huge schools of tuna cut swiftly across the Western Pacific on a migration course that spans thousands of kilometres, they cluster by size.


The jet has been painted in the colours used at the time of the battle, which ran from July to September 1940. It also bears a red devil emblem in honour of the only RAF Fighter Command pilot awarded a Victoria Cross in the conflict. It was revealed during a ceremony at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF. Their ultimate failure was one of the turning points of the Second World War and prevented Germany from invading Britain. During the unveiling ceremony, Wing Commander James Heald from RAF Coningsby, said: "What we've tried to do is recreate the paint job of the Hurricane flown by Flt Lt James Nicolson, who was the only Victoria Cross winner of the Battle of Britain. "He was damaged and wounded and was in the process of bailing out when an enemy aircraft appeared in front of him," he said. "So he climbed back in - shot down the enemy aircraft - then continued with his bail out." The commemorative Typhoon will fly alongside a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire at air shows during the summer. It will be flown by Flt Lt Ben Westoby-Brooks, who said: "It is a great privilege to fly this extraordinary aircraft in recognition of the sacrifices made by our predecessors 75 years ago. "Their task of securing the skies was critical in the summer of 1940 and it's an honour to pay tribute to those few brave airmen who gave their all when the stakes were so high."

Summary: A specially painted Eurofighter Typhoon commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain has been unveiled.


Enterprise Management Services has been named as the frontrunner to become Peterborough City Council's strategic partner. The organisation would be involved in recycling, street cleaning and grounds' maintenance. The council said a final decision would be made later this month. Deputy council leader Matthew Lee said: "We are looking for a strategic partner to deliver some of our key frontline services for many years, so it's important that we get it right. "I'm pleased to have two strong contenders in the final stage of this process and will consider the recommendation carefully before making my decision."

Summary: A council in Cambridgeshire has named its recommended preferred organisation to become its partner in the running of waste collection and other services.


It was suggested to him, on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, that the current action by junior doctors would be more effective if the ban was ended. "Sympathy action is legal in most other countries, it should also be legal here," Mr Corbyn said. The Tories said the remarks show Labour is a "threat" to economic security. Asked if he would end the ban on secondary strike action - also known as solidarity action - brought in by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in 1990, Mr Corbyn said: "Yes, of course". He added: "Nobody willingly goes on strike. They go on strike as an ultimate weapon... So let's look at the causes of people being upset rather than the symptoms." Reaction to Sunday's political interviews Mr Corbyn also did not rule out allowing the return of flying pickets - where workers travels to support others' action - which were first used in the coal disputes of the 1970s. He said: "It was merely people moving around showing support during a very difficult industrial dispute." Referring to the walkout by junior doctors in their dispute with the government about a new contract, Mr Corbyn said they "would be better served if we had a health secretary who was prepared to get involved, meet them and look for a solution". There were calls for the laws on secondary strikes to be repealed in 2005 while Labour was in power, amid action by baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport in support of sacked staff at the catering firm Gate Gourmet. However, the government then ruled out the prospect of lifting the ban. The issue re-emerged three years later but then Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there would be "no return" to past laws.

Summary: A ban on sympathy strikes by unions not directly involved in a dispute would be repealed under a Labour government, the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.


People living in and around Aviemore in the Cairngorms say the water tastes bad and some have blamed it for aggravating skin conditions such as eczema. Councillor Bill Lobban wants an investigation to check for a link between the water and skin complaints. Scottish Water said it would look at enhancements to the treatment process. There have been complaints about the water's taste since the supply came on stream four years ago. A public meeting in Kincraig, near Aviemore, on Tuesday, which representatives from Scottish Water attended, heard from consumers who believe the water has aggravated skin conditions. After the meeting, Highland councillor Mr Lobban said skin complaints did appear to be on the rise in the area. He told BBC Radio Scotland: "I am not a doctor or a scientist so I cannot tell if it is directly attributable to the water or not, but it is something that requires serious investigating. "It should not be a question of Scottish Water saying basically 'this is a medical problem, go to your doctor'. "This should be more about Scottish Water liaising with NHS Highland to find out if there potentially is a problem or not." Scottish Water said it already worked closely with health authorities, including NHS Highland. A spokesman said: "If a health authority has any concerns over the safety of a water supply, it can impose restrictions on water use, until such times as the matter is investigated and dealt with. "No restrictions have been imposed in this area and we can reassure customers the water is absolutely safe to use." The spokesman said the company recognised that "a small number of customers in the Aviemore area" have found the water is not to their taste. He said: "We want everyone to enjoy the look and taste of their water and continue to liaise closely with the local community, as we work to resolve their concerns. "That's why we are proposing further enhancements to the treatment processes we use, and are proposing switching to a process called chloramination. "This is a very well established process and one in four Scottish Water customers currently receive chloraminated water - including those in Inverness, Aberdeen, much of Edinburgh and some other parts of the Highlands and Islands."

Summary: Scottish Water has said a water supply which has prompted complaints about its quality is safe and "complies 100%" with standards.


The Northern Irishman edged ahead of Welsh rival Chaz Davies on the last of the 22 laps to clinch his third successive win in Australia. Rea's British and Kawasaki team-mate, Englishman Tom Sykes, was third. "It was a little bit like a bicycle race and no-one wanted to put their nose in front," Rea, 30, said. The champion's victory - his 39th in WSB - ended Davies' six-race winning streak from 2016. Rea is one of four riders to clinch back-to-back Superbike titles but is aiming to become the first to win three in a row. He still lies two titles behind Carl Fogarty's record of four championship successes. Toomebridge man Eugene Laverty, who is back in the series after two campaigns in the MotoGP paddock, finished eighth on his Milwaukee Aprilia. There will be a second Superbike race at Phillip Island on Sunday.

Summary: Defending world champion Jonathan Rea has won the opening race of the 2017 Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island.


The 30-year-old Manxman initially remounted after crashing about 20km into the sixth stage of the race from Stoke to Nottingham before pulling out. His Etixx-Quick-Step team believe he hit a parked car, injuring the same left shoulder he dislocated during the 2014 Tour de France. Cavendish sustained bruising but no fracture or dislocation of the joint. But he will require several days of rest before being able to resume training. The crash came on the day he was named in Britain's team for this month's UCI Road World Championships, which start next weekend. But the men's road race is over a fortnight away on Sunday, 27 September, and Cavendish's team believe it is still possible he will be able to compete in the event in Virginia, the United States. Friday's sixth stage - a 192.7 km route across the Peak District National Park - was won by Cavendish's Etixx-Quick-Step team-mate Matteo Trentin. The Italian rider beat Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka) as the duo battled for the stage win. Norwegian Boasson Hagen, the 2009 Tour of Britain winner, earned enough bonus seconds to enhance his overall lead to 13 seconds ahead of the final two stages this weekend. Saturday's 227.1km seventh stage from Fakenham to Ipswich is likely to be the final chance for Boasson Hagen's rivals - chiefly Team Sky's Wout Poels - to dethrone him as Sunday's finish in central London is expected to end in a sprint. "Stoke and Nottingham are only 50 flattish miles apart if you go via the A50; do it via Buxton, Hathersage and Bakewell and it could just break you. "The day's victor Matteo Trentin, who has also won two Tour de France stages, said it was the hardest ride of his career. "There may be a hint of hyberbole to that - forgiveable given the way he resisted a very elite chasing group and surged past Edvald Boasson Hagen at the death - but I cannot remember a day at the Tour of Britain when the main bunch came in 45 minutes later. "It was a third win this week for the Etixx-Quick-Step team and it came on the day they lost their third rider, Britain's Mark Cavendish. It seems his injuries are not as serious as first feared. "And for Boasson Hagen there is the consolation that despite Team Sky's best efforts he has almost certainly wrapped up the overall win." Stage 6 result 1. Matteo Trentin (Ita/Etixx-Quick-Step) 4hrs 45mins 27secs 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/MTN-Qhubeka) same time 3. Owain Doull (GB/Team Wiggins) +4secs 4. Zdenek Stybar (Cze/Etixx-Quick-Step) same time 5. Jens Debusschere (Bel/Lotto Soudal) same time 6. Alberto Bettiol (Ita/Cannondale - Garmin) same time 7. Alex Peters (GB/Great Britain) - same time 8. Dylan Teuns (Bel/BMC Racing Team) same time 9. Xandro Meurisse (Bel/An Post-Chainreaction) same time 10. Wouter Poels (Ned/Team Sky) same time General classification 1. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/MTN-Qhubeka) 27hrs 47mins 54secs, 2. Wouter Poels (Ned/Team Sky) at 13 secs, 3. Rasmus Guldhammer (Den/Cult Energy Pro Cycling) +43secs 4. Owain Doull (GB/Team Wiggins) +44secs, 5. Dylan Teuns (Bel/BMC Racing Team)

Summary: Mark Cavendish was taken to hospital with a shoulder injury after crashing out of the Tour of Britain.


The Mill, in Ipswich, which is 233ft (71m) high, has a specially-built nesting box that is home to five chicks waiting to fledge. It was built in 2009 but peregrines did not nest there until 2014. Steve Piotrowski, from the Suffolk Ornithologists Group, said: "Hopefully they will colonise other urban sites, which are becoming important habitats." The Mill, which remains uncompleted after work building the flats halted in 2009, is believed to be the tallest residential building in East Anglia. Mr Piotrowski added: "It's a species which is protected and it plays a role in killing feral pigeons on Ipswich Waterfront." A webcam has also been set up by Ipswich Haven Marina to monitor the chicks' progress. 180mph (290km/h) the top diving speed of a peregrine falcon 1,400 the number of breeding pairs in the UK, according to the latest figures 365 the number of breeding pairs in the UK back in 1961 3-4 the number of eggs a hen would usually lay in a year

Summary: Peregrine chicks nesting in a 23-storey tower block have been ringed to help monitor their future movements.


Police made the discovery in the River Mersey in Chorlton, close to Darley Avenue and Barlow Moor Road, at about 09:45 GMT. Officers were working to identify the victim and inform her family. The death is not being treated as suspicious and police believe the woman may have suffered medical complications.

Summary: The body of an elderly woman has been found in a river in Manchester.


Willie Boy O'Neill, three, and Tojo O'Neill, two, formerly of Caldon Road, were last seen on 3 August. They are believed to be in the company of their parents, Claire Watson, 32 and 39-year-old Robert O'Neill (39). The children were reported missing after council officials became concerned for their welfare after failing to contact the family. Willie Boy is described as being of slim build with fair hair, whilst Tojo is stocky with fair hair. Since being reported missing to police last week, officers have made extensive inquiries in England - where there are family connections - to trace the family. So far, there have been no positive sightings of the children, except for the whole family being seen together within the Rivergate Shopping Centre in Irvine at 14:45 on Sunday 3 August. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the children's whereabouts to contact them urgently.

Summary: Police are attempting to trace two children who have been missing from the Irvine area of North Ayrshire.


The complaints were raised at a board meeting of the East of England Ambulance Service held in Norwich. Essex paramedic Ian Harvey told how a pregnant woman was recently taken to hospital by car because an ambulance was unavailable. The ambulance service said it would be considering the concerns raised. Mr Harvey, and fellow Essex paramedic David Taylor, claimed there was "widespread bullying of workers" and that managers "don't care about frontline staff". Mr Harvey said waits for a fully-equipped ambulance - rather than a rapid response vehicle - could vary between two minutes and two hours. Mr Harvey said: "This is a service which impacts on the public greatly, it is life or death." Responding to concerns, board chairman Paul Remington, said: "It's vital to have a discussion, however uncomfortable" A spokesman for the ambulance service said the two Essex paramedics had been "asked to share their concerns and listen to how the trust is going forward in the future".

Summary: Ambulance management in the east of England have been told they are running a "flimsy excuse for a service" by their own paramedics.


AC London were formed in 2012 by Prince Choudary to help stop teenagers in Croydon falling into a life of gangs. They entertain Crawley Down Gatwick in the extra preliminary round on Saturday (15:00 BST), with Choudary set to become the youngest manager in the competition's history. "In 2011 we didn't exist, now we're in the FA Cup," said the 21-year-old. As well as founding and managing AC London, trainee solicitor Choudary is also chairman of the 10th-tier Combined Counties League Division One club. Choudary was at school when rioting took place across London in the summer of 2011. Croydon, where Choudary was born and raised, was one of the areas badly hit. "They broke into my uncle's clothes shop, causing him to sell up his livelihood. They went past our house but luckily nothing happened," Choudary told BBC Sport. "The problem is the youth are misled in today's society and go down the wrong path; they choose the street life. "It was soon after the riots that I had the idea to start a new football club. There was little in terms of activities in Croydon and I wanted to make a change." AC London has grown rapidly since being founded as a youth team in July 2012. Within three years they were elected into the football pyramid for the first time and spent 2015-16 in the Kent Invicta League before being transferred to the Combined Counties. "Setting up a club from scratch is an extremely hard task to achieve," added Choudary, who has FA Level 1, FA Level 2 and Uefa B coaching badges. "I worked part time at a local solicitor's office as a cleaner to get the extra cash." The current squad is made up of 16 nationalities, including players from Venezuela, Brazil, Cameroon, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece and Nigeria. AC London groundshare at Whyteleafe's 2,000-capacity Church Road ground, close to Croydon. James Phillips is believed to be the youngest boss in FA Cup history after he led Romsey Town in the competition at the age of 22 in 2014. Choudary was not born when Everton beat Manchester United in the 1995 FA Cup final at Wembley. "Being the youngest manager and chairman has taken years of sacrifice and hard work that I invested to make this a reality," added Choudary, who played as a goalkeeper for the club but now concentrates on his off-field roles. "The one advantage about being chairman and manager is that I can't sack myself." AC London's squad includes club captain and defender Ernest Simon, who is more than 10 years older than Choudary. Choudary said he hoped for a crowd of about 400, which would be a club record, for the visit of Crawley Down Gatwick, who play one tier higher in the Southern Combination League. It is just 68 days since Arsenal beat Chelsea to win the 2016-17 FA Cup at Wembley. The extra preliminary round features 370 teams who will have to win six games if they are to advance to the first round in November. Winning clubs at this

Summary: A club formed by a 16-year-old after the 2011 London riots will compete in the FA Cup for the first time.


The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has calculated that the vast majority of younger people will get less out of the new system than the old one. Anyone retiring after Wednesday 6 April will be part of the new single-tier or flat-rate state pension. The government said young people would benefit from better workplace pensions. The PPI told the BBC that three-quarters of people in their 20s would lose an average of £19,000 over the course of their retirement, as a result of moving to the new system. Approximately two-thirds of workers in their 30s would lose an average of £17,000, it said. However, not everyone in those age groups will lose out. The rest of the workers in both those categories will gain an average of £10,000, according to the PPI. In total, the PPI said that 11.4 million younger workers would get less out of the new system than they would have done, had the old system carried on. This is because of the abolition of the second state pension, otherwise known as Serps. Under the old two-tier system, workers built up additional savings in the second state pension. This paid an additional income over and above the basic amount of £120 a week. Younger workers will not qualify for the second state pension, even though they will be paying full National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Older workers who have already made contributions to the second state pension will see those payments protected. "I think people would be surprised to find out that there was a state second pension, so I don't think people are that aware of the top-up," said Chris Curry, director of the PPI. "And I think people will be even more surprised to find out that what's replacing it is less generous." For an extensive guide to the state pension change click here. Saskia Revell, from Hertfordshire, is 32. Under the old system, she could expect to retire on £178 a week, made up of £120 of the basic state pension, and £58 a week under the second state pension. Under the new system she will get £155. "Just with the cost of housing, trying to get paid enough, and now hearing that the pension is disappointing, it's quite a shock," she told the BBC. The government said that its reforms were designed to ensure that the state pension remains affordable and sustainable for future generations. In the long run, the new system will be less expensive for the tax-payer. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said that young people in particular will benefit from automatic enrolment in workplace pensions. "It's misleading to look at the new state pension in isolation," said a spokesperson for the DWP. "The truth is that by bringing in automatic enrolment into workplace pensions more young people will have the opportunity to save than ever before." Government projections show that, in the first 15 years of the new system, 75% of pensioners will receive more than they would have done under the old system.

Summary: More than 11 million workers now in their 20s and 30s will end up worse off as a result of reforms to the state pension, a think tank has said.


Roberts' low finish came after team-mate Christian Burgess was cautioned twice inside a minute, firstly after a tussle with Francois Zoko and then for fouling Ryan Dickson. Zoko had earlier pounced on poor Pompey defending from a corner to put the Glovers ahead at the far post. Portsmouth stay in the play-off places, with Yeovil still next to bottom. Portsmouth manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent: Media playback is not supported on this device "It's a fantastic point, but never ever at any stage were we playing well in the game or we were in control of the game. "I thought Yeovil were excellent on the day. It was a difficult game for us, but the reality of it was we never played well and we have dug ourselves a point and at the end of the season I think we will look at that point as a good point. "We just weren't at it today like we were last week. As a manger it always comes down to me, I accept that, but when you're trying to change a culture of a club it is hard."

Summary: Gary Roberts rescued a point for 10-man Portsmouth with an equaliser at relegation-threatened Yeovil Town.


Kallum Watkins put the hosts ahead and they extended their lead when Danny McGuire's kick bounced off the crossbar and fell for Matt Parcell to score. Tom Gilmore reduced Widnes' deficit but Joel Moon crossed for a second time and Tom Briscoe sent them 30-6 ahead. Gilmore and Chris Houston touched down in the second half but Watkins and Parcell scored again to seal the win. The victory means Leeds are level on points with league leaders Castleford Tigers, who were beaten 26-22 against St Helens on Monday, but have played one game more. Corey Thompson ran in Widnes' fourth try after the hour mark to make it 30-22 and they could have been within a converted try of levelling the scores, but Gilmore missed the extras. Despite their spirited second-half comeback, the Vikings could not close the gap and remain rooted to the foot of Super League, having won just once in their opening 10 games. Widnes also lost Tom Armstrong (knee), Danny Craven (finger) and Lloyd White (hamstring) to injury in the defeat. It was the first time Leeds had won against Widnes since beating them 38-6 in February 2015, with Denis Betts' side winning their three meetings after that defeat. Leeds Rhinos head coach Brian McDermott: "There were a couple of things involved in the second half, not least Widnes' desire to get back into the game. But we were running at 40% in the second half and the last thing we needed to do was give them an invite back into the game. "Credit to Widnes - they made it a contest but had we done things differently they never would have been able to make it a contest. "We found ourselves in a situation where we were fighting for the game and credit to our players - they showed some maturity and when they got the chance they got over to score a try. "I won't get on the players' backs about the second half - it made it interesting and entertaining - but the most pleasing thing is that we were very good and very clinical in the first half." Widnes Vikings coach Denis Betts: "At half-time we spoke about treating it like someone taking something from us in the street and then chasing after them and trying to get as much as we can back. "We got ambushed at the start and we intended to start quickly ourselves. But we were only competing at 60% and got behind in the penalty count and then we just got caught in a whirlwind of incomplete sets and injuries. "We're down on troops and it's a tough time at the moment. We'd like to take credit for the second half - they ran out of steam a little bit too." Leeds: Handley, Briscoe, Watkins, Ward, Hall, McGuire, Moon, Galloway, Parcell, Cuthbertson, Jones-Buchanan, Delaney, Mullally. Replacements: Burrow, Walters, Garbutt, Baldwinson. Widnes: Thompson, Marsh, Armstrong, Runciman, Ah Van, Craven, Gilmore, Buchanan, White, Chapelhow, Houston, Dean, Farnworth. Replacements: Dudson, Walsh, Burke, Johnstone. Attendance: 15,408. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas (RFL).

Summary: Leeds kept up the pressure at the top of the Super League as they survived a second-half comeback to beat Widnes.


The Information Commissioner is to be asked to overrule a decision by the National Archives to keep the documents about the trial of Stephen Ward hidden. The submission is being made by lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC. It is believed Ward killed himself as his trial for living off immoral earnings was ending. Ward, an artist and osteopath living in London, had in 1961 introduced 21-year-old reputed call girl Christine Keeler to the Secretary of State for War, John Profumo. The minister and Ms Keeler - who is also thought to have had relations with an attache at the Russian embassy, Yevgeny Ivanov - started an affair. When challenged, Profumo initially denied the relationship - but was later forced to admit that he had lied in March 1963, in a scandal that threatened to topple the Conservative government of the time. Ward, who many believe was a victim of a cover-up, is understood to have killed himself on the last day of his trial at the Old Bailey, where he was found guilty of living off the immoral earnings of Ms Keeler and her friend Mandy Rice-Davies, who were referred to at the time of the court case as prostitutes. Mr Robertson, the author of Stephen Ward was Innocent, OK, said that he was making the appeal because keeping documents about Ward's trial hidden "was irrational and ignores the public interest and the interests of history in discovering the truth about Ward's conviction, which is widely viewed as a miscarriage of justice". He added: "Releasing the official trial transcript is important to work out why Ward was ever prosecuted, and it will assist the case for overturning his conviction." The National Archives refused Mr Robertson access to most of its file on Ward, which is believed to include the police statements used to charge him with living off the earnings of Ms Keeler and Ms Rice-Davies. Mr Robertson argues in his book that neither woman was a prostitute, and both in fact lived off Ward's earnings as a celebrated osteopath and portrait artist. The file on Ward is currently closed from public view until 2046, because this is 100 years after the birth of Ms Rice-Davies, the youngest of the trial witnesses. The Information Commissioner is set to make a decision to see if it can be opened earlier. According to Mr Robertson, this "will cast an important new light on one of the worst miscarriages of justice in modern British history, and help explain how Stephen Ward was made the scapegoat for the Profumo affair by prosecuting him for crimes that neither he nor anyone else ever committed". A spokesman for the National Archives said it did not want to provide a comment. A spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office said it had not yet received Mr Robertson's submission.

Summary: A decision to keep documents relating to a man who was at the centre of the Profumo sex scandal hidden should be overturned, a leading lawyer has said.


Ryan Lock, 20, from Chichester in West Sussex, died on 21 December during a battle for the IS group's stronghold of Raqqa. He was fighting as a volunteer with the Kurdish armed fighting forces, the YPG. The YPG told the BBC that "trace of a gunshot wound was found under the chin", suggesting suicide. Sources said five fighters came under siege by IS - also known as ISIS - in the village of Ja'bar, and they showed "considerable resistance" before they were killed. After the bodies were retrieved examinations showed that "it seems that the British fighter committed suicide in order not to fall captive with Isis". A report said the gunshot wound indicated "that the gun made contact with the bottom of the chin". "This suggests that the fighter committed suicide," it concluded. Kurdish rights activist Mark Campbell, from KurdishQuestion.com, told BBC South: "Ryan Lock may very well have turned his own gun upon himself rather than be taken prisoner by ISIS. "There are no words to describe the bravery required to take such an action. "ISIS were robbed of a predictable macabre propaganda opportunity by Ryan's action. "I personally believe he deserves the very highest of military honours for such outstanding bravery in the face of such a barbaric enemy." Mr Lock, a chef, had travelled to Syria in August having told friends and family he was going on holiday to Turkey. Earlier on Tuesday his body was transported into Iraq in preparation to be flown back to the UK. In a statement to the BBC, his father Jon Plater, from Chichester, said: "Since we heard the devastating news of Ryan, it's been pretty tough, especially the difficulties surrounding the repatriation. "We are grateful to the YPG for bringing him home." Mr Lock's body had been in the hands of IS militants. The volunteer, who attended school in Havant, Hampshire, became the third British man to die fighting alongside the Kurds against so-called Islamic State. The Foreign Office continues to advise against all travel to Syria.

Summary: A Briton fighting in Syria "turned the gun on himself" to avoid being taken prisoner by so-called Islamic State, Kurdish sources have told the BBC.


The buggy update - which was delivered via a wireless transmission - is causing affected vehicles' infotainments systems to stop working. This prevents drivers from getting navigation directions, climate controls and digital radio. The Toyota division has acknowledged the problem and said owners needed to bring their cars in. "Errant data broadcast by our traffic and weather data service provider was not handled as expected by the microcomputer in the vehicle navigation head unit (centre display) of 2014-16 Model Year Lexus vehicles and 2016 Model Year Toyota Land Cruiser," a spokeswoman explained. "In some situations, this issue can cause the head unit to restart repeatedly, affecting operation of the navigation system (if equipped), audio and climate control features. The data suspected to be the source of the error was corrected last night." The firm said "many" vehicles had been affected. It confirmed the problem only affected US-based drivers who subscribed to Enform, a data-transmitting service not available in Europe. Several motorists have posted videos showing the cars' screens booting up, flashing purple and then crashing. The fault repeats whether the vehicles are stationary or moving. At least one car owner believed their car had been "hacked". Some owners have reported that when they disconnected their car battery, it reset the unit and made it work again. But others have said this only provides a temporary fix as the problem returns several hours later. "The correction is a forced reset and clearing of the errant data from the system," Lexus later explained. "Toyota and Lexus owners experiencing these issues should visit their dealer for a complimentary system reset and a confirmation of the system. We regret any inconvenience." The issue threatens to tarnish Lexus's reputation. It had been ranked as the "most reliable" car brand in Consumer Reports' survey of the automobile industry last year. "Lexus has an excellent reputation for reliability, but these days that's not just about having trustworthy mechanical parts but its also electronics and software," commented Prof David Bailey from Aston Business School. "There are typically more lines of code in a car than an aircraft, and you only have to get one part wrong for it to cause these types of problems."

Summary: A faulty data broadcast is causing problems for Lexus car owners in the US.


The Queensferry Crossing had been expected to open at the end of 2016 but there are fears that adverse weather conditions may delay its completion. Transport Scotland said the contractor was working to ensure the Â£1.35bn bridge was open "as soon as possible". The Scottish Conservatives said any delay would be of "serious concern" to commuters. In February, the national transport agency said the project was scheduled to finish "on time and under budget". But in the wake of newspaper reports that the opening of the bridge could be delayed, they would not name a completion date. Nicola Sturgeon is to field a question on the matter on Thursday, with Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton lodging a query about the opening date at first minister's questions. A Transport Scotland spokesman said: "As previously stated the contractor, Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors, is making every effort to open the bridge as soon as possible, despite the challenge that the weather presents." Alex Johnstone, transport spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said the government "needs to be open" so commuters know when the bridge will open. "Ministers weren't slow to celebrate the bridge coming in under budget, and have said for some time that it is on schedule," he said. "The public will expect them to be equally open when things aren't going to plan."

Summary: The Scottish government has been urged to confirm when the new Forth bridge will open.


Fighting is said to have erupted near the town of Harad which was captured by government forces two days ago. Military sources said 28 troops were killed while Houthi rebels said they had lost 40 fighters. Clashes have continued despite a UN-backed ceasefire and peace talks in Switzerland which began on Tuesday. As well as those killed on Saturday, at least another 50 rebels and 40 pro-government troops were reported to have been wounded. Tribal sources said there was an upsurge in fighting early on Saturday as government forces - which are being backed by a Saudi-led coalition - advanced towards the Red Sea port of Midi and rebels brought in reinforcements. Houthi and government delegates have been meeting in Biel in Switzerland to try to end months of fighting. Rebels have accused Yemeni and Saudi-led coalition forces of repeatedly breaching the ceasefire, which is meant to last for a week. The Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign in March in support of the government after Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and advanced towards the second city of Aden. Since then, at least 5,700 people, almost half of them civilians, have been killed in air strikes and clashes on the ground. The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has also worsened, with more than 21 million people - four-fifths of the population - now in need of aid.

Summary: At least 68 people are reported to have been killed in fresh clashes between government troops and Houthi rebels in north-west Yemen near the Saudi border.


Griffiths won a trio of player of the year awards after scoring 40 goals last season but has started only 10 league games this campaign. He missed Sunday's win over Hearts with a calf injury and Rodgers made it clear the striker must improve his fitness. "What I've said to him is about making sure the talent is a working talent," said the Celtic manager. "Because talent's not good enough on its own. "You have to work at it - and it's a cycle. It's one where, when he's playing and fit, Leigh's very good but can still work harder in training. "The problem is if you're not getting the games and then if you're not quite on it in training then you're losing fitness. "But then the moment you're asked to come in and get up to speed in a real high-tempo, intense game, the moments that are there for you to risk injury are far greater." Rodgers named Dedryck Boyata and Callum McGregor as examples of players who have shown great professionalism to work hard and force their way into his plans. "You have to work tirelessly every day or unfortunately you'll get left behind," he said. Rodgers echoed the words of his predecessor, Ronny Deila, who spoke of the need to be a "24-hour athlete". "It's a difficult period for him with that injury," the Celtic manager said of Griffiths, who has lost his place to summer signing Moussa Dembele. "But the only way you can overcome that is by working 24 hours a day for your profession, for your life. "He's a good kid, a great boy, but he understands where he's at. We all know the talent, but it won't be good enough on its own. "We speak a lot and it's not easy because he hasn't played maybe as much as he did last year. The reasons are simple for that. "He's a player I really admire, a player we really want to have here. "He's part of the squad, but I want him fit and available. He knows that and it's something he's working harder now to try to achieve."

Summary: Brendan Rodgers has urged Leigh Griffiths to work harder if he is to force his way back into Celtic's team.


Roedd Trudy Jones yn un o 30 o Brydeinwyr i gael eu lladd gan Seifeddine Rezgui ar draeth yn ardal Sousse yn 2015. Mae cwest i'r marwolaethau yn cael ei gynnal yn Llundain. Dywedodd heddwas fod Ms Jones ymhlith y rhai oedd yn y rhes flaen o bobl oedd yn torheulo pan gafodd ei lladd. Roedd Ms Jones o fewn dyddiau i ddychwelyd adref o'i gwyliau pan gafodd ei lladd gan Rezgui, myfyriwr 23 oed o Tunisia. Fe wnaeth o ladd 38 o bobl ar y traeth ac mewn gwesty cyfagos. Clywodd y cwest fod Ms Jones, mam i bedwar, yn weithiwr gofal oedd yn "berson oedd yn gofalu am eraill, ac yn rhoi blaenoriaeth i bobl eraill". Cafodd datganiad ei ddarllen i'r cwest yn dweud fod Trudy Jones "yn rhoi amser i bawb ac wedi gwneud argraff fawr ar fywydau pobl o'i chwmpas". Roedd teulu Trudy Jones yn gwylio'r gwrandawiad drwy gyswllt fideo o Gaerdydd. Clywodd y cwest dystiolaeth gan Carol Powell, oedd ar wyliau gyda Ms Jones. Dywedodd ei bod wedi clywed ergydion yn cael eu tanio a bod anhrefn llwyr. Ychwanegodd iddi orfod smalio ei bod wedi marw er mwyn osgoi cael ei saethu. Dywedodd Ms Powell mai hi oedd yr un oedd wedi gorfod adnabod corff Trudy Jones. Mae disgwyl i'r cwest bara am saith wythnos.

Summary: Mae cwest i farwolaeth dynes o'r Coed Duon, gafodd ei lladd gan derfysgwr Islamaidd ar draeth yn Tunisia, wedi clywed iddi farw o ergyd gwn i'w gwddw a'i brest.


Union leaders are due to hold talks with rail bosses on Tuesday in an effort to resolve their dispute over changes to the role of guards (OBS). They claim that on specific dates in January and February an average of three trains a day ran without an OBS. Southern said a train could run without a guard "in exceptional circumstances". The RMT said new figures showed that on nine days this year, when there was no industrial action, at least 26 trains did not have an on-board supervisor or second member of staff in addition to the driver. It said this equated to three services a day, which would be 1,000 a year. RMT agrees to meet Southern bosses Will the government take over Southern trains? General secretary Mick Cash said: "That's 1,000 journeys where a disabled passenger may not be able to get on or off the train or where passengers and the driver are at increased risk from anti-social behaviour or if something goes wrong, such as a derailment or fire." He added that members feared the figures were "the thin end of the wedge" and instances were "far more widespread and increasing". "Guaranteeing a second member of safety critical staff on every train is the only way you can guarantee access for all and a safer journey for passengers," Mr Cash said. In response a Southern spokesman said: "We said we would roster a second person to every train that had one before, and we are. "However we also said in exceptional circumstances when an on board supervisor is unavailable we will run the train, rather than cancel it, because it is in passengers' interests to do so." The drivers' union Aslef has been balloting its members on a deal aimed at resolving its dispute with Southern, with the result due on Thursday.

Summary: The RMT union has claimed the equivalent of 1,000 Southern rail services per year are operating without a second member of staff on board.


Ben Blakeley, the ex-boyfriend of the pregnant 17-year-old, strangled and buried her in his uncle's grave in Didcot, Oxfordshire, in December 2013. He admitted affray in connection with an incident at Didcot Parkway station on 22 October 2013. Blakeley, 23, from Reading, was given a concurrent eight month sentence at Oxford Crown Court. He was jailed for life in July last year for the murder of Jayden. Jayden was last seen alive on 3 December. Her body was discovered two weeks later on 18 December in a recently disturbed grave at All Saints' Church in Didcot. Blakeley's brother Jake, 18, of Abbotts Road, Didcot, was jailed for three years for perverting the course of justice.

Summary: A man who is serving life for murdering teenager Jayden Parkinson has been given a further sentence for affray.


He is the highest-ranking US official to publicly implicate Beijing since news of the data breach emerged. China always dismissed suggestions that it was behind the hacking. The statement comes after three days of high-level talks in which China and the US agreed to a "code of conduct". "China remains the leading suspects," said Mr Clapper at a conference in Washington DC, but "the US government continues to investigate" he added, according to his office. Background to a "massive" hack in five points US hit by 'massive data breach' China military unit 'behind prolific hacking' At the Washington talks where cyber security was a top priority, US Secretary of State John Kerry said there was a need to work with China to develop a "code of conduct" on state behaviour in cyberspace - Chinese representatives had agreed with these conclusions. "It's something that we agreed needs to be addressed and hopefully it can be addressed soon," State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. China has said any suggestion that it was behind the hacking is "irresponsible and unscientific".

Summary: China is the "leading suspect" in the massive hack of a US government agency holding the personnel records of millions of Americans, US intelligence chief James Clapper has said.


The 23-year-old was a free agent after leaving the Shrimpers in December. The Czech started his professional career with Liverpool before joining Yeovil in June 2014, making 45 league appearances for the Glovers. He will be unable to play for the Pilgrims, who have not disclosed the length of his deal, against the Reds in the FA Cup third round, having already played for Southend in the competition. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Plymouth Argyle have signed former Southend United defender Jakub Sokolik.