The Imperial College London team hope to overcome the dangerous and common problem of leaving bits of the tumour in a patient, which can then regrow. Early results, in the journal Science Translational Medicine, showed the "iKnife" could accurately identify cancerous tissue on the spot. It is now being tested in clinical trials to see if it saves lives. To avoid leaving cancerous tissue behind, surgeons also remove surrounding tissue. They can even send samples off for testing while the patient is still in theatre, but this takes time. Yet one in five patients who have a breast lump removed still need a second operation to clear their tumour. For lung cancer the figure is about one in 10. The team at Imperial College London modified a surgical knife that uses heat to cut through tissue. It is already used in hospitals around the world, but the surgeons can now analyse the smoke given off when the hot blade burns through tissue. The smoke is sucked into a hi-tech "nose" called a mass spectrometer. It detects the subtle differences between the smoke of cancerous and healthy tissue. This information is available to the surgeon within seconds. Tests on 91 patients showed that the knife could accurately tell what type of tissue it was cutting and if it was cancerous. Dr Zoltan Takats, who invented the system at Imperial, said: "These results provide compelling evidence that the iKnife can be applied in a wide range of cancer surgery procedures. "It provides a result almost instantly, allowing surgeons to carry out procedures with a level of accuracy that hasn't been possible before. "We believe it has the potential to reduce tumour recurrence rates and enable more patients to survive." Trials are now taking place at three hospitals in London - St Mary's, Hammersmith and Charing Cross. Prof Jeremy Nicholson, head of the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial College London, said: "This is part of what we call precision medicine, we're trying to change the world by very aggressively translating scientific discovery in to the NHS." Surgeon Dr Emma King, of Cancer Research UK, said: "The iKnife is an exciting development to guide cancer surgeons during operations. "If its usefulness is supported in further clinical trials, it could potentially reduce the time spent in theatre for many patients."

Summary: An "intelligent" knife that can sniff out tumours to improve cancer surgery has been developed by scientists.


Lee and Drilona Perry got married at Newark register office late on Saturday afternoon. They headed to the adjacent Newark Castle after to take photos but, in the meantime, register office staff went home and the gates were locked. They were rescued along with their 50 guests after an hour and the council has now apologised. Mr Perry, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, said he thought it was a joke at first. "You plan a nice, beautiful wedding that you expect to be the most wonderful day of your life....only to find you get locked in," he said. "As it started to get dark and the rain started to come down we thought let's wrap this up and get to the function, but the gates were locked." He said they had been given no explanation as to how it had happened but "it will be a wedding to remember". "We can laugh about it now. It could've been a lot worse," added Mr Perry. Jeanette Hall, registration area manager at Nottinghamshire County Council, said they appreciated it "must have been frustrating for all involved". She said: "Newark and Sherwood District Council lock these gates at around dusk and unfortunately we should have alerted the couple to the possibility that the gates may be locked when they went into the grounds." She said they were trying to contact the couple to investigate what happened.

Summary: A newly-wed couple had an eventful start to their marriage when they found themselves locked in a castle grounds.


In total 14 tents were targeted, with cash, mobile phones, electrical items and credit cards stolen. The incidents took place in the Green Camping Area of the Dundrennan site in the early hours of Sunday. Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard anything suspicious in the area at the time. However, they praised the public in general for their good behaviour during the event. Police said said there were "only a few matters of minor disorder" reported and no cases of serious disorder or violence. There were 46 cases of drug possession and two cases relating to drug supply detected. Insp Stuart Davidson said: "We want to thank those who attended the festival for their generally good behaviour, and co-operation with the police and other agencies involved in the security and wellbeing of all those on site over the weekend. "We have developed good working relationships with the organisers over the years and this experience helped towards a professionally-run event. "I would also acknowledge the excellent standard of the security and stewards who assisted us over the weekend."

Summary: Police are investigating a spate of thefts on the Wickerman Festival site which were carried out while tent owners were sleeping.


Fred Stobaugh, whose wife Lorraine died in April, has no previous musical experience and wrote the song on a whim for a competition. He submitted his handwritten lyrics by post and, although the contest was online-only, the organisers were so moved they put the words to music. Oh Sweet Lorraine is number seven on US iTunes and has 1.9m YouTube views. Billboard magazine said the song had sold 6,000 copies so far, placing it at number 49 in its rock digital songs sales chart. The track is also in the iTunes charts for Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Luxembourg. "Oh sweet Lorraine," the chorus begins, "I wish we could do all the good times over again." Stobaugh does not perform the song himself - on his original submission, he wrote: "I don't sing, I would scare people, haha!" Vocals are provided instead by Jacob Colgan, whose Green Shoe Studio organised the original contest. A documentary about the recording of the song, uploaded to YouTube in July, explains how the recording came about. "What made Fred's entry so special to us was, one, it's an online contest. People are supposed to upload their videos," Colgan says in the clip. "But, instead of a video, we received a very large manila envelope. Well, I was excited to see what it was. Lo and behold, it was a letter from a 96-year-old man who said, 'I've written a song for my wife'. "He sounds like a sweet guy," he continues, "but, as I'm reading through the letter, I begin to realise that his wife had just passed away a month earlier." Stobaugh says the song, his first, came to him out of the blue. "After she passed away, I was just sitting in the front room one evening by myselfâ€¦it just [came] to me. I kept humming it." The finished recording is a simple, country-tinged lullaby. The documentary shows Stobaugh overcome with emotion as he hears it for the first time, covering his face with his hand as he tells Colgan: "It's wonderful, it's wonderful". "She was just the prettiest girl I ever saw," he says of meeting Lorraine in 1938. "Real timid-like. I just fell in love with her right there." "I really, really miss her."

Summary: A 96-year-old who wrote a song for his late wife has made the US iTunes top 10, alongside Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.


City are four points above the Premier League relegation zone and they want to sign a striker in January. Paloschi, 26, has scored eight goals in 21 league games for Chievo this season. Starting his career at AC Milan, the Italian also played for Parma and Genoa. He joined Chievo in 2011 and has scored 42 goals in 144 Serie A appearances. Paloschi has represented Italy at Under-21 level, scoring in their 2-1 defeat to Wales at Swansea's Liberty Stadium in 2009. He lined up alongside the likes of Milan and former Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli in a game won by Aaron Ramsey's spectacular strike. Paloschi could now be about to link up with compatriot Francesco Guidolin, who was appointed Swansea's head coach earlier this month. Former Udinese manager Guidolin guided the Swans to a 2-1 win at Everton in his first game in charge, the Welsh club securing back-to-back victories for the first time this season having previously beaten Watford. Despite the encouraging start to Guidolin's reign, Swansea are still 15th in the Premier League table, with only bottom side Aston Villa scoring fewer goals so far in this campaign.

Summary: Swansea City are in talks with Chievo about signing striker Alberto Paloschi for a fee of around £8m.


Some of the weapons were discovered when officers stopped two vehicles in Ratoath - the same village where a man was shot dead on Wednesday night. Two assault rifles and ammunition were found in the vehicles and in follow-up searches nearby two pistols, silencers and more ammunition was recovered. Police said the operation is ongoing. It involved officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, supported by national police units, including the Emergency Response Unit. The investigation follows the fatal shooting of Noel Duggan in The Old Mill housing estate in Ratoath at about 19:45 local time on Wednesday. Mr Duggan was a well-known criminal linked to cigarette smuggling and also had connections to a Dublin family who were caught up in a fatal feud in the city last month. A police statement said Thursday evening's operation was targeted at "organised criminal groups involved in the provision and distribution of firearms". The men who were arrested are in their 30s.

Summary: Three men have been arrested after police seized guns and several hundred rounds of ammunition in County Meath in the Republic of Ireland.


The total - that includes on and off-street parking and penalty charges minus running costs - means it is the third year in a row the figure has increased. Of the 22 councils, 19 made a profit, with Cardiff (£3.5m) the biggest. Three councils lost money on parking - Flintshire (£423,000), Blaenau Gwent (£310,000) and Torfaen (£81,000). Before running costs were taken off, the local authorities had a combined parking income of £35.8m - a 5.6% increase on the previous 12 months. The RAC Foundation takes official returns given to the Welsh Government by each local authority and analyses them. Its director Steve Gooding said the figures "up sharply again" could reflect "a recovering economy with people using their cars more". Earlier this month, the Wales Audit Office said Welsh councils could raise much-needed cash by charging more for services. However, it cautioned against some rises, citing the potential for increased car parking fees to stop tourists and shoppers visiting town and city centres. Mr Gooding called for profits made from parking to be ploughed back into transport projects - including the ongoing campaign to tackle potholes. He said while towns and cities should not be dominated by cars, more than 80% of employees in Blaenau Gwent, Neath Port Talbot and Torfaen rely on their vehicles to get to work - some of the highest levels in the UK. Swansea (£2.4m) and Gwynedd (£1.4m) recorded the second and third highest profits, while Monmouthshire's system was the most efficient - with £490,000 spent and £1.42m brought in.

Summary: Car parking charges made Welsh councils a combined profit of £13.8m in 2015/16, figures from the RAC Foundation show.


Local media reported that the man was driving the car when it crashed and later took his own life. The men from New Zealand, aged 24 to 25, were on a hunting trip and not wearing seat belts, reports said. Their families have reportedly arrived in Australia to arrange for their bodies to be flown back. Police said they were preparing a report for the coroner. The men were named by Australian and New Zealand media as Kadin Wallace, Jeremy Vergeer, and Dylan Sherriff, and were reportedly working on farms in the Esperance region. Kadin Wallace, who was believed to be driving, survived the crash but is understood to have taken his own life before emergency services arrived, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Mr Vergeer got engaged just weeks ago and was the father of a child from a previous relationship. His fiancÃ©e, Lauren Withers, posted a message to social media describing him as "my soulmate, my best friend, my everything". "The future seemed so promising for us... 2016 was going to be the best year for us, buying our first home, getting married and moving to NZ to start our family," Ms Withers said.

Summary: A man who survived a crash that killed his two friends on a remote Australian highway died hours later from injuries unrelated to the accident, police said.


Farmers in the north-eastern Liaoning province, made use of different colours and varieties of rice saplings in order to mimic the 3D effect. The fields are housed as part of a theme park in Shenyang city, which also caters to weddings and camping trips for tourists. The Xibo farmers, an ethnic Chinese group, have an annual tradition of creating patterns on their rice paddy fields. Creating art on their rice fields also serves as a way of praying for blessings. Last year, they produced 13 images featuring different themes of places, animals, and people. Even the legendary Chinese deity Nezha was represented in rice paddy form. The murals set a 2012 world record for the "largest rice paddy work ever made". Officials are also hoping that this year's special 3D rice art will attract more tourists to Shenyang city. "Stunning work," remarked a Facebook user. "Crop circles are so last century." "It's Art Attack! In China," said another.

Summary: 3D imagery has now reached China's rice paddy fields.


The airport said its £16bn plan for expansion included addressing flooding from Thames tributaries that burst their banks early in 2014. The Environment Agency, which has plans to meet Heathrow bosses in the next week, said it was "very encouraged". "I believe this scheme will happen," said spokesman David Murphy. In February last year, flooding affected homes and businesses along the river in Berkshire, Surrey and the London boroughs of Kingston and Richmond. The River Thames defence scheme involves reducing the flood risk between Datchet and Teddington by building a flood channel and improving three weirs. The government announced in its autumn statement it would contribute £220m towards the scheme, with businesses and utility companies being asked to chip in. Leader of Surrey County Council David Hodge has said Heathrow would be one of those asked to contribute. Heathrow said its expansion plan included a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to address issues like flooding from nearby rivers, particularly the Colne and Wraysbury. "We will work and support the Environment Agency and local authorities in developing better flood alleviation schemes to protect homes and property located away from the airport." The Airports Commission is currently considering three options for expanding airport provision in south-east England. It is due to make its final recommendation to the government in the summer. Mr Murphy, Environment Agency executive for the River Thames scheme, said: "One of the key factors of expansion at Heathrow will be to manage water associated with that development. "This whole area has many rivers many lakes and therefore water management is incredibly important because of the potential for flooding which we saw last year."

Summary: Heathrow airport could be among businesses contributing to a £300m River Thames defence scheme if it gets the go-ahead to expand.


The Troop, by Canadian author Craig Davidson, was announced as the winner of the Â£2,000 prize on Wednesday night. The award was set up to celebrate the life and work of horror writer James Herbert who died in March 2013. Herbert's daughter Kerry, who was one of the judges, described the winning book as the "darkest of tales". "My father would have chuckled in his chair; his fans will love it. And you'll never go camping again," she said. "The Troop is a brilliant and terrifying classic that I am proud to champion as the first winner of the James Herbert Award for Horror Writing - it's now one of my favourite books." The book was written by Davidson under the pseudonym of Nick Cutter. It tells the story of scoutmaster Tim Riggs and his troop of boy scouts who encounter an "emaciated stranger" on a camping trip in the Canadian wilderness. The chair of judges, Tom Hunter, said: "The Troop is a perfect first winner, and the judges loved its tense plotting, detailed characterisation and above all the driving sense of fear that compels you to keep turning every horror-soaked page until the end." Born in Toronto, Ontario, Davidson's other works include his first short story collection, Rust and Bone, which was adapted into a film by French director Jacques Audiard starring actress Marion Cotillard as a killer whale trainer. Herbert was the author of 23 novels, including The Rats, The Fog, The Dark, The Survivor, The Magic Cottage, Haunted and Fluke.

Summary: A novel about a scout camping weekend that takes a scary twist has won the first James Herbert award for horror writing.


Asked by a journalist about reports on the personal wealth he has accumulated since leaving office, he said these had been "greatly exaggerated". "I haven't actually changed, despite what people want to say," he said. "The same thing that motivated me when I stood here... 20 years ago motivates me today. It's not about making money, it's about making a difference." Mr Blair said his job as a Middle East peace envoy was unpaid, and he said that in total he spent two thirds of his time on unpaid work. But his businesses supported 200 jobs, and needed to stay afloat, he added. "I read that I am supposed to be worth Â£100m," the former prime minister said in a question-and-answer session after he delivered the Philip Gould Lecture to the New Labour think tank Progress. "Cherie is kind of asking where it is. I'm not worth a half of that, a third of that, a quarter of that, a fifth of that, and I could go on." His two businesses relied upon "a whole infrastructure, and I need to support that", he continued. He said that "despite what people want to say about how I've changed" he still had the same motivation "but I'm doing it today as a private citizen, and I'm doing it in some of the most difficult places in the world, but I'm doing it with the same passion and purpose as ever I had before". In a wide-ranging speech, Mr Blair said "radical" policies that bridged the divide between left and right-wing traditions were needed to propel the Labour Party to victory under Ed Miliband. But he praised his successor, Mr Miliband's judgement on the EU. Mr Miliband has said if he wins the 2015 general election there will only be an in/out referendum on the EU if there is a significant transfer of powers proposed from Westminster to the EU institutions. Mr Blair said: "I support Ed's leadership very much on this issue. I think he has made the right call on this and I think it is important to give him credit for that." Two decades to the day since Mr Blair won the leadership of the Labour Party, he defended his record in government. "We realised that there was no possibility of the British people accepting a programme which either pivoted on more state control or which didn't open up power for people as individuals," he said. "The same is true today. That centre can and should be radical, but it will cut across traditional right-left lines because, over the past 100 years or so, people have learned from their experience about the state and the market that neither, untrammelled, is the route to the future. "There will inevitably be a partnership between the two. And there will be a host of new ideas around how each might work and in combination with each other and the voluntary sector." He also said he was "saddened and angry about the tragedy of the Gaza conflict". Mr Blair, who is now a Middle East envoy

Summary: Tony Blair has said he is as motivated by "making a difference" as he was when he became Labour leader 20 years ago.


The Irish News says in the last three years the equivalent of 15,000 tins of beer have been seen seized from the streets of Belfast's Holylands. The paper says in the same period 1,800 complaints of anti-social behaviour have been made. These included drunkenness, verbal abuse and "loud partying". Police and other agencies are preparing for large crowds coming to the area on St Patrick's Day, it adds. Both the News Letter and Mirror lead with intra-loyalist violence in Carrickfergus. "Loyalist war warning" is the Mirror's front page headline. The paper says there are fears that the murder of loyalist Geordie Gilmore will spark a feud within the UDA. Police have dismissed claims that they have lost control of paramilitary gangs in the area, the paper adds. Meanwhile, the News Letter leads with the fact that one of the bullets fired during the murder of Mr Gilmore passed through the door of a nearby house. Inside, the paper reports that police are concerned by the possibility of retaliation by associates of Mr Gilmore. It also quotes local MP Sammy Wilson, who says he fears a serious escalation in the feud and urged young people thinking of getting involved to think of their future. Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, Jim McDowell says that the UDA's motto is Quis Separabit: Who shall come between us. "Now, once again, they only have to look in the mirror to find the answer," he says. The front page of the Telegraph features claims of bullying at the NI Prison Service. It says that that an industrial tribunal has heard that former Maghaberry deputy governor Gary Alcock made tapes of a prison service director allegedly bullying him. Mr Alcock claims he was treated badly because he was chairman of the Prison Governors' Association. He told the tribunal that the alleged bullying left him "terrified, anxious, lying awake in a pool of sweat in my bed". All four papers also feature the tragedy of the Irish coastguard helicopter crash, in which Capt Dara Fitzpatrick was killed and three other crew members remain missing. The Belfast Telegraph says Capt Fitzpatrick helped to save many lives in Northern Ireland. Both The Irish News and News Letter say she was well-known for her starring role in a fly-on-the wall TV show about the service. The Mirror says the helicopter showed no signs of being in trouble before it went missing 10 miles off the coast of County Mayo. Finally, plans for Northern Ireland's first green burial site have prompted fears of paganism in County Down, the papers report. A group called Down to Earth is behind the proposal close to the spot were St Patrick was buried in Downpatrick. However, all four papers report that some residents in the area have raised concerns about "pagan elements", potential contamination of Lough Money and the upkeep of the site. Down to Earth's Ciara Campbell Crawford says she thinks "people are afraid of the unknown" and that people of faith would be welcomed to the site. "It is just a calm and peaceful place where

Summary: Binge drinking in an area of south Belfast, a loyalist feud in Carrickfergus and claims of bullying make the front pages on Wednesday.


Education Secretary Kirsty Williams wants to increase the Welsh Pupil Premium from Â£300 to Â£600 per eligible child to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Ms Williams is the sole Liberal Democrat in a coalition with Labour. Meanwhile, Welsh party leader Mark Williams said parties should work together against the Tories. Ahead of Sunday's speeches in Brighton, the party's sole Welsh MP and leader in the country, Ceredigion's Mark Williams, defended Ms Williams' decision to join the Welsh Labour cabinet in May. The Ceredigion MP told Sunday Politics Wales the Brecon and Radnorshire AM was taking Liberal Democrat "themes and priorities" into government "very effectively" as education secretary. He also urged opposition parties to work together against the Tories, saying there was a case for "progressive politicians" to talk about "issues of common interest". He was left as the only Welsh Liberal Democrat MP after the party's disastrous 2015 general election, with Ms Williams its sole AM after a 2016 assembly poll he said was "arguably worse". "At this point in time, with boundary changes which massively support and encourage the Conservative Party electorally in the future, I think there is a case for politicians to be talking," he said. "What I would loosely describe as progressive politicians to be talking about issues of common interest." Mr Williams said politicians had campaigned across party lines for a Remain vote in June's EU referendum, albeit unsuccessfully. "There was a positive in the referendum, even for those of us that lost it, in that progressive politicians were working together on a really important issue," he said. "And I think that dialogue should be extended on other areas of policies as well - otherwise we have the spectre of Conservatism in power in Westminster for a very long time."

Summary: Plans to double funding for Wales' poorest pupils will be announced at the Liberal Democrat party conference.


Media playback is not supported on this device Houghton, 27, has played a pivotal role in Hull's success in 2016 as Lee Radford's side chase a domestic treble. He has made 1,130 tackles in 2016, more than any other player in Super League. "I've tasted success winning the Challenge Cup and I want to do that over and over again," Houghton told the club website.

Summary: Hull FC hooker and vice-captain Danny Houghton has signed a new deal with the Challenge Cup winners and will stay with the club until 2020.


8 September 2016 Last updated at 02:42 BST When the PS4 Pro is released in November, it will be the first time the Japanese firm has had two consoles on sale with significantly different graphics capabilities within the same generation. The head of PlayStation Europe, Jim Ryan, told the BBC's Michelle Fleury that the move was designed to future-proof the PlayStation 4.

Summary: Sony has announced a more powerful version of its PlayStation 4 console at an event in New York.


Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled aboard the first train in the service from Ankara, stopping at a town en route to make a campaign speech. The tracks allow trains to reach speeds of up to 250 km (155 miles) per hour. Mr Erdogan, a candidate in presidential elections in August, has pledged to overhaul Turkey's transport network. "We made a promise. We worked hard. We crossed the mountains, and passed over rivers," Mr Erdogan said, at a campaign stop in the town of Eskisehir. "Despite all the attempts of sabotage, blockade, and slowdown, we completed the line and opened it for service today." The inauguration of the train link has been beset by hitches and delays, most recently when a train crashed into a maintenance vehicle. The new service will terminate in the Istanbul suburb of Pendik, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The government plans to build a further rail link, under the Bosphorus, to the centre of the city, but it is unclear when this will happen.

Summary: Turkey has inaugurated a high-speed rail link between Istanbul and Ankara, slashing by half the seven-hour journey time between the two cities.


The carrier reported a pre-tax loss of £19.9m in the year to 31 March, despite revenues rising 13.4% to £707.4m. Flybe said it would start to reduce the size of its fleet after it saw slowing growth in consumer demand. However, it insisted the current year was going well and efforts to turn a profit again were well underway. Flybe has struggled in the past year with a series of costly mistakes, including running too many loss-making routes and failed joint ventures. An aggressive expansion plan increased capacity on the airline by 12.3% to 12.7 million seats, but passenger numbers only rose 7.6% to 8.8 million. Six Bombardier Q400 aircraft will be cut from the fleet next year. But the City appeared pleased with the company's future plans to return to profit, with shares up 6% to 35p in early trading. The company said in a statement: "Despite the substantial progress in reducing the size of legacy fleet orders in 2015/16, Flybe has still seen significant capacity growth in a market where we witnessed slower growth in consumer demand. "New routes and increased frequencies were targeted to cover marginal costs in the early years of operation, but do not contribute significantly to overall profitability. "The capacity growth therefore had a negative effect on profitability." It added: "We will make Flybe a sustainable business that operates the best routes and at the best times to suit the needs of our customers." Its focus will be on improving its UK routes in particular, and expanding relations with regional airports. In addition to the over-capacity problems, a major IT upgrade hit profits by £4.8m last year and the company warned that an extra £6m would have to be spent cancelling costly contracts.

Summary: Regional airline Flybe has hit turbulence, running up a near £20m loss after previous expansion plans proved too ambitious.


Profits at the retail partnership, which also owns Waitrose supermarkets, were held back by greater investment and by matching prices of competitors. Profit before tax and bonuses was Â£353.8m for the year to 28 January, down 3.8% from the previous year. The bonus pool for the firm's workers was Â£165.2m or 14% of salary, down from 18% last year. The partnership is owned by its 77,217 staff, who receive a share of any profits at the end of the company's financial year. Despite what the firm called "difficult economic conditions", total sales at its John Lewis department stores grew 3% while those at its Waitrose supermarkets rose 8.6%. Like-for-like sales, excluding VAT and the effect of new store openings, rose by 3% at Waitrose, but fell at its department stores by 0.6%. The partnership said it had created 4,400 net new jobs in the year, with a further 1,900 expected this year. "Profound changes are taking place in the retail sector and importantly this was a year when we upped the pace of innovation and investment," said chairman Charlie Mayfield. "That came at the price of some short-term profit, but leaves us in a good place at the start of this year." The trust-owned partnership said it opened 29 new Waitrose stores last year, as well as a new John Lewis department store in Stratford, East London. The firm has been rolling out new store formats, including Waitrose convenience stores at petrol stations, and John Lewis "at home" stores, which specialise in homewear. Waitrose continued to expand its online operation with a new warehouse in Acton, West London, while online sales at John Lewis increased by 26.3%. However, the company was forced to spend Â£23.8m on its "Never Knowingly Undersold" promise due to price competition on the High Street.

Summary: John Lewis has reported a fall in annual profits and cut its staff bonus for the first time in three years.


The government agency has announced plans to test wireless power-transfer tech that it hopes to build under the country's motorways and major A roads. It has already completed a feasibility study and is now asking companies to tender bids to host off-road trials. But one expert questioned whether such a scheme would be cost effective. Charge-as-you-drive technologies have already been pioneered elsewhere. In 2013, the South Korean town of Gumi switched on a 12km (7.5 miles) route that allows buses with compatible equipment to be charged as they drive over it. It works by a process called Shaped Magnetic Field In Resonance. Electric cables buried under the road are used to generate electromagnetic fields, which are picked up by a coil inside the device and converted into electricity. Last year, Milton Keynes also began use of a more limited scheme, which involves buses being wirelessly recharged via plates installed into road. In this case, however, the vehicles have to stop for several minutes at a time to receive the power boost. "What has been committed to is that by 2016 or 2017 we will hold off-road trials - in other words not on a public road," Stuart Thompson, a spokesman for Highways England, told the BBC. "It's still very early days. Where exactly the trials will be has yet to be determined." Highway England says full details will be publicised once a contractor has been appointed. It aims to run the experiments for about 18 months before deciding whether to commit itself to an on-road trial. "The potential to recharge low emission vehicles on the move offers exciting possibilities," commented Transport Minister Andrew Jones. "As this study shows, we continue to explore options on how to improve journeys and make low-emission vehicles accessible to families and businesses." However, the director of Cardiff Business School's Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence remains sceptical. "It makes sense to try it out, and the technology does obviously work," commented Dr Paul Nieuwenhuis. "But it sounds very ambitious to me. Cost will be the biggest issue and I'm not totally convinced it's worth it. "Battery technology is increasing - if you look at what Tesla has achieved in recent years, it keeps adding more [travel] range to battery technology roughly every six months. So, it's not clear there's even a need for this." Even if the plan ultimately comes to naught, Highways England is also committed to installing plug-in charging points every 20 miles (32.1km) on its motorway network over the "longer-term".

Summary: Motorists will be able to recharge their cars as they drive if a scheme being proposed by Highways England comes to fruition.


The overtime bill rose by £4.9m over the year with policing of the Nato summit being cited as the reason. Overall, the four Welsh forces spent £16.9m in 2014-15, up from almost £12m in 2013-14. The highest overtime payment was to a Gwent Police speed camera operator who earned £23,024. BBC Radio 5 Live obtained the figures using Freedom of Information requests. Thirty nine forces responded to the request and of those, South Wales Police reported the biggest percentage increase for overtime spending in the last year, from £5.2m in 2013/14 to £8.4m in 2014/15. A force spokesman said 1,500 of its officers were among the 9,500 from across the UK involved in looking after the security of world leaders last September. The extra cost was recovered from the Home Office. The force said further overtime costs were due to special events, such as rugby and football matches, which could also be recovered from event organisers. Meanwhile Gwent Police, which was involved with policing the Nato events at the Celtic Manor, saw its overtime costs increase by 40% to a bill of £2.7m, up from £1.9m. Dyfed-Powys Police saw overtime costs increase by 33% to a total of £2.4m, up £600,000, and North Wales Police spent an additional £350,000, a rise of 12%, to £3.2m compared to 2013-14.

Summary: Nearly £17m was paid out as overtime to police officers and staff across Wales last year.


A minority group of independent councillors ran the local authority before the local council elections earlier this month. The new coalition was formally set up at the first full meeting of the new council in Inverness. Independent Margaret Davidson was re-elected as leader and Lib Dem Alasdair Christie as depute leader. Independent Bill Lobban was elected convener. SNP councillors challenged the appointments while the Conservatives challenged the appointment of Ms Davidson, but both challenges were defeated. SNP councillor Maxine Smith has been confirmed as leader of the main opposition group. The results of the elections saw 28 independent candidates elected, followed by the SNP on 22, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats with 10 each, Labour three and Scottish Greens one. The Conservatives were the first to be elected to Highland Council in 22 years. Pippa Hadley's win for the Scottish Greens was a first for the local authority, which had no representative from that party previously.

Summary: A Highland Council administration made up of independent, Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors has been agreed.


In some hotels featured by the Fifa-appointed agency Match, room rates will be up to five times higher during the tournament, a recent study suggests. The board fears that "stratospheric" costs could damage the country's image. The World Cup opening match will be on 12 June 2014, in Sao Paulo. The board, known as Embratur, said that Match should change its policy of blocking hotel rooms and also called upon the agency to reduce its mark-up rates. "We propose that the companies involved conduct new rounds of negotiations to lead to a restructuring of the prices,'' the board was quoted as saying in a document by the Associated Press news agency. The board claimed: "Fifa/Match charges mark-up rates of more than 40% on the amount contracted with the hotel, something that contributes decisively to the increase of the already high rates." However, Match said that it does not regulate room rates and that prices are set "by the hotel owners and other tourism stakeholders". "As of yet it is totally unclear to Match Services on what criteria Embratur has been comparing rates as we have not been consulted in this matter," AP quoted the agency as saying. It added that if hotels lowered their rates if would "readily pass the benefit of any such reduction to its customers". The World Cup is one of the most popular sporting events and is expected to attract a large number of tourists to the host country. According to Fifa, the 2006 World Cup held in Germany was attended by more than 3.3 million fans - with many of them flying in from all across the world. Fifa is expecting a similar demand for the 2014 World Cup. Brazil's tourism board said that it was concerned that if fans coming from outside the country had to pay excessive prices, it might hurt the country in the long run. "We want to guarantee economic success and a legacy for the country that goes beyond the 2014 World Cup,'' it said. In June, there were widespread protests in Brazil where the high cost of preparations for the World Cup was among the issues raised.

Summary: Brazil's tourism board has asked world football governing body Fifa and hotel operators to try to bring down hotel prices â€“ which have reportedly sky-rocketed for the World Cup period.


The vast majority of the club's reputed 659 million supporters will never step inside the famed Old Trafford stadium. That's because most of them (85%) live in developing economies around the world, with more than half in Asia, the club says. So how do you make sure these potentially lucrative supporters stay loyal and have a rewarding and engaging fan experience? That's the question the club hopes to answer through its recently-announced tie-up with Indian "digital transformation partner", HCL Technologies. "What our fans have been interested in hasn't changed significantly over 100 years," says Man Utd's group managing director, Richard Arnold. "It's about quality of execution - the right content to the right fans at the right time, in the right language, in the right technology format, through the right medium." What that means in practice, however, is a little vague at this stage. Man Utd already "engages digitally" with 100 million fans, Mr Arnold says. 659m global fanbase 100m fans interacting digitally 66m Facebook likes 6m Twitter followers Â£2bn club value It has nearly six million Twitter followers and more than 66 million "likes" on its Facebook page, plus more than 100,000 users of its app, not to mention an undisclosed number of viewers of its digital cable channel, MUTV. So how do you extend that engagement to the rest of the fanbase? Krishnan Chatterjee, head of marketing at HCL's digital business division, says that what you don't do is try to build a one-size-fits-all app for such a diverse audience. "How many apps could we build? It could be as low as four or five, or as many as 100 - it's hard to say," he tells the BBC. And social media content has to be tailored to suit the cultural differences - not to mention the available internet speeds - of fans in different countries, he adds. The key, says Mr Chatterjee, is keeping fans engaged between matches, given that 95% of them will never enter the stadium. This could mean enabling team sponsors to run competitions and offer prizes, as well as offering the usual game and player stats, and "build your own team" functionality. In another example, he says all the data being collected from the players - their fitness levels and running speed - could be incorporated into apps for wearable devices, allowing fans to test their own fitness against that of their favourite players. "But if I could imagine how a fan will be interacting with the club in five years time then I've already failed," Mr Chatterjee concludes. "We're on an exciting journey, so let's get a lot of ideas on the table and do things no other club has ever done." The interaction doesn't always have to be very hi-tech, however. Mr Arnold says that simply giving fans the ability to wish players happy birthday on social media "turned out to be one of the most engaging pieces of content you can do". HCL will be setting up a "United Xperience Lab" at the Man Utd's Old Trafford stadium, where it will "explore

Summary: Football, for most Manchester United fans, is a virtual experience.


Benjamin Herman, 80, of Hook, Hampshire denies four counts of sex abuse against a girl under 13 in the early 1970s. Blackfriars Crown Court heard he drove her in his VW camper van, past security into the palace forecourt. Mr Herman was an equerry to the duke and had an office in the palace. He faces three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 13 and one count of indecency with a child between January 1972 and January 1974. Edmund Gritt, opening the case for the prosecution, told the jury Mr Herman held the equerry post between 1971 and 1974, managing the duke's official diary and accompanying him on official visits. The abuse is alleged to have taken place at a house in south-west London used by military personnel, where Mr Herman was living at the time. Mr Gritt said the girl was "lonely and needy for adult attention but was nevertheless unhappy with the sexual attention he gave her". He told the court that in the 40 years since, she had told friends about what had happened, but first contacted the authorities after revelations about Jimmy Savile emerged. Giving evidence, the woman recalled feeling "privileged" when she was driven around the palace forecourt. She told the jury that Mr Herman discussed his relationship with the Royal Family. "He told me that he often had charge of Prince Edward and Prince Andrew and he played football with them," she said. She told the court of four occasions on which Mr Herman allegedly abused her in his home and in a nearby garage. Nerida Harford-Bell, defending, said: "I'm going to suggest that what you told the jury is all untrue. It may well be a fantasy that you built up about Mr Herman." The woman replied: "Well, it's not a fantasy at all." The trial continues.

Summary: A former personal assistant to the Duke of Edinburgh accused of sexually abusing a young girl took his victim on a visit to Buckingham Palace, a court has heard.


A statement of intent from the recently appointed Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Richie Foran as he faced the media on Wednesday for the first time since being appointed a month ago. It also hinted at a change in approach from his predecessor John Hughes. "Yes, you want to play attractive football, play the ball out from the back, but when you get into the opposition half I want to go and attack," said Foran. "Our style is going to change a little bit. I want crosses in the box, shots on goal, the crowd up and down off their seats. You want exciting football but it's all about the three points." At 36, Foran is young and untested as a manager but has an impressive air of authority about him; a seriousness that suggests he's determined to succeed. "One message I got from an ex-manager was 'welcome to the asylum' which put a smile on my face," laughed Foran. There weren't too many laughs after that. He was extremely business-like. "I'm sure it's not as bad as that. I'm sure we'll have challenging times. With the squad, the chairman, the board, right behind me I'm sure we can have a good season." Dubliner Foran, who has been at the club since 2009, has a lot to live up to. Hughes won a Scottish Cup in 2015, finished third in the Premiership the same season and got the club into Europe for the first time. Things deteriorated slightly last term, a harsh injury list not helping as Caley finished seventh. The budget available ultimately led to divorce between the previous manager and the club. "There's been a lot of talk about the budget. I'm delighted with the budget," states Foran, kicking that delicate subject into touch. Two further areas stick out. The club appointed Foran on a four-year contract, a tremendous show of faith in a first-time manager. "It was only right of the board to match Richie's commitment to the area and to the club," said Thistle chairman Kenny Cameron. "Since he came in, he's been a tremendous acquisition for this club. It was right the club showed faith in Richie and gave him four years." Foran duly expressed his passion for everything Inverness. It's something he frequently shares and is genuine. "I'm dedicated to the club. It's always been about the club for me, not about Richie Foran. I'm dedicated to the city. I've no interest in leaving the city; my family is born and bred here. "I'm going to spend the rest of my life living here because I'm so dedicated to the place. That probably reflects the four-year deal." A month into the job, one obvious problem might have been how he makes the transition from the dressing room to manager. Without hesitation, Foran states it is not an issue. "You just have to distance yourself, but I've been doing that for the last few years. I haven't played a lot of football with them so you can nearly say I've been retired for a couple of years now.

Summary: "My philosophy is win at all costs, simple as that."


John Rosa, president of the Citadel college, said he found the images "offensive and disturbing". The cadets wore the hoods and all-white clothing as part of a Christmas skit. The Citadel Minority Alumni Association shared one of the photos on its Facebook page, calling it a "disgrace". In it, seven cadets are seen wearing the pillowcases. Another cadet is also seen with them. Founded in the aftermath of the US Civil War, the KKK is notorious for targeting black people with lynchings and cross burnings. "These images are not consistent with our core values of honour, duty and respect," said Mr Rosa in a statement. An investigation is underway. The alumni group said it was pleased at the South Carolina college's response but added more needed to be done "to address the culture that continues to house recurring prejudices against minority cadets". A previous incident in 1986 saw five cadets dressed in KKK robes drag a burning cross to a black cadet's room, the Washington Post reported.

Summary: A top US military college says it has suspended eight cadets seen in photos wearing pillowcases resembling hoods worn by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.


Hanako, which means "Flower Child", was 69 and the oldest elephant in Japan. The elephant was a gift from Thailand when it was two years old. Last year a petition was launched to improve the animal's conditions, but Hanako was deemed too old to move back to Thailand. A spokesman for Inokashira Park Zoo on the outskirts of Tokyo said Hanako was found lying on her side on Thursday morning and efforts to raise her were not successful. She died in the afternoon. The war on elephants Have we fallen out of love with elephant rides? Hanako was a popular attraction in the zoo, but the elephant, born in the wild, spent most of her life caged and alone in a concrete enclosure with little greenery. Last year a Canadian blogger wrote an article about the elephant's enclosure, describing it as a "concrete prison". That prompted the petition, which led the zoo to provide new toys and make other changes. However, the zoo said she was too old to be moved and an independent US wildlife expert said staying in a sanctuary with other elephants would bewilder Hanako after living so many years alone.

Summary: An elephant that was the focus of an international campaign to improve its living conditions has died in a zoo in Japan.


The raiders stole house keys, a computer tablet and a mobile phone from the St Vigeans Road flat between 18:00 on Tuesday and 07:30 on Wednesday. Thieves then returned to steal four gent's watches from the same property at about 01:00 on Thursday. Officers have appealed for anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward.

Summary: Police are hunting thieves who targeted an Arbroath flat twice in the space of two days.


Cleveland Potash, at Boulby, has begun consultation with about 220 workers, with a further 140 contractor roles to be cut as well. Parent company ICL UK described the move as "painful" and warned a similar number of jobs could go in 2018. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop described it as "devastating news". ICL UK cited a "reduction in the level of economically-feasible potash reserves at Boulby, which the company estimates will be depleted by 2018". The plant, which currently employs about 1,100 people, will produce another fertiliser, called Polysulphate. Peter Smith, executive vice President-Potash of ICL, said: "In recent months we encountered geological problems which have affected previously high-yielding areas of the mine. "In addition, our exploration programme, validated by independent consultants, confirmed further geological difficulties, which means that we have only a very limited level of economically feasible potash reserves. "The reality of our potash reserves running out by 2018 means that we must develop a new business strategy if we are to continue mining at Boulby." ICL UK said it would invest ??20m this year in the site's infrastructure with a potential further ??20m to increase production of Polysulphate from an estimated 200,000 tonnes this year to one million tonnes by 2020. Mr Blenkinsopp said: "It's truly devastating news for those miners and their families. "It just seems to be everywhere you look, we are seeing huge amounts of redundancy in our industry and it's surely unprecedented, and all within the borough of Redcar and Cleveland." Anna Turley, Labour MP for Redcar, said: "This is yet another blow to the community, who have already been subjected to thousands of job losses from the closure of SSI in Redcar in the last few weeks."

Summary: Hundreds of jobs are set to be axed at a North East potash mine.


The island, which has only been an international nation in the sport since January 2015, will host the division three tournament from 4-7 April 2017. Jersey finished third this year, having come fifth on their debut in 2015 "This is fantastic for Jersey and fantastic for our squash community," Jersey director of squash, Nick Taylor, told BBC Radio Jersey. Portugal, Sweden and Israel will be among the nations competing in Jersey. "We had a delegate over who looked at the facilities and was very impressed with the club," Taylor added. "It's great that we've been accepted, we just need to deliver a world-class event now. "Last year there were players within the top 100 in the world."

Summary: Jersey is to host part of squash's European Team Championships for the first time.


The pedestrian, in her 20s, was struck on the Dunchurch Road at 12:20 GMT, police said. The car that hit her was being driven on a 999 callout to the A45 at Stretton-on-Dunsmore. West Midlands Ambulance Service said the woman was anaesthetised at the scene and taken to University Hospital Coventry. The IPCC said it had sent investigators to the scene of the crash at the junction of Dunchurch Road and Overslade Lane. Eyewitness David Williams said: "A container lorry was coming along and behind that I could see there was a police car - blue flashing lights, siren on. "I looked because it was coming quite fast. The road was in essence blocked by the slowing container lorry and the police car proceeded to pass him on the other side of the carriageway."

Summary: A woman has suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a police car in Rugby.


Kristin Forbes, a US academic, was the only member of the Monetary Policy Committee to vote to raise rates this month. This was the first split between policymakers on rates since last July. "Monetary policy should not go on hold," Ms Forbes wrote in an opinion piece in the Daily Telegraph. Ms Forbes, who is due to leave the Bank in June, said raising rates would lessen the risk of above-target inflation, and boost an improved outlook for unemployment and UK output. Official data on Wednesday showed UK pay growth, adjusted for inflation, halved to just 0.7% - the lowest since October 2014. But Ms Forbes said that recent weakness in wages growth probably reflects temporary caution about Brexit among employers. The majority of MPC members saw signs of slowing consumer spending as one reason for caution on interest rates, but Ms Forbes said this should be seen in the context of strong levels of consumption in recent months. "This softening ... should only be moderate, due to support from resilient consumer confidence, solid house prices, low unemployment, and easy access to cheap credit," she said. "There are risks consumers could pull back more sharply - but these are still just risks." Although the UK economy faces a long list of risks including slowing growth, she said these "will continue for years" and should not deter policymakers from making "nimble" decisions.

Summary: UK interest rates should be raised, despite risks in the economy, according to a member of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee.


The England Under-19 international, who has not played a Premier League game for the Gunners, will move to the Estadio da Luz on a five-year deal. Willock, 19, had been offered a new deal at Arsenal, but his move to Lisbon has been revealed via Benfica's Twitter feed. Manchester City had also been linked with the attacker, whose contract expires on 1 July. "I hope I can show what I can do on the pitch. I think we have a great team and we can achieve great things in the future," Willock said on the Benfica website. Willock had been with Arsenal since 2003 with his younger brother, Joe, remaining in the Gunners youth set-up. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Arsenal forward Chris Willock is to join Benfica when his contract expires.


The Wikileaks Twitter account, which had previously been commenting on its release of internal US Democrat party emails, instead began tweeting what appeared to be computer code. The three tweets - accompanied by the words John Kerry, UK FCO (Foreign Office) and Ecuador - led to speculation they could be part of a "dead man's switch": an automated release of information triggered if someone did not regularly "check in" to prove they were alive. Of course nothing had happened to Mr Assange, he had just been disconnected. Ecuador said it took the temporary step because it did not wish to interfere in the race for the White House, implying that Mr Assange had been doing just that. It took several hours before the Wikileaks Twitter account was running again. By that time someone else in another location - it isn't known who - had taken over, says Dr Einar Thorsen from Bournemouth University. He believes the automated Twitter messages could relate to Mr Assange's "insurance file" - said to contain information more damaging than anything yet released and automatically made public were anything to happen to him. It follows the release during the summer of a large 88-gigabyte file "seeded" onto "torrent" download sites, where it is rapidly duplicated, meaning it cannot be removed by government authorities, Dr Thorsen says. "You or I could download the file but without the code it would just be a lot of data that we couldn't access," he said. Mr Assange fears for his future. He sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex assault allegations that he says are a US plot to jail him for leaking US military and diplomatic files. But the war of words has escalated dramatically this month. US authorities say the Clinton emails were stolen by Russian hackers, leading to accusations that Wikileaks was being used by the Kremlin. Wikileaks has since found itself denying allegations that Mr Assange received money from the Russian government and attempted to groom a child online. The latter claim appeared on the US blog the Daily Kos. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has found herself denying claims that appeared on a right-wing blog that she once said of Mr Assange: "Can't we just drone this guy?" "It would have been a joke, if it had been said, but I don't recall that," Mrs Clinton said, Politico reported. "Does Wikileaks have a beef with Clinton? Yes they probably do," says Dr Thorsen, referring to the drone comment. "Is there a concerted effort to smear Assange? Yes absolutely." But he and other observers say it is still unlikely Mr Assange is deliberately trying to skew the US election. "Julian said that choosing between Trump and Clinton is like choosing between gonorrhoea and syphilis," his former colleague and partner Sarah Harrison told London's Evening Standard newspaper last month. "He has always said that Wikileaks is just a tool, it's neutral, Assange is anti-power. He's an anarchist in the pure sense, someone who wants self-determination for everybody," says Sean Dodson from Leeds Beckett

Summary: When Ecuador cut Julian Assange's internet at its London embassy, something unexpected happened.


Police said 38-year-old Alexander Vinnik was held on a US warrant near the northern city of Thessaloniki. The gang is believed to have used the digital currency to launder at least $4bn (Â£3bn) over several years. Mr Vinnik is said to be the "brain" behind the illegal operations. He has so far made no public comments. Laptops, mobile phones, credit cards and tapes were found in the hotel room in the tourist resort of Halkidiki, where the suspect was arrested. Local media reports say that Greece will soon begin negotiations with the US about Mr Vinnik's extradition. Bitcoin is a digital currency that operates completely online. Each Bitcoin is basically a computer file which is then stored in a "digital wallet" app on a smartphone or computer. Unlike traditional currencies such as the US dollar, Bitcoin has no central bank and is not backed by any government.

Summary: A Russian national has been arrested in Greece suspected of being member of a gang that has allegedly laundered billions of dollars using Bitcoin.


Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain, along with a fourth man Germaine Lindsay, detonated bombs in London killing 52 people in 2005. Qari Asim, of the Leeds Makkah Mosque, said their families were still in "this sense of shock and disbelief". He said an event retracing their steps would take place over the weekend. Mr Asim, whose mosque is in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, said: "Ten years on and the Muslim community, and the wider community, we are all still looking for answers, we are all still trying to find out what are the factors and what is the evidence that leads to radicalisation. "The families of those three men who came from Leeds and blew themselves up in London, they are still looking for answers because to them they would never have imagined that their young men would do something like that and they're still going through this sense of shock and disbelief." He said the three were described as "ordinary young men, they were gentlemen, they were good to talk to, they were very friendly people effectively", he said. "How can three young men, living their ordinary lives, become so radicalised? Can be so motivated that they can take their own lives but also take the lives of others?" This weekend a group of young people from different faiths are to travel from Leeds to London retracing the steps of the three bombers. The Leeds Peace Ambassadors will undertake a "peace journey" to mark the 10th anniversary of the bombings, hoping to inspire unity among different faiths. Fifty-two people died and hundreds were injured when bombs exploded on three Tubes and a bus. Thirteen victims were killed on the bus at Tavistock Square, 26 died in a bombing at Russell Square on the Piccadilly line; six died in an explosion at Edgware Road on the Circle Line; and seven died at Aldgate on the Circle Line.

Summary: The families of three 7 July suicide bombers are still looking for answers 10 years on, an imam from their home city of Leeds has said.


Chile beat Argentina on penalties last year to win a first major trophy. The 100th anniversary of football's oldest international championship sees hosts USA drawn with Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay. Uruguay, the tournament's most successful team, play Jamaica, Mexico and Venezuela, while 2007 winners Brazil face Ecuador, Haiti and Peru. The 2016 Copa America has been expanded by four teams and is being staged outside the South American Football Confederation for the first time. The tournament starts on 3 June when USA play Colombia in Santa Clara, California. The final is on 26 June at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Summary: Holders Chile have been drawn in the same group as Argentina, Bolivia and Panama at the 2016 Copa America.


The 34-year-old goalkeeper was hurt during last week's Manchester derby at Etihad Stadium, which finished 0-0. Willy Caballero is now expected to play for the rest of the season as City look to hold on to a place in the top four and Champions League qualification. Boss Pep Guardiola also confirmed striker Sergio Aguero will miss Saturday's game with Crystal Palace. The Argentina international injured himself against Middlesbrough, but could return for their next Premier League match on 13 May. "Aguero is out. Hopefully he'll be back for Leicester, but this game no," said Guardiola. "John Stones and Bravo are out, Claudio until next season and John maybe in the next games [can return]." Guardiola also confirmed David Silva will miss the Palace game.

Summary: Manchester City's Claudio Bravo will miss the last four games of the Premier League season with a calf injury.


The 19-year-old has spent the summer on trial in the Championship club's development system. Phillips was released by Liverpool in May after 10 years at the Anfield club, having joined as a nine-year-old from Blackburn. "It's a great move for me and a great opportunity to come to a club like Norwich," said Phillips. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Summary: Norwich City have signed former Liverpool youngster Adam Phillips on an initial two-year contract.


The Pioneering Spirit, owned by Allseas, used its vast lifting capacity for the first time to remove a platform for scrappage. It carried out the operation on Monday, and is taking the platform to a Norwegian yard. The ship's first lift was in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. After the fitting of additional lifting equipment in the Netherlands, the ship is booked later this year to start work on platforms in the UK North Sea. Its arrival begins to open up the market for scrapping ageing North Sea equipment, which is estimated as being worth around Â£40bn in the next four decades. The Pioneering Spirit was built in Singapore and fitted out in Rotterdam. It is also capable of lifting the steel jackets on which platforms have been sitting since the 1970s.

Summary: One of the world's biggest ships has begun a new era for the North Sea oil and gas industry.


The Slough-headquartered company, which owns Durex, agreed to buy K-Y from Johnson & Johnson in March 2014. K-Y and Durex hold almost three-quarters of the market share in supermarkets and national pharmacies. Therefore, the deal could lead to higher prices, says the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). "Consumers and retailers differentiate between these two products to some extent," said CMA inquiry chair Phil Evans. However, the overlap in the market meant that the acquisition could reduce competition and raise prices, he added. CMA is inviting responses to their findings. It will publish its final decision by 18 August. K-Y started as a prescription product in 1917 and switched to over-the-counter in 1980. It has a "very high trust score amongst women", says Reckitt Benckiser.

Summary: Reckitt Benckiser's possible acquisition of the K-Y brand "could lead to higher prices for personal lubricants", says a UK regulator.


The American screamed in agony after slipping during the third set against Romania's Sorana Cirstea on court 17. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said more will be known following Friday's tests. "Bethanie of course thanks everyone for their kind wishes and messages of support," the WTA statement added. "She is resting tonight but wants to chat tomorrow [Saturday] via Facebook Live so she can let everyone know how she's doing and answer some questions." Mattek-Sands was treated by paramedics on the court before being carried off on a stretcher and taken straight to hospital. The 32-year-old later wrote on social media: "To the best family, friends and fans a girl could ask for, it's been a painful and emotional 36 hours but thank you for all the love and support." Mattek-Sands had been favourite to add a Wimbledon doubles title to her US Open, Australian Open and French Open victories with Czech partner Lucie Safarova, who went to the court when she heard about the injury. Mattek-Sands has also received support from the tennis world. Nine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova wrote on social media: "Am just devastated about Bethanie Mattek-Sands and her injury - we are all behind you, hoping for the best - lots of love, m." American Wimbledon singles champion Chris Evert added: "Going over the day and remembering @BMATTEK [Bethanie Mattek-Sands] in my thoughts and prayers and wishing this very special lady a speedy recovery..." Andrew Castle, BBC Sport tennis commentator: The club monitor the moisture levels of the grass at all times but when it's hot, it wilts and dies and then can become slippery. I spoke to the Centre Court groundsman who told me his plan. This morning, he put the roof over and soaked it to give it a drink and a rest. We all need that every now and again. The trouble is the players aren't used to it as they don't play on it for much of the year - they are mostly on clay or hard courts. Hopefully they understand it's a natural surface and it does show natural signs of wear and tear.

Summary: Bethanie Mattek-Sands is having more scans on a serious knee injury she picked up during her second-round Wimbledon singles match on Thursday.


The last school in the borough to teach A-levels, Halewood Academy, announced last year that it could no longer afford to offer the qualifications. It prompted complaints from parents in a borough that already had among the UK's lowest rates of university entry. The plans would see the building of a new dedicated centre for A-levels. A delegation from Knowsley Council has held meetings with the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency and local MPs. The councillor responsible for education, Joan Lilly, was "very hopeful" about plans for building a new A-level centre in the borough, with a final decision expected in May. The loss of A-levels in an entire local authority became a high-profile issue, with claims that it showed social mobility was going into reverse. Since A-levels were introduced in the 1950s, it was unprecedented for a borough not to be able to offer the qualifications. It means that teenagers from the borough, wanting to take A-levels, have to try to get places in schools in other authorities. It also raised questions about how schools were organised locally - as the council had no control over an academy being able to decide to stop teaching A-levels, even though it ended all A-level provision in the borough. The decision to allow the closure was then approved by central government. Halewood Academy's decision also highlighted problems with funding - as the academy said that it was not financially viable to deliver A-levels, once its sixth form had fallen below a "break-even" point of 155 students. Vanessa Pointon, part of a parents' campaign against shutting down the sixth form, had said: "This is letting down the children of this community. There are people who want to go to university, lots of kids who want to do well." Joan Lilly, the council's cabinet member for children's services, said there seemed to be confidence in plans for a new place to study A-levels. "The council has been working hard to raise standards in all our secondary schools, and with the establishment of the Knowsley Education Commission the Department for Education seems confident that these efforts will begin to have an impact in the near future. "It is only right, then, that we work together to ensure that pupils have a top-quality centre in which to study A Levels here in the borough - and that is what we are very hopeful that we will achieve."

Summary: Knowsley is planning to offer its young people A-levels again, with government and local representatives holding meetings over a new A-level centre.


A blockchain-based smart plug that can adjust power consumption minute-by-minute has been created by technologists at Accenture. The blockchain is the automated ledger that underpins Bitcoin and tracks where the coins are spent and swapped. The plug shops for different power suppliers and will sign up for a cheaper tariff if it finds one. Accenture said the smart plug could help people on low incomes who pay directly for power. The smart plug modifies the basic Bitcoin blockchain technology to make it more active, said Emmanuel Viale, head of the Accenture team at the firm's French research lab that worked on the plug. Instead of just resolving and confirming transaction records, the Accenture work has changed the blockchain to let it negotiate deals on behalf of its owner. "It's about how we put more business behaviour or logic into the blockchain," said Mr Viale, adding that this essentially embeds a "smart contract" into the digital ledger. The smart plug prototype works with other gadgets in the house that monitor power use. When demand is high or low it searches for energy prices and then uses the modified blockchain to switch suppliers if it finds a cheaper source. So far, said Mr Viale, the Accenture system was just a proof of concept, but it could help many people on lower incomes who pay for their power via a meter. Being able to quickly shift suppliers could save this group more than Â£660m in the UK annually, suggests Accenture research. A blockchain-based system that can act on behalf of its owner might also prove useful as the Internet of Things becomes more ubiquitous, said Mr Viale. Managing many different gadgets might be tricky without a more centralised system, he said, Martin Garner, a mobile services expert at analyst firm CCS Insight, said blockchains were starting to crop up in many different areas including share trading, fishing rights databases and land registry claims. They had two chief attractions for the Internet of Things, he said. "They avoid dependence on any one supplier or ecosystem - some users have concerns about the potential dominance of key internet players creating, for example, the Google-of-Things or the Amazon-of-Things," he said. "The second attraction is as a way of enabling autonomous trading between things, such as the appliances in your house being set up to re-order supplies from a pre-approved list of suppliers," he added.

Summary: The technology behind the Bitcoin virtual currency could help cut electricity bills, suggests research.


Profits in the first three months of the year were $2.4bn. But the media giant's revenue gains more muted, up 3% year-on-year to at $13.3bn (Â£10.3bn). The firm remains on track for modest growth, in spite of subscriber losses at its sports television network ESPN. "We're extremely pleased with our results," said Disney boss Robert Iger. Disney's business ranges widely, including movie studios such as Marvel and Pixar, theme parks, merchandise - even a cruise line. Its television networks, which include ABC, Disney and the sports-focused ESPN, are the biggest earners, together accounting for more than 40% of the firm's total revenue in the last financial year. However, ESPN has struggled with millions of subscriber losses and advertising declines in recent years, as live sports services have begun to feel the pressure from online television and viewer demands for cheaper cable packages. This spring, ESPN laid off more than 100 people, including writers and on-air personalities. Mr Iger said the company is confident of the demand for ESPN and pleased with the traction it is gaining on platforms such as television streaming service Hulu. Revenue in the media unit increased 3% year-on year. Mr Iger said the firm is focused on its mobile audience, aiming for an increasingly customised experience that allows fans to focus on news about their favourite teams. The company plans to sell ESPN-branded streaming directly to viewers by the end of the calendar year, and that kind of personalisation is also likely to be part of the package, he added. "Consumers will be able to buy the sports they want, when they want," he said. Mr Iger asked analysts for "a little bit of credit" for being candid with its thinking as it grapples with the changes. "We wanted to signal that we had our eyes wide open about what was going on," he said. Disney to buy most of Euro Disney The true stories behind Beauty and the Beast and other Disney stories Revenue at Disney's studio operations declined 1% year-on-year, as strong audiences at Beauty and the Beast couldn't match the firm's success last year with films such as Zootopia and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Strong visitor numbers at Disney theme parks and its new Shanghai resort in China helped lift the results, Mr Iger said. The park is on track to welcome its 10 millionth guest as it nears its first anniversary, he said. "Attendance is outpacing our most optimistic projections," he said.

Summary: Profits at Walt Disney jumped 11% in the first three months of 2017, bolstered by attendance at its theme parks and resorts.


The house and recording studio complex, where the pop star died in April, will open to the public after Chanhassen City Council in Minnesota approved plans to change its status. Mayor Denny Laufenburger told The Star Tribune newspaper it would be a "big benefit for the community". But local resident Shelia Claytor, one of 30 people to attend Monday's meeting, said it was "a rush job". Paisley Park opened to the public for three days earlier this month as part of a temporary agreement with the city. The museum's website said tours would begin again on Friday and bookings are being taken until December. Tour dates for 2017 are expected to go on sale next month. "Prince's museum is going to outlive us all," said Joel Weinshanker of Graceland Holdings, which is overseeing the museum. The museum, which displays Prince's guitars, the Purple Rain motorcycle and his ashes in a decorative urn, is expected to attract 600,000 people a year. Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Summary: Prince's famous former home Paisley Park is to become a permanent museum.


More than 6,800 people have been killed and 35,000 injured since March 2015, the majority in air strikes by a Saudi-led multinational coalition that backs the president. The conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition have also triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 80% of the population in need of aid. The conflict has its roots in the failure of the political transition that was supposed to bring stability to Yemen following an uprising that forced its longtime authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to Mr Hadi, his deputy, in November 2011. Mr Hadi struggled to deal with a variety of problems, including attacks by al-Qaeda, a separatist movement in the south, the continuing loyalty of many military officers to Mr Saleh, as well as corruption, unemployment and food insecurity. The Houthi movement, which champions Yemen's Zaidi Shia Muslim minority and fought a series of rebellions against Mr Saleh during the previous decade, took advantage of the new president's weakness by taking control of their northern heartland of Saada province and neighbouring areas. Disillusioned with the transition, many ordinary Yemenis - including Sunnis - supported the Houthis and in September 2014 they entered the capital, Sanaa, setting up street camps and roadblocks. In January 2015, the Houthis reinforced their takeover of Sanaa, surrounding the presidential palace and other key points and effectively placing Mr Hadi and his cabinet ministers under house arrest. The president escaped to the southern port city of Aden the following month. The Houthis and security forces loyal to Mr Saleh then attempted to take control of the entire country, forcing Mr Hadi to flee abroad in March 2015. Alarmed by the rise of a group they believed to be backed militarily by regional Shia power Iran, Saudi Arabia and eight other mostly Sunni Arab states began an air campaign aimed at restoring Mr Hadi's government. The coalition received logistical and intelligence support from the US, UK and France. The rise of Yemen's Houthi rebels Meeting the Houthis - and their enemies After more than a year-and-a-half of fighting, no side appears close to a decisive military victory. Pro-government forces - made up of soldiers loyal to President Hadi and predominantly Sunni southern tribesmen and separatists - were successful in stopping the rebels taking Aden, but only after a fierce, four-month battle that left hundreds dead. Having established a beachhead, coalition ground troops landed in Aden that August and helped drive the Houthis and their allies out of much of the south over the next two months. Mr Hadi and his government returned from exile at the same time and established a temporary home in Aden. But in the past year, despite the air campaign and naval blockade continuing unabated, pro-government forces have been unable to dislodge the rebels from their northern strongholds, including Sanaa and its surrounding province. The Houthis have also been able to maintain a siege of the southern city of Taiz and to continue firing missiles and mortars across the border with Saudi Arabia almost daily. Jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the

Summary: Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest countries, has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.


He scored the opener from a penalty after he was fouled by Saidy Janko. Thiago Motta then scored the second after Marquinhos chested down a free-kick from Neymar - who was lively throughout with tricks and flicks. And Cavani turned home a late third with his heel from substitute Julian Draxler's cross to ensure PSG remain top of the league. Saint-Etienne - who had also won their opening three games - were better than the scoreline suggests and had 12 shots to PSG's 14. It was the first game £200m world record signing Neymar has not scored in for PSG, having netted three and assisted three others in his first two matches. Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Attempt blocked. Saidy Janko (St Etienne) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ronael Pierre Gabriel. Foul by Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain). Bryan Dabo (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain). Ole Selnaes (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot. Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Saidy Janko. Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, St Etienne 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross. Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier. Attempt saved. Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Oussama Tannane (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Oussama Tannane (St Etienne). Attempt missed. Vincent Pajot (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Oussama Tannane. Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain). Oussama Tannane (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Yuri (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso. Yuri (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Oussama Tannane (St Etienne). Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Javier Pastore. Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Ángel Di María. Foul by Yuri (Paris Saint Germain). Oussama Tannane (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Neymar. Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Yuri replaces Layvin Kurzawa. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Oussama Tannane (St Etienne). Foul by Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain). Bryan Dabo

Summary: Edinson Cavani scored twice as Paris St-Germain beat Saint-Etienne to make it four wins out of four in Ligue 1.


Ten people died and 32 were hurt when a police helicopter crashed into the roof of the Glasgow pub on 29 November 2013. An investigation found that fuel transfer switches were turned off but it could not answer why the pilot did not land or send a distress call. The Crown Office said it could not give a timescale for an inquiry. But a spokesman added that one would be held "as soon as possible". Families want the Crown Office to begin an inquiry so they can get closure. Hannah Bennet, from Thompsons Solicitors, which is representing many of the victims and bereaved families, said the delay in beginning an inquiry was causing more pain. "On the third anniversary of this awful accident a number of our clients are upset and confused as to why no date has yet been announced for the commencement of a fatal accident inquiry (FAI)," she said. "For many of the victims and their families, closure on the events of that awful night can only truly begin once an FAI has been concluded. "We are calling on the Crown Office to provide clarity on this issue so that the victims and their families are no longer left wondering when they will get the answers they need and deserve." Ms Bennet said that while she understood the case was "extremely complex" it was "very unfortunate" there was "still no confirmation" on when the FAI was likely to begin. The helicopter crew who were killed in the crash were pilot David Traill, PC Tony Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis. Seven customers in the Clutha died. They were John McGarrigle, Mark O'Prey, Gary Arthur, Colin Gibson, Robert Jenkins, Samuel McGhee and Joe Cusker. A report published last year by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the pilot David Traill did not follow emergency protocol and flew on despite low fuel warnings. It said fuel transfer pumps were turned off and a controlled landing was not achieved for "unknown reasons". The report into the crash said: Alan Crossan, who owns the Clutha bar, told the Good Morning Scotland programme that the failure to provide answers to the tragedy was stopping people from moving forward. He said: "It's been three years and I didn't expect to be still sitting here looking for the various things to happen like the FAI. "We've got all sorts of problems that have been tied up in this thing now. "We've got the FAI and it's still to be decided when we're going to have that. We've got two AAIB reports which are conflicting and we've got families that are still not compensated. That's three years, a long time. It's disgraceful. "There's been a total lack of information from people and letting us know where things are. If they just let us know 'this is the problems, this is what we're doing, we're investigating the AAIB, we're doing this, we're doing that', but they don't seem to do that." A Crown Office spokesman said: "The AAIB report into the Clutha tragedy, published last year, raised a number

Summary: Bereaved families have marked the third anniversary of the Clutha helicopter crash by asking for clarity over when a fatal accident inquiry will be held.


Winger Ashley Young and debutant defender Reece James, 20, also scored two goals each after striker Danny Welbeck had opened the scoring. Van Gaal, made United's longest-serving player, midfielder Darren Fletcher, captain for the pre-season friendly, the first of four games on the club's US tour. The Dutchman, who led the Netherlands to the semi-finals of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, saw another debutant, Ander Herrera, dictate proceedings in midfield with a good range of short and long passes delivered crisply and accurately. Van Gaal marked his arrival at the Pasadena Rose Bowl with some almost magisterial waving to United supporters as the team coach approached the stadium which hosted the 1994 World Cup final. It was nothing like the tentative manner with which Moyes had approached the same task 12 months earlier. The change could be seen in Van Gaal's first starting line-up. Only two players survived from the team Moyes saw beaten 1-0 by Singha All Stars in Thailand a year ago - defender Jonny Evans and Welbeck. There was also a new 3-4-1-2 formation, with debutant Luke Shaw - a £27m buy from Southampton this summer - and Antonio Valencia operating as wing-backs either side of a three-man central defence and Juan Mata in an advanced midfield role. Van Gaal used the same tactic to steer Netherlands to third place in Brazil. There were few signs of emotion from the 62-year-old when striker Welbeck put his side in front with a first-time finish from 20 yards. Welbeck had been one of the players he had been urging to "look at the ball" during shooting practice in Tuesday's training session. But even after the England man had drilled home the loose ball once Mata had been fouled, Van Gaal restricted himself to a raised right fist as he rose to acknowledge the first goal of his reign. Overlooked for the captaincy after Fletcher was handed the armband, Rooney doubled the visitors' lead from the penalty spot three minutes before the break. By the time he strode purposefully down the tunnel at half-time, Van Gaal had seen his team score again, Rooney profiting from Tommy Meyer's abysmal defending, and he had also been in animated discussion with the fourth official over an incident that had evidently angered him. Bacup-born left-back James, who was on loan at Carlisle last season, reacted joyously to both his goals and, as Galaxy's defence fell apart, Young scored twice in as many minutes at the end. In changing his entire team during the interval, apart from midfielders Fletcher and Herrera, Van Gaal made good his promise to look at everyone before deciding who needs to be kept and who will be released. United's next friendly will be against Roma in Denver on Saturday. LA Galaxy (4-1-3-2) Penedo; Gargan, Meyer, Leonardo, DLG; Ishizaki, Sarvas, Juninho, Husidic; R Keane, Zardes Manchester United (3-4-1-2) De Gea; Smalling, Jones, Evans; Valencia, Fletcher, Herrera, Shaw; Mata; Rooney, Welbeck. Second-half - (5-3-2) Lindegaard; Rafael, M Keane, Fletcher, Blackett, James; Herrera, Cleverley, Kagawa; Young, Nani.

Summary: Manchester United's new manager Louis van Gaal made a winning start as Wayne Rooney scored twice in a 7-0 defeat of LA Galaxy in front of a crowd of 86,432 at the Rose Bowl in California.


Former Russian anti-doping agency worker Vitaly Stepanov made the claims on CBS network's 60 Minutes programme. He said he was told of a cover-up by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory. Russia's sports ministry said it was "certain about transparency of doping control" in Sochi. Rodchenkov was not interviewed by the programme, which was broadcast on Sunday, but 60 Minutes journalists said they had listened to recordings of him speaking to Stepanov. The BBC has been unable to independently verify the allegations made in the programme. Stepanov said Rodchenkov told him that agents from Russia's security service, the FSB, "worked as doping controls officers during the Sochi Games" and "tried to control every single step of the anti-doping process in Sochi". He further claimed he had been told four Russian gold medallists at the Games were using steroids. The World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) has said it will investigate the new allegations. Russian athletes have already been banned from international competition by the sport's world governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after a Wada commission report alleged "state-sponsored" doping in the country. The same report said Rodchenkov was complicit, asking for and accepting bribes and destroying blood and urine samples. He later resigned from his role as head of the Moscow lab. Stepanov and his wife, banned athlete Yuliya Stepanova, were the main whistleblowers in a series of German television documentaries in 2014 which alleged "99%" of Russian athletes were doping. Those claims led to the Wada independent commission being set up. The IAAF is meeting next month to assess whether Russia has done enough to tackle its doping culture before being allowed to take part in August's Olympic Games in Rio. A spokesman for the Russian sports ministry said a full investigation had been carried out into "all relevant parties" since Stepanov's original allegations and it had agreed a 'road map' with Wada to "guarantee the independence and transparency of the doping control in Russia". It added: "We are also certain about transparency of doping control during the 2014 Olympic Games. In addition to Russian specialists, the labs and doping control stations in Sochi had foreign experts. "Furthermore, a team of independent observers managed the doping control operations on daily basis during the Games."

Summary: A whistleblower has alleged undercover Russian intelligence agents posed as anti-doping staff to cover up cheating at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.


Ann Barnes dealt with an "ill-advised" TV documentary, a probe into her car insurance, and youth commissioners who both had to step away from their role. But she said she judged her time as PCC as a success. She said Kent Police was now target-free, provided quality service and put victims at the heart of its work. "Apart from one or two things I'd rather not have happened, I've really, really had a good time," she said. Referring to incidents that led to adverse headlines, she said: "You have to accept what life throws at you and deal with it." Mrs Barnes, who is not standing for re-election, said the Kent force was recognised nationally after latest HMIC reports. "[Kent Police] genuinely puts victims at the heart of what it does. There are no targets, people don't chase targets. They just look to do a quality service," she said. On her youth commissioner appointments, Mrs Barnes said: "You can't interview for the unexpected." Kent's first youth commissioner Paris Brown resigned over comments she had posted on Twitter, and Kerry Boyd had to stop public engagements while reports of a relationship were investigated. Mrs Barnes said Ms Brown handled things well after making mistakes when younger, and Ms Boyd did a good job and could have continued but turned down an extended contract. After Ms Boyd left, the youth commissioner was not replaced. Mrs Barnes said she was most proud of Kent Police's "open and transparent" culture. And she said a new victim centre was providing "a wraparound service" to victims and witnesses, and she believed it would become a blueprint for delivering victims' services. Voting for Kent's next PCC will take place on 5 May, with six candidates standing.

Summary: Kent's outgoing high-profile police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said she is proud of her achievements four years after being elected.


Between 80 to 100 jobs will be eliminated at the lender's Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, India and Japan offices, according to media reports. The reductions come as the lender looks to refocus its business following a decline in the number of deals that used to earn big fees for the firm. Macquarie was not reachable for comment. Its chief executive, Nicholas Moore, has been shifting the firm towards more stable sources of revenue such as lending and fund management. Macquarie is Australia's largest investment bank, but has struggled with increased competition in Asia for both merger and acquisitions, as well as underwriting business. There have also been a reduced number of deals due to the weak global economy. Macquarie's shares have risen by about 33% this year.

Summary: Australia's Macquarie Group is reportedly planning to cut nearly half of its investment banking jobs in Asia.


Sangakkara resumed at Chelmsford on 177, with Surrey 334-7, and had time to bring up his double century before the visitors were all out for 369. Essex lost Alastair Cook for 36 and fellow opener Nick Browne made 52. But Dan Lawrence (78 not out) batted through to stumps with Ravi Bopara (33 not out) and saw Essex to 215-3. Lawrence, 19, and all-rounder Bopara's stand is so far worth 89, but on a decent Chelmsford track the hosts will surely be looking for a big first-innings' lead. Sri Lanka great Sangakkara, who scored his fifth-successive Championship century on Friday, struck 27 fours in his sublime 321-ball innings and now has 792 runs at an average of more than 113 this summer. The 39-year-old was the last man to fall in Surrey's innings when he was caught by Neil Wagner off Simon Harmer and was given a standing ovation as he left the field in what will be his final season. Essex were briefly wobbling at 126-3 in their innings once Tom Westley nicked Sam Curran behind, but Lawrence and Bopara batted throughout the evening session.

Summary: Essex's batsman put their side in a good position after Surrey's Kumar Sangakkara fell for exactly 200 on day two of their County Championship match.


Chilton, 24, drove for two seasons in F1 with Marussia before losing his seat in 2015 after the team was re-branded as Manor Marussia. He competed in Le Mans 24 Hours in 2015 and last season raced in America's Indy Lights series, winning once. Chilton said: "In the last three years I haven't had a car that can get a podium. This year I have no excuses." New Zealander Scott Dixon won last year's IndyCar drivers' championship with Chip Ganassi. Chilton, who will drive a Chevrolet, will become the fourth British driver in the last 24 years, after Nigel Mansell, Mark Blundell and Justin Wilson, to join IndyCar full-time after competing in F1 in the same capacity. Wilson died at the age of 37 after being struck by flying debris and suffering a serious head injury in an IndyCar race in Pennsylvania last August. Chilton made 35 starts in F1 across the 2013 and 2014 seasons and set a new driver's record of 25 consecutive finishes, with 19 of them coming in his first season.

Summary: Former British Formula 1 driver Max Chilton will join Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2016 IndyCar season.