Anders Behring Breivik, 32, described his actions as "gruesome but necessary", and said he would explain himself at a court hearing on Monday. At least 85 people died when a gunman ran amok on Utoeya island on Friday, hours after an Oslo bomb killed seven. As Norway mourned the victims, police continued to search for the missing. At least four people from the island camp shooting are yet to be found; it is thought some may have drowned after swimming out into the lake to escape the hail of bullets. Police are using a mini-submarine to search for the missing bodies. In Oslo police said the death toll could rise further as bodies or body parts were in buildings damaged by the bomb but still too unstable to search. Police have also said another person may have been involved in Friday's attacks, which happened within hours of each other. 'Demanding suspect' "He thought it was gruesome having to commit these acts, but in his head they were necessary," Mr Breivik's lawyer Geir Lippestad told Norwegian media. He added that the actions had been planned for some time. Mr Breivik has been charged with committing acts of terrorism, and is due to appear in court on Monday when judges will decide whether he should be detained as the investigation continues. The suspect is reported to have had links with right-wing extremists. Still pictures of him, wearing a wetsuit and carrying an automatic weapon, appeared in a 12-minute anti-Muslim video called Knights Templar 2083, which appeared briefly on YouTube. By Chris MasonBBC News, Oslo In driving rain, and with the sound of thunder in the air, people are standing in a circle outside Oslo's cathedral. In the middle of the circle is a carpet of flowers, illuminated by candles. There are people hugging, holding hands, and standing in silence. I pass a couple whose eyes are bloodshot through crying, tears dripping down their faces. I have heard one Norwegian man say for so long this country felt it lived on the outskirts of fear. It doesn't feel like that any more. A 1,500-page document written in English and said to be by Mr Breivik - posted under the pseudonym of Andrew Berwick - was also put online hours before the attacks, suggesting they had been years in the planning. The document and the video repeatedly refer to multiculturalism and Muslim immigration; the author claims to be a follower of the Knights Templar - a medieval Christian organisation involved in the Crusades, and sometimes revered by white supremacists. Police have not speculated on motives for the attack but the bomb in Oslo targeted buildings connected to Norway's governing Labour Party, and the youth camp on Utoeya island was also run by the party. In the document posted online, references were made to targeting "cultural Marxists/ multiculturalist traitors". "He has had a dialogue with the police the whole time, but he is a very demanding suspect," police chief Sveinung Sponheim said. Norway has had problems with neo-Nazi groups in the past but the assumption was that

Summary: The man accused of a massacre at a youth camp in Norway and a bombing in the capital, Oslo, has admitted responsibility, his lawyer says.


It has called for an extension of their right to ask for time off to look after grandchildren, which currently only applies in emergencies. The TUC estimates that seven million grandparents provide regular childcare for youngsters aged under 16. The government said it was extending the right to request flexible working to all employees from April 2014. A separate report suggests many of these grandparents will be better off than the next generation. People born in the 1960s and 1970s will rely on inheritance in order to be better off in retirement than their predecessors, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The most common reason for grandparents to take on childcare duties, according to the TUC, is to allow the child's parents to go to work. It said that its survey suggested that working grandparents were more likely to help look after grandchildren than retired grandparents. Consequently it wants to see a clearer right to ask for unpaid leave, such as one day a fortnight, rather than just being able to ask an employer for the occasional emergency day off. "The informal childcare that millions of grandparents regularly provide is one of the most important and unheralded forms of care in Britain today," said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady. "The childcare provided by grandparents allows mums and dads to work, saves them money on nursery and childminder fees, and creates a special bond across different generations in a family. "Many businesses have yet to keep up with this trend and thousands of grandparents who want to look after their grandkids are prevented from doing so. It's important that public policy catches up with the needs of working grandparents and their families." A spokeswoman for the Department for Business said: "Making flexible working available to all will not just benefit grandparents but allow the wider family to help out with child caring responsibilities. It will give all employees the opportunity to better balance work with their personal life." The TUC's call comes on the same day as the IFS report suggests that many of today's parents are relying on inheritance to continue the trend of being better off than their predecessors. It said that, when compared with those born a decade earlier, pay was no higher and their savings no greater for those born in the 1960s and 1970s, when inflation was taken into account. They were also less likely to own a home, would have lower pension wealth and were likely to see a proportionately lower state pension compared to earnings. "Since World War Two, successive cohorts have enjoyed higher incomes and living standards than their parents. Yet the incomes and wealth of those born in the 1960s and 1970s look no higher than [those] who came before them," said Andrew Hood, who wrote the report. As a result, he said, those born in the 1960s and 1970s would see this topped up by inheritance, but this was unequally distributed and tended to benefit those who were already wealthy.

Summary: Grandparents should be given the right to request unpaid leave as they are so involved with childcare, the TUC says.


McIlroy and US Open runner-up Shane Lowry opted not to compete for Ireland due to fears over the Zika virus, which has links to defects in newborn babies. "The shame for Rory is I really think he would have benefited from being around other athletes," McGinley said. With Graeme McDowell also absent, Padraig Harrington and world number 291 Seamus Power will represent Ireland. Three-time major winner Harrington, 44, and wife Caroline, who have two children, plan to watch as many other sports as possible in Rio after the golf tournament is over. "It's really good for the heart and the soul to be involved with so many other athletes where it's the most important thing in their game," said McGinley, who captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory over the United States at Gleneagles in 2014. "I think Padraig is going to come back a better person for it and the Irish team are going to benefit a lot from having Padraig around. "The Olympics will really stand them in good stead when they come away and back into the golfing environment again, having experienced other sports and seeing how other people approach it and also bouncing ideas off trainers and all kinds of experts who are going to be down there. "To be part of the biggest sporting event in the world is an opportunity that I'm certainly looking forward to." World number four McIlroy 27, has spoken about his desire to start a family in the near future, saying: "My health and my family's health comes before everything else. "Even though the risk of infection from the Zika virus is considered low, it is a risk nonetheless and a risk I am unwilling to take." Golf is returning to the Olympics after a 112-year absence but three of the world's top four players - Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and McIlroy - plus major winners including Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen have chosen not to play. The Olympics take place from 5 to 21 August. We've launched a new BBC Sport newsletter, bringing all the best stories, features and video right to your inbox. You can sign up here.

Summary: Ireland's Olympic golf captain Paul McGinley says Rory McIlroy could have learned from playing in the Rio Games.


The state's media watchdog said the press had a duty to cover a story about the supposed offshore dealings of opposition politician and recent presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso. The investigation was published in an Argentine newspaper in March. The watchdog and the media companies have accused each other of censorship. Appeals are under way. The ruling was made against newspapers El Comercio, La Hora, Expreso and El Universo, and television channels Televicentro, Teleamazonas and Ecuavisa. The watchdog, known as Supercom, has fined the companies $3,750 (Â£3,000), the equivalent of 10 journalists' basic salaries, it said. Supercom's superintendent Carlos Ochoa called the fines both a punishment and a motivation for improving journalistic practices. Pedro Valverde, a lawyer for El Universo newspaper, told the BBC he will be "exhausting all administrative and judicial options to annul this absurd sanction". The report, "Lasso: the offshore tycoon", was first published by Argentina's left-wing Pagina 12 newspaper, and was picked up by various other Ecuadorean news outlets ahead of the country's election on 2 April. Local free speech organisation Fundamedios said the government should not be fining the media. "It is an act of censorship designed to give the government the role of editor of all media, deciding what to publish or not," said director Cesar Ricaurte. Supercom acts under the controversial communications law,. Introduced by President Rafael Correa in 2013, the law gives officials the power to sanction media outlets. The recent complaint against the media was filed by an organisation called the Citizen's Observatory for Quality Communications, on 27 March, after President Correa raised a complaint on his television show. The organisation said the various media organisations - some of the country's biggest - had failed to publish or investigate the offshore banking claims, which "affected the voting rights of Ecuadoreans, since the possible crimes involved someone who aspired to be president". However, some of the affected media have come forward to say they were bound by contradictory legislation. Mr Valverde referred to the Code of Democracy, which does not allow the media to publish works that might be seen as actively working for or against a candidate during an election period. Representatives of El Comercio newspaper also said the communications law has another clause - article 22 - which states that journalism must be verified, and it could not vouch for the Argentine investigation. Mr Lasso planned to revoke the communications law, had he won the election. The former banker narrowly lost to left-wing candidate Lenin Moreno. President-elect Moreno has also expressed reservations about the law, including after the seven fines were announced. He said he would like to speak to the press directly about it, according to media reports. President Correa has praised his law repeatedly, including in reference to this latest incident.

Summary: Ecuador has fined seven media companies for not publishing a story that it deemed of public interest.


23 May 2016 Last updated at 17:21 BST He has since become the Turkish leader's right-hand man. Here we trace his rise to power. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Summary: New Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's political career began while he managed Istanbul's ferry bus network at a time when current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was mayor.


But this was the nocturnal hum of the midshipman fish; a courtship call, and the source of a biological secret scientists have now solved. Researchers brought the fish into their lab to work out why they sang at night. The US team's findings are published in the journal Current Biology. The researchers found the singing was controlled by a hormone that helps humans to sleep - melatonin. And looking more closely at how melatonin acts on receptors in different parts of the fish's brain could help explain why it is such a powerful "chemical clock" with a role in the timing of sleep-wake cycles, reproduction and birdsong. Prof Andrew Bass, who led the research, said his curiosity about midshipman fish had been piqued by a paper written in 1924 by an academic called Charles Greene, which described how the male fish would hum at night. "Greene referred to midshipman as the California singing fish," said Prof Bass. "We discovered that females are also sonic, but it's only territorial males that build nests and produce the hum to attract females to [those] nests." To find out if the humming was controlled by an internal clock, or circadian rhythm, the team first kept a group of midshipman fish in constant light. This almost completely suppressed their humming. "But when [we gave the fish] a melatonin substitute," said Prof Bass, "they continued to hum, though at random times of day without a rhythm. "Melatonin essentially acted as a 'go' signal for the midshipman's nocturnal calling." Limiting their foghorn-like serenade to the night time probably benefits the fish; a nocturnal chorus might be timed for when females are most receptive, or when their predators are less likely to hear. But the study also suggests a broad and fundamental role for melatonin throughout the vertebrate kingdom - finding a fish with a behaviour so intrinsically linked to their body clock suggests this brain circuitry evolved in our most primitive, aquatic ancestors. Dr Ni Feng, from Yale University, who was also involved in the study, said: "Melatonin is the same supplement that humans might take to fall asleep easier and get over jetlag faster. "But in the nocturnal fish, like the midshipman, it serves to wake them up and pave the way for their nocturnal courtship song performance. "[So] our study shows that singing fish can be a useful model for studying hormones and reproductive-related vocal communication behaviours shared by many vertebrate species."

Summary: When California houseboat residents heard their low, submarine hum in the 1980s, they thought it might be coming from noisy sewage pumps, military experiments or even extraterrestrials.


About 110 boats, including civilian vessels, took part in the search for Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith. The co-ordinated search took place along the Irish west coast on Saturday. Both men have been missing since Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 crashed off on 14 March. Four people were on board the helicopter when it came down off the County Mayo coast. Capt Dara Fitzpatrick died after she was rescued from the sea hours after the crash. The body of her co-pilot, Capt Mark Duffy, was later recovered from the wreckage. Last Sunday, the wreckage of the helicopter was lifted from where it crashed near Blackrock Island but the two missing crew members were not found. Saturday's search involved the Irish Coast Guard, RNLI, Irish Air Corps, Irish Naval Service and Irish Civil Defence, along with more than 80 civilian boats. However, the extensive search, which stretched over hundreds of square miles from County Donegal to County Mayo, failed to find any sign of the two men. Inshore boats worked close to the coastline and larger vessels further out to sea. Helicopters searched from the air while a shoreline effort was assisted by search and rescue volunteers from across the Republic and Northern Ireland. Search teams from Counties Down, Wicklow, Dublin, Donegal, Claire and Tipperary were among those who took part. The search came days after an appeal from a sister of Ciarán Smith for help from fishermen and coastal communities in searching for the men. Speaking after the search, Orla Smith said the support show by the fishing communities had given the families renewed hope and that there were no words to thank those involved in the search. An investigation into what happened to the helicopter is continuing. The Air Accident Investigation Unit has said there was no indication of any mechanical problems in the seconds before the impact. It is thought the inquiry into the cause of the crash on 14 March will now focus on operational issues.

Summary: A major sea search described as one of the biggest in Irish state history has failed to locate two Irish Coast Guard crew members missing since a helicopter crash.


They identified bacteria able to shrug off the drug of last resort - colistin - in patients and livestock in China. They said that resistance would spread around the world and raised the spectre of untreatable infections. It is likely resistance emerged after colistin was overused in farm animals. Bacteria becoming completely resistant to treatment - also known as the antibiotic apocalypse - could plunge medicine back into the dark ages. Common infections would kill once again, while surgery and cancer therapies, which are reliant on antibiotics, would be under threat. Chinese scientists identified a new mutation, dubbed the MCR-1 gene, that prevented colistin from killing bacteria. The report in the Lancet Infectious Diseases showed resistance in a fifth of animals tested, 15% of raw meat samples and in 16 patients. And the resistance had spread between a range of bacterial strains and species, including E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. There is also evidence that it has spread to Laos and Malaysia. Prof Timothy Walsh, who collaborated on the study, from the University of Cardiff, told the BBC News website: "All the key players are now in place to make the post-antibiotic world a reality. "If MCR-1 becomes global, which is a case of when not if, and the gene aligns itself with other antibiotic resistance genes, which is inevitable, then we will have very likely reached the start of the post-antibiotic era. "At that point if a patient is seriously ill, say with E. coli, then there is virtually nothing you can do." Resistance to colistin has emerged before. However, the crucial difference this time is the mutation has arisen in a way that is very easily shared between bacteria. "The transfer rate of this resistance gene is ridiculously high, that doesn't look good," said Prof Mark Wilcox, from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. His hospital is now dealing with multiple cases "where we're struggling to find an antibiotic" every month - an event he describes as being as "rare as hens' teeth" five years ago. He said there was no single event that would mark the start of the antibiotic apocalypse, but it was clear "we're losing the battle". The concern is that the new resistance gene will hook up with others plaguing hospitals, leading to bacteria resistant to all treatment - what is known as pan-resistance. Prof Wilcox told the BBC News website: "Do I fear we'll get to an untreatable organism situation? Ultimately yes. "Whether that happens this year, or next year, or the year after, it's very hard to say." Early indications suggest the Chinese government is moving swiftly to address the problem. Prof Walsh is meeting both the agricultural and health ministries this weekend to discuss whether colistin should be banned for agricultural use. Prof Laura Piddock, from the campaign group Antibiotic Action, said the same antibiotics "should not be used in veterinary and human medicine". She told the BBC News website: "Hopefully the post-antibiotic era is not upon us yet. However, this is a wake-up call to the world." She argued the dawning

Summary: The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed.


The marathon runner crossed the line in second place with his arms above his head in solidarity with Oromo activists who are staging protests in Ethiopia. He repeated the gesture later at a press conference, saying his life would be in danger if he returned home. The government has been accused of brutally cracking down on protesters. The country's Information Minister Getachew Reda told the BBC at the time that he had nothing to fear and would be welcomed home as a hero. But speaking after the race, Mr Feyisa said he might be killed if he returned. "If not kill me, they will put me in prison. I have not decided yet, but maybe I will move to another country." His family later said that he wanted to seek asylum in the US. A funding campaign, which has now reached its $150,000 (Â£113,000) target, was set up to help pay his legal fees and support his family back home in Ethiopia. Mr Feyisa is from Oromia, home to most of Ethiopia's 35 million Oromo people, the country's largest ethnic group. The region has been hit by a wave of anti-government protests since November last year as people complain about social and political marginalisation. US-based rights group Human Rights Watch has said that more than 400 people have been killed by security forces during the demonstrations. The government disputes the figure and has said that it welcomes dialogue and peaceful protests to sort out issues that people may have. The information minister has acknowledged that there have been some killings but has said that in the main the security forces conducted themselves "in a very professional and responsible manner". He put the killings down to "a few bad apples".

Summary: Ethiopian Olympian Feyisa Lilesa, who said he wanted to seek asylum after making an anti-government gesture in Rio, has arrived in the US.


It will operate five times weekly until 12 June, daily from 13 June to 2 September and four times weekly between 3 September and 6 October. The first flight was inaugurated at a ceremony at Edinburgh Airport. The airport said it marked "a significant step" in achieving better connectivity between the Scottish capital and North America. Airport managing director Gordon Dewar added: "This new service will give Scottish passengers the opportunity to visit one of America's most exciting and vibrant cities and take full advantage of the onward travel options to many other US destinations. "We're delighted to continue our good relationship with United and celebrate this new route's inaugural flight." Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the service highlighted the strong relationship between Scotland and the United States. "This service will provide real benefits to Scotland's economy, encouraging more tourism, trade and investment by reducing the need for travellers to make connecting flights via London or the continent," she added.

Summary: The first direct flight service between Edinburgh and Chicago has been launched by United Airlines.


Leaders from both nations confirmed a conclusion had been reached after talks that spanned more than two years. The deal is expected to be signed on Monday and covers 17 areas such as e-commerce, Chinese officials said. China is South Korea's largest trading partner and their bilateral trade grew to $228.9bn (Â£143bn) in 2013. South Korea has been running a trade surplus with China since 1993, and the surplus was $62.8bn last year, according to South Korean data. "South Korean and Chinese leaders today declared an effective conclusion of the FTA at a summit meeting held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing," said a statement from Korea's presidential office, referring to a meeting of South Korean President Park Geun-hye with China's President Xi Jinping at the Apec summit. Local media reports said the deal included a move to remove tariffs on over 90% of goods in the next two decades. With China and South Korea the world's first and seventh largest exporters respectively, a tie-up between the two is key for the region's economic growth. South Korea, Asia's fourth largest economy, already has trade agreements with the European Union and the US.

Summary: China and South Korea are set to sign a free trade agreement that aims to remove most barriers to trade between the countries.


The service for cousins dual Irish-US citizen Ashley Donohoe, 22, and Olivia Burke, 21, from Dublin, was taking place in Sonoma. The bodies of four other Irish students will be repatriated on an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin on Saturday night. They are due to arrive at Dublin Airport on Sunday morning. On Friday night the relatives of LorcÃ¡n Miller, Eimear Walsh, Eoghan Culligan, and Niccolai (Nick) Schuster received their bodies for the first time at a joint service in St Columba's Church in Oakland, California. Their bodies lay in repose in open caskets until around 22:00 local time. After Saturday's joint funeral service for Ashley Donohoe and Olivia Burke, Ms Burke's remains will be flown home to Ireland on Sunday evening. The balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the early hours of Tuesday in the city of Berkeley. Five of the six people who died were Irish students based in the US as part of a work exchange programme. The victims were: Meanwhile, the conditions of two of the people who were injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse have improved. Conor Flynn and Jack Halpin are being cared for at the John Muir Medical Centre in Walnut Creek. Hospital pastor Fr Michael Gillen described the pair as inspirational and said they should make a full recovery. Investigations continue into why the fourth-floor balcony collapsed. Engineers say water damage may have caused the structure to give way. Authorities said 13 people were on the balcony when it collapsed. A book of condolence is to be opened at Belfast City Hall on Monday.

Summary: A joint funeral mass is being held in California for two of the six students killed in an apartment balcony collapse in Berkeley on Monday night.


The SNP government in Edinburgh wants the fleet removed from its base on the west coast of Scotland. At question time in the Senedd, Mr Jones suggested the nuclear deterrent could come to Pembrokeshire if forced to look for a home elsewhere. But the UK government said it had no plans to move from HM Naval Base Clyde. This week it awarded a £1.1bn contract for reactor cores. Britain has four Royal Navy Vanguard submarines, based at the Faslane naval base on the Clyde, which can deploy Trident ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads. Mr Jones, who will be in Scotland for a meeting of British and Irish ministers on Friday, was asked about the potential to invest in Welsh ports. He said: "I did notice the Scottish government no longer wishes to have the nuclear submarine base at Faslane, it no longer wishes to house the UK naval nuclear fleet. "There will be more than a welcome for that fleet and those jobs in Milford Haven." Milford Haven is a natural deep water port that handles around a fifth of the UK's energy through oil and gas imports. At the weekend the Scottish government said it was "firmly committed to the earliest possible withdrawal of Trident from Scotland". It said independence is the only constitutional option that would give it the power to remove Trident from Scottish waters. The Welsh government later said Mr Jones's comments had nothing to do with the SNP's referendum on Scottish independence and that he was a "staunch supporter" of the union. A spokesman said: "The first minister recognises the substantial economic benefits of relocating Britain's nuclear submarine to west Wales. "There would be more than a welcome in Wales for this kind of economic boost, which would bring thousands of high quality, well paid jobs to the area. "The first minister is of the view that he would be neglecting his duty to do what he can to boost the Welsh economy he were to dismiss the possibility of bringing these jobs to Wales." There was an angry response to his suggestion from Plaid Cymru politicians and activists. Writing on Twitter, Plaid AM Jonathan Edwards said: "This is a hugely significant development. "Milford is a huge energy portal. LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) and nukes don't go together." The UK government insists a final decision on replacing the Trident nuclear deterrent will not be taken until 2016 - after the next general election. The Ministry of Defence says the £1.1bn reactor core contract announced recently secures 300 jobs at Rolls-Royce and will fund an 11-year refurbishment of its plant at Raynesway in Derby. In response to Mr Jones's suggestion to move the nuclear submarines to Wales, an MoD spokesperson said: "The government is clear that Scotland benefits from being part of the UK and the UK benefits from having Scotland within it. "No plans for independence are being made as the government is confident that people in Scotland will continue to support the UK in any referendum. "We are therefore not making plans to move the nuclear

Summary: Britain's nuclear-armed submarines would be "more than welcome" in Wales if they left Scotland, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said.


Lorraine Warden forged the signature of a doctor at Ninewells Hospital in order to take the money, which was intended to pay for medical staff, equipment and training. An investigation found the 44 year old had written 61 cheques to herself. She told police she had taken the money due to spiralling debts from payday loans. Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Warden had been working as a secretary for NHS Tayside and the University of Dundee when she took the money, which had been donated to the Tayside Otolaryngology Fund. Dr Stephen Jones, the only signatory on the bank account for the fund, noticed discrepancies between a spreadsheet used to manage the fund's money, chequebook stubs and the bank account. An investigation revealed a total of 62 cheques, including one in the name of Warden's daughter, had been cashed for a total of £55,000 between 2007 and 2012. Warden, of Muirhead, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of embezzlement. Sheriff Elizabeth Munro deferred sentence for the preparation of reports, and allowed Warden bail meantime. The Tayside Otolaryngology Fund, which was in place to "provide staff, instruments, equipment or materials for the purposes of promoting and furthering research and advancing specialist techniques", ceased to operate in November 2013.

Summary: An NHS secretary has admitted embezzling £55,000 from a Dundee hospital charity fund.


Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell 8.9% in 2014 on the previous year, while emissions of all the greenhouse gases were 7.7% below 2013 levels. The figures come from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc). The biggest fall in 2014 was in homes (17%), where a warmer year meant less gas was used for heating. A significant fall was also seen in the power sector (down 13.6%), which saw less use of coal in electricity.

Summary: Greenhouse gas output in the UK fell almost 8% in 2014, although emissions from transport and agriculture rose slightly, official figures show.


Net profit was 147.8bn yen ($1.33bn; Â£934m), compared with a 126bn yen loss a year earlier. Strong demand for its Playstation 4 console and games led to an 11.8% jump in sales for Sony's Game and Network Services division. That helped to offset a 20% plunge in smartphone sales. Sony's Pictures segment - which covers films and television programmes - saw a 6.8% jump in annual sales. The boost came partly from higher subscription video-on-demand revenues for television series such as Breaking Bad, The Blacklist and Better Call Saul. Sony +11.8% PS4 hardware & software +10.4% Music +6.8% Pictures -20% Mobile Communications Sony did not offer a forecast on future performance, as it is still assessing the impact from this month's twin earthquakes which took place in south-west Japan and affected Sony's supply chain. The region where the earthquake struck - Kumamoto - is a manufacturing hub for many Japanese companies, including Sony and carmakers Toyota and Honda. Sony said, "With aftershocks continuing and employee safety the foremost priority, inspections of the facility and the development of a recovery plan remain ongoing." The Kumamoto Technology Center is the main manufacturing site of image sensors for the firm's digital and security cameras, as well as micro-display devices. Last year, Sony decided to spin off its video-and-audio business into a separate company as part of a three-year plan to return to profit. Chief executive Kazuo Hirai said the company must not be afraid to change if it hoped "to grow in a Sony-like way". He said the Japanese electronics firm would no longer pursue sales growth in areas such as smartphones where it has suffered competition from rivals Apple and Samsung. Mr Hirai said instead it would focus on profitable businesses areas, including entertainment operations such as TV programming and the PlayStation game business.

Summary: Japan's Sony has swung into profit for the year to March, helped by strong sales in its games division.


The Lady Helen had been sailing from Martin's Haven to nearby Skomer Island. A mayday was sent out and passengers were transferred to rescue vessels after the boat started taking in water as she was towed back to the mainland. Milford Haven coastguard said all 48 passengers were "safely ashore with no injuries". Boat trips are popular to Skomer, a wildlife sanctuary and home to colonies of thousands of sea birds just off the Pembrokeshire coast. Lady Helen was heading from Martin's Haven to Skomer when she ran aground on a rock at Little Sound, said the coastguard. A mayday alert was issued at 12:55 BST and the RNLI lifeboats from Angle and St David's were scrambled, along with a Dyfed-Powys Police rib and an RAF helicopter from Chivenor in Devon. Sister boat the Dale Princess managed to drag the Lady Helen off the rock using a line but she began taking in water as they headed back to shore. Milford Haven Coastguard watch manager Barrie Yelland told BBC Wales: "Several vessels in the area also responded and went to the assistance of Lady Helen. "They started to tow her back to Martin's Haven but unfortunately she started to sink and they decided to transfer all the passengers to the other vessels. "It's something we try not to do unless we have to because there's a danger in transferring people at sea but it came apparent there was no option." All 48 passengers were reported to be safely ashore with no injuries. "Everyone has done an excellent job carrying out this rescue, including all the various vessels that responded," said Mr Yelland. "Special thanks must also go out to the boat Over Dale," said the watch manager. One of those helping passengers was diver Dr Pauline Crossland, on board Over Dale. "We were a group of divers who were on our way out and a mayday call was put out," she said. "A number of boats had to go to its rescue. "We had quite a few children and elderly ladies on our boat. The children were initially a bit scared. They said the boat had been listing. But once we gave them a Twix each they were fine." Lady Helen was beached at Martin's Haven and there are three salvage pumps on board and she was being pulled further up the shore.

Summary: A total of 48 passengers, including children, have been rescued from a boat after it struck a rock and was in danger of sinking off Pembrokeshire.


The Scot's brother Jamie, Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and Dom Inglot are in the team for the round-two tie in Belgrade. Murray, 29, is into the last eight at Wimbledon after beating Nick Kyrgios. "Both Murrays are still involved at Wimbledon so we'll have to see how it pans out," captain Leon Smith said. "It's a brutal schedule. To turn around from Wimbledon, fly over to another country and change surface, it's not easy," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "Our team is extremely passionate about the Davis Cup. Andy wanted to be named in the initial team. He loves the competition. At the moment the most important thing for him is Wimbledon. He has to see how he feels. If he says he can't do this then of course we'll respect it." Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic has already announced he will not play. The 29-year-old admitted he was not 100% fit after he was knocked out of Wimbledon in the third round by American Sam Querrey. Viktor Troicki, who is ranked 27 in the world, has also made himself unavailable for Serbia, who will be relying on Dusan Lajovic (82) as their only player inside the world's top 100. Also selected are Filip Krajinovic (108) and Janko Tipsarevic (411). Nenad Zimonjic will play doubles. The winners of the match will face either Italy or Argentina in the semi-finals in September. Britain are the Davis Cup holders, having won the event last year for the first time since 1936.

Summary: Andy Murray is one of five players named by Great Britain for this month's Davis Cup tie with Serbia, although the world number two will not confirm his involvement until after Wimbledon.


Car Wheatley, 31, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, was found guilty of murder at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday. Alexa-Marie Quinn had 66 injuries including a bruise from her stomach to her ankles when she died last year. Wheatley was told he will have to serve a minimum of 21 years in jail before being considered for release. He had been awarded custody of Alexa-Marie in December 2013 - three months before he killed her. He admitted manslaughter, but the jury rejected his plea of not guilty to murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The jury was told Wheatley beat Alexa-Marie with "hard, sustained, persistent hitting" after losing his temper. The blows were delivered with such force that fat deposits entered her bloodstream, blocking her lungs, and it was described as the culmination of a period of beatings lasting several weeks. Police found her body on 12 March 2014 and a pathologist said she died from "extreme blunt-force trauma". The jury was told that psychiatrists diagnosed Wheatley with multiple mental health disorders. Prosecutor Christopher Donnellan QC said Wheatley dialled 999 on the morning of the fatal attack, but by the time paramedics arrived it was likely Alexa-Marie had been dead for hours. Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent said: "No child should suffer in this way and it is right that Carl Wheatley, who is a dangerous and violent man, was found guilty of murder and sentenced accordingly." Adrian Foster, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Without any eyewitnesses, we needed lengthy and highly technical evidence from top medical experts to help provide an explanation as to why this little girl died." Alexa-Marie had been removed from her mother's care some years earlier and had been living with foster parents in Bedfordshire before moving in with her father. Hertfordshire County Council said there would be an independent review of all the care agencies involved in looking after Alexa-Marie. Her mother issued a statement via Hertfordshire Police, in which she was not identified, which said: "Myself and my extended family have been deeply traumatised by what Carl Wheatley has done. "How anyone could cause such pain and suffering to someone so young and so sweet is truly beyond me. "She will never have the chance to make daisy chains or go to a school prom and we will never be able to celebrate happy occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas and Mother's Day, because of what this man has done."

Summary: A man who beat his four-year-old daughter to death has been jailed for life.


The Netherlands currently lead Namibia and Ireland by six points. Batsmen William Porterfield and Ed Joyce return after being rested for the four-day tour game against Zimbabwe A. Paul Stirling is also expected to take his place in the team after recovering from tightness in his quad. Stirling did not bat in the final innings of Ireland's draw with Zimbabwe A as a precautionary measure. Porterfield and Joyce instead spent time batting in the nets and both are expected to play, as is bowler Tim Murtagh, who was also rested. In the potential scenario of the side winning the match after conceding a first innings lead, the Dutch will drop to third as in this situation the side that wins the match will collect 13 points while the side that claims the first innings lead will get seven points. Namibia have been preparing for the game by playing in South African domestic cricket, while Ireland arrived in Windhoek directly from Harare, where they have spent the last three weeks playing three one-day internationals and a four-day match with Zimbabwe A. In the first round of fixtures, reigning champions Ireland defeated the United Arab Emirates by an innings and 26 runs in Malahide in June, while Namibia recorded a 114-run victory over Hong Kong in May and will be aiming to make home advantage count against Porterfield's experienced side. There has been one change to the original 14-man squad named by Ireland, with Max Sorensen returning home from Zimbabwe with a back injury, the impressive Stuart Poynter comes into the squad in his place. Poynter goes into the match on the back of scoring his maiden first-class century in the final tour match in Harare, while Stirling, Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney and Niall O'Brien all made half-centuries in Zimbabwe. With conditions at the Wanderers Club very similar to those in Zimbabwe, Ireland are well acclimatised and required the minimal recovery time after their travel day to Windhoek. The side completing a full training session the day after arriving, with another session on Friday ahead of the match helping the side get used to a new outfield and ground. "We made a great start to the Intercontinental Cup campaign in Dublin earlier this year and we have all been building up to this game, targeting it from a long way out," said Murtagh. "The games in Zimbabwe have been fantastic for us as usually before an I Cup game we would arrive a couple of days before and have to adapt to conditions really quickly. It has been great to spend time playing and training in the same conditions before we got here."

Summary: Ireland begin the second match of their Intercontinental Cup campaign against Namibia in Windhoek on Saturday in the knowledge that a win for either side would see them move top of the table.


The transit was a very rare astronomical event that would not be seen again for another 105 years. Observers in north and central America, and the northern-most parts of South America saw the event start just before local sunset. The far northwest of America, the Arctic, the western Pacific, and east Asia witnessed the entire passage. While the UK and the rest of Europe, the Middle East, and eastern Africa waited for local sunrise to try to see the closing stages of the transit. Venus appeared as a small black dot moving slowly but surely across the solar disc. The traverse lasted more than six and a half hours. Some of the best pictures of the event were provided by the US space agency's (Nasa) Solar Dynamics Observatory , which studies the Sun from a position 36,000km above the Earth. "We get to see Venus in exquisite detail because of SDO's spatial resolution," said agency astrophysicist Dr Lika Guhathakurta. "SDO is a very special observatory. It takes images that are about 10 times better than a high-definition TV and those images are acquired at a temporal cadence of one every 10 seconds. This is something we've never had before." Many citizens keen to observe the transit first hand attended special events at universities and observatories where equipment for safe viewing had been set up. In Hawaii, one of the best places to see the whole event, the university's Institute of Astronomy set up telescope stations on Waikiki beach. "We've had 10 telescopes and the queues have been 10 deep to each telescope all day long," said the institute's Dr Roy Gal. "It's a great opportunity to get people excited and teach them stuff. I was hoping for a big turn-out, and it's been fantastic," he told BBC News. Joe Cali viewed the transit on the edge of the Outback in New South Wales, Australia, another ideal vantage point. "It is exciting. It may look like just a black dot on the Sun but if you think about it, it's one of the few times you get to see a planet in motion," he said. UK skywatchers had to deal with quite extensive cloud conditions across the country. "We've had total cloud and rain," said Brian Sheen from the Roseland Observatory in Cornwall . "But we've been improving our chances by connecting with the Shetland Islands and the people up there have done rather better than we have. We've been seeing the transit through [a feed] of one of their telescopes," he explained. Scientists observed the transit to test ideas that will help them probe Earth-like planets elsewhere in the galaxy, and to learn more about Venus itself and its complex atmosphere. Venus transits occur four times in approximately 243 years; more precisely, they appear in pairs of events separated by about eight years and these pairs are separated by about 105 or 121 years. The reason for the long intervals lies in the fact that the orbits of Venus and Earth do not lie in the same plane and a transit can

Summary: Planet Venus has put on a show for skywatchers by moving across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth.


Jack Galsworthy, from Cornwall, and Freddie Wright, from Gloucestershire, both 21, are one week into their 3,000 mile challenge and their "morale is high" after initial seasickness. The pair are aiming to raise Â£150,000 for the Brain Research Trust. They caught and ate tuna which they had as sushi for Christmas dinner, their team said. They will be rowing two hours on and two hours off for three months in the race from La Gomera to Antigua, as part of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge. Two days from the nearest support team, they risk facing 40ft waves, sharks, howling winds, blisters, salt-rashes, sunstroke and sleep deprivation. The Atlantic Castaways team spokeswoman Alexandra Durnford, said they were suffering badly from sea sickness at first but have now recovered and "morale is high". "They tried their luck at a bit of fishing and managed to catch a very small tuna and had sushi I would imagine as there are no cooking supplies on board, so they did have a very special Christmas lunch, just an unusual one," she said. The duo are expected to lose at least 15% of their body weight during the challenge, which they hope to complete in 90 days time.

Summary: Two university students have begun their bid to become the youngest pair ever to row across the Atlantic Ocean.


Australia's anti-terror minister Michael Keenan launched the Radicalisation Awareness Kit on Monday, urging it be shared in schools. But the use of a case study of a girl called Karen - who gets into music and student politics before getting involved in criminal protests - has sparked both concern and humour. The #freeKaren hashtag started trending on Friday, and inspired offshoots #IamKaren and #JeSuisKaren. The publication, Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation, says young people can become violent because of ideologies such as "environment or economic concerns, or ethnic or separatist causes". The case study says Karen grew up "in a loving family" but when she went to university "Karen became involved in the alternative music scene, student politics and left-wing activism. In hindsight she thinks this was just 'typical teenage rebellion' that went further than most". "One afternoon Karen attended an environmental protest with some of her friends. It was exhilarating, fun and she felt like she was doing the 'right thing' for society." It goes on to describe Karen's involvement in violent environmental protests, and how she felt like "a soldier for the environment", before describing how she eventually became disillusioned and cut ties with the group. She struggled to "recover" from radical activism, but reconnected with family, found a job "broadly in the environmental field" and developed a "more moderate eco-philosophy". Environmentalists, teachers and social media users were outraged that the publication lumped together environmental protest and violent extremism. The International Association for the Study of Popular Music said it "strongly objects to the linking of participation in the alternative music scene to radicalisation of any kind". "There is no reputable evidence to suggest that listening to certain types of music leads to particular political outcomes for the audience," it said in a statement. "The idea that young people who like certain types of music are problems waiting to happen needs to be challenged, as it has consequences for them." The Green Party called on its supporters to tell Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull "that everyday Australians who care about our incredible natural environment should be congratulated, not demonised". Minister Michael Keenan said in a statement the first step to preventing young people being radicalised was helping schools to recognise what radicalisation is. "The potential radicalisation of young Australians to violent extremism, including those in our schools, is something all Australian governments are deeply concerned about," Minister Keenan said earlier in the week. "It is important that anyone who is in danger of becoming radicalised is put on a different path as early as possible before they harm themselves or others." The booklet comes amid concerns that Australia is facing an increasing domestic terror threat from people linked to or influenced by militant groups overseas. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Australia's new defence minister said the threat from groups like the so-called Islamic State (IS) was "very serious". "There is absolutely no doubt that there are individuals, leaders in that organisation, who are intent upon disrupting Western democracies," Marise Payne said. "I don't think that the magnitude of the threat

Summary: A government booklet linking environmental activism and alternative music to violent extremism has been widely ridiculed by Australians.


New financial reports filed by the Trump campaign on Thursday show it more than doubled its spending last month, jumping from $30 million in August to $70 million in September. Mr Trump has in the past bragged about running his campaign on the cheap, but his strategy looks to be changing as election day gets closer. He is still being outspent by Hillary Clinton's team though, with her campaign blowing just over $80 million in September. One interesting aspect of the reports is that they show a clear difference in how each campaign approaches the race. For instance, a detailed look into the figures by the Washington Post found that the Trump campaign had just 168 people on its staff, while Mrs Clinton had 815 staffers. A notable item on the Trump expenses was a $100,000 payment to its former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, settling the remainder of a severance pay package thought to be $500,000. After leaving the Trump campaign in June, Mr Lewandowski picked up a job at CNN sticking up for his former boss. On Thursday, the Trump team lost another of its core members, with national political director Jim Murphy "stepping back" from the campaign because of personal reasons. With that announcement coming just a few hours after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway abruptly walked out of a CNN post-debate interview, it looks like it's been a testing few days for Team Trump. Meanwhile, the focus might have been on the third presidential debate this week but that hasn't stopped Wikileaks from continuing to release more emails allegedly sent between Hillary Clinton's staff. We've got a round-up of some of the bigger revelations here, but one you might have missed on Wednesday was that the Clinton camp went through a list of 85 possible campaign slogans before settling on "Stronger Together". The New York Times has the full list, but here's a few of the more questionable ones: With classics like that, it's little wonder these two candidates have failed to inspire many Americans. That lack of inspiration was laid bare in a focus group the BBC's James Cook joined in Las Vegas on Wednesday night to gauge their reaction to the debate. Find out who they thought had won the clash here: The surprise winner of the night, however, appears to have been Janet Jackson. When Donald Trump called Mrs Clinton a "nasty woman" it sparked outrage (and ridicule) online and seemingly had lots of viewers eager to listen to Jackson's 1986 hit Nasty. Music streaming service Spotify tweeted on Thursday: "Who's jamming to that nasty groove? It's you lot, with streams of Nasty up 250% since last night". Go on, get your groove on. 83% The number of Donald Trump supporters who believe if Hillary Clinton wins the election it is likely to have been the result of voter fraud, according to an Economist/YouGov poll. Hillary Clinton heads to Ohio, where state polls have her neck-and-neck with Donald Trump. She has an event at a community college in Cleveland. Her running-mate Tim Kaine is in neighbouring Pennsylvania

Summary: With 18 days remaining before Americans go to the polls, the Trump campaign finally decides to splash the cash, Janet Jackson emerges as winner of the third debate, and Ivanka Trump defends her father.


Yanic Wildschut went close early on for the Latics when he cut inside and drove a shot against the upright. Billy Clarke failed to make contact with Jamie Proctor's dangerous cross for the visitors after the interval. And Vuckic ensured Wigan would remain second in the table with a composed finish before Wildschut drove wide as he attempted to add a second. Defeat cost play-off hopefuls Bradford their place in the top six, with Yorkshire rivals Barnsley winning at Fleetwood. Media playback is not supported on this device Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester: "I think we were always the team on the front foot. They made it difficult for us. "I thought we kept going and showed great character, great belief in what we were doing, kept passing the ball and got our reward in the end."

Summary: Wigan extended their unbeaten run to 16 games as Haris Vuckic's goal gave them victory over Bradford City.


The group, believed to be the first all-amputee team to undertake the challenge, set off from the Canary Islands on 20 December. Two of the rowers have reportedly struggled to eat anything since they set off, a spokeswoman said. They have also been sent "flying off their seats", by heavy sea swells. Lee Spencer, Nigel Rogoff, Paddy Gallagher and Cayle Royce, aged 29 to 56, were among 26 crews which set off from La Gomera to Antigua in the Caribbean. Cayle Royce - 29, from Dartmouth. Suffered serious injuries serving in Afghanistan Paddy Gallagher - 30, from Cambridgeshire. He was injured in Afghanistan while serving with the Irish Guards Nigel Rogoff - 56, from Hereford, who lost his leg while taking part in an RAF parachuting display Lee Spencer - 46, from Yelverton in Devon. He lost a leg when he was struck by debris when he stopped to rescue a seriously injured motorist on the M3 Mr Spencer, who spoke to his wife, Claire, on BBC Radio Devon, wished his family a Merry Christmas and said he was "really looking forward" to seeing them at the finish in Antigua. Mrs Spencer told him he was "mad", but she was "very, very proud" and she would "raise a glass, or five, [to him] in the pub". They aim to row the 3,000 miles in under 55 days, but with another 2,453 miles to go, the team has reported on Facebook that "sea sickness has well and truly kicked in with two members of the team struggling to eat anything since they set off". They also report that the strong north-easterly winds have have also brought a "new challenge" with a battle between the swell and the oars. A spokeswoman said: "The seas are quite rough and the oars keep pushing into their prosthetics. "The big swell is also putting them off course so they are hoping for calmer conditions to get back on track." The Talisker Challenge is branded as "the world's toughest row". The spokeswoman said: "The first two weeks are known as hell on earth and it takes that long to adjust before they get in their stride. "It's a long journey ahead. This is day four and there are at least another 45 days ahead." The crew members come from Devon, Hereford and Cambridgeshire.

Summary: Four ex-serviceman attempting to row across the Atlantic have been hit by severe sickness since setting off.


Calvin Trevena and Ann Varran, both 51, were found between Chiverton Cross and St Agnes in Cornwall on the 2 August. Police found a damaged white S4 Audi estate on the B3277 and the bodies of the two walkers nearby. Ryan Morrish, 27, from Redruth, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one of perverting the course of justice. He is due to appear at Truro Magistrates' Court on 28 March.

Summary: A man has been charged with causing the deaths of two walkers by dangerous driving.


Cleveland Potash, which runs the site near Saltburn, said the development would secure the plant for 40 years. Plans include extending the mine to the east and upgrading facilities to increase production capacity. Some groups have raised concerns the development could have an intrusive effect on the local area. The company hopes to extend its planning permission with the North York Moors National Park Authority to 2063. Cleveland Potash's parent company Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL) is set to invest Â£300m in the area over the next five years. As well as funding the development of the Boulby site, the investment will go towards upgrading the company's Teesport operation near Middlesbrough, which exports potash mined at Boulby. One of the first steps will be the Â£16m replacement of the tower at the top of the Boulby site's rock shaft, which lifts the mineral up from the mine. The renewal will raise the amount of ore lifted to around 5.3 million tonnes a year, a one million tonne increase on the current maximum. The mine's underground equipment, which Cleveland Potash general manager Phil Baines described as "aged", will also be modernised. Mr Baines said: "Our present combination of potash resources and reserves totals around 70 million to 80 million tonnes, but following a major exploration programme we expect this figure will increase significantly over the new few years. "Our plan is to extend operations out to the east in parallel to the area worked over the past 40 years, effectively providing a new mine for the next 40 years."

Summary: Plans to extend a potash mine at Boulby in East Cleveland are expected to create more than 270 jobs by the end of 2015, the owners said.


Last week, it was the Daily Mail's turn, in a reference to Operation Midland, the investigation into allegations involving members of the establishment, it said: "'Shambolic' VIP child sex abuse and murder inquiry to close". In January, the Daily Telegraph weighed in, highlighting the controversy over the commissioner's Â£65,000 Range Rover: "Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe criticised for taking new luxury car amid police cuts row". And last September, in one of a number of critical articles in the Times, the Thunderer column said: "The Met Police's record on big investigations is dreadful." It should come as no surprise the press highlights police failings, blunders and unusually large items of spending - that is news. Readers are not interested in police inquiries that tick along nicely, crimes solved without fuss and senior officers who never change their car. But over the past year or two, I have found myself asking whether the media, myself included, are giving disproportionately negative coverage to Scotland Yard. After all, the Met's record on crime, in keeping with other constabularies, has been largely positive. Between 2000-01 and 2014-15, the total number of offences logged by the force plunged from 994,233 to 709,174, a reduction of 29%. Murders fell from 171 to 93 - the lowest figure since the 1970s, though it has edged up in the past nine months. Confidence in the UK's biggest police force increased to a record level in 2014. And, despite a number of hugely controversial cases - Stephen Lawrence, undercover policing, Mark Duggan - independent inspectors have not pressed red warning lights on the Met's performance, as they have done with some other, far smaller, forces. In a city with a population of 8.6 million, and growing, where in some boroughs 100 different languages are spoken, and where the vast majority of police officers patrol the streets without guns, unlike New York or Paris, that is quite some achievement - even more so given the bruising budget cuts the Met has had to make since 2010. "The Met represents all the problems the police have - on stilts," says the criminologist Roger Graef, an independent adviser to the force, who has made award-winning police documentaries. "What they're trying to do is incredibly hard," he says, adding that over the past 20 to 30 years, Scotland Yard has slowly begun to change its culture to be more professional, less corrupt and less racist. The force has been praised, for instance over its investigation into the killing of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, but there is undoubtedly a sense within its St James's Park headquarters that the media tend to gloss over its successes, such as: Profile: Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe Instead, the force appears to be continually on the back foot - no more so than with Operation Midland. The Met made a mistake by initially describing the allegations from its key witness, known as Nick, as "true". It was unwise for police officers to make such a judgment at the start of an inquiry. Indeed, Scotland Yard later acknowledged it may have given the false

Summary: Barely a day goes by without a newspaper headline condemning the Metropolitan Police or its Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.


It's tough. It doesn't tear. You can spill beer on it, put it through the washing machine and it will survive to buy another round. But one thing it turns out it's not, is fat-free. Because it turns out the plastic polymer it's made from also contains small amounts of tallow, derived from animal waste products - and some vegetarians are not happy. Familiar to previous generations as the base for every day staples such as soap and candles, tallow is traditionally derived from beef or mutton (but sometimes pork) at the slaughterhouse or later in the food production process. Vegans and vegetarians faced with this revelation have taken to social media to voice their concern and over 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for the contents of the notes to be changed. "We demand that you cease to use animal products in the production of currency that we have to use," the petition reads. On Twitter annoyed vegetarians and vegans have said it's "not cool" and "disgusting" and asking whether their rights have been considered. However others have responded with rather more tongue-in-cheek approach, suggesting an "essence of bacon" is desirable in the UK's currency, speculating how many calories a fiver now contains and offering to relieve any affronted vegetarians of their unwanted notes. Some British Hindu leaders said they would discuss a possible ban on new five pound notes from temples. Cows are considered sacred by Hindus, many of whom don't wear shoes or carry bags made from the skin of cattle that has been slaughtered. Jewish leaders, whose religion also embraces several restrictions on the use of animal products, are less concerned about the new banknotes. A spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Simon Round, told the BBC: "The five pound notes wouldn't cause any problem to Jews unless they try to eat them. "Jews are not allowed to consume tallow but are permitted to handle it." The Bank of England so far has adopted a sanguine approach to the furore: "We can confirm that the polymer pellet from which the base substrate is made contains a trace of a substance known as tallow," it said in a statement. But, so far, it has no plans to draw up a new recipe.

Summary: The UK's new fiver has won many fans since it was launched in September.


Riders use special bikes and ride anticlockwise around the track in a range of events, from endurance-based pursuits over several kilometres - the aim being to outpace a rival rider or team - through to the cagey, strategy-based individual sprint. Why is it good for you? Track racing is an exciting and physically demanding sport, with an hour-long session likely to burn approximately 782 calories per hour. The strain of keeping the bike in motion at speed increases the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and improves endurance. As the thigh, calf and hip muscles are in constant use, it is an effective way to help build lower-body strength. Unlike other high-energy sports, bike riding has a much lower risk of injury as there is none of the physical contact between athletes found in football or rugby, while it is much gentler on the knee and ankle joints than long-distance running. As training for track racing is often a team-based pursuit, it is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people. Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond just riding. Approximately two million people in Britain cycle at least once a week, and there are more than 80,000 members of cycling clubs. Before taking to the track, it is essential to wear safety equipment. Some clubs allow members to hire bikes and helmets. A decent starter track bike costs from £600, and it is important to buy a track bike as mountain, road and hybrid BMX bikes are ill-suited to ride on velodrome circuits. Visit the British Cycling, Cycling Ireland, Scottish Cycling and Welsh Cycling websites for more information. For parents looking to get their children started in competitive racing, British Cycling are running a number of events for under-16s throughout the United Kingdom this year. Visit the Go-Ride Racing website for more details. Track cycling was first established in Great Britain in the 1870s when wooden indoor tracks, consisting of two straights and slightly banked turns, were laid. The sport proved a popular attraction and early races at venues in Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester and London attracted crowds of up to 2,000 people. Track cycling events have been organised at all the editions of the Olympics since 1896, with the only exception being the 1912 Games in Stockholm, when only the road race was staged. Track bikes have no brakes: riders stop by putting pressure on the pedals. Between 1924 and 1992, the range of events at the Olympics were usually a sprint, time trial over one kilometre, tandem and team pursuit. The individual pursuit was added in the 1964 Olympic in Tokyo, and the tandem was dropped after the 1972 Games in Munich. Women first competed in a sprint track event in 1988, and the individual pursuit was added in Barcelona four years later. In February 2011, the London Olympic Velodrome became the first competition venue in the Olympic Park to be completed. More on the IOC website Are you inspired to try Track Cycling? Or maybe you are an enthusiast already?

Summary: Track cycling sees competitors battle it out at high speeds along the steep wooden banking of the velodrome.


Nottinghamshire dentist Desmond D'Mello has been suspended by the General Dental Council over serious hygiene concerns. Patients are being offered tests for HIV and hepatitis. Doug Black, medical director for NHS England in Nottinghamshire, said it was the "largest recall in NHS history". He said: "We are doing our level best to meet demand, but to avoid waiting, people can book an appointment for another time and come back." Mr Black said it was important people attended the Highcroft Medical Centre, in Arnold, rather than going elsewhere. "The samples we are taking are being sent to a dedicated laboratory, which enables us to track the results," he added. The death of a woman treated at the practice in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire is also being investigated by police. Amy Duffield died in August 2013 shortly after being treated by the dentist. NHS England said it appeared Mr D'Mello failed to wash his hands and used the same instruments for more than one patient without sterilising them between appointments. Experts said the risk of infection was believed to be low and Mr D'Mello had been tested and was clear of all diseases. A Care Quality Commission inspection in July also raised concerns about the possibility of cross-contamination at the practice. However, inspectors who had visited the clinic in November last year, gave it a clean bill of health. The new owners of the practice have renovated the property and addressed all the concerns, the inspectors said. Nottinghamshire Police was asked by the coroner to investigate Miss Duffield's death. Miss Duffield, a Leeds University graduate, died in hospital in August 2013 of viral acute myocarditis after suffering palpitations, her family said. Her mother Sharon Duffield said: "We will of course be interested in the findings of the investigation, whatever the outcome, but it won't bring Amy back." Test results are expected to be available in 14 days.

Summary: More than four hundred people have visited a health centre for screening for blood-borne viruses after 22,000 dental patients were recalled.


It instead ordered a further investigation into money transfers. Questions arose over the business dealings of Mr Sharif's family when three of his children were linked to offshore accounts in the Panama Papers leaks in 2015. Mr Sharif and his family have denied any wrongdoing. They have dismissed the claims as politically motivated. The case has made headlines in recent months amid predictions it could determine the future of PM Sharif. About 1,500 police officers were deployed around the court in Islamabad. Protesters nearby urged Mr Sharif to step down with shouts of "Go Nawaz, Go Nawaz", Reuters reports. Stocks rose following the highly anticipated decision on Thursday. The Supreme Court agreed to investigate Mr Sharif's offshore wealth late last year after opposition leader Imran Khan threatened street protests. The focus of the probe was on the funds used to purchase property in London using offshore companies. Mr Sharif's daughter Maryam, tipped as a future political star, and his sons Hasan and Hussein are implicated in the allegations. Mr Sharif says the wealth was acquired legally. But his critics have suggested offshore companies were used to launder illegally-obtained wealth or avoid taxes. The Supreme Court's five-member bench was split on Thursday, with two judges voting against the prime minister but three choosing instead to order a further probe. Mr Sharif's party, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), hailed the decision and his daughter Maryam tweeted: "Praise and glory be to Allah alone." Both the prime minister's supporters and his critics have been claiming today's decision as a victory. The prime minister wasn't disqualified - and that was the big fear he and his party had. Similarly, he hasn't been asked to step aside whilst this new investigation takes place. However, opponents of the prime minster point out that two out of the five judges did recommend Nawaz Sharif should be disqualified, and the other three all felt further investigation was needed. The prime minister's team will hope that the complex nature of the investigation could see any recommendation it reaches kicked into the long grass. In the meantime, they may try and unveil new voter-friendly policies to take the sting out of this case. At the same time Imran Khan's PTI party, which has led the corruption allegations, will hope to keep the case in the headlines ahead of elections due to take place next year. Investigators will now focus on how the family members transferred money to Qatar. PM Sharif and his daughter told the Supreme Court last November that their London property was bought through investments in companies owned by the Qatari ruling family. But the opposition in Pakistan has dismissed the claims as "fake". The so-called Panama Papers - 11 million secret documents leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca - set out the offshore financial activities of political and business leaders and the wealthy elite around the world. There are legitimate ways of using tax havens and offshore companies, although these entities are often used to hide the true owners of assets or avoid paying tax on

Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove Nawaz Sharif from the role of prime minister.


Under the rules, racegoers will also have to wear skirts or dresses of "modest length" falling just above the knee or longer. For men, a waistcoat and tie will be compulsory in the enclosure and cravats will not be allowed. Organisers said the decision was part of a move to restore formality. The annual week-long event in June attracts about 300,000 visitors each year. The popularity for elaborate fascinators, which are a cross between a hair accessory and a mini hat, continued last year after the Duchess of Cambridge wore a feathered one on her first official engagement in Anglesey. In the less formal grandstand, which is open to the public, it will now be compulsory for women to wear a hat or fascinator. In previous years, when female racegoers were simply advised that "many ladies wear hats". Strapless or sheer-strap tops and dresses will also be banned. For men, a suit and tie will now be obligatory. Ascot spokesman Nick Smith said: "It is probably fair to say the dress code hasn't necessarily been enforced quite as rigorously as we might have liked. "There is no doubt our customers would like to get back to a situation where it is universally acknowledged this is a formal occasion and not an occasion where you might dress as you would at a nightclub." Charles Barnett, Ascot's chief executive, said the intention was to be "as helpful as possible" to visitors and to help racegoers in understanding what is "cherished" about the dress code at Royal Ascot. "It isn't a question of elitism and not being modern in a world where there is less and less requirement to dress smartly - far from it," he said. "We want to see modern and stylish dress at Royal Ascot, just within the parameters of formal wear." The less formal Silver Ring will not be affected by the changes.

Summary: Women will have to wear hats, not fascinators, as part of a tightening of the dress code in Royal Ascot's Royal Enclosure this summer.


Earlier this year we asked where the centre spots of various cities around England were - these being the points distances on road signs are measured to. Google identifies the centre spot of Newcastle as being in a cafeteria in the King George VI building at Newcastle University, while the city council believed it might be Grey's Monument. Philip James, a senior lecturer in geographical information science (GIS) at the university, has been doing some investigating, and the answer is fairly simple - it depends who you ask. "Different providers give different answers depending upon what method they are using," said Mr James, who specialises in mapping people's use of places through their online activity, such as where they tweet from. Facebook marks the centre point as being near Exhibition Park in the Town Moor, Michelin next to the Haymarket Metro station and the Ordnance Survey places it close to the Manors Metro station. Twitter marks it as being on Nuns Moor in the north-west of the city while Open StreetMap places the centre point near Kenton in the north of Newcastle. Why such a division of opinion? "The Newcastle administrative area is not a simple shape so determining the centre is not easy," said Mr James. "One method is to draw a boundary box around it then use the centre of that rectangle as your centre point. "Of course that will give you a different centre to the methods others might use." One answer that is probably as good as any other is to take the mean of all these various sources and see where that leads, which is what Mr James did. This approach shows the centre point as being outside the front of the Civic Centre. But if you ask people where they think it should be, which we did, they invariably gave the same answer as the council - Grey's Monument at the top of Grainger Street. Comments varied from "it's the biggest thing and can be seen from anywhere" to "it's where the shops are". And even Mr James said he would consider that the centre in any meaningful way. "It's the point most people know and where they arrange to meet," he said. Ultimately, does knowing the centre point even matter? "I don't think it causes us any real issues in a practical sense," Mr James said. "Most people will know where they are going, either from knowledge of the area or by searching for actual addresses, I can't really see any scenarios where knowing the absolute centre of Newcastle is very important. It's just an interesting question though. "A lot of arbitrary decisions will have been made in the past, probably for good reasons at the time, and they will simply still be used today to determine things like distances for road signs and city centre spots."

Summary: An academic at Newcastle University has been taking a closer look at a question we posed a short while ago - where exactly is the centre point of Newcastle?


It is the work of street artist Joe Caslin, who rose to public attention during last year's same-sex marriage referendum in the Republic of Ireland. The Belfast artwork is similar in style to another huge mural of his in Dublin, which depicts two young men embracing. The artist said he felt the time was right to take the campaign to Belfast. "Northern Ireland is the only territory now on the islands of western Europe that doesn't have same sex marriage - and it's same-sex marriage not civil partnership," he told BBC Radio Ulster. "Through the work that I did in Dublin last year with the referendum and the large piece we put up on George's Street, I felt it was an ideal time, coming up to the Pride Festival that takes place this weekend, to reignite that conversation." The street artist, from County Roscommon, also works as an art teacher at a secondary school in County Offaly. He said he received a positive reaction from many members of the public in Belfast who stopped to watch him work on the mural in Hill Street. The new mural, entitled Love Wins, features an embrace between two women who live in Belfast. "They travelled to America to get married last year," the artist said. The pair could not have held the ceremony in their home town. Same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in March 2014 and in Scotland, the first gay weddings took place on 31 December 2014. In May 2015, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote, with the law taking effect in November last year. Earlier this month, a couple from the Isle of Man became the first to change their civil partnership into a marriage on the island. The Northern Ireland Assembly has held a number of votes on the issue and last year, for the first time, a majority voted in favour by the narrowest of margins. MLAs supported the motion by 53 votes to 52, but it was blocked after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) deployed a petition of concern that required the proposal to achieve a cross-community majority. Those who oppose same-sex marriage have argued that marriage should be between a man and a woman. They have claimed legalising same-sex marriages undermine family law and a child's right to father and a mother.

Summary: A five-storey mural depicting a married lesbian couple has been painted on a city centre building in Belfast, as part of the same-sex marriage campaign.


Sgt Patrick Swanton said: "There has been enough tragedy and there has been enough bloodshed." Seven people remain in hospital and 170 are in custody. About 50 weapons were recovered from the scene. Sgt Swanton said the fight may have started when someone's foot was run over in a car park. There was also anger that an uninvited gang had shown up at a meeting between other gangs, hosted by the restaurant Twin Peaks. On Tuesday morning, police continued to pore over the multiple crime scenes - the restaurant areas, the bar, the toilets and the car park. Police are keeping members of the rival gangs in different parts of the jail, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. Three of the men arrested were mistakenly charged with lesser offences and were released on Tuesday after posting a $50,000 (Â£32,000) bond. Texas officials said all three men were arrested again and are being held on more serious charges. On Monday night, they began removing motorcycles and other vehicles from the area. Tow trucks are requiring a heavy police escort when they move the vehicles away from the scene. Around 80 cars or pickup trucks still need to be carried away. The restaurant meeting was meant for a coalition of invited bike groups and the organisers had requested the outdoor seating area for the event. A bike gang which was not invited to the meeting showed up, and a "disturbance in the parking lot" followed, according to Mr Swanton. That incident sparked the larger gun battle, which ultimately left nine people dead. The names of the deceased have not been released, because family members are still being notified. Mr Swanton would not say how long the shoot-out lasted, but said that police responded "within seconds if not within at least a minute". He said that police were not inside the restaurant because they "were not welcomed by management". The sergeant said that the "credible" threats made against law enforcement in recent days are diminishing. "We think that those threats are toning down a bit. We appreciate that," he said, but noted that police are asking for "cooperation from known criminal bike gangs".

Summary: Police in Texas are calling on members of rival motorcycle gangs to stop fighting after a deadly weekend shoot-out in Waco left nine dead.


The new measure comes into force on Friday as police launch their annual winter drink-drive campaign. Previously, police needed reasonable suspicion before asking a driver to take a breath test. The new legislation was passed through the Assembly in April, but this is the first time it has been used by police. The PSNI said there was no safe limit and that motorists should never drink and drive. Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said the new legislation gave police "another tool that will hopefully help us to prevent people taking life-threatening, unacceptable, simply stupid risks". "Previously, police officers needed a reasonable suspicion about the manner of someone's driving, have seen a moving traffic offence, or been called to a collision before requiring a preliminary breath test from a driver," he said. "The new legislation means we can now establish vehicle checkpoints solely for the purpose of carrying out random breath tests, something which we hope will act as an even more visible, physical deterrent." During last year's operation, almost 400 people were caught drink-driving by police. "Just one drink can impair ability to drive. Considering that in some instances, we have stopped drivers who were so drunk, they could barely stand when they got out of their vehicle, just beggars belief," said Ass Chief Const Todd. "At the other end of the spectrum, we detected some drivers who had gone out socialising and not intended to drive, but their circumstances changed and they decided to take a risk. A risk which inevitably results in a driving ban." Police said they would also be working with officers from the Irish police traffic department in border counties. "In addition to the checkpoints, any driver or motorcyclist we stop, whether for speeding, using a mobile phone, or committing any moving traffic offence can expect to be breathalysed," he added. "So too can anyone involved in a collision or who we suspect may have consumed alcohol or taken drugs."

Summary: Police are to conduct random breath tests at vehicle checkpoints as a result of new legislation in a bid to crack down on drink-driving.


The man in his 30s was found with serious head injuries in Haig Avenue, Chatham at about 22.55 BST on Tuesday. Police believe he was attacked during a disturbance in Glencoe Road and Magpie Hall Road, minutes earlier. A 26-year-old local man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains in custody. Kent Police have also held a 27-year-old woman, also from the town, on suspicion of assisting an offender. Det Insp Ivan Beasley said: "The victim remains in a very serious condition in hospital with life-threatening injuries."

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was critically injured in a "disturbance" involving several people.


Media playback is not supported on this device The Reds are fifth in the Premier League and lost to Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-finals last weekend. Rodgers, 42, is the first Liverpool boss not to win a trophy inside three seasons in charge since the 1950s. Asked if he expected to be manager next season, he replied: "Very much so, yes. I don't think there's anyone better." He added: "That's the reality of how I see it. Three months ago I was a tactical genius, performing to a good level. "We lost a couple of games, some important games, and now you're not so good. But that is football, that's what will happen, people will speculate." Rodgers succeeded club legend Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager in the summer of 2012 and guided the club to runners-up spot in the Premier League in his second season. Outgoing Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has been linked with Rodgers' job, but the Northern Irishman says he is unaffected by the speculation. "There will always be people linked with this job because it's such a great club," Rodgers added. "In my time alone there have been lots of names mentioned. "This is a club that's worldwide so there's absolutely no problem, it's something that happens all the time if you lose a couple of games. "We've had former managers linked here with the job before and that will continue for however long I'm here - whether you're doing good, bad or indifferent." "Their representatives are speaking to the club but no update on them," Rodgers said. "The likes of Jordon Ibe and Raheem Sterling are very important players for us and the club are working very hard behind the scenes to make sure we sign these players. "It's very important you nail them to the club and that they're here for the best part of their careers. Raheem's representatives will speak to club and we hope to get that sorted." "There was a lot of money spent last summer and a lot of players coming in. If you take the emotion out of last weekend, this was a team that probably overachieved last year," Rodgers explained. "We brought in some players because we needed to improve the squad and where we sit now at this moment in time - fifth place, two cup semi-finals - it's probably on par with where we're at. "The ambition is, of course, to be much greater than that so we have to be planning forward and that means bringing in players in the summer. That's something that's well under way and we'll look forward to that."

Summary: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says there is "nobody better" than him to lead the club and "very much" expects to be in charge at Anfield next season.


And today's star players are more likely to put their riches into sports cars or flashy apartments, than invest in anything as esoteric as the cultivation of the grape. However, outside of the UK it is different, with former Milan, Juventus and Italy star Andrea Pirlo being well known for his love of wine. The classy midfielder, now playing in New York, owns the Pratum Coller vineyard outside Brescia in Italy, which produces up to 20,000 bottles of wine a year. And a few years ago Barcelona star Lionel Messi put his name to a series of wines produced in his homeland of Argentina. But perhaps less well known, due to his quiet demeanour, is another famous Barcelona star putting his time and money into wine production - midfielder Andres Iniesta. Iniesta has won every honour going with club FC Barcelona, including eight La Ligas and four Champions Leagues, and he also scored the winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final for Spain. Only this week Argentina's 1978 World Cup winning manager called Iniesta, who is the most decorated Spanish player ever, the best in the world. But if you lived in Spain you might also see his face beaming out from advertisements promoting wines from his family business, Bodega Iniesta. "This is a small business, and all the family is involved in it, including Andres," the firm's export manager Jose Ramon Cuenca Jara says at their trade stand at Soccerex. "The family already owned the business before he became a successful football player, and as he has grown up he has also become involved." Iniesta is the third generation from his family to take a role in the business, which was established by his grandfather Jose Antonio. There are 180 hectares of vineyards, and all the wines are made from their own grapes. The business, based near Albacete, is two hours' drive from Valencia, and two-and-a-half hours from Madrid, with the wines produced coming under the geographic appellation Manchuela. Iniesta was born in Fuentealbilla, a small village in the province of Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, and it was his performances for a youth team from Albacete that led him to signing for Barcelona at the age of 12. "He is from the area where the wine business is, and he has never forgotten his roots there," says Mr Cuenca Jara. "When he became a star player at Barcelona he invested a lot of his money into the business. "This enabled the family to then start producing wines. Before that they did not make their own wines, but sold their grapes to a local co-operative." That change came in 2010. But before that, from the time that Iniesta had broken into the Barcelona B team in 2000 at the age of 16, he had helped the family to expand their vineyard and to grow new types of grapes. Despite being in the top handful of players in the world, Iniesta still has time for the family business. "Of course he still takes in interest," says Mr Cuenta Jara. "This is not just

Summary: Former Premier League managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp were well known for their love of wine, but none of them went so far as to own a vineyard or winery.


Nasa has created Mars Trek to mark the third anniversary of the rover landing on Mars. It allows people to see for themselves some of the features of the red planet using information gathered by Nasa over the past 50 years. A team from Nasa is also using the interactive map to look at possible landing sites for future missions.

Summary: Nasa has created a new interactive web site to allow people to explore the surface of Mars just like the Curiosity rover is doing.


A foreign ministry spokesman said the "ball is in Pakistan's court" and the "immediate issue" was their response. Indian troops killed six militants during a four-day battle at the base in Punjab, close to the Pakistan border. Foreign secretaries of the two sides are due to hold peace talks next week. Although India has not officially announced any dates, Indian media reports say the meeting is due to take place on 14-15 January in Islamabad. The assault on the Pathankot base started on Saturday, when a group of gunmen - wearing Indian army uniforms - entered residential quarters on the air base. Seven Indian troops and six militants were killed in the gun battle. Hopes for Delhi-Islamabad detente were raised in late December after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an unexpected visit to his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his way back from Afghanistan and the two sides announced plans to resume peace talks. But the attack has come as a blow to the peace initiative. "Pathankot terror attack has put renewed focus on cross-border terrorism," Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Vikas Swarup told a press conference in Delhi on Thursday. "The government's policy towards Pakistan is clear and consistent. India wants friendly relations with all its neighbours including Pakistan," he said, adding that "India will not tolerate cross-border terror". On Tuesday, Mr Modi urged an "immediate" response to the Pathankot attack after Mr Sharif telephoned him to discuss the incident. Mr Sharif promised that Pakistan would take "prompt and decisive action against the terrorists", Indian officials said. India's Press Information Bureau said India had provided Pakistan with "specific and actionable" information on the attack. Earlier in the week, the United Jihad Council - a coalition of more than a dozen militant groups fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir - claimed that its "national highway squad" was behind the attack. The council, based in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, is headed by Syed Salahuddin who also leads Hizb-ul Mujahidin, the longest surviving Kashmiri militant group. Some Indian security officials have suggested the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed was to blame. India says the group is backed by Pakistan, but Islamabad denies this.

Summary: India has said that planned talks with Pakistan would go ahead only if Islamabad took action against militants that Delhi said were behind the deadly assault on the Pathankot air base.


Cox told US chatshow host Jimmy Kimmel how she had struggled with the way the Londonderry man pronounces certain words. The pair met in 2013 through mutual friend Ed Sheeran, and announced their engagement last year. The actress showed a video clip of her family attempting to say the phrase "how now brown cow", with mixed results. "My fiancé is from Northern Ireland and it's a great place - nice people there," she said. "But you know, I'm from Alabama and we're real southern. "He's got this beautiful accent - so we were celebrating our engagement a year ago and in Northern Ireland you say the word 'now', not like n-o-w but it's like n-a-u-w. "It's weird and it's hard to do - I cannot get it. "So we were sitting at this table and I was trying to get these southerners to try to say, 'how now brown cow' in the way he says it." Kimmel joked: "I love that Johnny is just sitting there being abused by your whole family, thinking 'I came here from Northern Ireland to be made fun of?'" She laughed: "He wanted to go home after that."

Summary: Former Friends star Courteney Cox has been trying to teach her family how to speak in an authentic Northern Ireland accent like her fiancé, Snow Patrol musician Johnny McDaid.


Mr Jones announced the news in a tweet, which included a hand-drawn cartoon of a baby inside the womb along with a message referencing his father's death. "One month since dad died today. Made this card for him at Christmas. Due in June. Circle of life. Love you, granddad," the director, 44, wrote. Mr Jones is the eldest child of Bowie, who died of cancer last month, aged 69. The Bafta award-winning director is the singer's only child from his 10-year marriage to his first wife, Angie. He is married to photographer Rodene Ronquillo.

Summary: David Bowie's son Duncan Jones has announced he is to become a father for the first time.


Launching the party in Sydney, founder Diaa Mohamed told Fairfax he wanted a louder voice for Muslims. "There are a lot of parties out there to specifically oppose Islam and Muslims, yet Muslims don't have any official representation," he said. Australia has a number of anti-Islam parties, including one backed by Dutch MP Geert Wilders. Australia is not short of political parties. From today you can add another to the list: the Australian Muslim Party. But its chances of winning a senate seat are slim. Even in the parliamentary constituency with the highest proportion of Muslims, just over 20% of people follow the Islamic faith. "Anyone can set up a political party," ABC's political analyst Antony Green told me. "It doesn't mean you're going to get elected and it's far from clear how much community support he (Mr Mohammed) has." Read more from Jon Donnison: Australian Muslim Party's tough road to representation Mr Mohamed, a 34-year-old businessman, also defended launching the party immediately after terror attacks in Paris this week. "There are going to be a lot of questions raised in the coming days of the events recently, and this is the whole reason we created this party," he told the ABC's AM program. "So it is as good a time as any to launch it." Mr Mohamed condemned the attacks in Paris and said Islam strictly forbade the killing of innocent people. But he said his party would never support the invasion of a Muslim country in response to an incident such as the attacks in Paris. "Let's look at how well that's worked in the past. We've invaded Afghanistan â€¦ we've invaded Iraq, and we're in the mess we're in right now," he said. "So would I support something that's never worked in the past? No."

Summary: Australia's first party representing Muslims intends to contest senate seats at the next federal election.


Reports of the white substance on beaches started appearing last October after one dog died from eating it on a Cornwall beach. Since then the substance has been seen as far away as south Devon. Bad weather has washed in large boulder-like clumps of palm oil at Perranporth. Dog owners are being warned to keep their pets away from the white waxy substance, which smells like diesel. Chris Gardner, of St Clements Vets in Truro, said: "We have been lucky we haven't lost any dogs through them eating palm oil. "We were seeing dogs on a daily basis two weeks ago. Then it went quiet in the storms, probably because there weren't so many people on the beaches. "But we had a dog brought in yesterday from Porthtowan. It is still an ongoing issue." Reports of the substance had come from Porthtowan and Gwithian. "I have seen 2ft-diameter lumps," said Mr Gardner. "It has a strong diesel smell, so if you smell it on your dog get advice immediately." Vets treat poisoned dogs by making them vomit and giving them liquid charcoal to absorb the substance. The substance was analysed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Palm oil has a wide variety of uses and is found in food, soaps and shampoos, and biofuels. The source has yet to be identified.

Summary: Cornwall vets say they have been seeing a dog every day that has been poisoned by palm oil washed up on beaches.