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39,141,040 | The 21-year-old is currently out on loan at Rotherham United, for whom he has yet to feature because of a hamstring injury.
Morris spent last season with Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical, scoring eight goals in 33 games.
Canaries boss Alex Neil said: "Carlton is a young player who we believe has plenty to offer us in the years ahead." | Norwich City striker Carlton Morris has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with the Championship side. |
38,301,985 | The football championship was followed by the game Pokemon Go, the late singer David Bowie and US President-elect Donald Trump in its rankings.
Google's list is based on words and phrases that stand out from the norm to get round the fact that an unfiltered version would be little changed from one year to the next.
The top global term was Pokemon Go.
Perhaps surprisingly, the death of Prince ensured the singer was more "googled" by UK users than either Brexit or EU referendum - the two phrases are grouped together in the firm's rankings.
The US firm has also analysed how its search tools are used to rank UK queries by topic, giving further insight into users' fads and preoccupations over the past 12 months.
Pikachu and his fellow monsters were obviously on a lot of minds because "How to play Pokemon Go?" was not only the most popular "How to...?" question, but "What is Pokemon Go?" was also the most popular "What is...?" entry too.
Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle may have only hit the headlines in late October - when their relationship was still a rumour - but she managed to become the UK's most searched for "famous woman".
Her male equivalent was Conor McGregor, the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion.
Deadpool beat other comic book movies including Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War to become the most searched for movie.
And Strictly Come Dancing edged out Celebrity Big Brother in the TV stakes.
In tech, Apple's iPhone topped the list of the most searched devices, beating Samsung's Galaxy S7 and Google's own Pixel handsets. The Sky Q set-top box was the most popular non-smartphone product.
Some of the queries might require additional context to make sense to many readers: | Google has revealed that "Euro 2016" was its UK search engine's top trending term of the year. |
32,749,848 | In January, the company was told it must quit the cross-Channel ferry market following a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
But Court of Appeal judges overturned the decision by a majority of two to one on Friday.
MyFerryLink, which has been operating the service since 2012, described it as a "momentous victory".
Raphael Doutrebente, of MyFerryLink, said the decision should "spell the end of the road" for the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) "attempts to suppress" its cross-Channel service.
"The decision of the Court of Appeal is very comprehensive, exposing fatal flaws in the CMA's analysis," he added.
"The decision represents a significant victory both for our dedicated employees and for our customers, who will continue to benefit from healthy competition on the short sea route."
MyFerryLink has been running up to 24 daily crossings on the Dover-Calais route using three former SeaFrance ships that Eurotunnel bought when the operator went bust in 2012.
The CMA claimed Eurotunnel had more than half the market share of Channel crossings when its rail link and ferry operations were both taken into consideration.
In a statement the CMA said would "study the judgment carefully and consider its next steps". | Eurotunnel's MyFerryLink has won its legal battle to overturn a ban on it operating between Dover and Calais. |
34,458,270 | Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.
At least 22 people were killed in the attack as government forces battled to retake the city from the Taliban.
Gen Campbell also said that the US must consider boosting its military presence in Afghanistan after 2016.
He said that such a measure would be necessary if the Taliban upsurge was to be repelled and Afghanistan's military kept up to fighting strength.
The "tenuous security situation" might require a re-think of any reduction, the general said.
To begin with the language was guarded, as one would expect from an officer mindful of the chain of command, but the message delivered on Capitol Hill by America's top military commander in Afghanistan soon became abundantly clear: the Obama administration should rethink its plan to reduce the number of US troops in the country from the present level of 9,800 to 1,000 by the end of next year.
"Yes sir," said Gen John F Campbell, when asked whether his commander-in-chief, President Obama, should review the drawdown plan.
Restricting the American presence to a security force based at the US embassy in Kabul would mean that the ability to train, advise and assist Afghan forces would be "very limited", he said.
As for counter-terrorism operations, they also would be "much more limited".
Alternative recommendations had been presented to the White House, although Gen Campbell would not provide specifics. But the options were "above and beyond a normal embassy presence".
What he was essentially saying was that the US military cannot abandon Afghanistan, given the resurgence of the Taliban and the inability of Afghan forces to fight the insurgents by themselves.
Medical charity MSF has called for an independent international inquiry into the Kunduz attack.
It has launched a Twitter campaign in support of its demand.
The charity said that statements from the Afghan government implied that the hospital had been deliberately targeted - and amounted to an admission of a war crime.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Gen Campbell said: "To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a US decision, made within the US chain of command."
Gen Campbell said that the proposed air strike underwent "rigorous" US military procedures beforehand which were intended to prevent such mistakes.
He said the attack was requested by Afghan forces who were fighting Taliban fighters in Kunduz, He said they were in communication with American special operations troops at the scene.
Those US forces in turn were in contact with the AC-130 gunship that fired on the hospital, he said.
"The hospital was mistakenly struck," he said. "We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility."
The general said that he was not in a position to provide more details about what happened, including who may have failed to follow military guidelines to avert attacks on hospitals.
He said that such details must await the outcome of numerous inquiries.
The White House on Tuesday announced that Department of Justice would investigate the air strike.
Similar probes are being conducted by the Pentagon, Nato and an American-Afghan team.
MSF President Joanne Liu has dismissed the American explanation for the attack. "Until proven otherwise, we are working on the presumption of a war crime," she said in a statement.
She said that her charity had alerted the Afghan and coalition military leadership about the attack, which continued for at least another 30 minutes.
"The hospital was well known and the GPS co-ordinates had been regularly shared with coalition and Afghan military and civilian officials, as recently as Tuesday 29 September," she said.
"This attack cannot be brushed aside as a mere mistake or an inevitable consequence of war." | The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said an air strike on a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was a mistake. |
18,533,879 | The implication being that if it was not, it was a bad thing to do - obviously. And if it was "legal", well that is OK then, even if Prime Minister David Cameron says it was "morally wrong".
Unfortunately, tax is a bit more complicated than that.
Tax evasion is the illegal thing. It happens when people deliberately do not pay the tax they should. It is criminal.
Tax avoidance is the arrangement of a taxpayer's affairs in such a way as to pay the least amount of tax legitimately.
A fine line? Some would say so.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is referring to K2 in the category of tax avoidance, so let us concentrate on that.
Just because a scheme is classed as tax avoidance does not mean it is all right.
Usually, it has to be registered with HMRC, so they can check if it complies with tax rules.
If HMRC decides it is not acceptable, then the taxpayer would have to hand over all the unpaid tax along with interest and, possibly, penalties.
Basically, officials treat the underpayment of tax as a mistake.
It could be that the scheme takes advantage of some obscure loophole. In that case the tax people would get the Treasury to change the law, but the scheme's users would get away scot free until such an order was made.
So the Jimmy Carr ruse is not being talked about by the authorities as illegal, but that does not mean he - and the others who are or were signed up to it - will not have to pay back the tax.
HMRC's line is that K2 is being investigated.
Another phrase being bandied about is "tax abuse" which, confusingly, can be applied to both evasion and avoidance.
A tax avoidance scheme which HMRC finds to be a blatantly artificial construction to dodge tax could be an abuse.
There will soon be a
General Anti-Abuse Rule
to deter this sort of dodging. Some accountants say it will "kill it stone dead", others that it will just lead to more complicated disputes. | There are a lot of rash statements being made about whether or not the K2 tax avoidance scheme used by Jimmy Carr was "legal". |
34,911,921 | Chiefs stand-off Gareth Steenson racked up 21 of his side's 26 points, converting his own second-half try to add to his four first-half penalties and conversion of James Short's try.
Quins scored four tries to earn a bonus point, the first of them a penalty try.
Nick Evans, Charlie Walker and Tim Visser all crossed for the visitors.
Playing into the strong, swirling wind before the break, Quins would have felt encouraged that they trailed by just two points at half-time.
They had some luck with their fourth, bonus-point try when England full-back Mike Brown's kick bounced off the corner flag and winger Visser gratefully accepted his opportunity.
But Quins could not make the elements count. And. having already put wide three of their conversion attempts, they then missed the chance to win it three minutes from time when replacement kicker Tim Swiel's difficult late penalty, 15 metres in from the touchline, went wide.
After surviving a thrilling climax, when only desperate defence kept out Quins, Exeter remain unbeaten at home in the Premiership since early January, leaving Quins having to settle for two bonus points.
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter:
"Harlequins were very good, particularly in the first half. They took advantage of what was quite a passive and timid performance by us.
"The try we scored just before half-time was crucial for us, and then we started to show some proper qualities. We got our set-piece going, and we probably showed enough for us just to edge it. We fought and fought.
"We are frustrated at parts of the performance, but ultimately, sometimes you have got to look at the scoreboard."
Harlequins rugby director Conor O'Shea:
"I am gutted for us as a team, but I am incredibly proud of the performance. We are going to be in this for the long haul this season - 100% - and we are going to get stronger and stronger.
"It was a case of should have, could have. We felt really in control in the first half playing into a very strong wind, when we were very disciplined.
"We are disappointed we couldn't finish it off. We should have seen that off, but we didn't. The players are absolutely gutted."
Exeter Chiefs: Dollman; Nowell, Slade, Whitten, Short; Steenson, Chudley; Hepburn, Yeandle (capt), Low, Lees, Welch, Ewers, Armand, Waldrom.
Replacements: Taione, Moon, Brown, Parling, Johnson, Lewis, Hill, Woodburn
Harlequins: Brown; Walker, Lowe, Sloan, Visser; Evans, Care (capt); Marler, Buchanan, Sinckler, Horwill, Twomey, Robshaw, Ward, Easter.
Replacements: Gray, Lambert, Collier, Matthews, Treadwell, Tebaldi, Swiel, Hopper.
Attendance: 11,417. | Exeter remain second in the Premiership after hanging on to beat third-placed Harlequins in appalling weather at a wet and windy Sandy Park. |
33,376,544 | Ray Fisher, 75, and his wife Angela, 69, were killed in Sousse a week ago, according to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Their son Adam Fisher, from Redhill in Surrey, had previously told the BBC he had not spoken to his parents since they left for holiday.
Their bodies were repatriated to the UK on Friday.
The last of the attack victims, including Christopher and Sharon Bell, Scott Chalkley, Sue Davey, Eileen Swannack, and John Welch, were flown into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
A minute's silence was held across the UK at 12:00 BST to remember the victims. | A couple from Leicester unaccounted for since the Tunisia attack have been confirmed as among those killed. |
30,795,963 | Shaun James, 32, was run down in Cinderford in 2002 shortly after leaving his local pub.
A cold case review has led Gloucestershire Police to now believe Mr James was kidnapped before he was murdered.
The money offered from Crimestoppers is on top of a £5,000 police reward.
At the time, officers thought Mr James had died in a hit-and-run accident.
But CCTV footage has been one of the factors prompting police to examine the case again.
Tony Butler, from Crimestoppers, said: "This is an awful crime where a young man lost his life in horrendous circumstances.
"The person or people responsible need to be brought to justice and we would urge anyone who knows what happened to contact us anonymously."
Mr James' case recently featured on Crimewatch, which prompted more than 50 calls, several of which were described as "interesting". | A second reward of £5,000 has been offered for information about the death of a builder from the Forest of Dean 12 years ago. |
36,904,275 | The League One club were granted permission to build an initial 11,000-seater ground by Merton Borough Council in December 2015.
However, the plans were called in for review in March by Boris Johnson, who was then London's Mayor.
Khan has called for any information which challenges Merton's decision.
AFC Wimbledon, who currently play in Kingston, see a move to Merton and Plough Lane as a return to their spiritual home, as it is where the original Wimbledon FC played until 1991.
The Dons' plans to redevelop the current site of Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium could see the capacity of the proposed new stadium increased to 20,000, and include the construction of 602 residential units.
In a report published by the Greater London Authority, Khan indicated his preference to reverse Johnson's decision to review the application, and hand the decision back to Merton council.
Dons chief executive Erik Samuelson and councillor Stephen Alambritis, the leader of Merton Council, have welcomed Khan's move but Wandsworth Council have previously objected to the scheme.
A decision from Khan, who was elected London Mayor in May, is expected once all the responses to the consultation have been considered.
The original Wimbledon FC were forced to leave Plough Lane in 1991 following the publication of the Taylor Report, which, in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, recommended that top-flight sides should play in all-seater stadiums.
They shared Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace until 2003 when they moved to Milton Keynes, having been given permission to relocate by an independent commission a year earlier.
The club were subsequently renamed MK Dons, while their old Plough Lane home became a residential development.
AFC Wimbledon, formed in 2002 in response to the relocation, have played all their home games at Kingsmeadow, which is also home to non-league Kingstonian.
They have won six promotions in the 14 years since their formation, reaching the third tier with a 2-0 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the League Two play-off in May.
AFC Wimbledon took over the leasehold of Kingsmeadow in March 2003 and have agreed to sell the ground to Premier League side Chelsea. | Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has begun a 14-day consultation period over AFC Wimbledon's planning application for a new stadium at Plough Lane. |
27,113,292 | Pavel Durov who ran VKontakte had previously announced he was leaving the company but said he had withdrawn his resignation.
The company denied it had been withdrawn.
Mr Durov had previously refused requests from the Russian government to censor posts on his site.
In a statement Mr Durov said that he only found out about the loss of his job from press reports: "Today I was fired as general director of VKontakte. It's interesting that the shareholders didn't have the bravery to do this directly, and that I learned about my firing from the press.
"Today VKontakte goes under the complete control of Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov. Probably, in the Russian context, something like this was inevitable, but I'm happy we lasted seven and a half years. We did a lot. And part of what's been done can't be turned back."
Mr Sechin is the chief executive of state-owned oil company Rosneft and was President Putin's former deputy chief of staff.
Mr Usmanov, who is the richest man in Russia according to Forbes, made his money in iron ore and steel and until recently held a stake in Facebook. He has a large shareholding in VKontakte via his internet company Mail.ru.
Mr Durov announced his resignation publicly on 1 April but two days later said it was an April Fool's joke.
The Russian news agency Interfax reported that Vkontakte said they had acted on Mr Durov's resignation letter of 21 March as he had not withdrawn it officially within an allowed one-month grace period.
In an interview with news site TechCrunch Mr Durov said he was no longer in Russia and had no plans to return.
"Unfortunately, the country is now incompatible with internet business at the moment.
"I'm afraid there is no going back [to the company], not after I publicly refused to co-operate with the authorities. They can't stand me," he said.
The site has more than 100 million users and had been subject to several government requests for information.
Mr Durov had been asked by the Russian authorities to hand over the details of Ukrainians who had used the site to create groups related to anti-government protests. He was also asked to close down a group that supported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
He refused the request and said he sold his shares in the company so that he could continue "to make the right decisions".
"I have a clean conscience and ideals that I am willing to defend," he said in a post at the time.
Reports suggest that a replacement for Mr Durov will be elected at the next VKontakte board meeting. | The founder of Russia's most popular social network site says he has been fired and that allies of President Putin have taken over his site. |
33,684,634 | The remains of a girl, aged between two and four, were found next to a motorway near Adelaide earlier this month.
The Met said it was "aware of reports" and had made contact with authorities.
Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said there was "no evidence" the body was Madeleine's.
Madeleine was aged three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia de Luz, in Portugal's Algarve, in May 2007.
Reports in Australia suggest the decomposed body was that of a young girl - believed to be fair-haired - who was killed at least as long ago as 2007.
The remains were discovered in a suitcase next to a remote motorway in Wynarka, in South Australia, earlier this month, local police said.
Australian authorities have so far been unable to identify the girl.
However, Mr Stevens told a parliamentary estimates committee hearing: "There is absolutely no evidence at this point in time that the child is Madeleine McCann.
"To suggest something like that at this point in time would purely be speculating to get attention.
"We are focusing our inquiries on South Australia but we would be considering any potential missing child.
"Until we ascertain the identity of the child we need to be open to all possibilities."
Last year, detectives from London flew to the Algarve to assist with searching scrubland near the resort where Madeleine disappeared. They did not uncover any evidence.
Portuguese police questioned 11 people as part of their investigation.
The Met's Operation Grange was set up in 2011 after Prime Minister David Cameron asked the force to "bring their expertise" to the inquiry following a request from Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine's parents, who are from Rothley, Leicestershire. | Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have contacted authorities in Australia following the discovery of a girl's remains in a suitcase, Scotland Yard has said. |
29,348,876 | Nick D'Aloisio said he would, however, still continue to work on its news app.
The 18-year-old had previously managed to combine development of the service with his A-level studies.
Yahoo News Digest has been downloaded more than two million times, according to analytics firm Xyo.
"I am thrilled to be attending Oxford University in England where I will study computer science and philosophy," Mr D'Aloisio said.
"I'm excited to simultaneously complete my college degree while continuing part-time to manage Yahoo News Digest - especially at such an exciting time for summarisation, artificial intelligence and wearables."
Mr D'Aloisio told the BBC earlier this month that the team he managed at Yahoo was developing a version of the news summary app for both Apple Watch and smartwatches running Google's Android Wear.
The Londoner was only 16 years old when he secured a $250,000 (£154,000) investment in his text summary software from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing.
A few months later Yahoo acquired the technology and his services, in a deal reported to be worth £20m.
Since taking up the role of project manager for the news app, the teenager has spoken at several high-profile public events including Yahoo's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and O2's Campus Party in September.
A spokeswoman for Yahoo said he should now be able to get involved in the BBC's computer coding initiative - a series of television shows and other events designed to encourage people to learn to program - next year, "time permitting". | The British teenager who sold his app for millions of pounds to Yahoo has decided to go to university in the UK rather than work full-time for the tech firm in California. |
34,268,123 | Mr Allan was taken back into detention on his release from hospital.
He had suffered brain damage after spending 65 days without food.
Mr Allan, an alleged member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, began refusing food in protest at being held indefinitely under a controversial policy of administrative detention.
The detention order had been suspended by a court ruling while he was in hospital, because of his medical condition.
Relatives say he plans to resume his hunger strike now that he has been returned to detention.
The administrative detention system allows a military court to order suspects to be detained indefinitely, subject to renewal every six months by a court, without charge or trial.
Israel previously offered to release Mr Allan when his current six-month period of administrative detention expired on 3 November, if he agreed to end his hunger strike.
Mr Allan's protest has continued despite Israel's parliament passing a law in July that would allow the authorities to force-feed detainees to keep them alive.
The Israeli justice ministry has alleged that Mr Allan is involved in "grave terrorism". It says "classified information" warrants keeping him detained.
Mr Allan denies the allegations and any involvement with Islamic Jihad. | The Israeli authorities have re-arrested Mohammed Allan, who had staged a hunger strike to protest against his detention without charge. |
32,061,602 | A torrent of mud and water sent car-sized boulders crashing through the town of Chosica, 47 km (29 miles) from the capital Lima.
At least seven people were killed and 65 houses destroyed.
The country's main east-west highway was blocked and residents are asking for equipment to clear up debris.
The boulders were loosened by two hours of heavy rain on Monday.
Floodwaters smashed through brick walls and carried cars, animals and furniture through Chosica's streets.
The state of emergency was called for 60 days to give powers to the local authorities to re-establish power and water supplies, and initiate a clean-up operation.
Residents in the town have asked the authorities for diggers and heavy equipment.
A 1967 mudslide in Chosica killed 64 people. | The Peruvian authorities have announced a state of emergency in a town which was hit by an avalanche of mud and rocks on Monday. |
28,935,498 | The party leader is facing three other contenders in a hustings to decide who will contest the seat next May.
Mr Farage is expected to win the vote but he insists he is no "shoo-in".
The current Conservative MP Laura Sandys is standing down and the Tories have chosen a former UKIP leader Craig MacKinlay to fight the seat.
The Conservatives won the seat in 2010 with a majority of 7,617 but some opinion polls have suggested that UKIP is now ahead in the seaside constituency.
Mr Farage, who was born in Kent, has represented south-east England in the European Parliament since 1999 but has failed in all his previous attempts to get elected to Westminster.
He contested Thanet South, as the seat was then known, at the 2005 general election but came fourth with just 5% of the vote.
The constituency includes the coastal towns of Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Sandwich.
As well as Mr Farage, three other activists - lawyer Elizabeth Jones, barrister Piers Wauchope and Peter Bucklitsch, a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants - are seeking adoption as the UKIP candidate.
UKIP members will put questions to the quartet in hustings at St Lawrence College Theatre in Ramsgate before votes are cast. The result is expected about 1900 BST.
After topping the polls in May's European elections, UKIP have said they are targeting about a dozen seats next year in their attempt to gain their first MP in Parliament.
Announcing his decision to seek selection in South Thanet earlier this month, Mr Farage said "rank means nothing" in UKIP and that he would face a tough task to be nominated.
Mr Farage, by far and away the party's most high-profile figure, has been mulling over where to stand for several months in the wake of UKIP's first ever national election victory.
He rejected calls to put his name forward for June's by-election in Newark, a contest in which UKIP ultimately came second behind the Conservatives, saying he had no ties to the local area.
Mr MacKinlay, the Conservative candidate, was a founding member of UKIP and briefly led the party in the 1990s before defecting in 2005.
The two remain friends although Mr MacKinlay has suggested that, should Mr Farage win the nomination, it could split the eurosceptic vote and hand the seat to Labour.
Labour, which has chosen local councillor Will Scobie as its candidate, held the seat between 1997 and 2010. | UKIP members in the Kent constituency of South Thanet will decide later whether Nigel Farage will be their candidate in the 2015 general election. |
38,794,135 | The man was making his way down the "fast lane" on the A4119 in Llantrisant by mistake, South Wales Police said.
Officers arrived and made sure the area was safe following the incident on Saturday evening.
The man was taken to Royal Glamorgan Hospital for treatment, police said. | A man in an electric wheelchair was stopped by police after being spotted on a dual carriageway in Rhondda Cynon Taff. |
38,064,507 | Official records suggest David Morris, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale in Lancashire, claimed mileage 25 times while travelling on foreign trips.
Twelve of those claims relate to either the day he left the UK or arrived back.
Mr Morris said the information the records are based on is inaccurate. The dates on the system are those "the MPs give us," the expenses watchdog said.
The Mail on Sunday alleged Mr Morris claimed £1,400 in expenses over four years while on "fact finding" trips abroad.
Mr Morris said he was in the country on 12 of the 25 occasions referred to by the newspaper and called for an overhaul of the "antiquated" MPs' expenses system.
MPs' declarations of interests show that in April, Mr Morris visited the United Arab Emirates as part of a delegation to strengthen business links, BBC research found.
But on the dates he was there, four expense claims were submitted to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) for using his own car in the UK - one in his constituency and three for travel between London and Lancashire, totalling £390.
In February, while Mr Morris was in the Falkland Islands, there were three claims for UK mileage at £151.
Mr Morris issued a statement on Tuesday saying half the allegations were either before he was flying out of the country or just after he had returned to the UK.
He blamed the expenses watchdog's computer system for other claims, saying a five were a result of it "automatically" selecting "the wrong date".
Mr Morris said three claims "are in dispute" but that these are also down to computer error and "will be investigated with Ipsa."
"I think this exercise highlights the need for a new computer system for MPs' expenses as it appears that the current system is antiquated, resulting in errors that have the potential to do great harm to MPs' reputations", he said.
An Ipsa spokesman said: "We cannot comment on individual cases but the dates we have on our system are the dates the MPs give us."
Mr Morris said solicitors are advising him on "potential legal action against the Mail on Sunday". | A Conservative MP has denied claiming expenses for driving in the UK whilst he was abroad on official visits. |
36,408,867 | Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, who were seeded fourth, lost 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) against 16th seeds Marcin Matkowski and Leander Paes.
The pair won the Australian Open earlier this year - their first Slam playing together.
It means Murray, 30, must wait for another chance to reclaim the world number one ranking he held in March.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza's hopes of holding all four women's doubles Grand Slam titles were ended with a 6-3 6-2 defeat by Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the third round.
The top seeds were hoping to win four majors in a row after following up last year's Wimbledon and US Open triumphs with victory in January's Australian Open.
Venus and Serena Williams, the last women's team to hold all four majors in 2010, also went out in the third round, losing 6-3 6-3 to the Dutch-Swedish pairing of Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | Jamie Murray's eight-match winning run in Grand Slam men's doubles has ended in the French Open third round. |
36,404,508 | James made six assists and 11 rebounds as the Cavs secured a 4-2 series victory in the Eastern Conference.
They will face either the Golden State Warriors or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the finals.
Oklahoma City lead the Western Conference series 3-2 going into game six of a potential seven on Saturday.
Cleveland have now made the final in consecutive years, while James will be playing in his sixth straight showpiece.
"I knew this was going to be tough game - I just had to bring my game. I had to be in attack mode from the beginning and trust my shots," said the four-time MVP.
"I knew once my shots started going in I could start getting my team-mates involved and they were able to carry me down the stretch."
Media playback is not supported on this device | LeBron James scored 33 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 113-87 to book their place in the NBA finals. |
39,576,124 | The musician was found dead at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.
Local police, who had been called to the property to check on his welfare, attributed his death to natural causes.
Founded in 1967, The J Geils Band released 11 studio albums, among them the US chart-topping Freeze-Frame, before breaking up in 1985.
Centrefold, their biggest hit, topped the US charts for six weeks in 1982 and reached number three in the UK.
The song is known for its catchy intro and its chorus: "My blood runs cold/My memory has just been sold/My angel is the centrefold/Angel is the centrefold."
The band reunited in recent years for occasional appearances, including one at the Boston Strong concert that took place in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
In later life, Geils released a series of jazz albums while indulging his passion for restoring and racing cars.
Peter Wolf, the band's lead singer, said he was "thinking of all the times we kicked it high and rocked down the house" in a tribute on Twitter.
Musician Nils Lofgren also paid tribute, saying he and his former band Grin had "learned so much" while opening for Geils's band in the early 1970s.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | John Geils Jr, the US guitarist who founded The J Geils Band and had a global hit with the song Centrefold, has died at the age of 71. |
38,568,681 | James Douglas had last been seen leaving his home in Stobshaw Place, Tweedbank, at about 04:00 and had not returned.
However, he was eventually traced near to the bowling club in the town's industrial estate.
Police thanked the public for their assistance after an appeal for information to help find Mr Douglas. | An 87-year-old man with dementia reported missing in the Borders has been found safe and well. |
37,287,701 | Plain clothes police officers targeted three inbound flights from countries where the practice is common.
The Met claimed the operation was educational and not stereotyping.
More than 2,000 suspected FGM victims received medical attention between April and June, but there has never been a conviction in the UK.
Det Ch Supt Ivan Balhatchet said: "This isn't about labelling, this isn't about stereotyping.
"Our focus is on targeting those communities where offences of FGM are prevalent, by engaging with passengers travelling to and from countries where the offence is practised.
"We hope to educate and prevent anyone who may engage in FGM; as well as highlighting the support available to those who may be at risk."
There has only ever been one, unsuccessful, prosecution for the practice in the UK, and three more cases are being reviewed by lawyers.
Mr Balhatchet said prosecutions were "far from being the main part of the strategy" to tackle FGM.
Chief executive of children's charity Barnardo's, Javed Khan, said the health figures were "the tip of the iceberg".
"There are likely to be many more women and girls who are living with the harmful physical and emotional consequences of this outdated practice here in England," he said.
"A lack of knowledge and confidence among professionals has stalled successful prosecutions for too long."
So far 13 prevention orders have been made to stop girls being taken abroad to undergo FGM.
The Met said it had dealt with an increasing number of cases, rising from 29 reports in 2012 to 196 in the year to March 2016. | Families with children have been stopped at Heathrow Airport as part of a crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). |
39,179,729 | The Prestonpans boxer spoke last month of a desire to fight Burns, ideally at Edinburgh Castle, once he himself had come through two more contests.
However, 33-year-old Burns, who fights IBF world champion Julius Indongo on 15 April, has his sights elsewhere.
"There are so much bigger fights out there for me," he told BBC Scotland.
"Josh is a great guy, I get on really well with him," Burns added. "I've done a bit of sparring with him before, and he's a great fighter as well.
"Whenever I've been out and about, especially back home, people have been asking me about it, but I'm just not even entertaining it, not at all."
Coatbridge's Burns is based in Brentwood, where he is trained by Tony Sims. He has said repeatedly throughout his career that he prefers "to take one fight at a time".
Burns' immediate challenge is to prevent Namibia's Indongo leaving Glasgow's SSE Hydro next month with his WBA belt, which he won by defeating Michele Di Rocco last May and defended against the impressive Belarusian Kiryl Relikh in October.
"We're expecting a hard fight," said Burns of Indongo. "He's a big, tall southpaw with a long range. I think he's going to be really awkward, especially to start with, but me and [trainer] Tony [Sims] have been working on a few things."
Should Burns register his 42nd win in 48 bouts, then Scotland's first three-weight world champion will have added Indongo's IBF to his collection as a fighter at 140lb, having won world titles previously at super-featherweight (130lb) and lightweight (135lb).
With his fighter holding two of the belts at super-lightweight, Burns' manager Eddie Hearn would be in a strong negotiating position to set up a second bout against the classy Nebraskan southpaw Terence Crawford, who holds the WBC and WBO versions, possibly in Glasgow, Omaha or Las Vegas.
Crawford beat Burns in Glasgow in March 2014 with an outstanding display of speed and boxing skill.
Crawford also holds the strap most coveted by Burns, that awarded by Ring Magazine to the fighters its editorial panel consider to be the best in each weight class.
"Even now that is the only belt I've ever wanted," said Burns, who refers to it as "the Rocky belt".
"Terence Crawford has got that and the WBO and the WBC.
"I've got a tough fight on my hands against Indongo, but if it all goes to plan I would be up for that."
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Other possible opponents for Burns, Hearn and Sims to consider would be the Ukrainian Viktor Postol, who lost his WBC belt to Crawford last summer, the WBA's third-ranked fighter Rances Barthelemy (Relikh separates Burns and the Cuban), the erratic American Adrien Broner or the unbeaten US-based Mexican Antonio Orozco.
Taylor, 26, is unbeaten since turning professional after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.
Managed by Barry McGuigan, he is now Commonwealth super-lightweight champion, and will defend his title against South Africa's Warren Joubert at Meadowbank on 24 March.
"I feel that if I fought Ricky next week I'd win," Taylor told BBC Scotland last month. "I have confidence in my ability.
"I feel as if I need a little bit more experience at the level I'm at just now, get more rounds under my belt and be involved in a few good, testing fights before I get that chance to have a world title fight." | Ricky Burns has played down the prospect of defending his WBA world super-lightweight title against fellow Scot Josh Taylor. |
36,930,241 | Striker Danny Hylton got his side up and running with a 50th-minute opener after Argyle failed to effectively deal with full-back Stephen O'Donnell's cross from the right.
When the ball bounced out to Hylton, he hammered it home on the rise from close range.
Luton doubled their lead on 70 minutes when Jack Marriott raced on to an incisive through ball from Cameron McGeehan, outpaced marker Yann Songo'o and side-footed past advancing keeper Luke McCormick.
In stoppage time Hylton teed up substitute Jonathan Smith to stroke home Luton's third goal.
Both Hylton and McGeehan had been denied by McCormick in the opening 45 minutes.
In the opening minute of the second half Argyle's new skipper denied Marriott with a full-length save as the forward cut in and let fly with a rising angled drive from the left.
Luton's Dan Potts - booked after 71 minutes - was dismissed in the final minute following a second caution.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 0, Luton Town 3.
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 0, Luton Town 3.
Attempt saved. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town).
Substitution, Luton Town. Jake Gray replaces Pelly Ruddock.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 0, Luton Town 3. Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Hylton.
Attempt saved. Gary Sawyer (Plymouth Argyle) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Glen Rea.
David Fox (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Substitution, Luton Town. Olly Lee replaces Jack Marriott.
Foul by James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle).
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second yellow card to Dan Potts (Luton Town) for a bad foul.
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Potts (Luton Town).
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Potts (Luton Town).
Substitution, Luton Town. Jonathan Smith replaces Jordan Cook.
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jack Marriott (Luton Town).
James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town).
Attempt saved. Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Gary Sawyer.
James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Glen Rea (Luton Town).
Foul by Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle).
Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Jordan Slew replaces David Goodwillie.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. David Fox replaces Ryan Donaldson.
Attempt missed. James Spencer (Plymouth Argyle) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town).
Dan Potts (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Potts (Luton Town).
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 0, Luton Town 2. Jack Marriott (Luton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cameron McGeehan. | Luton Town struck three second-half goals as the Hatters claimed a comfortable opening-day victory at last season's League Two play-off finalists. |
35,400,252 | Energy firm E.On said an initial load of foundations for the Rampion wind farm arrived on site from the Netherlands last week.
Installation will begin in the northwest quadrant of the site between Peacehaven and Worthing, off Sussex.
E.On said the project remained on schedule despite bad weather disrupting preparation work on the seabed.
Thousands of boulders have been moved to make way for the cable route and around each of the turbine positions.
"After almost six years of development it's a really proud moment to finally be installing the first foundations," said development manager Chris Tomlinson.
"These foundations will be piled into the seabed and will act as a base for each of the 140m turbines, which we will start erecting in early 2017."
The Rampion wind farm is the first to be built off the south coast.
The £1.3bn construction is eight miles offshore and will be visible from beaches at Brighton and other resorts and the South Downs National Park.
Construction is being managed from Newhaven Port until the wind farm's operations base is completed in 2017. | Foundations are being laid for the first of 116 wind turbines off the south coast. |
35,780,442 | Fox wanted the company to chop the new episode up into little pieces and make a series of animated gifs - those blinking, forever-looping, silent clips millions share every day.
When the show aired, Giphy was able to "live gif" the broadcast on social media. Fans lapped it up, sharing the new gifs thousands of times.
"They're able to speak in that show's voice," said Julie Logan, Giphy's director of brand strategy.
Giphy is a search engine for animated gifs. You describe the gif you want, and it'll load it up ready for sharing.
The three-year-old firm is valued at $300m (£210m), thanks to a recent $55m investment round. Huge money, you might think, for a format that is among the most primitive the web has to offer.
But really, that's the point.
A fixture of 90s internet, the animated gif was, for a while, the only way to give a webpage some sign of life. It's not a video, rather a series of lots of images played in sequence, like a flipbook.
Once newer technologies like Flash came along, gifs fell out of favour and instead became associated with cheap, tacky web design.
But the humble gif has made a comeback as the good-guy of the internet.
Gifs don't force a pre-roll advertisement on you before you can watch it. It won't rudely start playing audio when you don't want it to, nor will it plant a tracking cookie on your machine so companies can flog ads at you. And so, as user experiences go, the gif deserves to be treasured.
"It's a really powerful medium," says Ms Logan. "It's had a rebirth as a more creative medium. It's a new kind of art.
"It's short. It's like the punchline of a joke. Or just a little smile - that little kick of emotion."
Those little jokes are often made using images from popular culture - movies, TV stars, musicians. Expressive faces made by Taylor Swift, or classic lines from the film Mean Girls.
The fun derived is the online equivalent of quoting a movie out loud when with friends. The enjoyment comes not just from the humour of the line, but that bond of being among people who enjoy the same things you do.
Giphy's search engine is powerful, quick and an adventure into the perky side of the internet.
But right now, and you probably saw this coming, it's not making any money. As many start-up types say to help themselves sleep at night, Giphy is "pre-revenue".
But investors must see something - a way to spin money out of a format which is popular partly because nobody yet has.
"People have been sharing gifs for a long time," says Ms Logan. "It was something the content creators were not always involved in.
"What we're trying to do is connect those dots."
When people use Giphy, not only do they find gifs, but they also get directed to where the gif originated - be it a movie, YouTube clip or otherwise.
For the people who create those products - like the makers of the X-Files - Giphy wants them to see gifs as an opportunity to push what they call "branded language". You're talking to friends, but through the medium of your favourite film stars. By getting involved, studios can have at least some control over quality and distribution.
And it isn't just Fox. HBO, record label Interscope and several others have come to Giphy to help.
"When Game of Thrones puts out these trailers, they want their fans to talk about it," explains Ms Logan.
"A lot of those conversations are happening in gifs."
As to how they'll make money, Ms Logan says we should look at how Google profits from its search.
So - companies will eventually be able to pay Giphy for their gifs to appear higher up in search results, on the understanding they're likely to be used more often. And in future, tie-ups with TV and movie studios may be another considerable stream of income for the firm.
What won't change, however, is the gif itself - you won't be seeing ads slapped all over them. It would go against everything that has made them popular again.
Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC and on Facebook | When promoting last month's long-awaited comeback of The X-Files, the show's creator - Fox - sought Giphy's help. |
40,062,420 | Sampaoli, 57, guided Sevilla to a fourth-placed finish in La Liga in his only season in charge and the last 16 of the Champions League before losing 3-2 on aggregate to Leicester.
"All parties are satisfied by the agreement reached," said a Sevilla statement on Friday.
Argentina sacked Edgardo Bauza last month after eight matches as coach.
Sevilla's statement added: "This agreement in principle is pending the drafting and presentation of the relevant documents, which must be signed by all parties by next Thursday, 1 June."
Sampaoli revealed last week that Argentina wanted to appoint him.
"My contract with the club contains clauses which allow me to leave," said the Argentine.
"There's a clear desire from my country to have me as coach and I've had a dream of taking that chance." | Argentina and Sevilla have reached agreement for Jorge Sampaoli to take over as boss of his home country. |
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Cook stepped down on Monday after a record 59 matches in charge.
"He was getting drained by the relentlessness of being England captain," Strauss told the BBC's sports editor Dan Roan.
Strauss added that vice-captain Joe Root would be a strong candidate to take over but refused "to rule anyone in or out of the role".
Cook is England's highest run-scorer in Test cricket with 11,057, while his 140 Test appearances and 30 centuries are also national records.
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But the Essex batsman had been considering his future as captain after his side suffered a 4-0 Test series defeat in India last year.
And Strauss said the 32-year-old had taken time to come to his decision.
"We know it has been a tough winter and it was an obvious time for him to step back and reflect and consider and have thoughts about what was right for the team moving forwards," he said.
"In my conversations with him in January it became clear that Alastair felt a huge amount of energy, drive and determination was needed to drive the team forward over the next 12 months.
"You are the only one who knows how much gas you have left in the tank and how much the many demands of being England captain are taking out of you.
"He feels it is time for new blood, new impetus and fresh thinking and allow someone else to take over and do that."
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Strauss said he did not attempt to make Cook change his mind, and explained: "Once it became obvious how clear his thinking was, it was his decision to make. It would have been wrong to persuade him otherwise."
The Yorkshire batsman, who was appointed England vice-captain before the 2015 Ashes Series is seen as the favourite for the job.
But Strauss, while praising his qualities, says that there is a process to go through before Cook's successor is announced.
England's next Test series will be against South Africa with the first game of the four-match series due to start at Lord's on 6 July.
After that, they will host the West Indies in three Tests in August and September before travelling to Australia for the Ashes in November.
"Joe has leadership experience and is a phenomenal cricketer and an influential figure in the dressing room, and there is no reason why he wouldn't be a strong candidate," said Strauss.
"But I don't want to rule anyone out or in at this stage.
"There are conversations that need to take place, both between myself and the selectors and the coach, but also among some of the senior players to make sure I understand how best to take the team forward so that when we announce the captain he is the right man for the job."
Cook's first job after taking over from Strauss in 2012 was to manage the return of batsman Kevin Pietersen, who had been left out of the England side over allegations he had sent derogatory text messages about Strauss to members of the South Africa team.
But Cook also played an influential role in the decision to end Pietersen's international career in February 2014 when he was part of a three-man panel who met the batsman to tell him of their decision.
When asked if that incident could overshadow Cook's legacy as captain, Strauss said: "I think the fact he was able to get through that episode at a very tough time for him and others and come out the other side and keep scoring runs and winning matches and keep a degree of sanity at a difficult time speaks volumes for him."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew
The most difficult time for Cook as England captain was in 2014, which began with the Ashes whitewash down under, moved on to the Kevin Pietersen saga and was followed by a home series defeat by Sri Lanka.
His 2013 Ashes win as skipper is a highlight of his reign. So too, the triumph in South Africa in 2015-16 and the historic win in India in 2012.
Cook's winning percentage of 40.67 is only the fourth best of the six captains to have led England in more than 40 Tests. It has been an up-and-down ride.
The extended period of time taken to mull over his future shows that Cook has made the right decision for him. He will be incredibly comfortable with what lies ahead. That is likely to be scoring many more runs for England.
Media playback is not supported on this device | Alastair Cook had become "drained" as England Test captain, says England's director of cricket Andrew Strauss. |
27,000,756 | Emergency services were called to Whitemill Lane in Stone in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Paramedics were unable to resuscitate the man and he died at the scene. A murder inquiry is now under way.
A 29-year-old man, arrested at a house in the town, is due to be questioned by officers later. A weapon has also been recovered, police said. | A 22-year-old man has been found dead in a Staffordshire street after suffering a "serious stab wound". |
29,983,947 | The area in the capital city, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s, houses India's parliament, central administrative blocks and the presidential palace.
Most Indian and foreign journalists often visit the area for stories and interviews.
And now social media too seems to be reaping the benefits of Lutyens' Delhi's popularity.
Unverified Twitter accounts like "Lutyens' Spice", "Lutyens Masala" and "Lutyens Insider" are dishing out a good dose of gossip and rumours about Delhi's politicians, journalists and businessmen.
Lutyens' Spice has more than 20,000 followers, while its "rival" Lutyens Masala has 12,000, and Lutyens Insider is at the top with 27,000 followers.
They tweet about "secret meetings" between politicians, business deals, journalists and their ties with political parties, and sometimes even rumours about personal lives of prominent people.
And some of their tweets get re-tweeted hundreds of times.
Senior journalist Girish Nikam says gossip has always been a part of random conversations between journalists who cover the Lutyens' zone.
But he finds the trend of such unverified gossip being published on social media platforms disturbing since it makes it easy for people to post slanderous information without being held accountable for it.
"Gossip on dinner table is fine among fellow journalists. But the kind of information these anonymous Twitter accounts are releasing is defamatory and disturbing," he says.
But then why are so many prominent journalists following these accounts?
Mr Nikam says journalists love gossip and that too mostly about their colleagues and politicians.
"But these accounts have set a dangerous trend. A slanderous piece of information can easily destroy somebody's career," he says.
Madhu Trehan, editor of media website newslaundry.com, agrees with Mr Nikam.
"There is an unwritten rule in Indian journalism that we stay away from politicians' personal lives. But what these accounts are doing is just gossip. They are posting just anything," she says.
But some say that these accounts provide comic relief in an otherwise charged political atmosphere of Delhi.
Ms Trehan, however, disagrees with the thought.
She says that such accounts do not offer any satire and mostly post information that may or may not be true.
Ms Trehan runs her own online media satire show, and feels that Indian journalists are slowly getting used to the craft.
"They [journalists] were not comfortable when I started my show. But now most of them have become used to it. That happened mainly because we are not anonymous," she says.
She adds that her show is all about using satire to hold journalists accountable to their stories.
But not many Indian TV channels allow such independent media satire shows.
Mr Nikam says politicians, journalists and media owners are very cautious about their image in the times of constant media spotlight.
"So it's natural that we do not have many good satire shows based on media outlets and journalists," he says.
So are these Twitter accounts filling that absence?
Both Mr Nikam and Ms Trehan disagree.
"These Twitter accounts are popular among journalists. But they will disappear sooner than later because gossip has a shelf life," says Mr Nikam. | Lutyens' Delhi is often described as India's power centre. |
26,066,606 | Professor Steven Blair, from the University of South Carolina, said a "greater emphasis" had to be placed on physical activity to prevent the problem reaching US proportions.
He suggested exercise could be "prescribed" to patients by their doctors or other health professionals.
He was speaking ahead of a major conference in Edinburgh.
The event has been organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
It will focus on sports and exercise medicine ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July.
Prof Blair, from the university's Arnold School of Public Health, claimed physical inactivity had become "the biggest public health challenge of the 21st Century" and said people must consider their levels of activity as well as their diet.
He said much of the internationally-published scientific literature on the causes of obesity was "flawed", arguing that it placed "an over-emphasis on dietary intake, at the expense of measuring the positive effect of physical activity".
Prof Blair said: "Obesity rates continue to rise and in international obesity terms, Scotland is not far behind the US. If we wish to prevent levels in Scotland reaching that of the US, greater emphasis has to be placed on exercise.
"This could involve creative solutions such as considering the provision of exercise advice, or indeed the prescribing of exercise to patients by doctors and other health professionals.
"We have to become more active if we are to stop collectively sleepwalking into obesity."
Prof Blair added: "In simple terms, we are talking about changing the mind-set from thinking 'I must go on a diet' to 'I must become more active'.
"By bringing together leading experts in the field of sports medicine in the year of the Commonwealth Games, we hope to shine a light on developments in sports medicine, stimulate wider awareness about the many benefits of physical activity and creative thinking about this can be applied to improve health."
The conference will hear from a number of other speakers including Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Sir Harry Burns, former Scotland manager Craig Brown and ex-footballer Pat Nevin. | Scots risk "sleepwalking into obesity" if they do not take more exercise, an expert has warned. |
40,464,200 | The Warriors and Scotland pair are both sidelined for up to six months and will miss the opening rounds of the Pro12 and European Champions Cup.
"With the new coaching staff [at the club] it might give some of the other guys a boost," said Brown, 35.
"They now feel as if they've actually got a chance to stake a claim."
Brown says it is "a bit of an understatement" to say Hogg and Gray's injuries are "a fairly big blow for Scotland".
"Those two with Finn Russell are probably Scotland's three star players, or most famous players, so it's going to be tough for Scotland and for Glasgow," Brown explained.
"But it gives someone else a chance and it's up to that person to really step up and stake a claim."
Hogg was forced out of the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand with a facial injury, then underwent surgery on an underlying shoulder problem, while Gray had his wrist operated on after Scotland's June Tests.
Brown won 64 Scotland caps and made over 60 appearances for Glasgow, then spent the final seven years of his career at Saracens - where he won six trophies - before retiring at the end of last season.
And the former flanker believes the loss of two pivotal players could bring the Warriors squad closer together, with new head coach Dave Rennie arriving from New Zealand for the coming campaign.
"It's a funny one - it can sometimes work either way," Brown told BBC Scotland. "Both of them are outstanding players. Hoggy would probably have started the Lions Tests at 15 had he been fit, and Jonny Gray was very unfortunate to miss out [on making the squad].
"Sometimes if you're missing a couple of your star players, it can mean all of the guys that are still there adopt an almost siege mentality, and so it can even serve to galvanize a side as well.
"I think you've got to see it as an opportunity because if you start thinking, 'we're missing these guys, we're going to struggle,' you're done. Who is the next guy? Who is going to get an opportunity? And when we give this player an opportunity, can they grasp it? I think that's very exciting."
With Glasgow rather depleted by Scotland call-ups during international windows, Rennie has signed several southern hemisphere players who will not be lost to Test rugby.
Prop Oli Kebble, lock Brian Alainu'uese, flanker Callum Gibbins and winger Lelia Masaga have no international commitments and will be available for Warriors during these periods.
"I think it'll certainly help," Brown said of the additions. "It is very, very tough on the two Scottish sides, because the Scotland coaches have only got two sides to pick from then a handful of exiles.
"These sides are going to lose quite a number of players, but I think both [Glasgow and Edinburgh] have got slightly more strength in depth this season and will hopefully be able to cope slightly better.
"It's very, very difficult and if there was a simple answer it would have been done by now. For the Scotland team to succeed we need two strong Scottish sides but I also think it can be quite healthy when some of the older players leave, because it opens up a pathway for someone new to come in. That's the model that Scotland has got to follow.
"As a coach, it's a balance as well - you've got to plan for the future and you've got to develop players, but at the same time, sides want success, the owners and bosses want success. It's a balancing act and it's why it's so tricky to be a very successful head coach." | Former Scotland captain Kelly Brown believes injuries to Stuart Hogg and Jonny Gray could provide vital game-time for Glasgow's fringe players. |
35,146,301 | It carries electricity from windfarms and other renewable energy schemes in the north to consumers in the south.
The energy companies behind the project have described the line as a "power super highway" between the Highlands and the central belt.
But opponents question the cost of the scheme and its impact on the landscape.
The new power line is said to be the highest transmission line in the UK, passing the Corrieyairack Pass at more than 2,500ft above sea level, as well as one of the longest.
The line has been switched on in stages, with the first section going live in July 2013.
Pearse Murray of Scottish Power Energy Networks said: "The line will increase our ability to transfer power from the north to the south by about 1,200MW.
"To put some sense of scale on that, it's the equivalent to the power usage of 600,000 homes.
"A city the size of Glasgow uses about 800MW at peak, so the line will provide enough energy to power a city one and a half times the size of Glasgow."
Helen McDade of the John Muir Trust told BBC Scotland News that the new line had a "major impact" on the landscape, particularly the tracks that were built to put the major pylons in.
She added: "One of the planning conditions was that these tracks would be removed and that's not happening in a lot of places, so its had a big impact environmentally."
Campaigners in central Scotland have said they share the concerns of those further north.
Dr Nicki Baker of Friends of the Ochils said: "When you put really large man-made structures into a landscape like this, it takes away a degree of the naturalness, the beauty, the quietness, the feeling of timelessness, peace and tranquility that you get there."
The industry regulator, Ofgem, says the cost of construction currently stands at just over £820m.
A spokesman said: "Britain's electricity networks need to be upgraded to connect increasing amounts of low carbon generation.
"We will ensure that customers pay no more than they should for the upgrade by checking the companies have delivered the project as efficiently as possible."
The cost of building the line is met by electricity consumers across Great Britain.
Ofgem says 7% of electricity bills goes towards investing in and maintaining the high voltage grid. | The controversial Beauly to Denny power line has been "energised" and is now fully operational along its entire length. |
36,747,745 | David John Mears, 60, broke into the 16-year-old's home in Swindon and attacked her on 12 August.
He was arrested in April after new forensic techniques uncovered fresh evidence.
Mears, from Plymouth, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of eight years at Swindon Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty to rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault at an earlier hearing.
The court heard Mears broke into the house where the girl was staying and blindfolded, then violently sexually assaulted her.
Det Sgt Liz Coles of Wiltshire Police said the sentence was "the result of hard work by our team of officers who resurrected the cold case, re-examined the DNA evidence and used state-of-the-art, modern technology to identify the man responsible for this horrific attack". | A man has been jailed for life for raping a teenage girl in 1987 - after police reopened the "cold case" almost 30 years later. |
14,542,438 | 550-330 BC - Achaemenid dynasty rules the first Persian Empire. At its greatest extent under Darius I stretches from the Aegean Sea and Libya to the Indus Valley.
The ruined city of Persepolis testifies to the grandeur of the first Persian Empire
492-479 - Persian attempts to conquer Greece fail.
330 - Alexander the Great of Macedon conquers the Persian Empire, founding a short-lived empire before dying in Babylon in 323.
312-140 - Most of Persia is part of the Greek-dominated (Hellenistic) Seleucid Empire, founded by a general of Alexander the Great.
140 BC - 224 AD - Persia - known as the Parthian Empire - under the rule of the Arsacid dynasty.
224-651 AD - Sassanid dynasty rules Persian Empire; Zoroastrianism is the dominant religion.
Advent of Islam
636 - Arab invasion brings end of Sassanid dynasty and start of Islamic rule.
9th century - Emergence of modern Persian language (or Farsi), written using a form of Arabic script.
9th-13th century - Decline of Islamic Caliphate, which is replaced by a series of Iranian and Turkic dynasties, including the Shia Buyids, the Seljuk Turks and the Empire of Khwarezm.
1220 - Mongol forces of Genghis Khan overrun Persia, which becomes part of the Ilkhanate, ruled by descendants of Genghis' grandson Hulagu.
15th century - Competing Iranian, Turkic and Mongol dynasties, including the empire of Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) in eastern Iran.
1501 - With the support of Shia Qizilbash warrior tribes, Shah Ismail I becomes first ruler of Islamic Safavid dynasty; Shia Islam declared state religion.
1571-1629 Apogee of the Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I, who reforms the army, sidelines the Qizilbash and establishes first diplomatic links with western Europe.
1639 - Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin (or Treaty of Zuhab) ends about 150 years of war against Ottoman Empire.
1736 - Nadir Shah deposes the last Safavid ruler and founds the short-lived Afsharid dynasty.
1751 - Karim Khan, of the Zand dynasty, briefly restores stability.
1794 - Mohammad Khan Qajar kills the last Zand shah and founds the Qajar dynasty, restoring stability to Iran after half a century of instability.
1828 - Iran cedes control of Caucasus to Russia after second Russo-Persian war.
1890 - "Tobacco Riots": ruler Naser al-Din Shah forced to withdraw trade concessions granted to Britain after mass protests.
1907 - Introduction of constitution which limits the absolutist powers of rulers.
1914-1918 - Iran declares neutrality but is scene of heavy fighting during World War I.
1921 February - Military commander Reza Khan seizes power.
1923 - Reza Khan becomes prime minister.
1925 December - Parliament votes to make Reza Khan ruler, deposing Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1926 April - Reza Khan crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi. Mohammad Reza, the Shah's eldest son, is proclaimed Crown Prince.
1935 - Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted as the country's official name.
The 1979 revolution ended the Shah's increasingly autocratic rule and ushered in the Islamic Republic
Slideshow: Iranian revolution 1979
Iranian views on the revolution
1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile
1941 - The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War II leads to the Anglo-Russian occupation of Iran and the deposition of the Shah in favour of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1950 - Ali Razmara becomes prime minister and is assassinated less than nine months later. He is succeeded by the nationalist, Mohammad Mossadeq.
1951 April - Parliament votes to nationalise the oil industry, which is dominated by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Britain imposes an embargo and a blockade, halting oil exports and hitting the economy. A power struggle between the Shah and Mossadeq ensues and the Shah flees the country in August 1953.
1953 August - Mossadeq is overthrown in a coup engineered by the British and American intelligence services. General Fazlollah Zahedi is proclaimed as prime minister and the Shah returns.
1963 January - The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernise and westernise the country. He launches the 'White Revolution', a programme of land reform and social and economic modernisation. During the late 1960's the Shah became increasingly dependent on the secret police (SAVAK) in controlling those opposition movements critical of his reforms.
1978 September - The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.
1979: Exiled Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran
1979 January - As the political situation deteriorates, the Shah and his family are forced into exile.
1979 1 February - The Islamic fundamentalist, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returns to Iran following 14 years of exile in Iraq and France for opposing the regime.
1979 1 April - The Islamic Republic of Iran is proclaimed following a referendum.
1979 4 November - Islamic militants take 52 Americans hostage inside the US embassy in Tehran. They demand the extradition of the Shah, in the US at the time for medical treatment, to face trial in Iran.
1980 January - Abolhasan Bani-Sadr is elected the first president of the Islamic Republic. His government begins work on a major nationalization programme.
1980 July - The exiled Shah dies of cancer in Egypt.
1980 22 September - Start of Iran-Iraq war which lasts for eight years.
1981 January - The American hostages are released ending 444 days in captivity.
Witness: 30th anniversary of Iran-Iraq War
1981 June - Bani-Sadr is dismissed, he later flees to France.
1985 - After the US and Soviet Union halted arms supplies, the US attempted to win the release of hostages in Lebanon by offering secret arms deals, this would later become known as the Iran-Contra affair.
1988 July - 290 passengers and the crew of an Iran Air Airbus are mistakenly shot down by the USS Vincennes.
1988 July - Iran accepts a ceasefire agreement with Iraq following negotiations in Geneva under the aegis of the UN.
1989 February - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a religious edict (fatwa) ordering Muslims to kill British author, Salman Rushdie, for his novel, 'The Satanic Verses', considered blasphemous to Islam.
1989 3 June - Ayatollah Khomeini dies. On 4 June, President Khamene'i is appointed as new supreme leader.
1989 August - Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani is sworn in as the new president.
1989 November - The US releases 567 million dollars of frozen Iranian assets.
Major earthquake kills thousands
1990 June - A major earthquake strikes Iran, killing approximately 40,000 people.
1990 - Iran remains neutral following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1990 September - Iran and Iraq resume diplomatic ties.
1995 - US imposes oil and trade sanctions over Iran's alleged sponsorship of "terrorism", seeking to acquire nuclear arms and hostility to the Middle East process. Iran denies the charges.
Reformist Khatami: Isolated by conservative resurgence
Khatami justifies years in office
Profile: Mohammad Khatami
1997 May - Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential election with 70% of the vote, beating the conservative ruling elite.
1998 September - Iran deploys thousands of troops on its border with Afghanistan after the Taleban admits killing eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e Sharif.
1999 July - Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate following the closure of the reformist newspaper 'Salam'. Clashes with security forces lead to six days of rioting and the arrest of more than 1,000 students.
2000 February - Majlis elections. Liberals and supporters of Khatami wrest control of parliament from conservatives for the first time.
2000 April - The judiciary, following the adoption of a new press law, bans the publication of 16 reformist newspapers.
2000 May - Inauguration of the Sixth parliament.
2001 June - President Khatami re-elected.
2002 January - US President George Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil", warning of the proliferation of long-range missiles being developed in these countries. The speech causes outrage in Iran and is condemned by reformists and conservatives alike.
2002 September - Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US.
2003 June - Thousands attend student-led protests in Tehran against clerical establishment.
2003 September - UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, gives Tehran weeks to prove it is not pursuing an atomic weapons programme.
2003 October - Shirin Ebadi becomes Iran's first Nobel Peace Prize winner; lawyer and human rights campaigner became Iran's first female judge in 1975 but was forced to resign after 1979 revolution.
2003 November - Iran says it is suspending its uranium enrichment programme and will allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear facilities. IAEA concludes there is no evidence of a weapons programme.
2003 December - 40,000 people are killed in an earthquake in south-east Iran; the city of Bam is devastated.
2004 February - Conservatives regain control of parliament in elections. Thousands of reformist candidates were disqualified by the hardline Council of Guardians before the polls.
2005 August-September - Tehran says it has resumed uranium conversion at its Isfahan plant and insists the programme is for peaceful purposes. IAEA finds Iran in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iran is an ally of Lebanon's powerful Shia Muslim Hezbollah group
2004 June - Iran is rebuked by the IAEA for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities.
2004 November - Iran agrees to suspend most of its uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU.
2005 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran's ultra-conservative mayor, wins a run-off vote in presidential elections, defeating cleric and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
2006 January - Iran breaks IAEA seals at its Natanz nuclear research facility.
Bomb attacks in the southern city of Ahvaz - the scene of sporadic unrest in recent months - kill eight people and injure more than 40.
2006 February - IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear activities. Iran resumes uranium enrichment at Natanz.
2006 April - Iran says it has succeeded in enriching uranium at its Natanz facility.
2006 31 August - UN Security Council deadline for Iran to halt its work on nuclear fuel passes. IAEA says Tehran has failed to suspend the programme.
2006 December - Iran hosts a controversial conference on the Holocaust; delegates include Holocaust deniers.
UN Security Council votes to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and technology. Iran condemns the resolution and vows to speed up uranium enrichment work.
2007 February - IAEA says Iran failed to meet a deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions.
2007 March - Diplomatic stand-off with Britain after Iran detains 15 British sailors and marines patrolling the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway separating Iran and Iraq.
Former president Rafsanjani has been influential since the revolution
Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
2007 April - President Ahmadinejad says Iran can produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale.
IAEA says Iran has begun making nuclear fuel in its underground uranium enrichment plant. It also says that Iran has started up more than 1,300 centrifuge machines.
2007 May - IAEA says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years if it so chooses.
2007 June - Protests erupt after government imposes petrol rationing amid fears of possible UN sanctions.
2007 July - Iran announces plans to stop making cars that only run on petrol and switch to dual-fuel vehicles, which also run on gas.
Iran agrees to allow inspectors to visit the Arak nuclear plant following talks with the IAEA.
2007 October - US announces sweeping new sanctions against Iran, the toughest since it first imposed sanctions almost 30 years ago.
2007 December - A new US intelligence report plays down the perceived nuclear threat posed by Iran.
2008 February - Iran launches a research rocket to inaugurate a newly built space centre. Washington describes the launch as "unfortunate".
2008 March - President Ahmadinejad makes unprecedented official visit to Iraq, where he calls on foreign troops to leave. He also stresses his government's desire to help rebuild Iraq and signs a number of cooperation agreements.
Conservatives win over two-thirds of seats in parliamentary elections in which many pro-reform candidates were disbarred from standing. The conservatives include supporters of President Ahmadinejad as well as more pragmatic conservatives who oppose his confrontational foreign policy.
UN Security Council tightens economic and trade sanctions on Tehran.
2008 May - IAEA says Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme.
Iran's new parliament elects former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its speaker.
2008 June - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presents an offer of trade benefits, which Tehran says it will look at, but will reject if it demands suspension of uranium enrichment.
2008 July - Iran test-fires a new version of the Shahab-3, a long-range missile it says is capable of hitting targets in Israel.
2008 August - Informal deadline set by Western officials for Iran to respond to package of incentives in return for halt in nuclear activities passes without reply.
Iran says it has successfully launched a test rocket capable of carrying a satellite into space.
2008 September - UN Security Council passes unanimously a new resolution reaffirming demands that Iran stop enriching uranium, but imposes no new sanctions. The text was agreed after Russia said it would not support further sanctions.
2008 November - Parliament votes to dismiss the interior minister, Ali Kordan, who admitted that a degree he said he held from Oxford University was fake. The move is a blow to President Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's presidential election.
The 2009 election sparked reformist protests and a brutal police response
Q&A: Iran protests
In an unprecedented move, President Ahmadinejad congratulates US president-elect Barack Obama on his election win. Mr Obama has offered to open unconditional dialogue with Iran about its nuclear programme.
2008 December - Police raid and close the office of a human rights group led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. Officials say the centre is acting as an illegal political organization.
2009 February - Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he would welcome talks with the US as long as they are based on "mutual respect".
2009 March - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei tells anti-Israel rally that US President Obama is following the "same misguided track" in Middle East as President Bush.
2009 April - An Iranian court finds Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi guilty of spying for the US. She is sentenced to eight years in prison.
2009 May - Iran rejects a US state department report saying it remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world.
Jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is freed and returns to US.
2009 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared to have won a resounding victory in the 12 June presidential election. The rival candidates challenge the result, alleging vote-rigging. Their supporters take to the streets, and at least 30 people are killed and more than 1,000 arrested in the wave of protests that follow.
The Iranian authorities claim foreign interference is stoking the unrest, and single out Britain for criticism.
2009 July - President Ahmadinejad dismisses his most senior vice-president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, under pressure to do so by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
2009 August - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sworn in for second term as president, presents cabinet - the first since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979 to include women.
A number of senior opposition figures are accused of conspiring with foreign powers to organise unrest and are put on trial.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says there is no proof that opposition leaders blamed for the post-election unrest were agents of foreign powers.
2009 September - Iran admits that it is building a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, but insists it is for peaceful purposes.
A leading figure of the 1979 revolution, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri became a vocal critic of the system
Obituary: Ayatollah Montazeri
The country test-fires a series of medium- and longer-range missiles that put Israel and US bases in the Gulf within potential striking range.
2009 October - Five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany offer Iran proposal to enrich its uranium abroad.
2009 November - Iran refuses to accept the international proposal to end the dispute over its nuclear programme. UN nuclear watchdog IAEA passes a resolution condemning Iran for developing a second uranium enrichment site in secret.
Iran denounces the move as "political" and announces plans to create 10 more uranium enrichment facilities.
2009 December - Death of influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri triggers further clashes between opposition supporters and security forces. At least 8 people die in what is the worst violence since the contested presidential election.
2010 January - Iran executes two men arrested during the period of unrest that followed the disputed presidential election of June 2009. It also puts 16 people on trial over the Ashura Day opposition protests in December, when eight people were killed.
Iranian physics professor Masoud Ali-Mohammadi is killed in a bomb attack in Tehran. No group claims responsibility. The government accuses the US and Israel of his death, while Iranian opposition groups say Mr Mohammadi supported one of their candidates in last year's presidential election.
2010 February - Iran says it is ready to send enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal agreed with the West. The US calls on Tehran to match its words with actions.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says the opposition will continue its peaceful struggle against the government.
2010 May - Iran reaches a deal to send uranium abroad for enrichment after mediation talks with Turkey and Brazil; Western states respond with scepticism, saying the agreement will not stop Iran from continuing to enrich uranium.
2010 June - UN Security Council imposes fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, including tighter financial curbs and an expanded arms embargo.
Iran's nuclear programme is a source of tension with the West
Q&A: Iran nuclear issue
Iran's key nuclear sites
2010 July - International outcry as a woman is sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
27 killed as suicide bombers attack a Shia mosque in Zahedan near the Pakistan border.
2010 August - In what Tehran describes as a milestone in its drive to produce nuclear energy, engineers begin loading fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
2010 September - Stuxnet - a computer worm which affects industrial systems and which may have been created by a nation-state - is reportedly detected in staff computers at the Bushehr nuclear plant.
Sarah Shourd, a US citizen caught hiking with two friends near the Iran-Iraq border, is freed after a year in prison. The three deny they were spying.
US imposes unprecedented sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for human rights violations.
2010 October - A former British embassy employee jailed in 2009 for espionage has his sentence commuted.
2010 December - Main achievement of talks in Geneva between Iran and key world powers on Iran's nuclear programme is to agree to hold another round of talks in Istanbul in January.
President Ahmadinejad sacks Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, thought to be his main opponent within Iranian leadership.
2011 January - Nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran now possesses technology needed to make fuel plates and rods for nuclear reactors.
2011 February - First mass opposition demonstrations in a year amid a wave of unrest rippling across the Middle East and North Africa.
Iran sends two warships through Suez Canal for first time since the Islamic Revolution, in what Israel describes as an act of provocation.
2011 April - Rare public row between Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad over the resignation of Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi.
2011 May - Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation says the generating unit at the Bushehr nuclear power plant has begun operating at a low level.
2011 August - Two US citizens arrested on the Iran-Iraq border in 2009 are found guilty of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison.
2011 September - Iran announces that the Bushehr nuclear power station has been connected to the national grid.
2011 October - The US accuses Iran of being behind an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Tehran rejects the charges as part of an American propaganda campaign.
Iran has responded with defiance to ever tighter sanctions imposed by the UN and the West.
Q&A: Iran sanctions
2011 November - A report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA says Iran is carrying out research that can only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger. Iran rejects the findings as politically motivated.
2011 November/December - Protesters attack the British embassy in Tehran after London imposes tighter economic sanctions. Britain evacuates its diplomatic staff and expels all Iranian diplomats, but ties are not severed.
2012 January - US imposes sanctions on Iran's central bank, the main clearing-house for its oil export profits. Iranian threatens to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran begins enriching uranium at its undergound Fordo plant, in what the US terms a "further escalation" in the nuclear row. The European Union imposes an oil embargo on Iran over its nuclear programme.
2012 February - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors leave Iran after being denied access to the Parchin site, south of Tehran.
2012 March-May - Supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei beat those of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in parliamentary polls boycotted by pro-reform groups.
2012 May - UN nuclear inspectors find traces of uranium enriched at 27% at Iran's Fordo nuclear site, a day after Iran and world powers hold inconclusive talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Baghdad.
2012 June - US exempts seven major customers - India, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Turkey - from economic sanctions in return for their cutting imports of Iranian oil.
2012 July - European Union boycott of Iranian oil exports comes into effect.
2012 September - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quarterly report says Iran doubles production capacity at Fordo nuclear site and "significantly hampered" IAEA ability to inspect Parchin military site.
Canada breaks off diplomatic relations over Iran's nuclear programme and support for the Assad government in Syria.
2012 October - Iran's rial currency falls to a new record low against the US dollar, having lost about losing 80% of its value since 2011 because of international sanctions. Riot police attack about 100 currency traders outside the Central Bank.
EU countries announce further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, focusing on banks, trade and crucial gas imports.
2012 November - Leaked IAEA report says Iran is ready to double output at the Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility.
2013 January - Iran tells IAEA it plans to upgrade uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz plant, allowing it to refine uranium at a faster rate.
Iran arrests 11 journalists accused of co-operating with foreign Persian-language media organisations as part of a clampdown against the BBC and Voice of America in particular.
2013 April - Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore-processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material.
2013 June - Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani wins presidential election, gaining just over 50% of the vote.
2013 September - President Rouhani tells US broadcaster NBC that Iran will never build nuclear weapons, and repeats offer of "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on the nuclear question in his address to the UN General Assembly.
2013 November - Iran agrees to curb uranium enrichment above 5% and give UN inspectors better access in return for about $7bn in sanctions relief at talks with the P5+1 group - US, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany - in Geneva.
2014 January - World powers and Iran begin implementing a deal on Iran's nuclear programme following intense talks in Geneva.
2014 April - The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier in the year.
The US refuses to issue a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, over his involvement in the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
2014 June - President Rouhani says Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni insurgents, amid reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in Iraq providing military training and advice.
The UK says it plans to re-open the British embassy in Tehran. Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the embassy in 2011.
2014 July - The sixth and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group begin in Vienna.
2014 August - Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz uranium enrichment site.
Parliament dismisses pro-reform Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana for allegedly supporting students and lecturers involved in the 2009-2010 election protests.
2014 November - Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, in move that might ease Iranian demands to have own uranium enrichment.
Vienna negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme fail to finalise preliminary deal signed in Geneva in November 2013. The two sides express confidence that remaining sticking points can be resolved, and agree a seven-month extension to the talks.
2015 July - After years of negotiations, world powers reach deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for lifting of international economic sanctions. The deal reportedly gives UN nuclear inspectors extensive but not automatic access to Iranian sites.
2016 January - Serious rift in relations after Saudi Arabia executes leading Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Crowd sets Saudi embassy alight.
International economic sanctions on Iran lifted after UN says satisfied with progress on fulfilling nuclear agreement. President Rouhani embarks on the first European state visit of an Iranian president for 16 years.
2016 February - Reformists perform well in elections to parliament and Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the Supreme Leader.
2016 December - The US Senate approves a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, which penalises American companies for doing business with Tehran. | A chronology of key events: |
33,790,852 | Dr Margaret Flynn said Dr Prana Das, whose trial ended when he was injured in a burglary, "should have and could have been prosecuted".
Her inquiry found care providers were "impervious" to older people's needs.
The CPS said there was insufficient evidence for a conviction.
Dr Flynn who reviewed the treatment of the residents of six homes investigated as part of Operation Jasmine, told BBC 5 Live the CPS' response to her report had been "insensitive and blinkered".
"I think it's both graceless and insensitive, given that families are grieving and are aggrieved. The outcome is that what we have are a host of unanswered questions," she said.
"Given the very slow changing gears that kept matters of Operation Jasmine out of the public eye for over sever years, their (CPS) very rapid response is graceless."
Lorraine Brannan, of the Justice for Jasmine campaign group, said relatives now wanted to meet the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, to find out why the CPS was not reconsidering the case.
"We thought they would at least have considered it," she said.
"To give an answer almost immediately was disappointing. Everybody's really shocked at the level of neglect but still nobody is accountable."
The family of Daniel Rowlands, 86, who lived at a former Southern Cross home in Caerphilly county, which was not investigated as part of Operation Jasmine, came forward to highlight issues at the home following an appeal by Dr Flynn.
His daughter Julia Matthews secured an out-of-court settlement after suing the firm for clinical negligence over his treatment there.
She said her father, who died in 2009, would scream in pain caused by pressure sores on his feet, with the bones visible.
"No one will stand up and say, 'Do you know what, I am the one that caused that problem. I am to blame.' My father went through physical and mental torment," she said.
Police decided Mr Rowlands's case did not meet the criminal threshold for prosecution but Julia Matthews also wants that reviewed. | The author of a damning report into alleged abuse at south Wales care homes has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for refusing to reconsider criminal proceedings. |
38,113,436 | Newcastle's defeat at Nottingham Forest on Friday meant the Seagulls would have replaced them at the top with a win.
Neither they nor Cardiff looked likely to claim victory in a torpid encounter.
Brighton pressed for a winner but had Gaeten Bong sent off in added time, the draw keeping Cardiff one point adrift of safety in 22nd place.
Chris Hughton's visitors may rue this result as a missed opportunity, as they were seldom troubled by their relegation-threatened opponents.
Brighton extended their unbeaten run to 13 league games and remain in second place in the Championship but did so without impressing against a Cardiff side who had lost three of their previous four league fixtures.
Despite the gulf in the teams' standings, there was little to differentiate them in this uneventful match.
Aron Gunnarsson had an early shot saved but Cardiff may have felt their best hope of a goal was Brighton centre-back Shane Duffy, who scored two own goals as a Blackburn player at the same ground in August - making him Cardiff's joint-fourth top scorer this season.
The Republic of Ireland international almost contributed at the right end on this occasion as his header found Glenn Murray in the Cardiff penalty area, but referee Roger East blew for a foul before the Brighton striker had swept the ball into the net.
Cardiff boss Neil Warnock:
"The lads are going out tonight, but I don't think Joe Bennett would've enjoyed his night out if Brighton had scored early on.
"We had to work really hard and there wasn't anyone who didn't give everything, and we knew we had to because they're such a good team.
"Brighton rip people apart and we had to be well-organised and catch them on the break."
Brighton manager Chris Hughton:
"I'd say over the 90 minutes, we were the better side and the onus was on us to break down a tough defence.
"There are more places than Cardiff where I've come away disappointed. They will make it very hard for teams to come here.
"After a game like this there are the disappointments, but the positives are another clean sheet, and a run that's kept us going."
Match ends, Cardiff City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Attempt missed. Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Sébastien Pocognoli replaces Sam Baldock.
Second yellow card to Gaëtan Bong (Brighton and Hove Albion) for a bad foul.
Foul by Gaëtan Bong (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Kieran Richardson replaces Junior Hoilett.
Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sol Bamba (Cardiff City).
Foul by Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joe Bennett.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.
Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ben Amos.
Attempt saved. Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert.
Attempt saved. Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Duffy.
Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
Foul by Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Sol Bamba (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Matthew Connolly.
Attempt blocked. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Baldock.
Attempt missed. Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Aron Gunnarsson.
Attempt saved. Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steve Sidwell.
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Attempt saved. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bruno.
Foul by Steve Sidwell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Shane Duffy tries a through ball, but Glenn Murray is caught offside.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Jiri Skalak.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Anthony Pilkington replaces Frederic Gounongbe. | Ten-man Brighton & Hove Albion narrowed the gap on Championship leaders Newcastle to one point but could only draw against lowly Cardiff City. |
24,952,229 | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the first lady and Vice-President Boediono were reportedly amongst those targeted.
The allegations came from documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden which were published by broadcaster ABC and the Guardian newspaper.
Indonesia said the ambassador was being called to Jakarta for "consultations".
It is the latest in a series of spying allegations that have strained relations between the two allies.
On 1 November Indonesia summoned Australia's ambassador amid reports that Australia's Jakarta embassy was used as part of a US-led spying network in Asia.
The latest leaked document showed that Australia spy agencies named Mr Yudhoyono, the first lady, Vice-President Boediono and other senior ministers as targets for monitoring, the reports said.
The presentation from Australian spy agency the Defence Signals Directorate (now known as the Australian Signals Directorate) showed that agencies attempted to listen to Mr Yudhoyono's calls at least once, and tracked calls made to and from his mobile phone, in August 2009, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Guardian added.
The news organisations published slides from the presentation, which appeared to show a list of Indonesian "leadership targets" and the handset models used by each target, as well as a diagram of "voice events" of the Indonesian president in August 2009.
One slide entitled "Indonesian President voice intercept (August '09)" appeared to show an attempt to listen to the content of a phone call to Mr Yudhoyono.
On Monday, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said: "This is an unfriendly, unbecoming act between strategic partners."
"This hasn't been a good day in the relationship between Indonesia and Australia."
Indonesia was reviewing all of its agreements related to information exchange with Australia, Mr Natalegawa added.
Djoko Suyanto, Indonesia's Co-ordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs, told the BBC that Jakarta would summon the Australian ambassador for questioning.
However, Sofyan Djalil, the former minister for state-owned enterprises whose name was also on the list of targets, told AFP news agency: "Diplomatic relations always have their ups and downs. This has caused anger in the short-term, but in the long-term we are still neighbours and I think we will overcome this."
Earlier on Monday, responding to questions in parliament, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said: "The Australian government never comments on specific intelligence matters."
He added: "I will never say or do anything that might damage the strong relationship and the close co-operation that we have with Indonesia, which is all in all, our most important relationship."
Last week, commenting on the earlier claims, Mr Abbott had described the term spying as "kind of loaded language" and suggested that "researching" would be more appropriate.
Indonesia has publicly voiced anger over previous allegations of Australian spying.
Vice-President Boediono, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, said last week that the Indonesian public were "concerned" about the spying allegations.
"I think we must look forward to come to some arrangement which guarantees that intelligence information from each side is not used against the other," he said.
Australia and Indonesia are key allies and trading partners.
Australia requires Indonesia's co-operation on the asylum issue, as many asylum seekers travel via Indonesia to Australia by boat, but there are tensions on the issue.
Earlier this month, Indonesia declined an Australian request to receive a boat of asylum seekers whose vessel, bound for Australia's Christmas Island, had got into trouble after it departed from Indonesia.
The reports are amongst the series of documents leaked by ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and is wanted in the US in connection with the unauthorised disclosures. | Indonesia is recalling its ambassador to Australia over allegations that Canberra spied on phone calls of the Indonesian president. |
22,584,521 | Human rights groups say Amade Oueremi's fighters executed hundreds of supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo in the western town of Duekoue.
Mr Oueremi was detained in a village close to a national park, where he had been based for more than 20 years.
Some reports suggest the militia leader turned himself in.
It was not immediately clear if he had been been charged with a crime.
Human rights groups had criticised the new government's failure to arrest Mr Oueremi, saying that it showed it was not pursuing justice against both sides in the conflict, BBC Africa editor Richard Hamilton reports.
In its September 2011 report on the post-election violence, Human Rights Watch said Mr Oueremi and his men "were identified by multiple witnesses as among the main perpetrators of the March 29 Duekoue massacre".
Months afterwards UN peacekeepers collected arms from "nearly 90 members" of his group, it added.
Around 3,000 people were killed in Ivory Coast after Laurent Gbagbo refused to acknowledge that his rival, Alassane Ouattara, had won a presidential run-off.
Amade Oueremi's militia backed Mr Ouattara in the conflict.
Mr Gbagbo is currently awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court, accused of crimes against humanity.
A military commander, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss the operation, told Reuters news agency Mr Oueremi had turned himself amid signs the military was preparing for an operation to remove him from the national park.
Denis Badouon, deputy mayor of Duekoue, said the militia leader had been taken into custody on Saturday morning in the village of Bagohouo, near Mount Peko.
According to a UN report from May 2011 Mr Oueremi began supporting anti-Gbagbo rebels as early as 2000 and his men had been hoarding weapons and ammunition since then.
The UN report noted that Mr Oueremi was widely believed to possess "mystical powers".
In photos taken during the crisis, his shirts are pulled tightly over a collection of charms and pendants seen bulging underneath, believed to give him protection from enemy fire, Reuters notes. | The authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader suspected of a role in one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence. |
39,501,957 | Matthew Williams was found attacking Cerys Yemm, 22, at the Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed on 6 November 2014.
Police officers stunned Williams, 34, with a Taser but he later died.
Their families want lessons to be learned, while a watchdog inquiry said police used reasonable force.
In a statement, Miss Yemm's family said her death had "devastated our family".
"We feel that there should be reform of the systems of monitoring and information sharing between agencies when offenders are released from prison," they said.
In their statement released after the hearing, Williams' family described him as a "troubled" man who had struggled to get the help he needed for mental health and drugs issues in prison or the community".
It continued: "We hope that this case will highlight the need for better mental healthcare care and lead to the effective sharing of information between state agencies and that another family will not have to go through what the families touched by this inquest have had to endure."
During the three-week inquest inquest, the jury heard the pair had met two weeks before the killing, on a night out in Blackwood.
On the night of the attack, they went back to the hostel together but the alarm was raised when other residents heard screaming coming from Williams' room.
Hostel owner Mandy Miles, who opened Williams' door, told the inquest there was "blood everywhere" and the scene was "like a horror film".
Her husband, Raymond Miles said it was "clear that Cerys was dead" and Williams was still attacking her face.
Williams was Tasered four times by police before he was arrested.
Paramedics said he did not need immediate help but soon after his pulse and breathing deteriorated. He died in the back of the ambulance.
Two consultant cardiologists said Williams suffered a cardiac arrest induced by amphetamines he used along with stress caused by the attack on Miss Yemm, the struggle with police and undiagnosed relapsed schizophrenia.
Miss Yemm's post mortem examination revealed she had at least 89 separate injures across her body and her cause of death was given as "sharp force trauma to the face and neck".
The inquest heard Williams, who was released from prison two weeks before the attack, had taken mephedrone and amphetamine in the days before the killing.
Williams' mother Sally Ann claimed he had been released with no help for his mental health problems and said he told her he was feeling paranoid and the "voices were back".
She said PC Alison Perry promised she would arrange a "fast track" meeting to get him anti-psychotic medication.
But PC Perry told the inquest he rejected all offers of help and any psychiatrist appointments would have needed to be made by his doctor.
His GP said he showed no signs of schizophrenia the week before the attack, but his school friend Rhodri Moore told the hearing Williams "didn't seem very well" and was having hallucinations.
The inquest also heard from police that Williams had sent letters threatening to kill others while in prison.
It heard Williams had wanted to be housed near his father in Newport, but the council did not consider him their responsibility and sent him to Caerphilly council, which housed him at the Sirhowy Arms.
If he had been living in Newport, he would have been away from his former drug taking associates in the area where he grew up and "was most likely to offend", the inquest heard.
Gwent Coroner David Bowen told jurors the only finding they could make in respect of Miss Yemm's death was of unlawful killing.
He then directed them to return a narrative finding in respect of Williams and said he did not need them to make any findings of fact about the wider circumstances.
Gwent Police's Ass Ch Con Emma Ackland extended the force's sympathies to both families and paid tribute to the officers involved for "the professional way they have dealt with this distressing incident".
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation into the incident found Gwent Police officers acted with reasonable and necessary force in "traumatic circumstances".
A report detailing its findings concluded the use of force, including a Taser, was proportionate given the circumstances and the high risk posed.
The IPCC made two recommendations to the force, including reviewing its procedure to ensure offenders on the Integrated Offender Management Scheme are visited shortly before release.
It also reminded officers wearing body cameras to switch the device on to ensure best evidence is captured, after the inquest revealed an officer wearing one forgot to switch it on.
Caerphilly council said legislation in Wales had changed since the incident and councils in Wales no longer had a duty to provide emergency accommodation for the vast majority of prison leavers, as it did at the time of the incident.
A spokesman added a new prison leaver pathway had been introduced for those it does help, which provides a coordinated resettlement package to be implemented.
A spokesman for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board said Williams had refused all help offered to address his drug problem and he was released without medication because doctors decided his psychosis was down to drug use and not schizophrenia. | A prison leaver unlawfully killed a woman at a hostel in Caerphilly county before he died suddenly as a result of taking drugs and struggling against police restraint, an inquest has heard. |
35,381,779 | Hoolet Row, in Chatelherault Country Park, near Hamilton, was named after the owls which nested nearby.
Now the site is covered thickly in trees and not much light filters through them. It is pretty silent and hard to imagine that this place would once have been alive to the sound of people.
"This was a nice tidy row of cottages until the late 1950s really when it was cleared for this new tree planting," says Malcolm Muir, countryside and greenspace manager at South Lanarkshire Council.
"At that time, it sat at the bottom of a beautiful natural woodland, which came down from the heights of the Avon gorge, a wee track wended up to the top, past a well and in the front there were drying greens that ran down to the beautiful river Avon."
The "Capturing the Past" project is being led by Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP Heritage). It aims to explore the area's industrial, horticultural and agricultural past.
At the present day Hoolet Row site only the odd stone pokes through a thick bed of leaves and moss, marking where the foundations of the houses once stood.
The well which supplied them with water is still there and then there is an incongruous sight - part of an old bedstead leaning against a tree.
"It's just sitting in the forest," says CAVLP Heritage officer Dr Paul Murtagh.
"It's an absolutely beautiful bed, carved roses and flowers on it and you can imagine the people that were maybe born or even died in this bed, It's a very poignant piece of archaeology that very rarely survives."
Over the next three years the team is aiming to get a clearer picture of how people lived and worked in the area by exploring and recording the archaeology, much of which has never been recorded before.
They will also use old photos, maps and memories and they want volunteers to get involved.
It is just a few metres from Hoolet Row to the entrance of what was an old colliery. Nature has reclaimed it and it is hard to see what it once was.
The mine was known for a disaster which occurred there in the 1840s which killed a number of people.
Dr Murtagh says stories like these still resonate.
"Places like this, even though there's very little to be seen, just a few humps and bumps, these are places that tell us a much bigger story about the landscape, but also about the history of Scotland," he says. | There is only a small sign to indicate that they were ever there, but a new project, launched this weekend, is hoping that traces of a row of old miners cottages in South Lanarkshire can reveal more about the people who lived in the area and the surrounding landscape. |
32,188,736 | The National Union of Teachers claims a funding gap could leave one in 10 teachers facing redundancy.
Head teachers have said they face a budget squeeze from the rising cost of pensions, national insurance contributions and pay.
A Conservative spokesman criticised the NUT's push for strike action as "out of touch" and "irresponsible" .
David Laws, Liberal Democrat schools minister, said talk of strike action was "premature".
The union says it will hold a strike ballot after the election, but before the autumn statement if "no progress" is made in talks on school funding with the next government.
The ballot motion was backed at the NUT conference in Harrogate, where delegates heard claims that funding shortages would threaten redundancies.
NUT executive member Ian Murch said over the period of the next Parliament, if funding per pupil remained fixed at the current level, "every school will be looking at getting rid of one teacher in 10, and one member of support staff in 10.
"We have not seen cuts like this in a generation and lots of members will be looking at losing their jobs."
He told delegates: "It's too late for most schools to do much cutting this September.
"So early next year, across England and Wales as employers face up to the financial realities, there will be a night of the long knives in every school and every college as teachers are cut, support staff are cut, courses and programmes are cut, and the focus will be how can we raise class sizes, how can we provide less provision for special needs."
Welsh delegate Beth Davies said in schools in Wales were also suffering, and that there was significant underfunding in some local authorities with some schools losing as much as £100,000.
The Institute of Fiscal Studies has estimated that even with the pledges of the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to protect school spending in England at current levels, rising costs will mean schools could face up to a 12% shortfall on their budgets over the next five years.
Among the funding pressures are rising teachers' pay, pensions, national insurance contributions and an increasing numbers of pupils.
The motion said "if no progress is made in talks with the new government on the issue of funding" the union should be prepared to take strike action.
It commits the NUT to working with other unions to "prepare for and ballot for a national campaign of strike and non-strike action" on the "impact of cuts on pay and working conditions".
During the general election campaign there have been different pledges to protect school funding.
Labour said it would protect the schools budget in line with inflation, and the Conservatives promised to protect per pupil funding in cash terms but not accounting for inflation.
Liberal Democrats have pledged to protect school, early years and college funding in real terms.
The Lib Dems education spokesman David Laws said it was premature to plan strike votes "before a single vote has been cast in the general election".
"Liberal Democrats are clear: you can't raise standards; recruit great teachers, and help every child reach their full potential if schools are starved of cash. We will protect the full education budget in real terms - including schools, early years and 16-19 education.
"Time and time again in government Liberal Democrats have had to stop the Conservatives from cutting education budgets.
"Tory plans for the next parliament would cut billions, with devastating consequences for schools, children and their families. Meanwhile, Labour's borrowing plans would waste £4bn a year on interest payments that could otherwise be spent on public services," said Mr Laws.
A Conservative spokesman said: "The NUT leadership's irresponsible decision to agitate for further strike action shows just how out of touch they are with parents and children across the country.
"We have had to make difficult decisions to tackle the record deficit we inherited, but we have protected spending on schools in real terms and spending per pupil has gone up over the course of this Parliament.
'We have committed to protect the money that schools receive for every individual child they teach. As pupil numbers rise, so will the amount of money that schools receive. This means we have committed to spending £590m more on schools over the next five years than Labour plan to."
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said: "A Labour government would protect the entirety of the education budget," said Mr Hunt, saying that it would include early years and post-16 spending.
But in a speech to the NASUWT teachers' union in Cardiff, Mr Hunt cautioned: "The cold truth is that there is no magic wand we can wave to take away the double squeeze of public finance and demographic pressures." | Teachers have backed calls for a ballot on strike action over shortfalls to school funding in England and Wales. |
37,996,818 | The proposals for North Wales Hospital in Denbigh have been put forward by Prince's Regeneration Trust.
Denbighshire council won a compulsory purchase order earlier this year from the site's owners amid concerns about the Grade II-listed building.
Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd is expected to retain ownership until early 2017.
Subject to the change of ownership, Denbighshire council plans to hand over the former Victorian asylum to North Wales Buildings Preservation Trust.
It will operate as a not-for-profit organisation raising the money to preserve the listed buildings on the site via its "enabling development" plans, with profits made from the sale of new properties elsewhere on the site.
Freemont bought the hospital site in 2003 following its closure in 1996.
Planning permission was granted in 2006 for a redevelopment scheme but it has since expired and no work was carried out.
In 2015, the council spent £900,000 on emergency repairs in a bid to protect it from deterioration.
Freemont, which is based in the British Virgin Isles, had opposed the compulsory purchase, while Ayub Bhailok, speaking on the company's behalf, called the latest plans "flawed and unsustainable".
On Wednesday, Denbighshire council's planning committee approved the latest proposals.
Ward councillor Colin Hughes said the development would "be very good for the town", bringing an increase in residents and visitors.
"The importance of this development to the future of Denbigh is immeasurable," he said.
"Nothing has happened here apart from deterioration in the last 21 years," he added, referring to the building itself which, he said, had played a large part of people's lives in the past.
"As it is now it is absolutely useless to us." | Plans to partly demolish a derelict Denbighshire landmark, building up to 200 homes and 34 apartments, have been approved. |
37,098,453 | Kathleen Kane, was found guilty of all nine counts including conspiracy, official oppression and perjury.
Perjury, which is a serious charge, can alone carry a penalty of seven years in prison.
Her licence to practise law has been suspended and has she resigned as attorney general.
Kane, 50, is due to be sentenced within 90 days, and has vowed to appeal.
"I have been honoured to serve the people of Pennsylvania and I wish them health and safety in all their days," Kane said in a statement.
She was found guilty of leaking sealed court documents intended to embarrass a rival prosecutor, Frank Fina, who Kane believed had planted a news story claiming that she had ended a statehouse sting operation.
An aide for Kane testified during the trial that she became "hell-bent on getting back at Frank Fina", and described her behaviour as "unhinged".
She instructed her aides to leak the information the news media, and later lied under oath when questioned by state officials.
During the trial, Kane declined to testify, and her defence team did not call a single witness to the stand.
She claims to be the victim of an "old-boys" network that are taking revenge on her for revealing lewd messages sent by government employees using state email servers.
Those embarrassing emails led to the resignation of two state Supreme Court justices, and other top government employees.
"What she did while she was the attorney general, the fact she would commit criminal acts while the top prosecutor, is a disgrace,'' assistant district attorney Michelle Henry said after the verdict.
The judge has released Kane on bail after requiring her to forfeit her passport to prevent her from leaving the country.
Before being released the judge also warned Kane that there would be additional consequences if there were any signs that she was retaliating against witnesses.
Several of her top aides testified against her during the trial in exchange for immunity.
Kane, once a rising star of the Democratic Party, assumed office in 2013 becoming the first woman, and the first Democrat, to hold the position of attorney general.
She had not held an elected position before then.
She now faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison, however a lesser sentence is expected. | The top law enforcement official in the US state of Pennsylvania has been convicted of several crimes after she leaked documents critical of a rival. |
17,683,584 | His latest work The Prague Cemetery, a thriller set in 19th Century Paris, is joined by another Italian writer, Diego Marani.
Works by Chinese, Icelandic, German and Israeli authors are also in contention for the £10,000 prize.
The IFFP, which awards literature translated into English, announces its winner in London on 14 May.
Eco's novel, The Prague Cemetery follows adventurer and forger Captain Simone Simonini, who is called upon to investigate assassinations and political intrigue which affect Europe's future.
The author is best known for his book The Name of the Rose, which was made into a film starring Sean Connery.
Dream of Ding Village by China's Yan Lianke is about a community in China devastated by an Aids epidemic through contaminated blood and was banned by the Chinese authorities.
The other nominated authors include Germany's Judith Hermann and Israel's Aharon Appelfeld.
The second Italian author in the running for the honour, Diego Marani, tells a tale of a soldier who discovers his Finnish homeland through a rediscovery of language.
The IFFP also awards the translators and their ability to bridge the gap between language and culture, who are awarded half the £10,000 prize.
Previous winners of the award include Czech Milan Kundera, WG Sebald for his novel Austerlitz and Peruvian Santiago Roncagliolo, who won last year with Red April. | Italian Umberto Eco is among the writers nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (IFFP). |
29,945,566 | If you were to be a bit more Dickensian about it, you could flog them and tell them they are going to bed without any dinner.
But what do you do when two of the people who are not playing nicely are the president of the United States and the other is the most powerful Republican in the land?
Before we get into that, let's try to take them at their word that they are going to turn over a new leaf.
I know, I know - they've said it before: they will be on their best behaviour as if Granny were coming to stay, they won't wind the other up.
Then the moment your back is turned, they're fighting like demented polecats and blaming the other for starting it.
But Barack Obama has said he's prepared to sit down and drink bourbon with Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, and is even prepared to allow the leader of the House, John Boehner, to let him win at golf again.
So let's give them one more chance, and examine how it might work. First the words - they're good. Well, some of them are.
Let's review a little of what Mitch McConnell had to say as the new majority leader of the Senate.
"We do have an obligation to work together on the issues where we can agree," he told a news conference in his home state of Kentucky.
"Just because we have a two-party system doesn't mean we have to be in perpetual conflict... We're going to pass legislation. Some of it he may not like, but this gridlock and dysfunction can be ended."
And from the president, the same cautiously optimistic words, as he acknowledged the Republicans had had a good night.
"I'm eager to work with the new Congress to make the next two years as productive as possible. I am committed to making sure that I measure ideas not by whether they are from Democrats or Republicans but whether they work for the American people," Mr Obama said.
"And that's not to say that we won't disagree over some issues that we're passionate about. We will. Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign. I'm pretty sure I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like.
"That's natural. That's how our democracy works. But we can surely find ways to work together on issues where there's broad agreement among the American people."
So that's all OK then. Well not quite. There are profound ideological differences, and you don't have to scratch the surface very hard to find the fissures that lie beneath.
Let's just take one big example - immigration reform. Mr Obama has been frustrated beyond belief that he has been unable to make progress on this. So yesterday, after the conciliatory words, he said he could act unilaterally if necessary.
By issuing an executive order, the president can simply bypass Congress - and at a stroke give the opportunity to allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.
Mr McConnell said this would be "poisoning the well... it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull." (Why use one metaphor when two will do?)
So already within minutes of peace breaking out, you have skirmishing. John Boehner chose a different metaphor - he said if the president continues to act unilaterally, he will be like a child playing with matches and will burn himself.
And then just as the president wants to take action on immigration, the Republicans are equally passionate about reforming/unpicking the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
Mr Boehner has just said it is hurting the economy. But if the Congress passed legislation to repeal it, it is a 100% certain bet that the president will flash his veto.
So on what other issues might we see progress?
Mr Obama has wavered over the Keystone XL pipeline that will run from Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico for fear of offending environmental campaigners ahead of the mid-terms, even though business is desperate for the measure and it would create jobs.
The president could trade that for Republican support to back greater spending on infrastructure - roads, bridges and the like.
Corporate tax reform is firmly on the Republican agenda, but the president would not want to concede this without something back. Perhaps it would be movement on increasing the minimum wage, something that was backed in ballot initiatives in a number of Republican states on the night of the mid-term elections.
But you just have to listen to the two sides, and you can only come away with one conclusion: the antipathy and hostility far outweighs any sense of trust.
"This is not about politics, this is about doing what is right for the country," John Boehner said with absolute sincerity.
Barack Obama would, with equal sincerity and passion, say exactly the same. They just fundamentally disagree on what is right.
And no amount of bourbon or rounds of golf is going to sort that. | If you are a parent and you have two kids who are squabbling badly you have the sanction of sending them to their rooms. |
29,565,156 | The train firm currently has a short-term extension to its franchise which runs out in September 2015.
The new franchise would cover the entire period of upgrades taking place on the Great Western network.
It is also likely to include a replacement fleet of suburban trains for the Thames Valley.
The deal means that the current FGW management team will remain in place throughout Network Rail's electrification programme, the new multi-billion pound fleet of intercity trains - to be built by Japanese firm Hitachi - and the launch of Crossrail services to Reading.
No financial deal has yet been agreed, but FGW's parent company FirstGroup, the leading transport operator in the UK and North America, will be the only bidder.
FirstGroup chief executive Tim O'Toole said "a period of detailed negotiation" would now follow but that the operator was "very pleased" with DfT's offer of a direct award of three-and-a-half years, with an option to extend for up to one year.
He added: "This offers good value and better services for First Great Western passengers and, in particular, will provide stability and allow the planned major projects and new trains to be delivered."
On Wednesday FirstGroup lost the battle to run Scotland's trains as the ScotRail franchise was won by Dutch rail operator Abellio.
Tony Miles, of Modern Railways magazine, said having the same, "most experienced" team in charge of the upgrades would be most beneficial for passengers.
"It's the most sensible decision to take while Great Western is undergoing this period of massive change," he said. | First Great Western (FGW) is to be offered a new franchise which could last up to four-and-a-half years, the Department for Transport (DfT) says. |
27,697,408 | 4 June 2014 Last updated at 14:16 BST
One hundred and forty six soldiers lost their lives in the battle in 1944.
The victory was a strategic success allowing the allies to continue their advance on Germany.
Carwyn Jones reports. | There will be special celebrations in Amsterdam later marking 70 years since Welsh troops liberated the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch. |
30,377,795 | The 47-year-old was knocked down by a Ford Focus on the A198 at Dirleton near North Berwick at 00:10 and pronounced dead at the scene.
Meanwhile, a man was knocked down by a white Vauxhall Astra van on the A199 at Old Post Road in Tranent at 16:30 on Sunday.
The man sustained a head injury but left the scene before police arrived.
Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses.
The man was described as white, in his early 20s, clean shaven, 5ft 6ins to 5ft 7ins, possibly Eastern European, with short dark hair.
He was wearing a dark hooded top and blue jeans.
In a separate incident, a 36-year-old man has been taken to hospital after being trapped under a lorry on Ferry Road in Edinburgh. The road has been closed while emergency services work at the scene. | A man has been killed after being hit by a car as he walked along the side of a road in East Lothian. |
37,466,885 | He collapsed during the second half of Saturday's game against West Bridgford at the Rutland Showgrounds.
"The club is grateful to the ambulance service who were promptly in attendance," an Oakham statement said.
"Despite their best efforts, Savanaca was pronounced dead on arrival at Peterborough Hospital."
The statement added: "The thoughts and prayers of the club, its players and supporters are all with Savanaca's family at this very difficult time."
Oakham play in Midlands 2 East (South), the seventh tier of the English rugby union pyramid. | Rugby union player Savanaca Kokoibulileka has died after collapsing on the pitch while playing for Rutland-based club Oakham RFC. |
37,448,629 | The main purpose of the launch which took place at the Sriharikota space centre off India's eastern coast, was to put into orbit SCATSAT-1, a satellite that will help weather forecasting. Five of the other satellites that were on board are foreign, from the US, Canada and Algeria.
In June India launched 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country's ambitious space programme. Seventeen of those were foreign.
Monday's launch takes the number of foreign satellites launched by India to 79. This has earned the country more than $120m (£92m). And India's space agency has already secured deals to launch dozens more foreign satellites.
This is good news for a country that has often faced criticism for spending money on a space programme when it has problems like poverty and hunger to tackle.
AS Kiran Kumar, chairman of the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), says the agency is trying to make its operations more cost-effective.
"We will be able to maximise our returns by making use of the excess space available in the vehicle while we are launching the satellites we make for our national requirements," he says.
India's ability to launch multiple satellites in a single mission has also put it on firm footing in the global market.
Many private companies are developing satellites that they need for their operations, but most cannot afford to launch these independently. So they need to piggyback on missions from agencies like Isro that have launch facilities.
"The need for launches is growing exponentially worldwide, primarily because of new companies that are planning to launch entire commercial constellations [groups] of satellites, where a single company might need to launch anything between 24 to 648 satellites," says Susmita Mohanty, chief executive of Earth2Orbit, a company that has been helping negotiate launch deals between India's space agency and private firms.
Another thing that could be making India an attractive proposition is the frequency of its launches and its ability to meet deadlines.
"So far we have been able to meet the time requirements of the customers," says Mr Kumar.
India now plans to have as many as 12 launches a year, a pace that's more than doubled since 2015.
Still, getting foreign satellites on board is not simple.
"It's fairly complex to get a foreign commercial company to launch on a rocket built by a government space agency,' says Ms Mohanty.
"There are regulatory hurdles, contractual, legal and export control complications."
And of course there's competition too, not only from other space-faring countries but also increasingly from private firms like Elon Musk's SpaceX.
So far India has only been launching small and light foreign satellites, using the PSLV, which has become its most reliable launch vehicle, with 36 consecutive successful launches so far.
"In this weight class there are not too many operators,' says Mr Kumar.
"In the heavier weight class there are many, for example Europe's Ariane rocket has established itself and from the new lot there is SpaceX, but even they have not provided many opportunities for such small satellite operators."
But launching heavier satellites is where the big money is, which is why many players are even reducing the price of their rocket launches to bag more deals.
India has been launching heavy satellites on its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) but so far it has only been used for domestic satellites.
In recent months though, there have been queries from foreign companies for launches on the GSLV.
If India can successfully start taking more heavy satellites to space, it could really fire up its position in a market that's worth billions of dollars. | On Monday, India sent a rocket into space which successfully launched eight satellites in one go. |
40,541,721 | 8 July 2017 Last updated at 10:53 BST
Newsround's been chatting to Andy fans at Wimbledon about watching him play, why he's so great and whether he's got what it takes to win! | Andy Murray's through to the second week of Wimbledon but can the two-time champ win the tournament again? |
33,136,423 | In a statement the country's central bank said it had lowered its one-week minimum auction repo rate by 1 percentage point.
Inflation eased from a high of 16.9% in March to 15.8% in May.
The bank also repeated that it was concerned about a "considerable" cooling of the economy. It said it expected gross domestic product to contract by 3.2% this year.
The Russian rouble was little changed after the rate decision as it was in line with analyst predictions.
Interest rates had hit 17% last December in an emergency move to halt a run on the rouble.
Russia's economy is being squeezed by Western sanctions over the situation in Ukraine, and a fall in global oil prices. | Russia has cut its main interest rate from 12.5% to 11.5% as inflation eases. |
12,650,946 | TV is the most popular medium, especially in cities. BTV is the sole terrestrial network. Popular satellite and cable channels and Indian TV stations have large audiences.
State-run radio covers almost the entire country. BBC World Service in English and Bengali can be heard on 100 MHz FM in Dhaka.
Newspapers are diverse, outspoken and privately-owned. English-language titles appeal mainly to an educated urban readership.
Media outlets tend to be polarised, aligning themselves with one or other of the main political factions.
In 2014, the government prompted concern from media freedom advocates by issuing a policy banning TV and radio stations from broadcasting material deemed to harm the image of the armed forces and law-enforcement agencies impede state security.
Around 6.8% of Bangladeshi citizens are online (InternetLiveStats.com, 2014).
US-based Freedom House says there are periodic blocks of YouTube, Facebook and high-profile blogs.
A temporary block imposed on Facebook and other platforms in late 2015 was criticised by social media users, while businesses reported a negative effect on trade.
Some prominent bloggers, especially those commenting about Islamic fundamentalism, have been murdered for their writing. Bloggers and social media users have been arrested on blasphemy-related charges. | The main broadcasters - Radio Bangladesh and Bangladesh Television (BTV) - are state-owned and government-friendly. |
40,041,521 | Jersey's Royal Court heard Polish national Pawel Dzielak slammed a knife with a 10-12cm (4-5in) blade onto a St Helier shop counter.
Dzielak, 32, left the shop with two mobiles phones and between £300-£400 which he spent on a hotel room, food, alcohol and cigarettes.
He had pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and threatening to use force.
The court heard Dzielak initially showed "no remorse" for the robbery that left shopkeeper Bruno Alves, of Temple Stores, in fear of his life.
Mr Alves told the court he had seen the defendant "acting suspiciously" outside his shop on the morning of the attack on 5 January.
That afternoon Dzielak went inside and threatened Mr Alves before taking the phones and the money.
The court heard Dzielak told a probation officer he had "got a buzz" from what he had done and he was "not sorry" for the robbery.
At his sentencing on Wednesday his defence advocate read out a letter of remorse from Dzeilak.
The court was told he had a high risk of reoffending and was a risk to the public because he has a history of mental health problems, was unemployed and suffering from depression.
Commissioner Julian Clyde Smith said in sentencing he had taken into account "aggravating factors" including the use of a weapon, how Dzielak had planned the attack and the impact on the victim and his family.
He recommended the defendant get treatment for his mental health problems and said, considering Dzielak had no ties to Jersey through accommodation, work or family, he should be deported. | A man who robbed a shopkeeper at knifepoint has been jailed for four years and recommended for deportation. |
38,413,589 | A concussion review panel concluded he should not have played on after a head knock against Leicester on 3 December.
North told the Daily Mail, prior to Wednesday's report, he aims to be like Wales team-mate Gethin Jenkins, 36.
"If I could have that professionalism towards the end of my career and still want to get out of bed and go again, that would be amazing," said North, 24.
"When I think of who I am, rugby is a big part of that. I wouldn't have the friends I do without rugby. It's like anything. When it's good it's good, when it's bad, it's bad. But it's a sport, a job. It's not going to change anyone's life."
The club told BBC Wales Sport it would not comment on the interview, which was carried out earlier in December.
North's injury against Leicester, which came in Northampton's 19-11 defeat on 3 December, was the fifth blow to the head he has sustained in his career.
Former World Rugby medical advisor Dr Barry O'Driscoll told BBC Radio Wales that North would be told not to play rugby again if he were an amateur, because of the amount of concussions he has had.
The Wales international has been left out of Northampton Saints' squad for their Premiership game against Sale Sharks on Friday, despite boss Jim Mallinder saying he was set to feature in the match. | Northampton wing George North says he wants to continue playing for years to come despite his latest head injury. |
38,397,301 | Anthony O'Sullivan and two other Caerphilly council officers were suspended on full pay in 2013.
It was claimed they agreed to give themselves 20% pay rises when most council staff faced pay freezes.
A criminal case was dropped in 2015 which the council said led to the change in Mr O'Sullivan's status.
He is not back at work because the authority is still carrying out its own internal investigation into the pay rises.
But because the misconduct in public office criminal charges were thrown out of court, Mr O'Sullivan's solicitor highlighted to the council the suspension was both "unlawful" and "unconstitutional".
The change to special paid leave was made in March but it was not made public.
In a statement, the council said: "The council was grateful to Mr O'Sullivan for accepting this change of status but requested that he did not publicise this fact.
"Mr O'Sullivan behaved honourably, as ever, in observing this request."
The revelation came out because Mr O'Sullivan's solicitor David Lewis, of Richards and Lewis, wrote to the council in November requesting the change be made public because of continued media reports referring to him as suspended.
Mr O'Sullivan, along with deputy Nigel Barnett and head of legal services Daniel Perkins were suspended in 2013 after the Wales Audit Office declared their pay rises unlawful.
Caerphilly council has been asked about the status of the other two men. | A council chief executive at the centre of a probe into pay rises given to senior staff is no longer suspended but instead on "special paid leave". |
35,976,067 | Russell Lodge in Gorleston, which closed last year, caught fire on Tuesday night.
The building in Lowestoft Road was due to go under the hammer at Dunston Hall near Norwich on Thursday, with a listed guide price of £250,000.
Norfolk Police said it was investigating the fire as potentially suspicious.
The care home shut after the Care Quality Commission found it was not meeting four out of five standards.
Nearby residents were alerted to the flames when they heard firefighters smashing through a cast iron cover to get to a hydrant.
Gordon Hargreaves, who lives across the road from the property, said he was "panicking" about the next-door neighbours' "wooden-framed house". | A former care home in Norfolk which was due to be auctioned has been severely damaged in a blaze. |
40,821,148 | Speaker John Bercow, a tennis fan, got two Royal Box tickets for Wimbledon, with an estimated value of £8,590.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson also got two cheaper Wimbledon tickets while Tory Damian Collins and Nigel Adams declared Glastonbury tickets.
Meanwhile Theresa May registered a discount card from shoe shop Russell & Bromley.
The prime minister, whose love of shoes is well documented, has worn the retailer's shoes to Conservative Party conferences and registered a discount card valid from January 2017 to January 2018 - without details of what it entitled her to.
The Labour Party said Mr Watson had received his tickets in his capacity as shadow sport secretary. Conservative Mr Collins is chairman of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee while Mr Adams is also a committee member.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn - whose speech on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage drew thousands - had previously declared two tickets worth £476 but said they were given to a family member. As a speaker at the event, he did not need a ticket.
Among other freebies declared by MPs in the latest update to the register are two tickets for the England v South Africa test match at Lords for Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, while Labour's Richard Burden got two tickets for the Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Conservative Mims Davies got a ticket to Royal Ascot while Labour's Stephen Doughty and Tory John Howell got tickets to the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Conservative backbencher Philip Davies declared several tickets for horse racing at Royal Ascot and the Coral Eclipse at Sandown as well as the League One football play-offs.
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband declared an expected £2,500 payment for hosting Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show for a week.
Conservative backbencher Nadine Dorries declared a £50,000 signing fee for a new book deal - she had previously declared a regular £13,000-per-month payment from her publisher.
MPs are required to declare any financial interest which "others might reasonably consider to influence his or her actions or words as a member of Parliament" within 28 days. | MPs have enjoyed free activities from Wimbledon to Glastonbury, according to their latest register of interests. |
24,862,512 | Both teams ended with 10 men after Laurent Koscielny and Olexandr Kucher were sent off in stoppage time.
But the damage had already been done as Roman Zozulya side-footed home after being put through by Edmar.
Koscielny then conceded a penalty for bringing down Zozulya, allowing Andriy Yarmolenko to convert from the spot.
The victory on home soil will give Ukraine, who have lost their previous three World Cup play-offs, confidence ahead of Tuesday's second leg in Paris.
Ukraine's advantage also leaves Didier Deschamps's men facing the prospect of failing to qualify for a major tournament for the first time since the 1994 World Cup.
Deschamps admitted before the match that his team faced a stern test in Kiev, with the hosts unbeaten in 10 games since Mikhail Fomenko became manager at the beginning of the year.
Ukraine have also become adept at keeping clean sheets, with this their eighth clean sheet during Fomenko's tenure.
With Franck Ribery closely marked, France barely troubled the Ukrainians, a volley from Samir Nasri after falling a goal behind the closest Les Bleus came to scoring.
Edmar was the architect of the first goal, bisecting the French defence, and Zozulya held firm under desperate French defending to squeeze the ball home from six yards.
Ukraine threatened to score a second and were rewarded with the penalty, while Yarmolenko converted. The evening got worse for Koscielny as he was shown a second yellow for raising his arms at Kucher.
A perfect evening for the hosts was ruined when Kucher was then shown a second yellow two minutes later for a foul on Mathieu Valbuena.
Deschamps said: "Opening the scoring gave them more strength and we made a mistake on the penalty.
"It's obviously a very bad result. We have to believe [we can go through] but Ukraine are the team in the best position to qualify. We still have 90 minutes at home." | France's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil suffered a major blow as Ukraine won the first leg of their play-off tie. |
39,711,370 | Barry Solomon, 42, was discovered in a house in Kemble Square in Downhill, Sunderland on Saturday night.
Three youths arrested in connection with the death have been released on bail. A 39-year-old woman who was also arrested has been released "under investigation", without bail.
A cordon is in place at the property. Officers have appealed for witnesses. | The death of a man who was found with "significant injuries" is being treated as murder, Northumbria police said. |
34,976,616 | Rob Cook's score inside two minutes was quickly cancelled out by Nev Edwards' try, before two Billy Twelvetrees penalties gave Gloucester a three-point half-time lead at Kingsholm.
Edwards, starting his first Premiership match, then edged Sharks ahead with a second try, but Kalamafoni crossed twice to restore the hosts' lead.
Danny Cipriani's penalty closed the gap to four points but Gloucester held on.
Both sides had endured inconsistent starts to the new season, winning two and losing three of their opening five Premiership matches prior to the contest.
But the Cherry and Whites, who boast the second best home record in Premiership history, were too strong for a Sharks side with only one win on the road in the last 12 months.
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When winger Edwards crossed to put Steve Diamond's side ahead in the second half it looked as if Sale might register a third victory of the campaign.
But, with Gloucester hooker Richard Hibbard in the sin bin, Cipriani turned down an easy kick at goal to add to the visitors' score and instead headed for the corner.
Sale's gamble did not come off though and to add to their frustration Kalamafoni scored two tries in quick succession to re-establish Gloucester's control.
Cipriani did land a penalty from in front of the posts with 11 minutes left to keep Sale's hopes alive, but the home side closed the game out to lift themselves up to sixth in the Premiership table.
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys:
"We are absolutely delighted with the win. The league table already shows that one or two wins take you up, and one or two losses take you down.
"It's a great league, it's tough, and we know how close the games are going to be. We are delighted to come away with a victory against what is a very good, well-organised Sale team.
"I thought we found that bit of a spark. We struggled over the last couple of Premiership games, but tonight was much better. We were able to get on the front foot, we played with some width and we showed some ambition.
"If you think back over the last 18 months, the one thing you can't fault in this team is character and hard work. They never give up."
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond:
"We gave the ball away a bit too easily when we were in their 22, but credit to Gloucester, they didn't turn the ball over in the crucial stages.
"I thought Gloucester deserved the win tonight, but our last couple of games - the draw against Newcastle, and we should have beaten Harlequins away - you can't be nearly men all the time.
"We have just got to get the pressure situations sorted out in our team, kick our goals and kick field position when we get there.
"We know we are good with ball in hand - it's the basics that let us down. Even in the last three or four minutes, we knocked the ball on twice. If you can't convert your pressure into points, you get beaten."
Gloucester: Cook; Sharples, Meakes, Twelvetrees (capt), May; Hook, Heinz; McAllister, Hibbard, Afoa, Savage, Thrush, Moriarty, Kvesic, Kalamafoni.
Replacements: Trinder for Meakes (49), Laidlaw for Heinz (51), Wood for McAllister (49), Dawidiuk for Hibbard (56), Galarza for Savage (57), Rowan for Kalamafoni (65).
Not Used: N. Thomas, Purdy.
Sin Bin: Hibbard (44).
Sale: Haley; Edwards, James, Tuitupou, Addison; Cipriani, Stringer; Harrison, Taylor, Cobilas, Evans, Mills, Braid (capt), TJ Ioane, Beaumont.
Replacements: Cusiter for Stringer (65), Lewis-Roberts for Harrison (53), Briggs for Taylor (65), Mujati for V. Cobilas (54), Ostrikov for Mills (59), Seymour for Braid (53).
Not Used: Ford, Jennings.
Att: 13,000
For the latest rugby union news follow @bbcrugbyunion on Twitter. | Sione Kalamafoni scored two tries as Gloucester edged to victory over Sale. |
28,605,694 | The 45-year-old had been in a vegetative state since 2011 when he was found at the bottom of a flight of stairs with a head injury.
His team paid tribute to him after he died on Thursday, claiming he "changed the art world forever".
Robbo's tit-for-tat feud with Bansky was the subject of a TV documentary.
On Robbo's website, his team wrote: "Peace and respect to Robbo's close family and friends... the Crew of Team Robbo and WRH and all his many fans and supporters around the world.
"Team Robbo - "All the way" - Robbo changed the art world…forever!"
King Robbo started tagging trains in London in the 1980s after the practice became popular in New York, though he became less active in the 90s.
A representative from Team Robbo said: "He was known by a lot of underground graffiti writers, old-school writers, the original pioneers."
He added: "He was infectious. Once you'd met him, you'd know that you would have met him."
His notorious feud with Banksy began in 2009 when the Bristol-based artist painted over one of his tags next to Regent's Canal in Camden, which dated from 1985.
London graffiti blogger Joe said it was one of the last authentic pieces from the hey-day of graffiti, which was why Robbo was so angry.
In retaliation, he painted his name over Banksy's artwork - an image of a painter and decorator hanging wallpaper over Robbo's original tag.
The street war continued and the pair painted over each other's work numerous times.
The feud reignited interest in Robbo's work, which he said gave him the impetus to return to the art scene, and an exhibition of his paintings was subsequently held in a London gallery.
Team Robbo said the artist was the self-appointed king of the London graffiti scene in its 1980s.
At 6ft 8in tall, he was an imposing figure on the graffiti scene, his team said.
"He was a bit of a scallywag. However, you do silly things when you're younger, but we're now talking about a 45-year-old man," his team said.
Banksy has paid tribute to Robbo on his website, listing the names of the graffiti crews he was a part of: "Robbo WRH WD PFB - RIP".
Graffiti Wars, a documentary examining the duo's rivalry, was broadcast on Channel 4 in September 2011. | Graffiti artist King Robbo, who rose to prominence in London in the 1980s and notoriously feuded with fellow artist Banksy, has died. |
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The Scot was a clear winner after he led Great Britain to their first Davis Cup team tennis triumph for 79 years.
Next year Murray, 28, who is set to become a father, will attempt to defend his Olympic title and seek a third Grand Slam triumph.
"The scheduling will be difficult next year but it's exciting," he said.
Murray became only the fourth person to win the BBC award twice - following boxer Henry Cooper and F1 drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill - after first winning in 2013.
He finished a clear first in the public vote, with rugby league veteran Kevin Sinfield second and heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill narrowly beating boxer Tyson Fury to third place.
Murray said he had never been to Worthing, the Sussex town which featured in his self-deprecating acceptance speech.
"A friend sent me a message the other day with an article saying, 'Andy Murray is duller than a weekend in Worthing', which I thought was a bit harsh - on Worthing," he said after collecting the trophy.
On Monday the south coast town's town crier invited the Scot to visit the seaside resort.
Bob Smytherman tweeted: "Oyez! Thanks for mention of #Worthing @andy-murray you are welcome to visit us. Congratulations on #SPOTY2015 Happy to show you around town."
Murray has just returned from a training camp in Dubai and will seek a first Australian Open title in Melbourne in January, while his wife Kim is expecting their first child.
"That becomes my number one priority. In February, me and my wife's lives will change forever, and I'm sure that will be in a positive way," he said.
"A lot of the players are able to mix and balance the two in a positive way.
"Novak Djokovic is a father and just had his best year ever - his baby was born this year - and Roger Federer has four children and is still travelling at 34 years old, so you can do it.
"There's no reason for it to have a negative effect on my tennis. I'm really looking forward to it.
"As you get older, it's important to have distractions. I do put a lot of time and effort into tennis and spend a lot of time away from my family, which is something I miss."
A second win provided further evidence that the popularity of Murray, who won the US Open and Olympic gold in 2012 before triumphing at Wimbledon a year later, has increased significantly in recent years.
"The last five or six years, through all of my Wimbledon runs, obviously the Olympics was unbelievable, every time I've played Davis Cup home matches, the support has been great," he said.
"I've had absolutely zero complaints at all. Tonight I guess proved that.
"You can never please everybody but I have tried my whole career to be myself as much as I could.
"I love competing for my country and my results when I'm playing for my country are much better than when I'm playing on my own. I do genuinely love it."
The build-up to the show was dominated by media coverage of controversial comments on homosexuality and women by world heavyweight champion Fury.
At the ceremony, the Manchester fighter said: "If I've said anything in the past that's hurt anybody, I apologise."
Murray, a big boxing fan, said he had stayed up to watch Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko in November the night before he sealed GB's Davis Cup triumph over Belgium in Ghent.
"I guess it's up to the public to decide. Not everyone has to agree with what he says but that's freedom of speech and people have the right to disagree," said Murray.
"His achievement, winning against Klitschko... nearly everyone said was almost impossible. He proved everyone wrong."
A vibrant sell-out crowd of 7,500 watched the show, which was held in Northern Ireland for the first time, at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Presenter Gary Lineker cut his hand on the trophy early on, gymnast Max Whitlock performed a routine on the top of a piano and One Direction star Niall Horan was among the celebrities who presented a trophy.
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But for many the star of the show was eight-year-old Bailey Matthews, who was presented with the Helen Rollason Award for courage in the face of adversity.
A video of Matthews, who has cerebral palsy, completing his first triathlon unaided after abandoning his walking aid to cross the finishing line has been viewed on Facebook more than 27 million times.
Given a standing ovation in the arena, he prompted more applause when interviewed on BBC Radio 5 live.
When presenter John Inverdale said to him: "Look at that trophy, that's yours, how amazing is that?" He replied: "I don't think the people listening will be able to see it."
Asked if he had any ambitions and what he would like to be in the future, Matthews said: "Me." | Andy Murray is looking forward to an "exciting" 2016 after being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a second time. |
36,824,677 | The Croat, aged 37 and five months, beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (14-12) to claim his seventh career title.
Marty Riessen won in Lafayette in 1979, aged 37 years and nine months.
At the French Open this year Karlovic became the oldest man for 25 years to reach the third round of a Grand Slam. | Ivo Karlovic became the oldest ATP Tour title winner for 37 years with victory in the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. |
39,790,965 | Paul Dadge, 40, shared the news on his Twitter account on Tuesday evening.
He was branded a hero after a powerful photo emerged of him helping "the woman in the mask" after the tube bombings.
Mr Dadge will take on Tory Amanda Milling, who had a majority of nearly 5,000 at the last election.
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On 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers with rucksacks full of explosives attacked central London, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds more.
It was the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil.
The photo of Paul Dadge helping then 25-year-old Davinia Douglass dominated the front pages of newspapers.
But Mr Dadge has always denied he was a 'hero'. Speaking to the BBC shortly after the terror attack, he said, "I am not a hero, not at all.
"I just happened to be on the spot and I did what I could to help." | An ex-firefighter who shot to fame in the wake of the 7/7 bombings has been selected to fight the Cannock Chase seat for Labour at the general election. |
38,993,912 | The Irish government has made clear it is only contingency work.
It said, at this stage, it does not envisage a return of customs officers along the border.
On Wednesday, Taoiseach (PM) Enda Kenny said he was confident the EU would not allow "one of the most divisive borders in the world" to be reimposed.
However, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has confirmed to a parliamentary committee that contingency plans are being drawn up in the light of the Brexit vote.
Mairead McGuinness, vice president of the European Parliament and an MEP for the government Fine Gael party in Ireland, said planning had to take place.
"What the finance minister said very clearly is that, at a technical level, the officials are looking at contingency planning because of the outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom, but there is no policy decision or drive to implement any of these technical issues," she said.
"The taoiseach, and indeed the finance minister, is very well aware that we have said that there will be no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland because of the political, economic, psychological implications of that.
"To some extent, had the concerns about Northern Ireland, and indeed of the island of Ireland, been taken into account properly in the UK referendum, we might, perhaps, not be in this very difficult and stark situation."
Both the British and Irish governments have made clear that they do not want a return to what they have repeatedly called the "borders of the past".
However, what Brexit actually means for the Irish border will only be decided in the negotiations to come between the UK and European negotiators.
During the Troubles, there were only 20 places to cross between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
But the success of the peace process has led to huge numbers of roads being reopened and there are now 260 crossing points. | Work has begun to identify places where customs checkpoints could be set up once again on the Irish border, in preparation for the UK leaving the EU. |
40,107,294 | On Facebook, the TV presenter admitted her trademark curls were fake and she was going through the perimenopause, which is the start of the menopause.
Sawalha said her hair "was my favourite thing about myself."
She revealed a doctor told her she had the balding gene on the ITV daytime show in September.
In the video, she breaks down telling people she used to say her hair was her "crowning glory" and did not realise the gene could occur in women.
She added: "My hair is not like that anymore, my hair really started to change after I had my kids.
"It sounds awful saying it as people lose all of their hair to alopecia or cancer treatment but it doesn't make it any easier, the fact that I'm losing my hair."
In sharing what Ms Sawalha describes as a "confession", she says she hopes "by speaking out it helps make you not feel alone in this and please share if you think it might help someone you know".
The menopause is the transition of when a woman stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally. | Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha has posted an emotional video online talking about losing her hair at the age of 52. |
38,369,097 | The 30-year-old, who has nine senior international caps for Wales, joined Bath in September on a short-term deal.
The former Newport Gwent Dragons and Biarritz player began his career at Ospreys, and also had a short spell with Cardiff Blues.
"I've really enjoyed getting a good run of games under my belt," Brew told Bath's club website.
Director of rugby Todd Blackadder added: "Aled has brought so much to the team, on and off the field, since his arrival and will continue to form an integral part of the squad." | Bath wing Aled Brew has signed a contract extension with the Premiership club until the end of next season. |
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The Gunners' offer - reported to be £6m - was rejected by Wanderers and criticised by their boss Owen Coyle.
In addition, Trotters chairman Phil Gartside re-posted a message on Twitter from a Bolton fan angered by the bid.
"That number is completely wrong," said Wenger. "If Gartside can say I am lying I am ready to confront him."
The Frenchman added: "I believe every negotiation is between two parties and you only have to sell the player if you are all right with the price.
"In this case the information is below what has been spoken about.
"You can believe Gartside or you can believe me. It's not right. It's not the truth.
"The truth is that we never speak about our negotiations.
"If a club doesn't want to sell a player it can keep him. When we sign a player we come out here and tell you and keep the price a secret.
"They do not need to sell the player, they can keep him. If you ask do I want to buy your house and you are not happy with the price you say no, that's it.
"Why should you feel insulted? I don't understand. If the player is not for sale they can keep him. I don't understand the problem.
"If we want to buy the player we buy the player. I do not have to explain for how much."
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On Friday, in response to Arsenal's bid for England international Cahill, Bolton manager Coyle said: "When I make an offer for a player, I'd like to think it's in the right ball park.
"But this wasn't even close. I'm only passing it on as a third party, but the word derisory doesn't even cover it."
In June Coyle said he was resigned to losing the 25-year-old centre-back - who joined them from Aston Villa and is now in the final year of his contract - this summer.
Arsenal have a raft of injury problems, and defenders Laurent Koscielny and Sebastien Squillaci both missed the club's Champions League qualifying win at Udinese on Wednesday.
The transfer window closes on 31 August.
Arsenal have received nearly £60m for the sales of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri this summer, and manager Arsene Wenger insists the money that has come in is available for him to buy new players. | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reacted angrily to suggestions from Bolton that his bid for their defender Gary Cahill was "derisory". |
39,163,355 | Sam Jones gave the Mariners the lead after just seven minutes with a close-range header from Danny Andrew's cross.
The influential Jones was then involved in Grimsby's second goal after 71 minutes. The striker's powerful drive was saved by Charlie Grainger with his feet but the ball cannoned off Callum Kennedy into his own net.
Skipper Craig Disley then produced a sublime piece of skill to place the ball into the path of substitute Scott Vernon, who volleyed the ball into the net from six yards after 87 minutes.
In added time, the unfortunate Kennedy was denied a consolation goal when his long-rage effort struck a post.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3.
Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3.
Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient).
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 3. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Disley.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Sam Jones.
Delay in match Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Freddy Moncur (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient).
Delay in match Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) because of an injury.
Foul by Tom Parkes (Leyton Orient).
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient).
Shaun Pearson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Own Goal by Callum Kennedy, Leyton Orient. Leyton Orient 0, Grimsby Town 2.
Attempt saved. Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Tristan Abrahams (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Tristan Abrahams replaces Sam Dalby.
Attempt missed. Danny Andrew (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient).
Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Akwasi Asante replaces Callum Dyson.
Attempt saved. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Michael Collins (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Michael Collins (Leyton Orient).
Sam Jones (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Michael Collins (Leyton Orient).
Jamey Osborne (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Jamey Osborne replaces Tom Bolarinwa.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card.
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Grimsby recorded their seventh away league win of the season with a convincing victory over League Two strugglers Leyton Orient. |
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Jonas Eriksson awarded a spot-kick for a foul on Antoine Griezmann, with replays showing the offence took place outside the box.
Griezmann scored the penalty to give Atletico a 1-0 victory in Spain.
"It is a really disappointing decision by the referee," said Shakespeare.
"It's a key moment in the game. He has to get that one right, he can't guess on those things. It's a definite free-kick but it's out of the box.
"It's the key decisions you want correct."
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was equally adamant that the decision was the incorrect one.
"It was plain and obvious to see. It has ruined our gameplan," he told BT Sport.
"It is a decision that is tough to take when it is so clear and obvious. We should have had something from this but we have to accept it.
"We made a challenge outside of the box. They might have scored from that free-kick but obviously there is a much better chance of scoring from the penalty - but it was never a penalty."
Former Manchester United, Everton and England defender Phil Neville on BBC Radio 5 live:
"It was an outstanding result. Craig Shakespeare would have taken that before tonight.
"Leicester have defended really well and limited Atletico Madrid to shots from distance. It was just a horrendous penalty decision that has cost them the game.
"We have no monitor and no television replays and I knew straight away that Marc Albrighton's challenge was outside the box. We must be about 80 yards away from the incident. The referee was right on top of it. It was a diabolical decision.
"I didn't expect that sort of defensive concentration from them. I feared the worst after their 4-2 defeat by Everton on Sunday. I keep thinking that the Leicester fairytale can't continue, but the fans here believe.
"What I will say, however, is that Atletico might prefer playing Leicester at the King Power where they will be forced to come out and attack."
The Foxes, who are the last English side left in the competition, were on the back foot for most of the match in Spain and failed to register a shot on target.
However, they remain firmly in the tie going into the second leg, which takes place at the King Power Stadium on 18 April.
"I think 1-0, we would have taken that before the game," said Shakespeare, who took over as boss of the Premier League champions in February following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri. "We came to try and get the away goal but we have seen what a top team Atletico Madrid are.
"The message is that mentally and physically we have been in a game and have given a good account of ourselves.
"We have got a good record at the King Power and the tie is still alive." | Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare said the referee "guessed" over the penalty decision that led to their defeat at Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. |
35,803,950 | If it is approved, the tunnel will take five years to build and is predicted to give an £800m economic boost to the local area.
Currently, passengers from the Thames Valley and Wales have to travel to London Paddington and get a connecting train to the airport.
Network Rail proposed building a 3.4 mile (5.5km) tunnel in 2012.
The tunnel, which would start at Langley, will connect to Heathrow Terminal 5 and would mean that journeys from Slough to the airport would be reduced to seven minutes and journeys from Reading will take 26 minutes.
Currently, bus services are the most direct route to Heathrow.
The tunnel would be part a range of upgrade measures on the Great Western Main Line - currently including the £850m redevelopment of Reading Station - which links London, Bristol and South Wales.
Network Rail's western route managing director Mark Langman, said: "The Great Western Main Line is undergoing the biggest modernisation programme since the Victorian era and so it's really important that in developing our plans for the Heathrow link, we take this extensive improvement work into account."
The public consultation, which runs until April, is asking businesses and residents to offer their views on the five-year project, which will require extensive site access at a number of sites around Richings Park, Colnbrook and Poyle.
Slough Borough Council's Ruth Bagley, said: "It is vital that the millions of residents and businesses set to benefit from faster journeys to Heathrow have their say on these updated plans." | Plans to build a £500m rail tunnel from Slough to Heathrow airport have been put on public display. |
35,556,773 | The match will take place in San Jose, before a fixture against Mexican side Chivas in Los Angeles on 31 July.
Manchester United, Everton, Chelsea and Tottenham are among other English sides to have played the All-Star XI.
"We are pleased to welcome Arsenal, one of the most successful clubs in the world, to compete against the best of MLS," said MLS commissioner Don Garber. | Arsenal will play a Major League Soccer All-Star team in a pre-season match in California on 28 July. |
32,857,257 | The politician, who has served as chief minister four times before, was cheered by supporters as she travelled to the swearing-in ceremony in the state capital, Chennai (Madras).
A court sentenced Ms Jayalalitha to four years for corruption last year.
But an appeals court overruled this, allowing her to return to politics.
As she arrived at Madras University to take oath on Saturday, Ms Jayalalitha was cheered by a large crowd.
The colourful politician has been a leading figure in south Indian politics for three decades.
The former film actress enjoys enormous popularity in Tamil Nadu, where fans know her simply as "Amma" or mother.
Dressed in an emerald green sari, she took the oath in Tamil while her 28 cabinet ministers stood behind her.
Hundreds of supporters held up her photo and danced to the chant, "Amma is back".
Ms Jayalalitha's political return comes after she was convicted and sentenced for four years by a trial court last September.
She was found guilty of amassing unaccounted-for wealth of more than $10m (£6.4m) and had to quit as the chief minister.
The appeals court ruling earlier this month paved the way for her returning as the head of Tamil Nadu government.
On Friday morning, Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah's office said in a statement that Mr O Panneerselvam, party leader and loyalist who headed the government in her absence, resigned along with his cabinet ministers.
The governor accepted the resignations and invited Ms Jayalalitha to form a government "at the earliest", the statement added. | Jayaram Jayalalitha has been sworn in as the chief minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, less than a fortnight after being cleared of corruption. |
35,772,363 | Lula was briefly held for questioning on 4 March as part of a massive corruption investigation involving the state-oil company, Petrobras.
While Vitor's brother and his parents cheer when they hear the news, the 26-year-old thinks the federal police overstepped the mark.
A heated political discussion ensues.
Similar scenes are playing out at the homes of many families in Brazil, where the popular former leader is dividing opinion.
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At the Chiarellos', Vitor is the only one backing Lula's left-wing policies.
He was granted a ProUni scholarship, a programme created by Lula's government in 2004 to help students from poorer families pay for private higher education.
The scholarship is one of the examples Vitor names as being part of Lula's legacy, but his relatives are not convinced.
"It's clear to me that Lula is an egotistical and narcissistic person who only does things for himself", Vito's mother, Marly, says.
"The scholarship Vitor was awarded is simply what we get back from the taxes we pay", adds her husband, Oswaldo Gabriel.
Leandro Piquet Carneiro, a professor at Universidade de Sao Paulo's Centre for Research in Public Policy, says the arguments families like the Chiarellos mirror the current polarisation in Brazilian politics.
"This is the first time that a leftist government that was once able to rely on strong support from both educated and less-educated sectors of society finds itself in trouble. Now those who support the government find themselves under attack even within their own families," Mr Carneiro says.
But he says Brazil has not yet become as divided as other neighbours in the region.
"As lively as the debate here is, we are still moderate compared to what is going on in Argentina, Venezuela and Chile, for example," he says.
Mr Carneiro says that broader access to information and the internet have fanned the debate.
But he warns that the internet can also isolate people from opinions other than their own.
"You tend to connect to your network of contacts and that defines the kind of information you receive," he says.
"Add to that the fact that people rely less and less upon information provided by professional journalists, who are capable to moderate these topics more appropriately," he explains.
Twenty-seven-year old actor Guilherme Carrasco Neto says he feels "cornered" when talking politics with his family.
Mr Neto is critical of the way Lula was taken away by police for questioning, which he says was an attempt to portray the ex-leader as a criminal.
He says his relatives gang up on him when he defends the former leader.
His mother is very critical of the Workers' Party (PT) administration and while his father tries to tone down the debate when it gets too heated, Mr Neto says that when his brother and sister-in-law pitch in it is "overwhelming".
"My brother is opposed to the policies of the Workers' Party. I am not a party member, but I do respect the social advances brought about by their government," he says.
Mr Neto says that his sister-in-law is one of those who benefitted from Lula's policies.
She, too, was awarded a ProUni scholarship and got her degree in economics thanks to that scholarship.
Mr Neto says he often thinks of bringing this up in an argument with his anti-Lula sister-in-law but has so far refrained in order to avoid a row.
Mr Neto's older brother Daniel is 35.
He thinks Guilherme has a "romanticised view" of politics which he blames on his youth.
"He [Guilherme] believes that capitalism and the market economy are bad," Daniel Neto says.
"He thinks that businessmen must be regulated. We try to teach him that you can't produce if you don't make money.
"Handing out money to people won't stimulate growth."
Daniel Neto's view is typical of those who are critical of Lula.
They argue that the former president's popularity was propped up by the economic stability Brazil experienced during his two mandates from 2003 to 2011, a stability they say was fuelled by a boom in commodity prices rather than Lula's economic policies.
With the Brazilian economy going through its worst recession in two decades, Daniel Neto reckons that the only way out of the current political and economic crisis is to impeach Lula's protege and successor in office, President Dilma Rousseff.
"This government is a total fiasco. We expected it to be bad but it's turned out worse," he says of Ms Rousseff's administration.
"The corruption scandals and Ms Rousseff's incapacity to play the political game is ruining the country," he says.
And as for Lula's generous social programmes, the former leader "only distributed the extra money that came in," he says.
"He's a crook," he adds. | Sitting alongside his family, Vitor Ricciardi Chiarello is watching a TV report on the detention of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. |
40,269,080 | President Juan Manuel Santos said the gesture showed that the agreement with the rebels was going ahead as planned.
The Farc have now decommissioned 60% of the weapons they had registered with the UN.
Under the terms of the accord, the rebels have agreed to give up more than five decades of armed struggle.
"This is a historic day. Peace will be built little by little, like a cathedral, which you build brick by brick," said Mr Santos.
It was not exactly the photograph many Colombians were expecting to see - but it is at least a photograph.
Up until now the story of the disarmament of the Farc had been only told with words: words from the rebel group, from the government and from the UN, who confirmed the weapons had been handed over and put in safe containers.
But now, finally, images of rifles, RPGs and pistols being checked and stored by a UN observer have been seen.
Some might still think that that is not enough, that the Farc should explicitly show how they renounce their weapons: they want photographs of fighters handing their rifles to the UN.
But the Farc insist that would be an image of defeat, one they do not want to convey. They insist they have reached a deal, not surrendered.
And many in Colombia believe today's image is more than enough.
He was due to attend the decommissioning ceremony in south-western Cauca region, but could not reach the area because of bad weather.
It went ahead with Farc leaders and UN officials at La Elvira, one of several transition zones where Farc rebels have been gathering before they are allowed to rejoin civilian life.
"We are totally committed to peace and will do all we can to help build this country we dream of," said a Farc leader at the event, Pablo Catatumbo.
The weapons are to be stored at 26 locations around the country.
Thousands of rifles and pistols need to be handed over before the Farc - the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - can become a political party.
Farc rebels have until 20 June to hand over the remaining weapons - a deadline that was extended from an original date of 30 May.
The peace deal was signed after four years of negotiations, held in Cuba.
It was initially rejected in a referendum last October, then reworked a month later and approved by Congress before beginning to be implemented.
For his efforts to reach peace with the Farc, Mr Santos was awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize. | Colombia's Farc rebels have handed over a further 30% of its weapons to United Nations inspectors as part of last year's historic peace accord. |
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Stead scored for the fifth successive round to help the League One side claim a quarter-final place.
The former Black Cats striker said expectations had increased following the 4-2 fourth-round win at Stamford Bridge last month.
He said: "This tops the Chelsea win because of the expectation on us."
Stead added to a first-half own goal from John O'Shea to seal Bradford's place in the last eight for the first time in 39 years.
The on-loan Huddersfield forward added: "It's ended up, dare I say, a comfortable victory. The fans were magnificent and we made things hard for Sunderland right from the off, getting in their faces."
Stead scored just twice during a disappointing 18-month spell at the Stadium of Light, from June 2005 to January 2007.
The 31-year-old said that did not make his second-half strike any more special as he took his season's goal-tally into double figures.
After maintaining his record of finding the net in each round that Bradford have been involved in so far, he told BBC Sport: "Of course, I wanted to get a goal today but I wasn't thinking about having scored in every round.
"I was just pleased that our second goal gave us a little bit more of a cushion.
"My spell at Sunderland wasn't in my thoughts. The Sunderland support was fantastic, they stuck around to clap us off."
Bradford have little time to savour their success, as they return to league duty at Leyton Orient on Wednesday.
Phil Parkinson's Bantams side are in the thick of the play-off race, and victory could push them back into the top six.
Stead added: "We had a couple of minutes' celebration in the dressing room, but we've got the Orient game coming up this week so it's a quick turnaround.
"We're having to postpone league games because of our cup ties, but we're happy about that. It's been a fantastic effort from the lads." | Bradford FA Cup hero Jon Stead claimed the 2-0 victory over Sunderland was even better than their stunning win at Chelsea. |
34,981,195 | Over the past two months at least 13 wooden boats have turned up, with more than 20 decaying bodies on board. Very little is known about them but investigators have found some evidence that hint at their origins.
They are so called because they have been found empty or with only corpses on board off Japan's western coast, stretching from Fukui prefecture to the southern tip of Hokkaido . All the bodies were either decomposing or partially skeletonised by the time they arrived, a clear indication they had been dead for a long time.
But this is not the first time boats have come ashore in Japan or on the coast of Russia's far east. Japan's coast guard told the BBC that 65 such boats washed up last year, but the latest influx appears to be coming at a slightly higher rate than usual.
They are believed to be North Korean fishing boats, many of which will have been out searching for king crab, squid and sandfish at this time of year. Markings on at least one of the boats, in Korean, indicated that it belonged to the North's military.
In North Korea the military is heavily involved in the fishing industry, as it is in many others.
A scrap of what is thought to be part of the North Korean flag flying from one of the boats is also a clue. Unsurprisingly, there has been no mention of the missing vessels from North Korea
Not every boat has been found with corpses.
Japanese officials are investigating the causes of death but say some of the bodies are in such a bad state of decomposition that it may be impossible to identify cause of death.
It is now winter in the region and with little food on board, exposure and starvation are possible explanations too.
Japan normally bans North Korean ships from landing in the country, although it makes exceptions on humanitarian grounds, such as for ships sheltering from storms.
Some commentators have suggested that purges could be behind this, speculating that sailors could be trying to flee the regime. There have also been reports of tighter control of the North Korea-China border, the most common route for defectors.
But many remain unconvinced.
Dr John Nilsson-Wright, head of the Asia Programme at think-tank Chatham House told the BBC that aside from the cultural and linguistic ties, "it wouldn't make sense if you were a defector to go to Japan. South Korea is much closer by boat."
The wooden boats arriving are old and heavy and have neither powerful modern engines nor GPS navigation systems. If they ventured too far out or were blown off course, they could lose their bearings or find it hard to beat the currents even if they knew which way to go, analysts say
The fact that it is relatively common for these boats to appear also suggests that this, not purges in Pyongyang, might be a more likely explanation.
Weather is unlikely to be a factor. While the Sea of Japan had rougher seas and stronger winds in November, the Japan Coast Guard told the BBC these were normal conditions.
One hypothesis is that the leadership is demanding bigger catches, and they have been forced to take chances to meet their targets. State TV has shown Kim Jong-Un at fishing facilities, exhorting the country to boost production.
But the leader's media appearances have not convinced everyone.
"Agricultural yields seem to be up," Dr Nilsson-Wright says, suggesting that profit-seeking would be a more plausible incentive to take such risks.
It is common in North Korea for workers to keep some of the surplus they generate past the targets set by the state. This quasi-capitalist system has been credited with improving production, analysts say.
But, if you are especially poor, as many North Koreans are, "you will do anything you can to improve your own existence", says Dr Nilsson-Wright.
This could include taking desperate chances at sea: "It could simply be that they were just unlucky." | Mysterious, crew-less "ghost ships" have been washing up on the western shores of Japan. |
31,919,704 | The theatre's foyer will be doubled in size, access will be improved and a recording studio built.
More than half the money has been provided by the Big Lottery Fund, with the rest coming from charitable trusts.
Workington Playgoers Club said it would allow the venue to be used by a wider cross-section of the community.
The group has formed a partnership with Soundwave, a local music charity, which works with more than 3,000 children and young musicians every year.
Stella Kanu, director of Soundwave, said: "Having our own dedicated recording studio alongside specialist spaces for our workshops is priceless.
"It will allow us to enrich the lives of many more young people from Workington and beyond." | The future of Workington's Theatre Royal has been secured as a result of a funding package worth more than half a million pounds. |
26,426,191 | The 19-year-old released by Celtic as a youth is in Gordon Strachan's squad eight months after joining Dundee United from The Spiders.
"It's been a quick progression, but I always knew I could do it. It was just getting given that chance," he said.
"Luckily, the gaffer at United gave me that chance, I think I've repaid him."
Robertson has impressed for Jackie McNamara's side this season, with the left-back also proving a goalscoring threat against Premiership defences.
"My performances for United I believe have been good enough," said the defender.
"When I was younger, I was watching these players playing and breaking through, so it's good to be meeting up with them and obviously they are experienced players, you can learn a lot from them.
Nobody could have imagined how quick I've progressed, but I wouldn't want it to be any other way
"I'm just enjoying being called up and enjoying the experience.
"In my older years, I hope to be pushing for a start and trying to make it my own position, but now I'm just glad to be involved with the first team and learning every day."
This time last year, Robertson was playing for Queen's Park when they lost at Hampden 2-1 to Montrose. Asked if he would have believed then that he would be in the Scotland squad 12 months later, he said: "I would have probably just laughed at them to be honest. I actually remember that game well. We played terrible.
"Nobody could have imagined how quick I've progressed, but I wouldn't want it to be any other way."
Scotland assistant boss Mark McGhee said the coaching staff had been impressed by Robertson.
"I saw what Gordon saw when he came to training," said McGhee. "We were hugely impressed with the lad's ability and enthusiasm and confidence for such a young lad who had come so recently from where he's come from.
"We've monitored him, we have kept in touch with the people around him and he's been playing consistently well all season; we don't have any fears that, if he is involved in some way, he won't do well for us.
"We're excited by him, we're delighted for him, he's a young lad and I think it shows that Gordon is prepared to play and include them young if they are good enough.
"It is a great message to the others and there is an exciting opportunity come the autumn." | Andrew Robertson is excited by the prospect of making his Scotland debut little over a year after featuring for amateurs Queen's Park. |
21,963,462 | Branches were replenished with cash overnight and police were deployed amid fears of a run on the banks.
Some queues did form but the mood was calm, and the country's president thanked Cypriots for their "maturity".
The restrictions on the free movement of capital represent a profound breach of an EU principle, correspondents say.
However, the European Commission on Thursday justified the move, saying the "stability of financial markets and the banking system in Cyprus constitutes a matter of overriding public interest".
Information from the Central Bank of Cyprus released on Thursday showed that foreign depositors had already withdrawn 18% of their cash from the nation's banks during February, before the current crisis hit home.
By Yiannis Paraskevas Ioannau Cypriot resident, Larnaca
Across the street from my office is a branch of the Bank of Cyprus. It's now one hour before it's due to open and there's a small line of people arriving to queue. I would like to withdraw my money altogether. I don't have a huge amount and I lose with the "haircut", but I don't trust the banks or the government.
Money in a bank is supposed to be safe and that's not the case here. We are at the mercy of the EU and are trapped in the euro as it's too painful to get out. Everyone is furious because we feel that we are being robbed at gunpoint by the Europeans. It all started when Cyprus agreed to switch to the euro. As a nation we cannot compete with Germany economically. Germany is much more efficient than any other country in Europe.
The Europeans are not really interested in saving Cyprus. They are simply trying to save themselves. The answer is to drop the euro and return to the pound. This will be painful but at least there will be light at the end of the tunnel. Right now I see none.
Cyprus is the first eurozone member country to bring in capital controls.
Cyprus needs to raise 5.8bn euros ($7.4bn; £4.9bn) to qualify for a 10bn-euro bailout from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the so-called troika.
As part of the bailout plan, depositors with more than 100,000 euros will see some of their savings exchanged for bank shares.
An earlier plan to tax small depositors was vetoed by the Cypriot parliament last week.
Branches began to open at noon local time (10:00 GMT) and will close at 18:00 (16:00 GMT).
Some did not open on time, causing tension among customers. The longer queues formed outside branches of Laiki, which is being wound up.
One customer in a queue in Nicosia told the BBC's Tim Willcox he was withdrawing the allowed daily amount of 300 euros ($383; £253) but would take out all of his money if he could.
Our correspondent says the predictions of a stampede did not materialise and in some places there were more journalists than depositors.
Another customer, jewellery shop owner, Roula Spyrou, told AFP news agency: "There's going to be queues so I'm not going to spend so many hours there to get 300 euros."
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As it became clear that calm was being maintained, President Nicos Anastasiades tweeted his gratitude.
"I would like to thank the Cypriot people for their maturity and collectedness shown in their interactions with the Cypriot Banks," he wrote.
Some armed police have been deployed in cities and hundreds of staff from the private security firm G4S are guarding bank branches and helping to transport money.
The stock exchange, shut since 16 March, remains closed on Thursday and will not reopen until after Easter.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry of finance insisted the capital control measures were temporary and were needed to "safeguard the stability of the system".
It read: "The Central Bank of Cyprus and the government of Cyprus will review them each day, with a view to progressive lifting of the measures as soon as circumstances allow. "
The severe new rules have been imposed to prevent a torrent of money leaving the island and credit institutions collapsing.
As well as the daily withdrawal limit, Cypriots may not cash cheques.
Payments and/or transfers outside Cyprus via debit and or credit cards are allowed up to 5,000 euros per person per month.
Transactions of 5,000-200,000 euros will be reviewed by a specially established committee, with applications for those over 200,000 euros needing individual approval.
Travellers leaving the country will only be allowed to take 1,000 euros with them.
Many economists predict the controls could be in place for months.
The unprecedented restrictions represent a profound breach of an important principle of the European Union, says the BBC's economics correspondent Andrew Walker.
That principle holds that capital, as well as people and trade, should able be to move freely across internal borders, he says.
However, the European Commission said member states could introduce capital controls "in certain circumstances and under strict conditions on grounds of public policy or public security".
But it added that "the free movement of capital should be reinstated as soon as possible".
The vice-president of the Cypriot Employers Federation, Demetria Karatoki, told the BBC he believed the country could pull through.
"Although there is going to be hardship, at the end of the day we can start rebuilding our economy on a sound basis," he said.
But British Cypriot businessman, Costa Thomas, said he had lost faith in the system.
"No-one really trusts politicians. So why should we believe them that these controls are going to last only a few weeks and we're going to get shares and get the money back?" he asked.
One employee of the Bank of Cyprus told the BBC that everybody's jobs were at risk.
"If the Bank of Cyprus collapses, all the small business, the large businesses, everything collapses. They cannot buy anything, import anything, export anything. There is nothing," she said. | Banks in Cyprus have reopened after a two-week closure amid EU-IMF bailout talks, with orderly queues for cash and strict limits on daily withdrawals. |
40,131,987 | Mick Hermanis was one of 26,000 men and women who were sent from the UK to defend the Falkland Islands in 1982.
The British defeated the Argentines in just three and a half weeks and returned home victorious.
But the trauma of fighting a war continues to affect them decades later.
BBC Panorama followed a group of former Welsh Guards, who have remained friends, as they flew 8,000 miles back to the Falklands to confront their demons for the first time in 35 years.
Now in their 50s, as teenagers these men knew little of what they were getting themselves into. Yet their lives have been shaped by their Falklands experience.
Mick Hermanis survived the attack on the Sir Galahad landing ship - where the Welsh Guards suffered their heaviest losses, and where many of his friends died.
This, combined with the fact that he never fired a bullet during the war, has left him with a strong feeling of survivor guilt.
On his return home from war, he says: "All the neighbours in the street were out and [I had] a bloody big hero's welcome".
He says it "broke my heart" to be given such a welcome when some of his mates would never return.
Mick was extremely nervous and apprehensive about returning to the Falklands. He had planned to go back in 2008 but bottled it at the last minute.
He says: "Not a single day that goes by when you don't think about it... think about the boys… friends that we lost... some bloody fantastic boys."
Mick has had low moments, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and anger issues.
Nigel O'Keefe was 18 when he served in the infantry in the Falklands. At first, he says he "blanked" his experiences, "but as I grew older it started eating away at me".
Nigel's defining memory was when his platoon found itself in one of the many minefields laid by the Argentines.
He told Panorama: "We were advancing, it was pitch black, there was tracer flying everywhere and a guy from the SAS came running out the single fire line and told everyone to stop - he said we're in a minefield.
"And as soon as he's told us that I could hear this screaming, high-pitched, really, really high-pitched screaming and I said: 'What the hell are women and kids doing out here?', like.
"I found out then it was two Royal Marines who'd stepped on anti-personnel mines.
"I've never heard a grown man scream so high-pitched like that."
Having never really addressed his PTSD and depression, he still suffers from terrible nightmares, and he masks his problems with alcohol.
It has caused him to lose both his job and his family; he is divorced and his four children rarely come to visit.
Nigel saw his trip back to the Falklands as his last chance to get his life back on track - since the trip he has given up alcohol and is working on repairing his relationship with his children.
Will Kevans rarely talks about the Falklands, unless he's had a few drinks. He was 19 when he went to war and his memories still haunt him.
"I remember walking up and seeing something in the road and it was the body of a dead Argentine soldier and, for reasons I still don't understand today, I put my hand down and wanted to look at the guy's face.
"I picked his head up and it had no face. No face at all and it was just a cross section of his skull.
"All of his teeth were all over the place, bone fragments and blood all over the place and it was something that has haunted me for a very long time.
"Some of the lads were looking through his possessions and they found photographs of his family and it just made me think immediately that this man could have been me."
After the war Will stayed in the Army for a couple of years as a parachutist, but then went on to become a singer-songwriter and successful cartoonist. He has drawn Dennis the Menace and worked for the Telegraph newspaper.
He says: "I think a lot of the pain that I suffered from the Falklands, I've kind of alleviated it by being able to do art connected with it… so I'm lucky I have that safety valve".
Paul Bromwell has suffered from bouts of aggression and severe insomnia. He says the Falklands "marked me for the rest of my life".
He spent the war in the recce platoon, meaning he was always the first one into battle. He saw a lot of action and was involved in the fighting at Goose Green and Mount Harriet.
He told Panorama: "I'd been through hell, and when I went home it just seemed nothing had changed - everybody was carrying on with their life and yet inside I was hurting a lot, so much, I'd lost too many good friends".
Almost immediately he began to suffer from PTSD and a severe feeling of not belonging in society.
He drank his way through it and completed a treatment programme, but he remains very affected by the conflict.
"It's a devil really, because you can't see the injury, everyone thinks you're all right but underneath you're screaming," he says.
Today, he runs veteran self-help groups and takes care of mistreated horses which often exhibit similar signs of anxiety and stress.
Watch BBC Panorama - Back to the Falklands: Brothers In Arms on Monday 5 June at 20:30 BST on BBC One and afterwards on BBC iPlayer. | "When you're 19, you're Superman - you can walk through walls, you are indestructible, you are the master of the universe, you've got everything in front of you." |
36,321,545 | Jarvis removed Kumar Sangakkara and Steven Davies for a duck in the space of three balls as Surrey fell to 20-3.
Zimbabwe-born paceman Jarvis also dismissed Jason Roy and Ben Foakes cheaply during a devastating spell.
Surrey opener Rory Burns fought gallantly, but was last man out for 92 as Surrey were all out for 191, before Lancashire reached stumps on 16-0.
The wickets of Sri Lanka great Sangakkara, leg before wicket, and Davies, caught behind, in just the eighth over set the tone for a difficult day for the visitors.
New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner also chipped in with three wickets to wrap up the innings after tea.
Red Rose all-rounder Tom Smith remained unbeaten at the close, as he made his first class comeback from a long-term back injury, alongside youngster Haseeb Hameed.
Lancashire bowler Kyle Jarvis told BBC Manchester:
"Tom Bailey started it off and then to knock them over the way we did was fantastic. The pitch looked like it had something in it this morning, and then it's flattened out nicely.
"I haven't got as many wickets as I'd like in the first few games, but I've been bowling well. I knew a big haul was just around the corner. I'm really happy.
"I've been bowling tight at the other end and other guys have been getting wickets. We have a stat that it's been 35-45 per cent maidens so far this season, which is huge. Instead of teams getting 300, they are getting 180."
Surrey's Rory Burns told BBC Radio London:
"You win the toss and obviously don't want to be bowled out for 191. It's quite a disappointing effort in a lot of ways, but we can make 191 look like a lot bigger score.
"It's down to us to bowl well, like we did in that short period, and push the game. If you group it in good areas, we've seen it's done a bit all day. It's swung, nipped and quite a few have kept low.
"I've been looking for that for a couple of weeks. It's nice to get some runs, contribute and do my thing. To end up with 92 was very nice, but disappointing at the same time." | Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis took 6-70 to help gain control on the first day against Surrey at Old Trafford. |
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The footage - courtesy of Rizwan Aziz - was recorded in slow motion. | A dramatic light show was witnessed over Blackburn on Thursday as thunder and lightning ended the hot spell. |
40,404,842 | Authorities have already threatened to block the app, founded by Russian businessman Pavel Durov, for refusing to sign up to new data laws.
Mr Durov has refused to let regulators access encrypted messages on the app.
Telegram has some 100 million users and has been used by so-called Islamic State (IS) and its supporters.
IS used the app to declare its involvement in the jihadist attack on and around London Bridge in the UK last month.
Telegram has been used by jihadists in France and the Middle East too, although the app company has highlighted its efforts to close down pro-IS channels. Telegram allows groups of up to 5,000 people to send messages, documents, videos and pictures without charge and with complete encryption.
Now the FSB has said that as part of its investigation into the St Petersburg attack it "received reliable information about the use of Telegram by the suicide bomber, his accomplices and their mastermind abroad to conceal their criminal plots at all the stages of preparation for the terrorist attack".
A Russian identified as Akbarzhon Jalilov blew himself up between two underground stations on 3 April. The security agency said that Telegram was the messenger of choice for "international terrorist organisations in Russia" because they could chat secretly with high levels of encryption.
The FSB's revelation made no mention of a threat on Friday by Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor to block the app over its failure to register Telegram as a disseminator of information in Russia. By registering, the company would have to store the past six months' of users' data in Russia.
Russia is threatening to ban the Telegram after its founder refused to co-operate with the country's security services.
Mr Durov was also founder and CEO of Russia's most popular social network VKontakte (VK). But in 2014 he was forced out of the company after refusing to hand over user data to the security services. He left Russia shortly afterwards.
Telegram has been gaining in popularity as a news-sharing platform in Russia's tightly controlled media environment, and some fear that banning it would further restrict freedom of speech there.
Social media users have suggested that it is absurd to try to ban something useful just because it is being misused by criminals. "Terrorists use physics and chemistry. Let's ban physics and chemistry," quipped one Tweet.
Mr Durov has complained that the regulator also asked Telegram to hand over encryption keys so they can read users' correspondence to catch jihadists.
He argues that it would be against the Russian constitution and the owners do not have access to the encryption keys anyway.
Several internet companies have been criticised beyond Russia for allowing jihadists to spread material about bomb-making and incitement.
Last week, the European Union's 28 leaders agreed to put legal pressure on internet giants like Google, Twitter and Facebook to remove jihadist content more quickly and to develop tools to help detect incitement to terrorism online. | Russia's FSB security agency has said the Telegram mobile messaging app was used by a suicide bomber who killed 15 people in St Petersburg in April. |
31,198,526 | She decided to have the operation after losing both her mum and sister to breast cancer.
Newsbeat's been charting her progress over the last few months and Claira tells us she's doing really well.
The 27-year-old carries the BRCA 1 gene which gives her an 85% life chance of also getting the disease.
"I feel great," she says.
"I've stopped taking pain killers and I'm super pleased with my new boobs."
"I've recovered faster than I expected, my boobs look better than I expected and I was in far less pain than I expected."
"Going into this I tried my hardest not to have too many expectations and certainly not to focus on them," she explains.
"I always knew that whatever happened during that operation and indeed after it I would deal with as and when it happened.
"I focused on how lucky I was to be in the situation I was in, to know what I know and that I was able to do something about it.
"This experience has been one of huge personal growth for me," she says.
"It has challenged and changed a lot of what I thought I knew about myself and my life," she goes on.
"I can only describe the whole experience as life-changing in the best possible way. I'm happier than I have ever been.
"I want everyone reading this to understand that your personal happiness is in your hands."
She feels huge gratitude to those who looked after her: "I want to say thank-you to surgeon, Tibor Kovas, and his team at Guy's Hospital for doing such a great job.
"My journey doesn't end here, it starts," she says.
"I will be working more with the charities Genesis and Breakthrough Breast Cancer to raise money, awareness and to help women who are planning the same procedure," she ends.
Claira will be the focus of a documentary for BBC Radio 1 Stories, due to be broadcast later this month.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | 1Xtra DJ, Claira Hermet, had a double mastectomy a few weeks ago. |
39,828,660 | Mark Golubovic's was travelling in the opposite direction to the lorry on Llanharry Road, Llanharry, when they crashed at about 08:30 BST on Saturday.
The 32-year-old died at the scene and his mother, Irene, was taken to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales after being seriously injured.
His family said they were "heartbroken" over the death.
In a statement, they added: "Mark was a loving dad, son and a great friend to many."
Mr Golubovic's mother is still in intensive care. | A man who died following a crash between a car and a lorry in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been named. |
40,341,481 | It relates to spending on the May 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election.
The return included payments of £49,200 which should not have been attributed to party spend, but as individual candidate expenditure.
The commission accepted that payments were properly reported by candidates and were duplicated in party returns.
The return was also missing two payments to the value of £400 which should have been reported.
The DUP says it has reviewed its procedures to prevent a recurrence of the errors.
The party has paid the fine. | The Democratic Unionist Party has been fined £4,000 by the Electoral Commission for an inaccurate spending return. |
36,099,885 | The ban follows other restrictive measures imposed by Russia and Ukraine on each other since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
They have barred each other's main TV channels on their territory.
Ukraine has blacklisted 83 cultural figures, most of them Russian, whom it considers a national security threat.
Those on the list - barred from visiting Ukraine - mostly support Russia's annexation of Crimea and the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
The list includes film directors Karen Shakhnazarov and Pavel Lungin and the actors Vasily Lanovoi, Valentin Gaft and Oleg Tabakov, Russia's Tass news agency reports.
The cultural tit-for-tat war has escalated during the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists control much of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Ukraine accuses Russia of waging a propaganda war against it, and of helping the rebels with heavy weapons and professional soldiers. Moscow denies that, but says some Russian "volunteers" are helping the rebels.
The international security organisation OSCE says there are many daily violations of the Minsk ceasefire accord by both sides.
Ambassador Martin Sajdik, an OSCE special representative, spoke of 4,700 violations in just 24 hours, including deployments of heavy weapons that should have been stored.
Russian is widely spoken in Ukraine - not just in the east - and millions of Ukrainians have ethnic Russian relatives. There was a shared culture in Soviet times, before 1991, and most Soviet-era films can still be shown in Ukraine.
Similarly, Russia has banned many Ukrainian performers. That blacklist includes many Ukrainian pop and rock stars popular in Russia, BBC Ukraine specialist Olexiy Solohubenko reports.
Last August, a Russian court jailed Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov for 20 years for plotting terrorist acts in Crimea. He pleaded not guilty.
The new ban on Russian films was signed into law by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday.
It also includes any Russian films made since 1991 that "glorify the work of [Russian] government bodies".
It widens an existing Ukrainian ban on Russian films and TV series that, in Kiev's view, positively portray Russian secret police or other security forces.
Dozens of Russian books are also on a Ukrainian blacklist, because they are perceived to contain Russian nationalist messages.
Wide-ranging tit-for-tat trade embargos are also costing both countries billions of dollars.
Ukraine has stopped exporting arms and military components to Russia and no longer buys gas from Gazprom.
Russia and Ukraine have hit each other with food import bans, including dairy produce and vegetables. | Ukraine has banned Russian films, including TV dramas and documentaries, made since 1 January 2014 in what Kiev regards as "an aggressor state". |
34,044,423 | The capital's drivers spent an average of 96 hours stuck in traffic last year - almost a day longer than the runner-up, Brussels.
All five of the UK's most congested roads are in London, with the A217 and A215 heading the list.
Transport for London said economic growth and a big population increase were creating more traffic.
Drivers in the capital spent 14 hours more in their vehicles compared to 2013.
Manchester was the UK's second most congested city, with 52 hours lost to traffic jams, followed by Merseyside, Belfast and Birmingham.
Rob Clayton of Inrix told the BBC: "Private car ownership has gone up and there are more commercial vehicles on the road."
Transport for London's chief operating officer for surface transport, Garrett Emmerson, said: "We are seeing unprecedented increases in population and this, combined with strong economic growth and the consequent increase in building and construction, creates more traffic.
"To tackle this, we need continued, sustained investment to boost capacity and modernise London's road network." | London is the most congested city in Europe, according to research by the transport information company Inrix. |
35,477,788 | The freeze applies to brands such as Tennent's Lager and Caledonia Best.
C&C Group-owned Tennent's said the move was designed to "further support Scotland's hospitality industry".
The company also announced it was changing the trading name of its sales and distribution arm from Wallaces TCB to Tennent's.
Wallaces TCB was formed after C&C Group bought wines and spirits wholesaler Wallaces Express in 2014.
Tennent's managing director Alastair Campbell said: "Scotland's pubs, club, hotels and restaurants are at the heart of our communities and part of the social fabric of our cities, towns and villages.
"Throughout our rich history dating back hundreds of years, Tennent's has been the strongest supporter of Scotland's licensed trade, and today we re-emphasise that commitment.
"We understand the challenges they're facing and, while other brewers have announced price increases to the trade, we are pleased to freeze the wholesale list price of our leading draught brands including Tennent's Lager, Caledonia Best, Magners Original Ice Cold Cider, Heverlee and Menabrea for the year ahead.
"This is further evidence of our support of the trade, allowing owners to direct greater investment into their businesses and help sustain jobs." | Tennent Caledonian has announced a 12-month freeze in the wholesale price of its major brands to Scottish hotels, pubs and clubs. |
34,526,951 | James Vince was appointed captain in July in all formats for the remainder of last season.
Adams, 35, has a year remaining on his contract at the Ageas Bowl and was awarded a benefit year for 2015.
"It's been a great honour to captain Hampshire, but now is the right time to move on," he said.
Adams took over the captaincy reins from Dominic Cork at the end of the 2011 season.
The left-hander led Hampshire to the CB40 one-day trophy in 2012 and the County Championship Division Two title in 2014 during a hugely successful spell as skipper.
"It was certainly tough at times, but I can look back on my time as captain with fond memories," he added.
"I'd like to think we've moved in the right direction since I took over."
Adams' decision to relinquish the captaincy in July paid off as he helped Hampshire avoid relegation from County Championship Division One on the last day of the season. | Hampshire batsman Jimmy Adams has officially stepped down as captain having previously handed over the role to focus on his batting. |
40,319,415 | North Wales Police was called to reports of a disturbance in the Woodland Road West area of Colwyn Bay at 02:30 BST on Saturday.
A local man, 23, was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with serious injuries before being transferred to hospital in Stoke.
A Llandudno Junction man, 18, and a 27-year-old, from Mochdre, will appear before Llandudno magistrates on Monday.
The pair, who were both charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, have been remanded in custody.
Police said the man in hospital is in a stable condition.
Det Insp Jackie Downes said: "We would like to thank those members of the community who have assisted us so far, and we continue to appeal to anybody who may have information in relation to this incident to contact us." | Two men have been charged with attempted murder after an incident in Conwy county. |
39,608,815 | The family of Clive Colling - who disappeared from Bideford - has said that, subject to formal identification, he was found in the Torridge River on Friday.
A Facebook post said:"After 104 days nature finally gave him up."
Step-daughter Sally Hewins wrote: "Thank you to the locals for their thoughts, efforts and kindness."
She added: "He was found in the Torridge River by canoeists and I thank them for their bravery yesterday, along with the RNLI for the ultimate recovery and the police for their sensitivity."
The family held a candle-lit vigil for Mr Colling in Bideford on Friday evening.
Devon and Cornwall Police said formal identification would "confirm" the body's identity and "next of kin have been informed at this sensitive time". | A body found in a north Devon river is thought to be a 77-year-old dementia sufferer missing since New Year's Day. |
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Netherfield Primary School's James Willis was named as one of the top teachers in the country.
The head teacher at Trinity Catholic School, Michael McKeever, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his work.
Tom Brown reports. | Two teachers in Nottingham have been awarded silver medals for teaching excellence in the Pearson Teaching Awards. |
37,572,259 | "It is definitely one of my worst fears and my heart goes out to Zayn," Murs told BBC News.
The star befriended One Direction through the X Factor, where they were runners-up in consecutive years.
He said Malik's anxiety had only surfaced since he had become a solo artist earlier this year.
"I feel for him, because he did seven or eight worldwide tours and he always had friends around him," said Murs.
"Now, he has that daunting anxiety [of] having to come out on stage without those other guys around."
So far this year, Malik has cancelled appearances at the Autism Rocks Arena in Dubai and the Summertime Ball in Wembley Stadium.
"Unfortunately my anxiety that has haunted me throughout the last few months around live performances has gotten the better of me," Malik told fans after pulling out of the latter gig.
"I know those who suffer anxiety will understand and I hope those who don't can empathise with my situation."
Murs said that the sheer scale of the concerts could be the root of Malik's fears.
"He's got to start at theatres or smaller shows where he can build that confidence again. Once Zayn gets out there and starts performing, he'll be great," he said.
"It's just that initial thing of getting over the line. But fingers crossed he does get to perform that album at some point."
Malik is not the only pop star to suffer anxiety. Selena Gomez recently cancelled the remaining dates of her world tour, citing the anxiety and depression that are side effects of Lupus, the auto-immune disease from which she suffers.
Justin Bieber also said his touring schedule was leaving him "mentally and emotionally exhausted to the point of depression". He subsequently cancelled "meet and greet" sessions with fans before and after his shows.
"You have to put your heart out to those guys for coming out and being honest," said Murs. "You've got to remember they're young and the pressure is massive.
"People have paid for their tickets and they want you to entertain them. It can take its weight on you."
The singer admitted he had also experienced "difficult" nights on tour, but they paled in significance compared to Malik and Gomez.
"I'm not going to moan about it because these are our jobs. That's what we get paid to do," he said, indicating a poster in his management company's office that reads: "No whining".
"Whining and whinging... you shouldn't," he added, discussing his own shows. "You should just get on with it."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Olly Murs has offered his support to ex-One Direction star Zayn Malik, after the singer pulled out of several concerts with "extreme anxiety". |
29,321,308 | The march came a day after student leaders said 13,000 students had taken part in a rally at a university campus.
They are protesting against a decision by Beijing to rule out fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017.
Brief scuffles broke out as protesters rushed towards Chief Executive CY Leung as he left the government offices.
The Hong Kong Federation of Students claimed Mr Leung had ignored students and "simply walked past them".
RTHK quoted Mr Leung's spokesman who said he intended to accept a petition letter from the students but left when the situation became chaotic.
Mr Leung told reporters that he was willing to listen to protesters' requests, but stressed that Beijing had already made its decision and Hong Kong would still have a "one man one vote" electoral system.
The students' boycott is seen as a prelude to a larger demonstration planned for 1 October, organised by pro-democracy group Occupy Central, which has vowed to block the financial district.
In August, Beijing decided that candidates for the 2017 chief executive election would first have to be approved by a nominating committee. Activists have argued that this does not amount to true democracy.
State news outlet Global Times published an editorial on Tuesday saying activists were "misguided in their anger" and that Hong Kong had more important issues to deal with, such as growing inequality.
It said continued protests "benefits nobody, whether it be the activists, the public or relations with the mainland, and will accomplish nothing good for Hong Kong".
On Monday China's President Xi Jinping stressed that the "basic principle and policy" of "one country, two systems" towards Hong Kong "has not changed and will not change", according to Xinhua.
Q&A: Hong Kong's democracy controversy | More than 1,000 Hong Kong students have taken their pro-democracy march to government offices, as part of a week-long boycott of classes. |
36,038,661 | Banks labelled "too big to fail" must have a so called "living will" that would allow them to close down without the help of public money.
Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, State Street and Wells Fargo have until 1 October to submit improved plans.
JP Morgan said it was "disappointed with the conclusion".
"The most important thing is that we work with our regulators to understand their feedback in more detail. And we are fully committed to meeting their expectations," said JP Morgan's chief financial officer Marianne Lake.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve board jointly rejected the banks' plans.
If they fail to come up with improved plans they could face "more stringent" requirements.
The FDIC said that Goldman Sach's plan "was not credible", while the Federal Reserve came to the same conclusion about Morgan Stanley's plans.
Regulators have been criticised for not providing enough information on how the plans have been judged.
On Tuesday, the Government Oversight Committee (GAO), a bi-partisan group, said financial regulators were not providing banks with enough information about how the plans were reviewed.
"Without greater disclosure, companies lack information they could use to assess and enhance their plans," the GAO report said.
The GAO recommended that "the FDIC and the Federal Reserve publicly disclose information about their assessment frameworks". | US regulators have rejected the plans of five big US banks for closing their operations in the event of a crisis. |
33,082,318 | Four men deny attempting to smuggle 35 people into Tilbury Docks, Essex. One man died in the container.
Basildon Crown Court heard one defendant been caught in France with migrants in the back of his lorry 11 days before the Tilbury incident.
Timothy Murphy from Londonderry was fined £5,000 in August.
Prosecutor Michael Goodwin told the court how 12 Afghans had been found in a locker in Mr Murphy's lorry transporting frozen chips from Coquelles, France, to the UK on 5 August.
"This was not a case of an energetic migrant chasing after and jumping on board in an attempt to smuggle their way on board," he said.
"There were 12 people inside that locker. They did not end up there by chance."
Mr Goodwin said as Mr Murphy drove the lorry to Coquelles he was in regular contact with fellow defendants Stephen McLaughlin and Martin McGlinchey.
The group of 35 Afghan Sikhs was found in the container at Tilbury 11 days after that incident, on 16 August.
Mr Goodwin told the court how dock workers heard noises inside the container and opened it up, finding those inside distressed and struggling to breathe.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, had died in the overnight crossing from Zeebrugge, Belgium.
Mr McLaughlin, 34, of Limavady, Londonderry; Mr Murphy, 33, of Elmgrove, Londonderry; Mr McGlinchey, 47, of Derryloughan Road, Coalisland, County Tyrone; and Taha Sharif, 38, who is Kurdish and lived in Tottenham, London, at the time, have all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The trial is expected to last up to six weeks. | A lorry driver accused of trying to transport immigrants into the UK inside a container had been fined for people smuggling days before, a court heard. |
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