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37,027,554 | A Kallum Watkins try and two Liam Sutcliffe goals forged an eight-point lead for the home side at half-time.
Hull KR, who started the Qualifiers by thrashing Batley, pulled level at 8-8 after James Greenwood's score.
But two tries from Leeds hooker James Segeyaro secured victory, the second after James Donaldson had gone over for the visitors to ensure a nervy finish.
George Lawler touched down in the final minute for Rovers, but they were unable to deny the 2015 Super League champions a fifth successive win.
Papua New Guinea-born Segeyaro is yet to be on the losing side since his move to the Rhinos from Penrith Panthers in July.
Leeds: Sutcliffe; Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Hall; McGuire, Burrow; Galloway, Segeyaro, Singleton, Ferres, Ablett, Jones-Buchanan.
Replacements: Keinhorst, Achurch, Garbutt, Cuthbertson.
Hull KR: Cockayne; Sio, Minns, Thornley, Mantellato; Blair, Kelly; Tilse, Lunt, Allgood, Greenwood, Clarkson, Donaldson.
Replacements: Larroyer, Walker, Thompson, Lawler.
Referee: Phil Bentham | Leeds Rhinos made it two wins from two in the Qualifiers with a narrow victory over Hull KR at Headingley. |
40,406,916 | Bakers, barristers and baristas will join the cabbies on a 100m (330ft) catwalk in Piccadilly Gardens.
The parade comes from an idea by artist Jeremy Deller and is the Manchester International Festival's opening event.
Many taxi drivers gave stranded people free lifts after last month's bombing.
They will be among 150 ordinary people who will walk down the runway, with hundreds more expected to watch.
Sam Arshad, co-owner of taxi company Street Cars, is among those taking part.
He was driving past the arena on the night of the attack on 22 May, and returned to the office to handle calls from survivors and their families.
"People were calling up with panicked voices," he said. "A lot of worried parents trying to get their children home safe.
"That's when we realised the severity of it all.
"At that point, I reached out to the drivers and said, 'We need to do our bit and to help these people in their time of need.'"
Mr Arshad predicted Thursday's catwalk show would be "a bundle of joy" - and joked that he had been watching Beyonce videos to get inspiration for some moves.
"It just shows that we're the faces of Manchester, aren't we?" he said.
"We're the first people who are going to be out there strutting our stuff, showing what kind of people we are and as a society how we can come together at a time like this to show the kindness and happiness that Manchester produces."
They will be joined on the catwalk by dancers, drag queens, football fans, a chef, a Syrian refugee, dog walkers and some famous faces - whose identities haven't been revealed.
"Rather than putting a bunch of models on it, we're putting the people of Manchester, and it's going to be a very beautiful celebration of the city," festival director John McGrath said.
"Each person who goes onto the runway in a way is an image and a portrait of Manchester - the people who make up the city, the people who make the city special, people you might know, people you might walk past on the street."
808 State musician Graham Massey will join forces with local buskers to create a live soundtrack.
The event, titled What Is The City But The People?, will kick off the sixth Manchester International Festival - the first with Mr McGrath as artistic director.
It begins at 18:30 BST on Thursday and will be streamed on the BBC's Manchester International Festival live page.
The catwalk show will be followed by the first of five concerts by Mancunian band New Order, playing in an installation created by artist Liam Gillick in a former Granada TV studio.
They will be joined by a 12-strong synthesiser ensemble from the Royal Northern College of Music.
The festival will continue until 16 July, with more music, art, drama and dance.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion, email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. | Taxi drivers who helped on the night of the Manchester Arena attack will join dozens of other ordinary Mancunians later in a mass performance to create a live "self-portrait" of the city. |
39,445,547 | Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the Great Repeal Bill would set out a "holding pattern" before negotiations with the nations.
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been told to expect a "significant increase" in powers after Brexit.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said power in devolved areas should "come to us".
A white paper on the bill said the aim was "to provide the greatest level of legal and administrative certainty upon leaving the EU".
It said the UK Government would replace "the current frameworks provided by EU rules through UK legislation".
At the same time, there would be "intensive discussions with the devolved administrations to identify where common frameworks need to be retained in the future, what these should be, and where common frameworks covering the UK are not necessary".
The white paper stressed that the UK Government would "work closely with the devolved administrations to deliver an approach that works for the whole and each part of the UK".
Mr Cairns said that as the powers returned to the UK from the EU "we expect that there will be a significant increase in powers to the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive but, of course, there's a process that we need to go through before we get to that".
"There will be a holding pattern until we get our framework of agreement in the negotiations with Europe, and when that's been concluded we can then clearly decide where these powers sit," he said.
"But we hope we're going to be in a position to devolve powers at an early stage in order to demonstrate the pro-devolution approach that we're taking."
First Minister Carwyn Jones rejected the idea of all powers returning from Brussels to go to Westminster even temporarily,
"At the end of the day these are powers that are devolved to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They come to us," he told BBC Wales.
"Then of course we have a discussion with the four governments to work out a common framework. That's the way of doing it in the 21st Century, not looking back to the way things were in the 19th Century.
"We would be absolutely opposed to any suggestion that the UK Government takes over any of the powers in devolved areas that come back from Brussels. That's not what people voted for at all."
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies welcomed the bill as "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to chart a positive new course for the United Kingdom and for the people of Wales".
He called on the first minister to "work positively with the UK Government to ensure that we get a deal which works for everyone".
Plaid Cymru denounced the bill as the "biggest Westminster power grab" since England and Wales were united in 1536.
MP Jonathan Edwards, who sits on the Commons Brexit committee, said: "The document makes it perfectly clear the intention from Westminster to take EU responsibilities relating to areas already devolved to Wales and put them in the hands of Westminster MPs, not our directly elected National Assembly.
"It will make English MPs responsible for devolved Welsh matters for the first time since devolution."
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams said he had "doubts" about the UK Government's commitment to Wales.
"Despite having watched Theresa May drive up and down the M4 to engage with Wales' concerns, she has refused to listen and Wales will bear the brunt of her decisions," he said.
"As Wales loses access to the world's biggest single market, decisions about our economy, our industries, and our environment must be made in Wales for the benefit of the people of Wales." | UK ministers have outlined plans to take control of EU laws immediately after Brexit before decisions are taken on further devolution. |
39,954,404 | The 63-year-old joined the RFU in 2012 and oversaw a Six Nations Grand Slam and successive titles for the men's team and a World Cup title in 2014 for the women's team.
"Rugby is a special sport, and one which is very hard to leave," said Ritchie.
The RFU intend to have a replacement by the end of the summer.
"It has been an honour and a privilege to lead the RFU," added Ritchie, who headed the All England Club prior to his RFU role.
"I'm proud to have been part of the rugby family, working with so many talented, passionate and committed teams at every level of the game and of the union."
The head of Premiership Rugby says the departing Ritchie has "contributed massively" to club and country relations.
"He's always someone we felt we could do business with," Mark McCafferty told BBC Radio 5 live.
"He's contributed massively to finding a good balance between club and country.
"We haven't always seen eye to eye, but there has always been a good amount of give and take, which is the way the English system has to work."
BBC sports editor Dan Roan
Ian Ritchie restored authority and order at the RFU after a damaging and turbulent period following England's dismal 2011 World Cup campaign. His tenure was not without disappointments however.
In 2015, after the ignominy of England's group-stage exit from their own World Cup, he faced calls to resign.
After all, despite no rugby background, he had hired Stuart Lancaster as head coach, handed him a six-year contract extension in 2014, and said he would take responsibility if the team failed. It was Lancaster however who lost his job.
Ritchie, (who was awarded a pay-rise to £700,000 per year), had to get his next big decision right, and the appointment of Eddie Jones has been fully vindicated.
Thanks in part to hosting the sport's showpiece event in 2015, the RFU has also become the country's richest sport's governing body under Ritchie's leadership, enabling it to invest more in the grassroots and grow participation, while he also led delicate and crucial negotiations with the top clubs. | Rugby Football Union's chief executive Ian Ritchie has announced he will retire at the end of the summer. |
36,199,361 | Set 320 to win off 53 overs, Yorkshire lost Adam Lyth early on but opener Alex Lees and Gary Ballance (43) set the platform for an exciting run chase.
Lees (107), Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow accelerated after tea but the visitors lost quick wickets and were left hanging on for a draw, ending 257-9.
Number 11 batsman Jack Brooks survived the last two balls of the match from England's Stuart Broad to avoid defeat.
Broad trapped Steven Patterson lbw in the final over, but Brooks edged his first delivery for four through gully and safely defended his second as Yorkshire clung on for a third draw in three Championship matches in 2016.
Earlier, Chris Read's 101 helped Notts from their overnight 151-5 to 348 all out in their second innings.
A game that looked set to peter out to a tame draw came to life when reigning champions Yorkshire, 64-1 at tea and requiring 256 further runs to win, attacked in search of an unlikely victory in the final session.
Root, who made a first-ball duck in the first innings, scored a quick-fire 27 and England team-mate Bairstow added 35 off 20 balls, while lower-order hitters Liam Plunkett and David Willey were pushed up the batting order.
But that intent almost proved Yorkshire's undoing as they were pegged back by Jake Ball (3-68) and Harry Gurney (4-53).
In the morning session, Yorkshire's wayward bowling was punished by Broad, who hit a 44-ball half-century and scored at more than five runs per over during a seventh-wicket partnership of 104 with Read.
Captain Read was 97 not out when Jackson Bird (23) became the ninth Notts wicket to fall, but Gurney saw off five balls from Patterson before Read reached his first Championship century of the season with a boundary off Adil Rashid.
Nottinghamshire are now top of Division One, while Yorkshire are four points behind in fifth. | Yorkshire drew with Nottinghamshire on a thrilling final day at Trent Bridge. |
40,613,098 | The 23-year-old spent last season on loan at Craven Cottage, scoring six times in 33 matches as Fulham lost in the Championship play-offs.
He has played for five clubs on loan, including Reading, since his last Chelsea appearance in December 2012.
"It felt like I had to come back and help the team reach what we were chasing last year," said Piazon.
"This is the first time I will spend two seasons with a club. I am excited to see the boys and get back into training."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Fulham have re-signed Brazilian forward Lucas Piazon on a season-long loan from Premier League champions Chelsea. |
39,601,847 | Judge and cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who also registered on Friday, is the leading candidate for hardliners.
A third contender is former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who registered despite being advised by the supreme leader that running was "not in his interest and that of the country".
Candidates will be vetted and a final list of runners announced on 27 April.
Elections for the four-year presidential term take place on 19 May.
Mr Rouhani was elected by a landslide in 2013, on a platform of ending the country's diplomatic isolation and creating a freer society.
Two years later his government and six other countries reached a landmark deal, in which Iran agreed to curb its sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
"Once again, I am here for Iran, for Islam, for freedom and for more stability in this country," he told reporters on Friday as he registered his candidacy.
Mr Raisi is what is known as a seyed, meaning he traces his genealogy back to the Prophet Mohammed.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference after he registered, he said: "I have come to be the candidate for all of Iran. I don't limit myself to a certain group, party or faction."
The former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served two terms between 2005 and 2013, registered as a candidate on Tuesday. Associated Press journalists said election officials were "stunned" when he submitted his paperwork against the supreme leader's warning, but Mr Ahmadinejad said the words were "just advice".
Speaking afterwards, Mr Ahmadinejad said he was only helping his former vice-president, Hamid Baghaei, who registered alongside him.
More than 120 people, including six women, submitted their names on the first day of registration on Monday, local media reported.
Once the process ends on Saturday, the prospective candidates will be screened for their political and Islamic qualifications by the Guardian Council.
The body, made up partly of clerics, will announce a final list of vetted candidates on 27 April.
The disputed re-election of Mr Ahmadinejad in 2009 triggered the biggest protests in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Millions of people demanded a re-run, but the supreme leader insisted the result was valid and ordered a major crackdown on dissent that saw dozens of opposition supporters killed and thousands detained. | Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has registered to run for office again in elections next month. |
34,244,585 | Media playback is not supported on this device
After Martinez spoke to the media first following his side's 3-1 victory, Mourinho interrupted the Spaniard as he addressed another group of journalists.
The Portuguese felt his interviews should have taken place first.
"Roberto, next time tell me to go before you because we have to travel," said Mourinho, who swore as he left.
Martinez replied: "I don't control that, Jose. I don't control that."
After Mourinho left abruptly, Martinez said to the journalists, including a Liverpool Echo reporter: "When he beat us 6-3 last season he was such a nice man. I prefer him like that."
He also walked out of a pre-match interview with BT Sport's Ray Stubbs when asked about the club's failed summer-long pursuit of Toffees defender John Stones, 21.
"Before the game this is too long," said Mourinho.
Defending champions Chelsea are 17th in the table, 11 points behind leaders Manchester City, having lost three of their past four games.
Mourinho said after Saturday's game: "I am the man for the job. I don't think there is a better man who could come and do my job."
Earlier this season, he was criticised for his treatment of the Blues' medical staff, having downgraded team doctor Eva Carneiro's role.
Mourinho said Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn were "impulsive and naive" and did not "understand the game" after they went on the pitch to treat Eden Hazard during the 2-2 home draw with Swansea on 8 August. | Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho argued with Everton boss Roberto Martinez over managerial etiquette after his side lost at Goodison Park on Saturday. |
33,240,073 | The Youth Sports Trust report suggests children are not doing enough sport and are at risk becoming addicted to their handheld devices.
The charity say they're worried that lots of kids could suffer from health problems in the future and think more needs to be done to improve sport in school.
They want technology to be part of PE in schools to encourage more kids to get fit doing things they enjoy.
The Youth Sports Trust asked 1,000 five- to 16-year olds what they thought of sports in school.
The findings suggested that 75% of young people enjoy PE, but that digital technology can distract children from doing physical activities.
As well as 23% of the kids saying they think playing a computer game with a friend is exercise, around one in three said they spoke to their friends more on social media than they do in person.
The government said it has given schools £300m to improve school sport, and that PE is really important.
Children's minister Edward Timpson said: "It is pleasing that the Youth Sport Trust's research shows that millions of young people are enjoying PE lessons."
But he added that "action is needed now to modernise the approach to PE and school sport and in doing so, guarantee the best possible future for generations to come." | Nearly a quarter of kids see gaming with friends as a form of exercise according to a new survey. |
33,547,600 | Richard Barklie, from Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland, is one of four Chelsea fans facing a football banning order over a confrontation filmed ahead of a Champions League game in February.
Footage of the alleged incident showed several fans chanting: "We're racist and that's the way we like it."
Mr Barklie, 50, denies any wrongdoing.
He told Stratford Magistrates' Court he pushed Souleymane Sylla because there was no room in the train carriage, adding: "Mr Sylla, and it's my view, was the only one using aggression".
When asked by his defence barrister, Nick Scott, if "there was any issue in relation to the colour of his skin", Mr Barklie replied "none whatsoever".
Mr Barklie served as an officer with the Royal Ulster Constabulary and as a director with the World Human Rights Forum.
In addition to Mr Barklie, of Victoria Street in Carrickfergus, three others are challenging the ban: Jordan Munday, 20, of Ellenborough Road, Sidcup, south-east London; Josh Parsons, 20, of Woodhouse Place, Dorking, Surrey; and William Simpson, 26, of Hengrove Crescent in Ashford, Surrey.
The court heard Mr Munday, who is also accused of being involved in the incident, said there was enough space for him to force himself through the carriage and see the aftermath.
However he claimed he did not see the incident and had not been chanting "John Terry is a racist and that's the way we like it, ooh ooh ooh".
Adam Clemens, representing the Met Police, said: "At the end of the ooh ooh ooh your mouth was moving and it closes at the end."
Mr Munday told the court: "There was movement - I was breathing. I have to breathe."
Both Mr Munday and Mr Barklie were in a group of about 150 Chelsea fans walking through Paris on their way to the match.
Video footage appeared to show Mr Munday "fronting up" to a black man and shoving him twice, but Mr Munday claimed he had been stalked by the man and felt threatened.
A fifth man, Dean Callis, 32, of Liverpool Road in Islington, north London, earlier received a five year banning order for his role in Paris and other incidents involving violence.
The case continues. | A former policeman has admitted pushing a black man off a Paris Metro train but said the man started the altercation, a court has heard. |
35,733,036 | Dominic Samuel fired home from close range to open the scoring before Crewe's best chance came when Zoumana Bakayogo's 25-yard volley hit the post.
Gillingham's second came when Samuel's 61st-minute volley hit the bar and rebounded in off defender Jon Guthrie.
Josh Wright added an injury-time third, slotting his shot in off the post.
Gillingham stay third, three points off from an automatic promotion spot.
Crewe remain second from bottom, seven points shy of safety, with 10 games left, starting with next Saturday's key home game against 21st-placed Blackpool.
Crewe boss Steve Davis told BBC Radio Stoke:
"We didn't offer much as an attacking threat in the first half. Only Zoumana Bakayogo offered something in the final third. He was our outstanding player,
"He was a threat with his pace and willingness to get forward and put crosses in for us and his volley was an excellent effort.
"We went for it and had a go in the second half. We gambled and that is always going to leave spaces for the opposition. We had a great chance to level it up when Marcus Haber has put Tom Hitchcock in but he snatched at it. It was a type of finish from someone who is a bit out of form and it was a key moment because, not long after, they get their second goal.
"It was a mistake between our left back and centre-back, Samuel has got free in the box and hit the underside of the bar and it has hit Jon and gone in. That about sums it up for us." | Gillingham won for the first time in five games to restart their automatic promotion push, as they beat League One strugglers Crewe Alexandra. |
33,441,723 | Author Rosie Rowell and her editor Emily Thomas were named the winners at a ceremony at Walker Books in London.
The judges said the book was "a work of originality, power and intelligence" that had deserved greater attention.
The Branford Boase is the only award to recognise the role of the editor in nurturing new talent.
Leopold Blue, published by Hot Key Books, is set in a small backwater town in South Africa in 1993 where the story of 15-year-old Meg plays out against a backdrop of political change.
"In Leopold Blue the judges have found a work of originality, power and intelligence that seems surprisingly to have escaped the notice it deserves," said Julia Eccleshare, chair of judges, and children's books editor of The Guardian.
"The characters and setting are brilliantly observed and described, and all readers will recognise something of themselves in Meg. The background gives it particular depth and it transcends the coming-of-age genre."
Rowell, who was born and grew up in Cape Town, said it was "an enormous honour" to win.
"It is a confirmation that our stories matter. Everyday people, struggling in their own ways, whether they are stuck in dead-end tiny towns or trying to find their way in big cities are no less important than the heroes that dominate the news. We all have a story that is worth telling."
The author, who now lives in West Sussex, had her second novel, Almost Grace, published in June.
The Branford Boase Award - worth £1,000 - was set up in memory of the prize-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase - who both died of cancer in 1999.
Previous winners include Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Annabel Pitcher, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Siobhan Dowd and Patrick Ness.
The other titles on the 2015 shortlist were: | Leopold Blue, a coming-of-age story set in South Africa, has won the 2015 Branford Boase Award for an outstanding debut children's novel. |
33,066,184 | Alderley Edge is the kind of place where you might have thought the Conservatives could win local council seats without really trying.
The average selling price for houses here is currently around £886,000, and it's right on the edge of Chancellor George Osborne's Tatton constituency, which he retained easily in May's general election.
The Tories also eased comfortably into power the last time there was a parish council election, back in 2011.
At the time, no-one stood against the Conservatives in any of the small local authority's nine seats - meaning there was actually no need for an election after all.
This year, though, things could not have been more different.
For a start, there was actually an election. There were 18 people standing for office, instead of the usual nine.
Ballot papers had to be printed and counted, and for the first time in years the 4,600 residents of the village had a chance to go out and vote.
The opposition to the Conservatives were an intriguing set of local renegades - from a software CEO to a chutney and relish producer.
Wearing white rosettes and styling themselves "Alderley Edge First", their main selling point was that as independents they had no party to be loyal to.
The result was a resounding win, with the Tories beaten in all nine seats.
It all started a few months before the elections, says Rachael Grantham, one of the village's new independent councillors.
"We were a group of nine independent people who wanted to change how the parish council was run in the village," she said.
They decided to avoid negative campaigning. Even now she has won, Ms Grantham is adamant that the previous Conservative administration "did a pretty good job".
The new council comprises a mix of youth and experience.
Ms Grantham works in her family's food and wine business, and describes the group as "a bit of a random bunch of people".
While most parish councils do not have a huge amount of power, they do deal with issues which are important to people.
In Alderley Edge, the council is responsible for making sure litter is picked up and flowers are planted. It also represents local views on issues like planning applications and parking.
The new independent councillors share a belief that party politics have no real place when it comes to such ultra-local issues.
Ms Grantham said: "It's important that decisions are made for what's best for the village, and not really related to any party politics."
These sort of "anti-politics politicians" are now using that logic to win parish and town council seats across England.
Frome in Somerset has a town council which is made up exclusively of independent councillors, who have knocked out the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over the last two elections.
Pippa Goldfinger is the council's deputy mayor.
She said: "A lot of us were activists and campaigners, but not members of political parties. We're more hands-on type people than tribal people. For us that's worked really well because we want to get things done, not go to endless meetings and bang gavels and argue."
For voters in Alderley Edge, the idea that party politics is largely irrelevant to local village life seemed to resonate.
Michael, who runs a dry-cleaning shop, said: "Just in Alderley Edge I don't think political parties have a bearing on things. It's about who's going to do the right sort of thing by the people."
A general anti-politician feeling plays a part too. Mark lives here and told me the new independent councillors "can express what the people here are thinking about" as the voice of "the normal everyday person".
For the Conservatives in the chancellor's back yard, all of this is something to think about.
Michael Jones runs the much larger Cheshire East Council, responsible for the majority of council services in the area.
Insisting his party will learn lessons, he said: "Perhaps people felt they weren't being listened to. Well now they must be and they will be."
And there is of course a risk for Alderley Edge in that all of its councillors are new to the job. The experience built up by the long-serving members of the old administration has now completely gone.
But as Michael in the dry-cleaning shop said: "We're yet to see whether it's going to work or not.
"But we've got to run with it and see what happens." | It is home to footballers, celebrities and millionaire business tycoons, but the Tory heartlands of Cheshire could be witnessing a change in the culture of local politics. |
34,277,739 | The deal marks the latest initiative in China's keen pursuit of overseas high-speed rail deals.
Analysts say the project could open up the underdeveloped US high-speed rail market.
There are about a dozen high-speed rail projects in the US, but they have struggled to gain traction.
Private rail venture XpressWest will form a joint venture with China Railway International USA.
The firm is owned by a consortium made up of subsidiaries from state firms China Railway Group, CRRC, China State Construction Engineering Corporation and China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation.
Guotai Junan analyst Gary Wong estimated the XpressWest project was worth $5bn.
He said the deal would offer little financial benefit to China Railway International USA, but could help give the firm a foothold in the US high-speed rail market.
"If this opens up the United States market for them, opportunities for future expansion will increase. And if [their technology] is used in the United States, it will be easier for them to sell to other countries," he said. | A consortium of Chinese rail firms has teamed up with private US company XpressWest to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. |
32,316,156 | Located next to the existing Jane Crookall Maternity Ward, the £4m facility is the first major extension to Noble's Hospital in Braddan since it opened in 2003.
Alfred Cannan MHK said it is a "substantial investment in a vital service to protect the vulnerable".
The government said the unit has been delivered "to budget and on time" and conforms to British and EU standards.
Dr Prakash Thiagarajan, a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at the hospital, said the "first-class facilities will help us offer the best possible care. It will also help us to deliver the necessary support to parents."
A health spokesman said the current capacity of nine cots remains the same, but the new facility provides additional overnight accommodation for parents, space to improve isolation, resuscitation and privacy, as well as additional room for the storage of vital equipment. | A new intensive care unit for newborn babies has opened on the Isle of Man. |
34,667,166 | The mistake by the MJ - Municipal Journal - was spotted by Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews.
A response to his Twitter message said: "Apologies for the production error. #localgov - not geography - is clearly our strong point!"
Earlier in October a glitch on Google Maps located the Brecon Beacons in the heart of London.
The MJ describes itself as "the UK's leading weekly magazine for council chief executives and their teams of decision-makers in local authorities and allied sectors". | A local government magazine which placed Cardiff in the south west of England has apologised. |
30,561,889 | The raid, at Beaverbrooks in Hanley on 17 November, saw jewellery and watches stolen.
A 25-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman have already been charged in connection with the raid.
A 36-year-old man was arrested in the Oldham area of Greater Manchester on Friday and a number of homes in the area were searched by officers.
Det Ch Insp Ricky Fields, from Staffordshire Police, said there was a "substantial reward" for information that led to the recovery of stolen items. | A man has been arrested in connection with a £500,000 robbery at a jewellers in Stoke-on-Trent. |
34,903,327 | The ex-Labour minister told the BBC unless "weak spots" were protected, there was "no guarantee" of a reliable nuclear deterrent for the PM "when he needs to reach for it".
Ex-Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind played down the risk.
The comments come ahead of a Commons debate on the future of Trident.
On Monday it was revealed the cost of renewing the system had risen to £31bn.
The government also said the start date for the replacement submarines had been put back until "the early 2030s" as it unveiled its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).
The review said the UK was a "world leader" in cyber security.
Lord Browne, who was defence secretary between 2006 and 2008, told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that ministers had an "obligation" to assure MPs all parts of the nuclear deterrent had been assessed against the risk of a cyber attack and that protections were in place.
Lord Browne added: "If they are unable to do that then there is no guarantee that we will have a reliable deterrent or the prime minister will be able to use this system when he needs to reach for it."
But Sir Malcolm said: "The whole point of our nuclear weapons is not whether they would work - 100% guarantee - if they were ever required. You think they will do.
"The question is whether an enemy contemplating aggression would be prepared to take the risk."
£31bn
In case costs overrun, the government will also set aside £10bn
Previous estimates put the cost at up to £25bn
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We wouldn't comment on the detail of our security arrangements for the nuclear deterrent but we can and will safeguard it from any cyber threat.
"We are investing more than ever before on the UK's defensive and offensive cyber capabilities to protect our national interests.
"Last week the Chancellor outlined a plan for £1.9bn in cyber investment, including a £165m Defence and Cyber Innovation Fund, to support innovative procurement across both defence and cyber security."
In the Commons on Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed MPs would get a non-binding vote on whether to renew the four submarines carrying the UK's nuclear missiles.
Official Labour policy remains to renew Trident, but party leader Jeremy Corbyn is firmly opposed and a review is taking place to consider the party's stance.
By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor
Lord Browne's comments may be seized on by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, who are trying to persuade the Labour Party to abandon its support for the deterrent.
The party's leadership is urging its MPs to abstain in a vote later, called by the SNP, that seeks to reject the renewal of Trident.
The vote will not be binding, but Britain's nuclear deterrent is an increasingly expensive, and politically troublesome issue.
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Labour MPs are being asked to abstain in the vote - but as many as 20 are thought to be prepared to rebel and vote for Trident to be renewed.
Following a meeting of the party's MPs at Westminster on Monday night, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the debate was an "SNP stunt".
The SNP has criticised the "ballooning" cost of Trident, saying the Commons vote could be "the last parliamentary chance to stop this utterly awful project".
Speaking during the SDSR debate, Angus Robertson, the SNP's Westminster leader, said it was a "super-expensive vanity project" which had failed to deter "against terrorism or cyber attack or conventional attacks on the UK and its allies and friends".
The defence review committed the government to a debate on the future of Trident, describing renewing the system as a "national endeavour".
It did not commit the government to a vote on the main renewal decision, however, during the Commons debate, Mr Cameron said he was "keen" to hold a vote "at the appropriate moment".
The review said the revised cost - including a £10bn contingency - and timescale of the project reflected the "greater understanding we now have about the detailed design of the submarines and their manufacture".
It also pledged £1.9bn over the next five years to protect the UK from cyber attacks.
Other measures in the government's £178bn defence spending plans for the next decade included: | The UK's Trident nuclear weapons system could be rendered obsolete by cyber attacks, former Defence Secretary Lord Browne has warned. |
38,919,843 | Remains of the 12th Century Gloucester Castle building were unearthed in 2015 during an archaeological dig.
Its exact location had remained a mystery for more than 200 years because the site was in the grounds of the city's jail, which closed in 2013.
The keep's location is to be shown within a paved area of a new residential and business development.
Revised plans for apartments and offices have gone on display in a public consultation at the site, after the original plans were altered to take account of the archaeological discoveries.
The former prison was originally built in 1791 over the levelled remains of Gloucester Castle, the keep of which had been used as the county jail since the 15th Century. | The location of a Norman castle keep is to be depicted in a new development at a former prison site. |
30,761,222 | He said the damage to Hong Kong could be "immeasurable" if they were blocked.
The government hopes to pass reforms enabling public elections for the territory's leader in 2017. Under the reforms, a committee will nominate candidates who will run for the post.
Pro-democracy lawmakers have criticised the reforms and vowed to veto them.
They argue that the reforms only offer residents "fake democracy".
Late last year, thousands of activists held a two-month protest against the proposed political reforms.
Forbes magazine estimates Mr Li's wealth from his property, energy, retail, ports and technology businesses at $33.5bn (£22.1bn).
He made his comments after announcing the re-organisation of his companies, moving their base from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.
"Damage could be immeasurable for Hong Kong if the constitutional reform stays where it is and makes no headway," he said.
"The constitutional reform has to make a step forward. If not, all Hong Kong people, including me, will be big losers. Both you and me.
"I hope the constitutional reform will pass under any circumstance. This is the first step. If there's no first step, then where is the second step? How can we push forward democracy?"
China's government has agreed to public elections for Hong Kong's leader for the first time in 2017, but has ruled that there should only be two to three candidates, chosen by a pro-Beijing committee.
The Chinese government's ruling prompting mass pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which drew tens of thousands at their peak.
To enable public elections in 2017, the Hong Kong government needs to pass a political reform package in the territory's legislative council.
However, pro-democracy lawmakers hold enough seats for a veto, and have vowed to vote down any package that is based on the Chinese government's ruling. They say the central government's requirements restrict who can run for the post.
If the political reforms are voted down, Hong Kong's current system, where the leader is chosen by an election committee of 1,200 people, will continue. | Hong Kong's richest person, Li Ka-shing, has urged lawmakers to pass controversial reforms that will change how the territory's leader is elected. |
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Now the families of Pte Matthew Clay and Pte George Stemp are going to mark the 200th anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo and remember their courage in the face of the enemy.
Quentin Rayner reports. | Two soldiers from Nottinghamshire were among the many who fought against Napoleon at Waterloo. |
37,466,857 | The 39-year-old was walking on Forbes Place, near to its junction with Causeyside Street, when he was assaulted by a group of people.
He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley where his condition was described as serious.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which took place at 20:25 on Saturday, to come forward.
Det Insp Tom Carty, of Paisley Police Office, said: "Inquiries are ongoing at this time to gather more information on the circumstances surrounding this incident and those responsible.
"At this time I would urge anyone who witnessed the attack take place, or who has any information that may assist the police investigation, to contact Paisley Police Office through 101." | A man is being treated in hospital for serious head injuries after an attempted murder in Paisley. |
34,404,336 | The Neath-born mezzo-soprano, 35, introduced her daughter Aaliyah Reign Levitas, who weighed nearly 7lbs (3.2kg), with a posting on Instagram.
She wrote: "We are absolutely besotted with her and grateful for the beautiful blessing of this happy, healthy, little miracle."
The singer first announced she was expecting a girl with husband Andrew Levitas in April. | Singer Katherine Jenkins has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. |
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The Hammers had early chances but an unmarked Enner Valencia misjudged a header and Pedro Obiang volleyed wide.
Randolph twice blocked powerful Joao Teixeira efforts and also saved shots from Cameron Brannagan, Joe Allen and Christian Benteke.
But neither side could score and they will meet again in a replay in London.
Relive Liverpool's draw with West Ham as it happened.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp played a youthful side in the third-round match and subsequent replay against Exeter, but included a mixture of first-team players and youngsters for the visit of the Hammers.
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, 27, was the oldest player in the Reds' starting line-up, which also included four players - Brad Smith, Cameron Brannagan, Kevin Stewart and Joao Teixeira - who had never started a Premier League match.
This was the ninth game that Liverpool had played in January, and they desperately did not want another match, but that is exactly what they got.
It means their schedule in February will now include at least seven matches, including the League Cup final, two Europa League matches, three Premier League games and one, maybe two, FA Cup ties.
Nevertheless, Klopp will feel his side should have won. A poor touch when only six yards out to waste a chance summed up another ineffective performance from an out-of-form Christian Benteke.
Liverpool were the better team in the second half and created numerous chances, but stand-in captain Allen shot harmlessly over, and Brannagan, Teixeira and Benteke had shots saved by Randolph.
Generally, they were very impressive. Brannagan, 19, who consistently impressed with his set-piece delivery, nearly opened the scoring with a powerful shot from 20 yards out, but goalkeeper Randolph did well to push the ball around the post.
Brad Smith, 21, produced an energetic performance at left-back, often getting forward to help his side's attacks, while handling the threat from the quick Victor Moses with maturity.
Kevin Stewart, 22, a tough-tackling central midfielder, worked hard, making six tackles and two interceptions, and 23-year-old Joao Teixeira, playing on the left side of Liverpool's front three, was twice denied by a diving Randolph.
Three-time winners West Ham were aiming to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the fourth time in the last eight seasons - and will have been buoyed when they saw the Liverpool line-up.
They themselves made five changes, although fielded a team rich in Premier League experience apart from Randolph, who played because regular goalkeeper Adrian was back in his native Spain for family reasons.
Yet the Hammers could not take full advantage. They kept trying to utilise Victor Moses' pace against Brad Smith down the right wing, but the defender often came out on top before Moses was withdrawn midway through the second half.
Slaven Bilic will argue that West Ham should have had a penalty, when Steven Caulker appeared to handle in the penalty area, but the Hammers took 50 minutes to have their solitary shot on target.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "We had the bigger chances, but now we have to play again. West Ham have good quality in their team and play well in the league. We tried everything - you need a bit of luck.
"I was pleased with the whole team. Steven Caulker played for the first time in his position in defence and did well, but I cannot fault anyone, they tried and gave all. We played much better than we did at West Ham [in the league], but we didn't score so it is not over.
"The players we changed had the day off today so hopefully nothing happened to them."
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic said: "They had a few moments, we had a few moments. They were better in the second half - they could run more and were better at winning the second balls so it is a great result for us.
"We lacked that kind of quality we normally have in the last third of the pitch, so overall I am happy with the result.
"When you make two subs in the first half your hands are tied in the second half. It limited our options and we had to wait to make a third substitution. Kouyate should be OK for Tuesday hopefully."
Asked if they should have had a penalty for a Steven Caulker handball, Bilic said: "I didn't see the replays so I can't comment. I shouted a few times, they shouted a few times, the crowd shouted a few times, but that is part of the game."
Both teams are next in Premier League action on Tuesday. Liverpool travel to Premier League leaders Leicester City, while West Ham welcome the division's bottom team Aston Villa to Upton Park.
Match ends, Liverpool 0, West Ham United 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 0, West Ham United 0.
José Enrique (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Foul by Christian Benteke (Liverpool).
Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Liverpool. José Enrique replaces João Teixeira.
Brad Smith (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro Obiang (West Ham United).
Jerome Sinclair (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pedro Obiang (West Ham United).
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Steven Caulker.
Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
Substitution, Liverpool. Jerome Sinclair replaces Cameron Brannagan.
Attempt missed. Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
João Teixeira (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Joey O'Brien (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match João Teixeira (Liverpool) because of an injury.
Substitution, Liverpool. Sheyi Ojo replaces Jordon Ibe.
Attempt missed. Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nathaniel Clyne.
Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordon Ibe with a through ball.
Attempt saved. João Teixeira (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordon Ibe.
Substitution, West Ham United. Michail Antonio replaces Victor Moses.
Foul by Nikica Jelavic (West Ham United).
Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin Stewart following a set piece situation.
Attempt missed. Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Enner Valencia (West Ham United).
Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Brad Smith (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by João Teixeira.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Darren Randolph.
Attempt saved. João Teixeira (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Brad Smith.
Offside, West Ham United. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Aaron Cresswell is caught offside.
Alexandre Song (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by João Teixeira (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Angelo Ogbonna. | An inexperienced Liverpool side were frustrated by West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph as their FA Cup fourth-round tie ended in a goalless draw. |
35,030,783 | Police have welcomed the drop of collisions on the A11, running through Norfolk and Suffolk, which fell by 80% between 2010 and 2015, from 115 to 23.
The last nine miles between Barton Mills and Thetford opened on 12 December 2014 at a cost of £134m.
Insp Julian Ditcham, of Suffolk Police, attributed the drop to the upgrade.
"The majority of the accidents were on the single carriageways, often through people overtaking at a risk to themselves and others," said Insp Ditcham.
"There was the added problem of deer getting on to roads. There is now more space between the forestry and the road."
Prof David Spiegelhalter, of Cambridge University, said: "The numbers for 2015 are certainly significantly less [in the technical sense] than 2010 to 2012."
He accepted that figures were affected by speed restrictions during construction in 2013-14.
"[But] a reduction of around 100 a year to 23 in one year could not plausibly be due to chance," he continued.
"It is a rather a dramatic reduction, and so unless there is some other plausible reason provided [for example, a massive reduction in traffic], I would think it reasonable to claim it was due to the dualling."
Highways England said: "We routinely assess the impact of our major projects on congestion and safety and, while it is too early to say for sure what the long term impacts of dualling the A11 have been, the early indications are very encouraging."
Dr Giles Smith, 68, who lived and worked near the A11 and attended crash victims, campaigned in the 1980s and 1990s for the A11 to be made safer.
"I am impressed with the A11 dualling, even if it was 20 years late," he said.
West Suffolk Conservative MP Matthew Hancock said: "Thousands of commuters are having a much safer journey thanks to the dualling."
Business leaders said the new road had been for positive for companies in Norfolk and Suffolk.
John Dugmore, chief executive of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, said: "We hear from our members and from businesses big and small across the East of England that 12 months on the dualling of the A11 is having an improved impact on our economy." | Crashes on a stretch of road upgraded after a 40-year campaign fell "significantly" in the first year after it opened, the BBC can reveal. |
37,166,929 | Gemma Rees, of Stowford Road, Barton, appeared at Oxford Crown Court and denied the offence.
Police found a man in his 50s had been stabbed in his home in Henry Taunt Close, Barton, on 2 July. Ms Rees, 26, was arrested the next day.
She will go on trial at the same court on 11 January next year. | A woman has pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent after a man was stabbed in Oxford. |
32,741,918 | Police watchdogs are investigating the response to an alleged visit by a member of the public to Pontypridd police station four years ago to give details about the former singer.
Watkins was jailed for 29 years for serious child sex offences in 2013.
Two other officers from the force are already being investigated.
Three others from South Yorkshire are also the focus of an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) about the way they dealt with complaints about Watkins.
In relation to the latest case, the IPCC said: "One officer has been served with a misconduct notice by the IPCC to advise that their conduct is being investigated." | A third officer from South Wales Police is being investigated in relation to the force's handling of complaints about paedophile Ian Watkins. |
38,714,459 | Terry Gou told reporters the investment might exceed $7bn (£5.7bn).
The investment by a major supplier of Apple Inc would be likely to generate thousands of jobs, if it goes ahead.
The plans come after US President Donald Trump confirmed his "America First" agenda meant overturning international trade treaties.
During his campaign, and since his election, Mr Trump had repeatedly threatened high import tariffs in order to encourage US and foreign companies to move production to the US.
He singled out China as a significant cause of lost manufacturing jobs in the United States.
Foxconn - formally known as Hon Hai Precision - has most of its factories in China where it assembles Apple's iPhones.
Last year, the firm took over Japanese electronics veteran Sharp and the display-making investment being considered in the US is thought to be under the new Sharp unit.
The White House website, updated after President Trump's inauguration, makes clear that the new administration will pursue plans to alter trading relationships with Asian countries.
President Trump has also announced he will be renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with Canada and Mexico. | The chief executive of Taiwan's technology giant Foxconn has confirmed his company is considering setting up a new plant in the United States. |
36,937,977 | Maguire, who shared 10th spot after Saturday's third round, still had the consolation of winning the Smyth Salver for finishing top amateur.
The 21-year-old Cavan woman's next event will be when she represents Ireland at the Olympics in Rio.
Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn earned a three-shot victory at Woburn.
Jutanugarn regrouped from a back nine wobble as she double bogeyed the 13th to finish three ahead of her playing partner, South Korean Lee Mirim. | Irish amateur Leona Maguire lost ground on the final round of the Women's British Open at Woburn as a closing 75 left her in a share of 25th place. |
36,758,013 | Forces loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar say government troops attacked their positions in the capital, Juba.
But Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said the reports of war were "dishonest".
The UN mission said hundreds had sought shelter in its compounds, and called for leaders to restrain their troops.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned what he called the "senseless violence". The UN Security Council is holding an emergency session to discuss South Sudan.
Col William Gatjiath, Mr Machar's military spokesman, told the BBC President Salva Kiir "isn't serious" about a peace agreement.
He said "hundreds" of Mr Machar's troops had died on Sunday, and that troops loyal to Mr Machar were advancing on Juba from different directions.
Mr Lueth said government troops responded when Mr Machar's forces attacked a checkpoint, adding that those forces had now been scattered. "The situation is normal and it is under full control," he added.
The clashes follow days of fighting in the world's newest country between supporters of Mr Kiir and Mr Machar.
At least 150 people were killed in fighting on Friday, before calm was restored on Saturday. Local radio station Radio Tamazuj reported on Sunday that the death toll from those clashes may be as high as 271.
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The violence has raised fears of renewed instability, with a 2015 peace deal failing to quell unrest.
Heavy gunfire was reported on Sunday near a military barracks occupied by troops loyal to Mr Machar.
Friday's exchanges were apparently sparked by a shootout between Mr Kiir's and Mr Machar's bodyguards. The two men met at the presidential palace on Friday, and issued a call for calm.
July 2011 - South Sudan becomes an independent country, after more than 20 years of guerrilla warfare, which claimed the lives of at least 1.5 million people and displaced more than four million.
December 2013 - Civil war breaks out after President Salva Kiir sacks the cabinet and accuses Vice-President Riek Machar of planning a coup. The war is fought broadly between the country's biggest ethnic groups - the Dinka, led by Mr Kiir, and the Nuer, under Mr Machar.
More than 2.2 million people are displaced by the fighting. Famine puts the lives of thousands at risk. Tens of thousands of people are reported killed, and Mr Machar flees the country.
August 2015 - President Kiir signs a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN.
April 2016 - Mr Machar returns to South Sudan to take up his job as first vice president in a new unity government led by President Kiir.
The move marks "the end of the war and the return of peace and stability to South Sudan", Mr Kiir says.
The situation in South Sudan has echoes of the days before the civil war began, in December 2013, when skirmishes between troops loyal to Mr Kiir and Mr Machar escalated into a national bloodbath, killing tens of thousands and displacing two million.
As artillery fire rings out in the capital Juba and a helicopter gunship buzzes overhead, desperate work is under way to try to calm the situation and to prevent the clashes from spreading.
But huge distrust remains between Mr Kiir and Mr Machar and between their forces. The leaders may even be struggling to control their own troops. A number of peace deals have been signed - so far, none has led to lasting stability.
One foreign worker in the Gudele district, on the outskirts of the city, told the BBC he was waiting to be evacuated from the area.
He said shooting restarted at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Sunday, and had been sporadic throughout the day.
In the latest response:
South Sudan marked its fifth anniversary of independence from neighbouring Sudan on Saturday in lockdown.
The country is so short of money that no official anniversary events were planned. | South Sudan is "back to war", a spokesman for the vice-president has told the BBC, as rival factions clash and hundreds have been reported killed. |
31,965,758 | However, it will offer trainee priests and Christians who are scientists the chance to engage with contemporary science.
The project - backed by the Church of England - is to receive more than £700,000 to promote greater engagement between science and Christians, as part of a three-year Durham University programme.
Trainee priests and others will be offered access to resources on contemporary science, and the scheme will research attitudes towards science among Church leaders.
Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the project will invite proposals for grants of up to £10,000 for "scientists in congregations" to promote greater understanding of the relationship between science and faith.
While some contemporary scientists who are atheists - such as Richard Dawkins in his book The God Delusion - have termed faith not credible, and even delusional, others within science do not see the two as being mutually exclusive.
One of those leading the programme is the Rev Prof David Wilkinson, an astrophysicist in the department of theology and religion at Durham University.
"Too often Christian leaders have felt that science is a threat or have felt a lack of confidence in engaging with it," he says.
Prof Wilkinson became a Methodist minister after training and working in theoretical astrophysics on the origin of the universe.
"Many of the questions that faith and science posed to each other were fruitful," he says.
"For many different folk both inside and outside the church, science and religion don't have a simplistic relationship - and the model that says science has to be pitted against religion doesn't explain the history of a very interesting interaction.
"Today, many cosmologists are finding that some questions go beyond science - for example, where does the sense of awe in the universe come from?"
The idea of a battle between the two dates back to the medieval Church's condemnation of Galileo for his discovery that the Earth moves around the Sun rather than vice versa.
It took hundreds of years for the Church to admit that Galileo had a point.
But the real narrative of a conflict between science and religion was developed in the late 19th Century, and has proved remarkably persistent - not least because it makes for lively debates on TV, radio and the internet.
Many have said that science deals with facts, while religion deals with faith, though many others today say the two have overlapping interests - arguing that both share a desire to find out what is behind the Universe.
However, more recently, arguments over creationism and intelligent design have sometimes pitted one against the other.
"The old distinction that science is about facts and religious belief is about faith is far too simplistic," says Prof Wilkinson.
"Science involves evidence, but it also involves skills of judgement, and skills of assessing evidence.
"After all, you only have a limited amount of evidence to base your theory, and you have to trust your evidence - which isn't far from being Christian.
"It doesn't involve blind faith - and indeed religion is not good religion if it is simply based on blind faith.
"Christianity has to be open to interpretation about its claims about the world and experience."
For Prof Wilkinson, the two are absolutely not mutually exclusive.
Living scientists with religious beliefs
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, Unitarian Universalism
Sir Colin John Humphreys, physicist, president of Christians in Science
Ahmed Zewail, 1999 Nobel Prize for chemistry, Muslim
Simon Conway Morris, palaeontologist, Christian
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, astrophysicist and former chairman of the Royal Society, churchgoer who doesn't believe in God
He cites The Goldilocks Enigma by Paul Davies and his idea that, like the porridge in the tale of Goldilocks and the three bears, the universe seems to be "just right' for life" in many intriguing ways.
"I've had moments of 'Wow,' like that - where you are struck by the beauty and elegance not just of the Universe but the beautiful, simple laws of physics that underlie the Universe," Prof Wilkinson says.
That sense of wonder is echoed by Catholic priest and particle physicist Father Andrew Pinsent, who worked at the Cern laboratory.
Now research director at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, he believes it is "an extremely promising" time for research on science and religion.
However, he fears that the old "conflict metaphor" has been revived, and is shaping the way many think - especially if they have little actual knowledge of either science or religion.
Fr Pinsent welcomes the idea of training priests to have scientific knowledge, saying knowledge is an intrinsic good.
"Many priests already have considerable scientific training," he says.
"For example, when I trained as a Catholic priest in Rome, 10% of the seminarians in my college had higher degrees in science and medicine, whereas the average of the UK population is estimated to be under 1.5%.
"Moreover, two of the most important theories of modern science, genetics and the big bang, were both invented by priests."
He says that as a particle physicist, he was always impressed by the discovery of "beautiful patterns and symmetries in nature, mathematics at a deep level, and the extraordinary properties of light".
"These discoveries cannot, in themselves, be used to construct a formal proof of the existence of God, but they do evoke a sense of wonder to which a religious response is natural," he says.
Other scientists agree that the long-standing idea of a war between science and religion is a misconception - though they would not necessarily see the two as natural partners.
James D Williams, lecturer in science education at the University of Sussex, says: "Where we have issues, they generally revolve around people trying to reconcile science and religion or using religion to refute science.
"This misunderstands the nature of science.
"Science deals in the natural, religion the 'supernatural'.
"Science seeks explanations for natural phenomena, whereas religion seeks to understand meaning in life."
"In my view, science and religion cannot be integrated, that is, science cannot answer many of the questions religion poses and, likewise, religion cannot answer scientific questions." | A new project bringing together science and religion is unlikely to end the long and sometimes bitter debate over the relationship between the two. |
31,194,496 | It wants access to NHS records to help identify those eligible to pay the new Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT).
Labour has called on the Scottish and UK governments to "get a serious grip" of the situation. HMRC said the project was "on track for successful delivery".
From April 2016, Holyrood will set income tax rates for the first time.
Only those who spend most of the tax year resident in Scotland will be required to pay the Scottish rate.
HMRC is working to identify these Scottish taxpayers.
In a letter to the Commons public accounts committee, it said: "This has proved more complex than was initially anticipated, which is why the rating for the risk relating to this area of work has increased."
The letter, dated 16 January, was written by HMRC's tax assurance commissioner Edward Troup.
Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran said: "This letter confirms what Scottish Labour has been saying all along - that HMRC and the Scottish government are struggling to identify all Scottish taxpayers.
"Both our governments need to get a serious grip of this."
The Scottish government said administering the tax was a matter for the UK government and HMRC.
HMRC said it remained "confident" that it would "be able to deliver SRIT and correctly tax Scottish taxpayers from April 2016".
It has also revised the estimated cost of setting up the new tax downwards from £40-45m to £35-40m.
The agency is worried some people will try to dodge tax, when rates differ between Scotland and the rest of the UK, by falsifying their main residence.
HMRC is seeking access to NHS data to cross-reference information about where people live.
The Scottish government is consulting on this issue until 25 February.
A Scottish government spokesman said: "A consultation is ongoing as to whether HMRC should be allowed administrative data to assist their identification of where people should pay tax.
"No decision has been taken."
In his letter, Mr Troup said: "We need to be sure that we have thoroughly explored all the available options for improving the accuracy of information we hold."
HMRC has also floated the idea of using the electoral register.
In a statement to the BBC, the agency said: "The Scottish electoral register could provide a potential list of people who live in Scotland but do not have a Scottish address on our system."
Voter registration is particularly high at the moment following the independence referendum.
But when local authorities suggested using this data to help chase poll tax arrears, the Scottish government strongly objected. | The tax collection agency HMRC has said work to identify Scottish taxpayers is proving "more complex" than anticipated. |
22,632,937 | Wade, 22, was named both the Players' Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year after a superb season.
He scored 18 tries in 26 appearances and finished level with Wasps team-mate Tom Varndell as the Premiership's joint leading try-scorer with 12.
Jonny Wilkinson is the only other player to have won both RPA awards - but he did so in different years.
Wilkinson won the young player trophy in 1999 and the main award in 2003.
"I am really shocked and humbled," Wade said.
"When it is the players who you play week-in, week-out it makes it that more special. It is the greatest feeling to have the respect of your peers.
"Looking at the quality of the nominees in both awards I didn't expect to win and I am thankful to come out on top."
Wade won the Players' Player of the Year award ahead of the Leicester flanker Julian Salvi, with Saracens and England prop Mako Vunipola in third.
Vunipola also finished runner-up in the Young Player of the Year award with his brother, the Saracens-bound Wasps number eight, Billy in third.
Wasps were strongly represented, with lock Joe Launchbury named the England Player of the Year for 2012-2013.
Players' Player of the Year
1. Christian Wade - London Wasps
2. Julian Salvi - Leicester Tigers
3. Mako Vunipola - Saracens
Young Player of the Year
1. Christian Wade - London Wasps
2. Mako Vunipola - Saracens
3. Billy Vunipola - London Wasps
England Player of the Year 2013
Joe Launchbury - London Wasps
England Sevens Player of the Year 2013
Dan Norton
England Women's Player of the Year
Emily Scarratt
RFU Championship Player of the Year 2013
Tim Streather - Nottingham Rugby
The RPA Hall of Fame Induction
Ieuan Evans (Wales and British & Irish Lions)
Special Merit Award
Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers, Ireland and British & Irish Lions)
RPA Blyth Spirit Award
Michael Lynagh (Saracens and Australia)
Try of the Year
Ben Youngs - Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers, round 21, 20 April 2013 | Wasps wing Christian Wade has landed a unique double at the Rugby Players' Association awards. |
39,666,863 | More than a third of 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds who responded to a poll said they had asked their parents to stop checking their devices.
And 14% said their parents were online at meal times, although 95% of 3,000 parents, polled separately, denied it.
The research was carried out by Digital Awareness UK and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Among the pupils:
Of pupils who had asked their parents to put down their phones, 46% said their parents took no notice while 44% felt upset and ignored.
Despite this, only a minority of parents (10%) believed their mobile use was a concern for their children - although almost half (43%) felt they spent too much of their own time online:
Research last year by DAUK and HMC showed almost half of secondary pupils were checking their mobile phones after they had gone to bed, amid warnings that they were arriving at school tired and unable to concentrate.
According to the new research, almost three-quarters of pupils (72%) said they were online between three and 10 hours a day - but for 11% this could rise to 15 hours at weekends and holidays and 3% said it could reach 20 hours.
And children's greatest worry about their own online use was lack of sleep, with 47% highlighting it as a major concern.
But among parents, only 10% worried about children's time online leading to sleep deprivation.
Mike Buchanan, headmaster of Ashford School in Kent and chairman of the HMC, which represents leading private schools, said it was time for parents, teachers and pupils "to rewrite the rulebook" on mobile devices, which "have become an integral part of life at school, work and play".
"Our poll shows that children are aware of many of the risks associated with overuse of technology but they need the adults in their lives to set clear boundaries and role model sensible behaviour.
"To achieve this, we need to join up the dots between school and home and give consistent advice," said Mr Buchanan.
Emma Robertson, co-founder of DAUK, said too few parents knew how long their children were online, particularly at night, "or what they are actually doing online".
"We hope these findings will be a wake-up call for families and motivate them to have serious conversations about the safe and healthy use of technology," she said.
The research comes ahead of the HMC's spring conference, which will explore new ways of working between schools and families in both the state and independent sectors.
Parents and pupils at a leading academy chain, which runs both state and private schools in England, were invited to take part in the research earlier this month. | An overuse of mobile phones by parents disrupts family life, according to a survey of secondary pupils. |
34,725,563 | The American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, will chase you down, and she will catch you.
It was a lesson learnt by a man who took the 34-year-old's mobile phone while she was in a restaurant.
"Yesterday at dinner the craziest thing happened to me," the world number one posted on her Facebook page, accompanied by a picture of herself as Superwoman.
Williams, who is taking the rest of the year off to recover from injuries, claimed the man "grabbed her phone and swiftly left".
She said: "Not thinking I reacted (hence the superwoman photo), I jumped up, weaved my way in and out of the cosy restaurant (leaping over a chair or two) and chased him down."
Williams said she was "too fast" for the man and was "upon him in a flash".
She added: "In the most menacing, yet calm, no-nonsense voice I could muster, I kindly asked him if he 'accidentally' took the wrong phone.
"He stumbled on his words, probably not expecting this to happen. Eventually he said: 'Gosh, you know what, I did! It was so confusing in there. I must have grabbed the wrong phone.'"
Williams, who won every Grand Slam singles title except the US Open this year, said she received a "standing ovation" from her fellow diners at the restaurant.
She described it as a "win for the ladies" and said she showed "every man in there I can stand up to bullies". | Here's a tip for anyone planning to grab Serena Williams's phone - don't bother. |
37,174,908 | The ashes were owned by Johnny Carson's ex-wife Joanne, who was one of Capote's closest friends and who died last year.
Capote, whose seminal books included In Cold Blood and Breakfast At Tiffany's, died in Carson's home in 1984.
After his death, Joanne received a portion of his ashes, which have been valued up to $6,000 (£4,500).
"[Joanne] often said the ashes brought her great comfort," according to Julien's Auctions, who will offer the macabre memorabilia for sale on 24 September.
Capote was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's Tonight show, which led him to become "best buddies" with Joanne Carson, as she later described it.
He often lived and wrote at Carson's Los Angeles home until his death. Joanne told Vanity Fair in 2012: "He had a writing room in my house - he spent a lot of time here because it was a safe place and nobody could get to him." | Fans of writer Truman Capote will have the chance to get their hands on an unusual and particularly macabre piece of memorabilia - his ashes. |
37,395,695 | The 64-year-old was from the north of the city.
The collision happened at the junction of Brougham Street at about 15:10 BST.
Police have appealed for anyone with a dashboard camera who drove along Dock Street or Brougham Street at the time to contact their crash investigators. | The man who died after he was hit by a lorry while walking on Dock Street in Belfast on Friday was William James Walker, police have confirmed. |
37,660,868 | Elsewhere, French champions Racing 92 welcome Munster, while Scarlets - the sole Welsh representatives in the top-tier competition - take on Sale.
In the Challenge Cup, big-spending Pau welcome Bath to south-west France.
Saturday
Connacht v Toulouse (17:30)
Leinster v Castres (15:15)
Northampton Saints v Montpellier (17:30)
Toulon v Saracens (15:15)
Scarlets v Sale Sharks (19:45)
Wasps v Zebre (13:00)
Sunday
Bordeaux-Begles v Ulster (13:00)
Exeter Chiefs v ASM Clermont Auvergne (17:30)
Racing 92 v Munster (15:15)
Saturday
Bayonne v Gloucester (17:00)
Enisei-STM v Worcester Warriors (15:00)
Pau v Bath (20:45)
Timisoara Saracens v Edinburgh (12:00)
* All kick-off times BST. | European rugby returns for the 2016-17 season with Champions Cup holders Saracens taking on three-time winners Toulon in arguably the pick of the opening weekend's clashes. |
40,214,840 | 9 June 2017 Last updated at 06:21 BST
Polling stations closed at 10pm on Thursday night and teams of volunteers there raced to be the first to count up their votes.
Newcastle Central announced its result at 11:01pm.
It's always a big race to try and be first! Houghton and Sunderland South - a different constituency that's nearby - came in second place, nine minutes later.
To find out more about the results of the general election, click here. | Newcastle Central was the first area in the UK to announce its result for the general election. |
35,675,384 | The 29-year-old's tap-in from Lee Frecklington's cross saw the visitors walk away with all three points in the South Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough.
Michael Turner thought he had brought the hosts level before half-time but was adjudged to be offside.
Goalkeeper Lee Camp pulled off a number of saves as the Millers held on.
After a poor first-half display, the home side bombarded Rotherham's goal for the second 45 but Camp was equal to the task.
The 31-year-old shot stopper denied Gary Hooper and Lucas Joao before stopping Ross Wallace's stinging free-kick with his feet.
As the Owls continued to search for a much-needed equaliser, following Cardiff's victory in the early kick-off, Wallace was unlucky to see his thumping strike cannon off the woodwork.
Sheffield Wednesday remain in the play-off places, level on points with Bluebirds, and just a point ahead of Birmingham and Ipswich - who both have a game in hand.
Meanwhile, a win for ex Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock with his new club saw Rotherham register their first consecutive victories since December but they remain three points adrift of safety.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal: "It was frustrating we didn't score of course. We expected to win the game, we prepared for the game to win and it's a game that was a little strange for us.
"For the goal we had ruled out in the first half, to me it is not offside. There was one defender in line with him (Michael Turner) and that is why the referee gave it as a goal and the assistants didn't give offside at first.
"But I don't want to talk too much about referees. I love football and I just want to talk about football."
Rotherham manager Neil Warnock: "You don't overcome your rivals every week, so it is special, because they aren't a bad side. That makes it better for me.
"I thought we got it spot on tactically today, too. Other than the one they hit the bar with, I can't remember anything too clear-cut for Camp to deal with.
"I thought we restricted their play and it will probably be their most difficult game for the rest of the season. | Matt Derbyshire's first-half goal was enough to help relegation-threatened Rotherham earn a victory against play-off hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday. |
34,129,138 | Spurs took an early lead when Christian Eriksen capitalised on a mix-up in the hosts' defence.
But Guillaume Gillet rifled in an equaliser before Anderlecht top scorer Stefano Okaka secured victory late on.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane, a second-half substitute, failed to beat goalkeeper Silvio Proto after being played clean through at 1-1.
Both teams were committed to attack in an entertaining match but Spurs paid for wasting early chances, with Erik Lamela the most guilty.
Anderlecht, third in the Belgian Jupiler League, kept Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris busy throughout and were good value for their first victory in six European games.
The sides meet again at White Hart Lane on 5 November with only four points separating the four teams in the group after Monaco beat Qarabag 1-0 to go top.
Tottenham, who have drawn their previous three games in all competitions, are still to reach full throttle this season.
In a frantic opening, they should have taken advantage of a ragged Anderlecht defence and could have been 3-0 ahead within 10 minutes as Eriksen and Lamela shot straight at Proto before the opening goal.
The home side settled after Gillet found the net superbly, and Okaka twice had efforts saved by Lloris.
Although Tottenham's midfield took charge of the first half, their control slipped in the second period and the introduction of Anderlecht substitute Frank Acheampong turned the game in their favour.
His cross set up Okaka for his seventh goal of the season, and it could have been worse for Spurs had Dennis Praet not fluffed a late opportunity.
With Tottenham suffering from several injuries and Kane picking up a knock in the previous Premier League game against Liverpool, Clinton Njie was handed a full debut up front.
The 22-year-old Cameroon international, who had not scored in seven substitute appearances following his reported £10m arrival from Lyon in August, did not look like opening his Spurs account in Brussels.
Spurs chose to break from midfield rather than use Njie's pace, and he was booked in the 55th minute before being replaced by Kane four minutes later.
The England international at least threatened the Anderlecht goal, but he has now scored only one goal in 13 appearances this season.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: "I am angry, frustrated, disappointed. I don't know which word to describe me.
"We started the game very well. After 10 minutes we scored, we created two or three chances more.
"We lost our focus and after 10 minutes the game changed completely. This was our problem and we need to learn.
"We are young but if you are the best team on the pitch after 10 minutes and you believe you can win the game you need to win the game. We lost our focus."
Anderlecht boss Besnik Hasi: "It's nice to win against such a team. Especially after the poor start against Monaco and Qarabag - we knew it was our last chance today.
"Tottenham clearly came to win and gave the necessary space away for us to exploit."
Tottenham travel to Bournemouth on Sunday in the Premier League and host Aston Villa on 2 November before facing Anderlecht again three days' later.
Match ends, RSC Anderlecht 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Second Half ends, RSC Anderlecht 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Attempt missed. Ibrahima Conte (RSC Anderlecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Steven Defour with a cross.
Substitution, RSC Anderlecht. Ibrahima Conte replaces Dennis Praet.
Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
Guillaume Gillet (RSC Anderlecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt saved. Dennis Praet (RSC Anderlecht) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur).
Idrissa Sylla (RSC Anderlecht) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, RSC Anderlecht. Idrissa Sylla replaces Stefano Okaka.
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Guillaume Gillet (RSC Anderlecht).
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Frank Acheampong (RSC Anderlecht) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Dennis Praet (RSC Anderlecht) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Steven Defour.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Dele Alli tries a through ball, but Harry Kane is caught offside.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Josh Onomah replaces Andros Townsend.
Attempt missed. Leander Dendoncker (RSC Anderlecht) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kara with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, RSC Anderlecht. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela tries a through ball, but Harry Kane is caught offside.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Guillaume Gillet.
Goal! RSC Anderlecht 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Stefano Okaka (RSC Anderlecht) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frank Acheampong with a cross.
Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ivan Obradovic (RSC Anderlecht).
Offside, RSC Anderlecht. Leander Dendoncker tries a through ball, but Frank Acheampong is caught offside.
Hand ball by Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur).
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Guillaume Gillet (RSC Anderlecht).
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Leander Dendoncker (RSC Anderlecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Davies with a through ball.
Foul by Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur).
Kara (RSC Anderlecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, RSC Anderlecht. Dennis Praet tries a through ball, but Stefano Okaka is caught offside.
Substitution, RSC Anderlecht. Frank Acheampong replaces Imoh Ezekiel.
Andros Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Obradovic (RSC Anderlecht).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dele Alli replaces Mousa Dembélé. | Tottenham slipped to third in Europa League Group J with their first loss of the campaign at Anderlecht. |
38,479,147 | The 24-year-old Netherlands midfielder, who signed for Chelsea in 2013, has extended his deal by a year to 2019.
He helped PSV win the Dutch title while on loan during the second half of the 2015-16 campaign and will now return to Eindhoven until the end of this season.
In recent months he has had treatment for a recurring knee injury but said he is "now ready for top football".
"Rest and physiotherapy were necessary," Van Ginkel said.
Van Ginkel has played four competitive matches for Chelsea since originally joining for £8m from Vitesse Arnhem.
He was loaned to Stoke at the start of the 2015-16 season, playing 21 times, before moving to PSV, where he scored eight times in 16 appearances.
This season, Phillip Cocu's side sit third in the Eredivisie, eight points behind leaders Feyenoord. | Marco van Ginkel has extended his contract with Chelsea - and rejoined PSV Eindhoven on loan on the same day. |
36,950,582 | Ivan Scott, from Kilmacrennan in County Donegal, beat New Zealander Don King's 2007 record by just one lamb.
The 35-year-old is now the first shearer from the northern hemisphere to set such a world record for lamb shearing.
Mr Scott averaged 96.33 lambs every hour, or one every 37.37 seconds.
The feat has been described as the equivalent of running three marathons back to back.
"I felt great when it was all over but the body was feeling it," Ivan said.
"It's certainly very physically demanding and you have to train for months just to get through the day.
"When the adrenaline kicks in, that's what keeps you going."
The strong wool lambs can be as tough as they sound but have an average wool weight of no less than 1.9 lbs.
The exercise was watched by three referees from the world shearing council.
Ivan said his experience of travelling to every sheep shearing season in New Zealand for the last 14 years stood him in good stead.
"It was very hard work and to train for something like this you have to actually do gym work as well training outside the normal working shearing.
"It's all about getting the right conditions, trying to get a real good mob of sheep, which is really really difficult, especially in the UK.
"There's a lot to it and everything has to come together on the day," Ivan said.
There are a number of different classes of sheep shearing.
Last week, Matt Smith, from New Zealand, broke the record for the number of adult female sheep fleeced.
He sheared 731 ewes in nine hours at a farm in Cornwall to beat the previous record of 721. | A new world record has been set by an Irish man who sheared 867 strong wool lambs in nine hours. |
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Sanchez settled a contentious semi-final 11 minutes into the extra period after Manchester City failed to clear Mesut Ozil's free-kick.
Arsenal showed great resilience to come from behind - and eased the pressure on manager Arsene Wenger - after Sergio Aguero raced clear of Nacho Monreal to put City ahead in the 62nd minute.
Monreal made amends with the equaliser 11 minutes later as he drilled in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross at the far post - but City were left nursing a serious sense of injustice after this disappointing defeat.
They had a goal wrongly ruled out in the first half when Leroy Sane's cross was adjudged to have gone out before Aguero and Raheem Sterling combined to turn it into the net, while Yaya Toure and Fernandinho hit the woodwork after the break.
It left Arsenal victorious and Wenger aiming for a record seventh FA Cup triumph.
Wenger's future - and the lack of clarity surrounding it - has only been brought into sharper focus by Arsenal's recent fall outside the Champions League places.
The manager needed a statement, as did his team, to ease the growing disquiet among Arsenal fans at the prospect that he will extend his stay as manager.
Arsenal's Wembley win against Manchester City will not ease the concerns in the minds of the doubters but he can point to the victory, and the manner in which it was achieved, as evidence that he could yet be the man to take the club forward.
Victory in the final on 27 May would strengthen his and Arsenal's case for continuity, but for now there was much for the Frenchman and his players to treasure about this triumph.
Wenger persisted with an unfamiliar three-man defensive system comprising youngster Rob Holding, Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny and set up his team to deliver an uncharacteristically stubborn performance.
Arsenal rode their luck at times - but Wenger will take that all day.
Wenger's players have been accused of not playing for him in recent months. No such accusation could be levelled here as they dug deep for victory.
The Gunners' embattled manager pumped his fists towards the skies at the final whistle and beamed with delight - he may yet achieve glory amid the worst discontent of his reign.
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Manchester City will argue long and hard that their chances of reaching the final were sabotaged by a first-half decision that saw a good goal ruled out.
Referee's assistant Steve Child judged that Sane's cross had gone behind before Aguero turned it back at the far post and then Sterling made sure. Replays suggested the ball had not gone out and City were the victims of an injustice.
City will also feel Lady Luck deserted them as they lost playmaker David Silva to injury early on and saw those efforts from Toure and Fernandinho hit the woodwork.
In the final reckoning, they must also accept the brutal truth that once more they enjoyed superiority in possession and territory but could not find the ruthless touch.
Guardiola, arguably football's most celebrated coach, was brought to Manchester City to lift them to another level - and on that basis his first season without a trophy in a glittering managerial career will be regarded by many as a failure.
He has found it more difficult than he may have imagined after the seamless successes of his years in charge of Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
He must now address the problems that have undermined City this season, particularly uncertainty over the goalkeeper position, where his decision to replace Joe Hart with Claudio Bravo has been unsuccessful, and also sort out an uncertain and ageing defence.
Guardiola's main priority now is securing a top-four place and getting into the Champions League, starting with Thursday's derby against Manchester United at Etihad Stadium.
Failure to achieve that objective is unthinkable.
Manchester City return to Premier League action with a home derby against neighbours United on Thursday. Arsenal are at home to Leicester in the league on Wednesday.
Match ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.
Offside, Manchester City. Jesús Navas tries a through ball, but Kelechi Iheanacho is caught offside.
Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Mesut Özil.
Attempt missed. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gaël Clichy.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal).
Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Héctor Bellerín.
Attempt blocked. Fabian Delph (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Attempt blocked. Yaya Touré (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Gaël Clichy (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Fabian Delph (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Second Half Extra Time begins Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Raheem Sterling.
First Half Extra Time ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1.
Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
Substitution, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Fabian Delph (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Manchester City. Claudio Bravo tries a through ball, but Leroy Sané is caught offside.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Rob Holding.
Leroy Sané (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Gaël Clichy (Manchester City).
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Arsenal 2, Manchester City 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck following a set piece situation.
Foul by Vincent Kompany (Manchester City).
Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fernando replaces Fernandinho because of an injury.
Substitution, Manchester City. Fabian Delph replaces Sergio Agüero. | Alexis Sanchez's scrambled extra-time winner secured Arsenal an FA Cup final date with Chelsea - and ensured Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will end a season without a trophy for the first time in his coaching career. |
36,823,803 | Services from Cirencester were axed in the 1960s as part of the Beeching cuts leaving only services from the nearby village of Kemble.
But now, Cirencester Community Railway wants to raise funds for a feasibility study to lay four miles of track.
The plan involves a "light" rail service which would link to mainline services in Kemble.
Recently, a scheme to double the track at Kemble at a cost of £45m, was completed by Network Rail.
That route links Cheltenham, Gloucester and Kemble with Swindon and London Paddington.
And a light train service from Cirencester could link up to Kemble meaning people would not have to drive and park there.
The group's Richard Gunner said £75,000 is needed to fund a study to estimate how many people would use the service.
Cirencester mayor Mark Harris said the plan was at "very, very early stages" but added it would "free up the roads" and help with under-pressure parking in the town.
He added that the plan would also help link up the town with London and make it "so much easier" to do business with the capital.
The £13m proposal includes a new station in Cirencester at Chesterton and a bridge being built over the A429 at Kemble.
The scheme could also alleviate parking issues in Kemble where a small car park is often full with motorists having to park in nearby roads.
A Great Western Railway spokesman said the firm wanted to build a new car park.
"We are currently awaiting planning consent from Cotswold District Council which we understand should be granted shortly." | A Cotswold town could be linked to mainline rail services again if a plan for a new line is approved. |
37,802,223 | The case concerns a Virginia public school district trying to prevent a female-born 17-year-old transgender student from using the boys' bathroom.
The justices are expected to rule on the case before the end of June.
The high court is one justice short after the death of Antonin Scalia, which could lead to a 4-4 decision.
Schools districts nationwide remain conflicted on whether to require transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding with the sex listed on their birth certificates.
The justices accepted a petition from Gloucester County, Virginia, ruling that the school board was not required to comply with a lower court's order that transgender student Gavin Grimm should be allowed to use the boys' bathroom.
Gavin, a student who was born female but identifies as male, came out as a transgender boy during his freshman year of high school.
He sued the school board, arguing that they discriminated against him and its bathroom policy violated his civil rights.
The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled in his favour in April.
The court deferred to President Barack Obama's directive that Title IX, the federal law which bans sex discrimination in public schools, extends to protect the rights of transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
The Education Department issued that guidance to school districts across the country a month later, sparking backlash and leading 13 states to challenge the directive.
Critics say forcing students to use bathrooms consistent with the gender on their birth certificates is necessary for public safety.
A Texas federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in August blocking the department's position.
Texas judge blocks Obama's transgender bathroom directive
A 4-4 Supreme Court ruling would mean the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals decision would remain in place.
But it would not set a legal precedent for other school districts across the country.
The Supreme Court has never directly ruled on transgender rights.
But the justices ruled in favour of a male-born transgender inmate who identified as a woman in 1994.
The inmate said she was beaten and raped by another inmate while held with male prisoners. | The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a transgender rights case which could determine whether schools let students use bathrooms based on gender identity. |
38,601,156 | The 20-year-old was part of the Cherries side that lost at Millwall in the FA Cup last week, but is yet to make a league appearance.
"I've had a couple of people watch their games and their reports have been good," Gulls boss Kevin Nicholson said.
"They've got a very good history of players coming through and they want them out to get that experience."
Torquay have also extended the loan spell of AFC Wimbledon winger David Fitzpatrick until the middle of February.
The 21-year-old has scored two goals in his last three games. | Bournemouth right-back Jordan Lee has joined National League Torquay United on loan until the end of the season. |
34,744,906 | The ratio of boys to girls born in that period was the highest recorded between 2003 and 2014, the study in the Early Human Development journal found.
People were more relaxed and probably had more sex during the World Cup, increasing the ratio, say researchers.
South Africa hosted its first World Cup between 11 June and 11 July 2010.
Dr Gwinyai Masukume, from the University of the Witwatersrand, was involved in the study and told News Day on BBC World Service: "The World Cup caused less stress, people were happier, there has been published research done that people had better feelings, positive feelings about themselves and their country.
"People also probably had more sexual intercourse during the World Cup.
"It has been known that if people have sexual intercourse more frequently there is a tendency to have more boys born than females."
The study showed the ratio of boys born nine months after the tournament was 0.5063, compared with an average during the period from 2003-2012 of 0.5029, which represented about 1,088 extra boys.
Because the ratio of sexes shows "significant cyclic trends", researchers compared the data with the same months in previous years.
The medical reasons for the altered sex ratio could be because of unimpaired sperm mobility, increased frequency of sexual intercourse and, or, decreased male foetal loss during pregnancy, the report's authors concluded.
They added it was "unlikely to be due to chance or a seasonal effect".
Allan Pacey, Professor of Andrology at The University of Sheffield, said it had been known for many years that the proportion of males born could be altered temporarily by external factors like military conflict and natural disasters.
But he said the reasons were still unclear.
He said theories included the thought that men might produce more Y chromosome (male-bearing) sperm for a short period of time, or that a woman's body can "sort" the sperm in some way after intercourse and therefore alter the proportion of X or Y sperm which reach the egg.
Professor Pacey added: "All these are credible biological mechanisms, but no-one knows which of them, if any, is responsible for altering the number of boys born in a population." | The 2010 World Cup in South Africa triggered an increase in the number of boys born in the country nine months after the event, a study says. |
39,513,312 | Michael O'Neill's side beat Norway 2-0 in their most recent match, a World Cup 2018 qualifier that moved them second behind Germany in Group C.
Wales dropped one place to 13th, England stay in 14th, while Scotland moved up eight spots to 59th.
Brazil went top for the first time in seven years, replacing Argentina.
The five-time World Cup winners became the first side to qualify for next year's tournament in Russia with a 3-0 victory over Paraguay last week. | Northern Ireland have climbed nine places up to joint 26th in Fifa's world rankings, level with the Republic of Ireland, who fell by two places. |
28,723,031 | The service, featuring an altar of drums, replicated those held by frontline servicemen 100 years ago.
Military bands and about 100 marching veterans led a procession down the Royal Mile to a replica Commonwealth war graves cemetery in Holyrood Park.
Headstones represent 1,000 names listed at the Scottish National War Memorial.
The event was attended by politicians including First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, civic and religious leaders and military representatives.
The congregation followed the procession to Holyrood Park, where people were invited to leave poppies, wreaths or markers.
The service heralded the start of the Scottish commemorations programme.
Eight significant points in the conflict have been selected including the battles of Jutland and Gallipoli, as well as domestic incidents such as the Quintinshill rail disaster and the loss of HMY Iolaire.
The traditional service at the castle esplanade was conducted by senior chaplains from the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Reverend John Chalmers, said it was a chance for today's Scots to remember those who fell in the Great War and to ask what can be learned.
He said: "My prayer is that over the next few years, acts of commemoration will result in the more active pursuit of peace.
"It is not enough to remember the past, we must learn from it."
First minister Alex Salmond, who laid a wreath at the temporary memorial at Holyrood Park, said: "Today's events were a fitting commemoration of the appalling loss of life in the conflict which began a century ago.
"Over the next five years we will ask the people of Scotland to join us in remembering a further seven events from the First World War that had a particularly significant impact on Scotland.
Brigadier David Allfrey, chief organiser of the event, said: "The multi-faith service on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle represents the moment before deployment; the procession down the Royal Mile will symbolise a 'March as to War' and the gathering in Holyrood Park, the approach to the front and assembly for military action.
"The memorial of over 1,000 headstones will provide a vital sense of scale and a focus for acts of individual and collective commemoration."
It is believed the service, procession and memorial was the first commemoration event of its scale to have ever been held in Scotland, with 5,000 people attending the service at the castle and thousands more watching the procession to Holyrood Park.
Tickets for the event were distributed to each of Scotland's 32 councils to ensure representation from across the whole country. The service was also broadcast on a large screen at the base of Arthur's Seat. | Thousands of people have taken part in Scotland's "Drumhead Service" at Edinburgh Castle, commemorating the centenary of World War One. |
26,042,518 | The Committee on Climate Change told BBC News that just as scientists are predicting more extreme weather, buildings are still being allowed on flood plains, gardens are still being paved over and urban green space is being lost.
The committee said an extra £500m was needed to stop flooding getting even worse.
The government said a record amount was already being spent on flood defences.
Members of the committee, the government's official advisory body, have been exasperated by the row over dredging in the Somerset Levels.
They say the floods debate is far too narrow, and insist the whole water system in the UK needs to be re-engineered to catch water on the uplands and prevent flooding downstream.
The committee's specialist on adapting to climate change, Daniel Johns, said: "Flood damages are expected to increase across the UK. Scientists are becoming bolder in attributing recent weather events and flooding to the level of global warming already observed.
"But measures of our exposure to flooding are going in the wrong direction.
"Development appears to be continuing in areas of significant flood risk despite planning controls. Urban green space is being lost and gardens are being paved over. Permeable paving options are available but their take-up appears very low.
"Every millimetre of rain deposits a litre of water on a square metre of land. A day of even modest rainfall can deposit several million litres of water on a town or city."
He called for the widespread adoption of so-called Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), which capture water and slow the rate that it enters the drains.
If the £500m needed for flood risk management was not spent, increasing numbers of homes would be at "significant flood risk", Mr Johns said.
"As a result, we can expect avoidable flooding to take place in future years, causing as much as perhaps £3bn in damages," he said.
He said the £500m was needed over a four-year period.
His comments were backed by Andrew Miller, chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee.
Mr Miller said the government should reforest hillsides where soil had been compacted by sheep, and use "soft engineering" to capture rainfall in upstream areas.
"We have got to think differently about the way we do things," he told BBC News.
"Clearly it makes sense for us to do engineering work upstream if we can slow down the flow of water much more cheaply and effectively than by taking measures downstream. These issues are even more important given the prospect of climate change."
Mr Miller said it was time to re-focus the debate on flooding towards prevention rather than cure.
What is believed to be the UK's biggest preventive scheme is underway in Llanelli.
Welsh Water, a not-for-profit company, introduced it because the town's sewerage system repeatedly flooded homes and polluted the River Lliedi.
It involves digging up stretches of tarmac and paving to create catchment pits for storm water, diverting water into the pits from gutters and finally putting grass and plants on top of the pits.
The water is held in the soil and slowly seeps away or evaporates. The ideas have been praised by the water regulator Ofwat.
Steve Wilson, a director of Welsh Water, told BBC News: "Llanelli suffers quite a lot of flooding. Traditionally we would build bigger pipes or tanks to catch the water but we're reaching the capacity of them too soon.
"So we are trying an approach that will be cheaper and more effective. We are taking water off the roofs and the streets, then instead of putting it down the highway drains we're finding other ways of putting it back into the environment and being slowed down."
He said some of the early parts of the scheme were catching more water than envisaged. He said the total project would take 22,500 cubic metres of water every year out of sewers, removing the risk of flooding from 57 properties.
Another local innovation is an ingeniously designed playground at the nearby Stebonheath Junior School, which includes a grassy hollow for trapping flood water - known as a swale.
Dylan Davies and Caitlin Thomas, both 11, said pupils had also helped design a rain-catching garden with a pond.
"The playground used to be all flooded. It's much better now," they said.
"When it rains, it runs off the roof and the playground into the swale which absorbs the water and pushes it gently into the drains. It doesn't flood any more."
Recent changes in planning law oblige all new developments to catch water from their own site and prevent it adding to floods, although the full implementation of the law has been delayed by what critics claim is disarray in government.
Other experimental schemes are attempting to hold water on upland sites by cramming gorse into streams from peat bogs, blocking young rivers with fallen trees and creating low-level earth dams to contain water so it soaks into the soil.
It will be a challenge to devise policies that incentivise farmers to re-forest upland areas to catch water and stop soil running off into streams. Some think farmers should be obliged to change the way they farm in order to obtain their grants from taxpayers.
Tackling the legacy of decades of flood-inducing buildings in towns and cities will be even more costly and challenging. Water engineers hope major supermarkets will demonstrate their claims over social responsibility by breaking up their car parks and installing porous surfaces to catch run-off.
Scheme like this were recommended in the Pitt report into the 2007 floods. They will come under renewed scrutiny as the government studies the lessons to be learned from this year's deluge.
Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin | The government has been criticised by its own advisers for failing to prevent developments that contribute to flooding. |
35,807,869 | The 42-year-old Spaniard did not take training on Saturday and assistant Steve Agnew was in charge for Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Charlton.
Karanka was thought to be considering his future at the Championship club.
But a Middlesbrough statement on Monday said he "will be resuming first-team duties with the club with immediate effect".
It added: "We have 10 games left this season and as a club we are fully focussed on what remains of our Championship campaign."
Karanka took charge at the Riverside in November 2013.
His Middlesbrough side were top of the table by six points on 12 January, but they are now seven points behind leaders Burnley.
Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add score alerts for the Six Nations, your football team and more. | Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka is to stay at the club after walking out of training following a row last week. |
40,875,973 | The Poland Under-21 international was Pellegrino's first signing after replacing Claude Puel as boss in June.
"He's a very good coach and person, and so far he has already helped us so much," Bednarek, 21, told BBC Radio Solent.
"I think he has a different view on football - I think we can achieve a lot with him."
Saints endured a mixed pre-season under the Argentinian, but beat Sevilla 2-0 at home in their last fixture, having lost 4-0 at home to German side FC Augsburg.
In addition to Bednarek's arrival from Polish side Lech Poznan for £5.7m, Saints have signed midfielder Mario Lemina in a club record £18.1m deal from Italian champions Juventus, with both in line to make their debuts in Saturday's Premier League opener against Swansea City.
"Swansea are a good team, but it's most important to focus on our team, to prepare the best we can," said Bednarek.
"We have to analyse their game, which is normal, but most important is how we'll play. If we play well I'm confident we'll win." | Southampton defender Jan Bednarek believes the club can enjoy success under new manager Mauricio Pellegrino. |
36,755,195 | Atherton, 28, whose winning run goes back to June 2015, finished 0.7 seconds ahead of compatriot Tahnee Seagrave in Lenzerheide in Switzerland.
France's Myriam Nicole was third and Britain's Manon Carpenter fourth.
Hart, 24, beat American Aaron Gwin by less than 0.01secs to earn his first World Cup win.
South Africa's Greg Minaar was third.
Atherton's win was the 31st of her World Cup career. She has won the five World Cup races this year to add to six successive victories to end last season. | Rachel Atherton claimed an 11th UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup win in a row as fellow Briton Danny Hart secured victory in the men's event. |
35,333,577 | The Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library said it was investigating the "misuse" of computers, after a child spotted someone viewing the images.
"Clearly we don't want this type of content being viewed at our libraries," a spokesman for Norfolk County Council's library service said.
"We are always grateful to library users who report misuse."
The spokesman said the images were viewed via social media sites, which unlike other websites were not blocked by a filtering product.
"The huge majority of our computer users greatly value access to social media sites and use our computers appropriately," he said.
"Put simply, it is a choice of allowing access to social media sites or banning them altogether." | A library has banned three people suspected of using its computers to look at pornography. |
35,490,428 | The move, which has been agreed by the teams but still needs to be officially ratified, will mean the end of the complicated 'token' system.
Mercedes has dominated F1 since the introduction of turbo hybrid engines in 2014, winning the drivers' and constructors' championships for the past two seasons.
The hope is that freeing up development will allow rivals to catch up.
The 'token' system, which limited what can be done to engines and when, aimed to keep costs under control.
But senior figures feel it has introduced unnecessary complexity and restricted the ability of manufacturers to improve their engines.
When turbo hybrid engines were introduced, in-season development was banned altogether, and the changes that manufacturers were allowed to make over each winter were increasingly limited as the years went by.
Engines were divided up into 66 parts, with each part ascribed up to three tokens, depending on their influence on the performance of the engine.
Companies were given up to 32 tokens to develop their engines in 2015.
The original plan was for that number to drop to 25 for 2016 and to continue decreasing, down to three in 2019 and 2020.
But now the whole system has been scrapped for 2017.
The idea, from the same manufacturers who have now agreed to ditch it, attempted to prevent costs spiralling out of control.
But it had a number of flaws:
Various attempts to undermine the system began as soon as it became clear Mercedes had a significant advantage in 2014.
For 2015, restricted in-season development was permitted after Ferrari discovered a loophole in the regulations.
A compromise was also agreed to ensure new entrant Honda was given time to develop its engine.
For 2016, in-season development has again been allowed, while the number of tokens each manufacturer can use has been increased to 32.
But then it will change for 2017.
Drivers will still be limited to four engines per season.
The one restriction on development will be that new parts can only be fitted when a team changes one of six elements that make up a car's power-unit.
Those six elements are:
The 2016 season gets under way in Australia on 20 March. | Formula 1 plans to remove restrictions on engine development for 2017. |
36,589,814 | Mr Brewster, 29, died of stab wounds in the Llanedeyrn area of the city on Sunday, 12 June.
Robert Lainsbury, 22, originally from Kidderminster, has been charged with his murder along with Dwayne Edgar, 29 from Llanedeyrn.
Police now want to speak to Jake Whelan, 23, also from Kidderminster.
Mr Whelan is known to have links in Cardiff and is understood to work as a personal trainer, so might be known to gym users in Kidderminster and Cardiff, said police.
The public are advised not to approach Mr Whelan directly, but to call police immediately if they have any information about his whereabouts.
Two other men from Cardiff, aged 19 and 35, who were arrested in connection with the death have been released on police bail. | A second man has been charged with the murder of Lynford Brewster in Cardiff and police are appealing for a third man to come forward. |
31,748,259 | Bruno Oaikhinan decided to set up a hair salon in a Lagos mall after realising that no matter how the economy is faring, people are always prepared to spend money on their hair. Over the weekends it is packed with women, men and children being groomed.
"Whether they are poor or they are rich, whether there is crisis - people want to look good," Mr Oaikhinan told the BBC on a busy Sunday afternoon at the salon.
He says he was always interested in hair and during his 12 years in the financial industry took lessons and apprenticeships on the side to learn the trade. Then he spied an opening and began saving. "I noticed there was no salon in a mall in this country and I wanted to be the first - though it was a big risk."
"Rents are very expensive and nobody thought that a salon would make enough money in the mall," he says. Eighteen months ago, Bruno's Place opened up in Ikeja Mall in Lagos - a middle-class area in Nigeria's commercial capital.
"This is the biggest mall in Lagos right now and we have a lot of activities going on right now - Nigerians, we like enjoyment. People can come to the mall to shop and while they are shopping they can keep their kids in the salon to do their hair," Mr Oaikhinan says.
"Or their husband can wait for them having a pedicure or a manicure or a haircut - there are so many other things going on here - and you have crowds," he says.
He believes the secret of his success is having a business model that suits all budgets. "In Bruno's Place you can get your hair done for a minimum of 1,000 naira (about $5; £3)." What can cost a lot are the hair extensions or weaves - especially those made from human hair that can cost up to 150,000 naira ($700).
"You have the most expensive ones, you have the cheap ones - it depends on the lifestyle you want to portray. It's the same things with cars, you can decide to drive a Range Rover, you can decide to drive a Toyota, you can decide to drive a Kia, it depends on the size of your pocket," he says.
But customers can buy a synthetic weave for about 1,700 naira "which gives you the same feel, the difference is that the expensive one lasts longer" and it costs about 3,500 naira to attach it, he says.
"It takes me at least one hour 30 minutes to do this," says Osa Jacobs, one of about 30 stylists at Bruno's Place, who is attaching a weave in a style called "side parting". "I've already done five today - and can do up to eight [in a day]. I love doing it."
Braiding costs a lot more as it takes more time - ranging between 4,000 and 8,000 naira. The braids come in three sizes. The bigger ones take one-and-a-half hours to plait but the small braids can take four or five hours.
Many hairstyles are inspired by celebrity fashion. "Victoria Beckham… Halle Berry… Rihanna... these stars are setting the trend," says Mr Oaikhinan. "So if there is a particular hairstyle, we study it then we adapt it for our customers' faces."
It is Cecilia Ekong's first visit to Bruno's Place, which she heard about on the grapevine. The beauty consultant, who has her hair done every month, says she is very pleased with her style and she will come back as the mall is convenient.
"The mall is the best place to build a brand because what the big salons outside have spent years to do, I've done in barely 18 months," says Mr Oaikhinan. The rents in the mall may be expensive but he adds it is worth it as the unisex salon is assured of electricity, water and there are toilets for customers.
"When I was in banking, I knew how much I was earning, now as a hairstylist I earn more than that," Mr Oaikhinan says. But it is hard work - and the salon is often open until late at night. "Officially we're supposed to close at 9 o'clock but we'll still stay until 10 or 11. We'll stay until the last customer leaves." | A Nigerian banker turned hairstylist spotted a business opportunity in a busy Lagos mall: |
24,369,514 | In his speech to the Conservative conference, the prime minister promised to "nag and push and guide" young people away from a life on the dole.
It was later confirmed that the government is reviewing policies for 16 to 25-year-olds.
But Labour accused the Conservatives of a "desperate" lack of ideas.
In his speech, Mr Cameron promised to create a "land of opportunity" by boosting business and reducing reliance on benefits.
He also vowed to improve the education system and told party activists that there was still much work to do to fix the economic "mess" left by Labour.
The latest figures from the Department of Work and Pensions showed 1.09 million people between the ages of 16 and 24 were not in work, education or training.
The problem has proved stubbornly hard to tackle across Europe, with rates of youth unemployment soaring above 50% in Spain.
By Nick RobinsonPolitical editor
Mr Cameron argued that action was needed in the UK, saying: "There are still over a million young people not in education, employment, or training.
"Today it is still possible to leave school, sign on, find a flat, start claiming housing benefit and opt for a life on benefits. It's time for bold action here."
He promised the Conservatives would consider, as they write their manifesto for the 2015 general election, whether "that option should really exist at all".
A Conservative source has told the BBC the manifesto will definitely contain a commitment to end the automatic entitlement to housing benefit for the under-25s, as suggested previously by Mr Cameron.
In his speech, the prime minister criticised reliance on benefits, saying: "Instead we should give young people a clear, positive choice: Go to school. Go to college. Do an apprenticeship. Get a job.
"But just choose the dole? We've got to offer them something better than that."
He added: "And let no one paint ideas like this as callous. Think about it: with your children, would you dream of just leaving them to their own devices, not getting a job, not training, nothing?
"No - you'd nag and push and guide and do anything to get them on their way… and so must we. So this is what we want to see: everyone under 25 - earning or learning."
During the week-long conference in Manchester, the Conservatives have announced plans to make the long-term unemployed undertake work placements if they want to continue receiving benefits.
Mr Cameron did not set out any specific changes regarding under-25s during his 50-minute speech, but Education Secretary Michael Gove offered more detail when questioned on BBC Radio 4's The World at One.
He announced that Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood was already reviewing the policies in place. He is expected to report his findings by the end of the year.
Mr Gove said: "It is always going to be the case that there are some people for whom you need not so much a nudge as a dunt (a firm blow or stroke) towards the workplace.
"It's important also that we all recognise that welfare is there explicitly to help those people through hard times that it shouldn't become habituated."
He said he would not pre-empt the policy review, adding: "I don't think any of us would want to take away any form of necessary support to young or old vulnerable people."
However, unions warned that any cut in benefits would hurt the worst-off.
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Given the government's awful track record of helping young people find jobs, the prime minister's threat to ban the dole for under-25s will simply push hundreds of thousands of young people, including those with young families, even deeper into poverty.
"Young people suffered most in the recession. Today the prime minister has pledged that they will suffer most during the recovery too."
By James LandaleDeputy political editor
The general secretary of the University and College Union, Sally Hunt, said: "What we need is a real plan at local and national level which provides sustainable and secure employment opportunities for young people and access to education which is useful and mind-broadening.
"Cheap headlines about lazy youngsters or cutting their benefits are no substitute for a strategy which is on the side of young people and allows them to realise their potential."
A Labour spokesperson said: "This is an empty and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that there was absolutely nothing in David Cameron's speech to deal with the cost-of-living crisis facing families.
"If the Conservatives really wanted to get young people off benefits, they'd be backing Labour's youth jobs guarantee, giving young people who've been out of work for over a year a job they must take or lose benefits." | David Cameron has suggested benefits paid to people under the age of 25 could be cut in an effort to reduce long-term worklessness. |
36,682,474 | Andrew Bache, 51, from Portsmouth, was assaulted ahead of England's match against Russia in Marseille.
His family said: "He's progressing very slowly each day. He's been told he can come home."
Friends of Mr Bache, known as "Pepe", set up a web page in an effort to raise the £15,000 needed to fly him home.
Mr Bache suffered severe brain injuries and a cardiac arrest and had to be put in an induced coma before the game on Saturday 11 June.
The family said Mr Bache who was now "stable and breathing by himself", was expected to make the flight once his medical needs for the journey and in the UK were in place.
The family thanked all those who donated to the appeal which raised more than £27,000 for Mr Bache's ongoing medical treatment. | An England fan left seriously injured after being attacked by Russian supporters during Euro 2016 is well enough to fly home, his family says. |
33,549,202 | An amateur photographer spotted the mammal, thought to be extinct, in early July, and passed photos to the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.
There have been numerous reports in the county, but trust mammal expert Stuart Edmunds was able to verify the image.
"There is now a possibility that they may have been living here right under our noses for a long time," he said.
Pine martens are nocturnal, house cat-sized members of the stoat and weasel family.
There is a healthy population of at least 4,000 pine martens in Scotland, and small numbers live around Snowdonia, in Wales.
The wildlife trust believes the Shropshire marten had moved across from Wales. | The first confirmed sighting of a wild pine marten in England for over a century has been recorded. |
36,038,923 | The 29-year-old Chinese thrashed 1995 Crucible runner-up Nigel Bond 10-2 on Wednesday.
Former world semi-finalist Ding was required to qualify at Pond's Forge after his ranking dropped to 17.
"It doesn't matter who I play," he said. "They don't want to play me."
Ding lost only seven frames across his three qualifying matches and will pose a serious threat when paired with a top-16 player in the first round of the tournament, which starts on Saturday.
Also through to the main draw are 2002 champion Peter Ebdon, 2006 winner Graeme Dott, two-time finalist Ali Carter and Crucible veteran Alan McManus, who will be making his 20th appearance in Sheffield.
Notable casualties of the final qualifying round were 1997 champion Ken Doherty, beaten 10-6 by Ryan Day, and twice-finalist Matthew Stevens, likewise losing 10-6, to Kyren Wilson. | Former world number one Ding Junhui came through the final round of World Championship qualifying and says he is the player seeds will want to avoid in Thursday's main draw. |
24,902,058 | A number of people were injured during the annual rally organised by far-right and nationalist movements.
The violence started when groups of youths broke off from the main march to attack a squat and set fires to cars.
They also set ablaze a rainbow-coloured arch symbolising tolerance, and tried to attack the Russian embassy.
The protesters - many of them wearing masks - threw firecrackers at the diplomatic mission. Several youths also tried to scale the building's fence but were stopped by the police.
"There is no justification for hooliganism," Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said.
The authorities also said that at least four police officers were among those injured during the violence.
Thousands of people took part in the main march, which began noisily but peacefully. They carried white-and-red Polish flags and chanted: "God, honour, fatherland!"
For the third year in a row violence broke out during the march, the BBC's Adam Easton reports.
The rally commemorates the day Poland regained its independence at the end of World War One in 1918.
Before that, Poland had been carved up between Russia, Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian empire. | Polish police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up violent clashes during an independence day march in the capital Warsaw. |
13,207,107 | Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the devastated port of Minamisanriku, where more than 1,350 people are missing or dead.
The couple have been to quake-affected areas further to the south but this is their first visit to the region worst hit in the 11 March disaster.
Work to cool reactors at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is continuing.
The earthquake and subsequent tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
A 20-km (12 mile) no-go zone is being enforced around the plant as workers pump water into reactor buildings to prevent fuel rods overheating.
The 9.0-magnitude earthquake is now known to have killed 14,517 people, with another 11,432 still missing, according to the latest figures from the National Police Agency.
In Minamisanriku, a port town of about 20,000 people, more than 3,800 homes were destroyed by the tsunami, forcing many residents into evacuation shelters.
The imperial couple visited a gymnasium in the town where 200 people are living.
"I'm thankful he has come so far. It makes me so happy," 73-year-old Mitsuko Oikawa, whose house was washed away, told the Associated Press news agency.
Officials say the couple will travel further north to Iwate prefecture next week and then visit Fukushima residents forced from their homes by the nuclear crisis in March.
On Wednesday Junichi Matsumoto, general manager of plant operator Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Company), said: "We are injecting more water into the No 1 reactor. We began doing so at 1002 today, and we are increasing the injection of water."
Increasing the water flow will allow engineers to see if there are any leaks, before moving to fully flood the containment vessel - a steel and concrete shell that houses the reactor - in a procedure called water entombment.
The containment vessel in reactor No 2 is thought to be damaged. Highly radioactive water thought to have leaked from there is being transferred to storage on site, forcing Tepco to pump less contaminated water into the sea.
Tepco said it planned to seal damaged sections in the No 2 reactor with cement so water would not leak out.
The company says it will take up to nine months to stabilise the plant. Eighty-thousand residents have been moved from the area and bans imposed on some local food products.
On Wednesday Japan's sovereign rating outlook was cut to negative by Standard & Poor's in the wake of the disaster.
The ratings agency said reconstruction efforts were likely to further increase Japan's debt levels. | Japan's imperial couple have travelled to tsunami-hit areas on the north-east coast to visit residents in shelters. |
37,384,294 | Scotland went to the polls on 18 September 2014 after a lengthy referendum campaign, with the pro-union side winning by 55% to 45%.
Pro-independence rallies being held in Glasgow and other cities to mark the anniversary of the 2014 vote.
Meanwhile pro-Union supporters are marking the occasion by calling for a second referendum to be ruled out.
The SNP has launched a "new conversation" on independence in the wake of the Brexit vote, but opposition parties have urged them to "focus on the day job" of governing Scotland.
A rally of independence supporters is being held at Glasgow Green, with live music and speakers including SNP MP and deputy leadership candidate Tommy Sheppard.
Meanwhile actress Elaine C Smith is hosting a meeting of the "Scottish Independence Convention" in Glasgow, with speakers including MSPs Jeane Freeman and Ross Greer.
Other events are taking place elsewhere in Glasgow, Oban and Inverness, and a rally is also planned for Edinburgh later in the week.
On 18 September 2014, more than 3.6 million Scots - a record 84.59% of the electorate - turned out to vote on the question "should Scotland be an independent country".
A total of 2,001,926 people voted No, while 1,617,989 voted Yes.
Most of the major parties have changed leaders since then, with Nicola Sturgeon replacing Alex Salmond as first minister and Theresa May taking over from David Cameron in Downing Street, while there have been UK and Scottish parliamentary elections and a referendum on the EU.
Ms Sturgeon has claimed that the UK Scotland voted to remain part of "no longer exists", arguing that Scots have the right to consider a second poll in light of the EU referendum in June, which saw the majority of Scots who turned out backing Remain, while the UK as a whole voted to leave.
Writing in the Sunday Herald newspaper to mark the anniversary, the SNP leader said self-governance was more important than "oil, national wealth and balance sheets".
Ms Sturgeon said: "The EU referendum and the myriad of uncertainties it has thrown up in terms of the path ahead for both Scotland and the rest of the UK have of course provided a new ingredient to the debate on Scotland's future.
"But two years on from the historic vote of 2014, the fundamental case for Scotland's independence remains as it was. The case for full self-government ultimately transcends the issues of Brexit, of oil, of national wealth and balance sheets and of passing political fads and trends.
"It is in essence, as the Yes campaign said two years ago, about the simple fundamental truth that the big decisions about Scotland - including the decision about our EU membership - should be taken by those who live and work here. That is a truth which endures."
Mr Salmond meanwhile predicted his successor would call a second poll in 2018.
And the Scottish Greens said they would launch a fresh campaign to convince former No voters to back independence by having others who changed their minds explain their reasons.
A party spokesman said: "In light of the 2015 election, the prospect of decades more Tory government or the results of this year's Brexit vote many have reconsidered their choice and many more are thinking of doing the same. This campaign is about giving these voters a platform to tell their stories."
Former Better Together campaigners have also been marking the event.
The Scottish Conservatives have set up a number of street stalls across Scotland calling for the country to "move forward" instead of focusing on independence.
Leader Ruth Davidson said Ms Sturgeon's latest quotes showed she was "abandoning" her 2014 arguments.
She said: "The economic case for independence two years ago was a tissue of lies. Fantasy figures on oil and our national wealth concocted to fool people and which fell apart under scrutiny.
"Now everyone can see Nicola Sturgeon's sums don't add up, she's decided to abandon them altogether.
"Instead of trying to explain what would happen to our economy and how we fund our public services under independence, the new mantra is that none of these things matter anymore and people should just shut up about them and wrap themselves in a flag instead.
"I think Scots are smart enough to draw their own conclusions."
Meanwhile, Ms Davidson's finance and economy spokesmen Murdo Fraser and Dean Lockhart have written to Ms Sturgeon urging her to rule out a second referendum, calling it a "ball and chain" on the country's economy.
They said Ms Sturgeon "could provide no greater stimulus to the Scottish economy than to clarify that no referendum will take place".
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the SNP should "renew its focus on the day job".
She said: "Since 2014 the economic arguments for Scotland staying in the UK, the positive benefits we get from pooling and sharing resources, have become stronger.
"With so many challenges facing Scotland's future it makes no sense to return to the arguments of our past.
"Instead there should be a renewed focus on the day job from the SNP government. We need to see real progress on the bread and butter issues which touch the lives of families across Scotland.
"Scotland's voice was heard in 2014 and Nicola Sturgeon needs to listen to it."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie, speaking at his party's federal conference in Brighton, accused former Prime Minister David Cameron of putting "the future of the union" at risk by focusing on English nationalism after the vote.
He said: "Instead of reaching out to Scotland, he used his speech in the morning of the Scottish referendum result to stoke up English nationalism by arbitrarily stripping Scottish MPs of voting rights.
"He put all our work during the referendum at risk. I am glad he has gone. David Cameron doesn't deserve our respect or fond memory." | Events are being held to mark the second anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum. |
23,389,153 | Slogans were painted on the outside wall of the Bellaghy hall overnight.
The Orange Order has appealed for calm ahead of its parade in north Belfast. which has again been banned from walking past the Ardoyne shop fronts.
A statement from the order said anyone going to the parade must protest peacefully and disperse when asked to do so.
Marshalls will be in communication with police in an attempt to reduce the potential for violence. | An Orange hall in County Londonderry has been vandalised for the second time in a week. |
36,420,525 | Mourinho and Guardiola clashed while in charge of Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga respectively from 2010 to 2012.
"For two years I was with Pep in a league where the champion was either him or me," said 53-year-old Mourinho.
"If I were to focus on him and he were to focus on me, someone else would be champion."
During their time together in Spain, Guardiola won the Champions League and the Fifa Club World Cup. He and Mourinho each won one La Liga title, one Spanish Cup and one Spanish Super Cup.
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Portuguese Mourinho was appointed United manager last week following Louis van Gaal's sacking, while Guardiola takes over from Manuel Pellegrini at City.
Mourinho and Guardiola's meetings in Spain became increasingly antagonistic, and Mourinho poked Guardiola's assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye during a melee in a Spanish Super Cup tie in 2011.
Guardiola's first game as City manager will be against United in a pre-season friendly in Beijing on 25 July.
Mourinho visited United's training ground at Carrington for the first time on Monday, when he met club legend Sir Bobby Charlton.
Mourinho has not spoken with assistant manager Ryan Giggs about his future at Old Trafford, with long-time assistant Rui Faria set to be appointed.
It is understood Mourinho wants 34-year-old midfielder Michael Carrick, who is out of contract this summer, to stay for another year, although a deal has not been been signed. | New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says it would be a mistake for him to focus on Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola next season. |
24,270,940 | Dinosaur Zoo's cast of large-scale puppet creatures will be in Inverness next week when it takes the stage at the city's Eden Court.
Meat-eater Australovenator and the giant Titanosaur will be among the dinosaurs represented in the live show. Fossils of both beasts have been found in Australia.
But the rocks that make up the Highlands also hold clues to a menagerie of strange and ancient animals.
Fossils of fish that lived in a tropical lake 385 million years ago have been found in stone quarried at Achanarras in Caithness.
Called Lake Orcadie, those ancient warm waters' predators included the 50cm (20in)-long sharp toothed Glytolepis and also armour-plated Coccosteus.
Other early marine creatures - ammonites and bivalves - have been uncovered on the banks of the River Brora in Sutherland.
Many fossil discoveries in the Highlands were made by Hugh Miller, a skilled stonemason and writer, who was born in Cromarty in 1802.
His study of fossils and rocks around his home on the Cromarty Firth has been credited with contributing to a greater understanding of the history of the Earth.
Miller made the first discovery of Pterichthyodes, a fish with distinctive box-like armour, at Achanarras. Pterichthyodes is thought to have been a bottom feeder that sought out food in the muddy shallows of Lake Orcadie.
The Isle of Skye, however, is where some of the most exciting finds have been made.
In 2008, scientists revealed that the earliest turtles known to live in water had been discovered on the island.
The 164 million-year-old reptile fossils were found on a beach at Cladach a'Ghlinne, on the Strathaird peninsula in southern Skye.
The new species formed a missing link between ancient terrestrial turtles and their modern, aquatic descendants.
The discovery of Eileanchelys waldmani, which translates as "the turtle from the island", was reported in the Royal Society journals.
Evidence of dinosaurs and ancient large reptiles from other periods have also been found on the island.
Many have been studied by Dr Neil Clark, of University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, who has described Skye as one of the world's most important palaeontology sites.
The fossils include more than 100 marks left by a lizard called Isochirotherium - also known as the hand-beast - 270 million years ago.
Skye also provides the Highlands with its link to Australia.
Palaeontologists have used dinosaur footprints found at Valtos to help explain what happened at the Dinosaur Stampede National Monument in central Queensland.
The monument is a former quarry where, since the 1960s, as many as 4,000 dinosaur footprints have been uncovered.
In 1984, the tracks were identified by scientists as being the result of small creatures fleeing from a larger animal, possibly a predator similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex, about 95 million years ago.
Others suggests the tracks were left by dinosaurs on their tippy toes as they waded through water.
New theories may follow in the future, and "walking" with dinosaurs on Skye might again help add weight to those fresh ideas. | Dinosaur Zoo, a new show from Australia, is headed for the Highlands, an area with a rich prehistoric past of its own and an unusual link to the fossil record of Down Under. |
31,488,708 | Andrus Nomm was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty on Friday to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement while working for the now defunct file-sharing site.
The US is currently trying to extradite Mr Dotcom, who founded Megaupload, from New Zealand to stand trial.
Mr Dotcom denies wrongdoing.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has alleged that Megaupload's staff had "operated websites that wilfully reproduced and distributed infringing copies of copyrighted works" over a period of five years, causing more than $400m (£260m) of harm to copyright owners.
Nomm - a 36-year-old Estonian citizen - agreed to this damages estimate as part of his plea, according to a press release from the DoJ. He had been living in the Netherlands before he travelled to Virginia to make the deal with the US authorities.
The DoJ added that Nomm had acknowledged that through his work as a computer programmer for Megaupload, he had become aware of copyright-infringing material being stored on its sites, including films and TV shows that had contained FBI anti-piracy warnings.
It said he had also admitted to having downloaded copyright-infringing files himself.
"This conviction is a significant step forward in the largest criminal copyright case in US history," said assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell.
Hong Kong-based Megaupload was one of the world's most visited "cyber locker" sites when its domain names and assets were seized in January 2012, at the request of the US authorities.
Mr Dotcom has long maintained that he had not encouraged users to upload pirated material, and has said he cannot be held responsible for what others had stored on his service.
At the end of last week Friday he tweeted: "I have nothing but compassion and understanding for Andrus Nomm and I hope he will soon be reunited with his son."
In an interview with Radio New Zealand, Mr Dotcom's lawyer attempted to play down the significance of the latest development.
"Mr Nomm [was] interested in just getting one year and being done with this, essentially [he] lost on procedure rather than merit," said Ira Rothken.
"It looks like a scripted guilty plea that was more of a Hollywood public relations stunt.
"Andrus Nomm was involved particularly in video streaming and... video streaming is never a copyright crime in the United States.
"The other points that were made during his plea bargain was that he claimed that no filtering was going on - but the failure to filter was at most a civil issue and not a criminal issue.
"And then he also said that Kim Dotcom evidently did not care about copyrights, not withstanding the robust notice and takedown policies of Megaupload. And the notion that someone does not care is also not a crime, it's not even a civil wrong."
Mr Dotcom and five other individuals face charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud.
An extradition hearing for Mr Dotcom and three of the other accused is scheduled to take place in Auckland in June. | Kim Dotcom's US lawyer has denied that a guilty plea by one of the Megaupload's former employees has major implications for his client's case. |
34,107,428 | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is consulting on plans to withdraw consultant-led maternity care at one of three district hospitals.
Earlier plans to downgrade services at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, were sent back to the drawing board after public outcry.
The proposed changes stem from a shortage of doctors.
Health bosses still favour downgrading services at the hospital and earlier this month the board agreed to start a fresh public consultation on those plans and others.
Alternatives include withdrawing doctor-led maternity care at hospitals in Bangor or Wrexham, or they could agree to make no changes meaning consultant-led care would remain at all three hospitals.
Those against the plans say expectant mothers who need care from doctors would be put at greater risk by having to travel further for treatment.
The British Medical Association and politicians have also previously criticised the health board for not seeking the views of staff and the public in drawing up its plans.
A final decision is expected in November. | About 500 people have protested in Rhyl against possible changes to hospital maternity services in north Wales. |
33,618,724 | The Japanese conglomerate said it had sold its 4.6% stake in the elevator maker for €864.7m ($946.2m; £607.6m).
The deal comes a day after Toshiba's president resigned amid an accounting scandal regarding overstated profits.
In a statement, the firm said the sale would help "efficient use of the company group assets" and "improve its balance sheets".
Kone on Wednesday announced the resignation of board member Kazunori Matsubara, formerly president of Toshiba Elevators, who had joined the board in February 2015.
The Finnish company said the sale of the shares and the resignation had "no other effect on the strategic alliance" between the two companies.
On Tuesday, Toshiba chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka and vice-chairman Norio Sasaki both stepped down after an independent panel found the firm had overstated its operating profit by a total of 151.8bn yen ($1.22bn, £780m) over a six-year period from 2008.
The overstatement was roughly triple an initial estimate by Toshiba.
The computers-to-nuclear conglomerate's shares dropped by 1.7% on Wednesday after their rally of 6% on Tuesday, the day the resignations were announced. | Toshiba has sold its stake in Finnish firm Kone in a bid to bolster its books amid the recent accounting scandal. |
36,677,754 | It came after justice secretary and fellow Brexit campaigner Michael Gove announced that he would run for leader.
The reaction on social media began with tweets and memes reacting to Mr Johnson's speech, which took many by surprise.
Others speculated about the motive behind it and incorporated political developments in the US.
On Twitter, others decided to add captions and draw their own conclusions from events in the Conservative leadership contest.
Celebrities have also given their verdicts on events of the day and predictions of what they think will happen next. | Social media has been reacting to the surprise announcement from Boris Johnson ruling himself out of the race to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister. |
33,752,111 | Shira Banki, 16, was one of six people attacked at the event on Thursday.
Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, who carried out a similar attack in 2005, was arrested at the scene.
Israel's government would have "zero tolerance" for Jewish extremists, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a security cabinet meeting on Sunday.
His comments also followed a separate attack in which an 18-month old Palestinian child died when his West Bank home was firebombed by suspected Jewish settlers.
The cabinet approved new measures to tackle ultra-nationalist violence against Palestinians, including detention without trial of Israelis.
The policy of detention without trial has long been used against Palestinians, but observers believe it has rarely been used against Israelis.
No arrests have been made so far in the case.
Hours after Shira Banki died, a vigil was held for her near the place she was stabbed, attended by hundreds of mourners - among them school friends, teachers, members of the gay community and supporters.
Dramatic images of Thursday's attack in Jerusalem showed the suspect reaching inside his coat and raising a knife above his head.
He then began stabbing marchers while screaming, before being tackled by a police officer.
'We marched through blood'
The parade continued after the wounded were taken to hospital, with protesters chanting "end the violence".
Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned the attack as "a most serious incident".
The Gay Pride event has long been a source of tension between Jerusalem's secular majority and its Jewish Orthodox communities. | A teenage girl who was stabbed at a Gay Pride march in Jerusalem has died from her wounds, doctors say. |
40,309,598 | Speaking in Miami, Florida, he said his new policy would tighten rules affecting travel and on sending funds to the Caribbean island nation.
But he is not reversing key diplomatic and commercial ties, and will not close the US embassy in Havana.
Commercial flights from the US will continue, as will allowing Americans to return home with Cuban goods.
Mr Trump said the Obama administration's March 2016 deal with the "brutal" Castro government was "terrible" and "misguided".
On Friday, Mr Trump signed a presidential directive calling for tighter enforcement of a longstanding ban on American tourists going to Cuba.
The new policy bans most US business transactions with the Armed Forces Business Enterprises Group, a Cuban entity involved in all sectors of the economy.
However, it exempts air and sea travel, allowing US airlines and cruise lines to continue serving the island.
This is a rollback, not a reversal, of Obama's Cuba policy. In the main, it is a gift to the old guard Cuban Americans in Miami who opposed the detente and voted for Trump. So it bans financial transactions with the commercial arm of Cuba's military. But it also takes into account pressure from US businesses that don't want to turn the clock back.
So it does not "disrupt" existing joint ventures and carves out other exceptions. Probably the most visible effect will be a slowdown of American visitors, who took advantage of looser travel rules that Trump says he'll now strictly enforce.
The president framed his policy in the human rights concerns of his Miami constituency, which is passionate about the regime's repression of political freedoms. But critics questioned why he singled out Cuba for such treatment when he's made a point of not lecturing other nations for bad behaviour.
They also point out that Havana doesn't respond well to such treatment: - it's made very clear it will not be pressured into making political reforms.
And it won't have taken kindly to Trump's blistering take down of the "cruel and brutal" communist regime. Whatever the practical economic consequences of this new/old policy, it seems likely to reinstate the adversarial relationship Obama sought to transform.
Mr Trump had faced calls from the business community not to completely reverse his Democratic predecessor's diplomatic rapprochement between the two former Cold War foes.
Myron Brilliant of the US Chamber of Commerce said: "Unfortunately, today's moves actually limit the possibility for positive change on the island and risk ceding growth opportunities to other countries that, frankly, may not share America's interest in a free and democratic Cuba that respects human rights. "
Zane Kerby of the American Society of Travel Agents said before the speech he was "disappointed" at Mr Trump's plans to "turn back the clock" in terms of expanded travel and trade between the U.S. and Cuba.
"The past few years have seen a growth in business for US travel agencies, tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, hotel and other travel companies. That progress now appears to be at great risk," he added.
Granma, the Cuban government's state-run newspaper, said the president was "stuck in a failed policy that has caused much damage to the Cuban people and has left the United States isolated".
The Miami speech is the latest part of former President Barack Obama's legacy that Mr Trump has moved to dismantle.
He cancelled the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, announced he would withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord, and is attempting to repeal and replace Obamacare, his predecessor's signature policy accomplishment.
In Friday's remarks, Mr Trump set out how his administration would seek to prevent US dollars from being used to fund what it regards as a repressive military-dominated government.
"The profits from investment and tourism flow directly to the military," he said to applause. "The regime take the money and owns the industry."
"We do not want US dollars to prop up a military monopoly that exploits and abuses the citizens of Cuba," he told the audience.
Earlier in the day, Vice-President Mike Pence visited Little Havana in Miami to play dominos with Cuban-Americans.
"The embargo should continue. Why give credit to a country where the people don´t see a penny? They are still starving and there is no freedom whatsoever. Why should we keep feeding the people who are on top when they repress their own people." Jose Nadal
"I am 100% Republican. I agree 150% with everything Trump says and does. They should impose more sanctions against Cuba. When Obama made the agreement and restored relations with the Cuban government, he gave them everything they asked for. We received nothing from the Cuban government. This is why Trump wants to strengthen the sanctions." Cathy Henderson
"I am against the embargo. The Cuban tyranny uses the embargo as a pretext to justify that it has failed. Everything bad that happens in Cuba, they blame the embargo." Santiago Portal
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1959: Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro leads a guerrilla army into Havana overthrowing the Batista regime.
1960: In response to Castro's communist reforms, US breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba and imposes a trade embargo.
1962: Castro agrees to allow the Soviet Union to deploy nuclear missiles on the island bringing the US and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war.
April 2009: President Barack Obama lifts restrictions on family travel and the sending of remittances to Cuba.
July 2015: The US and Cuba reopen embassies in each other's capitals and restore full diplomatic ties.
March 2016: President Obama makes a three-day visit to Cuba and holds talks with President Raul Castro. He expresses hope the embargo will be ended, but it can only be lifted by the US Congress which is controlled by Republicans who oppose the move.
Aug 2016: US commercial flight arrives in Cuba for the first time in more than half a century. | US President Donald Trump says he is rolling back the Obama administration's "completely one-sided deal with Cuba". |
35,997,110 | The Tykes came from a goal down to beat Oxford 3-2 and win the competition for the first time in the club's history.
Paul Heckingbottom's side are seventh in League One, four points outside the play-offs but with a game in hand on all the teams above them in the table.
"It's the motivation of knowing that we could do it all again in May," he said.
"That's something that is all I'm focusing on now. I've tasted what it's like to win at Wembley and I just want to do it again as soon as possible."
Winnall, who was replaced by Ivan Toney in the second-half of Sunday's final, said he does not regret being unable to watch the last 15 minutes of the final after being made to take a drugs test,
"I actually wanted to do that because I didn't want to miss the celebrations," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"I had every faith in the boys that they'd get the job done.
"I just wanted to go in, get my drug test out of the way and go back out and enjoy the celebrations, and that's exactly what I did." | Barnsley striker Sam Winnall has targeted winning the League One play-offs after their Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final success last Sunday. |
36,346,694 | Twenty members sit on the authority's board and eight are nominated by political parties according to the D'Hondt mechanism.
After the EA was established in April 2015, both Sinn Féin and the DUP had three members, while the SDLP and UUP had one each.
Following the election, the DUP are now entitled to nominate a fourth member.
Sinn Féin, who dropped one seat to 28 MLAs, can now only nominate two members.
The SDLP and UUP retain one member each.
The EA is responsible for education administration such as transport, teacher support, building and catering.
The other members of the 20-strong board represent a range of interests, including integrated, Irish medium and grammar schools.
There are also representatives from the main Protestant churches and trustees of Catholic maintained schools.
The board's role is to scrutinise the authority's actions and policies and ensure it is run effectively and efficiently.
The nomination of political members to the board, however, is not linked to any process to fill ministerial posts in the executive. | Sinn Féin have lost a seat to the DUP on the Education Authority (EA) board following the assembly elections. |
33,445,788 | South Wales Police is searching for a boy aged about 16 after three assaults in a matter of days.
A 21-year-old woman was attacked twice as she walked in the marina area along a path which runs off Oystermouth Road; once on Saturday between 17:30-17:45 BST and again on Tuesday at about the same time.
A third assault happened on Tuesday in Bathurst Street at 17:00 BST.
The suspect is described as Asian, aged about 16, with short black hair and about 5ft 5in (1.65m) tall. | A woman has been indecently assaulted twice in three days in Swansea. |
29,830,153 | Fear not.
These ideas may be basic, but your friends will applaud your creativity.
Plus, these costumes are quick, easy and cheap to make.
You need: A sheet, scissors. Optional extra: Yellow face paint, yellow washing up gloves, red and black marker pen.
How to: Take the sheet and cut out holes for eyes. For a Snapchat ghost, cut your sheet to ankle length, make the edges more frilly and then pop over your head. Make sure you wiggle up and down, like the bouncy Snapchat ghost upon arrival at the party.
Optional extra: Use face paint to colour the area around your eyes yellow and draw on a smiley mouth with the marker pen. Wear yellow washing up gloves.
You need: Grey paint colour sample chart, sticky tape. Alternatively just wear lots of grey. Grey hat, grey gloves, grey socks.. (you get the picture).
How to: Wear the grey outfit. Tape the paint samples to you. Voila! You are fifty shades of grey.
You need: A smart suit, a wolf mask.
How to: Put on the mask and the suit. Keep asking for directions to New York.
Remember the launch of the iPhone 6? Well it wasn't smartphones that stole the show, it was Tommy Krul, or as Twitter nicknamed him: Scarf Guy. His appearance on stage saw rumours sweep across social networks about the meaning of the purple scarf. There were even parody twitter accounts made. When Krul isn't transfixing Twitter, he is co-founder and chief technical officer of gaming company Super Evil Megacorp.
You need: One long purple scarf. One pale purple shirt. One apple.
How to: Throw scarf casually over shoulder until it's almost completely around your shoulders. Talk about wearables and Silicon Valley. Take bite out of apple.
Spoilers, when you give away the plot of a film or TV show, have been more prevalent than ever in 2014. With people on Twitter and Facebook as well as media outlets clamouring to be the first to break the news of the finale, it's hard to avoid finding out what happens too soon.
You need: Sticky notes, sticky tape, intimate knowledge of popular TV shows and films.
How to: Write spoilers for shows such as Breaking Bad, Sixth Sense, Star Wars. Tape to body. Be prepared to incur rage.
The Austrian Eurovision winner has become a global star since the international singing concert in May. She has spoken out against homophobia and battled prejudice in Russia as well as attracting millions of fans who love her singing. Her look is sheer, unashamed glamour.
You need: A flowing dress, make up and a hairbrush (for the microphone).
How to: Dress yourself as glamorously as possible, then if you're not lucky enough to have a beard, draw one on. Sing Rise Like A Phoenix.
There have been a whole host of apologies this year, from the less formal (Bono apologising for U2's iTunes album release) to the very formal (David Cameron apologising to the Queen for being indiscrete about her reaction to the Scottish referendum).
You need: A suit with a tie, bowtie or sparkly dress. Formal clothes essentially. Cardboard, string or a ribbon. A black marker.
How to: Puncture two holes in cardboard. Write "Sorry" on the cardboard and make a loop with the ribbon. Hang around neck.
How to: Dress like a jogger. Try and avoid bumping into important people.
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | You've put off planning Halloween and now you have less than 24 hours to cobble together a costume. |
32,283,422 | It comes as Travelodge's owners are thought to be preparing to sell it for a potential £1bn.
Travelodge said underlying profits for the year to 31 December 2014 were up 63.5% to £66.2m.
Revenue last year rose 14.9% to £497.2m, while the key measure of revenue per room rose 16.8% to £34.24.
Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital and GoldenTree Asset Management took control of Travelodge in 2012 when it faced collapse with debts of £500m.
The owners are now understood to be looking to appoint advisers to examine strategic options, including a possible stock market flotation, according to newspaper reports.
Earlier on Monday, Travelodge chief executive Peter Gowers told BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up To Money: "There's probably never been a better time to run a value hotel business than now because the value hotel sector is huge. Britain is becoming a nation of value shoppers."
He added Travelodge's current owners were "not natural long-term holders of the business".
"I think you'd expect them always to be thinking about ways to realise value from their shareholdings, but for now we stay focused on running the business we have got," he said.
Travelodge said a £100m modernisation programme was now nearing completion, while five of 15 hotels new properties expected for 2015 were already open.
The chain has opened more than 500 hotels since launching in 1985 and has identified 250 more sites across the UK.
Mr Gowers said the first 150 were expected to be ready over the next eight years. | UK budget hotel chain Travelodge has reported a surge in profits of more than 60%, three years after its near-collapse. |
36,454,209 | OAS Secretary General Luis Almargo has called for sanctions against Venezuela.
At a summit of Caribbean countries in Havana, Mr Castro called the OAS "an instrument of imperialist domination".
Meanwhile, former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has met jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.
It was Leopoldo Lopez's first visit from anyone other than family members or lawyers since the 45-year-old was sentenced to 14 years in prison last year after being found guilty of inciting violence.
His supporters insist he is innocent and say he was jailed on trumped-up, politically-motivated charges.
The meeting at Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas lasted about 90 minutes, according to Adriana Lopez, the opposition leader's sister.
Mr Zapatero is trying to negotiate between the opposition and the government in Venezeula's worsening political crisis.
Cuba was expelled from the OAS in 1962 but following a recent thaw in relations with the US it was suggested that the island might return.
But Mr Castro appeared to rule out the possibility, offering "our most firm solidarity to our brothers the Venezuelan people, to the legitimate government of President Nicolas Maduro".
What has gone wrong in Venezuela?
Growing discontent on Venezuela's streets
Who are the main players in Venezuela's political crisis?
Mr Maduro is locked in a dispute with the OAS over opposition demands in Venezuela for a recall referendum.
Mr Almargo said earlier this week that "the institutional crisis in Venezuela demands immediate changes in the actions of the executive branch".
He has called an emergency meeting of the OAS at which member states will decide whether to invoke the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which could lead to Venezuela's suspension from the regional group. | Cuban President Raul Castro says the country will not return to the Organization of American States (OAS) in a show of solidarity with Venezuela. |
36,197,548 | Prosecutors seized documents from the office and Jean Gachassin's house.
The investigation relates to alleged corruption over ticket sales for the French Open and a deal to extend the Roland Garros stadium where it is held.
The FFT confirmed its headquarters had been searched and said it was fully co-operating with investigators.
France's financial prosecutors office said in a statement it was investigating "misappropriation of property and influence trafficking", "an illicit system of reselling tickets for the French Open tournament", and the "awarding of the contract for the renovation and enlargement of Roland Garros".
A travel agency in Tarbes, southern France was also searched as part of the investigation, according to reports.
The world of tennis was rocked earlier this year after a joint BBC and Buzzfeed investigation revealed suspected widespread match fixing in professional tennis.
The French Open starts on 22 May. | The headquarters of the French tennis federation (FFT) and the home of its president have been searched following allegations of illegal ticket sales. |
37,952,175 | The Canadian singer, songwriter and poet died on Thursday at the age of 82.
As a student at Queen's University, Geoff Hill hitchhiked to Manchester to see the Canadian artist in concert.
"I had just finished university and was broke as usual, so I hitched over in freezing weather to see him live.
"It was the first time I had seen him in concert and it was absolutely brilliant - he did seven encores.
"The next day, I was hitching up the M6, and I walked into a motorway cafe and Leonard Cohen was just sitting there, on his own, eating Maltesers out of a box."
Speaking on the BBC's Talkback programme, Mr Hill explained that, although he was keen to speak to Cohen, he was nervous about how the legendary singer would react.
"I was hesitating, but then I just decided that if I didn't go over and say something, I'd regret it for the rest of my life.
"So I went over and said: 'I'm sorry to bother you, but are you Leonard Cohen?' and he said: 'Yes, I am.'
"Then I said I didn't want to interrupt him, but just wanted to say I thought his concert the night before was brilliant."
Mr Hill was taken aback when Cohen expressed thanks and invited him to sit down.
"He said: 'Sit down, have lunch with me' and explained that Maltesers were his favourite sweets when he was in England.
"So we sat there, sharing the sweets and talking about life, the universe and everything."
The Northern Ireland travel writer told Cohen that he had just begun writing a novel, but wasn't sure if he would finish it.
"'You'll finish it', he said, and 10 books later, it looks like he was right.
"He was just the most decent, charming, modest man you can imagine."
The singer then offered him a lift in his tour bus.
"Then he signed my diary and asked where I was going next. I told him I was hitching back to Belfast, and he said: 'Jump in with us - we're heading to Glasgow next.'
"So he brought me up the road, shook my hand and gave me a wave as they drove on - I'll never forget it.
"I was in a daze for, well possibly the rest of my life. It was such a wonderful experience." | A Belfast journalist has recalled fond memories of a brief but moving encounter with Leonard Cohen, who offered him a lift as a hitchhiking student in 1979. |
33,250,073 | Kettering's Hatton, 20, won silver in February's European Indoor 60m hurdles, and over 100m has a qualifying time for the World Championships and Rio 2016.
But American-born and now Great Britain eligible Cindy Ofili has that mark too.
"I'm a British girl and I'll be on both teams. If you want to be GB we girls aren't going to roll over - bring it on," Hatton told BBC Radio Northampton.
"She's not taking my spot. Fair enough if she needs to come over because America's a bit too hard for her at the moment.
"But try and run in the wind, rain and cold because it's not as lovely as it seems."
British Athletics announced that five new athletes in total were now eligible to represent Britain.
The news was criticised by World Indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty, while former Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton said she was "not sure about it".
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Ofili is the younger sister of British 100m hurdles record holder Tiffany Porter, who made the same nationality switch five years ago.
Porter and Serita Solomon, who was beaten into third place in the European Indoor championships by Hatton in March, have also met the standard for Beijing this year and the Olympics in 2016.
A maximum of three athletes can be selected, with the British Championships in Birmingham from 3-5 July acting as a trial for the Worlds.
Hatton is the sixth fastest Briton of all time with 12.84 seconds - Ofili, ran a personal best of 12.60 in June.
"It's such a shock. I only found out a couple of days ago, so it's still kind of red hot," Hatton explained.
"But when the British trials come round, it's two sisters and they're going to be focusing on beating each other.
"I know tactically that Tiffany can't handle pressure and Cindy's probably never run in England before so I'll welcome her to Birmingham." | Lucy Hatton says none of the athletes who changed allegiance on Tuesday will get "her spot" on Great Britain's team. |
39,980,508 | Appearing on BBC Wales' Ask the Leader programme, she said the "police needed to be given sufficient resources to do that job properly".
Military patrols should not become the "norm", she said, although the current security situation was "extreme".
Ms Wood said she wanted responsibility for policing devolved to Wales, with cross-border co-operation on terrorism.
"At a time like this it's important I think to recognise the tremendous work our public servants do in the emergency services and the health service as well," she told an audience of voters in Maesteg, Bridgend county.
"It's pretty bad that those public workers have had to face so many deep and drastic cuts in recent years.
"That's particularly the case with the police and I understand that Manchester police are going to be cut drastically over the next few years.
"So I think if anything we have to invest in those public services in the future to show how much we value them.
"It's difficult to imagine doing a job where you have to run in to a situation of danger when everyone else is running away.
"I know that from the police officers which I've spoken to in recent times that there's a lot of anger there at those cuts and people feel undervalued."
But Ms Wood said Plaid was opposed to "mass surveillance" of the public.
Policing was affected by austerity cuts in 2010, but since 2015 UK government funding has been protected, rising in line with inflation.
However, not every force in England and Wales will have seen their budgets rise in the same way because money is targeted at specialist areas.
Ms Wood added that she was "not convinced" the UK government's prevent anti-extremism strategy was working, claiming it could "encourage divisions" within communities.
Plaid Cymru's slogan for the forthcoming election on 8 June is "defending Wales". To some this may well conjure up images of Llywelyn the Last and Owain Glyndwr. The party's rhetoric has focused on protecting Wales from Conservative attacks and their immediate threat. This is a message that is likely to play well in the seats the party currently holds, but can the party venture beyond west and north west Wales?
The problem facing Plaid Cymru is that it has tended to do much better in elections to Cardiff Bay than it has at Westminster. To illustrate this point, the party holds six constituencies in the assembly, but only three in Parliament. If the latest Welsh Political Barometer poll is anything to go by, this snap election shouldn't deviate from this trend for the party.
More from Nye | Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has criticised funding cuts to the police in light of the Manchester attack. |
40,096,818 | The former world number one golfer was found at the wheel of his Mercedes, in the right lane, and had to be woken by a police officer early on Monday.
Charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Mr Woods blamed "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medication".
He maintains that alcohol was "not involved" in the incident.
"Woods had extremely slow and slurred speech," a copy of the police report published by US outlets said. He was "co-operative" but "confused".
The results sheet from his breathalyser test noted he was "unable to walk alone", but results showed he "blew zeroes" - indicating a lack of alcohol in his breath.
Mr Woods initially told the arresting officer he was coming back from Los Angeles, having been golfing, and said he did not know where he was. He then changed his story about where he was coming from and going to, the police report says.
Officers also recorded that Mr Woods had failed all but one of the roadside tests - including standing on one leg and the "walk and turn" test.
The police document also revealed some of the golfer's medical details, including a history of multiple knee and Achilles tendon surgeries.
Mr Woods also told police he was taking several prescription medications. The athlete has been recovering from back surgery - his fourth such operation - and is expected to be out of action until October.
In his most recent comment about his health, he wrote that the surgery had relieved terrible pain and that he had not "felt this good in years".
The mugshot shows a dishevelled Tiger Woods, bleary-eyed and unshaven - just the sort of image he would not want associated with himself in public.
The picture will haunt him throughout these proceedings and beyond. This is someone who has put back together his public life after that epic fall from grace with all the news of the extramarital affairs that broke in 2009.
What we gather from someone who has a jealously guarded lifestyle in terms of his privacy is he spends most of his time playing computer games. We know he speaks glowingly about being a father and looking after his children.
Read more: Can Woods repair damage of new low?
"I understand the severity of what I did and I take full responsibility for my actions," Mr Woods said in a statement earlier.
"I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved. What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. I didn't realise the mix of medications had affected me so strongly."
Police records show the 41-year-old golfer was pulled over at about 03:00 local time (07:00 GMT) near his home in Jupiter and later taken into custody.
He was released from Palm Beach County jail at 10:30 local time.
Mr Woods is due in court for a mandatory appearance in early July. | Golfer Tiger Woods was found "asleep at the wheel" with the engine running when he was arrested, US media reports say. |
23,012,694 | The companies own land on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Singapore's foreign minister said he had asked the attorney-general to consider the legal options.
However, he said it was mainly up to Indonesia to take action against the companies.
The firms, Asia Pacific Resources International (April) and Sinar Mas, are headquartered in Singapore but have Indonesian owners.
"The majority of hotspots in Riau (province) are inside April and Sinar Mas concessions," Indonesian presidential aide Kuntoro Mangkusubroto told Reuters news agency.
Asia Pacific Resources International has issued a statement to the BBC denying the allegations.
Pollution has reached record levels in Singapore as a result of the smoky haze, affecting millions of residents.
In pictures: Indonesia fires
However, the smog has now lifted giving residents a glimpse of blue skies on Saturday.
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was 73 at 17:00 local time (09:00 GMT) - below the level at which health advisories are issued.
The PSI peaked at 401 on Friday - the highest in Singapore's history.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsieng Loong warned on Thursday that the haze could remain for weeks.
Foreign Minister K Shanmugam also said he would bring up the issue at a meeting of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) taking place in Brunei next week, and he has not ruled out appealing to other international bodies.
The haze is being blamed on illegal burning in Indonesia's Riau province, near the provincial capital Pekanbaru.
Palm-oil firms are accused of using slash-and-burn techniques to clear space for their plantations.
Firefighters in Sumatra are continuing to try to bring the blazes under control.
Environmental group Greenpeace International said its analysis of Nasa data between 11 and 21 June had "revealed hundreds of fire hotspots in palm oil concessions".
"Fires across Sumatra are wreaking havoc for millions of people in the region and destroying the climate," said Bustar Maitar, head of Greenpeace Indonesia's forest campaign.
A senior official in the Indonesian president's office said fires had been spotted on land owned by 32 companies in the region, some of them based in Malaysia and Singapore.
Schools in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia have closed temporarily. | The authorities in Singapore are exploring whether to charge two Singapore-based companies in connection with severe smog triggered by forest fires in Indonesia. |
37,016,331 | Ayew, 26, signed for Swansea on a free transfer from Marseille in June 2015 and scored 12 goals in his first Premier League season.
The Ghana international won the BBC African Player of the Year in 2011 and signs a four-year deal to become West Ham's record signing.
"The club have a lot of ambition and have a great manager," said Ayew.
"They want to become a bigger club every year and with the new stadium and a new training ground, you can feel they are moving on to another level and I want to be part of this project."
He is the club's fifth signing this summer, as they prepare for their first season playing in the London Stadium.
Sofiane Feghouli, Havard Nordtveit and Ashley Fletcher signed on free transfers from Valencia, Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester United respectively.
On Monday, the Hammers also completed the transfer of French left-back Arthur Masuaku from Olympiakos in a deal worth a reported £6m.
The £20.5m fee for Ayew eclipses the £15m West Ham paid Liverpool for England striker Andy Carroll in June 2013. | West Ham United have completed the signing of forward Andre Ayew from Swansea City for £20.5m. |
37,109,807 | Russia's counter-terrorism committee said at least three of the men had been wanted for links to a series of terror attacks and attempted assassinations.
The men were ordered to surrender but killed when they opened fire, according to an official statement.
Russia has long been battling extremism in the North Caucasus.
But the BBC's Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford says it is rare that raids against suspected Islamist militants are carried out in St Petersburg.
Three of the men killed were provisionally named by the counter-terrorism committee as Zalim Shebzukhov, Astemir Sheriev and Vyacheslav Nyrov.
The committee said the three had been leaders of a "terrorist underground" active in Kabardino-Balkharia region of the North Caucasus.
The operation unfolded in daylight after security forces surrounded a 16-storey building - heavily armed and in balaclavas. The apartment building was not evacuated but the counter-terrorism committee said no civilians had been injured.
The committee says weapons and explosive devices were found in the apartment but it is unclear whether officers were acting on intelligence about a possible attack.
In a separate incident which also took place on Wednesday, two gunmen wielding firearms and axes attacked traffic police on the Shchelkovskoye highway in Balashikha, 20km (12 miles) east of Moscow.
The men, reportedly from Central Asia, were shot dead but wounded two policemen.
The insurgency in the North Caucasus followed two bitter separatist conflicts in Russia's Chechnya republic and has occasionally spilled over into violence in other parts of Russia. | Four suspected militants have been killed in a shoot-out with Russian special forces during a raid on an apartment block in St Petersburg. |
40,462,474 | Wynter, who can play anywhere across the midfield, made 12 league appearances for Bromley last season after joining the club in November.
The 23-year-old former Arsenal trainee has also previously had spells with Cheltenham and Bristol City.
Meanwhile, Woking have appointed former Stevenage coach Jason Goodcliffe as their new assistant manager.
The former AFC Wimbledon captain, 43, had most recently finished a second spell as number two at Boreham Wood.
"I think he ticks all the boxes and we're looking forward to start working with him," said Woking boss Anthony Limbrick.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Woking have signed midfielder Jordan Wynter after the expiry of his contract with National League rivals Bromley. |
38,735,156 | Part of The Enchanted Pose was found last year under Magritte's work The Human Condition at Norwich Castle.
The museum curator said it was "impossible" to uncover the image without destroying the later painting.
"Non-invasive" imaging methods will be used to recreate the hidden section.
The Enchanted Pose, which showed two almost identical female nudes side by side in a neoclassical style, was exhibited in 1927 but disappeared.
The only evidence of the painting's existence is a single black and white photo.
It is believed the Belgian artist cut the painting into four to reuse the smaller canvases for an exhibition in 1936. One section is still missing.
The first quarter - a head and torso section - was hidden under The Portrait, hanging in New York's Museum of Modern Art, while the second was discovered beneath The Red Model at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Both were found in 2013.
The third quarter was found under The Human Condition by conservator Alice Tavares da Silva, who works for the Hamilton Kerr Institute at the University of Cambridge.
She was studying the picture in Norwich before it was loaned to the Pompidou Centre in Paris in September for a major retrospective of 100 Magritte pieces.
The museum's historic art curator Dr Giorgia Bottinelli said they would "never attempt" to physically uncover the original.
"If it was technically possible it would certainly be unethical, as it was Magritte himself that decided to cut up one of his paintings and then create new compositions over the fragments," she said.
"The preservation of the artist's intention is in my opinion our main priority.
"Non-invasive and non-destructive imaging techniques will enable us to make a reconstructed image of the hidden painting."
The Human Condition is now being transported to the Schirn in Frankfurt, where it will go on show until it returns to Norwich in June.
The hope is that publicity generated by the exhibitions will prompt the discovery of the final quarter. | A section of a lost painting by surrealist master Rene Magritte discovered beneath another of his works will not be physically uncovered, a museum has said. |
37,416,913 | The move is the latest step in the company's attempts to expand globally.
Pinewood currently has studios in Canada, the Dominican Republic, Malaysia and the US.
The UK studio company has produced international blockbusters such as Star Wars movies and the James Bond franchise.
"Pinewood has been working in China for a number of years and we have forged some strong relationships with film companies, content producers and games developers," said Andrew Smith, president of Pinewood China.
"A permanent presence in China is a key strategic element of Pinewood's overall international strategy."
Pinewood currently already provides consultancy services to a number of Chinese film companies, including advising Wanda Group, the Chinese entertainment and property conglomerate.
Earlier this year, Pinewood's owners agreed to sell the company to a property investment fund for £323.3m ($421.9m). | Pinewood Studios is setting up a representative office in China, as part of a response to growing demand from the Chinese film industry. |
30,958,082 | "It comes as a surprise and maybe that's because you don't see that side of Triple H that often," Seth Rollins tells Newsbeat.
"But you've got to remember that this is a father."
As Rollins points out, it's rare that viewers ever get to see WWE stars break character.
"I guess stuff like that doesn't get caught on camera as much as it actually happens but it's awesome.
"It just shows the real human side of Triple H.
"He's obviously an incredible character in our universe, however there's this man who's a great father so it's cool that people get to see him in that light, even in a very candid sort of way like that."
Rollins calls Newsbeat from the US, where he is preparing for Royal Rumble and one of the biggest moments of his career - facing John Cena and Brock Lesnar.
"The position that I'm in now is something that I've worked for, for my entire life and I think it's well-deserved," he says.
"Things could not be going any better for me heading into the 2015 WrestleMania season.
"It's an extraordinary time to be Mr Money in the Bank."
And, despite the pressure, he's confident people are going to be impressed with his performance on Sunday.
"I think I always rise to the occasion, I always come up big and I always make sure to hit a homerun and I don't foresee the situation on Sunday at the Royal Rumble being any different," he says.
"This is a very high profile match, my first shot at the WWE world heavyweight championship, and there's not a chance that I'll let that slip through my fingers."
He agrees he's one of the "polarising" figures in WWE - the kind of character people love to hate.
"The fans really, really, really dislike me so if you want to consider that support then I suppose that's getting me exactly where I need to be," he says.
"You want people to react and you want people to care about what you're doing."
Some fans in the UK had been disappointed by the multiple delays in the launch of the WWE Network.
In October 2014, the company blamed delays to the launch of the UK branch of the service on ongoing "discussions with potential partners".
It promised an announcement of the new date by 1 November 2014, but this was again put on hold.
"I know it was very frustrating for a lot of our fans," says Rollins.
"I'm stoked that we've finally launched the thing and everyone's happy and gets to finally see Seth Rollins and WWE on the Network.
"It's really worth the wait."
Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube | It's the moment WWE fans have been talking about all week - Triple H stepping down to comfort a crying boy in the crowd at Monday Night Raw. |
39,493,107 | PC Gareth Browning was on foot in Whitley, Reading, in November 2013 when he was hit by a black Mazda driven by Luke Hayward.
Hayward was jailed for nine years in 2014 for causing grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.
PC Browning, who was medically retired, died on Saturday aged 36.
Thames Valley Police said following PC Browning's death it would liaise with the coroner and Crown Prosecution Service.
Chief Constable Francis Habgood described his former officer as "hugely respected".
He said he had needed "constant care" following the crash.
"Our thoughts are with Gareth's family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time," he added.
"We continue to support Gareth's family as well as staff and officers who have been affected." | An officer who was hit by a stolen car as he tried to stop it getting away has died from his injuries more than three years later, police said. |
39,544,609 | The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, spoke during a special service at St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh.
Families of the Disappeared said they welcomed his comments.
The Disappeared are victims murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Northern Ireland conflict.
Over the past 16 years, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) has searched for 16 people who were officially listed as "disappeared".
The remains of 12 of the victims have been recovered and formally identified to date.
Four people have not yet been found - Joe Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Robert Nairac and Seamus Ruddy.
Archbishop Martin told the congregation there was still so much to be done to uncover the truth of what happened to many victims during the Troubles, and he called for a "truth-recovery mechanism" to allow people to come forward with information.
"Even in the absence of a formal mechanism, I am confident that there are trustworthy people in society and in the churches who would be willing, and could be powered and enabled, to accept and sensitively share information in this regard," he said.
Speaking after the service, he added: "One of the difficulties of the terrible things that happened in the past is that they don't just disappear with death.
"They are handed on to children and to grandchildren and those hurts, those deep wounds and traumas, fester and continue and block progress and lasting peace and justice.
"We're talking about people on all sides, people who pulled the trigger, who planted a bomb.
"Other people who maybe kept watch, who colluded. People who intimidated. And I actually think that they too will find peace if they are able to unburden themselves of some of the things that they did.
"I believe there are people who would be very willing to become involved in an information retrieval process that would allow the grief of families to be quelled, which would allow people to move on there are many people among those in the church and others in society."
The comments were welcomed by the brother of Columba McVeigh, one of those who has not yet been found.
"Information is the key to recovering these bodies, there's still four left so we need some information to get the commission back digging," said Oliver McVeigh.
There were still people in the North Monaghan area who he believed had not yet come forward with information, added Mr McVeigh.
"The basic human right is for a burial of those who die. And we saw a number of weeks ago in Derry (at Martin McGuinness' funeral) the importance republicans place on death, committal and burial," he said.
"So we're asking the same. We just want to get my brother as the other families want to get their relatives as well, to be able to bury them in a grave and go and visit that grave like everyone else does."
Philomena McKee, whose brother Kevin McKee was located in 2015, said the annual service was a source of support for the families.
"With the Disappeared's families, it's like one big family now. Everybody knows what everybody's going through. And even though my brother's been found, I still know what these people are going through." | The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has told a Palm Sunday service for families of the Disappeared that there is still hope that information will help them find their loved ones. |
36,422,929 | Defender Raphael Varane had already been ruled out of the host nation's campaign with a thigh injury.
The 23-year-old Real Madrid player, who has won 29 caps for Les Bleus, is out for up to three weeks.
Sevilla defender Adil Rami, 30, has been called up by manager Didier Deschamps as Varane's replacement.
France play Group A rivals Romania in the tournament opener on 10 June.
France squad for Euro 2016:
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Benoit Costil.
Defenders: Adil Rami, Laurent Koscielny, Eliaquim Mangala, Jeremy Mathieu, Patrice Evra, Bacary Sagna, Christophe Jallet, Lucas Digne.
Midfielders: Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi, Morgan Schneiderlin, N'Golo Kante, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko.
Forwards: Antoine Griezmann, Dimitri Payet, Anthony Martial, Kingsley Coman, Olivier Giroud, Andre-Pierre Gignac. | France midfielder Lassana Diarra has been ruled out of Euro 2016 with a knee injury and replaced by Manchester United's Morgan Schneiderlin. |
37,196,287 | Abdullahi Ahmed Jama Farah, 20, from Manchester, was sentenced to seven years at a young offenders institution.
He created a UK "hub of communication" for like-minded extremists in 2013, the Old Bailey heard.
Jama Farah is related to Zhara and Salma Halane, who are believed to have married IS fighters in Syria.
The radicalised student was studying for his A-levels when he created the hub from his mother's home in South Grove, Longsight.
He was arrested in 2014 and following a trial, found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts after attempting to facilitate Nur Hassan, 19, to travel to Syria to fight.
Sentencing him at the Old Bailey, Judge Michael Topolski told him that the extent of his radicalisation was "considerable".
He said: "I am satisfied that what motivated you to assist was the very same set of extremist beliefs that motivated your friends to travel and train and fight and if necessary, to die."
The judge also highlighted messages in which the defendant referred to beheadings as "lick some heads off" and asking his friends if they were "smacking (killing) guys".
As well as helping Nur Hassan travel to Syria, the court heard he had been in contact with friends abroad via messaging service Whatsapp and social media.
The jury convicted Farah for helping Hassan and for his communication with Khalil Raoufi, who was killed in combat.
The Old Bailey heard that Jama Farah, who is Danish and of Somali origin, was in contact with four friends abroad.
Two are believed to have been killed in fighting and another badly injured in fighting.
His cousin Ahmed Ibrahim Halane, known as Pie, from Manchester, went to Somalia in September 2013, where it is thought he went to join terror group Al Shabaab.
He was sentenced to a further three years on extended licence. | A cousin of sisters dubbed the "teenage terror twins" after they joined the so-called Islamic State has been detained for helping a friend travel to Syria. |
39,489,471 | Aslef's Simon Weller said there was an "utter lack of trust" between his union's members and Southern.
Paul Cox, of the RMT union, questioned Aslef's leadership after the latest result, accusing its bosses of being "out of touch with reality".
The RMT is due to hold talks with Southern later, ahead of a planned strike this weekend.
The RMT talks follow the rejection of a proposed agreement to the long-running row over driver-only operated trains by members of drivers' union Aslef.
The narrow 51.8% vote against a settlement set back hopes of ending the deadlock which has caused travel misery for passengers.
On 8 April - Grand National weekend - 2,000 RMT members for Southern rail, Merseyrail and Northern rail plan to walk out for 24 hours.
Speaking on BBC Surrey earlier, Mr Cox said: "What is surprising is Aslef are going to go back and start talks again.
"Their members are quite clearly telling them they have problems with this driver-only-operated operation.
"They want them to do something about it, not to keep fiddling around and keep tweaking a deal that's been rejected twice."
Mr Weller said: "We are trying to ensure there are second people on the train, safety trained, safety critical, to make sure that everyone has a decent service."
The year-long row is over the Southern giving drivers responsibility for operating the doors, and changing the role of guards to on board supervisors which is a less safety-critical role.
The rail firm claims it always aims to keep the supervisor on board as a second member of staff, apart from in exceptional circumstances.
The deal negotiations have focused on reducing those exceptions. | A breakdown of trust has caused train drivers to reject a second deal with Southern rail, a union has said. |
34,119,782 | The pair, who compete in the Para-rowing mixed double scull, secured the place by winning the repechage to make the World Championships final in Aiguebelette, France.
Rowles, 17, is a former wheelchair track racer who represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
She took up rowing earlier this year.
Whiteley, 24, who trained without a partner for two years while he waited for a suitably classified female partner to be found, said: "I've spent two and three quarter years waiting for this moment. Our goal here was to qualify and it feels great." | Laurence Whiteley and Lauren Rowles have become the first British rowing team to qualify a boat for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. |
32,284,814 | Bedfordshire University, which makes about £25m a year from fees from foreign students, says it lost £10m last year due to a two-month freeze on student visas.
The university said it had started a voluntary severance scheme, giving staff up to 20 April to apply to leave.
A union called for the university to find "alternative" savings.
University vice-chancellor and former Labour minister Bill Rammell, who receives a remuneration package of £251,000, said he did not think there would be a need for compulsory redundancies.
"By making planned and sensible reductions, the university aims to continue to drive forward enhancements to facilities, to the benefit of students," said a unversity spokeswoman.
The university has campuses in Luton and Bedford.
A spokesman for the University and College Union (UCU) said: "The University of Bedfordshire needs to continue working with UCU to identify alternative savings and avoid redundancies where possible." | A university has asked its 1,400 staff if they want redundancy as it looks to make 50 job cuts to save £2.5m. |
37,434,957 | The visitors are 28-3 after three days at Edgbaston having been set 347 to win, with the Bears declaring their second innings on 279-7.
If Hampshire beat Durham, the losers of this game will go down.
However, Lancashire would stay up at Warwickshire's expense if they force a draw and Hampshire win.
The game at Southampton is finely poised with Hampshire 176-7 in their second innings, leading by 226 - and knowing that they must go all out for victory on Friday, while Durham are safe in mid-table.
After resuming on 12-0, the Bears soon lost makeshift opener Alex Mellor, but he proved the only batsman in the top nine not to reach at least 20, as wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose led the way with 59 not out to set up the declaration.
Lancashire's Kyle Jarvis claimed his 50th Championship victim of the season, while spinner Arron Lilley took 3-56, but Ambrose shared stands of 44 with Rikki Clarke, 38 with Keith Barker and an unbroken 45 with Jeetan Patel, who twice cleared the ropes.
Ian Bell's declaration after tea left Lancashire with an awkward 18 overs to face and the visitors began badly, losing Rob Jones to Barker's seventh ball - the 13th lbw dismissal of the match.
Luke Procter was then lbw to Patel offering no shot, and when Karl Brown edged Chris Wright to Ambrose, it left Lancashire's final-day hopes resting on the young shoulders of England's latest Test call-up, teenage opener Haseeb Hameed, who was unbeaten on 11 from 49 balls.
Ashley Giles' side must make the biggest total of the match against his former county if they are to end a winless run that goes back 10 Championship matches to May.
Warwickshire spinner Jeetan Patel told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"It was always going to be tough to set them a decent total. They set defensive fields and bowled really well but credit to our batters.
"We were under pressure in the first part of the game, got out of that and now we have piled it back on them. It is pleasing to get to that position and to take those three wickets was really important as it piles more pressure on them.
"They are going to put a partnership together at some point, we know that. But we have to be patient.
"It has been tense out there with a lot of chat about a lot of things. There is pressure but that's exciting. That's why we play this game."
Lancashire spinner Simon Kerrigan told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"It wasn't ideal us losing that third wicket but I don't mind going out there as nightwatchman. I always want to be out there in the battle and hopefully we can dig in.
"It looked after the first hour that we could be batting for a full session but we managed to slow them down so we faced only 18 overs. Losing three wickets wasn't ideal by any stretch of the imagination but we bat all the way down.
"The sun has baked the pitch. It is a lot slower now and the ball did not turn out of the normal part of the pitch like it did earlier.
"Keith Barker's footholes will leave a decent amount of rough for Jeetan Patel to bowl into so we will have that to deal with, but batting out for a draw is by no means beyond the bounds of possibility." | Warwickshire need to take seven more wickets to ensure County Championship survival, but Lancashire look in danger of relegation to Division Two. |
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