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Oxfordshire County Council said it hoped to complete the design of the 1,000-space park-and-ride and transport route by next year. The authority has said it needs to invest £3m to develop the project, which would be recouped from the Department for Transport. The project would cost about £36m. A council spokesman said the project would "provide a congestion-free route for public transport on the A40" approaching Oxford. Eynsham is the proposed site of the 1,000-space park-and-ride. Council leader Ian Hudspeth said: "The kind of improvements we are proposing will be another step change for improving journeys following the completion of the A40 Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts." In addition, a stretch of road from Witney to Eynsham could become a dual carriageway. The cabinet will vote on proposals to spend £3m on designing the project. A spokesman said the funding was needed to secure £35m of investment from the Department for Transport. The spokesman added: "The detailed design is scheduled to be completed in April 2018, following which the construction contractor will be appointed and construction works forecasted to start in September 2018."

Known as mooning, the cheeky offence was previously punishable under other laws but is now banned under specific legislation. First-time offenders face up to two months in jail while repeat offenders could spend six months behind bars. The amendment was one of more than 50 crimes included in an overhaul of sexual offence laws. The updated legislation has been designed, in part, to separate pranks involving nudity from acts of sexual exposure. The Summary Offences Act states that "behaviour that is indecent offensive or insulting includes behaviour that involves a person exposing (to any extent) the person's anal or genital region". It specifically cites "mooning or streaking" as an example of such an offence. The act also outlaws singing "an obscene song or ballad" and behaving in a "riotous, indecent, offensive or insulting manner".

Nottinghamshire opener Hales, 26, played in England's final two group matches at the tournament, including the decisive defeat against Bangladesh. "I think all of us are embarrassed about what happened," Hales told BBC Radio Nottingham. "The skill level and standard of cricket we showed wasn't good enough." Bopara, 29, featured in England's dead rubber against Afghanistan, where he did not bat in the match as they chased down a low total for victory. The Essex batsman believes England's players struggled to show what they were actually capable of during the event. "I can't stand here and lie - we probably did play with fear and did not express ourselves as we should," Bopara told BBC Sport. "But at least we've identified that. We've been honest with each other and we are going to change the culture in the team." Hales was overlooked for the defeats against New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka, as well as the win over Scotland. But he returned to the side against Bangladesh - scoring 27 - and retained his place in the meaningless nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in Sydney, where he scored 37. Hales had not played in nearly a month before his first appearance, but he refused to blame a lack of cricket for failing to hit a big score. "The standards we set and the way we played was poor," Hales said. "It was a bit frustrating carrying the drinks for a few games but I am disappointed I didn't take my chance. I felt ready for it." Hales is convinced England do have the quality in their domestic game and are capable of playing a brand of cricket that will challenge the best sides. The national side will get the chance to prove that theory when New Zealand and Australia visit to play a series of one-day internationals. He added: "If you look around English cricket there are some talented, young, dynamic players and it's about us creating an environment where everyone is comfortable to go out and express that. "It's going to be a very tough summer of one-day cricket playing arguably the two best teams in the world, so we all know we have to raise our standards. "I am looking forward to it and hope I can nail down a spot in the team."

The emergency department will also not be taking ambulance admissions overnight, between 18:00 to 08:00 GMT. It is understood the decision was taken after a meeting of clinicians. In a statement the Belfast Trust said it operates its two EDs as one emergency service. The Belfast Health Trust said: "The two emergency departments work together and a temporary ambulance divert is an appropriate mitigating action and ensures those patients who arrive by ambulance and who are often in greatest need are seen in a timely way. "A temporary arrangement to divert out of hours ambulances from the Mater Hospital's emergency department to the Royal Victoria Hospital's ED is in place." The trust added that the arrangement would be kept under continual review.

At 95.7%, the figure - which relates to June - is the best monthly performance for A&E departments since July 2014. A total of 139,300 people were either admitted to hospital, transferred or discharged in the period. The Scottish government said Scotland's A&E departments were outperforming those elsewhere in the UK. The Scottish government recommends that health authorities should assess, treat or discharge patients attending accident and emergency departments within four hours. Health Secretary Shona Robison said the figures were the best for the month of June for five years: "Today's figures show that Scotland's A&E departments are continuing to build on the improvements we have seen over the last year." She added: "Nationally, our core accident and emergency performance has remained better than elsewhere in the UK for the last 15 months of published data, from March 2015 to May 2016. And we are continually working to retain and build on this improvement to ensure patients get the service they rightly deserve." The statistics cover treatment and discharge at Scotland's 30 large "core" 24-hour A&E departments. Also published were performance statistics for the week ending 24 July, which showed that 94.4% of patients were seen within four hours.

Using a camera hooked up to a HoloLens headset, he was able to "teleport" Nasa scientist Jeff Norris to the TED stage. Microsoft is due to starting selling HoloLens developer units this spring for $3,000 (£2,000). Some have questioned whether the technology will appeal to the mass market. Mr Kipman said that AR would eventually replace the computer, smartphone and laptop screens we currently use. "We will look back at this decade as being like cavemen in terms of technology," he said. "Machines are becoming capable of understanding our world and interacting with us." That, he said, will ultimately lead to a world where the real and the digital are merged seamlessly. "We will turn a dial and get reality and turn it the other way and get virtual reality." In his demonstration at TED he showed delegates an other-worldly garden and digital rain before "teleporting" Mr Norris, who appeared to be standing on Mars. "I'm in three places. I'm in a room across the street, I'm on the TED stage and I am also on Mars," said Mr Norris. Critics have questioned whether HoloLens will be something that consumers will be prepared to pay for. "I think we're a good few years away from a compelling consumer AR smart glasses solution which has the desirable content and is cheap enough to drive a broader interest in the technology," said Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst at research firm IHS. "I see consumer AR as more embryonic than VR and still very much at an experimental stage," he added. Most activity in AR at the moment is "business-focused using smart glasses for commercial applications," he added. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been constant themes at this year's TED with a VR theme park being demonstrated, alongside another AR headset from Meta. Virtual reality film-maker Chris Milk used his TED talk to conduct the world's biggest simultaneous VR experience. Delegates had earlier been asked to download an app to their smartphones and each of the 1,200-strong TED audience was given a Google Cardboard headset to view a video. It was a combination of films made by Mr Milk's start-up Vrse - including film shot from a helicopter above New York City and footage from refugee camps. Mr Milk called VR "the last medium". "We have just started to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality," he said. "It's not a video game peripheral. It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other form of media - and it can change people's perceptions of each other. "And that's how I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world."

He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged Mr Jammeh to respect the will of the electorate. The election commission declared Mr Barrow winner of the 1 December poll. Mr Jammeh has launched court action to annul the result after initially accepting defeat. His security forces have seized control of the election commission's headquarters in the capital, Banjul. The Gambia has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence from Britain in 1965. Mr Jammeh first seized power in a coup in 1994, and many of his critics have been jailed or forced into exile. Mr Barrow, a property developer who was the candidate of a coalition of seven opposition parties, defeated him by four percentage points. In the interview with the BBC's Umaru Fofana, Mr Barrow said Mr Jammeh's move to annul the election had come as a surprise. Mr Jammeh had phoned to congratulate him soon after the election and had stated that "our system is the best" and "nobody can rig" the elections, Mr Barrow said. He ruled out a recount or re-run of the election: "We are not supporting anything as at now. Our position is very very clear. I'm president-elect. We advise the president to cooperate." Asked about his inauguration, Mr Barrow said: "We have a team that is working on our inauguration. We are working on it; on the 18th, I'm the legal president of this country." Mr Barrow told the BBC Mr Jammeh would not be prosecuted if he stepped down because his government would focus on "truth and reconciliation". Mr Jammeh "should feel secure" because "he is a Gambian", Mr Barrow added. "If South Africa can reconcile [after the racial system of apartheid ended in 1994], I see no reason why Gambians cannot reconcile. We are not saying prosecution; we said truth and reconciliation." Mr Barrow added that he feared for his safety but had the "support of the whole world". "That puts me in a strong position and I'm a very strong character. I have faith in God." Mr Barrow rejected suggestions that foreign troops should intervene to help him take power. According to the electoral commission's final count: Results were revised by the electoral commission on 5 December, when it emerged that the ballots for one area had been added incorrectly, swelling Mr Barrow's vote.

Regime change in Tehran would make him "significantly more optimistic" about the region's prospects, the former prime minister told The Times. He also said Syrian president Bashar al Assad's position was "untenable". Ahead of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Mr Blair told the Daily Mirror defeating radical Islamic terrorism would take "a generation of effort". Mr Blair, who was PM when the attack took place and is the current Middle East envoy for "the Quartet" which is made up of the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States, said the number of radical Muslims had been underestimated. Ten years on from the attacks of the World Trade Center, Mr Blair said the Iranians "continue to support groups that are engaged with terrorism and the forces of reaction. "In Iraq one of the main problems has been the continued intervention of Iran - and likewise in Afghanistan." He added: "Regime change in Tehran would immediately make me significantly more optimistic about the whole of the region." The former premier also urged the international community to increase pressure on the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. The Syrian president had shown he was "not capable of reform", Mr Blair added. "His position is untenable. There is no process of change that leaves him intact." In the Daily Mirror, Mr Blair said that if he had known that the UK would still be fighting in Afghanistan after a decade, he would have been "profoundly alarmed". But he said what has happened has not made him "any less committed to the fight we began" after the 9/11 attack. Mr Blair added that the "extremist ideology" which spurred the 9/11 attacks on the US still existed. "While the number of extremists is small, we underestimated the numbers who share the narrative of radical Islamism and who believe they are in fundamental conflict with us who do not share it," he said. "The majority, as the Arab Spring shows, want what we want. But the minority are well organised and very determined and they are not confined to the ranks of suicide bombers. "It will take a generation of effort at many levels - including, importantly, to support open-minded and tolerant people of all religions to change hearts and minds and make the fanatics irrelevant."

The 31-year-old joined the Championship side from Wigan in June 2015 and has made 64 appearances for the club. "It's great news that Scott has signed a new contract and a real boost too," said Rams manager Steve McClaren. "Good goalkeepers can win you 18-21 points in a season, if you are looking towards achieving something, and Scott is well on the way to that." Carson, who won the last of his four England caps in 2011, has played in all 23 of Derby's league games this season, keeping 13 clean sheets. McClaren added: "I don't know what you would have to pay for a goalkeeper of his quality right now, but it would cost us fortunes to replace him." Derby are seventh in the Championship.

The deal for the 17-year-old to be fast-tracked into F1 is part of an investment in Sauber by a group of Russian companies. A statement from the Swiss team said they would set up a development programme for Sirotkin "to prepare him as racing driver for the team in 2014". A spokesman added: "The goal would be to have him in our car next year." Sirotkin races this year in the Formula Renault 3.5 series and lies eighth in the championship, with a best result of second place. This extensive co-operation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport. At the same time, the Sauber F1 Team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a long-term basis. On the face of it, he does not qualify for the 'super-licence' required to be an F1 driver, and would have to win the Renault 3.5 championship to ensure he did. However, there is a catch-all clause that Sauber could use to argue his case, which states a driver must have "consistently demonstrated outstanding ability in single-seater formula cars". Sauber's race drivers this year are German Nico Hulkenberg, who is expected to move on next year, and Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, who also owes his presence in the team to sponsorship from his home country. Sauber have been in financial trouble for some time and the deal with a group of Russian companies secures their future for the next few years. The spokesman said there had been no change in shareholding at the team "for the time being", with founder Peter Sauber retaining two-thirds of the shares and team principal Monisha Kaltenborn one-third. The Sauber statement said: "This extensive co-operation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport. At the same time, the Sauber F1 Team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a long-term basis." Sauber will also promote Russia's inaugural grand prix in Sochi in 2014.

The 31-year-old man and the boy, aged six, were knocked down by a private hire taxi outside Glencairn Social Club in Rutherglen at 00:15 on Sunday. Police said the car, a Volkswagen Golf, failed to stop but the 60-year-old driver was traced a short time later. The man's injuries were described as "life threatening" while the boy is in a stable condition. Both are being treated at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after the incident in Glasgow Road. Sgt Craig McDonald, from Police Scotland, said: "Inquiries are at an early stage to establish the exact circumstances of this incident and we want to speak to anyone who may have witnessed what happened. "Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 101."

At just 34, he has become the most visible face (after Marine Le Pen's) of the most visible party in the game. Through last year's string of election triumphs (municipal, European, departmental) he was the Front National's permanent man-before-the-camera, and today at the smallest item of political news he is happy to react. He has become an indispensible right-hand man to the party's leader (they text each other constantly throughout the interview). And it is no exaggeration to say that he is utterly detested by her father, who blames him for his downfall. Philippot is FN vice-president and an MEP. Some tip him to be prime minister, were Marine ever to make it to the top. He is affable and neat, and intelligent and polite enough not to make his answers sound like he is articulating them for the nth time (though of course he is). My first political memory is the Maastricht referendum of 1992," he says. "I was only 11, but I made everyone in the family laugh when I said I was against the single currency because I didn't want (the French symbol) Marianne's head taken off the coins!" Thus at an early age was set a political path that led from traditional Gaullism through to the "sovereignist" movements of the early 2000s, and now to the "patriotic" protectionism of the Front National. "I absolutely reject the term 'far-right'," he tells me. "For me that smacks of democracy-denial, racial hierarchy, anti-parliamentarism: all that the Front National does NOT represent. "The old left-right split went out with the Cold War. Now the big divide is between patriots like us, and the others - parties of left and right that no longer believe in the nation. "I am a patriot - in the Gaullist tradition." Loyalty to General de Gaulle is not the least surprising innovation that Philippot has brought to the party. For many years, the FN was defined by its outright hostility to De Gaulle - because of his "sell-out" to the independence movement in Algeria. But Philippot has a portrait of the general on his office wall, and last year led an FN delegation to pay homage at his tomb. "In my family De Gaulle was always treated with enormous respect," he says. "And of course it helped that we lived near Lille, where he was born. In the north of France there is a still a deep attachment to his memory." Born in 1981, Philippot is the child of teachers. The family was "solidly middle-class, not rich, not poor. We had holidays, but not many. We ate out, occasionally." There was already plenty of immigration in this part of the country, and Philippot's father gave evening classes in French. In the school where he taught in Tourcoing, a majority of pupils were Muslim. "I asked my father recently whether back in the 1980s there had been the same problems as today about pork in canteens. He said, it wasn't even an issue. Pork was served

World number 19 Konta, 25, lost 6-3 6-3 to Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer, who is 30 places below her in the rankings. Watson, 24, ranked 55th, lost 7-5 6-4 against Czech Barbora Strycova, who has been as high as number 12 in the world but is currently 30th. Fellow Britons Naomi Broady and Tara Moore were beaten in the first round. "I've played four very good matches, so I'm really happy with the amount of time I've been able to get on the grass," said Konta. "However, I need to get used to players coming out and playing at a better level against me and that's inevitable as I climb the rankings." Watson felt that Strycova handled the distractions of playing on a small court better than she did. "On the court we were on, I was getting distracted and I don't think my focus was there today," she said. "I feel like I'm striking the ball really well, there are just a few tweaks that I need to make going into Wimbledon. I'm feeling very optimistic, even though I lost." The next grass event starts at Eastbourne on Sunday, before Wimbledon begins on 27 June. Media playback is not supported on this device

In 2013, 90% of the 13,570 people diagnosed with hepatitis C had injected drugs such as heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, it said. Two out of five drug users who used needles had the infection and half of these did not know it, said PHE. The viral infection can lead to liver cancer, which can be fatal. It can be spread through the blood of an infected person, which is why drug users sharing needles are at risk. More than 200,000 people in the UK currently have the infection. PHE said early diagnosis was key to prevent the disease being spread and called for interventions to flag up infections earlier. Dr Vivian Hope, at the organisation, said increasing the diagnosis rate would help reduce the high level of infection he was seeing among people who injected drugs. He added: "Obtaining blood from people living with hepatitis C who inject drugs can be difficult due to poor venous access. "Dry blood spot testing is an alternative method that avoids puncturing veins - which has been proven to be reliable and simple, and acceptable to both people who inject drugs and drug service staff." Dr Hope said using the new testing method had started to help diagnose more cases of hepatitis C.

Bottom side Villa kept them at bay until the 48th minute, when Yaya Toure turned home David Silva's pass. A Micah Richards mistake let Sergio Aguero make it 2-0 soon after, before Aguero exchanged passes with Silva to fire home a third. Raheem Sterling tapped in City's fourth before Aguero missed a late penalty. Media playback is not supported on this device City's win sees them close the gap on both north London teams after Tottenham drew with Arsenal earlier - they are now two points behind the third-placed Gunners with a game in hand. But they remain 10 points behind leaders Leicester, who beat Watford in Saturday's late kick-off. City's poor form had put their top-four place in doubt, let alone their title challenge, but this was a convincing response to their critics. There have been many question marks over City's defence recently but they were hardly tested here - Villa only managed two shots in total and only one on target, which saw Joe Hart deny Jordan Ayew with the score at 0-0. City's attack is far more reliable and, although they had to be patient against Villa's massed backline, their flurry of second-half goals means they are now the top scorers in the Premier League with 52 goals from 29 games. Pellegrini said before kick-off that his side needed nine wins from their last 11 games to have any chance of becoming champions - he now has one of them. Manager reaction: 'Man City's title experience important - Pellegrini' Media playback is not supported on this device Villa boss Remi Garde insisted after the final whistle that his side can still stay up but, with nine games to go, their prospects are becoming even bleaker. The gap between Villa and safety was eight points before kick-off, but was increased to nine by Sunderland's draw at Southampton. "Until the end, I will believe we can do it but we have to be realistic," Garde told BBC Sport. "If we play like we did in the first half here, we have a chance. If we play like we did in the second half, we have no chance." City, who are yet to rearrange their game in hand - which is at Newcastle - take on another struggling side, Norwich, at Carrow Road next weekend. Villa will face another team vying for the title when they host Tottenham.

Emma Follis struck the crossbar early on for the visitors only to see Harding give Liverpool the lead soon after. Coombs was the provider with a neat flick-on in the area before she added the second within seven minutes. Caroline Weir's pinpoint pass found her in space and allowed a finish on the half volley which doubled the lead. Jade Boho-Sayo went close to pulling a goal back before the break for Reading, but her shot across goal was saved by Siobhan Chamberlain. Reading improved in the second half as substitute Amber Stobbs saw Chamberlain tip her shot onto the post. Liverpool climb to third and are now unbeaten in four games. Match ends, Liverpool Ladies 2, Reading Ladies 0. Second Half ends, Liverpool Ladies 2, Reading Ladies 0. Attempt saved. Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Foul by Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies). Molly Bartrip (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies). Rachel Rowe (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ashley Hodson replaces Shanice Van de Sanden. Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Amber Stobbs. Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Kylie Davies. Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Niamh Charles replaces Natasha Harding. Substitution, Reading Ladies. Laura May-Walkley replaces Kayleigh Hines. Attempt missed. Kayleigh Hines (Reading Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Laura Coombs (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Emma Follis (Reading Ladies). Attempt missed. Alex Greenwood (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Attempt saved. Kirsty McGee (Reading Ladies) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner, Reading Ladies. Conceded by Gemma Bonner. Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Katie Zelem replaces Rosie White. Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Sophie Perry (Reading Ladies). Amber Stobbs (Reading Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Amber Stobbs (Reading Ladies). Foul by Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies). Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Amber Stobbs (Reading Ladies). Attempt saved. Amber Stobbs (Reading Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Foul by Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies). Lauren Bruton (Reading Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Corner, Reading Ladies. Conceded by Kate Longhurst. Rosie White (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Molly Bartrip (Reading Ladies). Attempt saved. Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Natasha Harding (Liverpool Ladies) header from

23 February 2016 Last updated at 08:54 GMT He's an endurance rider - just like Bradley Wiggins. Next month he'll be trying to win medals at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in London. Hear his top tips for getting into cycling.

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is the subject of the legal challenge. The case has been brought by a local resident. A judicial review court heard the council's decision on complaints about the Woodburn scheme will be made on Monday, and issued by Tuesday. Stop the Drill campaigners are seeking an injunction to stop the company behind the scheme, InfraStrata, from going ahead with exploratory oil drilling close to a reservoir that supplies drinking water to thousands of homes. Permission for a judicial review was granted last week. Protesters fear the drilling, less than 400m from Woodburn reservoir, could impact water supply to Carrickfergus, Larne, Newtownabbey and areas of Belfast. But NI Water, which has leased the site to InfraStrata has said it is confident there is no threat. The anti-drill campaign has been ongoing since February, but intensified this week after drilling equipment arrived at Woodburn. On Wednesday, Friends of the Earth representatives from 25 countries suspended their AGM in Carlingford to join the protest. On Monday, a protester was arrested after he climbed onto an oil drill headed for the forest. The man had threatened to chain himself to the rig using a bicycle lock, but he later left it of his own accord. He was arrested on suspicion of obstruction and released on police bail. A key aspect of the controversy surrounding the drilling project is its progression under permitted development rights (PDR), meaning it did not have to submit a planning application. In March, it was revealed this rule is to be looked at again by officials. Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said he wanted to hear people's views about the use of PDR linked to oil and gas exploration. Opponents claim the well got permitted development rights by default after planners missed a 21-day deadline to respond to the application with its views. The Department of Environment said it decided the application qualified for permitted development status. In February, Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo weighed into the dispute. The actor who played superhero The Incredible Hulk wrote to the authorities in supporter of protesters.

The 21-year-old full-back joined the Scottish champions from Manchester United in the summer of 2015. The Switzerland Under-21 international made seven appearances for Celtic last season before being loaned out to Barnsley. "Joining a club of this magnitude is a great opportunity for me," Janko told the Ligue 1 club's website. "This is one of the biggest French clubs with a wonderful history and fantastic supporters. Yesterday I visited the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium. It is a very impressive stadium that resembles Celtic Park. "Physically, I feel very good. I resumed training with Celtic two weeks ago." Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Hull's 2-0 defeat against Tottenham means Sunderland need a point from either of their last two games, at Arsenal and Chelsea, to secure safety. The Black Cats could have taken the lead in the first half but Danny Graham shot straight at Kasper Schmeichel. Leonardo Ulloa came close with a flicked effort in the second period but neither side could break the deadlock. Media playback is not supported on this device Nigel Pearson's Leicester side were bottom of the table and seven points adrift at the beginning of April, but have turned it around and can now look forward to another season in the Premier League. Their remarkable recent run has seen them pick up 19 points from their last eight games to stave off a return to the Championship after only one campaign. Their last game of the season - against QPR - was being billed as a battle for survival, but with Rangers already down and Leicester safe, it is now an encounter with little at stake. Meanwhile, Dick Advocaat's Sunderland side have taken 11 points from their past six games as they look to repeat last year's miraculous escape, when they won their final four games under Gus Poyet to stay in the top flight. And although they still need a point to be sure of staying up, with daunting trips to Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge still to come, the Sunderland supporters celebrated as news filtered through of QPR beating Newcastle and Spurs winning against Hull. Media playback is not supported on this device Sunderland striker Graham had the best chance of the first half, but could not connect properly with a volley, while fellow front man Connor Wickham blazed an effort wide as he failed to add to his five goals this season. Home winger Sebastian Larsson also went close with a free-kick which was pushed away by Leicester keeper Schmeichel. Riyad Mahrez and Ulloa worked away up front for Leicester but neither were able to find the target when given opportunities, although the Foxes were well worth a point. Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat: "It was a very exciting match for both teams, with a lot of nerves, but both teams work so hard. We had more opportunities, but I think 0-0 is a good result. "Leicester are a very difficult team to beat. They've lost one game in eight, we'd lost one in six. We were organised, but we needed more, and we got it when Adam Johnson came on. We hope to use him in our last two games and get more chances. "We play Arsenal next, and they are an excellent team. We have to make it as difficult as possible for Arsenal and score a goal. Swansea did it. If you are organised, you will always get chances." Leicester manager Nigel Pearson: "When you consider our plight a couple of months ago, to go into the final game with our safety assured is quite an unbelievable achievement. "I think the key

The loophole came to light during the prosecution of a driver allegedly found to be more than twice over the limit. On Monday, the High Court ruled police must give test results in both English and Irish for prosecutions to be valid. The minister has since amended the law to state either language can be used. The legal uncertainty first emerged earlier this year in the case of 29-year-old Mihai Avadenei, from Swords, County Dublin. His defence team argued that he should have been given a written statement of the results of his alcohol breath test in both English and Irish, and because this had not happened, the test results were inadmissible as evidence. His case was then referred to the High Court, where a judge ruled that the bilingual requirement was stipulated in legislation. Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that Mr Justice Seamus Noonan had said a breath alcohol test "is not a valid piece of evidence if it is in English only". Road safety campaigners expressed concern at the ruling, and its possible impact on those injured or bereaved by drink-drivers. Within 24 hours of the High Court ruling, Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe amended the relevant legislation, namely the Prescribed Form and Manner of Statements Regulations 2011. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Donohoe said: 'The advice of the attorney general's office was sought in respect of the need for amending legislation on foot of the judgement in relation to the language of the forms produced by evidential breath testing machines in Garda [police] stations. "In the interests of road safety, I have moved immediately to provide the new legislation deemed necessary regarding the form of the statements to be provided under section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 2010." A spokesperson for the Department of Transport confirmed the change had taken effect immediately. "The minister has now signed into law a replacement statutory instrument which provides that the statements may be produced in either the English or the Irish language which was always the objective of the legislation," they said.

The building society said the increase was due to "growing demand", and the limit would be in force from July. It means a 60-year-old could take out a 25-year mortgage as long as they prove they can afford the repayments. The move comes as Halifax increases its age limit for mortgages from 75 to 80 from Monday. There have been calls for the industry to do more to help older buyers after tougher mortgage checks, introduced in the wake of the financial crisis, have made it harder for middle-aged people to get a home loan. Rising house prices have exacerbated the issue, with many people not able to afford to buy their first home until they are in their thirties or forties. Nationwide said the new age limit would apply to existing customers for all its standard mortgages, but the maximum loan size would be £150,000, and could be no greater than 60% of the property value. "Access to the mainstream market has been a challenge for older customers, resulting in their needs going unfulfilled. This measure helps to address these needs in a prudent, controlled manner," said Nationwide head of mortgages Henry Jordan. Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, told the BBC the change could shake up the mortgage market. "Why pay off the mortgage at at all?" he said on Radio 5 Live. "As long as the value of the property is there to meet the liability in the future, why worry about paying it off when you are alive?" he added. House prices grew 7.6% in the year to February, official statistics suggest. And a recent survey by Halifax suggested that one in three 20- to 45-year-olds expected to be working beyond their retirement age to pay off their mortgage. Halifax said its decision was a response to changing demographics, with people living and working for longer. The policies of rival mortgage lenders for older borrowers varies. Santander, for example, says 75 is its cut-off while RBS' upper age limit is 70. HSBC says it does not turn down mortgages on the basis of age, but reviews applications of those over 75 on "a case by case basis". At Barclays the upper age limit is 70, or the customer's retirement date - whichever is sooner.

Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny has asked Irish President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the parliament (Dáil) Mr Kenny said that the Dáil will meet again on 10 March. The 32nd Dáil will have 158 seats, eight fewer than the previous one, and the number of constituencies has been reduced to 40 from 43. Mr Kenny has been in office for almost five years, leading a Fine Gael/Labour coalition government since March 2011. He is aiming to become the first leader of the Fine Gael party to be returned as prime minister.

The loss in Rotterdam leaves Scotland needing to beat Spain on Thursday by two goals and hoping England beat Portugal, having defeated Spain 2-0. "When you come to these tournaments, the margins are so small and we haven't had the breaks, not with injuries," Signeul told BBC Scotland. "This is how it is sometimes." Prior to the tournament, Scotland lost Kim Little, Jen Beattie and Lizzie Arnot through injury, and striker Jane Ross missed the Portugal game with a shoulder injury sustained in the 6-0 defeat by England. Scotland and Portugal are playing in their first major finals and it was Francisco Neto's team who scored their first goal at that level when in 27 minutes Carolina Mendes seized on a miscued clearance by Vaila Barsley, who was perhaps thrown by the ball's deflection off Rachel McLauchlan's boot. Erin Cuthbert scored for Scotland two minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute but defensive slackness allowed Ana Leite to break free for the winner. Striker Lana Clelland had missed an open goal and then struck a post in the first half and Caroline Weir smacked a shot off the Portugal post late in the match as Scotland's frustration grew. The win put Portugal on to three points, having lost 2-0 to Spain in their opening tie. If England make a clean sweep of wins by beating the Portuguese on Thursday and Scotland can beat Spain, then Portugal, Scotland and Spain would all be on three points. Uefa rules state that in such a scenario, group standings are arranged according to which team has "a, the higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; b, superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question; c, higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question." "Theoretically we are still in it, which is more than you can say about other teams in other groups," said Signeul ahead of England's win over Spain on Sunday evening. "We played so well in the first half and it felt like we could have been up 2-0 or 3-0. "Instead we got the counter-attack against us and the ball bounced on Rachel's foot and it put Vaila on the back foot as well. It was an unlucky first goal. "We came back so well and fought and fought and fought for the equaliser, but they got the counter again. Unfortunately we couldn't put it in. "The players will become mentally stronger for this. "Erin did really well when she came on. She has such a great technique and technical mind, She is fearless, I am very proud of her."

The name was revealed by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon as he cut the first steel on the ship at BAE System's Govan shipyard. The new anti-submarine warfare frigates will be known as the City Class. Earlier this month the Ministry of Defence announced a £3.7bn order for the first three Type 26s, which are due to enter service from the mid-2020s. The contract for the second batch of five ships is expected to be negotiated "in the early 2020s". The MoD said the work would "support and sustain" 3,400 jobs - half at BAE's Govan and Scotstoun shipyards - with the rest in the supply chain. Sir Michael told BAE's workforce at the steel-cutting ceremony: "Today marks a historic milestone for the Royal Navy, Scottish shipbuilding and UK defence more widely. "HMS Glasgow and the other seven frigates in this new class will protect our powerful new aircraft carriers and nuclear deterrent, helping keep Britain safe across the world. "The Type 26 is a cutting-edge warship that will maintain our naval power with a truly global reach. "Designed for a service life of at least 25 years, the Type 26 frigates will form a backbone of the future Royal Navy surface fleet well into the future." There have been eight Royal Navy ships bearing the name Glasgow since the early 1700s. In more recent history, two ships served during the world wars, including the Arctic convoys and the Normandy landings. The last HMS Glasgow - a Type 42 Destroyer - was awarded the "Falkland Islands 1982" battle honour. During the Falklands War, the ship was damaged when a bomb struck it but failed to detonate. Glasgow was decommissioned in 2005. Admiral Sir Philip Jones, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, said: "The Clyde was the birthplace of some of the greatest fighting ships the world has ever known, and so cutting steel there today for the future HMS Glasgow is symbolic of a Royal Navy on the rise once again. "As an island nation, we are utterly dependent on the sea for our security and prosperity, and the City-class names have been chosen for the Type 26 to provide an enduring link between the Royal Navy and our great centres of commerce and industry. "The name Glasgow brings with it a string of battle honours, stretching from the Arctic Circle to the South Atlantic. "As one of the world's most capable anti-submarine frigates, the Type 26 will carry the Royal Navy's tradition of victory far into the future." An initial development deal to build Type 26 combat ships in Glasgow was signed in February 2015. Construction of the ships was initially expected to start in 2016, but Sir Michael said in June last year that no deal to build the frigates would be signed until it offered "value for money". The Type 26 frigate is principally designed for anti-submarine warfare and will partially replace the current Type 23 frigate. Each ship will carry a crew of

David Miller, 24, from Jersey, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk were found dead at a beach on the island of Koh Tao last September. Burmese migrants Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, both 22, deny killing the pair. Lawyers for the two men have asked the court to allow the DNA to be re-tested. The lack of eyewitness accounts has meant DNA profiling has become the most important evidence in the trial. Earlier this month the Thai police said all the DNA material had been used up in the original testing. The trial has also heard from the first police officer to reach the scene. In his evidence he described how the bodies, mostly unclothed, were found a few metres apart. The defendants, who also deny rape and robbery, were arrested several weeks after the bodies were found. They are said to have confessed to the crime shortly after the killings but have since retracted their statements. The investigation has been widely criticised amid allegations of police incompetence and officers from the UK were called in to assist with the case. The trial is expected to last until October.

Ben Garnham, 37, was left motionless on the floor after a clown landed on his head and said he was lucky not to have been paralysed. He suffered a cut head, swollen face and a headache and was taken to hospital after the accident at Circus Zyair's show in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, on Monday. The circus has been asked to comment. Mr Garnham, of Cefn Fforest, Blackwood, went to the circus with two of his three daughters, Jade and Amber, and Jade's fiancee, Lauren. He was picked out of the crowd by the clown, Ben Coles, to take part in the show. The clown asked Mr Garnham to grab his legs before appearing to attempt a back flip, but landed on top of him and knocked the self-employed DJ out. Three other circus staff then rushed over and carried an unconscious Mr Garnham out of the ring. He said: "I was very lucky. I could have died or been paralysed. "I don't blame the clown. What I was upset about was the way I was carried off. I was manhandled when I could have been seriously injured." He said the circus had offered to refund his family for their tickets and a free visit when it visits Carmarthen on Saturday - which he hopes to go to.

In a career spanning some 60 years, Michelmore anchored coverage of events including the Apollo moon landings and two general elections. Known for his unflappable style, he interviewed figures including Prince Charles, Prime Minister Harold Wilson and a 17-year-old David Bowie. BBC director general Tony Hall said he was an "outstanding broadcaster". His "personal approach" recast the role of the TV presenter at the BBC, Lord Hall said. Best known as host of the current affairs programme Tonight from 1957 to 1965, Michelmore brought a more informal style to news presenting. Studio equipment appeared in shot and Michelmore often presented items while perched on the edge of his desk. In his later life, Michelmore went on to present Holiday on BBC One and was still broadcasting in his 80s, long after the last Tonight. He also anchored major live events, including news of the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, which broke while he was live on air, and the return of the of the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft. His son Guy told the BBC his father died at Petersfield Hospital in Hampshire after being admitted last week. Born in 1919 in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Michelmore joined the RAF and was commissioned during World War Two. He made his first broadcast for the British Forces Network in Hamburg, and soon began appearing on air in a variety of roles - including in radio dramas and presenting a weekly gardening slot. His big break came when he was asked to fill in at the Hamburg end of popular BBC radio show Two-Way Family Favourites. The programme went out on Sunday lunchtime on BBC radio and linked members of British forces serving round the world with their families at home. He went on to marry the show's London anchor, Jean Metcalfe, who died in 2000. He later said it was "love at first hearing". He joined the BBC first as a reporter in the South West of England, before moving into current affairs presenting. During his career, he fronted numerous programmes, including Highlight, 24 Hours, and Tonight - where he coined his famous sign-off: "The next Tonight will be tomorrow night - goodnight." His calm and collected style meant he was the perfect choice to anchor general election results coverage, which he did in 1966 and 1970. But he was shaken when he was sent to cover the 1966 disaster at the Welsh village of Aberfan, where a slag heap had collapsed on to a junior school, killing 116 children and 28 adults. "Never in my life have I seen anything like this. I hope I shall never see anything like it again," he said in his report. He won a number of awards, and was made a CBE in 1969. Paying tribute, Tony Hall said: "It's impossible to overestimate just how important a national figure he was at a time when there were just two channels. "I still remember as a boy watching Cliff Michelmore presenting

All UK housebuilders have seen their shares fall on worries of a slump in the housing market. Berkeley Group could be replaced by Russian gold and silver miner Polymetal in the index. Gold is seen as a safe investment in times of uncertainty, and its price has risen 25% this year. Silver prices are up about 30%, and the rally in precious metals has helped to push shares in Polymetal up by more than 90% this year. The FTSE 100 is currently higher than the level it stood at ahead of the UK's referendum on EU membership. The globally-focused companies that dominate the index have had a lift from the post-referendum drop in sterling, which typically boosts exporters. However, housebuilders such as Berkeley and its rivals are more exposed to any weakening in the domestic UK economy. Among the recent housing market data, Nationwide said on Wednesday that there was slight pick-up in house price growth in August. However, the lender said demand from buyers had softened, and price growth was being maintained by the low numbers of properties coming onto the market. On Tuesday the Bank of England said mortgage approvals in July were at their lowest since January 2015. The changes to the FTSE 100 will be confirmed after Wednesday's close of the stock market and will take effect on 19 September.

The Albatros aircraft suffered engine failure after it had performed a poppy drop in front of Prince Charles and other dignitaries in Longueval, France. It crashed in a field in Bethersden, near Ashford, at about 14:20 BST and ended up upside down. Kent Police said nobody was hurt in the crash. David Kember, duty controller at Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent, said the pilot had "tried to land in a field but caught a fence". He said the smash had caused "substantial damage to the plane's wings". Kent Police said the crash had been "passed to the Air Accident Investigation Board".

Media playback is not supported on this device Playing on home ice in a world championship tournament for the first time since 1992, GB took a first-period lead as Robert Dowd blasted to the net. Mislav Blagus levelled for Croatia before goals for the hosts from David Clarke and Evan Mosey. David Brine replied for Croatia before Russell Crowley hit GB's fourth goal. Only the winners in the six-team round-robin tournament at the SSE Arena will be promoted. Great Britain head coach Pete Russell was pleased with his team's opening win. "It's a good start. It's all we wanted," Russell told BBC Five Live. "They are a decent team and we maybe made it hard work for ourselves at times. "We got a bit flat in the second period but we bossed that final period and got the win we wanted." The Croatians included Vancouver Canucks NHL player Borna Rendulic but after his impressive first period, he was well contained by the hosts for the remainder of the game. Russell handed British debuts to Brendan Brooks, 18-year-old Sam Duggan and Liam Stewart. Top seeds Japan opened their campaign with an emphatic 6-1 win over the Netherlands while Estonia and Lithuania are also competing in Belfast. The competition winners will qualify for next year's Division 1 Group A with the top two from that tournament advancing to the top tier of the 2019 World Championships. Great Britain have narrowly missed out on promotion following second-place finishes in the third-tier competition in the last two years. The hosts are back in action against Estonia on Monday evening.

Abdeslam has been on the run since he was driven back to Belgium hours after the gun and bomb attacks which left 130 people dead on 13 November. Quoting a reliable source, the Belga news agency said he had got in touch with lawyer Sven Mary. Mr Mary has refused to comment on the report and the federal prosecutor has described it as "only a rumour". Meanwhile, the Paris prosecutor's office has named Chakib Akrouh as the suicide bomber who blew himself up in a Saint-Denis flat linked to the attackers. Akrouh was a Belgian-Moroccan national, born in Belgium in 1990. Abdeslam's lawyer told Belgian media he would neither confirm nor deny that contact had been made and Belga did not say when it had happened. "I cannot and do not want to talk," he told Belgian TV news. Mr Mary denied a similar report last month by Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. He has said he would be prepared to represent the fugitive, who is thought to have dropped off three suicide bombers before the attack at the Stade de France. CCTV pictures emerged this week showing Abdeslam at a petrol station close to the Belgian border in northern France, hours after he allegedly took part in the Paris attacks. He is seen with Hamza Attou, one of two men who are said to have driven him back to Belgium. Belgian prosecutors said yesterday they had identified three properties used by men involved in the attacks in Paris. Investigators discovered fingerprints of ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud and Stade de France bomber Bilal Hadfi at a flat in Charleroi.

Marcella Jean Lee, 56, was detained on Thursday about 100 miles (160km) south of Goldsboro, where her mum's remains were discovered. She faces a felony charge of failure to report a death, according to police. Police had been searching for Ms Lee for more than three months after a neighbour discovered the body of Arma Roush, 75, inside the freezer. A post-mortem examination showed no signs of foul play in Ms Roush's death. A neighbour bought the freezer for $30 (£23). Ms Lee told the buyer not to open the appliance, which was taped shut. She told the neighbour that members of a local church would come by to collect the contents of the freezer, which she referred to as a time capsule. A few weeks later in May, the neighbour opened the freezer and found the body. Ms Lee's mother had been living with her and was last seen in August 2015.

Sundar Raman met Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials in the western city of Nagpur to submit his resignation, reports say. He had been the chief operating officer of the IPL since its inception in 2008. Mr Raman is being investigated for alleged involvement in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal. He denies wrongdoing. "Yes he [Raman] has submitted his resignation to the BCCI president and the BCCI president has accepted it," IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla said. In July, the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings teams were found guilty of illegal betting and match-fixing by a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court. The Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan of the Super Kings were also suspended from all cricket-related activities for life. The three-member panel had said the two teams were suspended to protect "the integrity of the game". The IPL is one of richest sports league in the world, but has been mired in controversy in recent years over corruption. BCCI president Shashank Manohar had hinted at the possibility of Mr Raman's exit in July. "Raman should have gone immediately after the Mudgal Committee report found him prima facie guilty of wrongdoings. He ought to have stepped down immediately at that time. "Now, to restore the faith of people in IPL and the game, Raman needs to go," The India Express quotes Mr Manohar as saying in July.

The Scot matched Matsuyama's four-under round of 68 to reach 14 under par. Daniel Berger is in third place, a shot behind Knox, with fellow American Bill Haas and Francesco Molinari of Italy another stroke adrift on 12 under. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is eight shots off the lead after an up and down 70 at Sheshan International. The world number three was within four when he produced a brilliant recovery shot on the par-five eighth to set up his third birdie of the day, but bogeys followed at the 11th, 12th and 15th before he picked up strokes at the 16th and 18th. Knox, bidding to become only the second player after former world number one Tiger Woods to retain a World Golf Championships title, was inches away from a hole-in-one on the fourth. The 31-year-old was two behind Matsuyama when he picked up another shot on the 13th, only to find water with his approach to the par-five 14th as Matsuyama hit the green in two. A two or three-shot swing looked certain and Matsuyama two-putted from long range for birdie, but Knox holed from 25 feet for an unlikely par and then birdied the 15th. Knox was unable to make any more ground on the closing stretch and Matsuyama birdied the last as he looks to become the first Japanese player to win a WGC event. England's Ross Fisher is in a tie for sixth place on 10 under, while the Republic of Ireland's Shane Lowry shot 65 to leap up the leaderboard and join McIlroy and Henrik Stenson of Sweden on nine under. Race to Dubai leader Danny Willett endured another miserable day after a 75 left him 11 over par.

James Rawlings, born at Ipswich Hospital, was just 18 days old when he died at home in May last year. An inquest in Ipswich heard that despite the concerns of a midwife and the mother Jo Rawlings, Dr Lovelina Das delayed a Caesarean delivery. The hearing was told that Dr Das no longer worked at the hospital. The hospital trust said it had been unable to contact Dr Das, who is believed to be working abroad. The trust admitted that if James had been delivered earlier, he would probably have survived. Mrs Rawlings praised the midwife for her support. Greater Suffolk coroner Peter Dean concluded that James died from a lack of oxygen and sepsis. "The evidence shows that had James been delivered earlier he would not have died on May 16," said Dr Dean Mr and Mrs Rawlings now have a new eight-week-old son called Joshua.

With both Nottingham Forest and Blackburn Rovers winning their games, Blues also had to win to stay up. But Redknapp's side kept cool to earn their second straight victory. Blues' goal came on 16 minutes from striker Adams, only playing as last week's red card against Huddersfield Town was overturned. The lively Adams had already twice gone close in the first six minutes, forcing good saves from Fabian Giefer. But he then muscled his way down the middle to latch onto Lukas Jutkiewicz's ball over the top, before holding off two challenges, then turning to fire low right-footed under Giefer. Craig Gardner also tested Giefer with a powerful 40-yard shot that had to be tipped over. But, in the end, Adams' seventh goal of the season - and his second this season against Bristol City - got the job done to earn Blues only their fourth league win in 25 Championship games. Having survived on the last day for the second time in four seasons, Blues climbed a place to stand 19th in the final table, two places and just a point behind Bristol, who had assured their own safety by winning at Brighton week earlier. Before replacing Gary Rowett with Gianfranco Zola in mid-December, Blues were outside the play-off places only on goal difference, prior to their dramatic nosedive under Zola. Redknapp, brought in to replace the sacked Zola with less than three weeks of the season left, only had three games to keep Blues up. But, in those three matches his team have equalled the number of league wins they had in Zola's 22 games in charge. After just 20 days in charge, with former Bristol City boss Steve Cotterill and ex-West Bromwich Albion midfielder Paul Groves as his backroom team, 70-year-old Redknapp now has to decide whether to remain in charge next season. Bristol City manager Lee Johnson: "It was a difficult game for us but I'm proud of the players in the way they kept going to the end. "The big picture for me is the fantastic run we've been on. Those last five or six games have turned around the season. "It stands the club in great stead moving forward. If we can add one or two players in the summer that will give us a boost." Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp told BBC WM: "It was a fantastic feeling when the referee put the whistle in his mouth. It was tense. We were hanging in there at the end. "They hit us with balls into the box and we had to keep winning the first or second ball. We kept getting bodies in the way and dealing with it and the lads were fantastic. "We knew what was going on around us. They were signing 'you're going down' when Blackburn scored and I knew Forest would win. But we've managed to get the result. The buzz is fantastic when you get a result like that." Match ends, Bristol City 0, Birmingham City 1. Stephen

Media playback is unsupported on your device 18 August 2015 Last updated at 12:51 BST The big news was announced live on BBC Breakfast. Carol said: "I can't wait to learn to dance and hope my experience on Strictly will be a breeze. Whether it will be or not is one forecast I cannot predict!." More celebrity contestants for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing will be announced in the coming weeks.

However, it expects retail sales growth to slow down next year, as a result of the fall in sterling prompted by the Brexit vote in June. The weaker pound makes imports more expensive and pushes up inflation. Clothing saw particularly strong growth in sales volumes, while grocers had their best results since January. This latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey covers the last week of November and the first two weeks of December and included the pre-Christmas discounting day, Black Friday on 25 November. Hardware and DIY and internet retailers also reported strong growth. Wholesalers saw their strongest growth in volumes for nearly 18 months. "It's encouraging to see retailers reporting another month of healthy sales growth leading up to the festive season, which rounds off a fairly solid quarter," said Ben Jones, CBI principal economist. However, he added: "While we still expect to see decent growth in the near term, the pressures on retail activity are likely to increase during 2017, as the impact of sterling's depreciation feeds through. "With higher inflation beginning to weigh on households' purchasing power, consumption patterns are likely to shift, creating winners and losers across the retail landscape." Wholesalers reported the strongest growth in volumes for nearly 18 months in the year to December. Last week's official retail sales figures showed volumes jumped by 5.9% in November compared with the same month last year as shoppers took advantage of Black Friday discounts. But higher fuel costs meant the rise was not as strong as in October, when annual retail sales growth hit a 14-year high of 7.2%.

Leslie Benzies, a former president of Edinburgh-based game developers Rockstar North, is claiming unpaid royalties in a US court. Aberdeen-born Mr Benzies, 45, claims he was effectively forced out of the company last year. Rockstar, which is controlled by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, said his claims were "entirely without merit". Much of the Grand Theft Auto series has been developed in Scotland. In a statement, Mr Benzies' lawyers, Locke Lord, claimed Mr Benzies was removed from Rockstar after being "enticed" by the company to take a sabbatical in 2014. It also claimed that while he was on sabbatical, Mr. Benzies discovered "numerous deceptions" on the part of Take-Two, Rockstar, Rockstar North Ltd, and Rockstar Games co-founders Sam and Dan Houser. The lawsuit alleges that they "sought to force him out of the company and terminate his portion of royalty payments based upon arbitrary actions by the company's royalty Allocation Committee, a committee that may or may not have actually ever met". It further alleges that when Mr Benzies attempted to resume his duties after ending his sabbatical on 1 April last year, he "found himself unable to enter the Rockstar North office because his facilities access device had been deactivated. "After being let inside by building security, Mr. Benzies was then ordered to leave by the Rockstar North office manager without reason." The statement added: "Mr. Benzies has spent the bulk of his life in the video game industry, and looks forward to reaching a fair settlement so he can continue creating great entertainment software in a respectful environment that truly values the work of game developers." In a statement Rockstar said: "Leslie Benzies was a valued employee of our company for many years. "Sadly, the events that culminated in his resignation ultimately stem from his significant performance and conduct issues. "Despite our repeated efforts to address and resolve these issues amicably both before and after his departure, Leslie has chosen to take this route in an attempt to set aside contract terms to which he previously agreed on multiple occasions. "His claims are entirely without merit and in many instances downright bizarre, and we are very confident this matter will be resolved in our favour. "A core ethos since Rockstar's inception has been the concept of 'the team'. "It is deeply disappointing and simply wrong for Leslie to attempt to take personal credit for what has always been the tremendous efforts of the entire Rockstar team, who remain hard at work delivering the most immersive and engaging entertainment experiences we can for our fans. "We do not intend to comment further on this matter."

Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander, who will announce the move on Monday, said the plaques would "proudly adorn infrastructure investments from roads in Cornwall to broadband in Caithness". The aim was to recognise UK taxpayers' contributions, he said. The SNP branded the plan a "silly gimmick" which did not disguise cuts. Projects that receive European Union funding have displayed information about it for many years. Mr Alexander, who represents Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in the Scottish Highlands, said: "I've prioritised infrastructure in this government because only long-term investments will support UK businesses and get the public finances and economy on a firm footing. "It's only right that we recognise the contribution of the UK taxpayer in supporting this economic growth, which is why I'm delighted to launch these union jack plaques." Under the plan, companies that win contracts to build new infrastructure will have to display the logo on the finished project. But it has sparked speculation that the government is attempting to shore up support for the union and stem rising support for the SNP. This was denied by a source close to Danny Alexander, who said: "Very often, large scale projects are delivered by private contractors so it's easy to lose sight of the fact that they are being paid for by taxpayers. "This new badging scheme will allow UK taxpayers to see what is being delivered on their behalf." He added: "Devolved administrations are responsible for significant amounts of infrastructure and are obviously free to badge any projects they fund as they see fit." The SNP's deputy leader and treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie said: "Putting a sticker on projects is a silly gimmick by Danny Alexander and his Tory bosses, which can't cover over the fact that his government at Westminster has slashed infrastructure spending - destroying jobs and delaying economic recovery - including cutting Scotland's capital budget by a quarter. "Despite this, the Scottish government is delivering over £11bn of investment over the three years to 2015-16."

His departure comes after accusations from former commentator Peter Oborne that there was not enough coverage of the HSBC tax scandal in the newspaper due to commercial interests. Mr Oborne quit as he made his complaint. The paper said Mr Oborne's allegations were "full of inaccuracy and innuendo". Mr Seiken has spent just a year and a half in the role. He joined the Telegraph group from US television channel PBS in 2013. "I'm proud of how the Telegraph has become a digital leader," he said in a statement. Chris Evans will remain as editor of The Daily Telegraph and director of content, the statement added. Mr Oborne called for an independent review of the newspaper's guidelines following its coverage of the HSBC tax scandal.

The court case is being heard behind closed doors but Peter Madsen's explanation of what happened was released after a request from the defence and prosecution. Ms Wall was last seen on Mr Madsen's submarine on the night of 10 August. The search for her body continues. In a statement, Copenhagen police also said that maritime authorities had determined the route the submarine travelled in Koge Bay and the Oresund strait before sinking. Mr Madsen, 46, claims that he left her body somewhere in Koge Bay, south of Copenhagen, the police said. A search effort involving divers, helicopters and ships has been under way along the identified route since Friday. The Danish inventor has been charged with negligent manslaughter. The police say they cannot release any more information at this time. Peter Madsen's lawyer, Betina Hald Engmark, said her client had not admitted any wrongdoing. She said he had given evidence to the police during preliminary questioning and "information from this" had now emerged. "My client has not confessed to anything, my client still pleads not guilty to the charges against him," she said. Ms Wall, a 30-year-old journalist who wrote for several international publications, was first reported missing by her boyfriend after she failed to return from what should have been a short trip on the UC3 Nautilus submarine. She had been researching a feature about Mr Madsen and his 40-tonne submarine, which at one stage was the largest privately-made vessel of its kind. Police believe the submarine was deliberately sunk by Mr Madsen, who was rescued before being arrested. Mr Madsen initially said he dropped Ms Wall off after dark on 10 August, close to where they had met earlier. But police later said he had given them a new account of events, which was not made public at the time.

Tyne Amateur Rowing Club (ARC), which dates back to 1852, has built new facilities with help from a bequest from former member John Dalkin. Honorary vice-president Ian Boyd said they had built a "state of the art rowing club which is was one of the finest in the country" in a year. It has "excellent" storage facilities for boats and training, he said. The club's rowers have competed at the highest levels of the sport. Former Tyne ARC junior Will Fletcher is due to make his Olympic debut at Rio 2016 after being selected for the lightweight men's double scull. The Duchess of Northumberland, who opened the facility in Newcastle, said rowing on the Tyne was part of the area's history. "A lot of people who were involved in heavy industry would do this as a sideline," she said. "It's really wonderful to see that we're not sweeping that history under the carpet, that actually we're recognising it and it's flourishing." The building in Newburn also has facilities for local charities including the Percy Hedley Foundation, Norcare, Veterans at Ease and Visually Impaired North East.

It is 100 years since the two - and a third child - reported seeing the Virgin Mary while tending sheep. The third is also on the way to sainthood. The Pope arrived at a military airbase north of Lisbon on Friday and later greeted pilgrims in Fatima. More than a million are expected. Portugal has boosted security and re-imposed border controls temporarily. Roman Catholic pilgrims have converged on the Fatima Sanctuary from countries as far away as China, Venezuela and East Timor. On Friday, Pope Francis flew into Fatima, north of Lisbon, in a helicopter and travelled through town in his "Popemobile". At a candle-lit vigil he called for harmony between all people at the Chapel of the Apparitions and spoke of wars "tearing our world apart". The chapel is built on the very spot where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared. The Pope will leave Fatima soon after Saturday's mass, ending a 24-hour trip. Two of the children - Jacinta and Francisco Marto - are to be canonised for the miracles attributed to them. They died in the 1918-1919 European influenza pandemic. The so-called three secrets of Fatima were written down by their cousin, Lucia dos Santos, who died in 2005 aged 97. The beatification process for her began in 2008. The Church attaches great value to their visions, as Mary is believed to have revealed truths to help mankind. The Church says the first vision came on 13 May 1917. In a video message to the people of Portugal, the Pope said he was going to present himself to Mary "and I need to feel you close, physically and spiritually, so that we are one heart and one mind". They are prophecies written down by Lucia, years after the apparitions that the three said they had witnessed. She spent her adult life as a nun at a convent in Coimbra. The first two secrets in Lucia's account were revealed in 1942. According to Pope Francis's predecessor, Benedict XVI, the visions described in the three secrets are "meant to mobilise the forces of change in the right direction". They are not like the Bible - a text he describes as a "public revelation". The Fatima visions are "private revelations", he writes. Their purpose is "to help live more fully" in accordance with Christ's teaching. The late Pope John Paul II was shot by a Turkish gunman on 13 May 1981. He believed that his survival was due to Mary's divine intervention, and that the third secret had predicted the attack on him. John Paul donated the bullet to Fatima, and it was inserted into the crown adorning a statue of Mary there. He follows John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who also made pilgrimages to the Fatima Sanctuary. Portugal is deploying 6,000 police and emergency workers at the site daily. Concrete blocks have been placed on approach roads, to stop any terrorist "ramming" attack with a vehicle. Only nine border crossings are open, with systematic checks,

Two of the Palestinians attacked police officers with guns and knives while the third stabbed the policewoman, police say. The three were identified by police as two men aged 18 or 19 and another man, all from the West Bank. The Old City had been crowded with tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers. They were attending Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque. During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Israeli restrictions have been eased for Palestinians from the West Bank to travel to Jerusalem. Police said there was "no indication" of a link between the suspects and a terror group. At least three other people were injured in the attacks, two of them Palestinian bystanders who were hit by gunfire, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. A gun used by one of the attackers reportedly jammed. The dead policewoman was named as Hadas Malka, 23. Forty-two Israelis have been killed in knife, gun and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs since October 2015. In late 2015 and 2016, such attacks happened with near-daily frequency but the rate has declined in recent months. More than 240 Palestinians - most of them attackers, Israel says - have also been killed in that period. Others have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops. Accounts differed as to the names and places of residence of the three attackers. Israel says Palestinian incitement has fuelled the attacks. The Palestinian leadership has blamed frustration rooted in decades of Israeli occupation.

Sophia Cahill, of Torfaen, said Bowers had hit her in the face, pulled her hair and squeezed her throat. District Judge Andrew Sweet said the offence, which Bowers had denied, made him eligible for a custodial sentence. The judge said he had not ordered one because of the long-term impact to Bowers' reputation. Miss Cahill said she suffered from panic attacks and insomnia following the sustained attack that lasted up to 40 minutes, Croydon Magistrates Court heard. She said she had also suffered from skin conditions since that had led to scarring on her face and hair loss. Other effects she attributed to the attack included "headaches, breathing difficulties, vomiting and disorientation." She also said: "I lost a baby in March this year which could be down to stress,". Bowers' defence counsel John Blandford, however, said she was "exaggerating". Previously Miss Cahill falsely accused a former boyfriend, the Welsh rugby star Ian Gough of assault, but the conviction was overturned at appeal. The court also heard she had been glamour modelling in September which did "not sit" with her impact statement. The court heard Bowers had lost out on lucrative contracts because of his conviction for assault, which he continues to deny, and was now seeking work in the US at his personal expense. His counsel said: "He has lost the opportunity for a contract to appear on a number of television shows that has lost him a considerable amount of money." Handing down judgement, following conviction last month, Judge Sweet said Bowers had subjected Miss Cahill to a sustained attack and he clearly had difficulties with the relationship and with controlling his anger. "This offence passes the custody threshold. I'm going to suspend that imprisonment because the impact of imprisonment would be considerable. "There would be the impact on your reputation and no doubt that would last for a period of time," the judge said. Bowers, a DJ and former band member in Another Level, had previously admitted making contact with Miss Cahill during a scuffle at home in Croydon, but said it was accidental. Bowers attacked Miss Cahill, a beauty queen and former Miss Wales, in January when she asked him why he had glitter on his face after he returned from a circus-themed nightclub. The pair had split up at the time of but were living at his parents' home.

In a letter to The Times , prominent figures including five former bishops say statements by church leaders give a false impression of popular feeling. "We believe the Church has nothing to fear from... civil marriage for same-sex couples," it says. "It will be for the churches to then decide how they respond pastorally." A leading signatory of the letter is Dr Jeffrey John, the openly gay dean of St Albans, whose appointment as Bishop of Reading in 2003 was withdrawn after protests from conservative Anglicans. It is also signed by the suffragan bishop of Buckingham and the deans of Portsmouth, Norwich and Guildford. It says marriage is a "robust institution which has adapted much over the centuries" and has "moved beyond the polygamy of the Old Testament and preoccupation with social status and property in pre-Enlightenment times". Plans to legalise gay civil marriage by 2015 have been put out for consultation by the government, and under the proposal, same-sex couples will be entitled to convert existing civil partnerships into marriages, or get married in a register office or other civil ceremonies. However, the plans maintain a ban on same-sex religious services, despite interest in them from some churches. Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church remain staunchly opposed to gay marriage and blessing civil partnerships, but opinion among Anglicans has been more divided.

It shattered coaches and set cars on fire, leaving a trail of bodies including children, as the convoy waited in rebel territory near Aleppo. There were fears of revenge attacks on evacuees from rebel-held towns, being moved under a deal. But the exchange later resumed, with coaches reaching safety on both sides. The "Four Towns" deal brokered by Iran and Qatar was meant to relieve suffering in besieged towns - Foah and Kefraya in the north-west which are under government control, and rebel-held Madaya and Zabadani, near Damascus. Some 20,000 besieged people would be taken out in all. According to AFP news agency, up to 5,000 government evacuees and 2,200 from rebel towns had been stranded in transit on Sunday. Last month, the UN described the situation in the besieged towns as "catastrophic". More than 64,000 civilians are "trapped in a cycle of daily violence and deprivation", it said. The bomb reportedly went off at Rashidin, west of government-held Aleppo, at around 15:30 local time (12:30 GMT) at the checkpoint where the handover was due to take place. A suicide bomber driving a van supposedly carrying aid supplies blew it up near the coaches, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. "A van was distributing crisps," one civilian evacuee told @ZamanEnglish News. "Children started running after it. It then exploded." At least 45 body bags were counted at the scene of the blast, while White Helmets rescuers, who operate in rebel-held areas, said at least 100 people had been killed. Many were also injured. Images from the scene show bodies lying on the ground outside blackened and devastated vehicles. Most of the dead were evacuees but they also included several rebels who had been guarding the buses, the Observatory says. Convoys on both sides had been held up overnight, but by Saturday evening 15 coaches from the government towns had arrived at their destination in Ramouseh while between 25 and 30 carrying evacuees from the rebel towns had reached Rashidin. Rebels had accused the government of breaching the terms of the deal, accusing it of trying to bring out more loyalist fighters than agreed, along with civilians. According to a 24Aleppo tweet, a special unit of the Russian army surrounded the convoy from the rebel-held towns after the bombing and closed the road there to "prevent any reaction". Evacuees from Madaya heard the blast from a bus garage where they had been waiting in Ramouseh, just a few miles away, Reuters news agency reports. They called on international organisations to protect them from any possible retaliation, saying they condemned the attack on the other convoy. Madaya resident Ahmed, 24, told Reuters earlier that evacuees had been waiting without drinking water or food at a since Friday night. The Madaya and Zabadani evacuees are going to rebel-held territory in Idlib province. Many people are reported to have died as a result of shortages of food or medicine in the four towns. Foah and Kefraya, most of whose residents are Shia

From "Who was Polly Bott?" to "Was there a thriving hat industry in Leicester?". Here's how we have got on with answering your questions. Carole got in touch wanting to know about the hat making industry in Leicester in the 1800s because her great-grandfather was a hatter and moved to the city around 1883. We spoke to Cynthia Brown, a social historian in Leicestershire, who said Leicester wasn't known for its hat making - that was generally centred around Luton in Bedfordshire. But she has found evidence of three hat making factories in Leicester at that time. They were Hammond and Co in Slate Street; Watters and Vincent, at the Atlas Works in King Street; and Thomas Webster & Co, which had a warehouse in East Bond Street and factories in Darker Street and Foxon Street. The Thomas Webster warehouse is mentioned in The Diary of Ada Jackson 1883 which was published in 1993 with a sketch of the building. We told Carole what we'd uncovered, and she was delighted. "My great-grandfather lived in Blake Street in Leicester which is adjacent to the Thomas Webster & Co warehouse and the factory on Darker Street. Although I don't know for certain, it seems likely that he may have worked there," she said. "Having the picture of the warehouse also brings it to life and I can now take my research further." It would appear that not much is known about Polly Botts, so much that an internet search we did pulled up no information. However, Charnwood Borough Council pointed us in the direction of Stoneywell, a National Trust-run property nearby and they have been able to provide an answer. Paula Nichols, assistant house and collections manager at Stoneywell, said: "Polly Bott was a resident of Polly Bott Cottage (which is still there), and this is situated just beyond the beck on Lea Lane. "In the 1950s, the council wanted to re-name some of the roads and one of the Gimson family (possibly Basil who was resident until 1953) put forward Polly's name. "There are various rumours about Polly too. Some say she died of something grim - possibly Tuberculosis, whilst others say she was a witch. None have been substantiated but add to the mystery." Sadly few of the people who used the shelter - off Abbey Circus - during their hour of need are still around, and the shelter is currently blocked off. Rushcliffe Borough Council, which owns the site, said it does not have any plans to sell or demolish it, so we asked people in the area what they would like to see done with the unusual building. Do you have a question about the East Midlands? Is there something you have seen or heard you would like us to investigate? Use the form below to send us your questions. We could be in touch and your question could make the news.

The 134 Nobel laureates asked the new Communist Party head to release Liu, who has been jailed since 2009. A group of Chinese activists and writers also signed a letter urging Liu's release from inciting subversion. Meanwhile, Liu's wife has given her first interview since she was placed under house arrest two years ago. Activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 despite the Chinese government's fierce opposition. He was sentenced in 2009 for helping to draft a manifesto - Charter '08 - calling for political change. He is serving 11 years in jail for inciting the subversion of state power. His wife, Liu Xia, told the Associated Press news agency her house arrest had been a painful experience. "I felt I was a person emotionally prepared to respond to the consequences of Liu Xiaobo winning the [Nobel] prize. But after he won the prize, I really never imagined that after he won, I would not be able to leave my home," she said. Her Beijing apartment has no internet or phone access. She is allowed out twice a week to buy groceries and visit her parents, and can see her husband once a month, she says. "I think Kafka could not have written anything more absurd and unbelievable than this," she said. The letters come four years after the Charter '08 manifesto and Liu's subsequent jailing. The Nobel laureates, who include the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, South African Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu and US writer Toni Morrison, made public the letter to Mr Xi on Tuesday. "As you have taken the first step towards assuming the presidency of the People's Republic of China, we write to welcome the prospect of fresh leadership and new ideas," they wrote. "To that end, we respectfully urge you to release Dr Liu Xiaobo, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and his wife, Liu Xia." Mr Xi, China's leader in waiting, was made Communist Party leader during its once-in-a-decade power transition last month. The Chinese writers, rights activists and lawyers also sent a letter echoing the laureates' sentiment, calling Liu's prison term "a brazen violation of citizens' basic rights". "We believe that the existence of political prisoners does not help China to build its image of a responsible world power," they said. "Ending political imprisonment is an important benchmark for China to move toward a civilised political system." At least 40 signed the letter when it was released on Tuesday, with the number reaching close to 300 on Thursday. Among those who signed the letter were legal scholar He Weifang, human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang and AIDS activist Hu Jia. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, responded to the letter sent by the Nobel laureates on Wednesday. "China is a law-abiding country. Liu Xiaobo was lawfully sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment by the judicial organ because he committed an offence against Chinese law," he said. "The Chinese government opposes outsiders handling matters in any way that would

Residents of Godolphin Cross near Helston emailed him in a desperate attempt to raise funds. The village shares a name with the world famous Godolphin stables, founded by the sheikh, Cornwall Live reports. Richard Mckie from the Godolphin Cross Community Association said: "We are extremely appreciative." The group needed £90,000 to buy the chapel that they intend to convert into a community centre, and had raised £25,000 towards it. More on this story, and other Cornwall news It's not known how much was contributed by the sheikh, but Mr Mckie said "it has pushed us across the line". One villager, Valerie Wallace, had the idea as a last ditch attempt, with the group having failed to raise sufficient funds elsewhere. "We thought nothing of it and then we began to get phone calls from Dubai," Mr Mckie said. "We thought we were being hoaxed but it was no hoax." The sheikh, who has been invited to visit the village, was unavailable for comment. The group now needs to raise a further £350,000 to restore the hall.

The paper says Russia's "independent domestic and foreign policy" has triggered a "counter-action" from the US and its allies. It accuses these countries of striving to dominate global affairs. The conflict in Ukraine, which began in 2014, has led to a sharp deterioration between Russia and the West. The updated National Security Strategy signed by President Putin on Thursday is the latest in a series that are critical of Nato. In 2014 Russia announced it was altering its military doctrine to take account of the Ukraine crisis and Nato's presence in eastern Europe. Kremlin adviser Mikhail Popov said at the time that Nato's enlargement in recent years meant the alliance was getting closer to [Russian] borders and presented an "external threat" to his country. Albania and Croatia joined Nato in 2009. In 2011, the alliance recognised four aspiring members - Bosnia, Georgia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. What next for President Putin? Is Russia still a key world power? Vladimir Putin: Russia's action man president Russia's National Security Strategy is updated every six years. The new version says Russia is strengthening its military "on the background of new threats to national security that have a complicated and interlinked character". The paper says Nato's recent build-up of military potential around Russia's borders constitute "violations of norms of international law". The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall says that Mr Putin is determined through his interventions in Syria and Ukraine to wield his country's military clout, so that the world in general and the United States in particular realise that Russia is an equal partner whose interests must be accommodated. Our correspondent says Mr Putin wants the West to acknowledge Russia's right to treat its post-Soviet neighbours as part of its sphere of influence, free from links to Nato or any other Western-dominated alliance. He is on the lookout for levers to weaken Europe's ties with the US, our correspondent says, in the hope of one day turning Russia into Europe's main strategic partner.

CCTV footage showed a man trying to set fire to Finsbury Park Mosque at 20:25 GMT on Friday and fleeing on a moped. A "gallon of fuel" was later found outside with some burnt paper, but "thankfully it did not catch light," chairman Mohammed Kozbar said. Scotland Yard is treating the attack as an Islamophobic hate crime. No-one has been arrested. The CCTV shows the suspect approaching the mosque with a bag containing a jerry can filled with petrol, police said. He attempted to set this alight before hurling it into the mosque compound. "Scorch marks were found on clothing wrapped around the jerry can. This was a clear and deliberate attempt to cause arson. Although the petrol did not fully ignite, the threat and intent was obvious and the resulting fire could quite easily have endangered anyone inside as well as those living nearby," Det Sgt Stuart Smillie said. Mr Kozbar said the mosque committee had received a letter in the past week informing them the building was under threat of an attack, but he did not know if it was related to the attack. He said he first learned of the arson attempt, when he went to open the mosque at about 10:15 GMT on Saturday. "Our security found a gallon of fuel outside and some half-burned papers," continued Mr Kozbar. "Thankfully, the floor was wet as it had been raining and the fuel did not catch light. "It makes us feel angry at first and then vulnerable." He said the mosque had been targeted before by arsonists but never on such a large scale. A statement on the mosque's website reads: "Someone tried to burn the mosque by throwing a Molotov bottle... It did not explode and no one got hurt and no damage was done. "We would like to assure our community in Islington that such crime has no place within our society and we are determined more than ever to promote community cohesion and harmony." The Met Police has urged anyone with information about the arson attempt to come forward.

Media playback is not supported on this device The Spain forward missed Chelsea's win at Leicester on Saturday with a back injury, says boss Antonio Conte. The 28-year-old has reportedly fallen out with his boss and trained on his own on Monday, however this was to aid his recovery. BBC Sport understands Blues owner Roman Abramovich will not bow to interest from China in the club's top scorer. The Premier League leaders, who recently sold midfielder Oscar to Chinese club Shanghai SIPG for £60m, do not need to raise further funds through selling players. Reports have linked Costa with a move to the Chinese Super League that could earn him £30m a year. On Monday, the league introduced a rule stating teams could only field three non-Chinese players. The Spain international, who has scored 14 Premier League goals in 19 appearances this season, missed three days of training last week and was seen training at the club's Cobham training ground on Monday. The rest of the club's playing staff resume training on Tuesday, when Costa will be evaluated to determine whether he can rejoin the first-team squad. Chelsea, who have a seven-point lead at the top of the table, are at home to Hull on Sunday. Conte has not confirmed or denied any rift with the former Atletico Madrid player, and said that if such a problem arose he would deal with it in-house. Former England captain Alan Shearer told MOTD2 Extra that Chelsea would face a "huge uphill struggle" to win the title without Costa, who is joint top scorer in the league with Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tottenham's Harry Kane. "Costa will dictate the situation," said Shearer. "The players have the vast majority of the power. If the player does not want to be there, he will go." Football Focus pundit Mark Lawrenson said: "If you get £60m for him let him go. Have you seen Chinese football? It's rubbish. He's at his peak. The team is built around him, a top, top player. If he wants to go to China and be bored for 18 hours a day, good luck with that one." Costa has scored 51 goals in 99 games for the Blues since joining from Atletico for £32m in 2014.

Swansea Crown Court heard Bright Sparks in Taibach closed last year after concerns were raised. Former owner Katie Davies, 32, employee Shelbie Forgan, 22, and assistant manager Christina Pinchess, 31, deny causing cruelty to a person under 16. Sarochka Khadiri said she was upset by what she saw. Ms Khadiri told the jury she had been on a work placement at Bright Sparks for about five months in 2015 as part of a health and social care course. She said Ms Pinchess forced food into one child's mouth who was "crying and really distraught". The court also heard Ms Pinches "flung" another child after picking them up by the wrist for not listening. The defence claim the child threw themselves on the floor in a tantrum. Ms Khadiri said this behaviour happened "every time" during her placement, but she did not make a complaint to the nursery or her lecturers because she felt "scared" to speak out. Bright Sparks opened in 2014 and catered for babies as well as children up to the age of eight. The alleged offences are said to have taken place over a four-month period starting in late 2015. Ms Davies, of Port Talbot, is accused of one count of causing cruelty to a person under the age of 16. Pinchess, of Cwmavon, faces six charges of the same offence and Forgan, of Port Talbot, is accused of three counts of the charge. The trial continues.

The murdered man, found near the banks of the River Trent in Staffordshire in 1971, could be John Henry Jones from Trevor in Wrexham, police have said. The man's body was found naked with his hands and feet tied. Now his face has been reconstructed using the latest medical and digital techniques. The name came to light after a dental expert reviewed missing person records. Mr Jones, 27, went missing in 1970. He was born on 30 April 1943 and lived in George Avenue in the village that lies between Llangollen and Wrexham. Police want to speak to anyone who knew knew him. Officers who investigated at the time, believed the man, who was found wearing nothing but a pair of pink socks and a wedding ring, had been murdered. The make-shift grave was discovered in Burton-on-Trent by an off-duty police officer. The body had been there for between 12 and 18 months. Retired Det Ch Insp Peter Hough who was in charge of the investigation said: "I personally hadn't come across anything like it because of the local attention it received. "The town was a buzz. Still people ask about it." He said despite "every effort" being made to identify the body, missing persons, dental and fingerprint records failed to reveal who he was and the police were unable to determine how he was killed. "It's never been out of my mind after all these years but I'm still optimistic," he said. Now, in a final attempt to identify him, Prof Caroline Wilkinson, from Facelab at Liverpool John Moores University, has created an image of his face. She said: "This is as accurate as we can get in terms of a depiction." The method has been tested on living people and about 70% of the reconstructed face should be accurate to less than 2mm. The facial image was broadcast on BBC's Crimewatch Roadshow in the hope someone will recognise him.

Ministers would also get powers to seize disused land, while major housing projects could be fast-tracked, and rules on extensions in London relaxed. Business Secretary Sajid Javid unveiled the plans as part of a broader push to boost Britain's productivity. It came as official figures showed new house building fell by 5.8% in May, the sharpest decline in nearly four years. There is a question mark over whether building more homes will boost productivity as much as ministers claim and Labour said the Conservatives had a record of making "empty promises" over the past five years. Treasury sources say workers are more productive when they live closer to their jobs - but critics say increasing airport capacity and electrifying the Transpennine rail line would have a much bigger effect. Emran Mian, a director of the Social Market Foundation think tank, said: "I think if I was thinking about a productivity plan, housing wouldn't be the first issue I would leap to." Electrification of the Trans Pennine line between Manchester and Leeds and a section of the Midland Mainline has been delayed and a decision on a third runway at Heathrow, recommended by an independent commission, will not be made until the end of the year. Analysts have also questioned whether there is enough brownfield land - a term which refers to land that has previously been developed but is vacant or derelict - available to meet the UK's housing needs over the next 15 years. Under the new proposals - which will need to be approved by MPs - automatic planning permission would be granted on all "suitable" brownfield sites under a new "zonal" system. Another change would see ministers seek to scrap the need for planning permission in London for developers who want to extend buildings to the height of neighbouring properties, which they say will "add dynamism" to house building in the capital. Planning powers will be devolved to mayors in London and Manchester, while enhanced compulsory purchase powers will allow more brownfield land to be made available for development. There would also be new sanctions for councils that do not deal with planning applications quickly enough, and the government would be able to intervene in councils' local development plans. Mr Javid told the BBC the 141,000 new homes built last year were a fraction of those needed to meet demand. "Local people will still have control over planning," he said. "The point of this is to make sure we build more homes, that local people are still rightly involved in those decisions and we find ways to speed it up." There was "no need" to build on green belt land, he insisted, to meet the government's targets. "The green belt can be rightly protected. There is plenty of land which is not green belt that we can build on and which is suitable for housing and we need to get on with it. We need to find new ways to encourage it." In 2013, ministers were forced

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said survey evidence suggested there had been more than two years of falling land prices. It said this had also been partly caused by low commodity prices. The evidence also suggested there were expectations of the declining market to continue for at least another year. RICS called on the government to "rural-proof" policy, to protect the farming and forestry sectors against change. Although the price slide began long before the European referendum, the survey evidence pointed to Brexit as a key source of uncertainty around land purchase. The UK government has promised to sustain the Common Agriculture Policy payments one year after it plans to withdraw from the European Union, which is in 2019. RICS called on that pledge to be extended. Hew Edgar, of RICS in Scotland, said: "There is currently little belief amongst those likely to be impacted that current payment levels will be maintained post 2020. "Furthermore, any loss of access to the single market and restrictions on freedom of movement of labour will also impact on land-based businesses. "Imposition of tariffs, for example, on Scotland's beef and lamb exports will affect profitability of the sector." However, Mr Edgar said that despite the uncertainty ahead, change also presented an opportunity to capitalise on Scotland's natural resources, heritage and landscape. He said a targeted rural development policy to assist Scotland's land-based businesses to become multi-functional enterprises would be essential post Brexit.

Sarah Hunter, who led the side to the Six Nations Grand Slam in March, will again captain the side as locks Emily Braund and Abbie Scott return. The squad contains 15 of England's 2014 World Cup-winners, with no uncapped names in the squad. England play Australia on 9 June, Canada on 13 June and New Zealand on 17 June. All three matches will take place in New Zealand, and the final game in Rotorua will be a curtain-raiser for the British and Irish Lions' game against the Maori All Blacks. Head coach Simon Middleton his players would have "an excellent opportunity to test themselves against some the leading teams in the world" before the World Cup in August. "The tight turnaround of games replicates the World Cup schedule and we expect to encounter a great atmosphere which will provide players with the best possible preparation for Ireland," he said. "The squad have been training together for the last six weeks and I am looking forward to seeing them translate their hard work into first-class performances on the pitch." Forwards: Sarah Bern (Bristol), Emily Braund (Lichfield), Rochelle Clark (Worcester Valkyries), Amy Cokayne (Lichfield), Vickii Cornborough (Aylesford Bulls), Vicky Fleetwood (Saracens), Sarah Hunter (Bristol), Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Justine Lucas (Lichfield), Alex Matthews (Richmond), Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield), Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol), Marlie Packer (Bristol), Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks) Backs: Rachael Burford (Aylesford Bulls), Natasha Hunt (Lichfield), Megan Jones (Bristol), La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Sarah McKenna (Saracens), Katy Mclean (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), Amber Reed (Bristol), Leanne Riley (Aylesford Bulls), Emily Scarratt (Lichfield), Emily Scott (Saracens), Lydia Thompson (Worcester Valkyries), Danielle Waterman (Bristol), Kay Wilson (Richmond)

The 55-year-old replaces Paul Cook, who left to become Wigan manager earlier this week after leading Pompey to the League Two title last season. Jackett quit as manager of the Millers in November after just 39 days and five games in charge. He has twice led sides to promotion from League One, firstly Millwall in 2010 and then Wolves in 2014. Former Wales defender Jackett also steered Swansea to the League One play-off final in 2006, but they were beaten on penalties by Barnsley. "We're delighted to announce Kenny as our new manager - he ticks so many boxes for us," chief executive Mark Catlin told the club website. "He's managed big clubs with big expectations in the past and has plenty of experience of getting sides out of League One." A Portsmouth statement said the club are in "advanced talks" with Joe Gallen - who worked with Jackett at Rotherham, QPR, Millwall and Wolves - to become assistant manager at Fratton Park. Since leaving Rotherham, Jackett has spent time working in Tottenham's youth set-up, while awaiting a new managerial opportunity. "This is a fantastic opportunity for me and I'm looking forward to getting started. It's an exciting challenge," he said of his new job. "This club has a passionate fan-base and they can be a 12th man for us. Hopefully we can build on the momentum of last season and continue to progress."

The defendants, known as Soldier A and Soldier C, are the surviving members of the Army patrol which shot Joe McCann. They are aged 65 and 67, and were in the Parachute Regiment. They are from England, but are expected to appear in court in Northern Ireland in the next few months. Joe McCann was a prominent member of the Official IRA. He was 25 when he was shot near his home in the Markets area of Belfast. The original police investigation was conducted in the early 1970s and no-one was prosecuted. Prosecutors have reviewed the case after the Northern Ireland Attorney General, John Larkin, referred it to the Director of Public Prosecutions in March 2014. This followed a report in 2012 by a police team which investigated alleged crimes from the Troubles. A spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service said the decision to prosecute the men for murder was reached "following an objective and impartial application of the test for prosecution".

Despite the city's violent reputation, much had been done to make Rio live up to its nickname, Marvellous City. Money was poured in to the city's favelas through projects such as Police Pacification (UPP). This put a police presence in the slum areas to try to wrest control from drug gangs. But the investments have widely been seen as a failure. Rio is facing challenges on several fronts. Former Mayor Eduardo Paes is being investigated for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes for Olympic Games contracts. And last year, Rio state declared a state of financial emergency. There are frequent criticisms that there is not even money to pay for the petrol in police patrol cars. The crisis in Rio is having deadly consequences. A police officer is killed on average every 54 hours in Rio state. According to the state's security secretariat, nearly 3,500 people were murdered in the first six months of this year, 15% more than last year. The number of people killed by police in shootouts rose by 45%. Every day, there are new headlines splashed across the papers reporting the growing violence. Jornal Extra has even created a pull-out war section that its journalists say is needed to be able to cover the stories. Thousands of soldiers have been deployed on the streets in recent weeks, a show of force perhaps but not everyone is convinced they will make a difference. "Things are out of control here," says Marcio Jorge who works in a supermarket on Copacabana. "We don't even want to leave the house because we don't feel safe. In my neighbourhood yesterday eight vehicles were robbed and now the crossfire can be heard everywhere, not only in the favelas. Insecurity is everywhere." Amid the violence, Dennis Coli and three of his friends came up with a bright idea. They developed an app called OTT (Onde Tem Tiroteio, or Where There Are Shootouts). It informs people about violence in the city. OTT has reliable sources in favelas and across the city. When they hear of a shoot-out or a police operation, they ask their contacts to confirm it, all within two minutes so they can alert their followers on their app, or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. "We had to do something because the government wasn't doing anything," Mr Coli says. "Nobody knows how many shootings are happening, how many robberies are happening and we are showing this. We're exposing the violence in Rio at this point in time." Cecilia Oliveira, with the help of Amnesty International, works on another app called Fogo Cruzado (Crossfire). She is so overworked, she is having to hire more people to keep across all the shootings in the city. And she does not think it will get any better any time soon. "It's a hard situation and add to this, there is a new gang that used to work in Sao Paulo coming to Rio, we have a lot of guns on the streets," she says. She

The middle one of the six holes dug on Carn Liath even has steps cut to its entrance. Expertly dug snow holes can be used by climbers and hillwalkers as emergency shelters from bad weather. A group from the Joint Service Mountain Training Centre in Ballachulish has claimed credit for the holes on Carn Liath. It had been thought that a group from Plas y Brenin, the Welsh national mountain sports centre in Conwy, dug them. The quality of the snow holes has earned praise from the Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS). One of the service's forecasters described the evenly spaced snow holes as "aspirational". Carn Liath is a 3,300ft (1,006ft) is on the fringes of the massive Creag Meagaidh plateau in the Highlands. The area is one of six covered by SAIS. The snow hole building on Carn Liath was done during a recent spell of cold but calm weather that followed heavy snowfalls. Warmer and windier weather has been forecast for the next few days. The avalanche risk remains classed as "considerable" in the areas SAIS covers.

In 2011 Russian officials warned the FBI about ethnic Chechen Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was a US resident. But Russia declined requests for more information on him, the reports say. Twin blasts killed three people and hurt more than 260 last April. Tsarnaev later died in a police shootout. Before the bombing US authorities were aware of Tsarnaev - a radical Muslim - but decided he posed a "far greater threat to Russia" than to the US, the New York Times says. According to an inspector general's report reviewed by the Times and other US media, the Russians told the FBI that Tsarnaev "was a follower of radical Islam" and "had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the country's region to join unspecified underground groups". But according to the inspector general's report, only after the bombing did the Russians provide the FBI with additional intelligence, including an intercepted telephone conversation between Tsarnaev and his mother in which the two discussed what was described as Islamic jihad. Tsarnaev, 26, and his younger brother Dzhokhar, 20, immigrated to the US from Russia as children and were reared in the Boston area, ultimately settling in Cambridge. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed days after the 15 April bombing while trying to evade capture. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was shot by police but caught and charged with terrorism in connection with the bombings. He faces the death penalty if convicted. A separate internal review conducted earlier by the FBI found agents had not conducted a more thorough investigation of the Tsarnaevs before the bombing because of federal laws limiting surveillance. The report was shared with the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, and parts are expected to be released to the public by next week. "We will always ask ourselves what more we could have done to prevent this or another tragedy," said Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the panel. "What we may never understand is why the Russians didn't share more with us to aid in the FBI's investigation." But another Democrat, Representative William Keating, said: "The US should not be reliant on Russia to provide domestic security." The report also reportedly found that procedures for sharing information with local police was lacking.

Kieron Williamson, from Norfolk, saw his watercolours, oils and pastels sell at Picturecraft Gallery in Holt on Friday in just a matter of minutes. The child prodigy, who is worth about £2m after selling pieces at auction since the age of seven, was exhibiting his latest work alongside pieces by his East Anglian hero Edward Seago. His mother Michelle Williamson said she was "amazed" at the demand. "You never know how each year is going to go," she said. "Keith [her husband] and I are always a little pessimistic, but it's really lovely that people still want his work." Twenty-nine of the landscapes sold for £265,000 through a pre-exhibition sale on Thursday, with the remaining 11 pieces fetching £125,000 on Friday. People in New York, Thailand and Germany were among the buyers. The most expensive lots, including the piece Sailor Boy, sold for £22,675 each. Gallery owner Adrian Hill said: "It's stunning in this day and age that someone can sell their work at this speed, let alone when they're Kieron's age." Kieron's next exhibition will be held next year.

The shark sightings came three days after a police helicopter spotted a bull shark in the Bondi surf in early January. Helicopters are regularly used by surf life-saving associations to spot sharks at popular swimming beaches. And the Bondi shark alerts - sounded when the beach was crowded with locals and tourists - have added impetus to the local council's decision to trial drones to help spot sharks. Waverley Council has already conducted a test flight of one of these multi-rotor copters with an attached Go-Pro camera. It is now considering the legal and safety implications of the so-called spy-in-the-sky technology. This is just one of a growing number of applications for the new technology. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as they are formally known, are frequently used for surveillance in war zones and by emergency services but also increasingly by the media, in land surveys, and in real estate and agriculture. Governments around the world are turning their attention to how to regulate their use. Australia was one of the first countries to introduce licences for commercial drone operators and regulations for both recreational and commercial use, in 2002. Proposed changes to those regulations could soon make them among the world's toughest. According to Australia's Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (Casa), the number of businesses applying for a drone licence has risen sharply in recent years, from about 14 in 2012 to 180 licences today. But it is impossible to gauge how many drones are being used recreationally, according to Casa's Corporate Communication Manager Peter Gibson, because "they can be flown straight out of the box without a licence". Their popularity has also increased as prices have fallen from thousands of dollars to about A$500 ($404, £267). Europe and the US have been slow to regulate drone technology and debate has stalled over how to protect people's privacy without stifling commercial uses. Other countries, such as Spain, have banned commercial drones altogether. Drones can be dangerous in the hands of amateurs, as a YouTube sub-genre devoted to drone crashes attests. Ensuring hobbyists abide by Casa rules is vital, says Mr Gibson. The authority's pre-Christmas publicity campaign highlighted rules stipulating drones must be flown below 121m (400ft) and only in daylight, with the craft in sight at all times. Drones should not go within 5.5km (3.4 miles) of airports and must be no closer than 30m (98ft 5in) to people, vehicles and buildings. But breaches inevitably occur. Last December, during a police siege at a house in Melbourne, a local man used a drone to film the siege. It crashed into a power line, narrowly missing a police officer. The owner was subsequently prosecuted and fined A$850. More alarming is the number of times drones have been reported flying uncomfortably close to commercial jets. Over the past year in Australia, pilots reported seeing a drone close to their aircraft on 14 occasions. In the US, there were 25 near-misses between drones and larger aircraft over a six-month period last year, according

The Welsh Government said it supported the idea and was looking at "a broad range of views" on the issue. It comes as Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced proposals on CCTV being required in every slaughterhouse in England in all areas where live animals are present. RSPCA Cymru has called for the measures to be "brought forward" in Wales. Under the new plans for England, which aim to ensure high animal welfare standards, vets will also have unrestricted access to footage. Mr Gove has launched a consultation on the proposals. The Welsh Government said: "We note with interest the launch of the consultation in England and will continue to keep in regular contact with Defra to see how the consultation progresses. "We are currently considering all responses to the report of the Safeguarding Animal Welfare at Slaughter Task and Finish Group, set up to consider the implementation of CCTV in Welsh slaughterhouses. "The cabinet secretary also asked the Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group to look into this specific issue "We will take into account the findings of the framework group, in addition to a broad range of views from all sides of the debate, before deciding on further action." It added that the "vast majority" of livestock in Wales was slaughtered in facilities that already have the surveillance. Claire Lawson, RSPCA assistant director of external relations in Wales, said it welcomed the Welsh Government's support but would "like to see measures brought forward which make this mandatory". "The Welsh Government could protect animals being slaughtered from possible mistreatment, and slaughterhouse staff from any unfounded allegations, by backing the implementation of mandatory CCTV in abattoirs," Ms Lawson said. She added that the RSPCA had produced a report in response to the task and finish group report, expressing "significant concerns with their evidence base and conclusions", and was waiting for a reply.

The 53-year old succeeds Guus Hiddink, who left his position on Monday after just 10 months in charge. Blind, who was Hiddink's assistant, won 42 caps during a 20-year playing career with Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam, and also managed Ajax. Hiddink, 68, lost five and won four of his 10 matches during his second spell in charge, with the Dutch third in their Euro 2016 qualifying group. He apologised for leaving the national side five points behind leaders Iceland and three adrift of the Czech Republic in Group A.

But it serves as an important in-depth account of the state of the NHS in England. The opening pages, inevitably, emphasise the positives - just as a corporate annual report would do. Half a million more patients seen in A&E than in the previous year, more than one million appointments booked or cancelled online, an increase in the NHS workforce, almost £1bn invested over five years in infrastructure to boost research. But read on and the more difficult truths begin to emerge. The report, covering the 2016-17 financial year, acknowledges that many of the key performance targets were missed, including the proportion of patients assessed or treated in A&E within four hours, which fell further below the 95% target to 89.1%. There is understandable emphasis on the increasing pressures on the service with demand rising "above what would typically be expected from population growth and demographics alone" and the NHS delivering record levels of activity. Looking for reasons for the drop in hospital performance, the report inevitably gets to the issue of delayed transfers of medically fit patients and the resulting bed shortages. The scale of the problem is underlined by the astonishing 24.5% increase in bed days lost because of these delayed transfers, to 2.3 million from 1.8 million the previous year. Hospitals were left full to capacity, sometimes unable to admit new patients. It's noted that local authorities are working with health leaders in each area to reduce the numbers of patients held in hospital beds because there is no social care package available. There is a bold statement that "this will be an area of improvement in 2017-18". The government has told NHS England that the delayed transfer number must be reduced to 3.5% of total bed occupancy by September. But it's hard to see much progress in that direction so far. An interesting analysis by NHS Providers, due out soon, highlights the continuing scale of the delayed transfer problem. The organisation points out that community hospitals have a far higher proportion of beds occupied by people who are fit to leave (20.8% in February) than the larger acute hospitals (5.1%). Delayed transfers can occur when an NHS community facility is unable to take patients from acute care or when either type of NHS hospital can't discharge patients because social care is not available. The research also points out that in March this year there were more than three times as many delayed days due to "patients awaiting a care package in their own home" compared with April 2014. NHS Providers concludes that the September target of 3.5% of beds occupied by patients whose transfer has been held up is looking highly unrealistic. That level has not been achieved for nearly three years and the latest quarterly current figure across all NHS hospitals in England was 5.6%. The government has pumped £1bn extra into social care in England this year in part to help tackle the causes of the delayed discharges of patients from hospitals. One of

The deluge travelled more than 600km (370 miles) before spilling into the Atlantic, leaving a trail of destruction along the Doce River that interrupted water supply in dozens of cities along its course. The iron ore mine was run by Samarco, a joint-venture between mining giants Vale and BHP Billiton. The causes of the dam failure are still being investigated. Millions of people were affected. Families became homeless, fishermen lost their livelihood, and an indigenous tribe can no longer use the river it depends on. The BBC met some of them. Remember: Brazil dam burst aftermath in pictures Toxic mud 'devastated vegetation' Paracatu de Baixo used to be home to 150 families. Now it is a ghost town. The village was devastated by the sea of sludge coming from the tailings dam. Almost everyone was relocated to the city of Mariana. But Elias Geraldo de Oliveiras insisted on staying. He moved in to his sister's house, one of the few left standing. "At night it is difficult. It's so dark. It's very lonely. You only hear dogs barking, calling out for people," he says. "It's as though we lived in one world and now we are in another." He points out the ruins of his favourite bar, the school, the day-care centre that had just been opened - everything buried in mud, the walls still standing, died in solid ochre. The house he grew up in is destroyed. The mud has dried out at around chest-height, cementing together a bizarre disarray of objects - a record player half dug into the earth, his motorbike, a stove. He points to the ruins all around and says all the houses were owned by his siblings. "The community was very unified. Now everyone is scattered apart in Mariana," he regrets. "I couldn't stand to live in the city. This is my place." In the days after the dam break, dozens of cities and communities along the Doce river grew apprehensive, as the stain of mud progressed with the currents. Douglas Krenak recalls the day the water changed colours by the krenak indigenous village, home to about 400 people in Resplendor, between the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo. "It was dreadful to see that sea of mud invade the river we have always learned to cherish and protect, with thousands of fish dying and dead animals being carried by the stream. We are still in mourning." He says the river is fundamentally linked to the tribe's existence. It provides food; it is a setting for games and rituals; it is where they bathe. All that has been suspended for the unforeseeable future. He says the krenaks call the Doce river "watu", great father or great river. "And we are known as the 'borum watu', the people of the great river. It is a member of the tribe." He believes the river will never go back to what it used to be. "They killed its spirit. But my people are considered a minority,

Team WNT's Archibald, 23, came from behind to beat Drops' Laura Massey and 2016 champion Nikki Juniper, riding for Team Ford Ecoboost, in a close sprint. "It feels good. My first was 2014, and it feels just as fun," Scot Archibald told British Cycling. Chanel Mason of Storey Racing leads the overall standings after four of the nine rounds.

Its film programme starts at Victoria Quays in Sheffield before taking in another seven venues along the canals of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Projecting films on to a big screen it reaches Hull Marina on 13 August. The 15-seat cinema will screen On the Bench, by Leeds artist Harry Meadley, whose work inspired films from other countries that will also be shown. Organisers UP Projects said the programme includes 15 films from nine countries. On the Bench features conversations with eight people and the other films come from Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Niger, Iran, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Germany the UK and US. They echo themes of On the Bench, with stories of people finding their way against the backdrop of their own cultures through perseverance and determination. The cinema will visit Rotherham, Swinton, Doncaster, Thorne, Goole, South Ferriby before reaching Hull. The idea of a cinema on a customised narrowboat was conceived in 2011 by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie to connect communities during the London Olympics. A larger boat was designed for the current floating cinema by Duggan Morris Architects in 2013. Annabel Grundy of Film Hub North said the Yorkshire floating cinema project aims to give "the widest range of cinematic stories from all over the world". "We are delighted to see a Yorkshire tour of floating films as part of this year's celebrations," she said. Tickets are free, but can be booked in advance.

Flooding has affected some roads as well as rail services. Natural Resources Wales has issued several flood warnings across mid and north Wales. The Met Office said up to 6cm (2in) of rain could fall on Saturday. The warning, from 08:00 GMT to 20:00, also said snow could fall on higher ground in north Wales. At Capel Curig in Snowdonia there were gusts of nearly 70mph (112km/h). Rail lines closed due to flooding Arriva Trains Wales said it may be unable to provide a replacement bus service for Cambrian line travellers. "Due to the situation with the roads, we cannot guarantee a service will be provided. We are strongly advising people not to travel unless absolutely necessary." said a spokesman. Passengers are being advised to check if their trains are running before setting off. Check if this is affecting your journey Several roads have been closed due to flooding, including the A494 at Bala, Gwynedd. There are also reports of flooding on parts of the A55 with one lane closed westbound between J14 and J12 near Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd. On Anglesey, drivers of high-sided vehicles are being advised to avoid the A55 Britannia Bridge due to strong winds. Conwy and Denbigh Castle tweeted that "severe weather" had forced them to shut temporarily, although their shops remain open. The weather alert covers north Wales and Ceredigion. The flood warnings cover the Lower Dee Valley, near Wrexham; Llanrwst and Trefriw in Conwy county; rivers Mawddach, Wnion and the town of Dolgellau in Gwynedd; and the Dyfi Valley north of Machynlleth, Powys.

Media playback is not supported on this device But just how bad were England's players as they suffered a 2-1 loss in the last 16 in Nice? BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty rates the players who contributed towards one of England's most embarrassing results. Dreadful tournament summed up by his error for Iceland's winner. Overheated again in the tunnel before kick-off. Made a couple of decent saves but damage done. Media playback is not supported on this device His worst night of what had been a good tournament. Recalled but was caught out for first goal and wasted any attacking positions. No shortage of effort but still looks short of international class. Uncertain under physical pressure from Iceland's attackers. Never looked totally settled. Same as Smalling and the rest of England's team. Nervous, unsettled, poor. Had a good tournament and one of just four players to start all four games, but was way off the pace on Monday. Taken off at half-time but will come again. Struggled to make any sort of impact on this game - and indeed Euro 2016. Another who had played well but this might just have been his worst England performance. Never seen so many passes go astray in the second half. Surprisingly recalled despite doubts about his confidence. Won a penalty but his confidence looks shot. Substituted. Complete nightmare. Missed a good headed chance in the second half and took a collection of the worst free-kicks and set-pieces seen at this level. Busy early on playing on the right of the front three but completely wasted out there. Faded along with everyone else. Nowhere near fit enough to be taken to this tournament and could not put his imprint on the game. Plenty of pace and energy but by then the game's pattern was set. Almost a contender for England's man of the match with his running and endeavour…in his four minutes. Create leagues and play against your friends in BBC Sport's new Euro 2016 Predictor game

The 32-year-old was discovered at a property on Moor Road near Coalisland shortly after 13:00 BST on Thursday. It is understood he is eastern European but his name has not yet been released. Police said they are "continuing to investigate a possible link" to an attack on another man who was shot and assaulted in Coalisland on Wednesday. The other victim is also from eastern Europe. The officer leading the murder investigation, Det Ch Insp Lee McNevison, said: "If anyone saw anything unusual in the Moor Road area of Coalisland in recent days we would like them to contact detectives at Dungannon police station by calling the non-emergency number 101."

Currently anybody can use the laws to obtain information held by public authorities, with certain exceptions. The government has set up a commission to review FOI, amid concerns it is being misused as a "research tool". Critics fear it will curb transparency and the exposure of wrongdoing by making FOI requests more expensive or limiting their scope. Answering a business question from Labour MP Jack Dromey in the Commons, Mr Grayling said FOI requests were for "those who want to understand why and how Government is taking decisions". He added that Jack Straw, the former Labour home secretary responsible for introducing the laws regretted them most. Mr Dromey said that reviewing the laws was "a threat to a cornerstone of our democracy". Questioned by Guardian journalist, Nicholas Watt on the matter at a press conference in Iceland today, Prime Minister David Cameron said: "The British government is one of the most open and transparent anywhere in the world." The Guardian fought a decade-long legal battle to publish private letters sent by the Prince of Wales to Labour ministers, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The Act has been used by investigative reporters on a string of other high profile stories, including MPs expenses and ambulance delays, over the past 10 years. It is also a well-established tool for finding out more about the workings of central and local government and the rest of the public sector. The BBC's Freedom of Information specialist Martin Rosenbaum said: "Good journalism is one of the best uses of the Freedom of Information Act. "It produces stories which are in the public interest, which are based on facts and documents rather than speculation, and which are used to make the wider public better informed."

He made a specific claim about EU money: "The EU invests £11bn a year on manufacturing innovation programmes of which 15% are invested here in the UK." He should actually have said €11bn (£9bn), not pounds. The money in question comes from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, which has a budget of almost €80bn over seven years running from 2014 to 2020, or just over €11bn a year. The money is paid to support research and innovation projects in companies, universities and other research organisations. Horizon 2020 replaced the previous innovation funding programme known as FP7. According to a report by consultants at Deloitte, 14.9% of FP7 funding came to the UK. And an analysis of early awards under Horizon 2020 suggests that it's about the same for Horizon 2020. Only Germany receives more. For reference, the UK's population is between 12.5% and 13% of the EU total. The European Commission maintains a list of projects that have made successful applications. In the UK, they include quite a number from the bio-medical sciences sector - perhaps not what initially comes to mind when you think of manufacturing industry - but they're certainly technology-focused. And more money from Horizon 2020 is going to small and medium companies than under previous programmes. Reality Check Verdict: Confusion between pounds and euros, but otherwise fair enough READ MORE: The facts behind claims in the EU debate

It made a similar move for the resource-rich territory in 2001, but that was rejected by a UN commission because of insufficient evidence. Russia's foreign ministry said the fresh bid is backed by scientific data. But all other countries bordering the Arctic - Norway, Denmark, Canada and the US - reject Moscow's claim. All five nations have been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic, which is believed to hold up to a quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas. The competition for Arctic resources has intensified in recent years as the shrinking polar ice opens new opportunities for exploration. Russia said its new submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf contained new arguments. "Ample scientific data collected in years of Arctic research are used to back the Russian claim," Russia foreign ministry said in a statement. Russia previously staked a claim to the Arctic seabed in 2007 by dropping a canister containing the Russian flag on to the ocean floor from a submarine at the North Pole. The new move comes a week after the Kremlin said it was strengthening its naval forces in the Arctic as part of a new military doctrine. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the plans included a new fleet of icebreakers. Earlier this year, Russia's military conducted exercises in the Arctic that involved 38,000 servicemen, more than 50 surface ships and submarines and 110 aircraft.

Well-travelled tabby Bobby was taken in as a stray by Lawrence Gwynn after he turned up on his doorstep last summer. Mr Gwynn took Bobby to his vet and discovered he was registered as missing from Stoke-on-Trent in 2009. But despite calls to the owners, they cannot be traced and Mr Gwynn has appealed for them to come forward. Mr Gwynn, 49, of Llanishen, Cardiff, said: "I first found Bobby sitting in my garden when I came back from holiday in June. "Later on he started developing these polyps on his ears, so I took him to my vet. He told me the cat had a microchip. "He scanned him and found out his name was Bobby and he had been registered missing in Stoke-on-Trent in 2009. "Nobody knows how he ended up in Cardiff, 150 miles away. One theory is that he got inside a vehicle like a removal van that brought him down here. "But he was in quite a good condition when I found him, so it seems like someone had been looking after him in Cardiff before I found him." The vet was able to find two telephone numbers registered to Bobby's owner, but one was no longer valid, and there was no answer on the other. Mr Gwynn said: "If the owner does come forward and wants Bobby back, I'd be happy to hand him over."

The Ballymena & Antrim athlete cut 0.55 seconds off her previous best as she clocked 56.42 to finish second. The 23-year-old's time was only 0.22 off the Olympic Games standard. McMahon, a European Championship semi-finalist in 2014, will now chase the Rio Games qualifying mark over the coming weeks. This year's Europeans take place from 6-10 July. The Northern Ireland woman's previous best time this year was 57.78 seconds. Meanwhile, Paralympic star Jason Smyth clocked a 100m time of 10.56 seconds at the same meeting. Four-time Paralympic gold medallist Smyth is also targeting an Olympic Games spot this year but he will need to register 10.16 seconds to achieve that notable feat. Smyth also helped an Irish 4x100m relay quartet finish second in the B final in Geneva as they clocked 39.55 seconds. In other news, North Belfast's Gladys Ganiel won the women's race at the Irish Runner 5-Mile event in Dublin. Ganiel, who is a reserve for Ireland's Olympic Marathon team, clocked 28 minutes and 36 seconds.

Media playback is not supported on this device "We just couldn't afford it comfortably anymore," Lady Sasima Srivikorn, who heads the Championship club's Thai owners, told BBC Radio Berkshire. Chinese brother and sister Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li are in talks to buy a 75% stake in the Royals. The EFL has conditionally approved a "change of control" from the pair. "We're doing this to save the club and pass it on to better hands," Lady Sasima said. "If you don't have very, very deep pockets, it's a struggle and I have to say the truth. "I know if the club doesn't have the funds or the backing on the monetary side, it's not going to be easy." Reading, fourth in the Championship and bidding for promotion through the play-offs, have been owned by the Thai consortium of Lady Sasima, Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth and Narin Niruttinanon since September 2014. Talks with Yongge and Xiu Li began in November but, despite the EFL's approval, the Premier League are understood to have reservations. Yongge, 46, failed in an attempt to buy Hull City in September and reportedly failed to meet the Football Association's fit and proper persons test. Should the deal not go ahead, Lady Sasima, who holds a 25% stake at present, assured supporters the Thai consortium will not walk away from the club. "We'll find a way and put our heads together," she said. "We can find the money, but it's not a comfortable feeling putting more and more in every month to get the club up to where we want to be." Any deal would see the Thai consortium retain ownership of the Madejski Stadium's adjacent hotel as well as land around it, earmarked for redevelopment. "We know property, we're familiar with that business and we can handle the profit and loss," Lady Sasima added. "But in football, we can't."

People from all sections of academia, and MPs, are calling for EU researchers working in the UK to be exempted from any future immigration controls. The prime minister has said she cannot guarantee EU nationals the right to stay without reciprocal arrangements. The Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action. The call comes ahead of a demonstration in central London on Saturday. University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt will urge the Prime Minister to "stop using EU staff and students as pawns in Brexit negotiations". "Show some humanity. Do the decent thing. Give our people the right to stay," she will say. Prof Ottoline Leyser, representing the Royal Society, told the committee there were 31,000 non-UK EU citizens working in research in academia in the UK. She said she believed that these people were "all feeling very anxious and unwelcome". "There has been a lot of discussion about non-UK EU nationals currently working in the UK and what guarantees can be provided to them. "I think it is absolutely not the way we should be proceeding - to use people's lives as bargaining chips in a broader political landscape. "I do not think that is a constructive way to arrive at a negotiation table either." In its report on implications for science and research following the vote to leave the EU, the committee called for "an immediate commitment to exempt them [EU researchers working in the UK] from Brexit negotiations on any reciprocal immigration controls for workers already in post." It also cited evidence stressing the importance of Britain being able "to recruit and retain the very best scientists, whatever country they come from". Professor Philip Nelson of Research Councils UK told the committee: "the biggest risks to the research base in the UK are around the people involved". The committee said it had received written examples of researchers considering rejecting UK job offers because of the uncertainty around the EU referendum result. It said that Dr Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) effectively summarised much of their evidence. She said: "It is not really a question of us allowing talented scientists and engineers to come here; it is about us fighting for them to come here. "'There is an international competitive market for these fantastically talented people." She added that she felt the government should clearly state its priorities "for the place of science in our future" and "how it feels about the people that it wants to come here". "UK science is not done by UK nationals. It is done by many people," she added. University vice-chancellors mirrored this claim saying it was essential that staff and students from across the world can come to the UK without unnecessary administrative burdens. University UK chief executive Nicola Dandridge said: "We also support the report's recommendation to appoint a chief scientific adviser to the Department for Exiting the EU. This would help to ensure that the significant implications of leaving the EU

Lawro's opponent for this week's fixtures is tennis legend Boris Becker. The three-time Wimbledon champion and former coach of Novak Djokovic says he has an allegiance with three English teams, as well as Bayern Munich. The German explained: "Bayern are my favourite team, and not only because I was on their board of directors for 10 years. "When I was living in Munich, I became good friends with my hero Franz Beckenbauer, plus people like Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and many of the Bayern players, and my knowledge of football is a bit better than your average tennis professional. "My favourite English team is Chelsea. The reason for that is I used to have a flat in Chelsea, and I befriended Frank Lampard. "He said that before going to watch any other team I should come to Stamford Bridge because I was going to become a Blue. That was about 15 years ago, and I have stuck with it. Media playback is not supported on this device "I live in Wimbledon now so AFC Wimbledon are my local club. I went to a couple of games and I met the president and I support them and hopefully they will get better and come back to the Premier League. "And Tottenham are another team I follow. I must say hello to my neighbour, Bill, who is a die-hard Spurs fan and I have been to the Lane a couple of times." You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game. A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points. For the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got six correct results, with two perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 120 points. He beat Fighting Talk host Colin Murray, who also got six correct results, but with one perfect score, for a total of 90 points. All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated. Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea Lawro's prediction: 1-1 Boris's prediction: Palace are struggling a little bit and Chelsea are on a roll. The momentum is with them and I think they will keep it going. 1-2 Match report Middlesbrough 3-0 Swansea Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Boris's prediction: Both teams are struggling a little bit but I'm going for Boro to win at home. 3-1 Match report Stoke 2-2 Leicester Lawro's prediction: 1-2 Boris's prediction: Leicester are doing very well in the Champions League but struggling a bit in the Premier League, especially away. Stoke are in better form. 1-0 Match report Sunderland 1-0 Watford Lawro's prediction: 2-1 Boris's prediction: 1-0 Match report West Ham 1-0 Hull Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Boris's prediction: It's a surprise for me that West Ham are not doing too well, but I believe in Slaven Bilic and his players. 2-0 Match report West

They will be held in waters around the Paracel Islands, said a statement by the maritime safety administration. China regularly holds such exercises even though Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have overlapping claims in the seas. But tensions are running high ahead of the ruling expected next week. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, Netherlands, has said it will issue a decision on 12 July on a challenge made by the Philippines to China's claims in the strategic and resource-rich region. However, China has consistently boycotted the proceedings, insisting that the panel has no authority to rule in the case. The drills will be held from 5-11 July, with ships prohibited from entering the waters in that time, the Chinese statement said. Rival countries have wrangled over territory in the South China Sea for centuries, but tension has steadily increased in recent years. Its islets and waters are claimed in part or in whole by Taiwan, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. China has backed its expansive claims with island-building and naval patrols, while the US says it opposes restrictions on freedom of navigation and unlawful sovereignty claims by all sides. The frictions have sparked concern that the area is becoming a flashpoint with possible global consequences.

The stand-out stars - sparkling Bugattis and sleek Maseratis - were completely ignored, as packs of journalists descended on a tiny booth that could barely fit two small cars. It was like seeing the football star and head cheerleader sidelined on the dance floor at a prom, in favour of a member of the class of, well, 1992. Alfa Romeo, Italian maker of the iconic Spider coupe immortalised by Dustin Hoffman in the classic 1967 film The Graduate, was making its return to US shores after a near 20-year absence. Now controlled by Fiat Chrysler, the firm is planning on dipping its toe into the US market once more, with its two-seater 4C sports car - which has been available in Europe since earlier this year. Sleek and low to the ground, Alfa Romeo's 4C is meant to compete against Porsche's Boxster and Audi's TT. With a mostly carbon fibre shell, it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just over four seconds. But in a car show - and car market - already full with nostalgia, can Alfa Romeo's attempt to capitalise on its brand history work in the US? Alfa Romeo left the US in the mid-1990s, after it struggled to compete with just a few luxury models in a market filled with big players that could offer a range of cars to consumers. Owned by Fiat since 1986, its return to the US market has been discussed since 2000, but it is only under Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne that those discussions gained real traction. It's a return that some say the brand badly needs. "Alfa needs to play here - they really need to expand their volumes and begin to payoff the product development that's come from Fiat," says senior analyst Bill Visnic, from automotive information site Edmunds.com. "It's difficult to call yourself a legitimate luxury brand and not be playing in the US market." Mr Visnic added that the merger between Fiat and Chrysler could benefit Alfa Romeo, because it gives the brand access to Fiat and Chrysler car dealerships throughout the US. Yet despite the large degree of interest - both from analysts and fans of the brand who have been clamouring for a return - the launch here was decidedly low key. Alfa Romeo only introduced one car - even though most industry watchers agree it will need more than one model to make an impact. Jiyan Cadiz, a spokesperson for Alfa Romeo, told the BBC that only 500 4C Launch Edition cars would be available to buyers over the summer, priced at about $70,000 (£42,000). The company says it expects to sell just under a thousand regular 4C models, at a base price of $54,000, by the end of this year. However, Mr Cadiz added: "We do have more products to come - know that we wouldn't start now unless we were truly ready." Many would-be buyers are desperate to find out more. Dino Pappous is the president

Michael Blake, 28, died in hospital on 4 November after he was found injured near his Westhoughton home in Bolton. Nathan Quigley, 30, of Cleworth Walk, Hulme, will appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court later after he was charged with Mr Blake's murder. On Wednesday, Nathan Daniels, 27, from Stockport, appeared in court after he was charged with the same offence. Another man, aged 26, has been held on suspicion of murder, while a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and has been bailed until 16 December. A 52-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, was bailed until 25 January.

Media playback is not supported on this device Celtic's first-leg defeat in Gibraltar was one of the worst in their history. But a 3-0 home win secured a trip to Astana in the third qualifying round. "It's a six-hour flight, five-hour time difference, 35C+, a plastic pitch, with no water, but apart from that..!" Rodgers told BBC Scotland. "It is another test for us and the focus now will be getting a good performance over there." Astana drew games against Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Galatasaray in the the group stage of last season's Champions League. And they will pose a much sterner test for Rodgers' fledgling side than the part-timers from Gibraltar, with the away leg to take place next week before the return at Celtic Park the following week. Rodgers hopes to add to his squad before then, with defensive reinforcements a priority. "Hopefully that is the case," he said. "We would certainly like to. We will see over the coming days." After the 'shock on the Rock' in Gibraltar, Scottish champions Celtic produced some flowing attacking football to see off the Red Imps, with first-half goals from Mikael Lustig, Leigh Griffiths and Patrick Roberts proving sufficient. "It certainly wasn't perfect by any means, but it shouldn't be - we are only four weeks into pre-season," Rodgers noted. "But I thought the first half-hour was excellent. There was good intensity, good pressure, good shape in our game. We scored three and could have had a few more. "Once tiredness started to set in in the second half, the tempo of the game slowed down a bit. But the most important thing was getting through, and I thought overall, the performance was excellent." Rodgers praised his players' ability to adapt to his methods in a matter of weeks. "There is still a long way to go but I must congratulate the players - they have taken in a lot of concepts and ideas in a short space of time about how we want to work," he added. The manager also saluted an "absolutely magnificent" crowd of almost 50,000 for their rousing support. "When they are singing throughout the game like that, there are not many better stadiums in the world," he added.

"Only God knows how I escaped from that Maiduguri. They bomb over there. They burned my shed. All my property, all my things, are there," said the young electronics trader, before letting out a short scream. "My parents, my brother and one of my sons died there." He is one of almost 2,000 people from the largely Christian south to take advantage of a free bus service provided by elders from the south-eastern Igbo community, in response to a threat for southerners and Christians to leave the mainly Muslim north. About 100 people have been killed in a series of attacks on churches and Christians across the north. At a camp for the displaced in Imo State, a woman told me: "I went to church. They bombed there. I went inside the bush. I stayed there for three days." I asked if her husband knew she was here. "He died there," she said. The group that issued the ultimatum, Boko Haram, wants to destabilise the state and eradicate Christians from parts of the country. Its name translates as "Western education is forbidden" and its goal is for Nigeria to be ruled by traditional Islamic law. Its means are shockingly brazen. In early January in the north-eastern state of Adamawa, locals meeting to mourn fellow Christians killed the previous day were themselves targeted. A man at the camp knew them well. In pictures: Ex-Biafra leader Ojukwu buriedJos residents 'fear neighbours' "It was terrible where they massacred up to 15 young men. They just came and shot them at head one by one. After seeing what they did, in fact I managed to evacuate all my property. That day was terrible," he said. I asked if churches were attacked. "Yes, still that continues. And they massacred, they're killing Igbos secretly. The killing continues," he replied. Suicide bombers have also targeted churches in the restive city of Jos, in central Plateau State. Boko Haram admitted responsibility for one attack that killed three worshippers there and is suspected to have carried out another in which at least 10 people died, on Sunday. The group, which also regularly kills Muslims and state workers, is targeting Christians to exploit the country's religious and ethnic fault lines, which run right through Jos. Shops and houses owned by Muslims were burnt in the central city in apparent retaliatory attacks shortly after last weekend's bombing. President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the latest church bombing and urged Nigerians not to despair. "Despite seeming appearances to the contrary," he wrote, "government is indeed winning the war against the terrorists." He called on people to remain patient and refrain from taking matters into their own hands. But after months of targeted violence, some have drawn parallels with the Nigerian civil war in the late 1960s. Then, a secessionist struggle took place in the east after thousands of Igbos were slaughtered in the north. Emeka Ojukwu Jr, the son of the late Igbo colonel who led the struggle for an independent state of Biafra,

The money will include funding improvements to Dundee Railway Station and creating 4,500 sq m of new office space. Development of the V&A Museum and digital infrastructure will also benefit from the funding. The Scottish government funding was announced ahead of a jobs summit in the city. The money has been made available through the Growth Accelerator Model (GA), developed by the Scottish Futures Trust, and is designed to stimulate growth, create jobs and support businesses through a combination of public and private sector investment. The funding was announced by Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who will attend the jobs summit. Mr Swinney said: "Today's package includes £13m for the Dundee Railway Stations concourse in addition to the £4.3m wider station development and £3m to establish a future-proofed digital corridor to assist the city's world-renowned games industry and provide a competitive digital solution to support economic development. "We are also providing up to £20m to further support the development of the V&A and over £25m to redevelop the two civic spaces at Discovery Plaza and Waterfront Place." The funding is paid over 25 years and is linked to the council reaching agreed targets and outcomes. Dundee City Council leader Ken Guild said: "Today's announcement is the key to unlocking increased funding for one of the most exciting and innovative projects currently going on in Scotland. "In the past two weeks alone we have had more than £70m of such investment announced in the wider Waterfront regeneration project and Dundee Port. "Right now there is an unprecedented level of investor interest in Dundee and this announcement will help to reinforce that."

The Indomitable Lions move from 12th to third in Africa behind top-ranked side Egypt, who they beat 2-1 in Sunday's Nations Cup final. Egypt occupy the summit for the first time in over six years, and now sit 25th in the world - up from 37th. Nations Cup quarter-finalists Senegal, the top African side last month, are second in Africa and 31st overall. Africa's top 10 in Fifa's rankings for February (last month's ranking sin brackets) 1 (3) Egypt 2 (1) Senegal 3 (12) Cameroon 4 (4) Tunisia 5 (6) DR Congo 6 (8) Burkina Faso 7 (7) Nigeria 8 (9) Ghana 9 (2) Ivory Coast 10 (10) Morocco

Radio - the main source of news - had a role in the 1994 genocide. Notorious "hate" station Radio Tele Libre Mille Collines (RTLM) was a vehicle for virulent anti-Tutsi propaganda. Reporters Without Borders accused officials of "reinforcing news control" in the run-up to 2010 elections. The watchdog says government "hounding" of journalists "forces them into exile or often results in their arrest". Newspaper readership is limited and press titles often exercise self-censorship. The BBC can be heard via FM in Kigali (93.9), Karongi (93.3) and Butare (106.1). The Voice of America and Deutsche Welle broadcast on FM in Kigali. By December 2013, just over one million, or 8.7 per cent, of Rwandans were online (Internetworldstats.com). Critical bloggers are often based abroad, notes US-based Freedom House.

In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers that they were best-placed to help reform the US financial sector. She also said she favoured "open trade and open borders". Mrs Clinton's main opponent, Donald Trump, has said he wants to renegotiate key trade deals. Mrs Clinton had refused to publish the transcripts, from 2013 and 2014. Her rival in the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders, had repeatedly called on her to release the text of her speeches, which are thought to have earned her about $26m (£21m). In some alternate universe, the Clinton Wikileaks story would be dominating the news this weekend, as pundits and analysts speculate on whether the revelations could tilt the election to Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush or even Ted Cruz. Instead, this is Donald Trump's world, and we're all just along for the ride. That doesn't mean the contents of the purloined messages, assuming they are in fact legitimate and undoctored, won't do lasting damage to Mrs Clinton - if not on Election Day, then as she tries to govern a sharply divided nation in the months and years ahead. They provide yet more evidence that Mrs Clinton is pro-open-trade and sympathetic to Wall Street interests, despite her protestations otherwise. They also reveal a decidedly middle-of-the-road, pragmatic political attitude that won't sit well with the populist wing of her own party. After the dust has settled in this election, the divisions within the Democratic ranks will likely re-emerge - and these emails and speech excerpts will be Exhibit A through Z for those on the left who doubt Mrs Clinton's liberal bona fides. Her every attempt to reach across the aisle to Republicans will be viewed with the highest of suspicions. The excerpts include comments made at an event sponsored by Goldman Sachs in October 2013 in which Mrs Clinton spoke of the need to consult Wall Street over financial reform. "The people that know the industry better than anybody are the people who work in the industry," Mrs Clinton said. At another speech presented to a Brazilian bank in 2013, she spoke of her "dream" for a common trade market. "My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere," Mrs Clinton said. The leak comes after the US accused Russia of a cyber attack against political organisations intended to influence the presidential election. Supporters of Donald Trump had been hopeful that Wikileaks would release an "October Surprise" this week to put an end to Mrs Clinton's presidential hopes. Campaign staff are believed to have been sent Mrs Clinton's speeches to identify passages that could be potentially problematic if they became public, AP news agency reports. Wikileaks posted thousands of emails, including exchanges with her campaign aide John Podesta. The release covers messages dating back years but also features some from as recently as

Alan Barnes, 67, suffered a broken collarbone when he was attacked outside his old Gateshead home, in January. An online appeal, launched by beautician Katie Cutler, led to donations to Mr Barnes from people around the world. He said it was "hard to put into words" how "really grateful" he was. Following the attack, Mr Barnes said he felt unsafe in his previous home. He was born with disabilities after his mother contracted German measles while she was pregnant. He is visually impaired and stands 4ft 6in (1.21m) tall. Mr Barnes said the new house was "very compact". "Thank you doesn't seem to sum it up, but basically that is all I can say, I'm a bit overwhelmed and I'm just getting used to the idea of having a home of my own to live in," he said. At Newcastle Crown Court earlier this month, Richard Gatiss, also from Gateshead, was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to assault with intent to rob Mr Barnes. He had been desperate for money to buy legal highs but fled empty-handed when Mr Barnes shouted for help, the court was told. The 25-year-old was traced by police after they recovered forensic evidence from Mr Barnes' jacket pocket.

City were 3-1 winners at home while Forfar came back to salvage a draw at home to bottom side Edinburgh City. Third-placed Clyde also drew, against Stirling Albion at Broadwood Stadium, with Barry Ferguson's side still four points off top spot. And the division's third 1-1 tie of the day was between Berwick Rangers and Arbroath at Shielfield Park. First-half strikes by Brian Cameron and Archie MacPhee put Elgin in control against Cowden and Shane Sutherland added a third before Brian Ross converted a late free-kick as consolation. Leaders Forfar fell behind to Ouzy See's shot, but Edinburgh were denied their first win since being promoted to the division for the first time when Danny Denholm headed home midway through the second half. Clyde also trailed when Marc McKenzie fired in, but Peter MacDonald nodded the Bully Wee level before the break. Steven Thomson's set-piece goal early in the second half got Berwick level against Arbroath, who had led through David Gold's 20th-minute shot. Annan Athletic and Montrose were not in league action due to the former's Scottish Cup replay win over East Stirlingshire.

Mr Putin, an ally of Syria, called for more time to be given to the peace plan of envoy Kofi Annan. The US and UK have called on Moscow to strengthen its condemnation of the Syrian regime since last week's massacre in Houla, where 108 died. Earlier, Moscow opposed a UN Human Rights Council resolution on Syria. In an emergency session on Friday, the council condemned Syria over the Houla massacre and called for an investigation. But Russia voted against the US-backed resolution, arguing that it was "unbalanced". Meanwhile, a US government website published satellite images apparently showing a mass grave in the Houla area. Correspondents say Mr Putin's latest remarks, made after a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, highlight the divisions between Moscow and Paris towards the conflict in Syria. Speaking at a news conference, Mr Hollande called for further pressure and sanctions, and said the only solution was for President Bashar al-Assad to resign. Satellite clues to Houla massacre Houla: How a massacre unfolded Timeline: Syria's massacres He said Mr Assad's regime had conducted itself in an "unacceptable, intolerable way" and had committed acts that disqualified it from power. "There is no possible exit from this situation except with the departure of Bashar Assad," he said. Mr Putin, however, questioned calls for the Syrian president to quit. "Why are we thinking that if we push the current leadership from power, then tomorrow general wellbeing will begin there," Mr Putin said. "What is happening in Libya? What is happening in Iraq? Has it become safer there? We propose to act in an accurate, balanced manner at least in Syria." He said the most important thing was to prevent the worst-case scenario of civil war. There have been calls for more action to be taken in Syria to stop the violence, which has continued despite Mr Annan's six-point peace plan. Speaking in Oslo on Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hit out at Russia saying she did not believe it was acting impartially. "We know there has been a very consistent arms trade, even during the past year, coming from Russia to Syria. We also believe the continuous supply of arms from Russia has strengthened the Assad regime," she told a news conference. On Thursday, Western officials confirmed a report that a Russian cargo ship had delivered heavy weapons to the Syrian port of Tartus last weekend. Mr Putin has insisted that Russia was not supplying Syria with arms "that could be used in a civilian conflict". Earlier, the UN Human Rights Council said it wanted investigators to identify the perpetrators of the killings in Houla. In the vote, 41 members voted in favour of the US-backed resolution condemning Syria, while Russia, China and Cuba voted against it. Two other countries abstained and one was absent. Residents of the village of Taldou, in Houla, said militiamen had been sent in early last Saturday after the Syrian army unleashed a barrage of heavy weapons late on Friday in response

The posters belonging to Sinn Féin's Brenda Chivers and Rory Donaghy have been placed on a bonfire in Anderson Park, near Edenmore Road. A sign saying KAT, a derogatory threat against the Catholic community, has also been placed on top of the bonfire. A complaint has been made to the police. Limavady Borough Council have said they are aware of the issue. Councillor Brenda Chivers said: "I was driving past and I couldn't believe what I saw. "This has really upset me. It's unacceptable. "This sends the wrong message to children in the area. "If they are going to celebrate the Twelfth then they should do it nicely. This is just so disrespectful. "If they don't come down then I would like to see council funding withdrawn for an upcoming fun day in the area. "This is purely sectarian and inciting hatred. The Edenmore road is not a pleasant area for nationalists at the moment." Councillor Rory Donaghy said he had also been in contact with the police about the situation. "This so-called expression of culture amounts to nothing less than hatred and needs to be condemned," he said. "We have seen a rise in tensions in the town recently with the flying of flags. "Political and Orange Order leadership must now put the shoulder to the wheel to ensure that this situation does not escalate."

Luke Harlow, 28, of Ibstock, Leicestershire, admitted grooming and sexually touching Kayleigh Haywood but had denied taking her captive. Stephen Beadman, 29, who admitted raping and murdering Kayleigh, was found guilty of imprisonment on Monday. Both men are due to be sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday. More on this story and other news in Leicestershire Kayleigh's body was found in a field, five days after she was dropped off outside Ibstock Community College, on Friday 13 November. Her family thought she was joining a friend but she was actually meeting Harlow, who had been grooming her through social media and text messages. Kayleigh, from Measham, was given "substantial amounts of alcohol" and "sexually touched" by Harlow, according to the prosecution, on that Friday evening. The following day, Beadman arrived at the flat and the jury agreed Kayleigh was kept prisoner by both men between about 21:00 BST and 03:00 the next morning. Speaking outside court after the final verdict, Kayleigh's parents said they were "heartbroken and devastated". "Our hearts have been torn apart," they said in a statement. "We ask ourselves every day, why? Why Kayleigh? Why did this happen to our beautiful daughter? "Today, we have got justice for our beautiful daughter. But that doesn't change anything for us. We have to live with this heartache forever. "The public have been and continue to be a great support and comfort to us, and we want to thank each and every one of you." The court heard how Harlow became Facebook friends with Kayleigh just two weeks before her death. He had more than 2,200 friends on Facebook, and police believe many of these were girls and young women he was trying to groom. He admitted two charges of attempting to meet children following sexual grooming, in relation to two other 15-year-old girls he tried and failed to meet. Janine Smith, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS East Midlands, said Kayleigh suffered "a terrifying ordeal" at the hands of Beadman, but was only in that position because she had been groomed by Harlow before being kept against her will. "Beadman callously raped and took the life of an innocent teenage girl," said Ms Smith. "Harlow pursued a succession of underage girls in a sinister manner, talking about 'kidnapping' them and making them 'slaves'. "I would like to offer my heartfelt sympathy to Kayleigh's family and I hope the conviction of these highly dangerous men will in some way help them start to cope with their loss." The NSPCC said the "shocking" case was a "stark reminder of the dangers that young people face on social media" - and called for more resources to help police tackle the problem. "Last week, the NSPCC revealed that more than 3,000 sex crimes using the internet were committed against children last year, and Kayleigh's tragic death is an example of the way the online world is increasingly being used by abusers," an NSPCC spokesman said. "In the coming years, it is vital that

Health bosses are looking at efficiency savings such as downgrading one or two accident and emergency units. Other areas being reviewed include; acute medicine and surgery, maternity, orthopaedics, and paediatric services. Campaigners have expressed concern and are planning a protest over what they claim are plans to cut services. Analysis by the BBC Sunday Politics North East and Cumbria programme of draft plans and other documents has found the NHS will outspend its allocated budget by well over £1bn if savings are not made and the way services are delivered is not changed. "Sustainability and transformation plans" have been drawn up for individual regions, or health "footprints", and include the possibility of downgrading one, or both, of the A&E units at Darlington Memorial Hospital and North Tees Hospital in Stockton. Campaigners are planning a march between hospitals in County Durham and Teesside. They will set off from the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton, and finish at Darlington Memorial Hospital a week later. Jo Land, one of the campaigners, said: "All services in our NHS footprint area, which is the area that we're walking, are under threat." Those behind the plans- a combination of clinical commissioning groups and health trusts across County Durham and Teesside - said they were being drawn up by senior doctors and surgeons locally. It said in a statement: "They are looking at general practice, mental health, providing more care in the community, and improving prevention as well as treatment. "Other aspects of A&E, including urgent care, paediatric assessment and frail elderly assessment could still take place locally. "No decisions have been made about which services may move as part of this work, but we will be sharing further details of plans later in the Autumn."

Will Baker, formerly known as Vince Weiguang Li, killed 22-year-old Tim McLean after hearing what he thought was "the voice of God". He was deemed not criminally responsible and received mental health treatment. A review board in Manitoba ordered his discharge - without monitoring - saying he did not pose a significant threat. Mr McLean's mother, who had opposed granting Mr Baker freedom, said she had "no words" following the decision on Friday. "I have no comment today," Carol de Delley wrote on Facebook. The attack took place in front of horrified passengers as the inter-city Greyhound bus travelled past Portage la Prairie, about 70km (40 miles) west of Winnipeg. Mr Baker, a former church custodian and computer programmer who emigrated from China to Canada in 2001, repeatedly stabbed Mr McLean, who was sitting next to him, before cutting off his head and removing internal organs. The attack began without warning. Alerted by screams from the victim, the driver stopped the bus and fled with the passengers as Mr Baker continued his attack. In 2009, Mr Baker was found not criminally responsible for the killing. He then spent seven years in treatment in a secure wing of a psychiatric hospital. In an interview with a schizophrenia society in 2012, he said he heard what he believed was "the voice of God". "The voice told me that I was the third story of the Bible, that I was like the second coming of Jesus [and that] I was to save people from a space alien attack." He also said he was "really sorry" for what he had done. Mr Baker was allowed last year to live on his own apartment in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but was still subject to monitoring to ensure he took his medication. But his doctors told Manitoba's Criminal Code Review Board that he understood that he needed to take the medication and that he would continue with his treatment if released. "The review board is of the opinion that the weight of evidence does not substantiate that Mr Baker poses a significant threat to the safety of the public," the review board said in a written decision.