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Summarize the following article: A team of scientists from Switzerland, America and the UK teamed up to research the eating habits of certain species of spider. They discovered that spiders from 10 different families were eating nectar, sap, honeydew, leaves, pollen and seeds from things like weeds, shrubs, trees, grasses, ferns and orchids. The spiders who ate the most plants were the 'Salticidae', or the jumping spider family. The lead scientist Martin Nyffeler from the University of Basel thinks that the reason why the spiders eat plants might be to help them to avoid going hungry when there aren't as many insects around and to give them have a balance of different nutrients from the food.

New research has shown that as well as eating insects, toads and small mammals, some spiders also like to eat plants.

Summarize the following article: The replacement Cowes Floating Bridge vessel, linking Cowes and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, had been due to come into service by the end of March. However, engineers must wait for spring tides to complete the lowest part of the slipway where the chains attach. It is hoped the ferry will now start in early May, after staff training. The previous vessel was taken out of service at the start of January after 40 years of service. Drivers travelling between the west and east sides of the River Medina face a 10-mile diversion via Newport, although a replacement launch is in operation for foot passengers. The Isle of Wight Council said the new ferry, being built in Wales by Mainstay Marine, would carry more vehicles than its predecessor and would make "faster, more regular" crossings. The ferry office said it hoped 20 vehicles would fit on the new vessel, compared with 10 or 11 on the old ferry.

The launch of a new chain ferry has been delayed because engineers are waiting for a low enough tide to complete a slipway.

Summarize the following article: The two pages of tax return, revealed by US TV network MSNBC, also showed he declared $103m in losses. It gave no details on income sources. The White House said publishing the tax return was against the law. Mr Trump refused to release his tax returns during the election campaign, breaking with a long-held tradition. He has said he is under audit by tax authorities and that his lawyers advise against releasing tax returns. His critics, however, say they suspect Mr Trump has something to hide. Correspondents say that, despite the lack of detail, the leak is still significant because so little is known about President Trump's tax affairs and the new information could increase pressure on him to release more. The two pages show that Mr Trump paid $5.3m in federal income tax and an extra $31m in what is called alternative minimum tax (AMT). AMT was set up nearly 50 years ago to stop the wealthiest people from using deductions and loopholes to avoid paying taxes. Mr Trump has called for it to be abolished. The $38m bill was an effective tax rate of about 24%, higher than the average American citizen would pay but below the 27.4% averaged by higher-earning taxpayers. We now have another snippet, just the smallest glimpse, into Donald Trump's personal financial empire. The few pages from 2005 reveal that the alternative minimum tax, first instituted in 1970, did what it was supposed to do - prevent a very wealthy individual from paying a relatively tiny amount of federal taxes. There is also now confirmation of the validity of the 1995 tax information the New York Times published last year, showing Mr Trump took a near billion-dollar business write-off that he could extend for 18 years. Beyond that, the contours of Mr Trump's personal wealth remain a mystery. Only supporting tax documentation, not included in this leak, could show the details of Mr Trump's income, including sources both domestic and international. For a few moments, the political world thought a political bombshell was about to drop on the White House. In fact, it was more like lightning at night - a quick flash, then a return to darkness. Although leaking federal tax returns is a criminal offence, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow argued that the network was exercising its right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment to the US Constitution to publish information in the public interest. Journalist David Cay Johnston, interviewed on MSNBC, said he had received the documents in the post from an anonymous source. In a statement issued before the broadcast, the White House said: "You know you are desperate for ratings when you are willing to violate the law to push a story about two pages of tax returns from over a decade ago." It said Mr Trump had a responsibility to pay no more tax than was legally required. Every US presidential candidate since 1976 has released their tax returns although there is no legal requirement to do so. During last year's election campaign, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton accused Mr Trump in a head-to-head debate of paying no federal income tax. He responded: "That makes me smart." Last October, the New York Times revealed parts of Mr Trump's 1995 tax returns that showed losses of $916m (£753m). The newspaper said this could have affected his returns for up to 18 subsequent years, allowing him to legally avoid paying federal income taxes. The forms disclosed on Tuesday do not say whether the £103m write-down was connected to the 1995 losses.

US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows.

Summarize the following article: Simon Armitage, 65, of Baydale, Clyst St George, Devon, admitted nine counts of fraud and one of forgery. Exeter Crown Court heard 10 clients were involved. Armitage got away with the fraud for four years until he merged his firm with another. Judge Francis Gilbert said it was a "very serious breach of trust". Armitage borrowed money from the clients in the belief he would be able to pay it back but instead got deeper and deeper into debt and responded by stealing even more cash, the court heard. After the firms merged, a complaint about the handling of a case was made and Armitage admitted he had borrowed money from the account which he intended to repay later. Adrian Chaplin, prosecuting, said the other firm, Kitsons, embarked on an investigation which uncovered nine more cases dating back to 2009 and involved £430,000. Judge Gilbert said: "In addition to the losses from your frauds you have caused a very considerable expense to Kitsons, a reputable firm whose reputation has been diminished by what you have done. "This is a serious offence involving significant sums of money and a very serious breach of trust and the fiduciary duty you owed to your clients." Stephen Nunn, defending, said Armitage had run a respectable and honest business for many years until he ran into financial trouble in 2009. The court heard the affected clients had since been reimbursed by the Solicitors' Indemnity Scheme and Armitage has been suspended as a solicitor, and declared bankrupt.

A solicitor who stole £430,000 from the estates of dead clients to pay off his overdue tax bills has been jailed for four years.

Summarize the following article: The content will be featured on the network's streaming services apps, HBO Now and HBO Go, and other platforms. The four-year deal also includes the possibility of more traditional television projects. Stewart stepped down as host in August after leading the nightly news satire show for the past 16 years. "Stewart will view current events through his unique prism," HBO said in a statement. HBO did not announce a start date, but a network official told Reuters that the venture should launch next year. The network said Stewart would work with a graphics company to produce short-form content that will be refreshed multiple times a day, "Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me. I'm pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again," Stewart said jokingly in the HBO statement. Traditional networks are investing more in their internet streaming services to compete with upstarts like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. On Monday, CBS announced a new Star Trek TV series would be broadcast exclusively on its streaming service, starting in 2017. The move puts to rest speculation about Stewart's next career move. When he announced he was leaving the Daily Show in February, Stewart did not say what he would do next. He has advocated for several charitable causes since he left the Daily Show. He also a made a cameo appearance for his friend and Daily Show veteran Stephen Colbert during the debut of Colbert's new chat show.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart has signed a deal with HBO to produce topical videos for the network's internet services.

Summarize the following article: Michelle O'Neill suggested parties should be given a tight deadline from next Monday to restore the government. The Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Simon Hamilton described her proposal as a "stunt", saying his party had been ready to form an executive for months. NI has been without a functioning devolved government since January. The coalition led by the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed over a green energy scandal. Formal talks were suspended without agreement at the start of July. Mrs O'Neill said the latest round of talks should be "focused and time-limited". "With limited engagement since the talks concluded on 4 July, I am keen to formally re-engage at the earliest opportunity in order to re-establish an executive and power-sharing institutions on a proper and sustainable footing," she said. "Moreover, I do not believe there is much public appetite, or need, for another drawn-out phase of talks." However, Mr Hamilton accused Sinn Féin of holding Northern Ireland to "ransom" over less-than-critical issues on a "political wish-list". "The DUP are not saying that we shouldn't be dealing with issues like Irish language, like other cultures as well," said the former economy minister. "But we should be doing those in parallel with forming a government. "The DUP would go up to Stormont this morning and form a government to deal with those difficult issues that there are around health, education and the economy, which we believe are more important than the ones that Sinn Féin are stalling the restoration of an executive on." Mrs O'Neill rejected the accusation that her party was not serious in its call for the resumption of talks. "It's not a stunt," she said. "What it clearly is about is trying create a bit of momentum, trying to kick-start a process. "I have heard James Brokenshire saying that he wants to resume things before the end of the summer, but it needs to happen now." The Sinn Féin leader was dismissive of a suggestion from Mr Hamilton that talks could be held in parallel to a restored executive. "What we've had is a failure from the DUP to deliver on people's rights, to deliver what they've previously signed up to, so I don't think it's tenable that you can have an executive while we see those issues outstanding," said Mrs O'Neill. The most significant sticking points between the two main unionist and nationalist parties are: There is little chance of progress in a new talks process if Sinn Féin approaches it "with their red lines in place", according to Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann. "In the time since the last process was parked we have continued to engage with civic society," he said. "It is clear from these meetings that the voluntary and community sector, business, trade unions, student unions, health charities and many more all share our frustration at the lack of progress to date." The SDLP's Claire Hanna said the key to overcoming the sticking points in the talks was the reform the petition of concern - a mechanism intended to protect minority rights in the Assembly that has been used by the bigger parties to block legislation. "Even if the DUP say - and I don't believe they are going to say - 'we now support gay marriage,' we won't be able to believe it until we see it, so we need to get back into the Assembly," she told BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show.. The Alliance party's Kellie Armstrong said she was disappointed Sinn Féin had only now said it was ready to resume talks. "We could have been doing this all summer," she said. She said the smaller parties had been meeting throughout the summer months. "It's a little cynical now to call for talks to be re-formed - we've been looking for this all summer," she said. The Green Party's Clare Bailey described Stormont as "a ghost town". "Since the last election, my office has been empty and a lot of MLAs are the same," she said. "We don't know whether we should move into our offices again." "It is like a ghost town, the corridors are empty. There's no buzz about the place." Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister said he did not want to see a return to what he described as "pantomime season" at Stormont. "We need government - if, as is obvious, we can't get it from failed Stormont, then it must be provided from Westminster," he added. "Turning the key on Stormont may be painful for its payroll hangers-on but, frankly, I'm not sure the public will really notice - has anyone really missed it over the last six months?" Northern Ireland's institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin over the DUP's handling of an inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive scandal. In January, the late Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin, resigned in protest, triggering a snap election in March.

Sinn Féin's northern leader has written to the UK and Irish governments proposing a formal resumption of Northern Ireland power-sharing talks.

Summarize the following article: The two-year-old boy was taken from his family on Tuesday in Athlone, County Westmeath and returned a day later. It comes after relatives of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl taken into care in Dublin on Monday insisted she is a member of their family. Police removed the seven-year-old girl from the home of a Roma family in the Tallaght area. The police action took place against the background of international interest in the case of a blonde-haired child being taken from a Roma family in Greece last week. Greek police are investigating whether the girl had been abducted. In the first case in the Republic of Ireland, the parents told police the child was their daughter, but officers were not satisfied with the explanation nor with the documents that were produced. A woman family member was adamant that the girl was her sister. The family is co-operating with the investigation. There has been some criticism of reporting of the case. Dezideriu Gergely, executive director of the European Roma Rights Centre, told RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, that links being made to the case in Greece "had been made prematurely". Mr Gergely said it was important to remember that not all Roma were dark-skinned and many did have pale skin and blonde hair. Images apparently released by members of the Roma family to the Irish press have thrown some doubt on just how distinctive the child in question is.

A second child from a Roma family who was taken into care in the Republic of Ireland has been reunited with his parents.

Summarize the following article: Why? It is all down to health and safety, or should we say 'elf and safety? At previous events in Enniskillen, Santa and his little helpers have thrown sweets into the crowd. But the Impartial Reporter said it had been contacted by candy-loving parents who noticed that this year there were "no flying sweets". However, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council said the practice had been discontinued for the past number of years. In a statement the council said: "The practice of throwing sweets into the crowd at the Enniskillen Christmas lights switch on event has not taken place over the last number of years in the interest of health and safety. "More than £300 worth of sweets were distributed to children, as is customary, by Santa and his helpers at this year's Enniskillen Christmas lights switch on event. "The barrier at this year's event was also extended to enable Santa to meet as many children as possible." Looks like there will be no danger of anyone ending up in hospital after being wounded by an errant flying bonbon.

Santa no longer throws sweets for children when he switches on the Christmas lights in County Fermanagh.

Summarize the following article: Media playback is not supported on this device Media playback is not supported on this device The 31-year-old Briton, who retires after London 2012, adds a second gold to the one she won in the sprint at the Beijing Games in 2008. Pendleton hit the front at the bell and held off a late charge from China's Guo Shuang, with Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee a surprise bronze medallist. "I can barely believe it right now," Pendleton said. "Thank you so much to everyone who's helped me get here. The crowd have been fantastic and it really helped me today." Australia's Anna Meares, the pre-race favourite, could only finish fifth. The race - a frenetic affair that starts with the riders following a small motorbike for five-and-a-half laps before being released to sprint the final 625 metres - came only half an hour after the claimed gold in a new world record. Britain have won seven out of 10 track cycling gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics And that superlative performance followed another world record display in their qualifying round. By the time the six riders in the last race of the evening took to the track, the noise was deafening. Not that this race needed much of a build-up. Meares v Pendleton was one of the most eagerly anticipated contests coming into these Games, with the 28-year-old Queenslander expected to get the better of her British rival in the keirin, an event she has won at the last two World Championships. But Pendleton looked in great form during her ultimately fruitless rides The Bedfordshire-born star was disqualified from the event, with partner Jess Varnish, when Pendleton slightly mistimed a changeover. Media playback is not supported on this device The raw speed she exhibited, however, was noticeable, and expectations of a keirin classic grew when both Meares and Pendleton were comfortable winners of their semi-finals. But British cycling's glamour girl blew her rival away in the final with a burst down the back straight that catapulted her from fourth to first with 250m to ride. Guo pushed hard but there was no getting around Pendleton, who now looks to have an excellent chance of finishing her career with another gold medal in the women's sprint, which starts on Sunday. She has won six world titles in that event, as well as her 2008 Olympic crown.

Victoria Pendleton capped a sensational evening for Britain's track cyclists with victory in the women's keirin.

Summarize the following article: They each competed at five Olympic Games and are arguably the greatest exponents of their respective sports that Great Britain has produced. But while Redgrave and Ainslie have nine gold medals between them, postman Chris Maddocks is perhaps most famous for finishing last in front of 100,000 people at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He has been to more Olympics than Sir Chris Hoy, Dame Kelly Holmes or Linford Christie - but now pounds the streets of Devon delivering mail. "I get paid for covering a lot of ground," he tells BBC Sport. "It's at a lot slower pace, so I'm not the fastest postman in the west, but it probably prevents me from becoming incredibly fat, so it has its bonuses." Maddocks' most famous moment came 16 years ago in his final race - the plucky Brit finishing an hour behind the winner in the 50km walk - but Maddocks insists he was no 'Eddie the Eagle' or 'Eric the Eel'. "I was a good athlete and I was Olympic standard, I was just injured. I just did the best I could on the day and I was in trouble from the very first step," he remembers of his final race. Just seven weeks before Maddocks had torn a buttock muscle while training and he was advised not to make the trip down under. "I was in great shape in the lead up to Sydney, I'd qualified by winning a race in Holland in the March of that year. "They said I should pull out, but I wasn't going to give up the Games easily, because this was likely to be my final Olympics," he says. "If I was keeping anyone out of the team, maybe I would have pulled out and a reserve could have come in, but that wasn't the case, it was either me or no-one, and I saw no point in having no-one on the line." Come race day on 29 September 2000, Maddocks doubted if he could make the five laps around the track at Stadium Australia, let alone the 31 miles around Sydney's streets. But as he toiled in the Australian sun, dropping further and further behind, little did he know that his progress was being followed by those inside the stadium via the big screens. "The stewards and one or two supporters were saying it'd be worth it, but I thought it was more sympathy to keep me going," he said "I was so far behind I reasonably assumed there'd be no-one in the stadium, but I wheeled up onto the track and there was an absolute wall of sound. "What I didn't realise was that my painful progress had been followed on the big screens in the stadium and people had stayed behind from the morning session to see me finish. "Instead of it being an empty stadium, 100,000 people sang along to The Proclaimers' '500 Miles' and my legs turned to jelly." Cult status followed, and his scrapbooks are filled with cuttings about his most memorable achievement - although it was far from his best. Having missed out on selection for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, when Britain sent a smaller squad than usual and other countries boycotts the Games because of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, he did not make his debut until Los Angeles four years later. He twice finished 16th at the Olympics - on his debut in the 50km walk and eight years later in the 20km event in Barcelona. "I walked 83 minutes in Seoul, and then it only got me into the 20s, but if I'd have produced that in LA four years earlier it would have been good enough for close to a bronze medal," he recalls. Now 59, Maddocks' British record mark of 3 hrs 51 mins and 57 secs for the 50km still stands to this day, nearly 26 years after it was set, while his 20km record was only broken three months ago, having stood for 28 years. But while he is something of a forgotten hero at home, he does return to the limelight every four years, using his expertise to enlighten US Olympics fans about his chosen sport. "I was honoured in 2011 to be approached by NBC on American television who were interested in me commentating for them on the three Olympic walks (at London 2012). "My wife took the initial call and rang me up when I was posting letters saying 'we've had an approach Chris, I've taken the executive decision on your behalf that you would be interested'. "I must have done a good job as they came calling again recently and they want me to do the same role as co-commentator and expert analysis for the Rio Olympics, so for me that's a fantastic way to stay involved at the highest level with the sport that I love." Media playback is not supported on this device

What two things do Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Ben Ainslie and a postman from Tiverton have in common?

Summarize the following article: The plane was diverted to Calgary after turbulence hit and the injured are in a stable condition. Turbulence injuries cannot always be prevented by passengers wearing seatbelts when instructed to do so, and turbulence cannot always be predicted. So what causes plane turbulence in the skies? The list is long. According to to the Federal Aviation Administration, turbulence can be caused by: In-air turbulence is the leading cause of injury to people on flights, according to the FAA, and on average 58 people in the US are injured during turbulent flights when not wearing seatbelts every year. Most turbulence accidents happen at 30,000 ft (9144m) or above. Passengers on the Air Canada flight said the turbulence happened suddenly, with blankets flying up to the ceiling, people screaming and the plane feeling "like a rollercoaster". Turbulence can happen unexpectedly at any time, no matter the weather, Mark Weiss, a former American Airlines pilot of 23 years, told the BBC. "It's just a natural phenomena of weather," he said. "You can't always predict it. It could be as clear as could be, and you could get caught in a jet stream." Airlines are diligent about turning on the "fasten seatbelt" sign if turbulence is predicted, but sometimes it comes out of nowhere, and a seatbelt can only do so much, he said. Pilots can be tipped off to upcoming turbulence by fellow pilots flying ahead, in some cases. A passenger can be wearing a seatbelt too loosely and still be knocked out by severe turbulence-by horizontal or vertical lifting, even getting thrown to the ceiling. People with children on their laps need to be especially careful. Those children are basically "flying objects," he said. Turbulence can cause baggage bins to unlock and suitcases to fall on people, causing injury, or food and beverage carts can get loose. Mr Weiss recalls flying from Puerto Rico and experiencing severe turbulence. "There were broken glasses from dishes... one flight attendant hit the ceiling, landed on arm rest and detached a retina in her eye." Mr Weiss has seen broken arms, broken noses and back and neck injuries from turbulence. Despite warnings, some people are always going to stand up on a long flight to go to the restroom, retrieve water or stretch out, even if the seatbelt sign is on. The best thing for passengers to do is listen to the crew when turbulence hits, he said.

An Air Canada flight bound for Toronto from Shanghai made an emergency landing after severe turbulence injured 21 passengers, including three children.

Summarize the following article: In a phone call with Sergei Lavrov, Mr Kerry said the US held Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker bombs against the city. The US state department said it was making preparations to suspend talks. Aleppo has come under heavy aerial bombardment since the end of a ceasefire a week ago. In response to Mr Kerry's phone call, the Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Evgeny Zagaynov, said the "trend" of Russia being blamed for the attacks in Syria must stop. "It's become a sort of unfortunate tradition that the majority of strikes on civilian facilities in Syria, without checking it ... is blamed on Damascus or Russia,'' he said. But Moscow said on Wednesday they would send diplomats to Geneva to talk to the US about normalising the situation in Aleppo. "On orders of the Russian president, we are ready to continue joint work with our American partners on the Syrian issue," the defence ministry said in a statement. Some 250,000 people are trapped in the rebel-held east of the city. They are under siege from Russian-backed Syrian government forces, which have launched a fierce campaign to recapture the area. The bombardment has been among the worst in the history of the five-year conflict. The US has accused Russia of taking part in strikes on civilian targets and possibly committing war crimes. The two nations have been locked in talks in an attempt to revive a fragile peace agreement, but the US said last week that Russia had openly lied to the UN about its intentions. At least 96 children have been killed and 223 injured in eastern Aleppo since Friday, according to the UN children's agency Unicef. "The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare," said Unicef deputy executive director Justin Forsyth on Wednesday. "There are no words left to describe the suffering they are experiencing." More than 170 people have been killed in east Aleppo since the beginning of the recent offensive, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group. Air strikes continued to hit Aleppo's besieged eastern neighbourhoods on Tuesday night. Local medical workers said that two major hospitals were put out of service by the bombardment. International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) tweeted to say that both hospitals were out of service. Adham Sahloul, a spokesman for the US-based Syrian American Medical Society, which supports the two hospitals, said the two attacks took place at the same time, suggesting they were deliberately targeted. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon denounced the reported attacks on the two hospitals as "war crimes". Addressing crowds in St Peter's Square in Rome on Wednesday, Pope Francis decried the bombing of Aleppo, saying those responsible for killing civilians would have to answer to God. Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and its commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Bashar al-Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east. In the past year, government troops have gradually broken the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes. Earlier this month, they severed the rebels' last route into the east and placed its 250,000 residents under siege. Children in Aleppo have made up a large proportion of casualties from air strikes, according to aid groups. At least 100,000 children remain trapped in the eastern part of the city. In the government-held west, 49 children were killed by rebel shelling in July alone, the New York Times reports, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. On Tuesday, the US pledged to provide an extra $364m (£276m) in humanitarian aid to people affected by the Syrian war. The World Health Organization (WHO) meanwhile called for the "immediate establishment of humanitarian routes" into Aleppo, where hospitals are running out of supplies and rubble-strewn streets are preventing ambulances from getting through.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned his Russian counterpart that Washington will end Syria talks unless Moscow stops the bombing of Aleppo.

Summarize the following article: The city council's public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) would give the police powers to move beggars on and impose fines. The Society of St James said it would criminalise the needy and vulnerable. The council insisted it was trying to cut down on "con-artist beggars". Under the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, local authorities can use PSPOs to ban certain activities they believe are having a "detrimental impact" on the quality of life. Labour-controlled Southampton City Council has published its plans for PSPOs covering the city centre as well as parts of Bitterne, Portswood, Shirley and Woolston. More than 60,000 people signed a petition in Oxford opposing plans for a similar scheme in the city. Trevor Pickup, chief executive of the Society of St James, which works with homeless and vulnerable adults in Southampton, said he was "very concerned". "We've got vulnerable people with drug, alcohol and mental health issues on the streets and tackling that with a criminal justice approach is just not appropriate. "People don't give up drug problems if they've been issued with an enforcement order." Warwick Payne, council cabinet member for housing and sustainability, said cracking down on "overt street begging" was a popular idea. "Quite a lot of people who are begging we think are not homeless at all. "It's trying to make sure we give services and support to those who need it and also wheedle out those who are portraying themselves as homeless and conning Sotonians into giving money out of the goodness of their hearts." The consultation period is due to end on 11 December.

Plans to fine people found begging on the streets of Southampton have been criticised by a homelessness support charity.

Summarize the following article: Alan Wood, 50, was found dead in his home in Lound, near Bourne on 24 October 2009. The Crimewatch programme on Monday is the second appeal on the murder and will also feature an interview with the victim's mother. A £60,000 reward has been offered over Mr Wood's death. He had been stabbed in the eye and throat and police believe his attackers could have tortured him for his bank card PIN numbers. The credit cards were used in Stamford and Bourne in Lincolnshire over the next couple of days, but only a few hundred pounds were withdrawn, Lincolnshire Police said. The programme will feature a reconstruction, along with the new CCTV images and the interview with Mr Wood's mother Maureen, a Crimewatch spokesman said. Four men have been arrested in connection with Mr Wood's murder. Three have been released from bail without further action while a fourth man, aged 20, remains on police bail.

Previously unreleased CCTV footage from an investigation into the murder of a Lincolnshire man is to be shown on BBC One's Crimewatch programme.

Summarize the following article: James McPake was carried off following a challenge on John Rankin and Blair Spittal scored after a free-kick was awarded against the Dundee captain. But Eiji Kawashima's mistake let Kane Hemmings score and Nick Ross' deflected shot also beat the debutant goalkeeper. United's miserable day got worse when midfielder Guy Demel was sent off. It was only Dundee's second win in this fixture in a decade and, significantly, moves them 16 points clear of their city rivals in the Scottish Premiership table. Paul Hartley's side had to fight back from the loss of McPake to a suspected dislocated knee early on after he fouled Rankin. The captain was booked by referee Kevin Clancy before being taken to hospital for treatment. To make matters worse for the hosts, Spittal scored from the resulting free kick, the midfielder curling a swerving 25-yard effort past a helpless Scott Bain. However, the Dundee goalkeeper did make a couple of crucial saves after that. First, he pushed away an acute angled drive from Billy Mckay, set up by another fine bit of play by Spittal with a defence-splitting pass. Then it was Rankin's turn to be denied by Bain as United played the more incisive football for long spells in the early stages. It was typical blood and thunder derby fare at a packed Dens Park, the first 45 minutes being particularly eventful, with Kawashima heavily involved. The Japanese international was cleared to make his debut and, for long spells of the first half, you could see why manager Mixu Paatelainen worked so hard to get him. He made a couple of decent saves during an opening period dominated by his new team, but four minutes from half time he showed an alarming vulnerability. The Tannadice team have struggled all season to cope with high balls played into their penalty box and so it proved again. Nicky Low played a free-kick from deep on top of Kawashima, who made a hash of his punch and Hemmings hooked the loose ball home for his sixth goal in the last three matches. The goalkeeper claimed in vain for a foul and it was a painful lesson that he cannot expect the sort of protection in Scotland that he has been used to back home or during his spell in Belgium. Not that his afternoon got any better as Dundee hit the front in 62 minutes with the aid of a deflection as a Ross shot spun off Sean Dillon. That was enough to wrong foot the unfortunate goalkeeper and his new team start the New Year rooted to the foot of the table and needing a miracle to stay up.

Dundee came from behind to win the second city derby of the season as Dundee United failed to improve their position at the foot of the table.

Summarize the following article: The accident happened at the junction with the M49, near Redwick, Gloucestershire - junction 22 - after 09:30 BST on Thursday. As a result, the M49 northbound was also shut. Recovery works are expected to continue into the evening.

A slip road leading on to the westbound section of the M4 approaching the Severn Bridge has been closed after a lorry overturned and shed its load.

Summarize the following article: However, the proposed ban will not apply to wearing the veils on the streets, officials say. Those who flout the ban could be fined up to €405 ($450;£290). Only a few hundred women in the Netherlands are thought to wear burkas, most of them only occasionally. The proposed new law will be sent to a panel of legal advisers for assessment, reports say. The panel was heavily critical of an effort in 2012 by the government to ban burkas, saying it breached constitutional religious freedom provisions. "Face-covering clothing will in future not be accepted in education and healthcare institutions, government buildings and on public transport," the government said in a statement after the cabinet approved Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk's bill.

The Dutch cabinet has approved plans for a partial ban on wearing the face-covering Islamic veil in public places including schools, hospitals and on public transport.

Summarize the following article: Victorian scientists believed the creature was a giraffe with a trunk and a "missing link" between mammals. Digital reconstructions of the bones show that while the giraffe was gigantic, the theory that it was as big as an elephant was not true. The findings, published in Biology Letters, shed new light on the work of 19th Century fossil hunters. The first fossil specimen was found by the Scottish geologist Hugh Falconer and the English engineer Proby Thomas Cautley on an expedition to the Siwalik hills in India in the 1830s. In a paper published in 1836, the two men outlined their discovery of an animal with a skull the size of an elephant which they believed had a trunk. Palaeontologists envisaged it as an elephant sized, moose-like creature - a view that has prevailed. Christopher Basu of the Royal Veterinary College in Hertfordshire, co-researcher of the study, said the fossil hunters did a "beautiful job at describing it and taking measurements", although it turns out the body mass calculation was "educated guesswork". Sivatherium was a giant relative of modern giraffes, living over one million years ago in both Africa and Asia. Unlike the giraffes of today, Sivatherium had a short neck, with short, stocky legs. At the time of the first discovery of bones of the mammal in the 1800s it was thought to be a link between giraffes and elephants. "They thought it was this missing link animal," Mr Basu, a veterinary scientist, told BBC News. "They had never seen anything that size with that kind of anatomy." As part of research into the anatomy of living giraffes, he used modern computer methods to investigate the skeleton of the giraffe "cousin". By reconstructing the animal's anatomy in 3D, he was able to estimate its body mass. "As a palaeontologist, it is really important to understand the basic question - how big was this animal?" he explained. The research - carried out with Liverpool John Moores University - came up with an estimated body mass of 1,246kg (857 to 1,812kg range). This is thought to be an underestimate, as it does not take into account large horns possessed by the males. Although its size does not approach that of an African elephant, the animal - dubbed "Siva's beast" - was certainly a large member of the giraffe family and may have been the largest ruminant mammal that has ever lived. "This was probably the largest giraffe relative to have ever existed, which makes it the largest ruminant that's ever existed," said Mr Basu, who is studying for a PhD. Such a large ruminant might have struggled to eat enough to provide the energy needed to power such a large body, he added. "It's a rare animal," he said. "It's pushing the limits of its anatomy." Follow Helen on Twitter.

A prehistoric giraffe that died out 10,000 years ago might have been the largest ruminant that walked the Earth.

Summarize the following article: It wants to introduce the letter K into the Welsh language alphabet and re-route any M4 relief road around seaside resorts to boost tourism. The party is fielding candidates on all five regional lists around Wales. Spokesman Captain Madness said they were hopeful of getting a third of an AM under the proportional voting system.

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party has published its "Manic-festo" for the Welsh assembly election in May.

Summarize the following article: The South African originally signed a two-year deal when he joined the Welsh county in the winter of 2013. Glamorgan announced the deal on the day all-rounder Jim Allenby left the county to join Somerset and Craig Meschede signed on a season-long loan. A club statement said Rudolph was "one of the key senior players around which Glamorgan will build their future." Rudolph has previously played county cricket for Surrey and Yorkshire. The left-hander has played 48 Tests for South Africa at an average of 35.43 runs and also has a slightly higher average in one-day internationals. He was Glamorgan best one-day batsman in 2014, scoring 575 at an average of 82.14 in the 50-over game and averaged 60.33 in the T20 league. Glamorgan finished second from bottom in division two of the County Championship last season, but even in a struggling team Rudolph scored 857 runs at an average of 31.74.

Opening batsman Jacques Rudolph has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Glamorgan until 2017.

Summarize the following article: Dutch legend Cruyff died from cancer last Thursday at the age of 68. An image of Cruyff will appear on big screens in the 14th minute, reflecting the number worn by the former Barcelona and Ajax player and coach. England will also wear black armbands and there will be a minute's silence to mark the Brussels terror attacks.

England fans will be asked to take part in a minute's applause for Johan Cruyff 14 minutes into the friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley on Tuesday.

Summarize the following article: An MQM leader, Farooq Sattar, said the move was in protest over an army-led crackdown allegedly targeting the party's supporters in Karachi. The authorities say the action has improved security and is not politically motivated. The MQM has long denied charges of using violence to control Karachi. Though currently in opposition, the party has joined governing coalitions at various points in its 30-year history. The resignation decision applied to the party's 24 MPs in the lower house of parliament, its eight senators in the upper house, as well as its 51 members in the Sindh provincial assembly. The resignations will create a significant vacuum in parliament, if and when they are accepted, says the BBC Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi. He says this could lead to a major by-election, which the government of PM Nawaz Sharif is keen to avoid. What is MQM? 1984: Founded as the party of Urdu-speakers who migrated from India at the time of the 1947 partition, known as Muhajir 1988: Wins all seats in Karachi, becoming Pakistan's third largest party 1992: Party chief Altaf Hussain leaves country after an arrest warrant is issued in a murder case; army claims to have busted "torture cells" used by MQM activists to punish opponents 2004: Emerges as major ally of military ruler General Pervez Musharraf 2014: London police raid the home of Altaf Hussain, who still controls the party, and investigate claims of money laundering and murder

Lawmakers from Pakistan's fourth-largest party, the opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), have resigned from both chambers of parliament.

Summarize the following article: The magician died on Thursday aged 77 at his Berkshire home, a month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. McGee said her husband did not know he was dying in his final days. "He was in, what the consultants said was, a happy, confused state. He knew who everybody was, but his brain wasn't processing new information [due to the tumour]," she told the BBC. McGee, who married Daniels in 1988 after many years as his on-stage assistant, said they had the kind of marriage "most people dream of", saying: "We had a life that was full of laughter... we were so happy together." Daniels was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour last month. "I've cried my heart out some nights but it all happened so quickly," McGee said. "On the day he was diagnosed the tumour had already spread so far that they knew he only had a few weeks to live. Then, in two days he deteriorated from feeling lethargic to having other symptoms, so he actually didn't really know what was going on. Daniels was born Newton Edward Daniels in Middlesbrough and developed his magic skills in working men's clubs, making his TV debut on talent series Opportunity Knocks. He then took over the primetime Saturday night slot with his BBC show, which started in 1979. Daniels was known for a string of catchphrases, including the line: "You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it." BBC correspondent Nick Higham said: "Paul Daniels could be chippy and some thought him smug. He fell out with BBC managers who dropped his show in the 1990s. "But there was no doubting his popularity - or his talent." It was initially suspected Daniels had suffered a stroke after he fell at home, but it was then discovered he had an inoperable tumour. His son, Martin Daniels, said at the time: "He has said before, 'When it's your time it's your time' and that's how he is trying to face up to things." As well as McGee, Daniels leaves his three sons from a previous marriage - Martin, Paul and Gary. Gary Daniels has tweeted a picture of a rabbit in a magician's hat with a tear in its eye, by friend and artist Helen Martin, and wrote: "It is with incredible sadness that I can confirm that Dad, Paul Daniels, passed away overnight." In addition to his magic, Daniels presented game shows in the 1980s and '90s, including Wipeout, Every Second Counts and Odd One Out. He also designed special effects for the stage productions of Cats and Phantom Of The Opera, and was commissioned by the English National Ballet to create magical effects for The Nutcracker. Daniels had continued touring with his magic show and was booked to perform at venues across the UK this year, according to his website, before news of his illness emerged. He supported a number of charities during his life, taking part in fundraising events and entertaining children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Magic Circle said Daniels had "been an inspiration to many magicians" and is of "legendary status" in the world of magic. In a statement, it said: "At the height of his career The Paul Daniels Magic Show on BBC One pulled more than 20 million viewers - that was more than one third of the British population regularly tuning in on a Saturday night to watch a magician make them laugh and witness feats of wonder such as his famous Chop Cup routine. "In this day and age of fragmented media platforms, no other magician is likely to be able to achieve such a TV ratings record." It added that "the magic world owes Paul a huge debt". Illusionist Dynamo told the BBC: "Without Paul Daniels I don't think I'd be doing magic today, so it's really a testament to how important he is for the magic world, he was a true master and [his death] is just such sad news. "He was a real personality, he didn't just perform a bunch of tricks, he knew how to take something and make it magical but humorous at the same time. "He had his own style which I don't think anybody could ever emulate or recreate. Paul Daniels for me is probably the best magicians Britain has ever had. He has such an amazing legacy in magic." Louis Theroux, who filmed a documentary with Daniels and McGee, wrote: "RIP Paul Daniels, a thoughtful skeptic, enemy of hucksterism and paranormal flimflam, and gifted magician." Ola Jordan, who danced with Daniels when he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, tweeted that it had been "a pleasure and honour" to work with her "amazing dance partner".

Debbie McGee has said she and husband Paul Daniels lived a "fairytale life" together.

Summarize the following article: Christopher Halliwell was jailed on Friday for the 2003 murder of Becky Godden, having already been convicted of killing Sian O'Callaghan in 2011. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, ex-detective Steve Fulcher said Halliwell told him "police want to interview me about eight murders". Mr Fulcher said he "concluded" it meant Halliwell was linked to other cases. "There's no question, from all the information I gathered when I was running this inquiry in 2011, that he has committed other murders," he added. In particular, he suggested Halliwell could have been involved with the disappearance of Linda Razzell, who was last seen on her way to work in Swindon in 2002. The 41-year-old mother-of-four's husband, Glyn Razzell, was sentenced to life in prison for her murder but claims to be innocent and the victim of a conspiracy. Ms Razzell's family, however, told BBC Wales they have "no doubt" that Razzell is guilty. "We were 100% happy with the police investigation," a family spokesman said. Mr Fulcher said police were aware Halliwell had a "direct relationship" with Mrs Razzell. However, he denied newspaper reports he had suggested Halliwell could be linked to the disappearance of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence. The Sunday Express reported Mr Fulcher as saying Ms Lawrence's case "fitted Halliwell's behaviour". But North Yorkshire Police said they were "not aware" of any evidence to link Halliwell to Ms Lawrence. She vanished in York in March 2009. Wiltshire Police are also not linking Halliwell to any other murders but were due to liaise with other police forces over cases. Det Supt Memory said: "It is fair to say that there may be other victims as there is an eight-year gap, however I am not linking him to any other investigation at this time." Mr Fulcher resigned from Wiltshire Police in 2014 after being found guilty of gross misconduct for failing to follow the proper procedures when arresting Halliwell in 2011. During the investigation into the disappearance of Ms O'Callaghan, Halliwell offered to take police to "another one" and led Mr Fulcher to a field in Gloucestershire, where Becky Godden's remains were found. The evidence gathered by Mr Fulcher, however, was ruled inadmissible as he had not cautioned Halliwell. Ms Godden's mother, Karen Edwards, has praised Mr Fulcher for his actions but he has been repeatedly criticised by her father John Godden. The 52-year-old taxi driver from Swindon was jailed for life in 2011 for killing Ms O'Callaghan. Ms O'Callaghan mother, Elaine Pickford, said she felt there was "too much speculation going on" around other suspected victims of Halliwell. "Despite my belief that there is likely to have been more victims, I personally do not feel it is helpful to either the police or those families to publicly speculate on those victims, scenarios and to presume," she said. "Having been through the awful five-day experience when Sian was missing, you are, as a parent and a family, imagining all sorts of things, as well as trying to retain some small hope. "Public speculation I don't feel would have helped us, just facts, which we were kept up to date on during those days and sadly when Sian was found." Becky Godden's remains were also discovered. in 2011, in a field in Eastleach, Gloucestershire. Christopher Halliwell was arrested outside a supermarket in Swindon at the height of the search for office worker Sian O'Callaghan. At the time, it was still a search for a missing person and former Wiltshire Police detective Steve Fulcher "pleaded" with Halliwell "for Sian O'Callaghan's life". "After a period of time all he said was 'have you got a car? we'll go' "On that basis I allowed him to direct us to the White Horse at Uffington, where subsequently Sian O'Callaghan's body was found." It was at this point - when police realised that Sian was dead - that Halliwell should have been taken to a police station and given access to a lawyer. But Halliwell dropped a bombshell. He told Mr Fulcher "there was another one". The detective chose to break guidelines saying there was a flaw which "doesn't allow police officers to act in the interests of the parties whose lives are threatened". "It's a straight case between a victim's right to life and an offender's right to silence." He led officers to a field in Eastleach, Gloucestershire, and paced out to the final resting place of Becky Godden.

A double murderer may be linked to six other murders, according to a former detective who arrested him.

Summarize the following article: Prof Carl Jones, from Carmarthen, has saved birds including the pink pigeon and echo parakeet during 40 years of work in Mauritius. He also expanded the number of Mauritius kestrels from just four in the wild to more than 300 in a decade. Prof Jones will be awarded the 2016 Indianapolis Prize in London. The man who nominated him for the award, Dr Simon N Stuart, chairman of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission, said: "I know of no other conservationist who has directly saved so many species from extinction." Of the 63 bird, mammal and amphibian species worldwide that have been down-listed on the IUCN Red List as a result of conservation initiatives, Prof Jones has led the recovery efforts for six of them. The cash prize and Lilly Medal will be presented to the professor, who is chief scientist of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and scientific director of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, at the Natural History Museum. Prof Jones is known as a "Durrell disciple", having worked closely with author and naturalist Gerald Durrell since the 1970s. He said: "It's a great accolade not just for me, but for Gerry Durrell and the people who have made this work possible over the years. "I'm particularly proud of this award because it validates the conservation of animals — like Telfair's skinks and pink pigeons — that are not megavertebrates, but provide critically important ecosystem services nonetheless."

A conservationist from Wales who has brought back at least nine species from the brink of extinction will receive a £170,000 ($250,000) prize later.

Summarize the following article: Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey will bring the Welfare Reform Bill back to the assembly next week, alongside a new implementation plan. But Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy said this was "a mistake". He said his party was already exploring a petition of concern to block the bill. Mr Robinson said if the bill is not passed he will ask the secretary of state to take control of welfare. If she refuses to do so, the devolved institutions are likely to collapse. However, Mr Murphy said the proposal that Theresa Villiers could take control of welfare powers would be "unacceptable" to Sinn Féin. In the politics of Stormont, the next crisis is just around the corner. Or make that next week. If the DUP carries out the threat to bring the welfare bill back to the assembly then it will surely fall, short of a Sinn Féin about-turn of mammoth proportions. What the secretary of state will do is less clear. Taking control of welfare, as Peter Robinson wants, is unlikely to be her first choice. Her meetings with the party leaders this week could be fraught, And possibly fruitless as well. This may still drag on and on. In the short term, the head of the civil service could direct that an emergency budget be drawn up of up to 95% of the real budget. But that is a sticking plaster. Short of political agreement, of the Stormont House variety or something else, the prospects for Stormont look bleak. Mr Robinson said the welfare reform issue had "run out of road" and was making Stormont's finances unsustainable. He said the implementation plan being produced by the social development minister could be "tweaked" by the other Stormont parties. However, he added that Sinn Féin's continuing insistence that all current and future claimants should not lose out was "an impossible ask". He said the welfare bill could be debated on Tuesday, and if it fails to pass he would formally ask the secretary of state to take back welfare powers or to legislate. He added that if the assembly was to collapse, Westminster would still have to legislate for welfare reform in Northern Ireland. Finance Minister Arlene Foster said she will also produce a budget that would show how each Stormont department would be impacted if welfare reform is not passed. Mrs Foster has already said failure to agree will open up a £500m hole in the budget as it would prevent the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement. Theresa Villiers said she would be meeting the parties this week to try to find a solution. "I've said repeatedly that it's crucial the parties resolve the welfare reform impasse and press ahead with implementing the Stormont House Agreement, which includes putting the executive's finances back on a sustainable footing for the future." She added: "The consequences of the executive not being able to meet its commitments could put the institutions at risk, which is in no-one's interests."

First Minister Peter Robinson has warned that the Stormont Assembly could collapse next week if welfare reform is not agreed.

Summarize the following article: Japan's Hirooki Arai, who came home third, was subsequently disqualified for a collision with Canada's Evan Dunfee, but was reinstated to the bronze medal position on appeal. Heffernan, 38, was eighth in the 20km in Beijing, ninth in London four years later and third in the 50km in 2012. He had previously made his debut in Sydney in 2000. "At 36-38km I thought I was going to win it," said Heffernan afterwards. "I got bad cramps then but it's still a magnificent performance. I'm still there or thereabouts so you have to take the positives. "This is the only day of the year that counts. Obviously I would have liked to have won a medal. I love training in the summer and I love training for these championships. "It's all about tunnel vision and getting ready for the big day," added the 2013 World Championship gold medallist. Brendan Boyce finished 19th in 3:53.59 but Alex Wright was forced to withdraw mid-race due to a fluid intake problem.

Ireland's Robert Heffernan finished sixth in the 50km walk in 3:43.55 at his fifth Olympic Games in Rio.

Summarize the following article: The £3,500 consignment was discovered after being abandoned at Carlisle railway station in August last year. During a trial at Liverpool Crown Court, Barry Kelly and Craig Colquhoun denied trying to buy the stash. Two other men who supplied the weapons, William Dempsey, a serving soldier, and Martin Ashdown, pleaded guilty to firearm offences. The trial heard that Dempsey, 29, a private serving with the 5th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland in Canterbury got off a Scotland bound train at Carlisle on 17 August 2012. He was dressed in desert combat uniform and carrying two camouflage bags. He told station staff he thought he was being followed by police and asked them to look after the bags. When he did not return British Transport Police opened the bags. As well as a form bearing Dempsey's name, rank and number, officers also discovered the illegal haul of guns and ammunition. The consignment involved an Uzi sub-machine gun and silencer, a shortened 12 bore double barrel shotgun, a 6.35mm handgun - all in working order - and 136 cartridges for the weapons and a further 58 revolver cartridges. Potential purchaser A mobile phone was also found and data from this item led to the arrest of three other men, said Nicholas Kennedy, prosecuting. Mr Kennedy said that Ashdown, 32, was the source of the firearms and Dempsey, through his friendship with him, was able to provide a potential purchaser for them and was facilitator of the deal. He said that Kelly, formerly from Darvel in Ayrshire, was the purchaser and that Colquhoun, from Barrhead near Glasgow, was his "right hand man and played an important role in the sale and purchase of firearms". He told the jury that the proof of the conspiracies lay in communications between the defendants in texts, Blackberry messages and phone calls. Mr Kennedy said that £3,500 was paid into Dempsey's bank account by Colquhoun on 16 August and it was withdrawn in Canterbury the same day. Dempsey was arrested in Carlisle and Kelly was arrested in December. The court heard that when Kelly's home was searched more than £20,000 was found in his loft and a further £180 in a wallet in the living room. Colquhoun was also arrested on the same day at a house in Barrhead and Ashdown was arrested in Canterbury. The jury found Kelly and Colquhoun guilty of five offences involving conspiring to sell prohibited weapons and conspiring to purchase a shotgun and cartridges without a licence between 12 and 17 August last year. The two men were remanded in custody and will be sentenced along with Dempsey and Ashdown on 25 October.

Two men have been convicted of being involved in a plot to buy guns and ammunition destined for Scotland.

Summarize the following article: They can have a curious impact upon the unwary politician. Recycled air competes with reheated clichés to dull the senses. Bouts of ennui are followed by spells of frenzied enthusiasm, occasionally genuine. Ruth Davidson is just back from the Conservative gathering in Birmingham. There she was feted as a star. Her opinions were sought, her views cited - even if - especially when she deviated a tad from the UK party line. At Birmingham, she was if not quite the top banana then certainly pretty high up the tree. She even expressed a keen interest in appearing upon Strictly Come Dancing. The nation awaits her paso doble with a mixture of mute astonishment and mischievous anticipation. Anyway, she returned, stimulated by the light, invigorating breeze from Birmingham's canals. (The city has, as every Brummie will tell you, more miles of canal than Venice. Without, of course, the Doge's Palace, St Mark's Square, the Bridge of Sighs and the quattrocento masterpieces - but these, no doubt, are pending in what the PM billed the Midlands Engine.) One would scarcely be human if such star billing did not have an impact. Certainly, it would appear to have emboldened Ms Davidson - not that she needed much encouragement, her chutzpah count being already fairly high. And so, her courage suitably stiffened, she challenged the First Minister to say what she intended to do about Brexit. Come on, FM, sort it out, would you? Ms Sturgeon rose slowly to her feet. "Oh look out!", as John Lennon yells towards the end of Abbey Road. (The album, that is, not the London street.) You could just see the FM thinking "up with this I will not put". And so it proved. According to the FM, her Conservative counterpart had something of a cheek demanding action on Brexit. Which, she reminded the chamber, had resulted from a decision taken by Ms Davidson's own party. Nothing daunted, the Tory leader argued, in essence, that we are where we are. The choice now was to whinge or to act. She opted for action, disowning the course of mumping. In response, Ms Sturgeon said that she too would seek to mitigate the impact of Brexit - as outlined in a report from the Fraser of Allander Institute - but would be considerably assisted in that endeavour if the UK government would drop a couple of hints as to how they intended to proceed. Later still, Ms Sturgeon returned to the topic of the Conservative conference when invited to do so by Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrats. Mr Rennie spoke with evident disapproval of the idea floated in Birmingham that there might be an audit of foreign workers in the UK. Ms Sturgeon described this notion as, among other things, "disgusting" - and urged its withdrawal. Foreign workers here, she said, should be welcomed, not deployed as potential bargaining chips in any negotiation with the EU. But, of course, the Brexit train has yet to leave the station. Which brings us to the topic raised by Labour's Kezia Dugdale. She was exercised by delays and overcrowding on Scotland's rail network. This was a deftly populist issue advanced by the Labour leader. Commuters, she knows, are decidedly open to suggestions that their service could benefit from improvement. Ms Sturgeon knows that and so she tiptoed towards the topic. Yes, things could be better but ministers were acting. It was better, she said, than "carping from the sidelines". Or perhaps, in this case, the branch line. Ms Dugdale looked ever so slightly hurt. As far as she was aware, she was doing her job of holding the First Minister to account. Still, onwards and upwards. Ms Dugdale and Mr Rennie left to hone their carping skills. Ms Sturgeon departed for Iceland where she is to speak about environmental conditions in the Arctic Circle. Or Fraserburgh, as it is known in the North-east. And Ms Davidson pirouetted out of the chamber before executing a deft Palais glide, all the while humming one of the lighter airs from HMS Pinafore.

Having attended party conferences since the Middle Ages, I can attest that they offer an environment every bit as surreal as anything summoned up by Miró or Magritte.

Summarize the following article: Ddydd Mercher fe wnaeth Plaid Cymru lansio eu cynllun fframwaith nhw ar gyfer cynyddu niferoedd y siaradwyr Cymraeg. Maen nhw'n dweud bod angen buddsoddi yn y cadarnleoedd gorllewinol sydd wedi gweld cwymp sylweddol dros gyfnod y tri chyfrifiad diwethaf. Byddai hynny yn cynnwys strategaeth sy'n sicrhau bod swyddi yn cael eu dosbarthu yn fwy cyfartal ar draws Cymru. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn dweud y bydda nhw'n gweithio gyda phob plaid i gyrraedd miliwn o siaradwyr erbyn 2050

Mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru ddangos ewyllys gwleidyddol i sicrhau eu bod nhw'n cyrraedd y targed o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, yn ôl Plaid Cymru.

Summarize the following article: The defeat means they have won just one of their last four matches and are not yet certain of avoiding relegation. But Guidolin insists the players haven't given up on the season. "This [being on the beach] is a new phrase for me but this is not us at the moment," he said. "I've seen my team work very well in training. "Against Newcastle it's true, we didn't play well. "After the win against Chelsea we had a moment where we relaxed, but not against Leicester." Guidolin feels a number of sides are still looking over their shoulders. "I don't know in the Premier League if this is a usual situation because there are other teams the same as us," he said. "Bournemouth, Stoke, Watford, Crystal Palace and West Brom (are) also all in our situation (on) around 40 points. "I spoke with my players and they are convinced to play the right way and play the remaining games as three finals." Guidolin's future at the Liberty Stadium beyond the end of the season remains uncertain but he is not concerned that his situation is yet to be resolved. The Italian says it is more important that Swansea mathematically secure their top flight status rather than focus on his future. "Every week I speak with my players about this," Guidolin added. "At the moment we are not mathematically safe and we need points. "We are in a good position but I am focused to improve our position in the table." Former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has been strongly linked with a return to the Liberty Stadium. Guidolin confirmed that Alberto Paloschi and Leroy Fer are set to miss out on Saturday's home clash with Liverpool due to hamstring injuries.

Francesco Guidolin has dismissed suggestions that Swansea City's players are 'already on the beach' and maintains they played well during last weekend's 4-0 thrashing by Leicester.

Summarize the following article: David Kennedy will leave his job as chief executive of Northampton Borough Council at the end of July. It comes as police investigate "alleged financial irregularities" regarding the council's £10m loan to Northampton Town Football Club. The money, released in 2013 to fund the redevelopment of Sixfields Stadium and nearby land, has yet to be recovered. Mr Kennedy, who was appointed in 2007, was questioned by police under caution last month along with borough solicitor Francis Fernandes. Live updates: Read more Northamptonshire stories here The BBC understands Mr Kennedy has been off work on sick leave. In a statement, he said: "I have been proud to serve the public of Northampton for the last decade. "I have concluded that the time is right for someone else to lead the council's excellent and committed staff. "I want to thank all those who have worked with me and supported me since 2007 and wish them well in the future." The statement released by the borough council goes on to clarify that Mr Kennedy's resignation "is not the subject of any termination payment, pension enhancement or settlement agreement".

One of two senior council officers questioned by police over a £10m loan to a football club has resigned.

Summarize the following article: The captain alerted Dyfed-Powys Police on Saturday morning when crew realised Josh Winsper from Cornwall was missing. Police divers and HM Coastguard were involved in the search. Police said identification had not taken place as yet and next of kin had been informed of the latest development. Earlier, Mr Winsper's family posted a plea to find him on social media. His aunt told the Cornish Guardian the family were "holding out for a miracle". Mr Winsper was last seen at Astoria nightclub in the town at 02:30 BST on Saturday. Rachel Gerred-Hart‎ told the newspaper: "His mother Sandra Winsper is beside herself with worry. "You wouldn't believe the support coming from the town of Milford Haven. On behalf of the family we want to say the Welsh police have been incredible."

A body has been found in the search for a 24-year-old crewman who went missing while his vessel was at Milford Haven docks in Pembrokeshire.

Summarize the following article: The 40-year-old was infected with the virus while at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone in 2014. She is alleged to have given dishonest answers to medical staff when she returned to Heathrow airport. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has been investigating Ms Cafferkey's conduct. The charges against her had never been made public but were accidentally uploaded to the NMC website. Ms Cafferkey said the NMC has since apologised. The council alleges that she "allowed an incorrect temperature to be recorded" on 29 December 2014 and intended to conceal from Public Health England staff that she had a temperature higher than 38C. Registered NHS nurse Ms Cafferkey travelled to the West African country at the height of the Ebola crisis to help the sick. She returned to London and then travelled on to Scotland before being diagnosed, and spent almost a month being treated in an isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. Ms Cafferkey recovered but was readmitted to hospital on two separate occasions after suffering complications linked to the disease, and at one stage fell critically ill. But she returned to work as a nurse at the Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, where she had been employed before volunteering to go to Sierra Leone with the Save the Children charity. She described at the time how she was "very happy to be alive" and was looking forward to returning to a "normal life". However, in the months that followed her health suffered as she had issues with her thyroid, her hair fell out and she had headaches and pains in her joints. But Ms Cafferkey stressed that she felt lucky because she had not lost her sight as others had done. In March of last year the NMC began investigating her conduct and she was summoned for a preliminary hearing in Edinburgh. She was not told the charges against her at that time, but they were thought to centre on allegations that she was unwell before she began her journey and her symptoms were obscured. The NMC has now released the full charges, which allege Ms Cafferkey did not tell Public Health England screening staff who took her temperature at the airport that she had recently taken paracetamol. She is also said to have left the area without reporting her true temperature. A hearing on Ms Cafferkey's fitness to practise is set to take place in Edinburgh next month. The NMC has the power to strike workers off the professional register. A spokesman for the NMC said it had been working closely with Ms Cafferkey and her representatives to reach an outcome "that is fair and meets the public interest". He added: "Since the NMC's case examiners considered the allegations and drafted charges, we have received further evidence. "The final charges the panel will consider will be determined in light of this new material. A process of ongoing review is part of our normal practice in all cases. "Ms Cafferkey and her representatives have cooperated fully throughout this process. Currently we are working towards scheduling the case for a panel to consider on 13 September." In a statement Pauline Cafferky said: "The NMC has apologised to me through my solicitor for the unfortunate mistake they made in uploading the allegations to their website in advance of the hearing next month. "It's only then that the full facts now known to the NMC will be shared with the panel. Those facts, that have not yet been made public, will be considered by the panel as part of its review of all relevant information. "I would very much hope that after the case has been considered by the panel the matter will be at an end. "I have no further comment to make. "

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey faces disciplinary action over claims she concealed her temperature at an Ebola screening on her return to the UK.

Summarize the following article: Margaret Hughes, 91, was found dead in her bungalow during floods at St Asaph, Denbighshire, in November 2012. Witness Steven Green told the Ruthin hearing he knocked on her door at 09:00 GMT and said she should go with him. But the pensioner, who was eating breakfast, "weighed up the pros and cons" and declined, shutting the door. Mr Green said he had been staying with his parents in a nearby street when the floods hit. He woke up to see a lot of activity on the street and so decided to check on his grandmother, who lived next door to Mrs Hughes. Mr Green's grandmother was safe, but he saw a Red Cross worker at Mrs Hughes' door and went to help. "I think you need to come with us," Mr Green told the great-grandmother. At that point the flood water was flowing but had not reached kerb height. It was a foot away from her house, Mr Green said. "She was eating her breakfast," Mr Green told the inquest. "She looked like she gave it some thought, she weighed it up but she decided not to... and closed the door." He added: "She looked like she weighed up the pros and cons of it." Mr Green told the hearing Mrs Hughes looked "warm and cosy". "She was old but she understood what I was asking her to do," he said. "There was no misunderstanding." The hearing also heard from David Hallows, one of two Red Cross workers who had been asked to help evacuate the area. "From what I could see happening, a crisis was coming," he said. Mr Hallows said he advised Mrs Hughes to leave her home, and pointed to her disabled ramp which had water lapping up around it. "I think she felt comfortable where she was and she wanted to stay," he said. "She said she was fine and the door was closed." Water levels rose by up to 7ft (2.1m) in about 30 minutes. On Wednesday, the inquest heard Mrs Hughes had joined a flood warning scheme but an alert failed to reach her. She had signed up to receive alerts through her daughter Gwenda Jones's mobile phone, who she said she did not get one on that day. The hearing continues.

A "vulnerable" pensioner who drowned during severe flooding refused to leave her home as water levels rose, an inquest has heard.

Summarize the following article: Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian and British citizen, collapsed in Moscow last Tuesday. The 33-year-old was in a coma for almost a week and has been diagnosed with acute kidney failure. He has now regained consciousness but still has difficulty communicating; tests to determine what caused his mysterious illness are continuing. "He was perfectly healthy before, he'd had no chronic illnesses," the activist's father, also Vladimir, says. "It's clear he's been poisoned. But by what or who, we don't know." Vladimir Kara-Murza was a close friend of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in Moscow in February. The chief doctor at the Moscow hospital treating Mr Kara-Murza told the BBC that tests revealed traces of an antidepressant. He speculated that the citalopram, which the activist was taking, may have accumulated in his body if he had a prior, undetected kidney problem. It may also have reacted with an antihistamine Mr Kara-Murza used for hay fever. His family are sceptical. "It was just a nasal spray," his father points out, unconvinced that a few drops could have triggered the "nuclear explosion" in his son's kidneys. Other doctors also say his symptoms are not typical of a citalopram overdose. "It is not the usual picture, whether an overdose is deliberate or inadvertent," believes Eran Segal. Called in by family friends, the Israeli doctor examined the activist shortly after he was rushed to hospital. "It could be a severe infection or maybe some other toxin we are not aware of," Dr Segal told the BBC. "But there is no evidence of the cause." After living abroad for some years, Vladimir Kara-Murza now works for the opposition organisation Open Russia run by oligarch-in-exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky. His most recent Facebook post is an advert for an Open Russia film alleging serious human rights abuses and corruption in Chechnya. His father says he was chief "organiser" of the project, but never mentioned receiving any threats. While the "picture" of symptoms in such a young man is unusual, Dr Segal stresses that it is not necessarily suspicious. But a long history of mysterious deaths linked to Russia is fuelling the family's doubts. Just last month an inquest in the UK heard that traces of a rare plant poison had been detected in the stomach of Russian businessman Alexander Perepilichny. A whistleblower in a major tax fraud investigation, his sudden death in 2012 had long been considered suspicious. So, the Kara-Murza family has sent samples of Vladimir's nails and beard hair to four countries for analysis. Tests so far have not detected toxins. "Maybe they've thought up some new poison," Mr Kara-Murza told the BBC. "Or maybe it's a total coincidence: that a politician, an inconvenient one, was poisoned by some cocktail that had gone off," he added. Though he rated the chances of that as one in a million, he stressed that such a scenario would be ideal. "That means there's no threat to our family. We can walk the streets. My son doesn't have to leave the country," the father said. "But if someone did want to frighten us," he said, "then they succeeded."

The father of a Russian opposition activist has told the BBC he believes the sudden, severe illness of his son is suspicious.

Summarize the following article: The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) website said two vulnerabilities found in the Windows version of QuickTime had been reported to Apple. But ZDI said it was "advised that the product would be deprecated on Windows" and that Apple would publish software removal instructions. Apple has not officially announced the end of QuickTime on Windows. QuickTime is a multimedia solution that was developed by Apple to handle video, audio and interactive content on its computers. It was first released in 1991 and a version was later made available to download for Windows computers. The Zero Day Initiative website publishes details of security holes in software that have not been patched or are being actively exploited in the wild. Although QuickTime can still be downloaded from Apple's website, ZDI said the company had indicated it was no longer being updated on Windows systems. In a security bulletin, security firm Trend Micro said newly discovered vulnerabilities left the software insecure. "The only way to protect your Windows systems from potential attacks against these or other vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime now is to uninstall it," it said. However, it is understood QuickTime on a Mac will continue to receive updates. Although Apple has not announced the end of QuickTime on Windows, its website describes part of the software package as a "legacy" tool. Its guide to uninstalling QuickTime on Windows states: "Uninstalling QuickTime 7 also removes the legacy QuickTime 7 web plug-in, if present. Removing legacy browser plug-ins enhances the security of your PC." Apple declined to comment.

Apple has stopped producing updates for its QuickTime media player software on Windows, according to security experts.

Summarize the following article: The 23-year-old was sent off after a mass brawl in the semi-final on 11 May and missed the final against Ajax, which United won 2-0. However, the suspension has now been extended to include two more games. Bailly will miss the Super Cup against Real Madrid on 8 August and United's first Champions League group match. The Ivory Coast international's case does not qualify for an appeal because European football's governing body Uefa only overturns decisions made by the referee in cases of mistaken identity. Bailly was sent off for a swipe at Celta's former Manchester City striker John Guidetti, with Facundo Roncaglia dismissed for retaliating. The Premier League club also received a warning from Uefa for a late kick-off to the semi-final.

Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has been given a three-match ban for his red card against Celta Vigo in the Europa League.

Summarize the following article: Goldman Sachs, Korean private equity firm MBK Partners and others will keep a 49% stake in the Osaka-based theme park that opened in 2001, Comcast said. The cable firm already owns Universal Studios and its theme parks through its NBC Universal unit. USJ, a rival to Tokyo Disneyland, struggled to gain popularity and was sold to a consortium in 2009. But visitor numbers have been picking up on the back of new attractions such as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which opened in July last year. The company reported its best financial year in the 12 months to March with 12.7 million visitors. That compares with over 30 million visitors for Tokyo's Disney Resort. USJ also had plans for a public share listing this year, but Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts said there were no plans for a listing in the near term. The firm plans to build another theme park in Okinawa. Comcast said it expected to complete the purchase in November.

US entertainment giant Comcast is to buy a 51% majority stake in Universal Studios Japan (USJ) for $1.5bn (£987m).

Summarize the following article: The woman lost 20kg (44 lbs) - about 40% of her body weight - while working for them, and was given only bread and instant noodles to eat. Her employers received jail sentences of three weeks and three months. Many Singaporeans hire live-in helpers from neighbouring countries, and abuse cases are not uncommon. In the latest case, Filipino domestic worker Thelma Oyasan Gawidan was starved over a period of 15 months, where her weight dropped from 49kg to 29kg. She testified in court that she was fed only small amounts of food twice a day, and her requests for more food were denied. She was also made to sleep in a storeroom, and allowed to shower only once or twice a week. Ms Gawidan said she was unable to seek help earlier as her employers had confiscated her mobile phone and passport. She finally fled in April 2014 and sought help from a migrant workers aid group. Her employers, finance trader Lim Choon Hong and his wife Chong Sui Foon, pleaded guilty. They claimed they treated Ms Gawidan the same way they treated themselves, as they ate and showered infrequently due to Chong's "obsessions" with food and cleaning her home. Psychiatrists testified that she had obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia. Prosecutors pointed out that the family ate better food and in larger quantities. They sought the maximum jail sentence of one year for the couple. Lim was jailed for three weeks and fined S$10,000 ($7,175, £5,700), while Chong was jailed for three months. The case has horrified and outraged Singaporeans, with many on Monday commenting online that the sentences were too lenient. "Too little... it's too inhumane to starve a person," said one Facebook user. The BBC's Leisha Chi in Singapore says Ms Gawidan received S$20,000 in compensation, but in today's sentencing the judge's primary concern was whether giving money, be it "one dollar or one million dollars", demonstrated genuine remorse. Singapore's courts have seen a rising number of cases of domestic helper abuse in recent years. The city-state has a highly regulated system for employing maids, but activists say not enough is being done to protect migrant workers' rights.

A Singaporean couple have been jailed for starving their domestic worker from the Philippines, in a case that has shocked the city-state.

Summarize the following article: Jackie Walker's suspension was lifted following an investigation, the party said. The Kent activist and vice chair of the Momentum movement wrote about "the African holocaust" and Jews as "chief financiers of the slave trade". She said the past few weeks had been "a living nightmare". Ms Walker said: "I am glad this investigation has fully cleared me of any wrongdoing. "I am not a racist, but I robustly defend my right and the right of others to speak openly and frankly about matters of grave political and historical importance." At the beginning of May the The Jewish Chronicle reported that it alerted Labour to her comments. It also said a new poll suggested support for Labour among British Jews had fallen to 8.5%. In response Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn set up an independent inquiry into accusations of anti-Semitism and racism in the party.

A senior Labour activist who was suspended from the party over alleged anti-Semitic comments on Facebook has been reinstated.

Summarize the following article: Janice McAleese ran the organisation from 2003 to 2007, resigning shortly before serious financial problems came to light. The NI Audit Office has previously described her conduct as the worst it has seen from a senior public official. The maximum period that someone can be banned from directorship is 15 years. An audit report found Ms McAleese was involved in fabricating documents provided to a government department and her board of directors. She also failed to disclose a personal relationship with a contractor who was paid £120,000 for a motocross bike event in Moneyglass, County Antrim.

The former chief executive of the NI Events Company quango has been banned from acting as a company director for 14 years.

Summarize the following article: State prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury had exhaustively examined the evidence but Mr Brown's family said they were "profoundly disappointed". News of the ruling sparked the worst night of rioting yet in Ferguson. Shots were fired and cars and buildings set alight as police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters. Police officer Darren Wilson shot dead Michael Brown, 18, in the St Louis suburb on 9 August. There followed nights of rioting in Ferguson and protests across America. President Barack Obama joined the teenager's family on Monday in appealing for calm, urging Americans to accept the decision was "the grand jury's to make''. The case has stoked racial tensions in the US, where many in the African American community called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder. The BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports seeing more vandalism and looting after the ruling than on any night in August. The jury's decision was announced on Monday. Hundreds of protesters milled around the police department in Ferguson, following the news on radios and mobile phones. Explaining the decision, Mr McCulloch said the jury's job had been to separate fact from fiction, and that some witness statements had been contradicted by physical evidence. "These grand jurors poured their hearts and soul into this process," he said. Protesters have been chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot" - a reference to statements by some witnesses who said Mr Brown had had his hands up in apparent surrender to the officer when he was shot. Police say there was a struggle between the teenager and the officer before the shooting. In his own testimony, Mr Wilson says that before the shooting Mr Brown pushed him back into his car, hit him and briefly grabbed his drawn gun. The jury was made up of 12 randomly picked citizens - nine white and three black. At least nine votes were needed in order to issue an indictment. Mr McCulloch said the biggest challenge for his office was the "24-hour news cycle and an insatiable appetite for something - for anything - to talk about". After the announcement, Mr Brown's family issued a statement saying they were "profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions". Outside the police department, Mr Brown's mother burst into tears. Some in the crowd began throwing objects at a police line. Shortly afterwards shots were fired, and protesters were seen vandalising police cars, at least one of which was set on fire. Police responded with smoke and tear gas. Firefighters tackled a large blaze and heavy black smoke at a retail building, with reports of a pharmacy and a pizza shop also on fire. Several other buildings were broken into and looted. The Federal Aviation Authority said it was restricting the path of some flights into St Louis amid the unrest. Thousands of people also protested in other US cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York. Protesters in Oakland, California, blocked traffic on a major motorway.

A US grand jury has decided not to charge a police officer over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Summarize the following article: More than a million Algerians were killed in the fight for independence from France in 1962, and the country has recently emerged from a brutal internal conflict that followed scrapped elections in 1992. The Sahara desert covers more than four-fifths of the land. Oil and gas reserves were discovered there in the 1950s, but most Algerians live along the northern coast. The country supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe and energy exports are the backbone of the economy. Algeria was originally inhabited by Berbers until the Arabs conquered North Africa in the 7th century. Based mainly in the mountainous regions, the Berbers resisted the spread of Arab influence, managing to preserve much of their language and culture. They make up some 30% of the population. Algeria profile home Read more country profiles Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring Part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire from the 16th century, Algeria was conquered by the French in 1830 and was given the status of a an overseas province. The struggle for independence began in 1954 headed by the National Liberation Front, which came to power on independence in 1962. In the 1990s Algerian politics was dominated by the struggle involving the military and Islamist militants. In 1992 a general election won by an Islamist party was annulled, heralding a bloody civil war in which more than 150,000 people died. An amnesty in 1999 led many rebels to lay down their arms. Although political violence in Algeria has declined since the 1990s, the country has been shaken by by a campaign of bombings carried out by a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The group was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, and has its roots in an Islamist militia involved in the civil war in the 1990s. Similiar but separate Islamist armed groups have emerged in recent years throughout the Sahara region, reinforced by arms obtained during the Libyan civil war. After years of political upheaval and violence, Algeria's economy has been given a lift by frequent oil and gas finds. It has estimated oil reserves of nearly 12 billion barrels, attracting strong interest from foreign oil firms. However, poverty remains widespread and unemployment high, particularly among Algeria's youth. Endemic government corruption and poor standards in public services are also chronic sources of popular dissatisfaction. Major protests broke out in January 2011 over food prices and unemployment, with two people being killed in clashes with security forces. The government responded by ordering cuts to the price of basic foodstuffs, and repealed the 1992 state of emergency law. In 2001 the government agreed to a series of demands by the minority Berbers, including official recognition of their language - implemented in 2016 - after months of unrest.

Algeria, a gateway between Africa and Europe, has been battered by violence over the past half-century.

Summarize the following article: Media playback is not supported on this device Germany's Martin Kaymer, 31, and Belgian rookie Thomas Pieters, 24, were also selected to face the US team. The trio have been added to the nine players who qualified automatically based on their performances. "Everything he says, everybody sits up and listens," Clarke said. "I have selected him because he brings something that no-one else has," he added. The biennial event against a United States team takes place from 30 September to 2 October at Hazeltine, Minnesota. The US team have won just one Ryder Cup - the 2008 event at Valhalla, Kentucky - since 2006 and are looking to end a run of three straight defeats to the European team. Scotland's Russell Knox is among those to miss out - he is 10th on the World Points list for Ryder Cup rankings, so was one place outside the automatic qualification spots. Explaining his picks, Clarke said: "In Lee Westwood I have one of most experienced Ryder Cuppers of all time - it's his 10th appearance. "Martin Kaymer is somewhat of a Ryder Cup stalwart and another man I have enormous trust in." Pieters, meanwhile, played alongside Clarke as he claimed the Made in Denmark title on the European Tour on Sunday - his third European Tour title in 12 months. "Last week I played with Thomas Pieters and Thomas knew why I was playing with him and played unbelievable and shot 62 and, on top of that, won the tournament," said Clarke. The nine qualifiers include five rookies who will be making their Ryder Cup debuts alongside established players such as Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy. "It's going to be a very, very big task ahead of us. Those guys - the top nine - have earned their place as of right," Clarke said. "The talent that they all possess, I have no worries at all about the strength of that team. I'll be very proud to take them." Nine Ryder Cup appearances, world number 46, 42 professional tournament wins Clarke on Westwood: "He is going to bring everything. Lee and I have had a great relationship, he's held my hand a few times and I've held his but that is not why he's been selected. This is his 10th Ryder Cup and there is no-one who has that experience on the team." Three Ryder Cup appearances, world number 50, 22 professional tournament wins Clarke on Kaymer: "Martin brings a wealth of experience along with Lee and all the first timers will look up to them both. He is held in high regard and he's a man that we all hugely respect. He brings his golf performances but he also brings his experience to the team room." Ryder Cup rookie, world number 41, three professional tournament wins Clarke on Pieters: "I've always been a huge Thomas Pieters fan. The manner he's played in the past few tournaments, fourth in the Olympics, I found it impossible to leave him off the team." Along with Pieters, the European Ryder Cup team features five other rookies, including 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett. Willett, who has just five professional tournament wins, is ranked world number 11 behind team-mates Justin Rose (10), Rory McIlroy (5) and Henrik Stenson (4). English trio Chris Wood, 28, Andy Sullivan, 29, and 21-year-old Matt Fitzpatrick have considerably less experience with just nine professional wins between them. Spain's 32-year-old Rafael Cabrera-Bello has not registered a professional tournament win since 2012 but the world number 27 will make his debut next month after a consistent level of golf to automatically qualify for the team. US captain Davis Love III will pick three wildcards to add to his eight automatic qualifiers on 12 September, with a fourth selection five days before the competition starts. Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson is one of the wildcard contenders, along with 2015 Scottish Open champion Rickie Fowler. Fowler looked set to earn automatic selection before losing out to Patrick Reed in the final round at The Barclays last weekend. World number 15 Matt Kuchar is also said to be in serious contention for one of Love's spots. The 2016 Ryder Cup will be at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota from 30 September to 2 October as Europe try to win a fourth straight title. Hazeltine will be one of only two golf clubs in America to have hosted every premier championship offered by the United States Golf Association and PGA.

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke said Lee Westwood will be his "general" as he confirmed the Englishman as one of his three wildcard picks for next month's tournament.

Summarize the following article: The Ethiopian Football Federation president Juneydi Basha told BBC Sport that "the main reason for the decision was poor results at CHAN as well as in World Cup and African Cup of nations qualifying." Gebremedhin Haile has been appointed on an interim basis for Ethiopia's remaining 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho and Seychelles. He is a former international and has been coaching premier league side Mekelakeya since 2011 season and has won the Ethiopian Cup twice. Ethiopia failed to get past the group stage of the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda earlier this year picking up just one point from three games. Last year they were knocked out of 2018 World Cup qualifying by Congo losing 6-4 on aggregate. More recently results against Algeria have left them with little chance of qualifying for the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon. Firstly they lost 7-1 away in Algeria in March and then drew 3-3 at home with the same opponents in two consecutive qualifiers. Ethiopia had led on three occasions in the second match but were unable to secure victory. The poor performance of the Walyas has left them trailing by five points behind Algeria's Desert Foxes in Group J with two matches to play. In a statement, the Ethiopian Football Federation cited "unmet targets" for Sahile's dismissal along with members of the federation's technical committee. The body said it has picked Sahile's successor but would disclose his identity only in the "next few days" once terms had been agreed. Sahile, an American of Ethiopian descent, is the third manager to be given his marching orders since Ethiopia came within two matches of a first-ever World Cup appearance in Brazil two years ago. But Ethiopia's fortunes have since waned and the Walyas failed to qualify for last year's Nations Cup after finishing bottom of the group with just one win. They next face Lesotho and Seychelles in June and September, with table toppers Algeria needing a solitary point to ensure their progress to next year's finals in Gabon.

Ethiopia coach Yohannes Sahile has had his contract terminated after the team's poor run of form.

Summarize the following article: The dramatic 100th-minute 20-18 defeat in France followed losses against Scotland and England. "We're bitterly disappointed we finished fifth," he told BBC Wales "We're not a fifth-ranked team and we feel as a squad we're much better than that. But it just shows how exciting the championship has been." The Ospreys scrum-half, who started all five of his country's Six Nations games, added: "Teams have beaten everyone. "Ireland have beaten England and we beat Ireland, it's been a funny championship. "Games we've lost we felt we deserved to win, but we go back to the regions now and look forward to the summer tour against Tonga and Samoa and hope we get things right there." Flanker Justin Tipuric says Wales are working on playing a different type of game, despite having to rely on the boot of Leigh Halfpenny for all their points against France. Media playback is not supported on this device "We are getting out of our old pattern and trying new things, we are trying to spread the ball a bit wider," insisted Tipuric. "If we keep tweaking that, we are only going to get better and better, because in our team we have a lot of skilful players. We just have to make sure we use them." Webb shared the Welsh management scepticism over the alleged injury to prop Uini Atonio which allowed the hard-scrummaging Rabah Slimani to return for France deep into stoppage time. "There was no issue with the three scrums beforehand and with the physio allowed on like that, just to bring him off then, there's question marks over that," he said. "It's questioning the integrity of the game... but it's the first 10 minutes that has cost us that game." Webb and Tipuric are likely to come up against Slimani again in the Ospreys' European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Stade Francais at the Principality Stadium on 2 April. "Are they going to turn up? Apparently they've been on strike (over the planned merger with Racing 92 which was cancelled on Sunday morning)," said Webb with a grin. "We've got Treviso first so that gives the boys a chance to get back up to speed, then it's a massive quarter-final the weekend after against Stade Francais."

Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb says the squad feel they are much better than their fifth place finish in the Six Nations shows.

Summarize the following article: The first half was short of action but it was the visitors who looked the more threatening. With half an hour played, Ched Evans drove in to the Dons area but saw his effort palmed over the bar by Ryan Clarke. Just moments later, Reece Mitchell dragged an effort across the face of the goal. Sam Hird then found the opening for the Spireites, as he headed a corner that deflected off Darius Charles and went down as an own goal. The early period of the second half saw the visitors' domination continue, but the Dons found an equaliser against the run of play. Defender Paul Robinson latched onto a George Francomb corner and guided the ball past Chesterfield keeper Ryan Fulton. A combination of excellent saves and poor finishing saw the sides heading towards the final whistle with a point each. The Dons, however, found a winner in the first minute of stoppage time when substitute Poleon neatly swivelled and fired home. Report supplied by the Press Association. REACTION: Chesterfield manager Danny Wilson speaks to BBC Radio Sheffield Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1. Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1. Ched Evans (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield). Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan Clarke. Attempt missed. Tom Anderson (Chesterfield) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon). Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the right wing. Goal! AFC Wimbledon 2, Chesterfield 1. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Reeves. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield). Attempt missed. Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon) header from very close range is too high. Substitution, Chesterfield. Tom Anderson replaces Jon Nolan. Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ian Evatt. Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Ryan Clarke. Attempt saved. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon). Sam Hird (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dominic Poleon replaces Andy Barcham. Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tom Elliott replaces Lyle Taylor. Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces George Francomb. Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Andy Barcham. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Sam Hird (Chesterfield). Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Barry Fuller. Substitution, Chesterfield. Conor Wilkinson replaces Reece Mitchell. Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon). Paul McGinn (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Gary Liddle (Chesterfield). Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Chesterfield) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Chesterfield 1. Paul Robinson (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by George Francomb following a corner. Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Sam Hird.

Dom Poleon's last-gasp goal secured AFC Wimbledon their first-ever League One victory as they beat Chesterfield at Kingsmeadow.

Summarize the following article: Migrants are not only joining local congregations, but setting up their own churches too. The number of churches in Northern Ireland led by migrants has risen to more than 30 in recent years. These new churches are not only attracting people from ethnic minorities, but intriguing locals. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is a Nigerian-based church, but has become the fastest growing denomination in the UK and Ireland. They have set up three churches in Northern Ireland within the last eight years. The congregation includes people from a variety of African nations, the Caribbean, and both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Chris Ifonlaja, who runs one of their Belfast churches with his wife, says it appeals to people because it is a "neutral place". "We did not experience the Troubles," he said. "We see that as a blessing because we don't see all of the division, we just see people." The couple said they were conscious of the possibility that migrants joining their church may be slower to integrate into Northern Ireland. Angela Ifonlaja said "we didn't come to run a church for migrants, it's just a church". "But I think what happens is when you go into a place where you are new in that place, it's natural that you gravitate towards those that you identify with, at least on a physical level," she added. Other churches have decided to make a permanent physical commitment to Northern Ireland. Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ, are headquartered in the Philippines. They began meeting in a house in Belfast 10 years ago with only a handful of people. In 2014, they purchased an old church on University Avenue and refurbished the whole building. The converted church has only been open a few months. Brother Philip Velasquez is the minister, and he said that his church is reversing the traditional flow of mission. "It is very rare for a religious organisation which began in the far east - in an impoverished country - to actually spread its mission throughout the whole world to first world countries," he said. "We're not only growing because of the immigration of Filipinos but also because of the conversion of many people who belong to those first world countries." These new churches may still be small in number, but they are seeing growth at a time when many traditional churches are losing members, and are challenging the old divisions in Northern Ireland. There will be more information on the new churches on BBC Newsline on Thursday and Friday at 18:30 BST.

Immigration has brought huge changes to Northern Ireland over the last decade, and religious life has been impacted as well.

Summarize the following article: The event is called The Great Get Together and will be held on 17 and 18 June. Jo Cox was an MP in West Yorkshire and represented local people in Batley and Spen. She was killed in June last year. Her husband Brendan said the event would be a "fitting tribute" to Jo, held a year after she died. The Royal Family and various charities are encouraging the public to get involved with the events. Read Newsround's guide to Jo Cox here.

Street parties, picnics and baking competitions will be held across the UK to remember MP Jo Cox.

Summarize the following article: Nigeria striker Oshoala was lively before meeting a Gemma Bonner cross to volley home just before the break. Oshoala cut the ball back for Fara Williams to make it 2-0 before Aoife Mannion gave Birmingham late hope. Liverpool's first win of 2015 was overshadowed as Kate Longhurst went off on a stretcher with concussion. The forward received lengthy treatment on the pitch following a clash of heads with Remi Allen. Defeat for Birmingham leaves them winless in the league, although they have already ended Liverpool's FA Cup hopes with a 3-1 fifth-round win at Damson Park. Liverpool striker Asisat Oshoala: "I feel very happy and excited about the goal and the victory for the team. "It's very nice for me hearing them singing my name. It's a crazy atmosphere. I have never seen supporters like this and I have been playing football for quite a long time now. The supporters here are awesome, they are great people. "It's been a difficult start to the season but I believed we would bounce back. We showed the spirit here is very high, and we are really giving everything." Birmingham City boss David Parker: Media playback is not supported on this device "The first goal is always crucial and giving them the goal at such a crucial time was poor game management. "We should never have allowed them that opportunity. We should have gone into half-time at 0-0 and taken it from there. "It's the things we absolutely preach to the players, and that's what makes it most frustrating. They are our basics as a football club, we play in a certain way, and the players have done the opposite to that at times and got themselves into trouble as a result." Liverpool: Stout; Harris, Bonner, Murray, Schroder; Easton; Smorsgard (Rolser 69), Williams, Longhurst (Dale 90), Oshoala (Staniforth 90); Dowie. Substitutes not used: Darbyshire, Ryland, Donoghue, Pacheco. Bookings: Easton (81). Birmingham City: Spencer; Windell (Sargeant 88), Mannion, Harrop, Carter; Potter, Moore, Allen, Lawley, Wellings, Westwood. Substitutes not used: Rogers, Linnett, Simpkins, Stringer, Torkildsen, Haines. Bookings: Moore (81), Allen (90+2). Attendance: 421 Referee: M Woods

Asisat Oshoala scored her first goal in English football to help defending Women's Super League One champions Liverpool overcome Birmingham City.

Summarize the following article: Restaurant staff told the BBC they did not know who had removed the letters. The NKVD was the forerunner of the Soviet KGB secret police. In the 1930s and 1940s the NKVD arrested millions of people and many were executed. The restaurant sports a big portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Stalin's image also featured on the restaurant's menus, but when the BBC visited on Tuesday the barman said the management had told the staff to remove the menus "for now until we get the sign back". "Look at the wall, the sign was just ripped off," he said, without giving his name. The restaurant is not far from the Kremlin and the old secret police headquarters, on Ostozhenka Street. The controversy over the "NKVD" name featured in Russian Vesti TV news - one of the main broadcasts on the state-controlled Rossiya 24 channel. Restaurant staff told the BBC that the letters stood for "national cuisine of a great power" in Russian - not for Stalin's secret police. The barman strongly defended the "NKVD" name. "I really hope we put it back. Why not? People ask us why NKVD, but why not? It's NKVD and not Gestapo," he said. But some Russians voiced alarm at what appeared to be more whitewashing of history and an insult to Stalin's many victims. Public displays of Stalin portraits were taboo in the last decades of the Soviet Union - but they have reappeared in President Vladimir Putin's Russia. Mr Putin has emphasised the sacrifices made by the USSR in World War Two. But he has also acknowledged that Stalin's security apparatus committed terrible crimes. The NKVD name was possibly an ill-conceived publicity stunt, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow. The sign caused a stir when human rights lawyer Mark Feygin tweeted a photo of it on 9 December. Leonid Gozman, of the Russian civil society organisation, Perspektiva Foundation, said "it's a rehabilitation of our country's most tragic episodes. "I can't imagine a 'Gestapo' restaurant in Munich or Berlin... A lot of our people consider the NKVD to have been a criminal organisation. Many people's relatives suffered or died [in that period]." One Russian Facebook user, called Therese Philosophe, gave details of four Soviet terror victims who had lived at the address where the restaurant now stands.

A Moscow restaurant calling itself "NKVD" - a chilling echo of the Stalin-era communist terror - drew social media protests and the big sign outside has now been taken down.

Summarize the following article: He sang about "mother nature on the run" on 1970's After The Gold Rush. Two decades later, he warned that pollution and deforestation would "trade away our children's days" on Mother Earth. The latter is reprised on his new album, Earth, an environmentally-themed live album that - unusually - overdubs his performances with the sounds of the animal kingdom, from bees to buzzards; and cows to cockerels. It sounds like folly, but the effect is strangely mesmerising - as if the stage is slowly being invaded and overrun by the natural world. "It's about the connectivity of everything," Young tells the BBC. "Trying to be cognisant of how living things are affected by what we do." "This is something that matters to me. The more people that pay attention to activism and environmentalism, the better off we're going to be. "I mean, we're in kind of dire straits as far as the governments go. It's really down to the people." Young's frustrations with government are far from secret, of course. He publicly remonstrated Donald Trump for using his music on the campaign trail - saying he would never "endorse hate, bigotry, childish name calling, the superficiality of celebrity or ignorance". But his dissatisfaction runs deeper than one candidate. He is disillusioned with the entire political process. "If corporate money and television advertising [are] the only way to really get elected, then you have a way where democracy can be corrupted by power - and that's what we have in the United States," he says. "That results in decisions being made that are written by corporations, that the legislators pass as law. Things like the anti-labelling campaigns of the GMO (genetically modified organism) manufacturers. Things like that." The star's anger at agribusiness - and patented, genetically-modified seeds in particular - fuelled his last album, The Monsanto Years. "The seeds of life are not what they once were / Mother Nature and God don't own them anymore," he sang on the title track; while Big Box took aim at big business in general - "Too big to fail / Too rich for jail". Both songs are revived on Earth, with Young's fury fuelling the gritty live performances. Several of the songs have subsequently been augmented in the studio, with Young adding a chorus of perfectly-harmonised singers to emphasise key lyrics. They represent the sound of "corporate harmony", he says. "Aren't they perfect and beautiful? It's a little bit disturbing how good they are. "You know as soon as you hear them, that you can't believe it - but you need to listen to them over and over again because they've hooked you." And those animal sounds? Young largely recorded them himself. "I do listen a lot to nature," he says. "Where I live, the birds are very vocal." The star's connection to nature runs deeper still. Since the late 1970s, he has only recorded music in the week leading up to a full moon (although, being a live album, Earth is an exception). "It's kind of paganistic [but] it is productive," he says. "As I look back over the archives, the dates coincide. "A lot of people on Earth go by the moon, whether they know it or not. Planting seeds or cutting your hair - do things at the right time and there's a difference." But Young isn't deluded about his abilities. Inspiration is "like a flame that burns and then goes out", he says. "I look at it like there's an energy that floats around. Sometimes some people have it, and sometimes other people have it. "Like, Adele had it for a period of time and really held it in her hand and was doing great things with it. I hope she gets to hold onto it - but no-one can hold onto it for long. "It's just kind of a crapshoot, really." Nonetheless, since his beginnings with Buffalo Springfield 50 years ago, Young has carved out one of the longest and most vital careers in rock. His writing is perhaps more uncompromising now than it was in his most commercially-successful period, with After The Gold Rush and Harvest in the early 1970s. Later this year, he will take the stage with five other rock legends - including Bob Dylan and Sir Paul McCartney - at the Desert Trip festival in California. The event is expected to have the biggest box-office takings in concert history, but Young (who turned down $1m to headline Woodstock in 1994) plays down the significance of the show. "I know nothing about it really. I've been asked to do a gig, and I'm going to do it," he says. "It's great they asked me to play with all those artists. That's wonderful, it's a great honour to play with all of them. But aside from that, it's just another gig." Earth is released on 24 June by Warner Bros Records. Neil Young was speaking to BBC Breakfast; and Cerys Matthews for BBC 6 Music.

Neil Young has been sounding the alarm about environmental issues for more than 40 years.

Summarize the following article: Look no further. French luxury brand Chanel has your back: a boomerang for $1,460 (€1,260; £1,130). A hefty price tag. Surely it must be designed by a famous indigenous artist. Sadly, no. The indigenous community in Australia says this is yet another example of crass cultural appropriation. The item is listed on Chanel's website under Other Accessories in the 2017 Spring-Summer pre-collection, along with other gadgets like a pair of beach rackets with balls for £2,860. Spending a little extra to give you that air of luxury should of course not come as a surprise when it comes to brands in the league of Chanel. It's the name you pay for and the perceived status that comes with it and Chanel will likely not be bothered about having that pointed out to them. But accusations of offending or even humiliating an entire indigenous culture are a different ball game and the French luxury brand certainly is feeling some heat. "It's simply a misappropriation of aboriginal culture," Gabrielle Sullivan, chief executive of the Indigenous Arts Code, tells the BBC. Her organisation has been lobbying against imported and mass produced fake aboriginal artefacts for years. "Chanel is a big company and they really should know better. I don't see how this is different from a cheap fake boomerang sold at the airport. It's just an expensive version of this." Boomerangs have traditionally been used by Australia's indigenous people as a hunting weapon. But they are more than that, explains aboriginal artist Bibi Barba. They carry significant cultural attachments, are used to pass culture and tradition from one generation to the next. "They are a cultural symbol for us," she tells the BBC. "A lot of indigenous artists do artwork on them and this artwork is different in different parts of the country, it holds different meaning." But it's not just the artwork on the boomerangs that carries cultural signifiers and tradition - even things like the selection process for the wood is of crucial importance. Boomerangs are still made by artists in the indigenous community and are popular tourist souvenirs in the country. But most of the boomerangs that tourists carry back home are not made by local communities but mass produced - in many cases not even in Australia. The Indigenous Arts Code launched a campaign earlier this year to ban imported fake artefacts made in China or Indonesia. The whole point, Ms Sullivan explains, is that "mass-production is taking away the potential for aboriginal people and artists to sell authentic products." The lack of cultural sensitivity combined with the hefty price tag is a perfect set-up for cynicism and ridicule. So what should Chanel do? The backlash on social media in the past two days since the boomerang appeared on their website has already sparked a first reaction. "Chanel is extremely committed to respecting all cultures, and regrets that some may have felt offended," the French company said in a statement circulating in Australia's local media. But just being sorry might not cut it. The countless comments range from witty jokes to straight-forward criticism, calls for apologies but also demand for compensation. It's a demand that artist Bibi Barba couldn't agree more with. "They should donate the money they make with this to the campaign against fake culture so we can lobby the government to do something about this problem," she says. "This current case gets a lot of attention because it's Chanel. But it happens on a huge scale and it happens all the time. Not just with boomerangs but with paintings, didgeridoos and other things." And she points out the irony of the bigger picture. "Chanel and other luxury fashion brands hate it when people steal their logos and make copies of their products." "So it would be a good point for them to make amends."

You've done your shopping but there's just one thing missing, the thing you absolutely don't need but somehow still want to set yourself apart?

Summarize the following article: Tourists on working holiday visas were set to be excluded from the country's tax-free threshold from 1 July. Under the plan they would have been taxed at 32.5c for every dollar they earned in Australia. But the tourism and farming sectors, which rely on temporary workers, lobbied hard against the change. Industry bodies said higher taxes would push temporary workers to choose destinations such as New Zealand and Canada over Australia. Applications for Australia's working holiday visas have reportedly already dropped by 5% since the plan was announced. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said on Tuesday that the tax would be deferred for six months. "I can tell you with great certainty that this is very good news for rural and regional communities; it's good news for our tourism sector; and it's good news for working holiday makers," Ms O'Dwyer said. But the opposition Labor party labelled the move a "stunt to push the issue beyond the election" on 2 July. Australia granted 214,830 working holiday visas in 2014-15. British citizens were the programme's biggest constituency, with 44,730 visas granted. The government estimates that taxing backpackers at a higher rate can deliver revenues of about A$540m (£274m; $396m) over three years.

The Australian government will delay its plan to introduce a so-called "backpacker tax" after a backlash from farmers and the tourism industry.

Summarize the following article: It's only one place behind Finland, which has long been held up as one of the great powerhouses of education and a model for others to admire. But hold on, wasn't it only a few months ago that the UK was being accused of "stagnating" in its efforts to keep up with international competition? The Pisa tests showed the UK as a middle-ranking education performer, overtaken by high-achieving systems in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and ambitious, hungry improvers such as Poland and Vietnam. The unimpressive performance was seen as proof of the need for radical improvement. So how has this latest study shown the UK in such a positive light, ahead of countries such as the US, Germany, France and Sweden? It all depends on what you measure. This latest league table, published by Pearson and compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, is based on a basket of test results and education data. It includes university-level information as well as school-level tests - and to get really specific, it measures entry to a type of academic university path which is likely to boost the UK's position rather than some other countries. There are shorter, vocational higher education courses which are more popular in some other countries, which are not included in these rankings. In contrast, the OECD's Pisa rankings are based on specific tests taken by 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science, with pupils in more than 60 countries answering the same questions. So which is a more accurate reflection? Pisa has more international status - but the Pearson rankings use a wider range of indicators. Head teachers have seized upon the apparent gap. After being bashed over the head with the mediocre Pisa results, they are now hailing this latest league table as evidence of a "winning formula". Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers says that the previous mood music had been so negative "you could be forgiven for thinking that our education system compares unfavourably with others". These questions are not going to go away, because international comparisons are going to become more and more significant. In a quietly important move last month, it was revealed that England's exam system is going to be benchmarked against international standards. But it gets back to the question of how a successful education system should be measured. There is always a temptation to make comparisons on the things that are most easily measured. Maths, for instance. It's relatively straightforward to see who is better at a set of maths questions. The Pisa tests measure reading, but not writing. It's much harder to measure the handling of ideas rather than numbers. How would you compare written analytical skills across so many different cultures and languages? How would you compare creativity or innovation? South Korea, which tops this latest league table, expects pupils to memorise 60 to 100 pages of facts, says the accompanying report. How does that compare with an intelligent use of Google? Or how do you measure the sense of well-being? Are long hours of tuition after school an acceptable price for academic success? Andreas Schleicher, the architect of the Pisa tests - which have really driven this global conversation on education standards - has always argued that the value of international tests is to show what is possible. It's not about a top 10 chart show, it's about puncturing complacency. If disadvantaged children in one country can get very high results - then why should anyone assume that they should fail in another country? But such international tests also provide a time-lapse image of a changing economic landscape. At the end of the Second World War, about four out of five Koreans were illiterate. Today anyone reading this on a Samsung smartphone can see they are the best educated in the world. Who is going to be next?

The latest international education league table shows the UK putting in a very creditable appearance in sixth place overall and second best in Europe.

Summarize the following article: Alicja Dworakowska, 29, was reported missing from her home in Beeston in Leeds on Tuesday. West Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal following the disappearance of the heavily-pregnant mother and young girl. The force thanked the public and media for their assistance in locating them.

Police searching for a pregnant Polish woman and her five-year-old daughter say the pair have been found safe and well.

Summarize the following article: S4C chief executive Ian Jones said there had been a "substantial" decrease in such programming and "we would support on all levels increasing that". Mr Jones was giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on the BBC's future. BBC Wales said recently that protecting news and politics coverage from cuts had made other programming "thinner". The comments in April, by BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies, followed a speech by BBC director-general Tony Hall in which he admitted programming in Wales had been "eroded". On Tuesday, Mr Jones said focusing on the success of programmes such as Doctor Who and Casualty was a "red herring". "The production of Doctor Who and Casualty in Wales - it's good, it's extremely good, it helps the skills base, it helps competition and it helps the perception of producing, but I don't think that's the issue, that is in fact a red herring," he said. "I think the people of Wales would appreciate more programming - more local programming through the medium of English. "If I have any criticism of the BBC in Wales, that criticism is shared by former BBC directors in Wales and, I suspect, the current BBC director, in that there's been a substantial decrease in programming produced and commissioned over the years in the English language for the people of Wales and we would support on all levels increasing that." Mr Jones cited the example of Hinterland, a recent collaboration between S4C and BBC, which was broadcast in both Welsh and English, and bought by a number of Scandinavian broadcasters as a recent success, which according to Mr Jones, showed there was increasing demand for local programmes. Referring to the relationship between the BBC and S4C, Mr Jones said it was working well because the operating agreement between the two stipulates that S4C is independent operationally, managerially and editorially. A BBC Wales spokesperson said: "We obviously welcome Ian Jones's contribution to the discussion about the future of the BBC. "As the BBC's director general recognised in May, the funding challenges facing English television programming in Wales are both significant and longstanding."

BBC Wales should make more English language programmes about Wales for the people of Wales, MPs have been told.

Summarize the following article: Former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and executives Hisashi Mori and Hideo Yamada pleaded guilty last year to charges of falsifying accounts to cover up losses of $1.7bn (£1.1bn). Mr Kikukawa and Mr Yamada were given three-year sentences and Mr Mori a two-and-a-half-year sentence. Olympus was ordered to pay 700m yen ($7m; £4.6m) in fines for its role. The scandal is one of the biggest financial frauds in Japan's history. It came to light in 2011 after then chief executive Michael Woodford was dismissed from his post after challenging Mr Kikukawa and the board over suspiciously large payments related to acquisitions. That led to an investigation being launched, which revealed a cover-up of losses dating back to the 1990s. Mr Kikukawa, former executive vice-president Mr Mori and former auditing officer Mr Yamada were arrested in February last year and later indicted on suspected violation of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. All three had admitted to hiding losses in September last year. The scandal also hit Olympus shareholders, as the firm lost almost 80% of its value in the aftermath of the revelations. However, there have been signs that the firm may be recovering from the scandal. It has announced a major overhaul and entered into an alliance with electronics giant Sony to try to boost its share of the global medical equipment market. The company has returned to profit and its shares have also recovered most of their losses.

Three former executives of Olympus have been given suspended jail terms for their roles in an accounting scandal.

Summarize the following article: Charlie Stewart, 21, was the unanimous choice of the judges at the event at Glasgow City Halls on Sunday. He was praised for a "moving and spirited" performance which set him apart from five fellow finalists. The student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland said he first picked up the fiddle as a nine-year-old, after hearing his godfather perform. He told BBC Radio Scotland: "My godfather is great musician and he plays mandolin and fiddle a bit. "I remember him playing in the house and thought it was amazing. I was maybe three or four. "I didn't start playing till years after but I really liked the fiddle from then on." He said he was "amazed and so pleased" to scoop the prestigious award, which is part of the Celtic Connections festival. Mr Stewart also plays with two bands - Dosca and Levack, Stewart, Irving - and he has performed all over Europe. In 2016, he reached the semi-finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, playing with harpist Becky Hill. Now he has been named the young traditional musician of the year, he wins a recording session with the BBC and a year-long membership of the Musicians Union. Jeff Zycinski, head of radio at BBC Scotland, said: "Charlie is exactly the type of performer we wanted to shine the spotlight on when we launched the search for this year's winner. His stunning performance was both moving and spirited and really captivated the audience. "Every year, the judging process becomes more difficult with musicians of such a high calibre coming through the ranks. Our six finalists were magnificent, each one stamping their set with true individuality and flair. "It was an extremely difficult choice, but Charlie stood out on the night. He will really help to inspire and encourage the next generation of young artists to keep traditional music alive." Previous winners have used their victory as a springboard to a professional career in music. They include last year's winner, concertina virtuoso Mohsen Amini, and singer Robyn Stapleton, who won in 2014. The other finalists this year were piper Dougie McCance, from Erskine; Ella Munro, a singer from Skye; accordion player Grant McFarlane, from Paisley; Huntly-based singer Iona Fyfe; and Kim Carnie, a Gaelic singer who is originally from Oban. Listen to the final of BBC Scotland's Young Traditional Musician 2017 on the BBC iPlayer.

A fiddler from Glenfarg in Perthshire has been named BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the year.

Summarize the following article: Mike Glover, who has managed the bridge project for the decade since it was first approved, told the BBC its design would make it easy to maintain. The new 1.7 miles (2.7km) crossing over the river Forth will open to traffic for the first time on Wednesday. It will take most of the vehicles that currently travel over the 53-year-old Forth Road Bridge. The existing suspension bridge will be adapted to be used by lighter traffic such as cycles, pedestrians and public transport. Mr Glover told the BBC Radio Four documentary Gordon Goes Forth that despite the Forth Road Bridge being replaced because of issues about its safety and reliability, it could last another 50 years if it was properly maintained. Wednesday 30 August At about 01:00, the Queensferry Crossing will fully open to traffic in both directions. Police will put in a place a rolling roadblock to stop traffic driving across the Forth Road Bridge and will redirect them across the Queensferry Crossing. The northbound carriageway will be opened first. The southbound carriageway will be opened about 45 minutes later. The bridge will be fully open to traffic for the rest of the day and the following day. Friday 1 September At about 01:00 the Queensferry Crossing will close to all traffic. Police will redirect all vehicles back across the Forth Road Bridge. It will remain closed until the early hours of Wednesday morning Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 September About 50,000 members of the public, who were given tickets after a ballot, will get a "once in a lifetime" chance to walk over the new bridge on Saturday and Sunday. The Queen will officially open the Queensferry Crossing. She will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland will bless the bridge, and the Queen will cut a ribbon on the south side. Tuesday 5 September A chance for a further 10,000 local people and school children to walk the bridge. Wednesday 6 September The bridge will re-open to traffic, with no pedestrian access. The initial speed limit will be 40mph but after work has been completed to adapt the Forth Road Bridge public transport will be switched back to the old bridge and the Queensferry Crossing will become a 70 mph motorway. The current Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 but a serious problem was found with corrosion of the wires inside its cables not long after its 40th birthday. The corrosion meant that the bridge's cables had already lost about 10% of their strength and it was forecast that it might not be able to take the heavy loads for much more than a decade. The decision to replace it was taken in 2007, with construction of the new crossing beginning in September 2011. Mr Glover, who has been the technical director of the Queensferry Crossing since 2007, calls it a "world class bridge" which will be around well into the 22nd Century. He said: "The length of time this bridge will be in position will be well in excess of 120 years - 150 years." The civil engineer said there were two main reasons for predicting such longevity. "The first is that the exterior of the bridge is a continuous structure - it is a box - which means the level of maintenance that is required is very minimal, unlike the trusses on the current suspension bridge," Mr Glover said. "The second is because the individual cables that make up the cable-stay bridge each one can be replaced without the stability of the bridge being in doubt. "Whereas with the suspension bridge any problem with that suspension cable means that the bridge would have to be closed." Despite the problems with the existing Forth Road Bridge, Mr Glover predicted it could survive for another 50 years now that it would be carrying lighter loads. He says: "It does require the maintenance regime to be maintained but with modern instrumentation we will know where to look for issues." The documentary Gordon goes Forth, presented by Gordon Brown, will be on BBC Radio Four at 20:00 on Monday 28 August.

The new £1.35bn Queensferry Crossing could still be operating in 150 years, according to its technical director.

Summarize the following article: An apparent link between alcohol abuse and suicidal behaviour was also identified. In all, three studies into the suicide and alcohol abuse were commissioned by the Public Health Agency. Key findings on suicide showed rates were higher in Belfast and other larger towns and cities. Almost half of those who take their own lives in Northern Ireland have made a previous attempt or have had a history of suicidal thoughts, the research suggests. When it comes to alcohol abuse, families often felt a stigma when trying to get help and GPs said time and a lack of coordination led to problems accessing services. A study carried out over 10 years from 2001, involving 1,000 children and 1,097 parents, found that one in five parents were "problem drinkers". Those families experienced more separations and divorces. Their children were found to spend more time outside the home and felt less attachment to school. The report also showed that children developed clear strategies to help them cope with their parents' drinking. It stresses that schools and teachers should be more aware of these problems. The three research studies were carried out by teams at the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast. Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride said it was "vitally important" that policy makers listened carefully to the messages in the research studies. "Doing so will ensure that future service delivery improves the care of people impacted by either of these devastating problems," he said. "More importantly, we must all ensure we work together towards eliminating these problems from society altogether." Dr Janice Bailie from the PHA said: "The research we are publishing today is testament to the commitment in Northern Ireland of individuals and organisations trying to understand more about these emotive and important issues. "For anyone who has been affected by the suicide of a loved one or by the misuse of alcohol we hope that today's conference reinforces the message that we are all committed to tackling these issues and in ensuring that all the invaluable information being gathered is available and being used to translate into visible and beneficial actions."

Research involving 1,000 children in Northern Ireland has suggested that one in five parents were "problem drinkers".

Summarize the following article: The FTSE 100 index was down 149.91 points, or 2.4%, at 6,092.41. In Germany, the Dax index fell more than 4%, while France's Cac 40 index was 2.6% lower. Earlier in Asia, trading in China had been suspended after markets fell 7%, triggering new "circuit breakers" designed to limit volatility. One factor cited for the sharp falls was another weak survey of China's manufacturing sector. The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) slipped to 48.2 in December, marking the 10th consecutive month of shrinking factory activity in China. A figure below 50 indicates contraction. "This swift return to the 2015 template of worrying about China looks to have been the trigger for the sell-off in Chinese equities," said Alastair McCaig, market analyst at IG. The disappointing survey results hit shares of mining companies in London, as China is a major importer of raw materials. Shares in Anglo American fell 7% while Glencore was 6.6% lower. Confidence among investors was also hit by worries over rising tensions in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia breaking off diplomatic ties with Iran. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the euro to €1.3537, but rose 0.2% against the dollar to $1.4770.

(Noon): UK shares fell sharply in the first trading session of the new year, as European markets dropped in the wake of steep losses in China.

Summarize the following article: In June, legislation which made it a crime to pay for sex came into effect. Northern Ireland is the first part of the UK to ban the payment for sexual services. Police said the man was arrested last month during a raid on a suspected brothel but would not give any further details. Details of the arrest came to light while the Chief Constable George Hamilton was addressing a meeting of Northern Ireland's policing board. Paid-for consensual sex had previously been legal in Northern Ireland although activities such as kerb crawling, brothel keeping and pimping were against the law. Legislation making it illegal to purchase sexual services was passed last year by the Northern Ireland Assembly. Anyone caught breaking the new law could face up to a year in prison and a fine of £1,000. Northern Ireland followed Sweden and Norway which have already passed legislation criminalising men who pay for sex.

A man has been arrested by police under the new offence of paying for sex in Northern Ireland.

Summarize the following article: From Saturday, there is full staffing of more than 170 lifeguards covering 32 beaches in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and the Vale of Glamorgan. The summer season runs until September. Lifeguard manager Stuart Thompson said people should "choose a lifeguarded beach and swim between the red and yellow flags."

RNLI lifeguards at beaches across south and west Wales are now at their full complement for the summer season.

Summarize the following article: The 20-year-old joined Chelsea in 2013 and made his senior debut last season, scoring four goals in 16 games. He is the first Burkina Faso international to score in the Premier League after his two goals last season. Traore, who had a previous loan spell with Vitesse Arnhem, has signed a new deal until 2019 with Chelsea.

Chelsea forward Bertrand Traore has signed a new three-year contract with the club and will now join Dutch side Ajax on a season-long loan.

Summarize the following article: The prince visited the site in the Republic of Ireland where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten died in 1979. The bomb, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, also killed Lord Mountbatten's grandson, Nicholas Knatchbull, 14, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell. Paul's mother, Mary Hornsey, said she felt a "healing balm". She was speaking after attending service of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, also attended by the royal couple on the second day of their visit to the island of Ireland. Ms Hornsey said the day started off being very difficult. "I didn't know how I was going to react coming back here again," she said. "I could see the place where it actually had happened and I felt my stomach tightening. I was full of apprehension, I didn't know how I was going to react. "But after the church service in Drumcliffe, which was absolutely wonderful, there was such a sense of healing, it was like a healing balm was present and a sense of forgiveness, and a great sense of hope. "I came out feeling really euphoric." It was the first time the prince had visited Mullaghmore. He earlier said that the compassion shown by people there "has done much to aid the healing process". He said the murder of his great-uncle and three others had given him a profound understanding of how people affected by the Troubles suffered. Ms Hornsby said: "I would not have missed this day for the world. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I have had, turning a very tragic event into something that is healing and forgiving."

A woman whose son was murdered in the same IRA bombing that killed a relative of Prince Charles has spoken of her sense of peace after his visit.

Summarize the following article: The 19-year-old former Barcelona youth player spent last season on loan in the Championship with Brentford, where he scored seven goals in 39 appearances. The Spain Under-19 international, who joined Liverpool in 2013, made his first-team debut on the final day of the 2015-16 Premier League season. He could come in following Nathan Redmond's departure to Southampton. England Under-21 international Redmond moved back to the Premier League for a fee believed to be in the region of £10m in June following the Canaries' relegation to the Championship. Canos would become Norwich's first signing of the summer if the deal goes through. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Norwich City have had a £2.5m bid accepted by Liverpool for winger Sergi Canos, reports BBC Radio Norfolk.

Summarize the following article: Known as a "duty of candour", the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology. In April, the NHS introduced a rule that told NHS and private healthcare organisations to admit their mistakes candidly, and as soon as possible. Now the same rule is to be applied to individual medics. Detailed guidance makes clear staff should tell the patient as soon as possible when something has gone wrong, and what it might mean for their health. The guidance also makes clear that patients or their families should receive a face-to-face apology. For the avoidance of doubt, it even spells out words that such an apology might include, such as "I am sorry". The guidance was drawn up by the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and applies to more than 950,000 doctors, nurses and midwives working in the UK. The Francis Report into the scandal at Stafford Hospital, in which hundreds of patients suffered poor care and neglect, exposed how fears over damage to the reputation of the Mid Staffs Trust led to a lethal culture of silence and cover-up when mistakes were made. Niall Dickson, chief executive of the General Medical Council, said that while things can and do go wrong, it is what doctors, nurses and midwives do afterwards that matters. "If they act in good faith, are open about what has happened and offer an apology this can make a huge difference to the patient and those close to them. "We also want to send out a clear message to employers and clinical leaders - none of this will work without an open and honest learning culture, in which staff feel empowered to admit mistakes and raise concerns. "We know from the Mid Staffordshire inquiry and from our own work with doctors that such a culture does not always prevail. "It remains one of the biggest challenges facing our healthcare system and a major impediment to safe effective care." Jackie Smith, chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said it was important there were common standards for nurses, midwives and doctors. "They often work as part of a team and that should absolutely be our approach as regulators to ensure we are protecting the public. "We believe that the public's health is best protected when the healthcare professionals who look after them work in an environment that openly supports them to speak to patients or those who care for them, when things have gone wrong. "We can't stop mistakes from happening entirely and we recognise that sometimes things go wrong. "The test is how individuals and organisations respond to those instances and the culture they build as a result."

New guidelines are being unveiled for doctors, nurses and midwives across the UK on being honest and open with patients when things go wrong.

Summarize the following article: Starting the third day on 140-2, the Black Caps were 419 runs behind after David Warner hit 253 for the hosts. Taylor almost matched the Aussie's tally, hitting an unbeaten 235 as his side reached 510-6, 49 runs behind. Kane Williamson scored 166 - his fourth century this year - and shared a third-wicket partnership of 265 with Taylor. The pair took their side to 352 before Australia finally made a breakthrough, with Josh Hazlewood snaring Williamson, caught by Mitchell Johnson at mid-on. Following Williamson's departure, Brendon McCullum contributed 27 runs to an 80-run partnership with Taylor before being bowled by Mitchell Marsh. BJ Watling (one) and Doug Bracewell (12) also came and went as Australia responded in the evening session, but Taylor remained unmoved, passing his previous best Test score of 217 and reaching 5,000 Test runs in the process. Australia, who lead the three-match series 1-0, look set to be without batsman Usman Khawaja for the final Test in Adelaide after he injured a hamstring.

Ross Taylor became the first New Zealander to hit a double century against Australia as the Kiwis fought back in the second Test at the Waca.

Summarize the following article: Four militants wearing army uniforms blew themselves up after gaining entry to a base near Haditha late on Monday. Of the explosions killed Brig-Gen Ali Abboud, chief-of-staff of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command. Another eight soldiers were wounded in the attack, which comes after a wave of suicide bombings claimed by IS. On Monday, at least 40 people were killed by an explosion at a funeral attended by Shia militia commanders in the eastern town of Muqdadiya, while a blast at a security checkpoint in Baghdad left eight security personnel dead. Another 70 people died in the capital on Sunday, when two militants targeted a busy market in the predominantly Shia district of Sadr City. Haditha and its nearby dam, about 190km (120 miles) north-west of Baghdad, are in one of the few parts of the mainly Sunni province of Anbar not controlled by IS. Iraqi government forces and allied Sunni tribesmen based there have held off IS for more than 18 months with the help of air strikes by a US-led coalition. On Monday night, the four militants attacked an entrance to the headquarters of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command and clashed with soldiers inside. One of the bombers later blew himself up inside Gen Abboud's office, while the other three detonated their explosive belts elsewhere, Maj-Gen Ali Daboun, head of the Jazeera and Badiya Operations Command, told the AFP news agency. Elsewhere in Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi troops backed by Shia militiamen and the Iraqi air force launched a new offensive to retake a key agricultural area north-east of the central city of Samarra. Commanders believe that controlling Jazerat Samarra would allow them to cut IS supply lines to the northern IS-held city of Mosul.

An Iraqi army general and nine other soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants in western Iraq, security sources say.

Summarize the following article: The family of five, from Aleppo, had applied for a 90-day visa at the Belgian embassy in Lebanon, so they could later seek asylum in Belgium. Initially, the Court's top adviser said Belgium was wrong to deny them a visa. Had the Court agreed, the decision would have potentially opened up a new path to EU countries for migrants trying to reach Europe. But unusually the Court rejected the Advocate General's advice and decided that EU law did not require member states to allow visas to people whose ultimate aim is asylum. The ruling is a significant victory for Belgian migration minister Theo Francken who has argued that EU member states alone should have the power to issue visas. Common sense had prevailed, he said. "NGOs wanted to open EU borders in embassies abroad," but the Court had been very clear that humanitarian visas were a national competency, he added. He praised the 13 EU countries as well as the European Commission for supporting Belgium in the case. When the family applied for a short-stay visa in October 2016, they said one of them had been kidnapped by an armed group and beaten and tortured before being released in exchange for a ransom. They also argued that as Orthodox Christians, they were at risk of persecution because of their religious beliefs. But the ECJ ruled that if non-EU citizens were allowed to seek visas for international protection in the country of their choice, it would undermine the bloc's system for deciding which country was responsible. "I find it very intriguing that this ruling is quite opposite to the opinion of the advocate general, who said humanitarian grounds should be taken into account," said Carolus Grutters, senior researcher at the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Describing the Court's decision as disappointing, he argued that the original opinion had the potential to put migrant smugglers out of work because asylum seekers would have headed for EU embassies rather than boats from Libya or Turkey. "Now they will stay in business."

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed a Belgian decision to refuse a humanitarian visa to a Syrian family.

Summarize the following article: Mr Khan said the new Prime Minister should make the final decision on whether a new runway should be built at Gatwick or Heathrow a top priority. He underlined his support for a second runway at Gatwick rather than a third at Heathrow. The government said last month a decision would be deferred until a new Conservative leader was in place. Mr Khan was at Gatwick as the West Sussex airport announced a £200m programme of investment until 2021. Projects include expansion of both the north and south terminal departure lounges and immigration halls, upgrading shopping facilities, and extra aircraft parking stands. The airport said it would bring total investment over the next five years to £1.2bn. "Gatwick is the front door to London for millions of visitors," said Mr Khan. "The new prime minister has a very important decision to make regarding new airport capacity, and I urge her to rule as swiftly as possible in favour of a second runway at Gatwick, which would bring substantial economic benefits." During the mayoral election, Mr Khan opposed a third runway at Heathrow, saying Gatwick Airport should be expanded. The Airports Commission, set up to look into airport capacity in south-east England, published its findings in favour of Heathrow on 1 July 2015. Since then, the final decision has been delayed by the government. Following the EU Referendum, the then Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said a decision would not be made until at least October, pending a leadership contest in the Tory party. But Theresa May became Prime Minister on Wednesday unopposed. Heathrow said there were significantly greater benefits to its proposal to build a third runway. "The Airports Commission disagree with Sadiq Khan and Gatwick," said a spokesman. "Brexit makes the Commission's conclusion that, with Heathrow expansion, 'the benefits are significantly greater, for business passengers, freight operators and the broader economy', even more persuasive."

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged Theresa May to make a quick decision on airport expansion in the South East.

Summarize the following article: Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PAT) said it would recruit hundreds of nurses and midwifery staff as well as 35 doctors over the next three years. The trust runs four Greater Manchester hospitals: the Royal Oldham; Fairfield in Bury; Rochdale Infirmary; and North Manchester General. Money will also be spent on improving hospital buildings, a spokesman said. PAT was rated inadequate in August last year by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) amid "serious concerns" over patient safety. In November, the trust's own review of its Royal Oldham and North Manchester General hospitals identified several "unacceptable situations", including hospital staff leaving a premature baby "in a sluice room to die alone" and misdiagnosing a mother who died from a "catastrophic haemorrhage". Following the CQC inspection, the nearby Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, whose leadership team was rated "outstanding", was asked to take charge of PAT. The trust was given £9.2m to spend on improving services from its local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and it said "immediate action" was taken. Money was spent on "strengthening medical and nurse staffing in pressured services", such as maternity, paediatrics and urgent care, and investing in a Nursing Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS), the trust said. NAAS, which was adopted from Salford Royal, assesses wards against environmental, care and leadership standards. As part of its Improvement Plan the trust said it had already recruited 31 new midwives for the two maternity units at North Manchester General and The Royal Oldham Hospitals. PAT's chief executive Sir David Dalton confirmed that £20.5m of "new additional money" had been secured for 2017-18. The Trust had also secured £10m for "essential capital investment" in the estates and facilities at the North Manchester General Hospital and The Royal Oldham sites, he said. He added: "We have listened to our nursing staff who have told us that we need to increase our nursing and midwifery staffing levels on our wards to ensure staff are supported and that patients are getting the very best care they need. "This funding recognises all of the hard work, changes and improvements that have been delivered by our staff at all levels over the last few months."

A hospital trust rated "inadequate" by inspectors has announced it is investing £30m in frontline services.

Summarize the following article: A surge in the number of people crossing into Turkey has increased the total by one million in just 10 months. More than seven million others have been displaced inside Syria since the start of the uprising in March 2011. The head of the UN's refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, called it the "worst humanitarian crisis of our generation". The refugee crisis is the largest resulting from a single conflict in nearly a quarter of a century. More than 230,000 people have also been killed in the past four years, activists say. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Turkey is home to the largest number of Syrians refugees - 1.8 million - and is reportedly preparing for a new influx as the conflict escalates near the border between the countries. Another 1.2 million people have fled to Lebanon and 629,000 to Jordan. Many have also attempted the perilous boat crossing to Europe. Syrians made up about a third of the 137,000 migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in the first half of 2015. In all, about 270,000 Syrians have sought asylum in Europe. Mr Guterres told the BBC that Europe would need to help more as the crisis worsened. "We despair not knowing what to do with the more and more civilians risking their lives, moving onwards," he said. "This is a human drama. This is a terrible situation for the region but this is becoming also something that we'll ask Europe to fully assume its responsibilities." The UNHCR said that if Syrians continued to flee at the same pace it expected the number of refugees in neighbouring countries to reach 4.27 million by the end of 2015. The agency has received less than a quarter of the $5.5bn (£3.6bn) it says it needs this year to help Syrian refugees and the countries hosting them.

More than four million Syrians - a sixth of the population - have fled abroad to escape the conflict in their country, the United Nations has said.

Summarize the following article: They say there is too much room for error in ultrasound scans in the first six weeks, which wrongly label a small percentage of embryos as miscarried. The true scale of the problem is unknown but researchers said it was "hard to see how there can't be women having misdiagnoses being made". Guidelines are currently being reviewed. The study suggested the current rules "could lead to 400 viable pregnancies potentially being misclassified", however the researchers said this was an educated guess with no evidence of how many would lead to a termination. Miscarriage is very common, affecting one in five pregnancies. If a women experiences pain or bleeding early in the pregnancy, around five to six weeks, they will have an ultrasound scan. Two results would suggest a miscarriage, which could then lead to a decision to terminate the pregnancy: A series of papers published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology questioned the thresholds. One paper reviewed the evidence for the guidelines and said they were based on poor evidence. Another reported significant variation in the measurements made by different clinicians, which could in theory change the diagnosis. Tests on 1,060 women whose pregnancy was in question showed the 20mm rule would diagnose about 0.5% of cases as miscarriages when they were in fact healthy. Prof Tom Bourne, from Imperial College London, told the BBC: "We found that the cut-off values were not entirely safe because they can be associated with a misdiagnosis of miscarriage in a small number of cases, and our view is that there shouldn't be any risk. "I think a significant number is one, frankly. I think anyone who has a diagnosis of miscarriage and potentially has surgery would expect that that diagnosis is right." He argues the cut-offs should be about 25mm instead of 20mm for the sac and 7mm for an embryo without a heartbeat. He also wants a greater emphasis on repeat scans. He said: "There's not a medical cost to being more cautious in what we're doing." Prof Siobhan Quenby, from University Hospital Coventry, welcomed greater attention and clarity on the issue, but said: "I really don't think many mistakes are being made." She said people were aware of issues with the guidance and if there was any doubt, further tests, not a termination, would take place. It is "very common that people come back for a second scan", she said. For those with a miscarriage diagnosis, she said that in the majority of cases there would be no medical intervention. About 30% would take tablets or have surgery to end the pregnancy. Dr Mark Hamilton, consultant gynaecologist at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, said the findings "reinforce the need for clinical staff to continue to exercise great care in the diagnosis of non-viable pregnancy to minimise the risk of misdiagnosis. "Women should continue to be managed expectantly without the need for medical treatment or surgery until the diagnosis of non-viability is established with certainty." The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is currently developing guidelines for the care of women who experience pain and bleeding in early pregnancy. There is already guidance available from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This will include the role of ultrasound in determining the viability of a pregnancy and will draw on this research. New guidelines are due in November 2012. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists welcomed the studies.

Some pregnancies are being terminated unnecessarily after an incorrect diagnosis of miscarriage, say doctors.

Summarize the following article: They have not clarified the nature of the illness, but the Bild tabloid says its research into Andreas Lubitz's background suggests he has a history of depression. Lufthansa has said that six years ago Mr Lubitz interrupted his pilot training at the company's flight school in Arizona for several months. The tabloid quotes unnamed sources in the company as saying that the interruption was caused by a psychological problem, and that one point, the trainee was classed as "unfit to fly". Overall, he was in psychological treatment for one-and-a-half years during his training, his progress in the course was frequently halted, and in 2009 he was diagnosed with an "abated severe depressive episode", according to the daily. Security sources are quoted as saying that their working assumption is that Mr Lubitz's relationship with his girlfriend was in crisis, and that he was "lovesick". The paper says a file on Mr Lubitz at Germany's aviation authority bears the code SIC - apparently requiring him to undergo regular medical checks. German media examine 'depression' reports Meanwhile, investigators searching Mr Lubitz's flat in Duesseldorf appear to have found evidence corroborating the claims he had psychological disorder, according to sources quoted by the news magazine Der Spiegel. The magazine adds that the exact nature of the evidence is not known, although prosecutors on Friday said they had found torn-up sick notes at his flat. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has been told a note potentially barring Mr Lubitz was from a local neurologist and psychiatrist who had been already treating the pilot for a while. The daily does not name its sources. Duesseldorf paper Westdeutsche Zeitung reports that a team of seven investigators searched Mr Lubitz's flat for hours on Thursday evening, and have cordoned off the area around it. Investigators were also present at his parents' home in Montabaur, a quiet country town south of Duesseldorf. According to Bild, Mr Lubitz spent most of his time at his parents', where he shared the first floor with his brother. It adds that he appears to have had an active lifestyle, running marathons and being a member of a hang-gliding club, LSC Westerwald. Before starting his pilot training, Mr Lubitz worked as a flight attendant, earning him the nickname "Tomato Andy" among his fellow trainee pilots. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

German prosecutors say Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employer, and that he had a note excusing him from work on the day of the crash.

Summarize the following article: The Commons Justice Committee said the ministry, and specifically the National Offender Management Service, focused too much on jails to deliver justice. But it said the ministry had improved on previous "woeful" inefficiency. The government said it would publish its response to a consultation on the probation service later this year. The Ministry of Justice was created five years ago when the Home Office was in crisis and took on some of its functions as well as those of the old Department of Constitutional Affairs. The report said that, despite teething troubles, there had been improvements under the new set-up. But it said the department was too "in thrall" to prisons and called for probation to be given the same status by the National Offender Management Service. Source: Ministry of Justice If the two were better integrated, costs and reoffending would be cut, the committee added. And it said other departments should focus policies on stopping offenders returning to prison. In 2011, a record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences. Some 90% of those sentenced in England and Wales had offended before - and almost a third had committed or were linked to 15 or more crimes. Reoffending rates were highest among serious offenders who had been jailed. Last month, a report by prisons and probation inspectors for England and Wales found that serious criminals were leaving prison without having been on programmes designed to stop reoffending. It found no plans to deliver treatment programmes to a third of sex offenders needing them with most of the 11 prisons examined lacking capacity to meet demand for courses.

The Ministry of Justice must do more to stop reoffending in England and Wales including giving probation more importance, MPs have said in a report.

Summarize the following article: Keith Hill's Rochdale went into the game knowing that should Millwall and Southend slip up, a victory over the Bantams would earn them the final play-off berth. And when Stuart McCall named a team with no less than nine changes to the side which had beaten AFC Wimbledon, the hosts might have imagined their opponents' thoughts were already on the play-offs But the Bantams matched Dale's appetite for the contest and took the lead in the ninth minute, with Alex Gilliead advancing into the area down the right and squaring for Alex Jones, who wrong-footed Conrad Logan with a neat finish. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was denied by Rouven Sattelmaier when one on one with the Bradford goalkeeper and the stopper later pushed over Calvin Andrew's shot. Bradford twice hit the woodwork through Gilliard and Daniel Devine either side of the break, but Rochdale deservedly drew level through Matt Lund in the 66th minute. It was not enough, however, as Millwall's win at Bristol Rovers secured the last play-off spot. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1. Second Half ends, Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1. Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale). Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier. Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Stephen Darby. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) hits the left post with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Attempt saved. Reuben Noble-Lazarus (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City). Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City). Substitution, Rochdale. Reuben Noble-Lazarus replaces Matthew Lund. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Daniel Pybus (Bradford City). Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale). Daniel Pybus (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Ellis Hudson. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Stephen Darby (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Matthew Lund (Rochdale). Attempt blocked. Jamie Allen (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Daniel Devine (Bradford City) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Harrison McGahey. Foul by Andrew Cannon (Rochdale). Matt Penney (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Bradford City. Daniel Pybus replaces Billy Clarke. Substitution, Rochdale. Andrew Cannon replaces Donal McDermott. Attempt missed. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner. Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Timothee Dieng. Goal! Rochdale 1, Bradford City 1. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Matt Penney (Bradford City). Attempt missed. Billy Clarke (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt missed. Calvin Andrew (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Rouven Sattelmaier. Attempt saved. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

A draw at Rochdale saw Bradford finish the season in fifth place and book a League One play-off semi-final against Fleetwood.

Summarize the following article: It is the longest winning streak for the share index since January 1987. Analysts said Wall Street was buoyed by hopes the US president would set out more on his spending and tax plans in a speech to Congress on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the US's three main stock indexes, finished 15 points higher at 20,837. Ahead of the speech, Mr Trump said: "We're going to make it easier for states to invest in infrastructure and I'm going to have a big statement tomorrow night on infrastructure." The president also said he would seek to boost defence spending by $54bn (£43bn), a 10% rise, in his proposed budget plans for 2018. As well as significantly raising infrastructure spending, Mr Trump has previously pledged to cut taxes for US businesses. "For the moment, whenever he speaks of those upcoming plans, we get a leg up in the market," Peter Jankovskis, director of research at Oakbrook Investments, told BBC World Service. "Whenever he's not talking, there's enough momentum to keep it moving forward." The S&P 500 index also edged two points higher to 2,370, while the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite index rose 17 points to 5,862. The biggest winners were shares in energy, financial and healthcare firms - areas that stand to gain if Mr Trump's policies spur faster economic growth, Mr Jankovskis said. The Dow closed at record highs for 13 sessions in a row in January 1987, nine months before the Black Monday market crash.

The US Dow Jones stock index has closed at a record high for the 12th day running as Donald Trump promised a "big" infrastructure announcement.

Summarize the following article: For 10 years he resisted demands for reform until economic pressures finally saw the demise of Poland's last Communist leader. Wojciech Jaruzelski was born on 6 Jul 1923 and raised on the family estate in Wysokie. The signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in 1939 persuaded Jaruzelski and his family to flee to Lithuania, before they were deported to South Western Siberia where his father died in a labour camp. He too became a forced labourer in the Karaganda coal mines in Kazakhstan suffering permanent damage to his back and eyes as a result. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Russians began forming Polish army units and the young Jaruzelski became one of the first to join. He fought in the Battle of Berlin in May 1945 which saw the final collapse of Nazi Germany and ended the war as a lieutenant. As an officer in the Polish People's Army he took part in the suppression of the Polish wartime resistance movement which was opposing Poland's pro-Soviet government. After graduating from the Polish Higher Infantry School and general staff academy, Jaruzelski rose quickly through the ranks. His career progression accelerated after the departure in 1956 of the Soviet Field Marshal, Konstantin Rokossovsky, who had been installed by Stalin as Poland's Commander in Chief and Minister of Defence. Jaruzelski became the chief "political officer" of the Polish armed forces in 1960, chief of staff in 1964, and defence minister in 1968 shortly before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in which Polish troops took part. He was also moving up the ranks of the communist party becoming a candidate member of the Politburo in December 1970 and a full member the following year. In 1971 Polish militia opened fire on striking shipyard workers in the Baltic ports and more than 40 people died. Jarulzelski was later accused of ordering the action, something he later strenuously denied claiming the orders came direct from the Prime Minister. In February 1981 he was appointed Prime Minister of Poland and, 10 months later, First Secretary of the Communist Party. He found himself being squeezed between the growing popularity of the pro-democracy Solidarity movement within Poland and pressure from the Soviet Union which had massed 20 tank divisions on the border. In December 1981 he declared martial law and thousands of Solidarity members were arrested including the movements charismatic leader Lech Walesa. Jaruzelski justified his action as a means of preventing a Soviet invasion although the Russian leader Boris Yeltsin later released files which indicated that the Soviets had no such plans. Martial law was lifted in 1983 although Solidarity remained a banned organisation. It was economic pressure which forced change on the Jaruzelski government coupled with the influence of reform in the former USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev. There was growing unrest in the country and a series of strikes forced Jaruzelski to begin negotiations with Solidarity in 1989. After two months of talks Jaruzelski was forced to concede a radical change in the structure of the administration in Poland. Solidarity triumphed in the resulting elections, despite the Communist party being guaranteed 65% of the seats in the new lower chamber. Jaruzelski, whose name was the only one the communists allowed on the ballot for President, won by just one vote. His offer of a coalition with Solidarity was turned down and, in December 1990, he stood down as Poland's leader to be replaced by Lech Walesa. Jaruzelski went on trial in 2001 for his alleged part in the 1971 shipyard massacres but legal wrangling and his declining health saw no hope of an end to the hearings. In February 2008 Jaruzelski told a reporter that he did not expect to be alive by the time any verdict was reached. Solidarity activists attempted to have him tried for the imposition of martial law in 1981 but the courts refused to hear the case on the basis that the post-communist Polish Parliament had exonerated him in 1996. Opinion polls also suggested that a majority of Poles were prepared to accept Jaruzelski's explanation of martial law as the "lesser evil" intended to prevent a Soviet invasion. Described by many Poles as a dictator, who acted according to instructions from the Kremlin, he insisted he was a Polish patriot who had always tried to do the best for his country.

By the time Wojciech Jaruzelski came to power in Poland the first cracks were appearing in the edifice of Communism across Eastern Europe.

Summarize the following article: Delegates heard how drones, more usually seen as military tools, are increasingly playing a positive role in civilian life They are offering new ways of transportation and carrying out vital conservation work. But, warned one speaker, far stricter controls are needed over the use of such machines in war. Sci-fi author Daniel Suarez called for international treaties to limit the use of autonomous combat drones that are increasingly being developed by nations such as the US and Israel. "There are tonnes of great uses for unmanned drones but we need a framework for robotic weapons as it puts too much power into too few hands," he said. "Increasingly combat drones are making lethal decisions about human beings." In 2011 US drones created 300,000 hours of video surveillance, for example. "This is outstripping the human ability to review it all so increasingly people will rely on visual intelligence software," said Mr Suarez. He also warned of the threat of anonymous war, where terrorists or criminals could launch drone attacks which would be difficult to trace back. "Such a war would tilt the geo-political balance on its head," he said. On a more positive note, delegates heard how drones can play a vital role in civilian life. Andreas Raptopoulos is currently building a network of drones to provide vital supplies to hard-to-reach places. At the TEDGlobal "flying lab", quadrirotors developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are being put through their paces all week. Demos show the drones performing a variety of tasks, including acrobatic dancing, batting balls and balancing poles. The team will also attempt to build a tower of Lego bricks using the drones. See the videos of the drones on BBC News's Tech Tout channel "In sub-Saharan Africa 85% of the roads are unusable during the rainy season," he said. "Imagine if you are in Mali with a newborn in urgent need of medication - it may take days to come." To overcome the issue, he is using small flying vehicles known as octocopters, which can deliver goods such as medicine in a few hours. The firm he has created, Matternet, grew out of a challenge set at the Singularity University in Silicon Valley to find solutions to global poverty. Prototypes have been tested in Haiti, delivering supplies to camps set up in the wake of the 2010 earthquakes and the firm is now planning a wider trial of the technology. The method is cheap. "To deliver 2kg [4.4lb] over 10km [6.2 miles] costs just 24 cents," he said, although currently a vehicle costs about $3,000 (£1,900). Mr Raptopoulos hopes to bring costs down to around $750 (£480) per vehicle. He thinks that the project has huge potential. "This could be the next big network, offering millions of people access to better medication and other supplies in the same way as the mobile network offered them access to the internet," he said. Such drones could also have a future in the heavily congested megacities of the future, delivering goods to businesses and consumers much more quickly and efficiently. Meanwhile, Lian Pin Koh showed off how basic model aircraft fitted with video cameras, autopilot systems and software to programme them can become vital conservation tools. "For the price of a decent laptop we can built a conservation drone with tremendous potential to monitor the health of wildlife and combat wildlife crimes," said Prof Koh. Traditionally, orangutan populations have been measured by sending teams into the forests of Sumatra with binoculars to find them Now airborne drones are finding dozens of nests in the trees and, with the help of automated software, are making the process far more efficient. Subsequent systems have been used to map the health of forests, showing where illegal logging is taking place, where forests are contracting and plantations expanding.

Speakers at the TEDGlobal conference have been debating the positive use of drones in society.

Summarize the following article: The free agent, who won 16 Wales caps between 2007 and 2011, has made over 250 senior club appearances. Eardley, 27, started at Oldham, moving on to Blackpool and Birmingham and had a brief loan spell at Leyton Orient in the 2014-15 season. Hibs are a point behind Scottish Championship leaders Queen of the South after seven games.

Former Wales right-back Neal Eardley has joined Hibernian until January, subject to international clearance.

Summarize the following article: Northern Irishman McIlroy, 26, has dropped to three in the rankings behind Jordan Spieth and Jason Day but the margin between the top three is small. "If I can get off to a good start next year, I can get back to number one going into the Masters," said McIlroy. "I'm going to play two more tournaments leading up to Augusta in April." McIlroy played five events before this year's Masters, where he finished a career-high fourth at the event as closing rounds of 68 and 66 left him six shots behind American Spieth. Media playback is not supported on this device His 2015 campaign began with two of the European Tour's desert swing events - the Abu Dhabi Championship and the Dubai Desert Classic - before he competed in the Honda Classic, the WGC Cadillac Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the US. "I need to feel I'm right in the middle of the season at Augusta," added McIlroy. "Over the last couple of years, I've played pretty well at Augusta but I've got off to a little bit of a slow start each time. "Whether that was because I was a little bit under-golfed, that definitely won't be the case in 2016." McIlroy still needs the Masters to complete a career Grand Slam, but with Spieth and Day having won three of the four majors in 2015, he said he will be one of a "number of storylines" going into the first major of the year. "I'm not going to be the only narrative going into Augusta."

Rory McIlroy will have a busier early-season schedule in 2016 than previous years as he aims to reclaim the world number one spot before the Masters.

Summarize the following article: Musician Example and club management and staff are set to present a 25,000-strong petition to Southwark Council which calls on it to protect the club. They are concerned about a development near the club's Gaunt Street home. They fear that if the flats go ahead, residents could submit noise complaints which could force the club's closure. In addition to the 25,000 signatories on the petition, which will be handed over on Friday, Example and global dance music heavyweights such as Armin van Buuren, Judge Jules, Above & Beyond and Zero 7 have lent their weight to the campaign. Example, who is currently number one in the album charts with Playing in the Shadows, said: "Ministry of Sound has been here for 20 years, leading the way in dance music and becoming a cultural ambassador we should all be proud of. "Why would anyone want to jeopardise that for the sake of luxury flats that do nothing for local people? These developers should know that we won't go quietly." The nightclub's supporters are concerned about an application for a 22-storey tower, Newington Causeway. A decision on the matter is due to be made at a meeting of Southwark Council's planning committee on 11 October. Lohan Presencer, Ministry of Sound Group's chief executive, said: "I just hope that the council will listen to all of these voices calling on them in unison to do the right thing and save our club." Fiona Colley, the council's cabinet member for regeneration, said Ministry of Sound "is a valued club, business and employer" in the area. "We hope a balance can be struck which allows them to continue alongside the equally important regeneration programme for Newington Causeway," she added. "We will continue to listen to local people and the parties concerned and ultimately the decision will be made at an independent planning committee."

London's Ministry of Sound nightclub could face closure if a development of luxury flats goes ahead nearby, a group of its supporters has claimed.

Summarize the following article: It could mean the end of a regular cycle of university inspections. There are believed to be proposals for a more "risk-based" approach, with higher levels of scrutiny for less established institutions. There have also been questions about the future of the current watchdog, the Quality Assurance Agency. The plans for discussion, which will be published next week, will set out major changes in how standards are assessed and monitored in universities. The plans aim to create a way of ensuring quality at a time of increasing consumer pressure from students and doubts about standards in some new private providers. An annual survey published this month by the Higher Education Policy Institute showed that less than half of students believed they had had good or very good value for money from their courses. The shake-up is expected to propose different levels of supervision for different parts of the higher education sector. Universities are said to be resistant to a "one-size-fits-all" monitoring system. This could mean that established, mainstream universities would no longer face a cycle of inspections of the kind carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). Newer entrants offering higher education courses would face a tougher level of scrutiny. For established universities, there would be a stronger emphasis on student "outcomes" - such as data on the employment record of graduates and information from the National Student Survey. There would also be a strengthening of the "external examiner" system, in which experts from other universities are used to check on the quality of degrees being awarded. If there were particular concerns about an institution, there would be a formal, hands-on inspection. It is expected that university governing bodies would have a bigger role in being accountable for quality. And the plans are expected to "embed" the idea of a way of measuring the quality of teaching in universities. The Conservatives' election manifesto promised a way of comparing university teaching standards as well as research. The intention is to move towards a regulatory system with a stronger focus on what courses mean for students and employers, rather than monitoring the internal processes of universities A number of leaks - including in the Times Higher Education magazine and the Wonkhe higher education website - have fuelled debate within the higher education sector. But there are suggestions that there are still some final decisions to be taken. There are questions about whether there will in effect be a two-tier system - with a more light-touch approach for established universities and more robust scrutiny for those outside this group. There were concerns earlier this year from the Public Accounts Committee about an "abuse of public money", when ineligible overseas students had been accessing funding for courses in private colleges. The Quality Assurance Agency had also raised questions about the quality of higher education courses taught in further education colleges - with inspectors failing about a third of college providers last year. The future of the agency itself is also uncertain, if it were no longer to carry out regular inspections. Last October, a public tendering process was announced to run the university inspection system from 2017. But it now seems that it is going to be a different kind of system from the one currently operated by the QAA. The proposed changes are also likely to raise questions about the independence of a regulatory system that no longer has regular external checks. Universities might be offered a more light-touch form of accountability, but in an international market will there be a need for evidence of an independent evaluation? Would relying on an in-house check be a long-term risk for standards and reputations? The questions about how university standards are monitored come as students are being increasingly voluble about challenging the quality of their courses. The increase in tuition fees has brought into sharper focus value-for-money questions about teaching standards, contact hours and how degree standards compare between different institutions. The plans will be presented jointly by the higher education funding councils for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. But even if the plans are adopted in England, it is possible that Wales and Northern Ireland could go in different directions. Scotland's universities operate under a different regulatory system.

The ways in which university watchdogs protect standards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland face a major overhaul in plans expected next week.

Summarize the following article: Thomas Hutton was jailed for four years and ten months after admitting offences including the sexual abuse of young girls and boys. Dundee Sheriff Court heard he attempted suicide before he was due in court. He posted a suicide note through one of his victim's doors, but the girl read it and contacted police who rushed Hutton to hospital. Hutton, 78, of Dundee, had previously pleaded guilty on indictment to three charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour, four of sexual assault and five under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act. Fiscal depute Nicola Gillespie told the court that the abuse began in 2005 against a girl aged just six. It was only stopped in August of last year when his first victim came forward. His victims were five girls and boys over the course of almost 10 years, aged between three and 12. He was caught after one of the girls he targeted became upset when she was told she would be seeing him - and told her parents of the abuse she had suffered. That led to the other four victims coming forward before Hutton confessed. Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC ordered he serve an extended sentence of four years supervision in the community upon his release and placed him on the sex offenders register indefinitely. She said: "It's clear to me that the children must have suffered ongoing and serious abuse at your hands and you have betrayed their trust. "It does seem to me clear that you present an ongoing risk of harm to children. I have to mark society's revulsion and abhorrence to these offences."

A sex abuse victim prevented her abuser's suicide hours before he was due to face charges, a court has heard.

Summarize the following article: Until now, SNCF has said its workers were forced to assist in deportations by the occupying German army. The change of language is clearly linked to the lucrative market for high-speed rail contracts in the US. The company has been criticised in the US for failing to apologise for its involvement. French state-owned trains and state-paid rail workers were responsible for carrying some 76,000 Jews from France to Germany and the east in World War II. Only a few of them returned. Ever since, SNCF has insisted that it was not responsible: the rail operator was requisitioned by the German occupier and workers had no choice but to obey. But now on a trip to the United States, the rail company's chief executive Guillaume Pepy has issued a statement that goes much further. He said that SNCF expressed its "profound sorrow and regret" for the consequences of its actions. As a statement of contrition, it is unprecedented, but it does not come out of the blue. In two US states - California and Florida - SNCF is hoping to win multi-billion dollar contracts to build high-speed rail links, similar to the ones that it has operated for years in France. However, in both states there have been efforts by some lawmakers and Jewish groups to bar from the bidding any concern that does not come clean about its wartime role in the deportations. The French company is clearly the target of these moves, which have been decried by some as patently protectionist in motivation.

France's state rail company has for the first time publicly expressed regret for its role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps in World War II.

Summarize the following article: Forced into marrying a man 25 years her senior after he had allegedly raped her, this 23-year-old Tajik woman from Kabul is now in a Greek camp for migrants. But Lina told the BBC that the abusive husband she ran away from is now following her, threatening to kill her for disobeying him. Her story was corroborated by volunteers for a Spanish refugee charity. Lina's husband is one step behind her and her two small children, having reached the Greek island of Lesbos shortly after she was transported to mainland Greece. "I was raped by this man when I was 16. He has tortured me, abused me and left me without food for days," Lina says by telephone from inside one of the camp's hundreds of white caravan-style blocks, which she shares with her three-year-old son, two-year-old daughter and her mother, who also decided to flee Afghanistan. The family group left Kabul earlier this year, travelling through Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey before making the perilous sea crossing to Lesbos. "Now he has found me," Lina says. "He followed me all the way through Turkey and now he is on Lesbos waiting patiently to reach the mainland and fulfil his promise to kill me. He missed me on the island, otherwise he would have killed me there. "He knows where I am, which camp I am in." Iris Sequera, a volunteer at the camp from Barcelona, brought Lina's plight to the attention of a Spanish group which works to have refugees accepted by Spain's authorities. Refugees Welcome in Spain has included her in a list of 22 especially vulnerable cases, but they are still waiting for a decision by the Spanish government. Meanwhile, Ms Sequera says that Lina's husband has issued threats to the family through Facebook. "One day someone I didn't know added me as a friend on Facebook and wrote something in Arabic-looking letters. He said he was Lina's husband and asked about her, but I said I knew nothing about it and blocked him," says Ms Sequera. The young volunteer says that Lina's husband wrote again with a false name saying he knew where his wife and children were because he had applied for family reunification on Lesbos and a charity had given him the information. "He said he knew the exact caravan she is in," Ms Sequera says. "He also threatened me and said I was a traitor." Refugees Welcome in Spain says that Lina has been given permission to lock her shelter, something that is generally not allowed on her camp. But Ms Sequera fears for Lina's life if she is not transferred out of Greece soon. Madrid's left-wing city council has told the Spanish government that it is happy to take in Lina and has accommodation lined up for her arrival. But it is Spain's interior ministry which decides on immigration and asylum cases. Spain had resettled 867 asylum seekers up to the end of October, after committing to accept more than 17,000 under European Union agreements. The government's policy is not to discuss individual asylum cases. Meanwhile, Lina is stuck in limbo. "Please help me escape from this hell and have another opportunity in this life. Before I was a young girl with ambition and dreams of being able to study and be independent, but in Afghanistan those rights were denied to me," she says. "I beg the Spanish people to accept my family. I want a quiet life without violence and my husband. Escaping from him is my salvation."

Lina's only crime was "being born a woman in Afghanistan", she says.

Summarize the following article: The 28-year-old England Lions seamer has taken 118 first-class wickets at an average of 28.95. Brooks announced earlier this month that he was likely to be moving on at the end of the 2012 season after four years with Northants. He told the Yorkshire website: "I'm absolutely elated to be joining Yorkshire who are one of the biggest clubs in the country." Director of cricket Martyn Moxon added: "We are really pleased to have acquired Jack's services. "We've been looking to strengthen our squad to challenge in the First Division of the County Championship in 2013 and believe that Jack brings a great deal of quality to our existing seam attack."

Yorkshire have signed Northants bowler Jack Brooks on a three-year deal.

Summarize the following article: Rosberg struggled for pace early on and was told by Mercedes to allow Hamilton into second behind Daniel Ricciardo. A botched pit stop by Red Bull then enabled Hamilton to take a first win of 2016 and cut the drivers' title deficit to Rosberg to 24 points. "I didn't expect the points to shift in the way they have," said Hamilton. Rosberg said: "The feeling I had in the car was more painful [than having to let Hamilton by]. "It was very painful of course but easy to decide to do that." There is an agreement between the Mercedes team and the drivers that if one of them is off the pace and affecting the other's chance of a win, then he will let him by. Hamilton won his third world title last year but went into Sunday's race 43 points behind championship leader Rosberg, who started 2016 with four straight victories. Media playback is not supported on this device Listen to the moment Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix Hamilton, who had suffered repeated technical problems in the first five races, said: "I'm just focused on enjoying the moment. "But the past five races have shown anything is possible. I'm conscious mistakes are still being made and we really need to pull together." He added: "A swing goes both ways." Hamilton had started third after a fuel-pressure problem had affected his qualifying session. "In the past, I would have been annoyed all night and denied myself any enjoyment in the other great things here," he said. "But I went out with some friends, had a beer and thought: 'Let's see what tomorrow brings.'" He added: "I came here today thinking I've just got to go and do it. It's not just going to happen. No-one's going to give it to me. The rain definitely opened a window of opportunity. Once I got past it was hammer time." Rosberg said he did not understand why he was lacking so much pace in the wet opening part of the race. Ricciardo pulled out a 13.1-second lead in seven laps before Rosberg let Hamilton through and the Briton then pulled out 10 seconds in five laps once he was into second place. Rosberg said: "It was pretty simple - I wasn't going to be able to fight for the win. They gave me a warning to up my pace and I couldn't so it was logical and fully understandable." He said he would look into the data to see if he could understand what had gone wrong.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton thanked team-mate Nico Rosberg 'for being a gentleman' and letting him through to help him win the Monaco Grand Prix.

Summarize the following article: An inquest heard Steven Amos died after surgery in Gloucestershire in 2016. His condition deteriorated over a weekend and he was not seen by a senior doctor until the Monday morning. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it was "confident" it had processes in place to "effectively escalate concerns". An inquest in March heard Mr Amos, 57, from Cheltenham died in May 2016, seven days after having a gastrectomy reconstruction. His condition deteriorated at 01:00 BST on Monday 16 May, and he was seen by a junior doctor at 03:15 BST. A senior doctor did not examine him until 08:00 BST. He underwent an emergency operation at 14:00 BST but died the following evening. Following the inquest Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett wrote to the trust, which runs Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal hospitals. In the letter, which has been seen by the BBC, Ms Skerrett said she was "concerned whether there is appropriate escalation of care given to a patient who acutely deteriorates during the night shifts over the weekend period." She said: "It is likely that if Steven had been taken to theatre sooner... his chances of survival following the emergency operation would have been increased. "In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken." The trust's chief executive, Deborah Lee, said: "Our hospitals have robust processes in place for investigating incidents that give rise to concern, and where standards fall short we are committed to making any changes in practice required to help us improve care for future patients. "We continue to be vigilant about quality of care, with a low threshold for investigating concerns. "We have provided assurance to the coroner, Ms Skerrett, that we are confident we have processes in place to ensure our junior clinicians are able to effectively escalate concerns about patients who deteriorate during the night. "We use an established pathway of escalating clinical concerns that is considered standard practice and is used routinely to ensure patients receive the appropriate level of care, day or night. "Ensuring our patients receive safe, effective, high quality care remains our top priority."

Further deaths could occur at hospitals unless changes are made to the way patients are cared for at nights during weekends, a coroner has said.

Summarize the following article: The Dyson Institute of Technology, opening in autumn 2017, will create home-grown talent, says Sir James. He says he has been complaining to ministers for many years about skills shortages in engineering. And Universities Minister Jo Johnson had challenged him to set up his own institution to train students. Sir James says the UK needs another one million engineers with skills in software, hardware and electronics by 2020. The £15m institute will be based at Dyson's campus in Malmesbury in Wiltshire and will offer a four-year engineering degree in partnership with the University of Warwick. The technology institute will "tackle head-on the dearth of skilled engineers in the UK". "We are taking matters into our own hands," said Sir James, who added that he wants the project to develop into a fully fledged Dyson University, with its own degree-awarding powers. Students will be paid a salary while studying and will not have to pay tuition fees - and Sir James says a key benefit will be that students will be working on "live projects" alongside mentors and research staff. Sir James says students, beginning with an intake of 25 in autumn 2017, will be able to "see these projects being put into production and going into the shops". "The new degree course offers academic theory, a real-world job and salary and access to experts in their field," says Sir James. He says that there has been a lack of understanding of the scale of the demand for skilled staff and the intensity of the international competition. His own engineers are drawn from 34 countries, he says, and UK manufacturing firms face tough challenges from countries such as China, South Korea and India. Sir James says that a major area of development will be in robotics - whether in terms of autonomous devices or systems that can adapt intelligently to their environment. Advancing battery technology is another area of research, he said. Lord Bhattacharyya, chairman of the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, said he wanted to help "develop a pool of talent" with the Dyson partnership. "It is vital that in order for UK companies to be competitive they must have the right people with the right skills," he said. Universities Minister Jo Johnson said "few organisations embody the spirit of great British invention quite like Dyson". "The Dyson Institute of Technology will not only offer students the chance to study on cutting edge degree level programmes, it will also play a vital role in educating the next generation of much needed engineers."

Inventor Sir James Dyson is to open his own institute to train engineers, who he says are badly needed if UK companies are to remain competitive.

Summarize the following article: To be bowled out for 103 in 37 overs on a flat pitch is nothing short of awful, or "unacceptable" as captain Alastair Cook rightly said. To add insult to injury, Australia batsman Steve Smith claimed that the pitch was even slower on Sunday morning than it had been earlier in the match. And yet England's batting was so tentative. They knew they needed to bat for five sessions to save the game so they had be cautious but you can still be positive in defence. You can leave positively, get forward positively and have a purpose and energy about yourselves at the crease. The real crime was that England did not even make Australia's bowlers work hard for their wickets. They allowed themselves to be softened up by the short ball and folded miserably in little more than a session of cricket. Huge credit must go to Australia's bowlers. They did not allow the bad memories of recent defeats at Lord's to bother them in the slightest and totally outbowled England in what is supposedly our own backyard. Mitchell Johnson ran in really fast and was brilliant, Mitchell Starc was not far behind, while Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh and Nathan Lyon all chipped in with important wickets. Australia just seemed to have a different mindset to England. When the pitch is flat and you lose the toss and you only get one wicket on the first day, you can get a bit negative about things but you've got to keep going. England just never seemed to believe they could get back into the match. To follow such a tremendous win at Cardiff that created such momentum and positivity behind the England team with a performance like that is soul-destroying for England's supporters. In my post-match interview, I pressed Cook about the pitch to see whether there is some kind of plan to make them slow and he denied it twice. But if the pitch at Edgbaston is anything like this England could be in serious trouble again because fast bowling will prevail. I said months ago that if England were going to beat Australia they needed to produce pitches that are a bit green and damp on which the ball will nip about off the seam: English conditions that play to England's strengths. As far as the make-up of the team is concerned, there should not be any knee-jerk reactions but they will have to seriously consider the top order. They simply cannot keep getting blown away so cheaply and relying on the middle order to bail them out. It is a pattern that has to change. Adam Lyth scored a century three Tests ago, and got out to a good ball in the second innings, so he probably clings on to his spot. I can also see them persisting with Ian Bell. Edgbaston is his home ground and we all know what a good player he is. The man who should probably be looking over his shoulder most is Gary Ballance, who just doesn't look in any sort of form at all. He is not moving his feet, is getting in bad positions and looks vulnerable against both short and full deliveries. If the selectors do decide to drop someone when they meet on Tuesday, then Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow may be in line for a recall. He scored his fifth County Championship century of the summer on Sunday and is a positive, confident sort of bloke, who might just give the side a lift. He is not cut out to bat at three, however, so it might mean shifting either Joe Root or Ian Bell up the order, a move that would not be taken lightly. Whatever England team walks out at Edgbaston, they will enjoy tremendous support from a raucous crowd. They have enjoyed plenty of success against Australia there, most famously 10 years ago in that incredible two-run victory. It's 1-1 in the series, and there's all to play for. But England's players must pick their games up and get back to their best. Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham. Listen to Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew review the day on the TMS podcast, and watch a summary of of a dramatic Sunday with our Pint-sized Ashes video.

England's performance on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord's was desperately disappointing.

Summarize the following article: The man entered a room on the seventh floor of the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch where three women and three children were sleeping, police said. It is believed that when one of the women woke up, they were hit about the face and head with a hammer. The Met said the condition of one woman was "critical" and the attack was being treated as attempted murder. Scotland Yard said the suspect struck shortly before 02:00 BST on Sunday and a hammer was recovered from the scene. Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "This was an unusually violent attack on three women and I am very keen to speak with anyone who was in or around the hotel between 01:00 and 02:00 on Sunday morning." It is understood that the women, who are all from the United Arab Emirates and in their 30s, had deliberately left their door unlocked because they were staying in the hotel as part of a large family group. It is thought the family, who had come to London for shopping and sightseeing, had visited large West End stores on Saturday. Police said no keys had been stolen and they were carrying out "a detailed forensic examination both of the room as well as the surrounding area" and examining CCTV. A spokesman for Guoman Hotels, which runs the 1,000-room Cumberland, said: "All of our thoughts are with the families of the injured women. "We are doing everything we can to support the police with their enquiry, but it is too early to comment any further."

Three women have been bludgeoned by a hammer-wielding attacker in a room at a central London hotel.

Summarize the following article: 19 January 2017 Last updated at 19:49 GMT "If I speak to Trump’s team, Trump's close advisers and even to President-elect Trump himself, none of them think Trump would have won unless Brexit had happened," he told BBC Newsnight.

Nigel Farage says Donald Trump and his team credit the UK's Brexit vote for his victory in the US presidential election.

Summarize the following article: The 39-year-old made 101 in the first frame of his 6-1 quarter-final win against Marco Fu at the Masters. The win was the defending champion's 43rd at the Masters, breaking another record held by Hendry. "I was a bit nervous because I knew everyone was thinking about it. It was nice to get it out of the way early," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport. "There was still a match to play [after breaking the record] so I thought everyone needed to calm down." 'The Rocket' looked on course to extend his centuries record in the second frame, but missed a brown when on 51 and Fu pinched it on the black to level. Hong Kong's Fu, 37, had a chance in the third but failed to capitalise, as O'Sullivan made 67 and took the fourth frame on the black to lead 3-1 at the interval. Further breaks of 85 and 66 extended O'Sullivan's advantage to 5-1, before he took the seventh to progress to the semi-final. "Now I am playing decent, I enjoy it a bit more," he said. "The older I am, it feels like I have only been a professional for four years. "To have a positive outlook on it, I feel I can can deal with the ups and downs, I love it. I can handle my emotions more." Find out how O'Sullivan racked up the centuries record

Ronnie O'Sullivan scored his 776th career century to break Stephen Hendry's all-time record.

Summarize the following article: The plight of Syrian refugees was among the many causes for which Mrs Cox campaigned. It was an issue for which she worked tirelessly as she routinely called for Britain to do more to help those caught up in Syria's civil war. Perhaps this is a reason why Syrians have expressed their grief, adding to the growing voices of those paying tributes on social media. Shortly after the news broke, the White Helmets, a group of volunteers for the Syrian Civil Defence tweeted their sadness: BBC Arabic social media producer Nader Ibrahim says: "Minutes after the sad news about Jo Cox was announced, Syrian activists took to social media to express their grief. "This tweet by the white helmets, or the Syrian civil defence forces, is quite significant since they are literally on the ground operating inside." Ibrahim adds that the sadness expressed from people in Syria for a British MP is significant. He says: "It is quite surprising to see Syrians, from inside Syria, in a war-torn country, with limited access in a lot of its places to the outside world, tweeting and talking about a British MP who is half way across the world. "This is especially because a lot of Syrians feel like they've been let down by the West and the international community for not taking enough action to stop the war in their country. So to see them mourning a western MP is quite a thing." Syrians living in Britain have also been vocal in expressing their sympathies. Syrian activist Reem Assil is from Damascus and now lives in Cambridge. She posted a tribute to Jo Cox on her Facebook page. It reads: "Syria, Syrians and especially British Syrian NGOs have lost their best friend in UK Parliament today. "Jo Cox has not only had a clear point of view when it comes to Syria, she was listening, compassionate, and above all, she was fighting with us for the protection of civilians and justice in Syria. "Jo Cox, you're a big loss for Britain and for all of us. You'll never be forgotten and we promise to continue the fight for what you dedicated your life for." Karim Jian is from Aleppo but now lives in Manchester. He says the death of Jo Cox has affected him and other Syrians deeply. "She was one true advocate for the Syrian people. When Syrians think of a good British MP who we could always rely on, we think of Jo Cox. "She was kind, honest, and had a good heart. She was the sole beacon of hope for people trying to flee a war zone. Her death saddens us all terribly. "On behalf of all British Syrians, I would like to send our heartfelt condolences to her family and to the people of the UK as we have lost a truly inspirational woman." Syria Solidarity UK posted a statement on their website, signed by a number of Syrian organisations. It states: "Humanity lost a champion when Jo Cox was stolen from us. "Syrian groups in Britain learned of her last year as a new MP prepared to speak up on Syria after two years of near-silence in the UK Parliament. "Her view of the crisis was both moral and realistic, rigorous in seeking to understand what was happening, and clear in seeing what could and should be done." The Syrian Association of Yorkshire released a press release which was shared on Twitter.

The death of Labour MP Jo Cox has led to a range of tributes from around the world including many from Syrians.

Summarize the following article: Set only 217 to win, Pakistan were reduced to 41-3 by Reece Topley's three wickets, only for Hafeez's 102 not out to seal the win with 38 balls to spare. Earlier, England were reduced to 14-3, then looked well set when Eoin Morgan (76) and James Taylor (60) shared 133. But the tourists lost five wickets for 33 runs and were bowled out for 216. England's one-day cricket during the home summer was much improved, but this defeat in the first of the four-match series was more in keeping with the performances of a dismal World Cup. As well as the failure with the bat, only Topley provided a constant threat with the ball. In contrast, Pakistan's trio of pace bowlers and leg-spinner Yasir Shah were excellent, the hosts' fielding was electric and Hafeez imperious. On a blameless pitch, Jason Roy was bowled by the 7ft 1in Mohammad Irfan before Joe Root and Alex Hales were lbw and caught at slip respectively off the skiddy Anwar Ali. That early trouble, though, looked set to be rendered irrelevant by Morgan and Taylor, who calmly rebuilt. Morgan, whose last innings in ODI cricket ended in a concussion as a result of a Mitchell Starc bouncer, was troubled by the first Irfan bumper he faced, but then scored when the bowlers dropped short. Taylor supported with characteristic nudging and running, then went past 50 with a pair of straight sixes. But, when Morgan edged Shoaib Malik behind, England imploded. Jos Buttler was run out thanks to Taylor's poor call, Taylor chipped Malik to mid-wicket and Moeen Ali was brilliantly caught by Babar Azam. After Adil Rashid holed out to an Irfan slower ball, it needed a ninth-wicket stand of 33 between David Willey and Chris Woakes to drag England past 200. Pakistan, so formidable in the UAE in Test cricket, have won only one of the previous six ODI series in their adopted home, including a 4-0 defeat by England in 2012. At eighth, they are two places behind Morgan's men in the world rankings. Here, they were given a platform for victory by their bowling and fielding. The pace trio of Irfan, Anwar and Wahab Riaz found seam movement early in England's innings, then returned with reverse swing. Leg-spinner Yasir stifled in the middle. While that was no surprise, a flawless effort in the field is not usually expected from a Pakistan side. Younus Khan juggled a sharp catch at second slip to remove Root and captain Azhar Ali was sharp to run out Buttler and hold Taylor. Azam's one-handed effort to remove Moeen was extraordinary. Fielding at short mid-wicket, he leapt high to his left, diving goalkeeper-style to cling on to a wonderful catch. England looked to have a chance when left-armer Topley swung the new ball to trap both Azhar and Bilal Asif lbw, before Younus slapped to mid-on. However, neither Woakes or Willey found the same movement and leg-spinner Rashid had no consistency of length. That is to take nothing away from Hafeez, who played classy off drives and punished anything short in his 11th ODI hundred. He shared stands of 70 with Malik and an unbroken 106 with Azam, who brought up his half-century with a straight six off Woakes. By the end, England were as listless as Pakistan has been energetic. Younus Khan, recalled to the Pakistan side for the first time since the World Cup, sprung a surprise on the morning of the match by announcing his retirement from ODI cricket. The 37-year-old, who made nine in his last innings, played 265 ODIs and ended as Pakistan's sixth-highest runscorer. What they said England captain Eoin Morgan told BBC Sport: "I don't like making excuses. In the last two series we've played, we have been slow starters. We have to learn what we can from today and put things right in the next game. "I don't think we can look to the bowling too much. Defending 217 is pretty harsh on the bowlers. We didn't bowl as well as we have in the past, but the fault today lies solely on the batting unit."

England were well beaten in the first one-day international as Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten century led Pakistan to a six-wicket win in Abu Dhabi.

Summarize the following article: Halesworth-based Air Artists is selling 30 years' of its work, used by the likes of the Rolling Stones and AC/DC. The star lot is Algie, which famously halted flights over Heathrow after breaking loose from its moorings over Battersea Power Station in 1976. Creator Rob Harries said: "It's time for someone else to take them for a walk." The inflatables were cleared out from the workshop after Mr Harries decided on a change in creative direction and began working with clay. But the auctioneers selling the props on 15 September say they "really don't know" how much the lots will make because they are so unusual. When Mr Harries saw just how many items had been lying on the shelves for years, he decided they should go under the hammer. He said: "I'm sad to see them go but they very rarely see the light of day and so I would be quite happy for someone else to take them for a walk. "The clear-out has been quite cathartic and brought back a lot of memories, but I do feel I've been there and done that now, and it's time to move on." His favourite item is the pig's head from Roger Waters' Berlin Wall concert, produced back in 1990, but he has produced a wealth of items, including work for the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, and Bon Jovi. The inflatables were made in plain white fabric, stitched by his partner, Shirley, and then painted by a colleague, Andy Ireland. Most of his work came through a late friend, the rock and roll stage designer Mark Fisher. Dominic Parravani, for auctioneers Durrants, said: "It seems amazing to me that iconic props that have been seen by millions of people from all around the world have been designed and produced just down the road from here in Halesworth."

Iconic inflatable stage props - including Pink Floyd's famous pig "Algie" - are to be sold at auction.