Suffolk coroner Dr Peter Dean recorded an open verdict on the death of Tyler Mison, 13, at the inquest in Ipswich. His mother Joanne Mison, of Shotley Gate, Suffolk, said she was convinced that her son Tyler had died after experimenting with a "choking game". Dr Dean said the death may have been due to some form of high-risk game. But he added it was difficult to say if that was what had happened. Police said they could find no clues to indicate why Tyler, who was born in Manchester, had hanged himself and no evidence he had been playing a choking game. Dr Dean said Tyler had seemed a "normal happy lad" and there was no evidence to suggest that he intended to take his own life. Tyler was, said his parents, a happy, but easily led boy. A pupil at Holbrook High School in Shotley, he was planning to join the Army Cadet Force. On 9 September last year he was found by his stepfather hanging from his bed at home. Mrs Mison said she was sure he had been trying a choking game which, she said, youngsters played to give themselves a "high", the inquest heard. She said in the weeks before his death Tyler had had bloodshot eyes, headaches and marks on his neck. Mrs Mison said she had thought nothing of them at the time but with hindsight felt that they were classic signs of choking game experiments. She said: "I had never heard of 'the choking game' before. But it is well-known in America and you can find it on the internet. "I think teachers, parents, anyone who works with children should be made aware of the signs and the dangers." The government said in a statement: "We believe that this practice is still relatively rare and unknown in most schools. "On balance, we feel that a national awareness campaign may give the practice unwanted publicity and increase the risk that more children may experiment with it."

Question: The mother of a boy who hanged himself has called on internet sites to erase anything which could @placeholder experiments with strangulation .


Erewash MP Jessica Lee has been campaigning with residents for a train station stop in Ilkeston, one of the largest towns in the UK without a hub. In July 2012, the government announced a £20m fund for new stations. Ms Lee said Ilkeston was at the "front of the queue" for a new station but the "bunting was not yet out". She said: "We haven't yet got the station secured. However, the opening of this fund was directly a result of the whole campaign that's happened." The project needed "just £6m" of funding and the proposal was in an advanced stage, she said. Dave Wade, a reporter at the Ilkeston Advertiser, which has also backed the station campaign, said it was hard to find anyone opposed to the plans. He said: "We can see the benefits of bringing people into the town and benefits for getting out of the town - to go on holiday, etc. "Ilkeston FC would also benefit by getting people in for matches. It seems like a great thing for the town." When the new stations fund was announced, Transport Secretary Justine Greening said it had been directly inspired by Ilkeston. Derbyshire County Council must now complete its bid for a share of the money, which must be submitted by 25 February. It is thought services from the railway station would include hourly trains to Nottingham, Chesterfield and Sheffield.

Question: An MP who headed a campaign for new railway station in a Derbyshire town , 46 years after the old one @placeholder , says the plan could soon become a reality .


"Four weeks," Martin McGuinness, standing next to him, clarified. That was before Sinn Féin's northern chair was arrested then released by detectives investigating the murder of Kevin McGuigan Sr. It was also before the SDLP resisted pressure to adjourn the assembly and before the DUP's ministerial team resigned or stood aside, with the notable exception of Finance Minister and now Acting First Minister Arlene Foster. All of which was pretty dramatic, but by the end of the week Martin McGuinness reckoned we had six weeks to save the process, which by my calculation was an extra fortnight. Under the Northern Ireland Act, Mrs Foster can only occupy her 'acting' role for a continuous period of no more than six weeks. But a senior DUP source pointed out that a five-minute return to office by Peter Robinson could interrupt such a "continuous" period, enabling Mrs Foster to step back into the breach on repeated occasions. That's not the only area where we will have to be alert for Baldrick-style 'cunning plans'. Peter Robinson told me on Inside Politics he has no intention of letting Sinn Féin and SDLP ministers take over the health, enterprise and social development departments his colleagues have just vacated. Presumably the plan would be to nominate DUP politicians to take over the vacant departments within the seven-day timescale set by the rules, then have them step down again almost immediately. All this procedural game-playing will be in parallel with renewed Stormont House talks. It seems unlikely the tactical manoeuvring will last as long as six weeks, not least because the public might regard it as too clever by half. On BBC Newsline I pointed out that the absence of a regional development minister already meant that some common sense measures, like speed restrictions near rural primary schools, were not getting rubber-stamped. One can imagine similar practical negative impacts if there are no ministers in charge of health or housing for extended periods. With David Cameron still appearing to rule suspension out, the parties remain well aware that sooner or later over the next eight months they are likely to be throwing themselves at the mercy of the voters. Maybe by then we will have another 'historic' deal covering welfare reform, the budget, corporation tax, paramilitary activity, parades, the past and the weakness of the current Stormont system. But right now it looks more likely that these will be the topics the politicians will still be arguing about when the voters go to the polls.

Question: " For the rest of our lives , " Gerry Adams @placeholder when asked how long he expected the latest round of Stormont House talks to go on .


The proposed job cuts are in addition to the 7,500 job losses Shell announced in July. The tie-up between Shell and BG deal is due to be completed early next year. However, an institutional investor has told the BBC that the deal does not make "financial sense" at current oil price levels. David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life Investments, told the BBC it was "very difficult to make the deal work" with oil below $40 a barrel, saying oil prices needed to be $60-$70 a barrel. Shell announced in April that it had agreed to buy BG, in a deal that valued the oil and gas exploration firm at about Â£47bn. In its latest statement, Shell said that the planned job losses were part of "operational and administrative restructuring". "Further detailed work will be undertaken on the details of the proposed restructuring as part of ongoing integration planning," Shell said. The final regulatory barrier to the Shell-BG tie-up was cleared on Monday after it was approved by China. It has already been approved by regulators in Australia, Brazil and the European Union. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said the companies would now "seek approval from both sets of shareholders as we move towards deal completion in early 2016". Last week, the price of oil fell to seven-year lows, with both Brent crude and US crude now below $40 a barrel. Speaking before Shell announced the plans for job cuts, Mr Cumming told the BBC's Today programme that - given the low oil price - possible options included  Shell walking away from the deal, Shell changing the terms of the deal, or shareholders rejecting the  deal. "Shareholders could vote the deal down, and the break fee is pretty low, so I think Shell will come under pressure over the next few months to say how the deal is going to work," Mr Cumming added. Standard Life is among the top 20 investors in both companies. Mr Cumming declined to say how he would vote on the deal.

Question: Royal Dutch Shell has said it will cut 2,800 jobs if its planned takeover of BG Group goes ahead , about 3 % of the @placeholder group 's workforce .


Today, it was back to the Scottish Play and the dramatis personae of Holyrood. Labour's Kezia Dugdale seemed to want to truncate the "seven ages of man" (or woman), as numbered in As You Like It. Not sure if we got our due quota of "wise saws and modern instances". The exchanges with Labour (on housing) were decidedly tetchy. The exchanges with the Tories (on flooding) were perhaps too raw to admit of oratory. But certainly politicians have to pay heed to the "bubble reputation", particularly as expressed via opinion polls in the run-up to May's election - which is, of course, dominating their every waking thought and quite a few of the somnolent ones too. But back to the seven ages. Labour has produced a plan to top up the bonus paid to those saving for a first home mortgage. Ms Dugdale was keen to contrast that offer with what she saw as a lackadaisical approach by the Scottish government. She chose to word that contrast in personal terms. Her youthful generation, she said, was increasingly confined to the private rented sector. By contradistinction, the First Minister's generation had found it easier to buy their home. Now I know that the word "generation" has gained a degree of elasticity since its not infrequent use during the referendum. However, this was perhaps stretching things too far. Ms Dugdale is indeed relatively young, being aged 34. But Ms Sturgeon is only a decade ahead of her, at 45. Wisely, Ms Sturgeon declined to bridle. The topic was far too serious. Instead, the First Minister argued that her government had already taken considerable steps to help first time buyers - from shared equity to cutting the tax on lower-cost homes to increasing the housing supply. In which regard she quoted Iain Gray, sitting beside Ms Dugdale, to the effect that a previous Labour government at Holyrood had been hot on housing policy - but perhaps a little cooler on building houses. Mr Gray gestured dismissively. Ms Dugdale was unimpressed. Young folk (presumably including herself, although not the FM) had been given a "raw deal" by SNP Ministers who lacked the ambition to counter austerity in a radical fashion. The First Minister implied that Labour leaders were free to offer virtually anything - because they did not expect to be in office after May. Rather, they were struggling to hold on to second place. And so the exchanges went on, "sudden and quick in quarrel". From future homes to those presently afflicted by flood water. Ruth Davidson accused the Scottish government of dragging their heels in distributing Â£5m in cash which formed part of a UK government package to help householders and others. Ms Sturgeon said this characterisation was unfair. She noted grimly that the flood waters had yet to recede, that the full impact was not yet assessed.  Urgent consultations were under way, she said, to ensure that the cash was effectively distributed. An announcement was pending. This was the Liberal Democrats' fallow week - their paucity of numbers means they don't get a question at every outing. However, up stepped Patrick Harvie of the Greens. He was sceptical about the Chancellor's plans for a National Living Wage, arguing that it would not compensate for cuts in welfare payments. He was particularly unhappy that the higher rate will only be paid to those aged 25 and over. Mr Harvie suggested sanctions by confining Scottish government support to those who provide the higher rate to all staff. In response, Ms Sturgeon essayed the approach emollient. She sympathised with Mr Harvie's stance but argued that it was important to act consensually with employers, to convince them that what she called a "fair work approach" could benefit business as well as employees. At which point this "strange eventful history" ends.

Question: There has been sporadic misuse of Shakespeare in Parliamentary environs this week . One thinks of the Prime Minister 's faintly @placeholder deployment of play titles as he sought to flatten Jeremy Corbyn .


Derby are six points off sixth position with seven games to play. Matej Vydra scored the only goal with 20 minutes remaining, firing high into the net after QPR goalkeeper Alex Smithies kept out Tom Ince's low shot. Idrissa Sylla headed against the post late on for QPR, who suffered only their second defeat in eight games. Ian Holloway's in-form Rangers had offered little in attack before that, and they remain 10 points clear of the relegation zone, having taken 16 points from their previous seven Championship matches. Derby had drawn their first game under Rowett at local rivals Nottingham Forest prior to the international break, coming from behind to lead and then conceding a stoppage-time equaliser. But they built on an impressive second-half display at the City Ground to give new boss Rowett, a former Derby defender, his first win in charge. Winger Johnny Russell missed several opportunities for the hosts during a goalless first half, while Smithies kept out David Nugent's powerful angled drive. It appeared as if Derby would be punished for their wastefulness, but Czech striker Vydra netted for the second game in succession to secure three points and deny Rangers what would have been only their third league clean sheet of 2017. Match ends, Derby County 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Second Half ends, Derby County 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Will Hughes (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Sean Goss (Queens Park Rangers). Attempt missed. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Manning. Foul by Darren Bent (Derby County). Jake Bidwell (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Luke Freeman with a cross following a corner. Corner,  Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Scott Carson. Attempt saved. Matt Smith (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sean Goss. Substitution, Derby County. Darren Bent replaces David Nugent. Foul by Will Hughes (Derby County). Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. David Nugent (Derby County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Markus Olsson (Derby County) because of an injury. Foul by Markus Olsson (Derby County). Yeni N'Gbakoto (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Substitution, Derby County. Will Hughes replaces Tom Ince. Substitution, Derby County. Ikechi Anya replaces Matej Vydra. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Bradley Johnson (Derby County) because of an injury. Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Bradley Johnson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers). Foul by Craig Bryson (Derby County). Sean Goss (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Idrissa Sylla replaces Darnell Furlong. Johnny Russell (Derby County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers). Offside, Derby County. Chris Baird tries a through ball, but David Nugent is caught offside. Goal!  Derby County 1, Queens Park Rangers 0. Matej Vydra (Derby County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Derby County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Johnny Russell. Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Yeni N'Gbakoto replaces Conor Washington. Foul by Tom Ince (Derby County). Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Craig Bryson (Derby County) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Luke Freeman (Queens Park Rangers). Matej Vydra (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by James Perch (Queens Park Rangers).

Question: Gary Rowett 's first @placeholder game as Derby manager ended in victory as the Rams ' slim Championship play - off hopes were boosted by beating QPR at Pride Park .


The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had asked the Udta Punjab filmmakers to make 94 cuts, including removal of expletives, references to cities in Punjab and any shots of drugs being consumed, ironically in a film about drug abuse. But Anurag Kashyup and other producers decided to challenge the CBFC's order in a Mumbai court, which eventually allowed the film's release with just one cut - a shot of lead actor Shahid Kapoor's character urinating in a crowd. "I must confess that I was aware that it was not going to be easy to get [the film] out there. But I didn't anticipate the amount of conflict we would have to go through," Kapoor told the BBC. But he added that "the controversy helped the film" because many Indians used social media outlets to show their support for creative freedom in India. "The film got leaked two days before it was set for release but we still had people going into the theatres, which is amazing," he said. The dispute has even gripped university professors in India. Some business schools are now using Udta Punjab as an example of how a public row can help drive interest in a film and raise awareness about a social issue. But will one film's victory be enough to prevent heavy-handed censorship in the future? Actress Alia Bhatt said more steps were needed to ensure complete creative freedom. She added that the "interpretation of the 1952 cinematography law" creates problems because "it's a bit vague and can be interpreted in any way". She argued that the law has to be changed. Many have concerns even about the single cut ordered by the Bombay high court. Bhatt, who is one of the most promising actresses in the latest generation of Bollywood stars, wants to see censorship disappear completely. "As an adult, you're allowed to vote, you're allowed to drink, you're allowed to get married, then how can you not be allowed to view cuss words, or abusive words, or a kissing scene, or bloodshed or any of that on screen?" she asked. Javed Akhtar, co-writer of cult films like Sholay, said we shouldn't view Udta Punjab "as a one off case". "Censorship in India has always been quite erratic and quite irrational and ad hoc," he said. Last year, the CBFC asked the producers of Hindi thriller NH10 to shorten the duration of a violent scene that showed honour killing, had the word "lesbian" muted in romantic comedy Dum Laga Ke Haisha and banned erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey despite the producers offering to make cuts. The board also shortened the duration of two kissing scenes in Daniel Craig's Spectre before giving it an adult certification. Akhtar argued that the board needs better people to avoid these incidents. "People who are from the arts, people who are from the theatre, people who are familiar with literature and drama should be on the panel," he said. Udta Punjab's successful court battle has encouraged others to fight for their creative freedom. Actor and producer Anil Kapoor has bought the rights to adapt American TV sitcom Modern Family for India. Some consider it a risky move because a gay couple play a central part in the series and homosexuality is currently illegal in the country. Anil Kapoor told the BBC that he was not going to compromise the characters. "Things are changing. I'm under no pressure, I'm going to have the track as it is," he said. The actor added that he had faith in India's legal system. "Today, we have the biggest advantage of social media and the public opinion is the most important thing anywhere in the world. So I'm ready to fight if there's anything like [censorship]," he said. Anil Kapoor's confidence comes partly from the growth of the internet and streaming services like Netflix in South Asia. "We have the digital format platform now, so there is a possibility that I might make it [the series] for the digital platform," he said. But "moral policing" has been noticeable online in India too. In February 2015, viral stand-up comedy group AIB took down a "comedy roast show" from YouTube, featuring Bollywood stars, after complaints of vulgar language. Nonetheless, there have been fewer cases compared with films. Instead, several top Bollywood stars, including Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan and Bhatt, have been involved in creating original content for the internet which has been received positively. But is going online the best way of tackling the CBFC or is it just avoiding the issue all together? With Bollywood film makers becoming braver and bolder with their subject matter, the battle between certification and censorship is not going away anytime soon.

Question: Udta Punjab is currently the eighth highest - grossing Bollywood film of the year . But a month ago , the makers of the film worried if it would ever release , due to censorship issues . BBC Asian Network 's Haroon Rashid @placeholder to Bollywood actors and writers about creative freedom and censorship in India .


Dozens of tyres and pallets had been left in the middle of the recently opened pathway at Connswater, east Belfast. It forms part of the £40m Connswater Community Greenway project. Earlier, Robert Osborne, Bloomfield Community Support Group, said those who had collected for the bonfire were "happy to step away". He told the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster that he had been involved in talks with the collectors and that the plan was to hold a fun day and light a beacon on 11 July. Workers from the Environment Agency cleared away the debris. Mr Osborne said the decision had been made "in order to keep east Belfast progressing and flourishing". "The youths know they can always go to a different bonfire, you have got ones within a couple of metres of each other. It is near enough - a stone's throw away for most of them. "I can't talk for every other bonfire, but because of what is going on in that park and the amount of money spent, our community is happy enough to step away from a bonfire. "A bonfire is like a family, heart and soul goes into it and whenever they realised that there was so much money put into making their community look better, they obviously saw the outcome was going to be better for future developments and what might come for them." Traditionally, bonfires are lit in many loyalist areas of Northern Ireland on the "eleventh night" - the eve of the Twelfth of July. They celebrate William of Orange's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The greenway project includes a number of new bridges, cycle paths and walking routes. It also features a new civic square with sculptures of characters from Narnia - in tribute to author CS Lewis who grew up in the area. Earlier this month, about 500 people attended the official opening of a new greenway bridge, dedicated to Z Cars actor, James Ellis. The investment was aimed at improving the urban environment by creating open public spaces and cleaning up rubbish from neglected riverbanks. For weeks, complaints were lodged with Belfast City Council about the discarded tyres and pallets. It had replied that bonfire issues were "complex" and it was working with communities to address the matter.

Question: Bonfire material which had been @placeholder on a new multi-million - pound greenway in Belfast , has been removed .


The Magpies started well and could have been a goal ahead in the opening 10 minutes when Mark Yeates smacked the top of the bar with a wonderful long-range drive. Notts took the lead in the 24th minute and the architect was Michael O'Connor, who produced a wonderful pass which picked out the run of Jon Stead who ran on to smash beyond Scott Brown. It was no more than County deserved for a vibrant display and they gave themselves a cushion when Richard Duffy's header from Yeates' corner squirmed over the line just past the half-hour mark. That prompted Robins boss Gary Johnson into a tactical switch as he ditched a 5-4-1 system to play 4-4-2 and the new shape seemed to kick-start Cheltenham. The extra man up front made it more of a contest and, after Jonathan Forte hit the post for the hosts, Manny Onariase grabbed a late goal. Match report supplied by the Press Association Match ends, Notts County 2, Cheltenham Town 1. Second Half ends, Notts County 2, Cheltenham Town 1. Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Tin Plavotic. Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town). Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town). Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Jordan Cranston (Cheltenham Town). Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Daniel Wright replaces Carl Winchester. Goal!  Notts County 2, Cheltenham Town 1. Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dan Holman. Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Manny Onariase (Cheltenham Town). Elliott Hewitt (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Dan Holman (Cheltenham Town). Substitution, Notts County. Jorge Grant replaces Curtis Thompson. Foul by Curtis Thompson (Notts County). James Rowe (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Jonathan Forte (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town). Attempt blocked. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Attempt missed. Tahvon Campbell (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Jonathan Forte (Notts County) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Attempt missed. Tin Plavotic (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner. Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Elliott Hewitt. Substitution, Notts County. Tahvon Campbell replaces Mark Yeates. Substitution, Notts County. Jonathan Forte replaces Shola Ameobi. Attempt blocked. Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Michael O'Connor. Attempt missed. Curtis Thompson (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt blocked. Dan Holman (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Foul by Thierry Audel (Notts County). Liam Davis (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing. Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy. Attempt blocked. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Michael O'Connor (Notts County). James Rowe (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Question: Notts County maintained their unbeaten @placeholder record under new boss Kevin Nolan as they secured victory over fellow League Two strugglers Cheltenham .


O'Connor, 33, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Justice of the Peace Court to shoplifting from the store in St Andrew's Square on 25 November 2016. His defence solicitor, Colm Dempsey, said his client was unemployed. He told JP Hilary Cochran that O'Connor's wife supported him. Mr Dempsey said the theft had been "unsophisticated" and dad-of-three O'Connor "bitterly regretted the incident". His client, he added, had no outstanding cases and, although there were previous convictions, there were none for dishonesty. O'Connor, of North Berwick, offered to pay any fine at £100 a month. Justice Cochrane said the fine would be £200 reduced from £300 because of the early guilty plea and she also ordered him to pay Harvey Nichols £700 compensation for a stolen jacket which had not been recovered. The money is to be paid at £100 a month starting on 14 March. O'Connor scored 46 goals while at Hibernian and played 16 times for Scotland. He was transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow for £1.6m in 2006 and to Birmingham City for £2.7m the following year. Most recently he was player/manager at Lowland League side Selkirk.

Question: Former Scotland and Hibs striker Garry O'Connor has been fined £ 200 and ordered to pay £ 700 compensation to Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh after @placeholder stealing clothing .


European Council President Donald Tusk's invitation letter to the two-day summit in Brussels this week admits gloomily "the catalogue of issues to be resolved before we can conclude an agreement is long". Turkey is the key, and Turkey is the lock. The youthful, populous, problematic Muslim country is a practical conundrum and an existential threat to the EU's self-definition, seen by some as the classic shadow image, the threat of the other. Before I get carried away, it was obvious from the start that the deal was flawed, forced and bound to be opposed with vehemence. Left and right, ancient and modern, north and south are joined in rebellion against Mrs Merkel and the planned EU deal with Turkey. It is not so much snagged on a nail, fraying at the edges, as already unravelled before the summit, little more than a pile of wool lying on the floor. To pick up the threads and knit it into anything serviceable will be a painstaking labour of necessity. Perhaps it has already done its job. The EU does not thrive on surprises, and this deal came as a brutal shock. That in politics can be a masterstroke. But to be so it has to delight, rather than dismay, those who are taken unawares. It was a cobbled-together plan that would reward Turkey for taking back every migrant who arrived on Greek shores from their country. In return for each such desperate soul, another - apparently more deserving - would be taken from Turkey and sent to a willing European Union country. Angela Merkel and her consigliere Donald Tusk strongarmed a deal ahead of German elections in which migration was a major issue. While the elections were not exactly a triumph for the chancellor, they were also not quite the rout some of her opponents claim. At least it looked for a short while that she had a road map out of crisis. But only hours after the deal was done the UN declared that the policy could be illegal. Spain will now champion this view at this week's summit, with the acting foreign minister declaring to El Pais: "Anyone arriving on European territory must have the right to individualised attention, to filing an asylum request that will be taken into consideration, and to appeal if the request is denied. Throughout this process, any possibility of expulsion is suspended." It is hard to see how an organisation almost painfully conscious of its responsibility to international law can have extricated this particular spanner from this piece of work. The EU leaders said "bold moves" were needed, and made the following proposals: But liberal worries about legality are not the half of it. The exhortation that the passport-free area should be re-established, even as new barbed wire fences were going up between Slovenia and Croatia, always seemed unrealistic. So did urging a "coalition of the willing" to take new refugees when traditionally open countries were shutting their doors. But this is not any old agreement; it is an agreement with Turkey. The Hungarian prime minister, echoing the rhetoric of some Brexiteers, has declared it is all a plot to create a super-state. Viktor Orban has said: "If we want to stop the mass migration, first we must put the brakes on Brussels," adding that he would say the unsayable. "It is forbidden to say that the arriving masses from other cultures are a threat to our way of life, our culture, our habits and our Christian traditions." That perhaps goes to the dark heart of the problem with this deal, with its promise of visa-free travel for Turks. Those worried by a seeming endless flow of Syrian refugees are not reassured by the idea of swapping that reality for the possibility of open access to Turkey's 75 million people and dangling eventual EU membership in front of them. The Turks, too, are willing to work for lower wages and, in the minds of some, representatives of an alien culture. Francois Hollande has proclaimed his opposition to the plan. France, like Austria, has suggested Turkey can never join. The UK has in the past stood firm against this view. Labour and Conservative governments have championed the importance of a Muslim Nato ally that  straddles Asia and Europe being bought closer into the Western fold. Now the danger of losing the UK's referendum on EU membership may prevent Mr Cameron making this old argument. Ironically it is the EU's continued rebuffs that have made it easier for President Erdogan to become more authoritarian and more Islamist in his politics. But the British view is from a small island, far away from the action.  The UK was never occupied by the Ottomans, as Hungary, Bulgaria,  Romania, Greece and much of the Balkans once were. The Turks were never at the gates of London as they were at Vienna. Mock if you like, but such history is bone deep. The EU was built to overcome deeply ingrained hostility between nations but breaking down some walls can reinforce others. The founders of a political Europe were not explicit that this was to be a geographically limited Christian club but some of their heirs are. It is one of the profound questions that faces the EU if it wishes to survive - whether it is defined by geography, culture or philosophy. One piece of recent history above all threatens to derail any deal. In 1974, the same year as Enoch Powell resigned from the Tory party because, he said, Edward Heath had taken the UK into the European Economic Community without a mandate to do so, Turkey invaded Cyprus, an island that had enjoyed both Ottoman and British rule before being fractiously shared between two fiercely nationalist communities. The island is still partitioned but the EU member state Cyprus will block any deal unless Turkey honours an agreement to recognise the island as a single country - something that seems highly unlikely. Turkey has Europe over a barrel and might enjoy giving it a spanking after years of contempt and distain. This newfound political clout produces an equal and opposite reaction. Its demand for more cash has been called "blackmail" by the forthright Czech president. This is a deal that also probably needs approval by the Greek and Turkish parliaments, but don't worry about that - it isn't likely to survive much beyond the weekend. It won't vanish. Mrs Merkel won't give up. The crisis wont fade from the headlines. The EU will find some sort of agreement, eventually. The old metaphor for the European Union was a train, and the question was whether you were on it or not. Nowadays it is more like being stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway, with the kids in the back moaning "Are we there yet?", the driver fulminating about the impossibility of turning round or backing out. After Mrs Merkel's speedy breakthrough, progress will be at a snail's pace and the relationship with Turkey may be changed profoundly during the journey.

Question: Even as people struggle and @placeholder on the river border between Greece and Macedonia the proposed solution to Europe 's migration crisis is dissolving before our very eyes .


Hundreds of pupils vacated Hounsdown School in Totton, Hampshire, at about 10:30 BST after the alarm was raised. A "number of smoke grenades or similar objects had been set off on the school grounds", a Hampshire Police spokesman said. Two boys, aged 16, have been held on suspicion of criminal damage.  No one was injured in the incident. Local councillor David Harrison said he had been told "about half a dozen" masked youths "entered the school, terrorist fashion" and set off the bombs as an end-of-term prank. He added: "At one point this morning it seemed like the entire Hampshire Constabulary had descended on the area, with sirens from vehicles coming in from all directions. "End of school pranks are something of a tradition but this particular action was badly ill-judged. "It would have caused real alarm and might well have led to some serious consequences. "We all have the capacity to cause mayhem with stupid, irresponsible behaviour. It isn't clever." Hounsdown School, which teaches 1,251 pupils aged between 11 and 16, was unavailable for comment.

Question: Two boys have been arrested after an alleged end - of - term smoke grenade prank saw an entire school @placeholder .


The Department for International Development (DfID) said last month the secretariat in London was "under performing" and needed "urgent reform". Senior diplomatic and political sources - speaking to the BBC off the record - have accused the secretary-general, Lady Scotland, of "poor leadership". But her spokesman said she had backing from all 52 Commonwealth countries that had elected her. He added that the Labour peer had also launched a programme to modernise the Commonwealth Secretariat. Tim Hitchens, a senior Foreign Office official and former ambassador to Japan, has been put in charge of a team preparing for the Commonwealth summit in London next year. Mr Hitchens, a former assistant private secretary to the Queen, will be based in the Cabinet Office and will report directly to the prime minister. Sir Simon Gass, a very senior official who retired from the Foreign Office last year, has been made acting chief operating officer at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was appointed at the suggestion of the Foreign Office which is funding his salary. He is working directly with Lady Scotland at the secretariat's headquarters at Marlborough House in London. The appointments are being seen in Whitehall as an attempt by the government to shore up a troubled organisation at a crucial time. Ministers are keen to ensure that a meeting of Commonwealth trade ministers in London in March is a success and shows how Britain after Brexit can do more trade with countries outside the European Union. They also want to guarantee that the secretariat is capable of organising the heads of government summit next year that will be hosted by the Queen, who is head of the Commonwealth. Senior ministers will meet next week to discuss the agenda for the summit for the first time. Last week, Theresa May spoke of the "unique and proud global relationships" the UK has through the Commonwealth. The secretariat helps run the group of 52 mostly former British colonies that make up the Commonwealth and that are home to some 2.3 billion people, more than a quarter of the world's population. In a highly critical report in December, DfID threatened to withdraw its funding from the organisation unless it improved its performance. "The Commonwealth Secretariat continues to under perform," the multilateral aid review concluded. "Improvement is essential if DfID is to continue to fund the organisation's Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation." This is worth about Â£20m per year. The report added that the secretariat needed particularly to focus on improving "transparency, results measurement, human resource management, risk management, financial management, and budget discipline". The secretariat said the review related to the period before Lady Scotland took up the post of secretary-general last April. Since then, the peer - who was attorney general in Gordon Brown's government - has faced much criticism. She has been accused of financial extravagance over the refurbishment of her official residence and attacked for appointing political allies to key posts in the secretariat. She has always denied the accusations of wasteful spending and insisted no procurement rules were broken. Her allies have also claimed the attacks were prompted by disaffected Commonwealth staff unhappy with the reforms she was introducing. A spokesman for the secretariat said: "Secretary-general Patricia Scotland has the backing of the 52 Commonwealth member states who elected her. "Since taking office on 1 April 2016, the Secretary-general has been focused on helping Commonwealth countries to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, working towards the delivery of international climate change goals set out after Cop 21 in Paris and Cop 22 in Marrakesh, and to uphold The Commonwealth Charter." "She has identified the following priorities: tackling the existential threat of climate change; promoting trade, good governance and human rights; ending violence against women and girls and promoting gender equality; and providing new opportunities for Commonwealth young people and enabling the next generation to achieve their full potential. "Secretary-general Scotland has also launched a programme to modernise the Commonwealth Secretariat. "When it comes to employee matters, we follow best international practice and never comment about individual staff. But it's only sensible that the Secretariat employs people of the highest calibre and those who have a track record of success in their respective fields." But such are the concerns about Lady Scotland that some senior diplomats have even interpreted the fact that the Queen will not attend a major Commonwealth function in March as a signal of royal displeasure, something that is strongly denied. The Queen will attend various events on Commonwealth Day, including a service at Westminster Abbey, but she will not attend the regular reception at Marlborough House, an event she rarely misses. A Buckingham Palace spokesman told the BBC: "I can confirm that the Queen will be taking part in events during the course of Commonwealth Day, although on this occasion she will not attend the evening reception. Her Majesty will be represented at the reception by the Prince of Wales." Well placed royal sources said this was a common sense and practical decision to ensure the Queen's programme was suitably paced on a busy day. They also insisted it was wholly incorrect to link the decision to any debate about the Commonwealth Secretariat. They noted that the Queen had regular contact with Lady Scotland and that there was a lot  of precedence for the Prince of Wales to represent the Queen on Commonwealth duties. But that is not how it is being inferred by some in the Commonwealth. One senior source said: "The Queen has only got to nip down the road from Buckingham Palace to Marlborough House in a Bentley. It's not that hard. And yet she has decided not to come. "The Palace are thinking there is so much more to be done with the Commonwealth and yet they are lumbered with such poor leadership. The Commonwealth is stuffed. "The High Commissioners have all given up on (Lady Scotland). They have other fish to fry. I do wonder if she can survive. She just treats people appallingly. And she has this political tin ear." One parliamentary source said: "Baroness Scotland has got this wrong from the beginning. It is an inbuilt arrogance. She appoints mates, people who don't have the relevant experience. "The way she handled the [official] house was all wrong. There is a lot of concern. I am not surprised the palace is getting a little edgy." Another diplomatic source said: "What is happening is very sad. The morale at the secretariat is very low. [The Commonwealth] is the closest thing to Her Majesty's heart. If she doesn't come, it will be interpreted in this way. "We in the Commonwealth preach transparency and accountability. We should practise it."

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Media playback is not supported on this device It was not to be as England spoiled plans for a Welsh party with a comfortable win. Nigel Walker's late try meant Wales still won the championship, but Wales captain Ieuan Evans' face as he receives the trophy from the Queen tells its own story. It would be another 11 years before the wait for a Grand Slam was finally ended.

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The weed is one of the most destructive plants in the UK. The new rules mean people can now be fined up to Â£2,500 for failing to control it and other plants such as Himalayan balsam and giant hogweed. And companies who fall foul of the law can be fined up to Â£20,000. Businesses in Scotland and Northern Ireland already have a legal responsibility to prevent invasive plants from spreading into the wild or causing a nuisance. The Home Office says these plants threaten the UK's biodiversity by crowding out native species and destabilising river banks. They can also do immense harm to forestry, farms, roads and buildings. Japanese knotweed can grow through tarmac and cause structural damage to  properties, while giant hogweed can create serious health problems for humans, such as blisters, skin diseases and even blindness. Japanese knotweed is particularly difficult to eradicate. It is very resilient and regrows vigorously after being cut down. The most effective method of eradicating it is by using herbicides in the late summer or autumn, when it is close to its flowering stage. Scientists are hoping psyllids - insects that devour Japanese Knotweed but leave other crops or flowers alone - will also be able to help control the spread of the plant. Field tests are taking place at secret sites. Property lawyer Laurence Lacey told the BBC that Japanese Knotweed can create problems for people trying to buy or sell a property. He said: "It can have an adverse impact on valuation. Lenders may refuse to lend on it, and for that reason it's a case of informing yourself as much as possible about whether it's a problem in a property you're looking at." Mr Lacey also said that if Japanese Knotweed was present in a property, it should be dealt with by a specialist who provides a warranty. Some have criticised the introduction of penalties such as fines and Asbos as a method of dealing with the problem of invasive plants. Helen Yemm, who writes the Thorny Problems column in the Telegraph Gardening newspaper section, said the issue had been "whipped up and is playing on people's fear". She added: "It's sad to have legislation that puts one neighbour against another, and is a sad reflection on our times, really."

Question: People who fail to control the spread of invasive non-native plants such as Japanese Knotweed could be fined or receive anti-social @placeholder orders ( Asbos ) , the government says .


They would be informed about the nature of the defence's case and given details about court procedures, if proposed guidance for prosecutors is accepted. Alison Saunders said alleged victims of crime in England and Wales should not be "ambushed" in the witness box. Prosecutors should test evidence, not put witnesses "on trial", she said. As part of the proposed guidance witnesses would be told if third party material that could undermine the prosecution case had been disclosed to the defence. Witnesses should be encouraged to ask the advocate or judge to repeat or rephrase questions and should be reminded they can ask to see their witness statement, the plans propose. Ms Saunders - the most senior criminal prosecutor in England and Wales - has proposed the changes, saying that asking someone to come to court "without any idea of what they face in the witness box does not seem fair to me". "To stand up in a formal setting and to be asked sometimes difficult and personal questions in front of a court full of strangers is a very big ask," she added. She said cross examination of witnesses was "a vital part" of the court process, but courts could be made to be "fairer for victims and witnesses, while maintaining the vital balance which ensures fair trials for those in the dock". "I am convinced that we owe it to those who are willing to come to court to help them as much as we can," she added. But Tony Cross QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 he is "deeply" concerned about the proposal. "The Court of Appeal has clearly set out that training or coaching for witnesses in criminal proceedings - this applies to prosecution and defence witnesses - is simply not permitted," he said. "Our system of justice involves the confrontation - if I can put it that way - between the prosecution and defence as to what the witness is about to say, which should happen in the presence of the jury, not in a private room which the jury is not party to." Last year, former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer said victims of violent crime faced an "unacceptable ordeal in the courtroom". It also follows a series of cases in which witnesses have complained they have been subjected to hostile cross-examination about personal matters. Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson described her experience as a witness in the trial of her ex-husband Charles Saatchi's personal assistants as "mortifying". The proposed guidance will be put out for consultation for eight weeks. Victims' Commissioner Baroness Newlove, whose husband Garry was killed in August 2007 after he confronted a group outside his house, said most victims and witnesses do not know what to expect in court "until it is too late". "They are thrown into a highly intimidating situation through no fault of their own and then left with little or no explanation to help them through it," she said. Attorney General Jeremy Wright said giving evidence can be a "daunting" process. "This guidance will help witnesses understand what they can expect when they are in court and also explain the process for what happens next," he said.

Question: Victims and witnesses should be @placeholder of likely questioning in court of their sexual history or bad character , the director of public prosecutions says .


William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience was donated by the frontman to an Oxfam shop in Oxford. After the book had originally been priced at 50p a volunteer and Radiohead fan spotted the lyrics to Airbag and other songs written on various pages. The book was sold on Friday and all proceeds will go to the charity. James Carruthers, manager at the Oxfam bookshop in St Giles, said the Radiohead frontman had dropped the book off as part of a larger donation. It had originally gone on the shelf for 50p and was spotted by volunteer Alex Barker. "It was luck that it was someone who knew Radiohead lyrics. "We were both just very excited, both me and Alex are huge Radiohead fans so it was very difficult to be objective about it. "We were excited but knew we had to do more work. "As soon as he found it on the shop floor a few customers were there and said it was amazing." Mr Carruthers said he contacted the band and Radiohead's management said it was fine to sell the book at auction. He said: "It is always nice to see the original musings of someone who is quite a big character, that is what is interesting about it, you can see how he took the work of William Blake and tied them to his own ideas." The book was auctioned by Dreweatts and Bloomsbury and all proceeds will go to Oxfam.

Question: A @placeholder book containing lyrics handwritten by Thom Yorke , has been sold at auction for £ 12,000 .


"It's not the spirit of the law. Companies should be much more careful about their reputation," he told ITV. The £7.20 hourly rate for workers aged 25 and over came into effect in April. Many firms have cut overtime pay rates or benefits such as free lunches to fund the rise in basic pay rates. The National Living Wage and you 'Thousands to be stuck on lowest pay' Mr Osborne's warning comes after a debate in the Commons on Monday on the impact of the 50p hourly increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), said profitable firms trying to "evade the spirit" of the new laws would face government pressure. "I promise you that we will use the full force of our office, little though it sometimes feels, to put pressure on those companies to live up not only to the legal obligations, which are our job in making legislation in this House, but to their moral obligations, which are the ones that we feel matter a great deal more," said Conservative minister Nick Boles. A motion warning the wage changes have left thousands of low-paid workers "significantly worse off" and calling on the government to ensure they are protected was passed unopposed. DIY chain B&Q, supermarket Tesco, coffee chain Caffe Nero and the John Lewis Partnership have all recently reduced some staff payments or perks, but most have said the moves were unrelated to the 50p-an-hour increase in the National Living Wage (NLW). B&Q initially said it planned to cut Sunday and Bank holiday pay rates in exchange for lifting the lowest hourly rate for all staff to £7.66 from 1 April, 46p-an-hour above the NLW. It later decided to extend compensation for workers who were adversely affected by this change to two years, from one after nearly 140,000 people signed a petition against the cuts. In April, Caffe Nero said it would no longer give its staff a free lunch when they are on shift, as part of a "pay review" introduced in response to the new National Living Wage. The John Lewis Partnership - which includes supermarket chain Waitrose - said it stopped so-called premium payments - higher hourly rates for overtime or Sunday working - from 1 February after realising competitors did not offer the same deal. "Premium payments are not a feature of the market," a spokeswoman for the group told the BBC. She said the decision was announced in September last year, before the new National Living Wage was announced, and was unrelated. She also said the group's average hourly pay rate, outside London, was above the NLW at £7.80. Similarly, Tesco said from 3 July all staff who worked on Sundays and Bank holidays would be paid at time-and-a-half, rather than the current double time rate received by staff on older contracts, but said staff negatively affected would receive a lump sum covering 18 months of the pay difference. It also said the average hourly rate for staff was above the NLW at £7.62 an hour. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - the government's regulatory watchdog - has warned that 60,000 jobs will be lost by 2020 as a direct result of the National Living Wage (NLW).

Question: Companies which cut staff perks to compensate for the higher cost of the new minimum wage should be mindful of the @placeholder to their reputation , chancellor George Osborne has warned .


South Caernarfon Creameries first started operating at the site near Pwllheli in 1937. It will use the money to modernise its production facilities. The firm will also increase its first phase capacity from 9,500 to 11,500 tonnes a year. The loan comes from the Wales Capital Growth Fund, managed by Finance Wales. Managing director Alan Jones said: "We reviewed our business model in 2010 and decided to focus on the development of our core products of Welsh cheese and butter. "Our Dragon branded cheese is the leading Welsh brand and is available in most UK supermarkets. This investment to develop our facilities is required to further grow the brand as well as to enable us to develop other market opportunities."

Question: Wales ' oldest and largest dairy co-operative is @placeholder it s cheese production facilities with the help of a £ 1 m loan .


Spire chose the city because it already has expertise in space technology at its universities and small businesses. The San Francisco-based firm has been attracted with a Â£1.5m Scottish government grant, through the agency Scottish Development International. The company intends to employ 20 people initially, building up to more than 50. It will work with Glasgow-based Clyde Space as a partner firm. The new recruits will design and build small satellites, which will be able to collect five times as much data as weather forecasters have had before. By the end of 2017, that could rise to 100 times more data. Part of the plan is to plug an imminent gap in weather forecasting identified by the US authorities. An ageing generation of 20 weather satellites is due to be retired or may stop working before others are in place, with the gap forecast at between one and five years from next year. Spire's satellite and data handling know-how is designed to provide worldwide and round-the-clock information for its clients in global trade, shipping and air traffic control, as well as meteorology. It uses technology known as GPS-Radio Occultation, which has been in development since the 1960s. Its censors draw on the the geo-positioning satellite system already used for consumer electronics as a means of measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity. The announcement of Spire's Glasgow office was made during First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's visit to the USA. Ms Sturgeon said it confirmed the recent strong flow of investment from American companies. Spire said it chose to locate in Scotland because it has a low cost base and an extensive range of universities, with talented engineers. Strathclyde and Glasgow universities have been particularly active in space technology. Peter Platzer, Spire's chief executive, said: "We are not only looking for the top 1% of the world's talent pool, but the 1% that demand constant challenge and improvement that has come to embody Spire's culture."

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Cardiff City Supporters Trust unveiled an £85,000 bronze statue of Fred Keenor outside their new stadium last year after fund-raising campaign. But the appeal was so successful that around £1,200 was left over. The money has been spent on the plaque for Stacey Road Primary in Adamsdown. A number of options of how to spend the surplus were considered, but as trust chairman David Craig explained, a memorial plaque at his school emerged as a firm favourite. "I think I'm speaking for most people in the trust when I say that, before we embarked on the campaign for the statue, we knew about what Fred Keenor was, but very little about who he was," he said. "I for one have learnt so much about the man behind the player over the last few years, and we'd love for the plaque to serve as a talking point at his school so that the stories will be passed on for decades to come. "We discussed all sorts of ways of using the leftover money to create a real legacy for the campaign, and I think almost everyone felt that this was a great means of inspiring the next generation with Fred's legend." The son of a bricklayer from the Roath area of the city, Keenor signed for Cardiff in 1912. During his 19 years at the club, the Bluebirds were losing finalists and winners of the FA Cup, won the Charity Shield and were First Division runners-up. Keenor also won 32 caps for Wales, leading them to Home Nations' Championship titles in 1920, 1924 and 1928. Speaking at the unveiling of Fred's statue last year, his nephew Graham Keenor said his uncle achieved all this despite being injured on active service in World War I. "In common with so many professional footballers of the day, when war broke out in 1914 Fred joined up with the 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who were nicknamed the Football Battalion," he said. "He took a serious leg injury from shrapnel at the battle of the Somme, and doctors told him that he'd never be able to play again. "But Fred had other ideas. He never knew when he was beaten. "When Cardiff lost the 1925 FA Cup final, he told reporters that he was proud to have got so far, and that supporters shouldn't be down-in-the-mouth as he could confidently say that Cardiff would go one better sometime soon - and he was right." The plaque, which is being unveiled by current Cardiff manager Malky Mackay, is in the blue style previously issued by Cadw and English Heritage. After its purchase Mr Craig says there will just about be enough left in the appeal to pay for the Cardiff City Stadium statue's first annual clean and overhaul, after which the fund will be officially wound-up.

Question: The man who @placeholder the FA Cup for Cardiff City in 1927 has been remembered with a plaque at the primary school where he captained the 1908 football team .


Kamil Dantes, from Nottinghamshire, said he wished to "destroy" the imposters, claiming they were wearing his parents' faces as skin masks. The sentencing judge said cannabis had induced psychotic behaviour. He gave him a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years. The case reached the Appeal Court because his legal team challenged the length of the minimum term, but the appeal was rejected. Lady Justice Hallett said: "These were the most brutal attacks on two innocent and virtually defenceless human beings. "It was an impeccable sentencing exercise. No complaint can be made about the length of this minimum term." Dantes, from Worksop, was originally charged with murder but the prosecution accepted his guilty pleas of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The 29-year-old, now aged 31, was ordered to be detained in a psychiatric unit when he was sentenced on 20 July 2015. His minimum term would have been 19 years and 73 days but was reduced to 17 years and 354 days because he had spent more than a year in custody by the time he was sentenced. Lady Justice Hallett, sitting with Mr Justice Jeremy Baker and Judge Simon Bourne-Arton, rejected claims that Dantes received insufficient credit for his guilty pleas. She dismissed arguments that the judge should have taken more account of his anguished history of mental health problems. Lady Justice Hallett also noted that he had taken cannabis and amphetamines shortly before the killings, despite knowing that this could worsen his fragile condition.

Question: A man who killed his parents after telling police they had been replaced with imposters like in the film Face / Off has @placeholder in a bid to have his sentence reduced .


At a UN oceans summit, delegates from China, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said they would work to keep plastics out of the seas. Some of the promises are not yet formalised and environmentalists say the measures proposed are not nearly urgent enough. But UN officials praised the statement. Meeting in New York, they said it was part of a clear international shift against ocean pollution. Eric Solheim, the UN's environment director, told BBC News: "There are quite encouraging signs, with nations taking the ocean much more seriously. Of course, there is a very long way to go because the problems are huge." It is estimated that 5-13 million tonnes of plastics flow into the world's oceans annually. Much of it is ingested by birds and fish â€“ and fragments of plastic have even been found in organisms at the bottom of the ocean. A recent paper said much of the marine plastic often originates far from the sea â€“ especially in countries which have developed consumer economies faster than their ability to manage waste. The  Helmholtz Centre in Leipzig, Germany, estimated that 75% of land-borne marine pollution comes from just 10 rivers, predominantly in Asia. Reducing the plastic loads in these rivers by 50% would reduce global plastic inputs by 37%, it said. Tom Dillon from the Pew Charitable Trusts, which campaign on oceans, urged China to move quickly. He told BBC News: "For thousands of years the Maritime Silk Road was a pathway for export of Chinese culture and influence. Will the ocean be a vehicle for export of Chinese pollution, or a new culture of conservation and sustainability?" A report to the UN conference from the Thailand government says most marine plastic debris is land-based, caused by inefficient waste management and poor handling of plastic wastes. In Thailand, the total amount of garbage finding its way into the sea was estimated at 2.83 million tonnes in 2016 - of which 12% was plastic. The Thai government says the nation has established a 20-year strategy to tackle the problem, including developing financial incentives for keeping plastic out of the sea and encouraging eco-packaging design and eco-friendly substitutes for plastics. In Indonesia, the government is starting a mass education programme for schoolchildren, and in the Philippines new laws are being developed. Part of the challenge is finding substitutes for plastics. An international prize for smarter materials and design for packaging was launched recently by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Follow Roger on Twitter @rharrabin

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Three men and a woman were found dead at separate addresses in the Barnsley area on Good Friday. South Yorkshire Police said it was not officially linking them at present but warned drug users to exercise caution. Temporary Ch Insp Ian Proffitt said the force was trying to establish a possible link to the strength or content of heroin being sold locally. "For four deaths to occur in similar circumstances in a small time period and in a relatively small geographical area is unusual," he said. "The public should exercise caution if they come into contact with controlled drugs, particularly heroin, or heroin derivatives. "If you experience any unusual symptoms after taking drugs, seek medical attention immediately." Two men, aged 33 and 40, were found dead at separate addresses in Barnsley on Friday morning, while a 47-year-old woman was found dead at a house in the village of Grimethorpe. A third man, a 31-year-old, was found dead at an address in Barnsley on Friday evening. The force said it was awaiting the results of toxicology tests. A 37-year old man and a 42-year-old man arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs have been released on bail, it added. South Yorkshire Police is urging anyone with information about the illegal supply of drugs to contact them.

Question: The deaths of four people in the @placeholder of a day are believed to be linked to heroin , police have said .


Most try to paint their organisation as a picture of nirvana, but Mark Dodson doesn't bother. To the head of the Scottish Rugby Union, there's really no point. Dodson knows how fiendishly difficult it is to fund the game right now, from professional club rugby to the grassroots and everything in between. The Pro12 has many strengths, but a cash cow it is not. The league makes about £12m a year in broadcast revenues. That compares with north of £40m a year in the Premiership in England and, from the 2019-20 season, £76m a year in France. The financial gap to the big leagues was always wide, but for the Scots and their Celtic cousins it's only getting wider and more troubling. The Celtic nations are vulnerable. TV cash continues to flood into the markets of their near-neighbours like a fast-running river giving them a vastly increased spending - and poaching - power. Last season, Bath wanted David Denton, formerly of Edinburgh, and they cheerily coughed up six figures to get him out of his contract early. Racing 92 wanted Leone Nakarawa, Glasgow's one-time totem, and they slapped down a wad of notes in front of Scottish Rugby chiefs to get him out of Glasgow before time. That's on top of the rock 'n' roll salary they're paying him, the kind of sum that Glasgow couldn't hope to match in their wildest dreams. Who's the next target of the wealthy raiders from England and France? Stuart Hogg? Jonny Gray? WP Nel? John Hardie? One thing is certain - the better these guys play for their clubs, the more chance they have of getting an offer that their employers couldn't hope to match. "The truth is that the French and the English have stolen a march and we understand that we have to look at ourselves," says Dodson. "If we don't do something with the Pro 12, I think it's a bleak prospect. "We're finding it very difficult to hang on to our top players. Even the people who aren't leaving are demanding more. Unless we do something different we're going to struggle." Scotland have, more or less, maxed-out on their revenue streams. They've sold the naming rights to Murrayfield to BT. They've got broadcast revenues that are now at the top of their cycle and it's still not enough. On Saturday, Dodson will announce record turnover of £47.3m - "an historic high" - but it does little to breach the financial gap when some of the English and French heavy-hitters have got multi-millionaires (or billionaires) at the helm "hoovering up the best players in the world." The notion of expanding the Pro12 into America has been floated in the recent past. It's still floating. The embryonic plan would see one or two American clubs from the east coast parachuted into the league in time for the 2018-19 season. These clubs would have coaching and player assistance from the Celtic nations in the beginning, a sharing of knowledge of personnel. Super Rugby has shown that the travel issue can be overcome with clever scheduling and enough money in the game. Quite where the Italians fit in is not clear. It sounds fanciful, but you can't mistake Dodson's intent, driven by a need to bring more money into his organisation to avoid an exodus of talent. "We've got to identify markets that matter and we have to be open-minded," he says.  "To stay as we are isn't really an option. It's been out in the press that we will look at the eastern seaboard of North America (New York, Boston, Atlanta) to explore a new market that could provide a new team or two teams along with broadcast income. I think it's something we have to do. "I understand why people would think it unrealistic. What we are doing now is working with individuals who are testing those markets for us. We're going to find out if it's feasible. We have to see if the big cities, and their businesses, want to invest. "Our indications are that there is an amount of interest from American rugby and corporate America. There'll be a process that takes place over the next two to three months that will flush it out. There's a new mindset in the Pro12 now. I think it's appropriate that we do this - and that we do it with some speed. "We don't want to leave this to 2020, we have to make this happen in a fairly short period of time or find something else. We're seriously investigating the possibility. I'd like to think it'll happen. It's the most attractive market that we can see." Dodson also spoke of the conundrum that is the global rugby season, the vexed business of the major nations, from the northern and southern hemisphere, trying to agree on a universal Test-match calendar. Such chat has been going on for many years and there's scarcely been an inch of progress made. "We've had a debate since 2007 and nothing happens. We meet periodically around the world. "We find that we can't agree on very much. The northern hemisphere wants one thing and the southern hemisphere wants another. "There's been endless conversations. We'd prefer a harmonised global season, but if we can't come to a conclusion then we'll do what is right for us. If that means we have home and away Six Nations and no autumn internationals and no summer tours then I'd be up for that. "You'd play a Six Nations pod in November and then another in its traditional slot in the spring.  It wouldn't be ideal, but I'll look at anything. If we can't get a common understanding on a global season then we have to do what is right for our teams because that's what everyone else is doing. "If we're going to be pressured by people to change our season and we lose millions of pounds as a result then I'm not for being pushed around."

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It is believed the man was locked out of his flat on King Street when he became stuck 3m (10ft) up on the railings. Fire and ambulance crews lifted him off the fence at about 02:30 BST and he was taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. Police went to the scene but officers said no crime was committed. The man is understood to have suffered a flesh wound and was given pain relief and anti-bleeding drugs. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "The man was stuck several feet up. The railing had gone through his right thigh. "It was a difficult rescue for the emergency services because of where the man was and because of the driving rain at the time."

Question: A man's leg was impaled as he tried to climb a @placeholder metal fence in Bedworth , Warwickshire .


Bred originally as fighting dogs, the reputation of the Staffordshire bull terrier often precedes it. And when the BBC's Dog Map appeared on 18 January, a fierce debate broke out on social media. Painted by many as aggressive, vicious and worthy of a place on the "dangerous dogs" list, every negative view was in turn met by a barrage of positive praise citing the breed's loyalty and affectionate character. "No surprise to see Staffies popular in big cities where gangs of chavs live and people use them to guard homes," said one user. "The usual brush is tarring the Staffy," said another. "I'm not a chav and neither are the good people I know that also own Staffs." So why do the dogs have such a negative reputation? And why do we judge in the first place? "They're one of those breeds that has a negative stigma attached to them and one of those is around 'chav culture'," said Dr Thomas Fletcher, a senior lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. "You hear stories about dangerous dogs and [people] being mauled and a pattern emerges about the type of breed that's [involved]. "Staffies do have a particularly bad reputation, but it is important to recognise that those we hear about represent the minority of the breed. I think it's as much to do with the owner. Animals are individuals and I think it's very much about nurture over nature." Dr Fletcher recently completed a study with dog-walkers about the relationships between humans and animals. "The majority of coverage of Staffies represents them as the dog of choice among certain groups - white working class youths - or 'chavs' - being one of those," adds Dr Fletcher. "Rarely are Staffies portrayed in a domestic setting - i.e., in 'normal' family life. "Staffies come with a degree of baggage in that respect as they have emerged as a modern-day folk devil. Their reputation then may demarcate boundaries between social groups. Again, these boundaries may be defined along class lines. "But equally there are dogs that can be a marker of other [traits], like sexuality. "It comes down to social norms and the expectations - who should be walking the dog and what we associate with certain people, than the breed itself. "If a gang turned up with a dachshund it wouldn't have the same impact." Elvira Meucci, campaigns director for the Dogs Trust, said dog choice and image extended beyond Staffies and "chav culture". "There's no doubt that you're saying something about your personality [with your dog]," she said. "Staffordshire bull terriers are powerful-looking dogs and therefore they can be used to portray their owners as strong and macho, just as a Chihuahua is the choice of girls who want to look trendy. "If you look back at how dogs have been used, it does change. [At one time] it was Dobermans, because they're big and powerful dogs and that makes a statement." Staffordshire bull terriers are not banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act, but are often confused with banned breeds like pit bulls, Ms Meucci added. That being said, Staffies have made headlines for aggressive acts. In 2011 a girl's pet Chihuahua was mauled to death by four Staffies while a dog owner was given a suspended sentenced in 2013 after his dog decapitated another dog. The same year, teenager Jade Anderson was killed after she was attacked by four dogs in Greater Manchester, two of which were Staffordshire bull terriers. But Coroner Alan Walsh told her inquest the problem was not specific breeds, but the control of dogs in general. According to microchipping data, 356,000 Staffies have been tagged in the past decade by pet registration companies. The statistics perhaps fly in the face of concerns that Staffies should be given a wide berth. But being the dog de jour is a double-edged sword, with over-breeding, a saturated market and owners who do not commit long term contributing to the number of Staffies ending up in shelters. In 2013 more than a third of the dogs that came through the doors of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home were Staffordshire bull terriers. Bill Lambert, from the Kennel Club, said Staffies are not naturally aggressive and were one of the only breeds it recommended as suitable around children. "We have seen enormous growth in the popularity of Staffordshire bull terriers in the last 20 years and there's no doubt that some of that has come about because of an increase in status dogs," he said. "However, the fact is that they're a dog that doesn't deserve the image it's been given. They need a lot of socialising when they're puppies, but that's down to the owners. "Any dog can be trained to be a bad dog, just as they can trained to be a good dog."

Question: Research by BBC News shows Staffordshire bull terriers are the third most popular dog in the UK . But why are they considered by some as the " chav dog " of choice and what does this tell us about British @placeholder to class ?


The shadow education secretary told a teachers' union conference a future Labour government, would give teachers "the respect that you deserve". He attacked the coalition government's "hostile rhetoric" towards teachers. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said Labour would would "undo all of the hard work we've done to increase teachers' freedoms". A Liberal Democrat spokesman said Labour might "talk the talk" on education, but there was little of substance in their promises. Speaking at the NASUWT union conference in Cardiff, Mr Hunt promised a "new deal" for teachers and a more teacher-friendly approach if Labour got into power after the general election. He accused the coalition government of deliberately trying to present the teaching profession in a "negative light with the public", directing "deplorable, hostile, almost militaristic rhetoric towards the profession". "What possible justification can there ever be for a government to denigrate the contribution of public servants in this manner?" said Mr Hunt. He told teachers that he would "roll back the bureaucracy" facing teachers and "call time on the ceaseless 'initiative-itus', the constant tinkering with performance measures, curriculum, assessment criteria and school structures". Mr Hunt said that teachers and profession-led bodies should have a more significant role in areas such as "professional standards, quality assurance, curriculum development". And he promised that Ofsted could adopt a more "constructive, peer-review model of inspection led by outstanding heads and inspiring teachers". Setting out the education priorities for Labour in the election campaign, he called for all teachers to have qualified teacher status or to be moving towards it and to allow local authorities to be able to open new schools "on an equal footing with other providers". He signalled that Labour would end the expansion of free schools and adopt a more strategically planned approach to creating new places for a rising population. Mr Hunt also promised support for childcare, early years services and a renewed effort to reduce child poverty. The National Union of Teachers conference in Harrogate is set to hear calls for a strike over pressures on school funding on Sunday. But Mr Hunt said: "The cold truth is that there is no magic wand we can wave to take away the double squeeze of public finance and demographic pressures." The long-term challenge for England's school system, he argued, was how to ensure that it was robust enough to deliver the basics for all pupils, while allowing scope for the creativity and innovation needed for a 21st Century globalised economy. NASUWT leader Chris Keates welcomed Mr Hunt's speech and said the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were "notable by their absence" from the teachers' union conference. "Poverty is poisoning the optimism of our youth and derailing and degrading the life chances of our children," she said, referring to his commitment to reduce child poverty. The NUT responded to Mr Hunt's speech by saying it welcomed the proposed changes to Ofsted, but the union "looks forward to discussing with Labour how they will fund the increase in pupil numbers we are projecting". But Mrs Morgan, education secretary and Conservative, said: "We'll take no lessons from a party that let young people down and overwhelmed teachers with administrative burdens when they were in power. "Trusting teachers is at the heart of our school reforms - we're giving them more control over what they teach and how they teach it. That's because we respect our teachers and recognise they know what's best for young people in their charge. "As a result, we now have a million more children being taught in good or outstanding schools, 100,000 six-year-olds reading more confidently, and more children taking the core academic subjects that help them get on in life. "Tristram Hunt and the Labour party would undo all of the hard work we've done to increase teachers' freedoms, raise standards in the classroom and restore faith in our qualifications." Responding to Mr Hunt's speech, a Liberal Democrat spokesman said: "Labour may talk the talk but so far have done little more than insult teachers with proposals for a bureaucratic licensing system and a patronising Hippocratic oath. "In government, Liberal Democrats have shown we trust teachers by giving the profession control of our Â£2.5bn pupil premium; backing a new Royal College of Teaching; axing Labour's hated A*-C league table measure, and successfully fighting to implement independent recommendations on pay. "The overwhelming majority of teachers came into the profession for the right reasons and with high ambitions for children. We need to protect education budgets to ensure that the profession can continue to attract, reward and retain the very best people." UKIP's education spokesman Paul Nuttall said the only truth in Tristram Hunt's speech was about the "shameful shortage of primary school places". But Mr Nuttall said this was not a result of the free school policy, but "mass uncontrolled immigration, brought in by Labour and supported by the Tories and Lib Dems".

Question: Labour 's Tristram Hunt says he wants to put " trust back in the @placeholder " between ministers and teachers .


"Is it Hillary Clinton?" Daniel Aston, 20, is puzzling over a picture of a woman who looms very large in the history of his home town. "It's Margaret something," offers 19-year-old Andrew Jones. Only Liam Foster-Jones, of the three unemployed friends, seems certain about who the imperious features and swept-back helmet of hair might belong to. "It's Margaret Thatcher," he says. The name doesn't seem to mean much to them. It would have been a different story 36 years ago, when the Thatcher government closed Consett's steel works, with the loss of 3,700 jobs. The devastation inflicted on this remote town high on the edge of the Pennines, where unemployment soared to 36%, made the national news and became a symbol of the harsh medicine the Thatcher government thought it had to administer to Britain's heavy industries. It sowed the seeds for the electoral wipe out the Conservatives would experience across large parts of Northern England and Scotland, which it still trying to recover from today. Thatcher and "the Tories" remain dirty words to the former steel workers in Consett but few young people I spoke to could recognise her and those that did regarded her as a distant historical figure. "I don't really have an opinion [about her] but my dad doesn't like her because she shut down the steel works," said 20-year-old Adam Stokoe. "So my dad has strong opinions about that. I'm not from that time period so I don't really think about it that way. I only think about now. What's going to benefit me." Consett has never had a Conservative MP but the Tory vote held up surprisingly well in other parts of the North-East while Thatcher was in power. In 1983, the party took 34% of North East votes, and had five MPs. It was only after she left office that anti-Tory attitudes really hardened, with the party's share of the vote slumping by 10%. It currently has just three MPs in the region. Theresa May is attempting to change that on 8 June and has urged traditional Labour supporters to "lend" her their vote. She will have experienced at first hand how difficult it is to break the voting habits of a lifetime in this part of the world when she stood for election in North West Durham in 1992. (By a strange coincidence, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron was also standing for Parliament for the first time that year in the same constituency.) They still remember Mrs May at Consett Working Men's Club - because, claims the barman, they wouldn't let her through the door. It had nothing to do with her politics, he adds, it's just that the club is one of a tiny handful left in the UK that does not admit women. "Your wife can't chase you in here," says one regular, looking up from his racing form. He doesn't want to talk about politics. Mrs May won 28% of the vote in North West Durham - a score that has not been beaten by a Conservative candidate there since - but although one local poll put the party in with a chance of winning on 8 June it is not high on their target list. There was certainly little enthusiasm for Mrs May's brand of Conservatism in the town's Steel Club, although the lifelong Labour voters I spoke to were equally scathing about their traditional party of choice. "I don't like Jeremy Corbyn. He hasn't got a brain in his head as far as I'm concerned," said Christopher Bell, a 69-year-old retired steel worker and club steward. He and his partner, Linda, voted for Brexit in last year's referendum and are worried about the strain they say is being placed on local services by East European immigrants. Linda, who voted UKIP in 2015, said she would not return to the Labour fold until the party was led by "somebody that's going to stand up for English people, working class people - because the Conservatives like the rich and they like to keep them rich". Thirty miles south in Darlington, a constituency with a narrower Labour majority of just over 3,000, people seemed more receptive to the Conservative message. The town has had a Tory MP before - Defence Secretary Michael Fallon in the 1980s - and the party has hopes of retaking the seat on 8 June. "I will vote for Theresa May. Not necessarily because she's a Conservative but I think she's the only person for the job. Given the other options," says Alex Blackham, owner of a cafe in the town's indoor market. "If she'd been Labour or an independent then I would have been voting for her as a person. I think that's what politics comes down to sometimes." Clive Hinson, a 59-year-old assembly line worker who was about to tuck into one of Mr Blackham's full English breakfasts, blames Thatcher for the closure of the dump truck factory he worked at in the 1980s. But he adds: "Funnily enough, I'll be voting Conservative. Because I think Corbyn is a waste of time. "He can't give a definitive answer on defence. He's got all these plans for spending loads of money but the figures just don't add up....so much though I don't want to vote Conservative that's the way I'm voting." He says the North East has "forgiven but not forgotten" Thatcher, comparing the reconciliation process to what happened in Northern Ireland or South Africa. Like Mr Blackham he voted for Brexit in last year's EU referendum. Most of the older working class people I spoke to - the traditional bedrock of Labour support in the area - needed no prompting to criticise what they saw as Jeremy Corbyn's lack of leadership ability and charisma. He seemed to go over much better with younger, more cosmopolitan voters. "I would vote Corbyn all day every day," said Stephen Lock, who runs a comic book stall in the covered market with wife June. "He's such a man of the people by the looks of it. He's looking after the general working people. He seems to have great ideas. They may be a little outdated in the modern day, but he's not the person they're painting him out to be. They are trying to make him out to be weak and I don't think he is." The couple returned from 13 years in France, where they had a gardening business, after the Brexit vote. "We thought we had better come back and do something else here. It's affected us quite heavily," said Stephen. They are torn between voting Labour and Liberal Democrats - and are not impressed by what they see as the disloyalty of Labour MPs who openly criticise their leader. "The Labour Party is shooting itself in the foot by not acting and standing as one," said June. "You have got career politicians that are more concerned about their own personal interests than their constituents." There also appeared to real enthusiasm for Corbyn among Darlington's student population, who blame the media for portraying him in a negative light. "You don't see a lot of coverage of, like, nice things about him," said 18-year-old Emily Frewin. "But when you actually read into it he is a nice person." Theresa May avoids talking to the voters, she adds, but "he seems like he wants to talk to everybody, not just the rich people". "He does seem to be getting slandered quite a lot," agrees 20-year-old software development student Josh Walker, "when he's trying to fight for us." If the Thatcher factor was ever a major impediment to a Tory revival in the North East, it has undoubtedly faded with time. The party's tactic of detaching Theresa May's name - it was emblazoned across the battle bus she toured the North-East in - from the Conservative brand appears to be working with some voters, who might feel a little queasy at the prospect of putting their cross next to a Tory candidate. Some told me they had flirted with a Conservative vote, only to think better of it - Mrs May's support for a free vote on fox hunting, not an issue that has exactly dominated the airwaves, was mentioned by several people as a reason for not switching to the Tories. And there will always be some who will never forget, or forgive. Like the Darlington woman who greeted Theresa May's name with a horrified cry of "she's another Maggie Thatcher!". But on the basis of this highly unscientific sample, Thatcher is no longer the bogey figure she was and Labour can no longer rely on the loyalty of its traditional support base.

Question: The Conservatives are hoping to win back seats in the North - East of England on 8 June - has the party finally escaped the @placeholder of Margaret Thatcher which helped make much of the region a no - go area for them ?


The economy grew at an annualised pace of 2.1% in the fourth quarter of the year, the Commerce Department said, up from an earlier estimate of 1.9%. But the data had little impact on shares, with the Dow Jones up 20.23 points, or 0.1%, at 20,679.55. The S&P 500 edged up 2.17 points to 2,363.30 while the Nasdaq added 5.63 points to 5,903.18. The biggest faller in the Nasdaq was sportswear maker Lululemon Athletica, which plunged by nearly a quarter after it warned that sales were likely to fall. The company said it expected same-store sales to fall in the first quarter of the year, the first decline since 2009. Shares in ConocoPhillips jumped nearly 6% after the energy company announced it was selling oil sands and western Canadian natural gas assets to Cenovus Energy for 17.7 billion Canadian dollars ($13.3bn; Â£10.6bn). ConocoPhillips is not the first oil major to scale back its operations in the region, with both Royal Dutch Shell and Marathon Oil also having sold oil sands assets. The high costs of extraction have made it hard for companies to make profits with oil prices remaining low.

Question: US stocks remained unmoved in early trade , despite an upward revision to the @placeholder rate at the end of 2016 .


The creature was found on Wednesday in the grounds of The Coach House Care Home in Goldthorn Hill. A wooden pole had been pushed through him and he was so badly hurt he had to be put down by a vet. The RSPCA is appealing for information. RSPCA inspector Vicky Taylor said: "This was a really gruesome case and definitely deliberate. It was outright cruelty." The charity said the area the hedgehog was found in was inaccessible to care home residents but could have been entered by the public. Lee Stewart, RSPCA centre manager, said: "We always do all we can to save animals brought to us but sadly there was nothing we could do on this occasion, the stake had almost pierced through to the underside of the body. "This poor hedgehog must have suffered terribly." It is against the law to inflict unnecessary suffering on a wild mammal, with a maximum penalty of a Â£5,000 fine and six months imprisonment.

Question: A hedgehog was @placeholder with a stake in Wolverhampton .


The plane crashed in Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire in November 1940, killing Pilot Officer Harold Penketh. Historic England said involving forces veterans in the dig made it "an exemplar for future such endeavours". Veteran Gary Phillips, 57, who suffers from PTSD, said it was "like therapy" because he helped a fellow soldier. A team from Oxford Archaeology East worked with veterans and service personnel to excavate the Spitfire in October, during which some of the pilot's remains were discovered. Mr Phillips, who is from Liverpool, said: "It's like a fellow soldier and we're going to help him - he served his country and died doing it and I lost friends doing the same." He served with the King's Regiment during the 1970s and 1980s, including tours of Northern Ireland. Two years ago he approached the veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress for help with post-traumatic stress disorder, and said "in our day, PTSD wasn't accepted". The former rifleman was told about Operation Nightingale, which is a military-run Defence Archaeology Group project using archaeology to aid the recovery of service personnel and veterans injured in conflict. He said: "It's like therapy - sometimes I can't go out of the house and that has lost me jobs, but this is bringing me out of my shell." Diarmaid Walshe co-founded Nightingale after he identified "a growing need for some form of occupational therapy and recovery" for injured personnel. The Royal Medical Corps sergeant said: "Military personnel are very good at digging holes, at working in adverse conditions, as part of a team and to tight deadlines. "Plus the more physical skills are relevant to archaeology too - spotting colour changes in the soil, writing proper reports and observing small details." Archaeologist Stephen Macaulay said the "specific skills" of the military were "incredibly useful" on the dig. The senior project manager added: "They saw him as 'one of us' and we had never worked on a dig with that sort of personal connection." Sgt Walshe said: "We hope that it brings comfort to Pilot Officer Hesketh's family that his death has brought some benefit to another human being."

Question: The excavation of a Spitfire from its wartime crash site has set the standard for future @placeholder digs , England 's historic environment body has said .


The survey also included a record number of women from the UK, though German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains in the top spot. Hillary Clinton, the US presidential candidate, and Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, were second and third. The US dominated the list with 51 women represented, while China was second. There are a record nine women from the world's most populous nation on the 2016 Power Women list. Lucy Peng, a senior executive at e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, are the highest-ranked. Also on the list are Pollyanna Chu, chief executive of Hong Kong financial services firm Kingston Securities, and China's first lady, Peng Liyuan. The survey features 100 women from 29 countries who represent sectors such as politics, business, technology and philanthropy. Forbes said the women on the list control $1tn (Â£694bn) in revenue and influence more than 3.6bn people around the world. There are 32 chief executives on the list, 12 world leaders and 11 billionaires, including nine who have built billion-dollar companies from scratch. The average age is 57, with Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer the youngest at 41 and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II the oldest at 90. The number of UK women who made the rankings doubled to six. Besides Queen Elizabeth, they include Nemat Shafik, deputy governor of the Bank of England, and Katharine Viner, editor of the Guardian. The newcomers are Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of the Economist, and Eliza Manningham-Buller, chair of the Wellcome Trust. This is the sixth consecutive year Mrs Merkel has topped the list and the tenth time in total. Moira Forbes, president and publisher of Forbes Woman, said it was "extraordinary" that Mrs Merkel had been able to maintain power for so long. "She's not only the head of the fourth largest economy in the world but she's defied existential political and economic challenges to the EU, for example trying to ensure that countries like Greece and Spain adhere to the fiscal logic she espouses," she told BBC News. "She's also dealing with EU crises such as immigration...She's someone whose power extends far beyond traditional borders." Ms Forbes noted that nearly half of the women on this year's list were from outside the US, while a quarter were from the Asia-Pacific region, the highest number since the survey's inception. "These are positive trends as women are ascending more into positions of traditional business corporate power but also political power," she said. Among the most high-profile drop-offs is Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, who was impeached in May over allegations of violating fiscal rules, which she denies. Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing firm Theranos, also failed to make the list. US federal agencies are investigating Theranos over allegations its tests are inaccurate.  Last week, Forbes lowered its estimate of Holmes' personal fortune from $4.5bn to nothing, after previously declaring her America's richest self-made woman.

Question: Chinese women have made their strongest @placeholder on Forbes magazine 's list of the world 's most powerful women .