Rescue crews have also spotted an oil sheen on the water in the hunt for the 224m (735ft) El Faro, but cannot confirm the finds are from the ship. Twenty-eight Americans and five Poles were on board the vessel. It was last heard from on Thursday and was reported to be taking on water. The El Faro - which was travelling from Florida to Puerto Rico - was also believed to be listing at 15 degrees after losing power and issuing a distress signal. The US Coast Guard said it could not confirm that the objects spotted in the water were from the El Faro. "The debris is scattered about over several miles," said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss. "It's going to take some time to verify. The items would appear to be consistent with the missing ship." The owners of the El Faro, Tote Maritime, said two vessels it dispatched to the scene had found a container "which appears to be from the El Faro". There had been no sighting of the El Faro or any lifeboats, Tote Maritime Puerto Rico president Tim Nolan said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers remain with the 33 individuals aboard the ship and their families," he added. Joaquin brought heavy rains to the Bahamas, damaging a number of houses. The now-weaker Category Two storm - with sustained winds of 105 mph (165km/h) - has moved away from the island nation in the Atlantic after battering it for two days. It is heading towards Bermuda.

Question: US Coast Guards searching for a cargo ship with 33 crew on board that @placeholder in Bahamian waters during Hurricane Joaquin say they have spotted life jackets , rings and containers .


As the film "Suffragette," opens in British cinemas there is renewed attention on that struggle, one in which Scotland played a vital part. "For a long time the suffrage movement, as far as history is concerned was located in London and the national leadership was located there too," says Dr Norman Watson, a journalist and historian who has researched the suffragettes for 30 years. But he points to the fact that Edinburgh had one of the earliest suffrage societies in the 1870s and by the period after 1905 Scotland was "punching above its weight" in the struggle for votes. There were plenty of opportunities to confront the establishment with then prime minister Herbert Asquith having his constituency in Fife and Winston Churchill as an MP for Dundee. He continues: "So with the militant women pledging to argue at every by-election at which the Liberal party stood because the Liberal party kept refusing them votes, this really catapulted the militancy episode into Scotland and all parts of Scotland were involved." When Churchill came to stand in Dundee in 1908 he was followed by 27 of the national leaders of women's suffrage movements. At one point he even hid in a shed and tried to hold a meeting there. There had been lots of campaigning for the vote towards the end of the 19th Century mainly using methods such at petitions, writing letters and badgering members of parliament. That changed in 1903 with the establishment by the Pankhursts, and others, of the Women's Social and Political Union. A branch was opened in Glasgow in 1906 and by 1908 its Scottish headquarters had been opened in the city. "At first the suffragettes tend to go down to England in order to commit some of the more militant acts," says Prof Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University who is writing a book on the Scottish suffragettes. "We don't really get much militant suffrage activity going on Scotland until a couple of years before the First World War but once they get started they do quite a lot of damage." She points to the burning down of buildings, the grandstands at Ayr and Perth racecourses, the pouring of acid in post boxes to destroy the mail or burning the slogan 'votes for women' into the greens of golf courses with acid. "One of the things to note is that they were very careful not to actually harm or kill anyone with all these fires, the places they set fire to were empty. What they were hoping for was that the landowners and the insurance companies would put pressure on the government to give women the vote," she continues. A important point for the movement in Scotland was a big rally in Edinburgh in 1909. It was led by the formidable Flora Drummond, riding on horseback. A key figure in the movement, she had grown up in Arran. Edinburgh had a rather less positive claim to fame too though. It was here that the suffragette Ethel Moorhead became the first in Scotland to be force-fed, a practice which came later north of the border. "There were two prisons in Scotland that did force feed," says Donna Moore of the Glasgow Women's Library. "One was Edinburgh," she continues "although slightly reluctantly, but the main one was Perth and, in fact, when there was a royal visit to Perth there were signs outside saying welcome to your majesty's torture chamber in Perth prison." Ms Moore is fascinated by the stories of suffragettes, stories which she feels deserve to be better known. Earlier in the year a group of women took part in a public art event, called "March of Women", from the Glasgow Women's Library to Glasgow Green. The idea was to celebrate women's history and achievements, past and present. The site was chosen as the green had been the venue for many rallies and marches by both suffragettes and suffragists. World War One is often credited with bringing some women the vote in 1918. But Norman Watson says "in many respects we forget about the valuable work that the constitutionalists did, the non-militant women". He reckons there were perhaps 100 plus militant suffragettes in Scotland, but thousands who were pursuing similar aims but by different means. "My view is that by 1914 when the worst of the forcible feeding was happening I think we were heading towards the government giving in, and I actually think the women might have got the vote in 1916, two years before they did."

Question: From throwing an egg at Winston Churchill , to a huge suffrage march in Edinburgh , to the @placeholder of force - feeding , Scotland 's suffragettes and the more gradualist suffragists were an important part of the fight for women 's votes .


Data from Education DataLab shows about 20,000 secondary pupils left before they sat their GCSE exams. If the students had remained, some schools would not have scored as highly on the official league tables. Of the 100 schools in England which would have seen the biggest shift, 62 were in London. The figures are from 2,901 state-funded secondary schools in England across four years. Education Datalab, an independent research group, recalibrated the results according to how long each pupil spent in each school. Each pupil should spend 15 terms in secondary education. For example, if a pupil spent six terms in one school, then that school would receive 40% of the results, while the other 60%. Currently, league tables are worked out from how many children were on-roll in January of their final year. Children may leave school because of being managed out, expulsions or moving house. They are also more likely to be from poorer backgrounds or have special educational needs. The figures show Harris Academy Greenwich would have seen the biggest impact on its league table position. One year it would have seen its GCSE pass rates for grades A-C drop by 15%. In the last four years 611 pupils completed their secondary education at the school, while 217 left before the January of their final year. Nine out of the bottom 100 were also Harris Academies. A Harris Federation spokesperson said many of its schools joined the federation because they were failing and had a high proportion of pupils considered to be disadvantaged. "London - which is where all of our schools are located - has high pupil mobility. It is no surprise that this would be even higher in recently failing schools with very large catchment areas and in areas of disadvantage," the spokesperson added. But Philip Nye from Education Datalab said there were some weaknesses in the league table system and that it could be improved by making schools accountable for all children. "We do think in a minority of cases there might be some head teachers who are using pupil moves to boost their league table moves," he added. A Department for Education spokesperson said exclusions could only be issued on disciplinary grounds and that it was introducing stronger measures to ensure mainstream schools continue to be accountable for the progress of pupils they place in alternative provision. It has not yet commented on how the school league tables were worked out.

Question: Some schools would have @placeholder much worse than official league tables show if " churn rates " had been taken into account , it has been claimed .


In 2014, 27 motorcyclists were killed and the number of serious injuries also rose from 507 to 514 in the year up to September 2015. London Assembly's Transport Committee said the figure for deaths was "unacceptably high". TfL said more police have been deployed in accident hotspots and it is focusing on motorcycle and scooter safety. The figures were released as the London Assembly committee published its report â€˜Easy Rider: Improving motorcycle safety on London roadsâ€™. Researchers spoke to 1,200 riders and found one in five had been involved in a collision and about 62% motorcyclists had been involved in a near-miss incident. In 2010, 4,337 motorcyclists were injured in London, which by 2014 rose to 5,233, an increase of nearly 21%. The report found the inconsistency over access to bus lanes causes "unnecessary confusion" as TfL allows motorcyclists to ride in bus lanes on the roads it manages, while many boroughs do not. It also asked TfL to monitor the impact of dedicated Cycle Superhighways on the road space shared by other traffic. The report also called on authorities to educate young riders. Valerie Shawcross, chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee, said: "Arguably motorcyclists have been overlooked in public discussion about road safety in recent years. "However, 36 motorcyclists were killed on London's roads last year, a death toll that is unacceptably high, and part of a bigger picture of collisions and injuries affecting motorcyclists, many of them life-changing in their seriousness." TfL said that since September police had stopped 5,389 riders, issued 742 traffic offence reports, 1,335 verbal warnings, seized 96 motorcycles and made 10 arrests. Police will also target the boroughs where motorcyclists are at greatest risk of injury. Leon Daniels, TfL's managing director of surface transport, said: "On-street education and enforcement, substantial investment in improving rider skills and guidance to help engineers design roads so that they are safer for riders, all form part of a concerted effort to improve road safety in the capital."

Question: The number of motorcyclists killed on London 's roads reached 36 in 2015 , Transport for London ( TfL ) @placeholder showed .


Joan Daws, 64, died in hospital five days after she was pinned to the elevator at The Laleham care home in Herne Bay, Kent in October 2013. An inquest into her death heard she was moving a chair used to weigh patients when she became trapped. Her son, Simon Daws, said: "She went to work one day and didn't come back." He added: "My mum had worked hard all her life. She was 18 months away from being retired. She was just working to pay off her home." The inquest at the Guildhall in Sandwich was told staff at the care home heard screams after Mrs Daws pulled the equipment into the lift and it started to move. She was found pinned to the wall of the elevator and unable to breath by a Kent Fire and Rescue Service firefighter. The mother-of-three died at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate. The inquest heard the lift had not been inspected at regular intervals and had been fitted with a safety sensor since her death. The jury gave a narrative verdict, concluding that if that sensor had been in place it was "highly unlikely" that the incident would have occurred. Nick Mayne, of Canterbury City Council, said there was an ongoing Health and Safety Executive investigation into the owners of the care home at the time. The care home has changed ownership since the death.

Question: The death of a care home worker who was crushed in a lift could have been @placeholder if a safety sensor had been put in place , an inquest jury has found .


Investors Steve Kaplin and Jason Levien, who run sports teams in the United States, are drafting in the former Everton striker as an adviser. The £100m takeover was agreed subject to Kaplin and Levien passing a Premier League test for prospective owners. But Donovan, now 34, will not take part in Swansea's day-to-day activities. Current chairman Huw Jenkins and deputy Leigh Dineen will retain their roles when the Americans take control but Donovan is seen as ideal to have on the board with football and commercial expertise. Levien, the managing general partner of Major League Soccer side DC United, and Kaplan, head of a capital investment fund and vice-chairman of NBA franchise Memphis Grizzlies, lead a consortium which has bought a controlling stake of 60% in the club. Donovan, who was on loan at Premier League side Everton in 2010 and 2012, is his country's record goalscorer and the second most capped United States international. The former LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes forward also had spells in the Germany Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.

Question: Former United States captain Landon Donovan is to be part of the American investment @placeholder taking over Premier League club Swansea City .


One of the new managers, Leopoldo Castillo, said it would gradually move its editorial line "toward the centre". The channel is known for its fierce opposition to the left-wing government of late President Hugo Chavez, and that of his successor, Nicolas Maduro. The government has repeatedly fined it and accused it of "poisoning society". Globovision was widely seen as the only terrestrial TV station which dared to be openly critical of Mr Chavez. Outgoing director of Globovision Guillermo Zuloaga, who had led the channel for 18 years, asked viewers to give the new management "the benefit of the doubt". In a letter to station staff, he said he "had mixed feelings" about the sale. "Unfortunately, the authoritarian government led by Hugo Chavez never liked our attitude and our mission to tell the truth and that's why, starting in 2001, it branded us 'enemies of the revolution' and therefore enemies of the state, which after 14 years of struggle... made it impossible for me to continue at the helm of Globovision." It had been widely expected that journalist Vladimir Villegas would take over as the channel's director. But on Monday night, Mr Villegas said on his Twitter account that "there had been no consensus in regards to programme proposals" and that he would now not assume the post. The channel's vice-president, Carlos Zuloaga, said he would be leaving the channel, along with his father, channel director Guillermo Zuloaga. "I have my resignation ready, and that of my dad, too. I just need to hand them in," he said on Monday. Carlos Zuloaga also confirmed the sale of the channel, although it was unclear if the sale documents had been signed yet. The new owners will be businessmen Raul Gorrin, Juan Domingo Cordero and Gustavo Perdomo. Globovision has an audience share of 4.29% of free-to-air TV, according to 2012 figures released by media research firm AGB Panamericana. It has been repeatedly fined by the government for reasons ranging from tax evasion and broadcasting on unauthorised frequencies to "promoting hatred and intolerance for political reasons", charges the channel dismissed as politically motivated.

Question: Venezuelan opposition TV channel Globovision has been @placeholder and will change its editorial line , according to a statement published on its website .


This is where the two powerful socio-political currents currently pulsing through Europe collide and clash. On the one hand, you have the traditional powers that be - bankers, big business and traditional political parties, imposing their will from above. And on the other are grassroots movements, populist and people-driven, saying a loud NO to the status quo. They are offering an alternative vision of society (in Spain, Italy and France, for example) whose workability on a national level has yet to be proven. The two lead-roles on the Greek stage are played by the Troika (that is, Greece's international creditors - the European Commission, ECB and IMF) and left-wing Syriza, carrying its supporters in its rolled-up shirt sleeves. The ideological abyss between them has been publicly demonstrated over the last five months and it's not diminishing with time. Angela Merkel is the most well-known face of Greece's paymasters. On Monday, the German chancellor repeated her belief that "if the euro fails, Europe fails". But what kind of Europe is she talking about? Acute EU dissatisfaction is a syndrome now affecting and infecting the whole continent. High unemployment, sluggish growth, if any, a deteriorating quality of life for the majority, while the super-affluent minority continues to profit - the call for change, for a new Europe, is widespread. Two prominent European politicians now loudly trumpet that call: the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his British counterpart, David Cameron. But their visions for a new European dawn are quite, quite different.

Question: As you make your way through the flag - waving , gesticulating , chanting crowds of pro and anti-government protestors here in Athens - in the lead - up to Greece 's Sunday referendum on bailout conditions imposed by its international creditors - you get the feeling that this is about something bigger than Greece 's financial crisis , bigger even than the @placeholder of the eurozone .


Ammar Haider, from Birmingham, told three woman a series of "sob stories" to get them to part with savings, take out loans and even pawn possessions, totalling £120,000, police said. The married father-of-two said he was a trainee pilot, ill relatives needed expensive medical treatment and he was stuck in a dangerous jail in Dubai. He admitted three charges of fraud. When West Midlands Police looked into his finances, officers said they found transactions from other victims who had apparently been bullied into not reporting Haider to police because he pretended to be a feared gangster and threatened them and their families. Haider first made contact with a woman from Sheffield, in 2011, having stolen her personal details from a customer database at the car insurance centre where he worked in Sandwell. He began flirting with her via text message before they agreed to meet. He told her he was a trainee pilot with Emirates Airlines. She ended up giving him £9,000 towards his ill father's emergency "treatment" and other bills. The woman, who went on holiday to Austria with him, was later contacted by his wife confirming that, along with other women, she had been tricked, police said. The 28-year-old from Acocks Green also told a woman from Edinburgh whom he met through a dating site that he needed £45,000 in bail money to escape torturers inside a Dubai prison, police said. She gave him a total of £52,000 but became suspicious when she checked with authorities. In police interviews, Haider said he knew the three women but said they had willingly handed over money and made up lies about him when he ended the relationships. Det Con Debra Phillips, said his victims - all well-paid professionals - now had long-term financial problems. "They were cynically targeted by Haider because of their financial means. At one stage he was juggling relationships with his wife and two girlfriends." Haider admitted the charges last month at Birmingham Crown Court and was sentenced on Wednesday.

Question: A serial liar who tricked women he @placeholder out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for five years .


He takes charge of Saturday's meeting between Celtic and Aberdeen, but for a time last year was not sure if he would continue officiating. "The surgeon said I should focus on going back to work in a normal job," Madden said. "The cup final wasn't what I was thinking about, it was my well-being." The official was first diagnosed before last summer's European Championships in France, but delayed treatment so that he could be part of the team assisting fellow Scottish referee Willie Collum at the finals. Madden started this season, then went for surgery after taking charge of Celtic's 4-1 win over Aberdeen in August. He returned to refereeing two months later. "Only when I was first diagnosed," replied Madden after being asked if he thought his career may be over. "I realised very quickly after the surgery that everything had gone well and that I would go back to refereeing. Whether I thought I would come back as quickly as I did, maybe not so. That was due to the care I was given and the focus and support around me. "I took the decision in December 2015 to focus totally on my refereeing and I gave up my job because of the demands of domestic and international football. So really I wanted to get back to football to prove that I'd made the right decision and to be successful in refereeing. "When the consideration was being given to the Scottish Cup final, I'd had a good season so I was hopeful and when the call came in to say I was refereeing it, it was fantastic news and an honour." Madden believes this has been his best season as an official, and in March took charge of his first Old Firm derby. The game at Celtic Park finished 1-1, although the referee was criticised by Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers for not awarding a penalty for a challenge by Rangers defender Clint Hill on Leigh Griffiths late in the game. The 38-year-old describes Rodgers and his Aberdeen counterpart Derek McInnes as "good guys" and says he is preparing thoroughly for the final. "We have independent assessors who watch us in every match and my marks would dictate that it's been my most successful season," Madden explained. "I'm going through the same training programme that I would for every match. I look at teams' tactics, how they set up at set pieces. "Around 28% of goals are scored from set pieces, so it's important that referees are aware of any potential tactics or scenarios that teams might run through. I'm putting a lot of attention on how both teams will set up and in matches against each other this season. "Players are under pressure, and we need to accept that as referees. Some players deal with that differently, but there are some who every week are the same and you can always talk to them. There are players on the field on Saturday from both teams who I know I can talk to if there's anything I want to address." Madden - who will have two additional assistants behind each goal at Hampden on Saturday - hopes that, for all he is looking forward to the responsibility of taking charge of the final, he is not the focus of post-match discussions. "The cup final is about the stories of the players and the managers, the tactics, the goals," he added. "Every official hopes that the evening after the cup final, the talking point isn't the referee."

Question: Bobby Madden admits refereeing the Scottish Cup final was the furthest thought from his mind while he @placeholder from thyroid cancer .


"Varying" could take taxes down, but we're not hearing much about that happening. Conservatives would like to lower them over the next parliament, but don't want deeper spending cuts to make them appear even more austere than George Osborne. A significant contribution their tax commission has made is to suggest Scotland could have another tier of income tax, between the basic and higher rate, taxing some income at, say, 30%. Depending how it is designed, that is most likely to affect those earning in the thirty and forty thousands zone. If it is not to increase tax on some, it will only apply to a new tranche of earnings over £42,400. Among other parties, the debate is skewed towards using the new powers to raise income tax rates - to "end austerity" or "protect public services". It is making this election campaign very different from before. Labour is arguing that the Scottish Rate of Income Tax should go up in the 2016-17 financial year. That's this April. The legislation newly in force, for the year ahead, does not give MSPs the ability to have varied increases on different bands. So Labour says Finance Secretary John Swinney should raise tax by 1 pence across all bands, and then hand a £100 rebate to those earning under £20,000. It's made for some lively exchanges between the two parties. But perhaps they're... well, a bit phoney. Both sides are right, with Labour's claim that its policy would be progressive: higher earners suffer more pain, which isn't quite what the SNP had been arguing. The SNP is right in its counter-claim that the plan would take more tax from those of modest means: earning £20,001, where you get no rebate, still puts you about five grand under the average skilled workers' salary. It's far from clear that Holyrood can pay a tax rebate, either legally or practically. If it can, it may be taxable - an absurd £20 tax on a tax rebate (for which perhaps there should be a rebate). Then expert analysis by week's end showed that the rebate is a poorly targeted support for low earners. Around a tenth of it would go to around 100,000 people living in the 20% of households with the highest total earnings (such as higher earners' spouses with part-time jobs). But perhaps the most phoney element is political. The SNP has a Holyrood majority, and it isn't going to make such a radical amendment to the current Budget Bill - not just before an election, and least of all because Labour says it should. Even if Labour were to return to power after May's election, it would have to wait until next year to implement tax changes. That's when Holyrood is on track to have more flexibility for setting bands with thresholds, setting rates and re-distributing the tax burden. No more need for that rebate. It's clear that the SNP (though the leadership has not explicitly spelled it out yet) will have something along those lines in its manifesto too, to be implemented after the powers come in. So it's likely that the sound and fury of recent days may turn into a broad tax-raising consensus - including Liberal Democrats, but not Tories - by the time their manifestos are published. That sound and fury has drowned out some of the interesting messages from two studies published on Friday by public finance experts - one from the Resolution Foundation, the other by Professor David Bell and David Eiser at the Centre for Constitutional Change. Also worth a read is Gavin Kelly's blog. He is a former Downing Street adviser and Resolution Foundation director who chairs the Living Wage Commission. Here are five observations that struck me: The reverse is also true, so tax-cutters beware: take £1 off the tax bill of those on Universal Credit, and it reduces their benefit entitlement by 67 pence. Plus, that UK welfare reform is itself fiercely complicated, and two benefits systems will probably have to run in parallel for some time. As Gavin Kelly points out, this is about policy coherence. Once Scotland's politicians have got their heads around income tax, its interaction with the benefits system and with national insurance looks likely to be the next battle-front with Westminster.

Question: Who wins and who loses ? It 's not just about @placeholder at Westminster . The question is about the power to vary tax rates .


But the Kiev trial was soon adjourned because protesting nationalists prevented the five being brought to court from their remand prison. Mr Yanukovych is now expected to testify as a witness on Monday. He fled to Russia after three months of mass protests on Kiev's Maidan Square. More than 100 people were killed during the clashes between anti-government demonstrators and Ukrainian security forces in February 2014. The Maidan protests began when Mr Yanukovych first announced he was suspending a planned trade deal with the EU, under pressure from Russia. Ukraine country profile Yanukovych regrets Ukraine bloodshed Ukrainian prosecutors allege that the Berkut riot police opened fire on the orders of a Kiev police commander - former Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko. He also fled to Russia during the unrest. The five Berkut officers have been charged over the deaths of 48 Maidan activists. They deny the accusation. Mr Yanukovych was backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. After the turmoil in Kiev the unrest spread, and Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014. "It was my own initiative to act as a witness in this case. This is my personal decision. Therefore I am interested in the truth being established in the case," he told the Kiev court.

Question: The former Ukrainian President , Viktor Yanukovych , has @placeholder to a Ukrainian court via video link from southern Russia , in a trial of five ex-policemen accused of shooting protesters in 2014 .


Banchory Primary School Parent Council said the "unusual and dramatic" move followed recent "close calls" near the Tullibody school. The council hope the idea, involving P1 to P3 pupils, will encourage safe and legal driving and parking. Its chairman Alastair Freck told the Alloa Advertiser that the campaign "had caused a bit of a stir." He said: "It is a bit unusual and a bit dramatic, but seems to be having the desired effect because people are already talking about it. "And though it's caused a bit of a stir, it has been mostly well-received." Mr Freck said the safety campaign was "not about blaming parents". He said: "We just want people driving near to the school to consider where and how they are parking and to make sure they are doing so safely and legally. "There have been a quite a few close calls in the past and generally speaking some of the kids can find it hard to cross roads and get to school."

Question: Pupils have " @placeholder dead " on the street outside their Clackmannanshire primary school to highlight road safety .


Brave and strong on and off the field, he is a 25-year-old who has always been bold enough to carve out his own career path. An unassuming Yorkshireman turned Australian celebrity, lured from Bradford to Sydney by Hollywood actor Russell Crowe. A sporting superstar with three giant brothers playing in the same team at South Sydney, all matured beyond their years by family heartache. It is already a pretty decent movie script even before Burgess picks up a union ball and attempts to reach the World Cup in both codes. In Australia, he is a big celebrity, seduced by Sydney in 2009 thanks to the efforts of Crowe, the Rabbitohs' co-owner. A regular in newspapers and gossip mags, he has been as much in the spotlight off the pitch as he has on it. It is a completely different world to the one in which he first forged a career in the sport. Burgess made his Super League debut at 17 with Bradford Bulls, then coached by Steve McNamara, the current England boss. At the same time as attempting to make the big step-up from academy rugby, the teenager was caring for his terminally ill father Mark. "His dad's death made him a man," McNamara recalls. "His maturity was beyond his years. "He was going through a really tough period of his life, which tells you a bit about his tremendous character, to come through this adversity and be both a great player and a great person. He came through it with a tremendous amount of credit. It was beyond belief what he did." Media playback is not supported on this device Mark, himself a former rugby league player and coach, deteriorated in health rapidly and passed away aged 45. Sam has spoken of how this tragedy toughened him up, and gave him the strength to make bold decisions for himself. It is no surprise, therefore, that after leaving for Australia on his own, he is now willing to leave his three brothers and mum Julie in Sydney to return to the UK for a new challenge. Yet under that tough exterior is a pretty sensitive bloke. Burgess broke down in tears before his Rabbitohs debut when Crowe gave him a club membership card bearing his father Mark's name. "He is a tremendous person," says McNamara, with whom Burgess spoke last week to explain his reasons for quitting league. "He's an energiser - he brings energy to any group. He has a great personality, a strong personality, is very strong minded and strong willed. "He is a great carer of other people. He will be a big asset to Bath Rugby and, hopefully, England if he makes it." Having spoken to McNamara, and former team-mates at England and Bradford, few have a bad word to say against the player or the man. Interestingly, England rugby union head coach Stuart Lancaster rates these qualities as highly as his rugby skills. Tall, heavy, lean, quick. Very powerful and skilful. He will break the line a lot in union, bend the line and poke his nose through the other side "Clearly he is a world-class player, but what impressed me more was his maturity, his leadership, his mental toughness, his ability to inspire his team-mates," Lancaster says. "Anyone who goes to Australia when they are 18 years old to try to find a tough level of competition because he wants to challenge himself, says something about the individual." Some league fans may feel betrayed that a player developed within the sport now takes those skills away to benefit another game. But Burgess knows how short life is, and how a career is even shorter. He has challenges and goals to achieve and has no problem in thinking for himself. As a player, he is a born leader. Always the most highly rated of the four brothers, Sam took no time in making his impact at Bradford. His Super League debut came in 2006, a year that also saw him named senior academy player of the year. A powerful first full season with the Bulls in 2007 yielded immediate recognition, with a Great Britain Test debut try following his young player award. Kevin Sinfield, England captain: "Absolutely without doubt one of the best players I've ever worked with. Top player, top bloke." Eorl Crabtree, England teammate: "I personally think he should do what the hell he wants. One life, one crack at it." Keith Senior, former GB and Leeds centre: "I'd do the same and don't fault him. A massive opportunity and he's still young enough to do more in both codes." The 2009 move to Sydney marked a transformation from hard-running Super League forward to hard-hitting NRL machine. England's man of the tournament by an absolute mile in last autumn's league World Cup, he was the team's on-field heartbeat. His playing style should excite union fans. He has a ridiculous combination of bulk and athleticism. The obvious comparison is New Zealand's dual code phenomenon Sonny Bill Williams. Indeed, when a teenage Burgess made his Bulls debut eight years ago, Bradford team-mate Shontayne Hape - a Kiwi league international and future England union convert - predicted just that. "I reckon he's going to be Great Britain's Sonny Bill," said Hape in 2006. "He's going to be one of the best." Fast forward to February 2014, from the Yorkshire village of Odsal to Twickenham, and the England rugby union head coach. "Sonny Bill Williams is a rugby league forward playing as a union back," says Lancaster. "That's a much easier transition and is probably the closest comparison." McNamara, who has coached Burgess as both man and boy and seen the transformation from raw Bradford Bull to commanding international enforcer, calls him the ultimate physical specimen. "Tall, heavy, lean, quick. Very powerful and skilful," he says. "He will break the line a lot in union, bend the line and poke his nose through the other side. "He's ferocious defensively and hits very, very hard. A great player and a great person." For a man who thrives on the big occasion and under the media spotlight, Burgess is desperate for his World Cup gamble to pay off. If he misses it, then swapping Sydney's bright lights and a shot at NRL Grand Final glory for three years of club union in Bath may prove a tough adjustment. Yet anyone who has seen him play league would back him to crack union, too - whatever the odds.

Question: Sam Burgess is a rugby freak . A 6ft 5 in , 18st beast of a man with quick @placeholder and a charming character .


Media playback is unsupported on your device 8 October 2014 Last updated at 19:40 BST A new book and exhibition is celebrating that history. The free exhibition is open to the public at the W London hotel, Leicester Square, and runs until 18 October. BBC London's Emilia Papadopoulos met broadcaster Robert Elms, general manager of the W London hotel Coen Van Niersen, and celebrity photographer Dave Hogan.

Question: As the centre of London 's cinema-land , Leicester Square has @placeholder many a glamorous film star along many a red carpet over the years .


The former Montana congressman and Navy SEAL rode through downtown Washington atop a 17-year-old Irish sport horse named Tonto. Nine US Park Police on horseback accompanied the 55-year-old to the Interior Department's headquarters a day after he was sworn in. He was spotted wearing a black cowboy hat as he made his way through traffic. Ex-Navy Seal Ryan Zinke picked as interior secretary The people around Donald Trump "Secretary Zinke was proud to accept an invitation by the US Park Police to stand shoulder to shoulder with their officers on his first day at Interior," said Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift. Mr Zinke was greeted by hundreds of federal workers, including an Office of Indian Affairs employee from the Northern Cheyenne tribe in Montana, who played him a song on a hand drum. The Interior Department oversees more than 20% of US federal land, including national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite.

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It hopes to unearth the detailed history of what has been described as the "best preserved" World War One internment camp in the world. It was home to up to 4,500 German prisoners of war during the conflict. Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council's archaeologist, said the project was important as without it the story of the camp could be lost. The site was acquired by the UK government from the owners of the Stobs Castle Estate in 1902 and the following year it was established as the main training base for British soldiers in Scotland, hosting 20,000 soldiers in its first full year. However, usage tailed off during the following decade and its future was in doubt until the outbreak of war in 1914 when it started a new role. Dr Bowles started a project proposal for the area several years ago, having identified the potential of the site. "This really is a huge project, and will be one of the biggest archaeology projects in Scotland," he said. "Stobs Camp is of international significance because of the excellent state of preservation of some of its infrastructure - it is the best preserved First World War internment camp in the world and was the headquarters of the POW camp system in Scotland. "This project is important as without it there is a real danger that the story of Stobs will be lost and the buildings that remain deteriorate further." He said the aim was to develop a management plan for the site, improve access for visitors and create interpretation materials, including an app, to make sure the important role of the site was remembered. Dr Bowles said: "Stobs was used to house POWs for over five years, stretching on until after the war was officially over, and during that time around 45 POWs died in the camp from various ailments, despite there being a hospital on site. "The camp commandant allowed the prisoners to create a cemetery, which still exists, although in the early 1960s the bodies were all exhumed and reburied in a German war graves cemetery in Staffordshire." Prisoners built a cairn to remember their comrades at Stobs and also planted a ring of yew trees behind the memorial. However, the memorial was destroyed and the Stobs camp was decommissioned by the army in the 1960s. As part of the new project, the Borders Family History Society is tracing the ancestors of the German soldiers and seamen interred at Stobs. It also aims to restore the cairn and host a special ceremony on Armistice Day 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. Andrew Jepson from Archaeology Scotland, the Stobs Camp project officer, said: "Stobs Camp has a fascinating story to tell, and so far we have only just scratched the surface. "We are now very much at the start of what will be an exciting journey of discovery. "Along with our team of volunteers we will now be able to conduct a detailed survey of the POW camp, record the camp buildings and undertake targeted excavation." The project has been supported by SBC, Historic Environment Scotland, the Hawick Archaeological Society, Borders Family History Society, Live Borders and other local partners. Funding has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund (Scotland), Borders LEADER, Historic Environment Scotland, Fallago Environment Fund and BCCF Environmental.

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Using techniques normally used by biologists, the researchers investigated common links between stories from around the world. The study found that stories like Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin can be traced back around 4,000 years, with one tale originating from the Bronze Age (around 6,000 years ago). Until now it was thought they they only dated back around 500 years. We asked you which ones you love and why? Thanks to everyone who sent is their favourite. My favourite fairy tales are Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Lilly, Surrey, England My favourite story is Cinderella because we are doing a pantomime in school of Cinderella. Simran, Birmingham, England My favourite fairy tale is probably Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by The Brothers Grimm because the story is so different from the more commonly known Disney version. Caitlin, Bristol, England I like Frozen. Amelia, Ledbury, England My favourite fairy tales are Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast because I like the songs. Jessica, London, England My favourite story is Princess and the Pea because in the book I count the layers of mattresses. Fay, Leeds, England My favourite story would have to be Frozen. Sophie, Paisley, Scotland We are learning about fairy tales and as a class, we all really enjoy Rumpelstiltskin. Class 3E, Sutton, England In class we are looking at alternative fairy tales. We've been reading Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl. Our favourite one is Little Red Riding Hood. It's just like the original but with a different ending. It's really funny. Year 3, St Mary's RC Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England We really enjoyed Little Red Riding Hood. We had good fun making wanted posters and a new basket for Little Red Riding Hood. P3H, Sion Mills Primary School, Northern Ireland My favourite fairy tale is Frozen because Elsa sings beautiful songs. Zara My favourite fairy tale is Jack and the Beanstalk because Jack is brave and isn't scared of the giant. Edson My favourite fairy tale is the Three Little Pigs because they stand up to the pig. Nawaab My favourite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast because I love Belle's yellow dress. Chloe My favourite is Little Red Riding Hood because the wolf eats grandma! Amani My favourite is the Three Little Pigs because the big pig made his house out of bricks and that means it's strong. Haseeb My favourite is the Gingerbread man because the Gingerbread man is fast. Matas My favourite is the Little Mermaid because I like her tail. Noor My favourite is the Gingerbread man because the wolf eats him. No one else can catch him. Taiyoni My favourite is Beauty and the Beast because the beast turns into a prince! Mayumi My favourite is Into the Woods because I like that all the fairy tales are in there! Laken My favourite is Cinderella because the fairy Godmother has magic. Sana My favourite is Sleeping Beauty because she sleeps for a long time! Abisna My favourite is Cinderella because I like her dress. Widad I like Rapunzel because the Witch cut her hair off! Sarah I like Aurora because her dress is pink and shiny. Kaya My favourite is Peter Pan because he can fly and he lives in a tree. Shanlee My favourite is Frozen because Elsa sings Let it go. Lily I don't have a favourite because I prefer stories like Star Wars! Euan Cinderella because I like the mice and it teaches you not to give up when you think all hope is lost. Rebecca Grimm's The Little Mermaid because it is more gruesome. Chloe The 2015 Cinderella because it is more interesting than the old version. Millie The Little Mermaid because Ariel never gives up on what she loves. Emily Beauty and the Beast Holly Frozen because it's catchy and magical and it teaches you to be who you want to be. Madison Pinocchio because he gets eaten by a whale. Charlie Star Wars The Force Awakens because it is better than the other films. Zach Shrek because he is green and amazing. Dan Humpty Dumpty because he is an egg and I crave eggs. Johnny Shrek because his character develops through the story. Josh Here are some comments from Primary 5 from ST Columba's RC Primary School Cupar, Fife, Scotland I really like Jack and the Beanstalk because of his brave spirit and courage. Adam J and Tom We really like Cinderella because it is very creative and the ugly stepsisters are funny. Catriona Owen A and Zain I like sleeping beauty because she cuts her finger on a wheel. Samantha We aren't into many fairy tales, but quite like seeing fairy tales at pantomimes. Ben T and Mairi My favourite fairytale is goldilocks and the three bears because I really like the colours, the pictures and I really like the nice bear family. Andrew My favourite fairy-tale is Snow White because she is kind and caring and nice. I also like Cinderella because she is nice, caring, very brave, and pretty. Athina and Daisy I really like the Little Mermaid because it's kind of funny and I watch it on my laptop sometimes. Nikola

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On Wednesday, a court in Thane, a Mumbai suburb, had convicted Girish Pote, 35, for the 2013 murder. The prosecutors told the court that Pote killed his wife Madhuvanti Pathak and chopped her body into pieces. The crime came to light after he telephoned relatives to confess to the crime and they informed the police. In India, a life term generally ends in 14 years, but the Thane district court judge Mridula Bhatia said he would remain in jail for as long as he lived because of the "gruesome" nature of his crime. Pathak held a French passport since her mother was from France. The couple married on 20 June 2006 and lived in Mumbai's Bhayander area. They had a two-year-old son, who was with Pote's parents at the time of the crime. Police said Pote had attacked his wife with a knife. They said the couple had been fighting over money and also because Pathak wanted to return to France.

Question: An Indian man who murdered his French wife and hid her @placeholder body in the refrigerator has been jailed for life .


Buildings at Sir Thomas Picton and Tasker Milward schools are said to be in poor condition and there are worries over standards at Tasker Milward. The council cabinet heard the number of spare places there was causing concern. There are eight options, including closing Tasker Milward and transferring pupils to Sir Thomas Picton. According to inspection body Estyn, Tasker Milward is in need of significant improvement and is categorised as causing concern with "unsatisfactory learner outcomes". The school received a formal notice of improvement from Pembrokeshire council in November. Sir Thomas Picton school was judged to be "good and outstanding". A review of secondary education in the Haverfordwest area noted surplus places at Tasker Milward were running at 22% currently, but due to rise to 43% by 2018. In contrast, Sir Thomas Picton had "acceptable" spare capacity but was forecast to be oversubscribed by 2018. Tasker Milward currently has 869 pupils and Sir Thomas Picton 1,184. The council is considering eight options, including: A preliminary consultation on the future of secondary education in Haverfordwest will begin next month, with sessions on 11 and 13 March at Pembrokeshire Archive.

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Media playback is not supported on this device The team are finalising a split from engine partner Renault but have been unable to secure a replacement on terms that satisfy them. Mercedes have refused to supply them and Ferrari will not sell them their definitive 2016 engines next year. Ferrari are offering 2015 engines but Red Bull want parity of performance. Owner Dietrich Mateschitz has said he will pull the team out of the sport if they do not get it. But Ferrari's position is that at this late stage they do not have the logistical or technical capacity to give 2016 engines to Red Bull in addition to their other two customers, Sauber and the new Haas team. F1 insiders have raised the possibility of Red Bull carrying on with Renault despite everything - their existing deal has not been completely terminated and it runs to the end of 2017. But the two parties have fallen out following the collapse of trust on both sides, and reviving their relationship would be difficult. Renault are also in the final stages of completing a takeover of the Lotus team and returning as a full factory entrant. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and motorsport adviser Helmut Marko held a long meeting with Ecclestone on Friday morning at the Russian Grand Prix to discuss the situation. Media playback is not supported on this device Ecclestone then immediately went to talk to Mercedes, continuing his push to persuade the world champions to supply Red Bull. Horner said: "There are lots of discussions going on, but nothing is concluded, nothing is confirmed. "Bernie has influence. He is a promoter, he wants Red Bull to be there - all the teams, Lotus included. He has been very helpful in trying to navigate a way through these issues." Ecclestone said the situation was "sorted" but Horner suggested that was not the case when he commented: "The great thing about Bernie is he seems to know a lot more than the rest of us. If he knows it's all sorted, that's all fine then." Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has made it clear the company is not interested in supplying Red Bull. Wolff told BBC Sport: "The situation hasn't changed - we have decided not to pursue that option." And he ruled out supplying a 2015-spec engine to Red Bull next season, saying Mercedes were "not set up" to do so. If Red Bull were to pull out of F1, both the senior team and junior outfit Toro Rosso would leave. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who won his four world titles with Red Bull, said a withdrawal would be "a huge shock". "Red Bull has been part of F1 for 10 years and has supported it ever since," the German said. "Of course, I have strong links to Red Bull and I know the team like the back of my hand. This is why I struggle to imagine them to pull out. I hope they will stay in the sport." Russian GP practice results Russian GP coverage details

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Media playback is unsupported on your device 5 June 2015 Last updated at 11:46 BST The Aberdeen Angus pedigree heifer gave birth to two female calves and a bull at Kidsley Park Farm in Smalley, Derbyshire. The BBC's James Roberson spoke to farmer Andrew Dakin about the triplets.

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Dominic Birch, 21, was caught after police intercepted a package containing an Uzi heading to his house in Buxton, Derbyshire. Jurors at Derby Crown Court found him guilty of possessing firearms with intent to endanger life. He also pleaded guilty to importing firearms and ammunitions illegally. Judge Nirmal Shant, who sentenced Birch, told him it was a "mystery to those around you as to why you have involved yourself in these matters". "All describe you as a good, kind son, employer, boyfriend and worthwhile friend, which is in stark contrast to the haul of weapons you stored in your bedroom," the judge said. Derbyshire Constabulary investigated Birch with the support of the National Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police's gun crime unit, Operation Trident. Det Ch Insp Jason Hendy, from the Met, said Birch is "a very dangerous individual who had no qualms about obtaining lethal firearms, including a submachine gun". But in mitigation for Birch, barrister Adrian Farrow said there was "no evidence that he would have used any of the firearms at any point". Birch pleaded guilty to an offence relating to the importation of illegal firearms and drugs possession and supply offences, and was due to be sentenced on those charges. However, while he was on bail, police received further intelligence he had bought more weapons. They then searched his home and work addresses and seized loaded weapons including a Glock pistol, AK47 type weapon, FEG self-loading pistol and a Skorpion submachine gun. Hundreds of rounds of live ammunition and a gun disguised as a pen were also found.

Question: A man who @placeholder up an arsenal of weapons , including a submachine gun , that he stored in his bedroom has been jailed for 11 years .


One thing is for sure - he is the biggest story in Northern Ireland right now. The BBC broadcaster is splashed across the front pages of Thursday's papers after his salary was revealed. He could take home as much as £499,999, making him the top-earning presenter at BBC Northern Ireland, and the papers give more than a dozen pages between them to discussing the sum. The Daily Mirror runs an "exclusive" saying that the north Belfast man has turned down an offer of £1m from a rival commercial broadcaster. The two-year contract would've allowed him to cut his workload by half but would've doubled his money, the paper reports. An unnamed friend of the TV and radio presenter tells the paper why he turned it down, saying: "His ambition was always to work for the Beeb and for now it still is. "But he's not daft - the doors to other opportunities are never closed." Nolan himself confirms to the News Letter that he has rejected more lucrative offers of work from other companies because the BBC offers a "very special platform". "I don't want to come across as arrogant but the factual position is I have been offered more money for less work," he says, adding that he won't elaborate on other approaches "because it would break confidences". In its editorial, the paper says many people will be "outraged" by the size of his salary but plenty of others "will think he is worth it". "Mr Nolan maddens listeners and viewers as much as he delights them, but the simple fact is that he has transformed that mid-morning Radio Ulster slot and made it one of the most popular shows in the history of the station," it says. "Mr Nolan is such a colourful personality that when he is off his radio show it loses some of its edge." Flick through the Belfast Telegraph and you'll find a full five pages, plus two opinion pieces on BBC pay-packets, with much of the focus on Nolan. Claire McNeilly delves into his background, saying his success has been a "classic rags to riches story". "Lest we forget, this particular fat cat who got the cream was once an impoverished little kitten," she writes, explaining that the "wee boy from the Shankill" was the "son of a man who earned a pittance working in a factory for 40 years". And she adds: "Just as Queen aren't really Queen without Freddie, ditto The Nolan Show without Nolan." That's enough Nolan for now... how about a bit of bonfire controversy instead? Yes, it's been the hot topic for a few weeks now and it's taken a new twist. The Irish News leads with a story about residents' anger over a republican pyre being built next to their flats and a children's nursery in the New Lodge in north Belfast. Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee says the anti-internment bonfire is "making their lives a misery". It is a "constant cast-and-mouse game" with the bonfire builders, who he says are an "antisocial element within the community". The worries come after windows in a block of apartments in south Belfast was cracked by the heat of a loyalist bonfire last week. And the paper also reports on a meeting of that block's residents and politicians on Wednesday night over who will pay for the damage. It says Democratic Unionist Party representatives didn't attend, although on MLA Christopher Stalford said he wasn't invited. Green Party MLA Clare Bailey criticises the party, saying they "need to understand that every person in this building was put at risk." Think we need a laugh to finish off, so who better to look to for that the the one and only Frank Carson? The Belfast comic died in 2012 but he lives on through actor Dan Gordon, in his one-man show A Rebel Without A Pause, about the life and jokes of funnyman Frank. Belfast Telegraph editor Gail Walker went to the Strand Arts Centre in Belfast to see the Gordon in action and she's reckons he's nailed it. "This will be a classic production," she predicts, telling us that Gordon "never lets the pace drop or the mood darken." "There could easily have been another 20 minutes of this wonderful Frank Carson reincarnation without exhausting the rapt attention of the audience." Must be the way Dan tells 'em...

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Ansaru was formed in January 2012, though it rose to prominence only about six months later through the release of a video in which it vowed to attack Westerners in defence of Muslims worldwide. "For the first time, we are glad to announce to the public the formation of this group that has genuine basis," said a statement issued by the group in January 2012 and quoted in local media. "We will have [a] dispassionate look into everything, to encourage what is good and see to its spread and to discourage evil and try to eliminate it." Its full Arabic name, Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan, means: "Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa". This suggests that it has a wider regional agenda, with the UK listing Ansaru as a "terrorist group" linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Just two months after it was formed, the UK said the militant group had killed a Briton and an Italian taken hostage in the north-western state of Sokoto after a failed attempt to rescue them. Then in December 2012, it abducted French national Francis Colump, 63, following an attack on a well-guarded compound in the northern town of Rimi, about 25km (15 miles) from Katsina city. About 30 Ansaru gunmen used dynamite to force their way into the compound, seizing Mr Colump who, officials, said, was working on a wind power project. It carried out a similar attack in February 2013, capturing seven foreign nationals from a housing compound owned by the Lebanese construction company Setraco. It said the attack was to avenge "transgressions" by European nations in Mali and Afghanistan, where Western forces are battling Islamist insurgents. On Saturday, it released a video saying it had killed the "Christian" hostages because the UK and Nigerian forces were planning an operation to rescue them - an allegation the UK denied. It has also carried out attacks on Nigerian targets. In January 2013, Ansaru said it had carried out an attack which killed two Nigerian soldiers as they prepared to deploy to Mali. The group said it targeted the troops because the Nigerian military was joining the French-led military campaign to "demolish the Islamic empire of Mali". French journal Jeune Afrique-L'Intelligent says Ansaru is led by the little-known Abu Ussamata al-Ansary. It quoted a statement by him as saying that the Nigerian government was "incapable of defending Muslims in inter-religious violence with Christians". The group also said it was fighting to reclaim "the lost dignity of Muslims of black Africa" and the creation of an Islamic caliphate from Niger to Cameroon and northern Nigeria. Analysts believe it is an off-shoot of Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, rather than across the region. "To some, the sect headed by Ansary is seen as one that will compliment the 'struggle' by the Boko Haram sect under Imam Abubakar Shekau but to many it is an indication that all is not well with the leadership of the Boko Haram sect and that there has been conflict about its ideology and its understanding of Islam," wrote journalist Tukur Mamu in Nigeria's Desert Herald newspaper last year. "Hence, the decision to form a new group." According to Nigeria's Standard newspaper, Ansaru has denounced Boko Haram's style of operation as "inhuman to the Muslim ummah [nation]", an apparent reference to killing of innocent Nigerians - Christian and Muslim - through bombings and assassinations. "Islam forbids killing of innocent people, including non-Muslims. This is our belief and we stand for it," Mr al-Ansary said in the video released last year. But Mr al-Ansary added that non-Muslims can be killed "in self-defence or if they attack Muslims", which seems to explain the killing of Nigerian soldiers to be deployed to Mali. However, analysts say it does not justify the killing of civilian hostages - unless Ansaru holds them accountable for the actions of Western governments in countries such as Mali, Iraq and Afghanistan. Analysts believe that Nigeria's government will find it more difficult to end the Islamist insurgency now that two groups are operating. The government is said to be working with counter-terrorism experts from several countries - including the US and UK - in an attempt to neutralise the threat posed by Boko Haram and Ansaru, amid fears that they could worsen instability across West and central Africa.

Question: Nigeria 's militant Islamist group Ansaru has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence , using dynamite to @placeholder heavily - fortified compounds and taking foreigners hostage - seven of whom it said it had killed on Saturday .


Dear Donor family, In 1990, when I was just 23, I developed renal failure and started peritoneal dialysis. I was a nurse in a busy Glasgow hospital, which I loved. Then I started dialysis. I would dialyse four times a day. I was so tired and was sick a few times a day, not eating and my weight dropped to six stones. My blood count was six instead of 12. I was unable to go out with friends as I couldn't stand for more than 20 minutes without needing to sit down. I continued to work and then just go home and rest. My social life was non-existent and at one point I couldn't see this getting any better. However, three years later, I was just about to start my shift at work when the sister came running up to me and told me not to get changed. There had been a phone call, I had a transplant match. My lovely colleague Michelle took me to the hospital. I had surgery about four hours later and was walking about within 48 hours. I Six days later I was home, feeling hungry and full of energy. This has changed my life enormously, I am so grateful for the decision made by you. You were able to make a decision to donate your child's organs while going through such a traumatic time yourself. I will always remember you and have often been in awe of your decision. I am 49, married, a mum to a lively 9-year-old and I'm still a nurse. None of this would have been possible without your amazing gift of life. My transplant birthday is 31 August which we celebrate every year - 23 this year! Pauline Dear Type 1 Diabetes, You arrived completely out of nowhere. A horrible monster that has taken up residence with my son. You're aggressive and harmful and you won't go away. You follow my son everywhere. You're there when he eats, you're there when he plays, when he goes to school, and even while he sleeps. I can't control you monster, I can only adapt everything in my life to cater for you and "manage" your existence. Why couldn't you have chosen me instead of my sweet innocent child? I wish I could take you from my son but I can't. Instead, I watch your every move. I anticipate your next attack, and prepare to manage your fury. We feed you insulin several times a day. Sometimes that's enough but sometimes there's no telling what you will do next. There are no rules. You keep quiet for a while and just as I think I have got some kind of control you will strike! We got a machine that makes the balance between life and monster less painful but it's still there, forever waiting. I pray that you will leave and never come back. The new machine allows me days where I can almost forget that you're here, and then other days where I catch myself looking at my beautiful boy carrying this heavy monster on his back and it makes me weep. I almost mourn the past. The freedom and innocence that have gone will never return. I check my son regularly to see what damage has been caused by the monster who chose to live with us. Daily we prepare for battle. Daily we pray for an antidote that will kill the monster and free my son of its burden. For now, my son is strong and wise but I fear the day he leaves our home to live on his own with the monster. A parent wants to protect their child, but I have to watch as my son battles 24-hours-a-day. This is his life. I can only stand on the sidelines and offer my support and my love. I wish I could offer a cure and rid my baby of this horrible monster. I wish it had chosen me. Angie Dear Father, This letter is a small way to say "thank you" for changing my identity forever. When you travelled as a young man from Bangladesh to the UK in the 1960s, leaving your family behind to make a better life for yourself, little did you know the effect it would have on me. When you arrived with a single suitcase, a five pound note and a London address scribbled on a piece of paper, you were taking a big risk. You got a teaching job and integrated as much as possible, notwithstanding the racism of 60s London. You went back to Bangladesh, only to marry my mother, and returned to the UK where my brother and I were born. You wanted us to be British and give us opportunities you never had. You made sure we went to British Universities and have a solid British identity. Although I have a Bengali heritage, which I am very proud of, it is hard for me to claim that I am (with any true meaning) a Bengali. Whilst you took me to Bangladesh several times growing up, it was only for the summer holidays; we never lived there and (in the nicest way) I was treated like a foreigner by my family there. I cannot claim that being Bengali is a major part of my identity, maybe around 10%. The other 90%, I feel British. Give me the "cricket test" any day, I'd always choose England. Even though our identities may clash sometimes, your move changed who I am today. So thank you. Your forever grateful younger son. Riad Dear Accident, It was a sunny morning in Cambridge when you changed me.  Crushed but still whole, injured but not dead, damaged but not broken. You challenged me to push my body and mind to their absolute limits as I learnt to walk again three times, when I had to escape the depths of post traumatic stress and when I had to learn to live in the world again. But out of all the pain and adversity, you taught me strength and perseverance. I took the negative and made it positive. I saw how much love was around me that I should never take for granted. You propelled me to push my limits, take risks and never say no. I explored the world, made friends for life and spread my wings like never before. Accident, as much as you hurt me and those closest to me, I have to say thank you. You have made me the strong, independent person I am today. So yes, you changed me, but I am a better person for it. Yours sincerely Sheena Dear Salsa, You changed me. I arrived in London almost six years ago, a young shy Italian woman, with some confidence in her brains and not much confidence in her social or physical skills. Before I met you I didn't really like it here. I found it difficult to meet people and make friends, the city seemed cold and indifferent. I felt, once more, like the odd one out, and wasn't too positive about my future. But then you came along, and amazingly enough you brought with you many smart, funny, sociable and caring people! While dancing I found out it was so easy to start a conversation, make a joke, share a smile. Through your happy, strong beat you showed me how to let go of all my daily worries and stress and just follow the music, follow my lead, follow my body, for hours and hours, five days a week. You opened up doors to me that I didn't even know existed. Now we don't see each other anymore, but that doesn't mean I forgot about you and what you did for me. You will always be my first English (Cuban) love. Marta Dear Epilepsy, When you first arrived I was twelve years old. From a social butterfly to a bedbound haze in a flash. The rules changed and strange new ones became habit: Never bathe alone, walk on the inside of the street, carry limited cash, don't lock the bathroom door and don't go anywhere by yourself. I was told that I wouldn't be able to work or drive. No dignity, no answers, no certainties. A boyfriend? A family? We will see. Children? Maybe. You may overwhelm me frequently but you will not overwhelm my life. I follow the rules you impose in order to be safe. You turned my world upside down but part of me remained. I'm not a teacher as I wished but I have a job and a husband. Soon I hope to have a family. I must be realistic - some dreams aren't meant to be but we'll see. My dreams and aspirations are those which "normal" people just have. They aren't wild or imaginative but you've made sure I appreciate the normality I was told I'd never have. You've shaped and enhanced me. Now I'm a fighter - wiser, sympathetic and stronger. I don't despise you as I once did, the hatred has been channelled into a will to defeat you. I now spend my days defeating you rather than being defeated by you. I'll see you again soon. Or maybe not. Yours unwillingly, Jennifer As people become increasingly connected and more mobile, the BBC is exploring how identities are changing. Learn more about the BBC's Identity season or join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #BBCIdentity.

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The 22-year-old, who lives and trains in Cardiff, broke the world record with a throw of 41.68m but broke it again in her final throw to win gold. Davies beat South Korea's Young Dae Joo 14-12, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5 in his final. Arnold beat New Zealander Holly Robinson and Poland's Katarzyna Piekart who won silver and bronze respectively. Arnold finished 11th and fifth in the event at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. "This has been my absolute dream - I cannot believe I am Paralympic champion and double world champion. It is so surreal," Arnold told Channel 4. "I've been injured for two months but coming here has been as clean slate and I just went out there with nothing to lose. "I actually thought I had one more throw! When my coach told me I had won gold I just burst into tears. I didn't expect to break the world record by that much." Welsh world number one Davies is a former Brecon rugby player who suffered a broken neck in September 2005 following a collapsed scrum against Ynysybwl. "I'm not really sure how I'm feeling right now! I can't believe I kept it together. I have played Young Dae Joo twice in competition before and lost both times," Davies told Channel 4. "I must thank everybody for their support. We've been working hard behind the scenes and it has paid off. I'm chuffed I managed to keep it together. "I haven't beaten any of the Koreans for a while so to do it on the biggest stage is brilliant. Come on!" Find out how to get into disability sport with our special guide.

Question: Hollie Arnold threw a world record 43.01 m to win Paralympic gold in the F46 javelin final while Rob Davies won gold in the @placeholder 1 table tennis final .


Kickstarter responded in a creative way - by commissioning an investigative journalist to find out what went wrong. Now his report has been published. Mark Harris, a technology writer based in Seattle, travelled to South Wales, spent six weeks speaking to as many people as he could reach and produced an epic account of the history of the Zano. In more than 13,000 words he describes the origins of the Torquing Group, a business that was essentially the personal mission of self-taught engineer Ivan Reedman to build a marketable drone; how clever -  though misleading - marketing turned the Zano into a Kickstarter sensation, galloping past its original funding target; and then the disaster which unfolded as Reedman and his colleagues discovered they just did not have the skills or the experience to mass produce the mini-drone. It is the backers for whom this work was designed and many of them will be hoping for a smoking gun to reinforce their belief that the whole project was just a scam to get them to part with their money. They will be disappointed. Mr Harris concludes that this was case of foul-up, not foul play. "Torquing's directors managed their business poorly and spent the Kickstarter money too freely, but I've found no evidence that any of them ended up rich on the backs of the crowd," concluded Harris. He does raise serious questions about the video which excited so much interest in the project. Reedman denies that CGI, other drones or even selfie sticks were used to create a misleading picture of what the Zano could do but admits that the video shows features that were not operational at the time it was shot. In fact, as I found when I came to shoot a demo of the project last August, the Zano never delivered what was promised in the video. But it was not only potential backers who swallowed exaggerations in the marketing campaign. Kickstarter chose Zano as a "staff pick" and the tech news site Engadget shortlisted it for its best of CES 2015 award, even though the Torquing team could not demonstrate the drone flying at the show. As late as October, Popular Science chose it as one of its 100 most amazing innovations of 2015. The writer does not accuse the Torquing team of dishonesty but says that as production problems mounted and the money began to run out they showed "a dangerous lack of self-awareness of the problems the company was making for itself". Harris has only managed to speak on the record to Reedman, but he concludes that neither he nor the other members of the team "possessed the technical or commercial competencies necessary to deliver the Zano as specified in the original campaign". But the most significant lessons to be drawn from his account are for Kickstarter. The crowdfunding platform, which paid for his work, was allowed to look at the finished article before publication but not to change anything. He says all crowdfunding platforms need to reconsider the way they deal with projects involving complex hardware, massive overfunding, or large sums of money. He wants them to look at bringing in mentors to advise projects like Zano which suddenly find themselves taking on far more than they had planned. He also wants Kickstarter to be far more explicit about the nature of the risk backers are taking - and more active in weeding out weak projects before they are funded. Harris interviewed Kickstarter's co-founder Yancey Strickler and though he appears to find a few of the suggestions helpful, he is robust in rejecting most of the criticisms. He says that while the platform does have rules about realistic videos showing a genuine prototype, they are hard to enforce. Tightening up the rules can only go so far, he argues, and it is essential for backers to understand that it is up to them to evaluate a project. "If you want 100% success with hardware and new products, I think the only solution is that you just shop on Amazon," he adds. And in the end, Harris seems to agree. If we want an alternative to banks and venture capital as a funding source for high-risk tech start-ups, he says, we may have to accept the occasional Zano alongside the Pebbles and Oculus Rifts. Now, some of the thousands of people who lost money backing this doomed project will look cynically at a piece of journalism funded by the very organisation they see as partly responsible for their losses. But what Harris - and Kickstarter - have produced is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the risky nature of any technology hardware start-up.

Question: When Europe 's biggest Kickstarter project , the Zano mini-drone , crashed to @placeholder last November there was plenty of blame to go round . But many of the 12,000 backers - who had put in Â£2.3 m and ended up with nothing - had angry words for the crowdfunding platform .


Media playback is unsupported on your device 18 June 2015 Last updated at 16:46 BST China wants leadership candidates to be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee before they can stand for election. But many in Hong Kong say this is not real democracy. BBC News explains the controversy, in 80 seconds. Video journalist: Mohamed Madi

Question: Hong Kong 's democratic future is again up in the air after its parliament rejected a controversial Beijing - backed @placeholder .


Newspapers said RAF Tornados in Iraq had been fitted with heat-seeking missiles designed for aerial combat. But the Ministry of Defence said there was "absolutely no truth" in this. The Foreign Office said concern about Russian military action in Syria had been reiterated by the attache. Prime Minister David Cameron has previously said Russian military intervention in Syria is helping only to support "the butcher", President Bashar al-Assad. He has also expressed concerns that Russian forces are not discriminating between air strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants and others fighting the Syrian president. The RAF has been carrying out air strikes against IS militants in Iraq since the action was approved by MPs in 2014, but UK military intervention in Syria has not been backed in Parliament. By Jonathan Marcus, defence and diplomatic correspondent, BBC News This curious footnote to the air campaign being waged over Iraq and Syria illustrates the potential for misunderstanding now that Russia is conducting major independent operations of its own. RAF Tornados based in Cyprus are carrying out air strikes only in Iraq, though potentially could be flying over Syria on intelligence gathering missions as well. Either way, en route to or from Iraq, they could come into close proximity with Russian warplanes. However, the Ministry of Defence in London has denied any suggestion that they are being armed with air-to-air missiles so as to defend themselves in any encounter. The Russian government called in the British air attache in Moscow after reading erroneous reports in the British press suggesting air-to-air missiles were being fitted. What is Russia's endgame in Syria? The battle for Iraq and Syria in maps A Foreign Office spokesman said the defence attache met Russian ministry of defence officials on Sunday. "The Russian government sought clarification over inaccurate newspaper reports concerning RAF rules of engagement in Iraq," the Foreign Office spokesman said. "The defence attache reiterated the British government's concerns about Russia's military operation in Syria, including targeting legitimate opposition groups, using unguided weaponry and leading to large numbers of civilian deaths." Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended the military operations in Syria, saying the aim is to "stabilise the legitimate authority" of Mr al-Assad. He denied that Russian air strikes were hitting moderate opposition groups rather than IS militants. Mr Putin told Russian state TV that Moscow also wanted to "create conditions for a political compromise" in Syria. In 2013, British MPs voted against action in Syria, amid claims - denied by President Assad - that he was using chemical weapons against his own people. Now the government wants to extend its bombing campaign against IS militants from Iraq into Syria, but says it will only do so with Parliamentary approval. Earlier this month Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the government was working hard to build a consensus to get Parliamentary support.

Question: Russia summoned Britain 's defence attache in Moscow to explain reports that RAF pilots had been @placeholder to shoot down Russian aircraft in the Middle East , the Foreign Office says .


Matthew Eteson denies the manslaughter by gross negligence of Kelly Webster and her daughter Lauren Thornton. The pair died on a boat on Windermere in April 2013. Preston Crown Court heard Mr Eteson had fabricated the exhaust system of an onboard petrol-driven generator. A statement from the 42-year-old, of Hale, Greater Manchester, was read out in court describing how the generator was used to power the boat's mains appliances. The court was told he had taken the generator off the boat to make moderations by fitting it with a silencer because it was noisy for neighbours. The system was fitted the day before the deaths of Ms Webster, 36, and her 10-year-old daughter, of Leyland, Lancashire. During his voluntary interview in April 2013 Mr Eteson said he had been aware of the dangers of fumes. He added that he had sought advice from friends and said the construction "wasn't something I took lightly". The family had been at a 50th birthday on the evening of 31 March 2013 before returning to the boat. The following morning Mr Eteson said he had felt sick and went to buy lunch before returning. He said his partner had complained of the cold and the fan heater was put on at half power. The jury was told the generator was running as they ate their lunch and he then fell asleep at the table below deck. The court heard when he woke he could not move and initially believed he was having problems with his heart. In police statement, he said: "I just knew there was something not right with me. That's when I decided there was no-one about, I didn't know if they had gone shopping." He said upon finding their bodies he tried looking for his phone before dialling 999. The court heard carbon monoxide alarms on the boat had never been tested. The trial continues.

Question: A @placeholder fitter accused of the manslaughter of his partner and her daughter sought advice from mechanic friends before making amendments to a generator , a court heard .


There have been cheers and jubilation in the US and elsewhere in the West, but capital cities around the world are already bracing for the repercussions of Bin Laden's killing. Hundreds of dedicated and would-be jihadis will be mourning and swearing to give their lives in revenge for his death at the hands of US special forces in the city of Abbottabad. There is little doubt that the death of Bin Laden is a huge blow to al-Qaeda. But at the same time the network has moved over the years from a highly centralised hierarchy - with recruiting, training and orders all scrutinised by its top leaders - to something much more loose and amorphous. Today al-Qaeda's philosophy is one man, one bomb. It does not need another 9/11 to make its mark. One bomb in Times Square in New York placed by a dedicated suicide bomber or a bomb in a New York subway - both attacks were attempted in in recent years -  are big enough indicators that al-Qaeda is alive and kicking. Al-Qaeda has been a franchise for many years. Anyone can join it by planting a bomb somewhere. Almost anyone can come to Pakistan or Afghanistan and be offered training with key al-Qaeda allies such as the Pakistani Taliban or the Afghan group headed by Jalaluddin Haqqani. The facilitator in Pakistan's cities has been Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - a banned militant group which previously fought in Kashmir but now attacks many different targets and helps al-Qaeda. After 9/11 it helped hide many senior al-Qaeda figures and it may well have played a major role in hiding Bin Laden. Pakistan has refused to go up against al-Qaeda allies like Haqqani because they were operating in Afghanistan not Pakistan. Likewise, allies like LeT are close to Pakistan's intelligence services because their main target is Kashmir and India. Thus the threat is there. Before 9/11 there were no known al-Qaeda cells in Europe except for the one in Hamburg which launched those attacks. However, today every single European country has an al-Qaeda cell. Hundreds of Muslims with European passports have travelled to Pakistan's tribal areas for training and returned to Europe. After the arrest of three Moroccans in Germany last week for planning to plant bombs in public places, German authorities admit that over 200 German citizens have had training in the tribal areas and many of them have returned to Germany. The same is the case in Britain, Scandinavia, France, Spain and Italy. The fear now of random suicide bombings in subway or train stations in the US or Europe is particularly high. So is the threat of plane hijackings and bombings of Western military targets and embassies in the Middle East, where they are already a frequent target. There is also the possibility of the amateur jihadi placing a bomb in a supermarket. Other kinds of attacks are also likely. Some may be carried out by dedicated long-term jihadis who have been placed amid Western societies and who now may spring into action with a plot and target that they have been working on for years. Such lone attackers have been found in the US before, with individuals travelling to the tribal areas for training and then returning to a major US city and trying to carry out an attack. These have usually been foiled by law enforcement agencies at the last moment. Afghanistan, Pakistan and India are also particularly at risk from more organised attacks. In the former, the al-Qaeda influence among dedicated jihadis like the Haqqani group is still strong. Pakistan is also extremely vulnerable to attack. Despite a constant spate of denials from the Pakistani authorities - which have now been proven wrong - al-Qaeda recently had its base in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda and its affiliated Pakistani groups will be determined to launch a bombing campaign in Pakistan in memory of Bin Laden. This will heighten tensions in a country that is already beset with power shortages and an economic crisis. Finally al-Qaeda and its allies may find this the right moment to create major divisions between India and Pakistan by launching another Mumbai-style attack on Indian territory. This would aim to take the heat off the hunt for al-Qaeda members in Pakistan. The Middle East also remains a big vacuum for al-Qaeda because of the ongoing Arab revolt. It is still a prime target for al-Qaeda as it seeks to gain influence and clout among the new generation of leaders who have emerged in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and the Gulf states. But this task will be much more difficult after Bin Laden's death. Clearly Bin Laden's death will give intelligence agencies around the world many clues and leads to catch other leaders, but al-Qaeda will not disappear overnight. Ahmed Rashid's book, Taliban, was updated and reissued recently on the 10th anniversary of its publication. His latest book is Descent into Chaos - The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Question: The killing of al - Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is a huge blow to the organisation but as guest columnist Ahmed Rashid reports , its decentralised @placeholder means it has the potential to carry out attacks on any number of targets .


Whatever your perspective or personal views of what Mr Aamer is, was, or represents, his return to the UK was greeted with a collective sigh of relief across Whitehall. The 5,017 days of detention were not only a real point of tension in the critical transatlantic relationship; they also soured and compromised attempts by the government to reach out to some of the hardest-to-reach Muslim communities. In the short term, he will begin to receive expert medical help, including a psychiatric assessment. He will finally get to meet the son who was born on the day he arrived at Guantanamo Bay. But for some, Mr Aamer's return represents a risk. Davis Lewin, of the Henry Jackson Society, a security and foreign relations think tank, has urged the UK to think very carefully about how it manages and monitors him now he is back. Mr Aamer's legal team have said he will submit to whatever monitoring is required - although they also argue it is unnecessary because the case against him comes from unreliable allegations extracted during torture. If MI5 decides to monitor him, he may never know for sure that it is happening - such is the nature of that kind of work. There are bigger questions for the UK, questions of legacy and lessons to be learnt. Critics argue that in the wake of 9/11 the US was not the only country to lose its legal map and moral compass. London didn't seem to want to tell Washington that Guantanamo was a bad idea - and it didn't insist that any British men detained in Afghanistan be brought back to the UK. That, say critics, was a dereliction of long-standing British principles of justice. "Human rights and justice and the rule of law are for everybody," says former Conservative cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, a member of the cross-party group that lobbied Washington to release Mr Aamer. "He has been denied that. Not only is that terrible for him, but we have to be better than that if we're going to defeat the scourge of terror and terrorism. "We're going to have to rise above these things and stick to the rule of law, and accept that human rights belong to everyone." Some American interrogations involved intelligence material provided by Britain - and that could amount to complicity in torture. And so, many MPs are now pushing for real answers to questions about Britain's role in the weeks and months after 9/11. "One of the things that it is absolutely essential that happens in due course is that [Shaker Aamer] looks the camera in the eye in Britain and says what happened to him," says Mr Mitchell. "If as is alleged he was tortured, and if there was any UK involvement in that, we need to get to the bottom of that not only because it's utterly wrong if it was done in our name, but also because we need to ensure that these sort of circumstances don't happen to anyone else." But why haven't those answers come out yet? The government fought a mammoth legal battle to prevent courts disclosing the full extent of what ministers and officials knew about the transfer of men to Guantanamo. But the claimants ultimately accepted a multi-million pound settlement - meaning the government never had to disclose what happened. Parliament then passed the Justice and Security Act which allows ministers to apply to hear cases in secret - closing that door for good. Campaigners still hoped the facts would emerge in a full judge-led inquiry into complicity in rendition. The promised inquiry was shelved because there is still the possibility of criminal charges in relation to alleged rendition to Libya. So it is now down to the Intelligence and Security Committee to investigate. Earlier this week, the committee's new chair, Dominic Grieve QC, said he wanted to get started. The last detainee with a UK connection now has a long and complicated road ahead of him. He has to learn how to stop being Detainee 239 of Guantanamo Bay and become Shaker Aamer, father of four, of south-west London. His legal team say he does not want to persecute those who abused him - and in a recent letter to the BBC he talked about the "contract" he believes he must honour with the British people for their support.

Question: As the jet carrying Shaker Aamer landed at Biggin Hill airport , the questions over his @placeholder were only just beginning .


Bill Knight commissioned artists to paint the wall of his home in Northload Street, Glastonbury, to deter taggers. He was told in June to remove it after a planning inspector ruled its "scale, colours and style" was "harmful" to the area's heritage. But Mendip District Council has agreed it can stay after more then 3,500 people signed a petition. The work features some of the myths and legends the Somerset town is famous for. It was commissioned after Mr Knight got fed up with vandals painting graffiti on the side of his house. Councillor Tom Killen said a number of factors had been considered including the "significant drop in the levels of graffiti" on the wall after the mural was painted. "The petition was one of the largest the council had ever received," he said. "The location is a gateway site to Glastonbury town centre and the mural had been, and continues to be, appreciated by locals and tourists alike." The mural will be allowed to stay on the listed building for two years, after which time the situation will be reviewed. Mr Knight has been contacted for comment.

Question: Thousands of people have @placeholder save an under - threat mural of a psychedelic rainbow , Glastonbury Tor and Excalibur .


The colt was going for a dual Derby win at the Curragh but finished third in what has proved the horse's final race. A statement issued by the Coolmore racing operation on Sunday said he "was found to be lame this morning". It added that a veterinary surgeon had "diagnosed a fracture of his left front sesamoid" and that "sadly this is a career-ending injury". Wings Of Eagles, ridden by jockey Padraig Beggy, was a 40-1 outsider but came from deep to win the Epsom Derby in early June. Beggy was replaced by Ryan Moore for the Irish Derby. The a son of a Derby winner in Pour Moi, Aidan O'Brien's colt won two of his seven starts and earned more than £1m in win and place prize money. BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght Even by the standards of the often-fleeting careers of flat-racing stars, this has all been brief. It's less than a year since Wings Of Eagles made his debut, down the field in a race at Galway. Being such an outsider when propelling both himself and his jockey from obscurity in the Derby will always have some saying it was a fluke. He ran too well on his finale to say that with certainty, but he will probably be more remembered for the shock result at Epsom than for anything else - unless he proves a big hit at stud.

Question: Epsom Derby winner Wings Of Eagles has been @placeholder after suffering an injury in the Irish Derby on Saturday .


On Saturday, sirens sounded for a third consecutive day warning of an incoming rocket fired from Gaza. People spending the Jewish Sabbath by the beach were sent rushing for cover. The Israeli military used its Iron Dome defence system to intercept and destroy the missile. A fifth battery had been added to it, just outside the city, only hours earlier. After the explosion, close to the coast, a small black cloud was left hanging in the sky over the sea. Tel Aviv is Israel's largest city and commercial centre but it is also a popular place to relax or party. However, despite the sunshine, outdoor restaurants, parks and pavements were much quieter over the weekend. It has taken a psychological adjustment for locals to realise that they too are now within the firing range of certain Palestinian rockets - believed to be the Iranian-made Fajr-5, which can reach up to 75km (45 miles). "For Tel Aviv people this is a bit of a shock. The rockets hit all the time in the north and south of Israel but in Tel Aviv this never happens. I've lived here for ten years," said a jogger, Tzipi. Soli, who was carrying his little daughter, remarked: "Everyone is talking about it. You can see the streets are emptier than usual and this is from just a few missiles." But he said there was broad support for the continuing military offensive in the Gaza Strip. "I'm not happy with the situation where we are bombing Gaza but I think we have to do it, we have to defend ourselves," he said. A retired man, Amos, agreed that Palestinian militants posed a real threat. "We have to finish this problem. This is the language they understand, not the language of peace," he said. Asked about the government decision to authorise the call-up of up to 75,000 military reservists, he gave his strong approval. "We have the force. We need to have it," he said. "I'm sorry about it but this is our life, our destiny." With Israeli troops continuing to head towards the Gaza border and speculation about a possible ground invasion, this is a difficult time for families with members serving in the military. "I'm very worried because my son is doing his national service. He will go south," one man said as his wife's eyes filled with tears. "This is what happens, I cry every time I think of my son," she added. The Israeli military, which has its vast headquarters in Tel Aviv, told the BBC that its offensive was putting Hamas, which governs Gaza, "under great pressure". However, spokeswoman Avital Leibovich confirmed that incursions still remained a possibility. "We are getting ready for an option of ground operation. It's not decided yet but it's an option we're considering at this point," she said. "Some troops were asked to approach specific areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. Some are already there, some are on their way." In the southern part of Tel Aviv, journalists were shown around the emergency control room for the municipality, located in an underground shelter. It is set up like a military command centre with maps on the walls and a long table positioned in front of projector screens and televisions. It would act as a back-up for city hall if the security situation demanded it. The mayor, Ron Huldai, said that residents had already adjusted well to the changed safety information and the use of sirens. "People in the city of Tel Aviv know how to behave," he said. "The solution is to find your way to the safest place in your area and there are instructions in the newspaper with the rules you have to follow. "They're taking this seriously but not changing their routine. We are prepared."

Question: Tel Aviv is @placeholder the new working week on a higher level of alert .