Kieran McGrath was shot outside a Greater Manchester pub on 4 October 2014 but managed to drive to the nearby Ashton-under-Lyne police station. The 26-year-old, from Clayton, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, a post-mortem examination found. Five men, aged between 23 and 33, will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Merthyr players complained of friction burns after their Welsh Cup semi-final game against RGC 1404 on 25 March. World Rugby, the Welsh Rugby Union, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and pitch contractors all inspected the surface. Pontypridd confirmed a decision has now been reached and a new surface will be laid in time for the Welsh Premiership season opener at the end of August. "The situation over the past three months has been far from satisfactory," Pontypridd director Jack Bayliss told the club website. "We have been denied the use of our pitch for long periods whilst testing and investigations went on, with which we fully complied, but without being able to push for a final decision. "We have been unable to make any definitive statements whilst this process went on, with the situation being a volatile and a sensitive one with so many parties involved, up to the highest levels of world rugby. "We can only apologise to our supporters, our shareholders and partners for the delay in reaching this decision, but which was out of our hands." After the concerns raised by the MerthyR players, the WRU carried out an initial inspection and Pontypridd were given permission to play RGC 1404 on the pitch on 6 May at the end of last season. Pontypridd spent £500,000 on the original 3G pitch, which was first used in September 2016.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Brownlee, who had to be carried over the line by brother Alistair in Mexico, was returning to action in Japan. He carried his damaged bike a mile to the next transition in Yokohama to take part in the run and finished 42nd. Spain's Mario Mola won the event, with Bermuda's Flora Duffy earlier winning the women's event. "My first reaction was to get back on the bike, get back riding," said Brownlee. "But then I got to my bike and the handlebars were pointing in the wrong direction and I couldn't move it. "I still wanted to run - I had not come all the way to Japan not to finish." Gordon Benson and Tom Bishop were the highest-placed British finishers in the men's race in 10th and 11th respectively. The 2017 series is led by defending champion Mola from fellow Spaniard Fernando Alarza, who was also second to Mola in Japan. Sophie Coldwell was the fastest Briton in the women's race as she came home fourth, one place ahead of compatriot Vicky Holland. Non Stanford, Jessica Learmonth and Lucy Hall were seventh, eighth and 11th respectively. Stanford and Learmonth also crashed in the wet conditions but, unlike Brownlee, were able to remount. In the Para-triathlon races, Britain won three gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes. Andy Lewis was first in the PTS2 category, and Dave Ellis and his guide Jack Peasgood won the men's visually impaired race, while Alison Patrick and her guide Nicole Walters finished top of the standings in the women's equivalent. Brownlee, an Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and a bronze medallist at London 2012, had missed the first two races of this year's World Series - in Australia and the United Arab Emirates. In wet conditions in Yokohama he veered into the railings on his bike when trying to avoid a rider who had fallen in front of him. Rather than concede his race was over, Brownlee ran barefoot for the final half-lap of the cycling discipline - about a mile - carrying his bike. The 27-year-old eventually finished six minutes 56 seconds behind the winner. "It was going quite well - the swim went really well," he said. "On that course you want to stay high up in the field to avoid crashes. I was sitting in fourth to avoid crashes, but then an athlete just crashed in front of me. "I was very, very lucky not to break anything in the crash. I've watched the video back and I could easily have two broken collarbones. "I'm just disappointed - I come to races to race and I didn't get a chance." The next race in the series takes place in Leeds, when Yorkshire-born Jonny could be joined by brother Alistair, who is focusing on long-distance triathlons this year. You can watch highlights of the races on BBC Two from 13:00 BST on Sunday, 14 May. Brendan Purcell, British Triathlon performance director, added: "The rain caught us by surprise. We were expecting rain, but it got heavier and heavier. "When the guy went down in front of Jonny, he had nowhere to go. The bike couldn't be fixed, but he wanted to do a run as he feels he's in good form. "I come away reflecting on the positives from the swim in particular, there were a lot of good performances. No-one had the perfect race, maybe apart from Sophie, but they delivered a set of solid results."

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Hadiza Bawa-Garba called off attempts to save Jack Adcock before the error was picked up by a junior doctor. Jack, of Glen Parva, died after being admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary with pneumonia in 2011. Dr Bawa-Garba and two nurses deny manslaughter by gross negligence. The prosecution has accepted that Jack was already "past the point of no return" and that resuscitation at that point was "futile". However, Andrew Thomas QC said the case, at Nottingham Crown Court, was about "whether she fell below the conduct of a reasonably competent junior doctor". Mr Thomas asked: "Did you ask anyone what is the name of the patient you were treating?" Dr Bawa-Garba replied "No." Mr Thomas then asked: "When you arrived, could you see the face of the little boy being resuscitated?" The 38-year-old doctor replied: "I cannot recall whether I saw the face or not. I could see a small room, an oxygen mask, it's an emotionally charged environment." Mr Thomas said: "Is it symptomatic of your behaviour that day that you rushed to a decision without checking?" She said: "It's not that. It's a reflection of how long I had been working without a break." Dr Bawa-Garba has admitted making a series of errors in relation to Jack's care and said she had underestimated the severity of his illness. She added that she should have checked nursing and observation charts and spotted abnormal blood test results. Jack, who had Down's syndrome and a heart condition, died from a cardiac arrest after sepsis was triggered by a bacterial infection. The two nurses are Sister Theresa Taylor, 55, and 47-year-old Portuguese-born agency nurse Isabel Amaro. The trial continues.

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The world champions' 36-22 win in Wellington means Steve Hansen's side have an unassailable 2-0 lead going into the final Test in Dunedin. Wales have adopted a more expansive approach in New Zealand as they try to evolve their game. "We've got to keep working at it and keep being bold and brave," said Owens. "We've played some good stuff on this tour so far and we've just got to keep our heads up and keep plugging away. "There's still one game to go and hopefully we can get a result." Media playback is not supported on this device Wales finished second behind a rejuvenated England in the 2016 Six Nations, and came in for criticism at home for their style of play during the championship. But Warren Gatland's side have added more variety to their game in New Zealand as they look to be more expansive and have scored five tries in their two defeats by the All Blacks so far. "You've got to try it sometime. We've been criticised for having one style of play and we've worked hard since the Six Nations and during the Six Nations to evolve and adapt our game and I think we've done that," said Owens. Wales led the first Test after an hour in Auckland after tries from Taulupe Faletau and Rhys Webb, only for Hansen's men to score 21 unanswered points on their way to a 39-21 victory. In Wellington, the visitors finished on a high with Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies scoring late on to ensure Wales only lost by 14 points - the narrowest losing margin they have ever achieved against the All Blacks in New Zealand. Wales have now lost 28 consecutive matches against the All Blacks, with their last win coming in 1953. But captain Sam Warburton says Wales must continue with their expansive approach. "I think the one big learning point we've got from this is that our attack is better than we think it is," he said. "We should back ourselves more often. I think we were guilty in the Six Nations of perhaps playing a little bit too conservatively. The Six Nations is a little bit more chess than when you play the southern hemisphere teams. "We need to back our attack because we are comfortable with ball in hand. "We just need to show that a little bit more often so I think that's the big learning we'll take back."

Question: Wales must remain bold in attack against the All Blacks on Saturday as they look to avoid a @placeholder whitewash in New Zealand , says hooker Ken Owens .


One man said a bag of flour in the city - which was taken over by so-called Islamic State (IS) militants in January 2014 - now costs $850. One family reportedly lived off grass during a four-day escape bid. As the Iraqi army and allied forces, backed by coalition air strikes, attempt to recapture the city, aid agencies say Falluja's residents - as many as 50,000 people - have no safe routes out and are likely to be caught in the crossfire. "Food and medicines are in extremely short supply in the city. Some families have been going through garbage for food," the UN refugee agency's Caroline Gluck in Baghdad told the BBC. "Some people were so desperate that they committed suicide. Children are showing signs of trauma, they're clearly terrified." Baahjet Ibrahim, an imam who has escaped and is in a refugee camp in Barzinjah, told the BBC: "Those who are inside cannot leave and those who are outside cannot help them. "There is no food at all. A sack of flour costs a million dinars ($850, Â£580) and more. "We demand that the security forces act with professionalism and dignity, like all the armies in the world, to let people escape, to receive and respect them, because there are children, elderly and sick people among them," Mr Ibrahim said. Escape from the city is fraught with dangers, those who have managed to flee say. "[Civilians] have survived on dried dates and hot water from the river," says Becky Bakr Abdullah of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). "They also tell me about an extremely dangerous escape where they have run in groups of 15 to 16 families, often barefoot, during the night carrying the elderly and sick with children. "Along the way they have had to hide in big drainage pipes and raise white flags in order not to be shot at. Ms Gluck says the UNHCR was told of a family of six who "spent four days hiding in a river, escaping from IS, waiting to be collected by the security forces, and they were forced to eat grass." "It's very clear that people are taking extreme risks in order to leave Falluja but it underlines how desperate their situation has become," she added. A hotline has been set up for the civilians in Falluja who want army assistance to leave - but air strikes continue, fighting is expected to intensify, and IS threatens to kill those who try to escape. The NRC says it believes that just one family has escaped from the city in the past nine days. "A human catastrophe is unfolding in Fallujah. Families are caught in the crossfire with no safe way out," says NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland. Foreign humanitarian organisations are unable to enter Falluja. They are providing help to people from villages nearby, who manage to exit and reach refugee camps. Ms Abdulla said the families she has met speak of "an extremely dire situation". "There are mainly two reasons for why people don't escape," she told the BBC World Service. "One is because they are obviously extremely afraid. There are bombs and rockets and shootings right outside their doorstep so people have stopped even moving outside their houses. "The other reason is, and this was a mother of three who told me this, when rumours got out that their family wanted to escape, IS came to their door, started beating up their men and started threatening the family's lives." Faiq Ismali fled Falluja and is living in Barzinjah camp. He told the BBC that the people still there were "being bombed randomly". "We are demanding that the government open a safe corridor for the families and protect them because they are between Daesh [IS] and the army," he said. Falluja has been under siege from Iraqi and pro-government forces for more than six months, and it has been under IS control for more than two years. The city is only partly-surrounded by Iraqi and allied forces. The BBC's Jim Muir, who is on the outskirts, says it seems the final all-out onslaught has yet to start, so fighting is expected to intensify. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is mobilising to distribute hygiene and shelter aid items to people who have fled the area recently. It warns that Falluja "must not become another Ramadi". Ramadi, 50km (20 miles) west of Falluja, was left in ruins after being occupied by IS fighters. The Iraqi military re-took the city in December 2015 but the city's infrastructure including roads, electricity, water supply and bridges has been badly damaged. Some civilians have started to return but they are at risk from unexploded bombs that have been left there.

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Born in Barry, she and her family emigrated when she was four, but stories about her late father's early life in the Neath Valley stayed with her "in politics and beyond". Ms Gillard, 53, was the Australian Labor Party prime minister in 2010-13. She has been speaking on BBC Radio Wales programme, Sunday Supplement. Ms Gillard said she did not have "original memories" of Wales but the fact her parents' "formative experiences were there, that was the subject of our family discussions in the home, so the consciousness that I was born in Wales and that mattered, has been with me throughout my life". Speaking to presenter Vaughan Roderick, BBC Wales' Welsh affairs editor, she explained how her father, who had lived in Cwmgwrach, was "very interested in politics and he thought for both my sister and I that it was important we grew up with an understanding of government and policies and why they mattered and what fairness was". She added: "In giving us that world view, all of the examples were from south Wales; from him growing up in a coal mining village in Cwmgwrach, being one of seven children, not being able to complete his education simply because of the poverty of his family." She explained how he won a scholarship to finish secondary school education but ended up leaving school at 14. "And so all of these things about fairness and equity, the importance of education, were burnt into my sister and I from very early on in our family life and they have been the values which have stayed with me," she said. She said she had been shocked to see the contrast between Cwmgwrach and her own childhood home in Australia when she visited. "I remember, vaguely, my first memories of being in the migrant hostel when we arrived in Australia, but then all of my other childhood memories were of being in our home in Kingswood, a suburb of Adelaide, going to the local state school... we had a house with a big back yard. I mean, we weren't moneyed people but that was the Australian way of life. "And then to go to Cwmgwrach to see the sort of housing people lived in... my grandmother, my father's mother, was still alive then and she lived in a house with an outside toilet and things like that. "But also, to be surrounded by people you were related to, this was a completely different experience for me. "For all of my life my family had been mum, dad and my sister, Alison, and we weren't related to anyone else in Australia and there you were suddenly in a village in south Wales where you are just related to so many people, so many cousins and aunts and uncles." Ms Gillard served as the 27th prime minister of Australia, and the Australian Labor Party leader for three years and three days from 2010 to 2013. She was the first woman to hold either position. On 26 June 2013, after a leadership split, Ms Gillard lost the leadership of the party to Kevin Rudd. She resigned as prime minister the following day.

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The pier, which is not maintained and was shut in 1975 after being deemed unsafe, burnt down in 2003. In storms in February 2014 a major part of the derelict Grade I listed pier collapsed, splitting the former pavilion into two sections. The West Pier Trust said a small section collapsed earlier after high winds hit the south coast on Monday. The trust has said more collapses could follow. Part of the derelict Grade I listed pier's eastern side crumbled into the sea in January 2013, following cold weather conditions.

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22 August 2017 Last updated at 09:05 BST They made special pin hole cameras so they could watch it safely and all had special glasses to wear. The scouts went to Yellowstone National Park to get the best view of the eclipse. So what did they think? Watch Samuel's reaction!

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Southend United striker Nile Ranger, 25, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, police said. The offences are alleged to have been committed in February 2015. Mr Ranger appeared alongside two other defendants at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court earlier. Aseany Duncan, 19, was charged with possessing the personal bank details of 500 people on his phone for the use of fraud. He was also charged with conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering alongside Mr Ranger and Reanne Morgan, 18. The case will next be heard at Wood Green Crown Court in the New Year. Southend United have said Mr Ranger will continue to be available for selection at the League One club. Read more on this story and other Essex news Mr Ranger, of Bounds Green, north London, signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with Southend at the start of this month, having started his career at Newcastle United before moving to Swindon Town and then Blackpool. He joined Southend in the summer after a trial, having not played a first-team game since November 2014 while at Blackpool.

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Major work on the railways will mean no trains in or out of London Euston on Saturday and Sunday. The vast majority of roadworks on motorways were completed or lifted by Friday morning, with work not set to resume until Tuesday. However, 36 sets of roadworks will stay in place for safety reasons, with some stretching more than 20 miles. And a serious incident on the M1 near Newport Pagnell on Saturday morning, in which eight people have died, caused major disruption. Part of the M1 southbound, which had been closed, has since reopened. According to the RAC, the busiest day overall will be Monday, with about five million cars on the roads for "leisure trips" as people either go for days out - or return from a weekend away. This is double the number the RAC expected to see on Thursday following a survey of motorists' plans for the weekend. The busiest roads are expected to be the M5 towards Exeter; the M6 and then A590 around the Lake District; the M3 towards Bournemouth and the M1 north from London. RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said: "While summer appears to have taken a leave of absence for many of us, our figures suggest drivers are undeterred and are still keen to make the most of the long weekend to spend time with friends and family in the UK. "We recommend motorists wanting to beat the queues travel outside peak times... try to get away in good time if you are planning a day trip on Monday, or face a long journey home at the end of a summer holiday." Most roadworks on motorways were removed by 06:00 BST on Friday. Highways England, which manages the motorway network, said it would lift or complete about 98% of all work before the bank holiday, freeing up 445 miles of roads. Those that have stayed in place cannot be removed for safety reasons, the organisation said. 26 miles A1 J51 (Leeming) to J56 (Barton) 20 miles M6 J16 to J19 near Crewe 17 miles M1 J19 to J16 near Crick 10 miles M60 J 12 to J18 near Manchester 9 miles M62 J10 near Warrington 9 miles M62 J18 to J20 near Manchester Rail engineering works are taking place over the weekend. Francis Paonessa, managing director for infrastructure projects at Network Rail, said: "While our massive investment programme impacts comparatively small parts of the network, on some routes its impact is significant, particularly major routes into London." There is no planned rail engineering work affecting Leeds, which is expected to see thousands of people travelling to the Leeds Festival at Bramham Park over the bank holiday weekend.

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George Boole, who was born in Lincoln in 1815, invented Boolean logic, a system of AND, OR or NOT statements. It is still used in games, apps and search engines, including Google, which uses plus or minus to narrow results. Those behind the artwork, titled Perhaps, said it was about looking beyond yes and no. Jeanine Griffin, from the university, who was involved in commissioning the work, said: "This new sculpture pays testament to a truly revolutionary thinker whose ideas continue to transform the way we live 150 years on. "Boole's legacy is all around us; in every computer, smartphone and digital device." The sculpture, comprising interlocking arcs coated in a reflective surface, has been created by Raqs Media Collective. Monica Narula, from the New Delhi-based collective, said: "Lincoln was George Boole's birthplace. He must have walked by Brayford Pool, asking questions that needed answers in yes, no, and perhaps, perhaps. "This work remembers those moments outside the boundaries of yes and no..." The sculpture, which is temporary, will be in place close to the Minerva Building at the University of Lincoln for two months from 8th July. George Boole told a friend in 1851 Boolean logic could be "the most valuable if not the only valuable contribution that I have made or am likely to make to science and the thing by which I would desire if at all to be remembered hereafter". The mathematician died on 8 December 1864. He is buried in Ballintemple, Cork, Republic of Ireland, where he spent his final years. Commemorating him in Lincoln are a Boole memorial window in the cathedral, a plaque on his Pottergate house and a mention on an obelisk to city greats in St Marks. Read more about George Boole and the AND OR NOT gates.

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The Australian claimed he was bored during his straight-set defeat by Mischa Zverev at Wimbledon on 4 July. A series of lacklustre displays has seen the 24-year-old drop from 17 in the world last year to 73. "Tennis chose me. It's something I never fell in love with," Tomic told Australia's Channel Seven. "Throughout my career I've given 100%. I've given also 30%. But if you balance it out, I think all my career's been around 50%. "I haven't really tried, and still achieved all this. So it's just amazing what I've done." Tomic has won three ATP Tour titles and has earned almost £4m in career prize money, including £35,000 for his defeat by Zverev. However, he has not won a tour title since 2015 and has struggled for form this year, winning just nine matches overall and losing in the first rounds at the French Open and Wimbledon. When asked what advice he would give to aspiring tennis players, Tomic said: "Don't play tennis. "Do something you love and enjoy because it's a grind and it's a tough, tough, tough life. My position, I'm trapped. I have to do it." Media playback is not supported on this device Tomic was criticised for ruling himself out of the Rio 2016 Olympics because of an "extremely busy" schedule, a year after he was dropped by Tennis Australia - for a second time - from their Davis Cup squad. He was left out in 2015 after accusing the governing body of abandoning him following hip surgery in 2014, but has since returned to the team. Further questions were raised about his attitude when he held his racquet by the strings when facing match point in a Madrid Open match last year. Tomic's career has also been affected by off-court controversy. In July 2015, he was charged with resisting arrest and trespassing by police in the United States after refusing to leave a hotel room. His father John was sentenced to eight months in prison for assaulting his son's training partner before the 2013 Madrid Open.

Question: Bernard Tomic says he has never " really tried " throughout his tennis career , adding that he has probably been @placeholder at " around 50 % " .


Jack Towes was caught recording a family member's court appearance from the public gallery at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. The court heard the footage even showed him filming a sign warning against the use of cameras in the court room. The 21-year-old, of Hunwick Close, Middlesbrough, admitted contempt of court and was jailed for three months. He initially attempted to deny the phone was his before eventually accepting his guilt, the court heard. PC John Ennis, of Greater Manchester Police, said: "Unfortunately cases such as this are becoming more and more commonplace. "Towes showed complete disregard for these laws, flouting them openly and flagrantly in front of staff members. "I hope that this sentence sets an example for others."

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With his dark sunglasses, his gun and his tattoos, he looks every inch the movie stereotype of the maverick American law enforcement officer, but until seven years ago Christian lived in Brechin. He swapped the east coast of Scotland for the eastern seaboard of the US when he was 21. He worked briefly as a bouncer in Washington DC before obtaining a licence as a bail enforcement agent, often referred to as bounty hunters. They are contracted by bondsmen, money lenders who offer to cover bail money for those who can't afford it in exchange for a 10% commission. If the accused fails to show in court the bondsman loses the entire sum unless a bounty hunter can track down the fugitive. In Virginia, like most US states, it is not only police who get to carry guns and chase criminals. Christian says: "Every boy, every man wants to have the gun and go kicking in doors. "It's exciting being like that but I prefer being the undercover detective kind of guy." He says he is not a typical bounty hunter and has a low opinion of some others who seem to delight in the macho violence of the job. Christian moved to the US seven years ago to track down his American father. He had been getting into a lot of trouble at home and could not get a job. "Plus I thought Americans always looked a lot cooler in movies so I thought I'd give it a try," he says. In the BBC documentary - The Scottish Bounty Hunter - Christian tells how he felt the need to escape his home town because he was taking "a lot of ecstasy" during "week-long parties". "There was bugger all else to do," he says. "I feel like in Scotland I was supposed to die there." His mother tells the programme she is pleased he left. She says: "They were getting into trouble with the police and drinking and hanging around with the wrong people. "Brechin doesn't have anything going for it really. There's not a lot of work in the area. It's like some place to sleep now. "There's no potential here for young people." Christian sees similar problems in Virginia. About 80% of the jobs he gets as a bounty hunter are drugs related. He says he wants to help offenders and their families get back to a normal life but he gets paid for finding and putting people back in jail. He says: "I can't feel sorry for anyone or I'd just end up taking handcuffs off everybody. "I've thought about taking them off many times and letting folk go but I can't do that. This is what I signed up for." Christian can use lots of different methods to track people down but his first port of call is Facebook, which can give him clues to where people like to go and who they might be with. He says he caught a woman in Maryland because she used Facebook "check in". Christian says he knew she was going to a beauty school but didn't know which one. "She would 'check in' at this coffee shop every single morning," he says. "Every morning she was there at the same time 'Getting coffee on my way to school' - on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. "On the Thursday - no check in. Because I checked her into Winchester jail." As well as getting paid to put people in jail, Christian makes money getting people out. Four years ago he started lending bail money as a bondsman himself. In an average week he'll track down five or six people and bail even more out of jail. He says the job is stressful, dangerous and exhausting. "Bounty hunters don't last very long," he says. "I only know of three or four who have been in it as long as I have. "They either can't handle the hours or can't handle the stress." But Christian says he keeps doing it because it is a chance to help people turn their life around. He says: "I've got a lot of relationships with people who might end up going off the rails if I left. "This is a job you can't do half-arsed. "You are either going to be a bounty hunter full time or you are not going to be one at all. "I've tried to get out of it two or three times but I just can't seem to stop doing it." The Scottish Bounty Hunter is on BBC One Scotland on Monday 13 February at 22:40.

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Henrhyd Falls in the Brecon Beacons National Park was used as the cover for the Batcave in the film The Dark Knight Rises. Fans previously had to clamber down a steep tree-lined hill and wade across a river to reach the falls. Park chiefs have now built a path to the waterfall for easier access. The 88ft (27m) wall of water was seen in the final film of the Christopher Nolan trilogy as the location where Robin discovers the Batcave after the apparent death of Batman. The new trail and footbridge bring visitors out at the foot of the falls, and they can then walk behind the water and into the entrance of the Batcave. Henrhyd Falls is the tallest waterfall in south Wales and is a site of special scientific interest due to the rare mosses, liverworts and lichen which grow in the damp, heavily wooded gorge, with its thin soils and steep rocky slopes. Batman fan Jackie Davies, 24, from Bridgend, said: "I love Christian Bale in the Batman films and coming here you can feel like you're a part of that world. "The waterfall is spectacular and I had to come with my costume for a picture. My boyfriend finds it embarrassing but I love it." Judith Harvey, wardens manager for Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, said the falls were a popular walking destination in the Brecon Beacons. "With work now complete, it means that people for many generations to come can really enjoy what Abercraf and the surrounding area has to offer, safe in the knowledge that they are not causing any damage."

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Images include prisoners taking part in a snowball fight during World War One and a tunnel which may have been dug as part of an escape attempt. The pictures have been shared by the great nephew of Captain Eli Bowers, who was among the camp's guards. They "add to our understanding of the history of the camp", said island historian Ian Ronayne. The site at Les Blanches Banques housed nearly 2,000 men from the German armed forces from 1915-1917. Dr Brian K Feltman, from Georgia Southern University in the United States, said the snowball fight showed prisoners "breaking the monotony of camp life". He said it could be an example of prisoners staving off "barbed wire disease", a form of depression associated with "the boredom and regulations" imposed on prisoners of war. Mr Ronayne, a WW1 blogger for Jersey Heritage, said some of the images showed tunnels which may have been used during one of the attempts to escape the camp. He said if the images related to one of these incidents it would be a "fantastic find". Another showed two sets of fencing at the camp - "barbed wire on the inside... and then an electrified fence" -  which was rare, according to Dr Heather Jones from the International History at the London School of Economics. "I have not come across an electric fence being used for a UK home front prisoner of war camp before," she added. Capt Bowers served in the Royal Jersey Militia and took the six photos from late 1916 to early 1917. Helier Falle found the pictures in his mother's house. "Rather than leave them sitting in a drawer for nobody to see, I thought they should be shared," he said. Though he had seen similar photos auctioned, he added "it wouldn't feel right to profit from them".

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A teenage girl sits in a dimly-lit room wearing sunglasses playing the prelude to Bach's cello suite. A clip of this performance can be found on the internet. There is nothing remarkable about this until you learn that she is playing every crotchet and quaver using only the slightest movements of her head and thumbs. At the age of 11, Charlotte White suffered a blow to the head which caused her to lose all movement in her body. She spent five years in and out of hospital and eventually went into a period of rehabilitation, regaining movement in her head and then gradually her fingers. But she became very withdrawn: "All I was expected to do was get physically stronger, which wasn't happening, so that was quite depressing. I only saw people who were meant to make my life better but it never seemed to happen." At 16, Charlotte began attending St Rose's School in Stroud and initially did not respond well to some of the activities on offer. She said: "Music therapy is somebody sitting in front of you banging a drum or playing a guitar, and you're meant to tell them all your worries about life. It's incredibly patronising and very boring." Then she was introduced to the Bristol-based Drake Music project, an organisation that uses technology to help people with disabilities participate in music. There she starting working with Doug Bott and learned how to use very small head movements to break a magnetic beam, which triggers the notes. Using thumb switches, she learned to control the configuration of notes available, much like a guitarist changes chord shapes. Bott said Charlotte stood out from the beginning: "She was someone who was interested in classical music, which not many of the young people I was working with at the time were, somebody who was interested in working on her own and in her own way." Eventually Charlotte took part in a concert at school. She practised extremely hard beforehand. "I wanted to achieve at it because it made people see me as a person, rather than as a disabled person they made presumptions about." When Drake Music recorded her performing a Bach cello suite and posted it on the internet, it generated a lot of interest across the musical community, challenging the assumptions about what was possible using assistive technology. Watch Charlotte's performance But this raised questions about whether music made in this way should be entered for the same musical examinations as mainstream students using conventional instruments. "I wanted to pursue music at college," said Charlotte, "but establishments who grade musicians wouldn't recognise it and therefore I couldn't progress." The music examining boards do not accredit music performed electronically, but they are working with Drake Music to find ways of developing this area. For Doug Bott, it is early days. "We're discussing ways of accrediting the quality of the music performance in a way that it's not linked to the particular instrument a person is playing," he said. And although Charlotte was not able to take the conventional instrumental exams, she did receive a Bronze Arts Award from Trinity College London. Her work has also received some international recognition. When news of her performing and composing achievements reached the organisers of a festival in Norway, they asked her to compose some music for the Northern Lights Music Festival in Tromso. Charlotte has chosen to pursue her academic studies and gained a place at university, studying social policy and criminology. This is an incredible feat of will and determination for someone who had been largely written off by mainstream society, and music was key to Charlotte's rehabilitation. She said: "Music inspired me in the belief that I could achieve anything. "I became more enthusiastic and had much more of a drive, and wanted to break the barriers and do the same things as everyone else, rather than just being bracketed as a disabled person. "I started to enjoy life and experience things that the average teenager does." Charlotte White's Musical Fight will be broadcast on Sunday 27 March at 1330 BST on BBC Radio 4 and will also be available on the BBC iPlayer.

Question: A devastating accident left Charlotte White struggling with severe disability and lack of @placeholder until she found the right type of music therapy .


Brian Sherrard said there was a "very significant risk to the administration of justice if anyone else observes this process". The 15-year-old disappeared in 1994 after a school disco in County Donegal. She was last seen in a car driven by convicted killer Robert Howard. On Tuesday, Mr Sherrard said any redactions made by the PSNI legal team are likely to be modest. The coroner will make a general statement to the inquest on Wednesday about the nature of the material that has been held back. He said the risk of disclosure is an exceptionally serious one and relates to the right to the life and the right to privacy of the individuals involved. Lawyers for the Arkinson family raised a number of concerns with the coroner, before being asked to leave the court, along with members of the press and members of the public. Henry Toner QC said the documents he had seen, which were heavily redacted, seemed to imply that at one stage the police believed there was a link between the murderer of Sylvia Fleming in Omagh in 1998, and the Arkinson inquiry. He said this was the first time the Arkinson family had heard of any such connection, and that evidence as to why that line of enquiry was then considered not credible should be made public. Mr Toner added that the documents also say somebody was abducted by the INLA and interviewed at length as a suspect in the Arlene Arkinson disappearance. The name of that individual has been redacted at the request of the PSNI, along with the name of an individual who made an allegation to the police that Arlene was buried in her sister Kathleen's garden. Mr Toner expressed his frustration that the redactions had come so soon before the start of the inquest and requested that any further public interest immunity applications be made as quickly as possible.

Question: The coroner is holding a closed session with the PSNI legal team to consider their application to withhold @placeholder in the Arlene Arkinson inquiry .


The 14-seat shelters, a result of a partnership with nearby brewery Gambrinus, now offers players and staff warmed leather seats. "These are quite unique and I dare to say there is no other club with them," said general manager Adolf Sadek. The benches required two tonnes of metal and 300 square metres of aluminium. They took four weeks to produce and will be on show when Plzen start their campaign against Dukla Prague on Saturday.

Question: Czech side Viktoria Plzen have unveiled new novelty dugouts in the @placeholder of giant beer cans at their Doosan Arena .


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

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


When it launched the first-generation Prius back in 1997, many scoffed. It was ugly, not terribly efficient and distinctly uncool. Eighteen years later, Toyota has sold nearly five million of the Prius, and it is now the best selling car in Japan. And so enter the Toyota Mirai, leading the charge for hydrogen vehicles, alongside Hyundai's ix35 model. The, now rather tired, joke about hydrogen is that it is "the fuel of the future, and always will be". Fuel cells were invented in the 1880s and work by taking hydrogen fuel and reacting it with oxygen to produce electricity. The only waste product is water. The problem with fuel cells has always been their cost, usually measured in millions of dollars. Somehow, with the Mirai, which is the Japanese word for future, Toyota has managed to bring the price down to around $60,000 (Â£38,884) and to squeeze it all into a family-sized car. The first thing you notice getting into the Mirai is its size. It is nearly 5m (16 ft) long. When trying to manoeuvre it out of the underground parking garage at Toyota's Tokyo headquarters I was convinced I would scrape the long nose against the concrete wall. It also feels heavy, because it is: nearly two tonnes. And then there is that price. It maybe cheap for the amazing technology packed in to it, but you can get a top of the range BMW 5 series or Mercedes E Class for less. It is big, heavy and expensive. So why is Toyota building this rather than, say, a conventional battery powered electric vehicle? The short answer is range. From Toyota's headquarters, I cruised silently down to Japan's first hydrogen filling station near to the Tokyo Tower. A full refill took just three minutes. Once back behind the wheel the Mirai's computer told me I could drive 350 km (220 miles) before needing to fill up again. That is more than twice the range of most battery electric vehicles currently on the market (although Tesla's Model S goes further). Bigger vehicles can have bigger hydrogen tanks and so longer range still. This is especially true for hydrogen fuelled trucks and long distance buses. Toyota clearly believes the age of zero emissions vehicles is here, and that hydrogen technology is going to be a big part of it. That is a big contrast to Toyota's old rival down the road in Yokohama - Nissan. The boss of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has not been shy about expressing his disdain for hydrogen. Instead, Nissan is betting on lithium-ion batteries. Mr Ghosn also scoffs at the whole issue of "range anxiety" in battery electric vehicles. Speaking to him at the Tokyo motor show at the end of 2013 he gave me this response: "Where is all the hydrogen infrastructure?" he asked. "It doesn't exist, it still has to be built. Where is the electricity infrastructure? Everywhere!" This is a fair point. Right now, the infrastructure to support hydrogen vehicles is still patchy. To recharge your electric car, on the other hand, all you need is a power socket. The downside is that most battery electrical vehicles now on the market not only have limited range, they take a long time to recharge: up to eight hours. But that is changing. To find out how, I thought it only fair to take a look at Nissan's alternative to the Mirai - the Leaf. The Leaf is not new; it's already been on sale for four years. It has come in for its fair share of criticism; that its real world range is much shorter than Nissan's claims and that its battery life deteriorates faster. Once behind the wheel, the Leaf is immediately impressive. It feels and drives just like a normal family hatchback, except it is completely silent, and has rather astonishing acceleration. You very quickly learn that using that acceleration kills its range. Driving a battery car requires delicacy. You must stroke the accelerator rather than jamming it to the floor. But even with the gentlest of right feet, you will struggle to get more than 150km from one charge. This is where technology again steps in. Nissan's satellite navigation software tells you where all the charging stations are. Alternatively, you can press a button on the dash and the car will call a Nissan operator who can track your Leaf via GPS and tell you how to get to the nearest "quick-charge" station. "Quick charge" must be the future for battery-powered cars, and the key to ending range anxiety. Unlike your home electricity supply (which runs on 110 or 240 volts AC), quick charging stations supply 500 volts DC at a much higher current of 125 amps. Because of that, it can recharge your battery much faster. Using one just outside Yokohama we managed to refill the Leaf's battery to 80% in just 25 minutes. Right now, Toyota and Hyundai are both betting on hydrogen power. Honda says it will soon follow. But these new models are not about to change the world overnight. Just 700 of the Mirai will be made this year. If you order one now, the soonest it will arrive on your driveway is 2018. If you want a battery car, on the other hand, there is much more choice and it is cheaper. You can get the Leaf for around $26,000 (Â£17,000). Last year, BMW launched the impressive i3. Renault's Zoe model already offers a more affordable option. Ford, Volkswagen, Kia and Mercedes are all following with their own battery electric vehicles. And then there is the Tesla S, the most expensive and luxurious battery car yet. The Tesla also has a range of more than 400km (250 miles) on one charge. The really exciting thing about all of this, battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell, is that, after decades of false starts, the era of zero emissions vehicles has finally arrived - and, in the opinion of this test driver, they seem pretty good.

Question: When Toyota puts its considerable bulk behind a new technology , everyone should @placeholder up and take notice .


The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said it had received reports of several washing up. Dr Peter Richardson from the charity said these sightings could be a sign more are coming. He asked people to report any sightings. The last significant strandings of men-of-war was in 2009 and 2012. He said: "With the earlier strandings in Ireland, these recent sightings could herald the arrival of more of the creatures as they get blown in from the Atlantic." The Portuguese man-of-war is not a jellyfish but is closely related, and consists of a floating colony of tiny marine organisms living together. Dr Richardson said a transparent purple float, the same shape as a Cornish pasty is visible on the water's surface with a blue, tentacle like polyp hanging below the water. He said: "It's the tentacle-like polyps that can give an agonising and potentially lethal sting." One was found at Portheras Cove in Cornwall, the same place as a sighting at the same time in 2015.

Question: Beach visitors are being warned to avoid potentially lethal Portuguese men -of - war @placeholder sightings in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly .


About a third reported unfair treatment by employers upon returning to work. The online survey of 906 women formed part of the commission's first detailed investigation into the issue. Chief executive Dr Evelyn Collins said the results were "shocking" and discriminating against pregnant women and new mothers was "unacceptable". "Over one third of the women (36%) who talked to the commission said they had been treated unfairly or disadvantaged because of their pregnancy or because they took maternity leave," she said. "They believe this affected their finances, their career opportunities, their status at work and their health. This is not acceptable, 40 years after the introduction of legislation in Northern Ireland to provide protection from sex discrimination in employment." In addition to the survey, the investigation also held focus groups with 57 women across Northern Ireland and spoke to 58 employers. The type of unfair treatment included being made redundant, overlooked for promotion, unwanted role change, loss of bonuses and negative attitudes. Issues during pregnancy included problems getting off for doctors' appointments and no health and safety risk assessment. The women involved in the investigation had a good level of awareness of employment rights but there was a reluctance to take formal action either within the organisation or to an employment tribunal. The reasons given included too stressful, too costly and possibly career damaging. However, Dr Collins said it was encouraging that almost half of respondents thought they were treated fairly during their pregnancy and on their return to work. The majority of firms had policies in place, such as flexible working arrangements, childcare vouchers and return to work incentives, such as phased return and bonus payments. But some, particularly smaller firms, highlighted the challenges including accommodating flexible working requests and covering absences. A small number indicated that they subscribe to common negative stereotypes, such as believing pregnant employees and working mothers to be less able or less committed. The report contains a number of recommendations, including improving access to advice and information for employers and employees, and promoting good practice and policies. The report - Expecting Equality: a Formal Investigation under the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 - will be launched on Tuesday at a conference in Belfast. The majority of survey respondents were employed in the public sector while the majority of focus group participants were private sector employees, but similar experiences were reported.

Question: Half of women @placeholder by the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland believe their career opportunities were negatively affected by having a baby .


Five-time world champion O'Sullivan took the first three frames and won 4-1 after White had beaten Ryan Day without losing a frame. Home favourite Higgins beat compatriot Scott Donaldson and fellow Scot Stephen Maguire defeated Fergal O'Brien. Neil Robertson and Judd Trump were among Wednesday's other winners. Robertson overcame Gary Wilson, while Marco Fu beat Liam Highfield and Trump defeated Igor Figueiredo, with Ali Carter losing to Chris Wakelin. Scots Graeme Dott and Anthony McGill lost to Mark Davis and Mitchell Mann, respectively. Mei Xi Wen eliminated Peter Ebdon and will play four-time world champion Higgins on Thursday. Trump will face Noppon Saengkham and Robertson takes on Joe Swail. The latest event in the Home Nations Series, the tournament is the first World Snooker ranking event held in Scotland since the World Open in 2010.

Question: Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Adam Stefanow to set up a third - round tie against Jimmy White at the Scottish Open , as John Higgins also @placeholder in Glasgow .


Ronny Deila's team wrapped up a fifth title with victory over Aberdeen in Glasgow on Sunday and are currently 12 points clear of the second-top Dons. Rangers will be in the Premiership next season after winning the Championship and beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup. But Griffiths said: "Aberdeen will go away and strengthen and push us again." More to follow.

Question: Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths expects Aberdeen , not Rangers , to be the biggest challengers to his @placeholder for the Scottish title next season .


Having trailed 12-0 through tries from Tom Riley and Tom Duncan, Bedford went over four times to make it 26-12. Matt Evans and Alex O'Meara scored to put the Pirates 29-26 ahead at the break and Joe Atkinson added another shortly after the re-start. But Blues scored four tries to go 54-36 up before Riley and Alex Cheesman added consolation touchdowns for the Pirates. Henry Taylor, Michael le Bourgeois, Paul Tupai and Dean Adamson went over for Bedford in the first half. Adamson scored scored two more after the break, with Harry Wells and George Perkins also crossing. The bonus-point loss left the Pirates eight in the Championship table, while Bedford stayed fourth.

Question: Cornish Pirates twice threw away a lead as they lost 54 - 46 at Bedford in a try - @placeholder Championship clash .


Malaysian PM Najib Razak said experts in France had "conclusively confirmed" the wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean was from the aircraft. But French investigators stopped short of confirming the link, only saying it was highly likely. Chinese relatives staged a protest outside the airline's Beijing offices. The Boeing 777 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 when it vanished from radar. It had 239 people on board, most of them Chinese. Debris found on the remote French island of Reunion a week ago - a wing part known as a flaperon - was the first possible physical trace of the aircraft. Experts in the French city of Toulouse are carrying out tests on the aircraft piece. Mr Najib, in an announcement that came after the first day of tests, said investigators had "conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370". Malaysian transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said elements of the flaperon, including the paint colour, matched with maintenance records for the missing flight. He also said, in another development, that more suspected plane debris had been found on Reunion, including window panes and seat cushions. Those items had been sent to French authorities to be verified, he said, although French investigators have denied this. Mr Liow said he understood why the French team had been less categorical in their conclusions over the flaperon, saying: "We respect their decision to continue with their verification." French prosecutor Serge Mackowiak has said only that there are "very strong indications" that the flaperon does belong to MH370, adding that confirmation would only come after further tests. The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says Mr Mackowiak's wording does not suggest he has doubts, but that he is exercising legal caution. Will the debris lead us to MH370? But the lack of a consistent message from the various authorities has angered many of the families of those missing. A number of relatives gathered outside Malaysia Airlines' offices in Beijing to demand answers. "France is being cautious about it, but Malaysia is desperate to put an end to this case and run away from all responsibilities," said Dai Shuqin, sister of one of the passengers. "We suspect that the plane wreckage could be faked," said Liu Kun, whose younger brother was on the plane. Many relatives have long been frustrated by Malaysia's handling of the disaster, which at times has been marred by contradictory and conflicting information. Because of this, many families have pretty much lost trust and don't know what to believe anymore, the BBC's John Sudworth reports from Beijing. China's foreign ministry said Malaysia must keep investigating the crash and "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests" of relatives. Australia, which is leading the search for the plane in the southern Indian Ocean, said the discovery of the flaperon suggested they were looking in the right area. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies". The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion.

Question: Relatives of those missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are angry at apparent @placeholder signals over whether part of the plane has been found .


David Ormerod, 15, left Closeburn near Thornhill on Sunday to play rugby in Dumfries. He was subsequently seen at the Dumfries Rugby Club but has not been seen since. Insp Rory Caldow described him as a "vulnerable young boy" and asked anyone who had seen him to come forward. He said dedicated officers were now involved in the search and they were visiting friends and family to try to track him down. "If anyone is found to be hiding David they may find themselves being arrested for their troubles," he added. The teenager is described as 5ft 10in tall, of slim build with a Newcastle accent. He has links to Dumfries, Newcastle, Thornhill and Cumbernauld.

Question: The search has been @placeholder up for a missing Dumfries and Galloway teenager who has not been seen since the weekend .


Theresa May, who must be relishing a break from trying to keep order in her cabinet, is spending a few days at Lake Garda in northern Italy with husband Philip. She'll then return for an engagement before heading to Switzerland for a two-week walking break. It will probably look a bit like this: Switzerland - it's in Europe, but is pretty neutral in Brexit terms - was also a destination of choice for ex-PM Margaret Thatcher. When she went walking in Snowdonia in April, Mrs May decided to call the snap general election that ended up losing the Conservatives their majority. What effect will the mountain air have this time? Cornwall is a firm favourite of prime ministers - particularly David Cameron, who frequently holidayed there: In August 2003 Tony Blair stayed in Sir Cliff Richard's Barbados holiday home. The singer later revealed he had offered the Caribbean villa, where Mr Blair and his family stayed for three weeks, because the prime minister looked so "gaunt and tired" as debate raged about the Iraq war. The following year Mr Blair stayed at the Sardinian villa of Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi, reportedly leaving him hobbling after a challenge in a "friendly" football match. Another Italian villa he stayed at was in Tuscany, and owned by Labour MP and former paymaster general Geoffrey Robinson. Mr Cameron's much-documented habit of posing for photographs pointing at fish is an easy one to replicate. This one was in Portugal in 2013. Fairly standard behaviour for most of us -  and two years ago, on an Easyjet flight to Portugal, David Cameron might have thought he was away from prying eyes as he tucked into a tube of Pringles. Twitter, and in particular a teenager called Ashleigh who posted footage of the apparently oblivious PM, thought otherwise. "Guys I'm crying he was eating Pringles," she informed her followers. This one's a bit harder to achieve - but former Conservative prime minister Sir John Major managed it in 2013 in the Spanish town of Candeleda. Local politicians voted to name the Avenida de John Major in honour of his annual holiday visits during his time in Downing Street. Sir John was invited to the naming ceremony in the town, 100 miles from Madrid, which he described as one of the "jewels" of Spain. In 2008 Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown was under pressure after his party's shock defeat in the Glasgow East by-election, and his summer holiday didn't get off to a very relaxing start at a Norfolk country park as he fielded reporters' questions about his future. "I think everybody's ready for a holiday at this time of year," he told them. The PM's formal choice of attire - beige jacket and dark trousers - was markedly different to the then Tory leader David Cameron's barefoot appearance on a Cornish beach. "It might not quite have been a scene from Baywatch but the contrast with Mr Brown could scarcely have been greater," the Daily Telegraph noted. But once he became prime minister, Mr Cameron's holiday fashion often came under fire. In 2013 his outfit, including loafers without socks, was branded a "sartorial shocker" by the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts. Tipping etiquette can be confusing in foreign countries - and when David Cameron and wife Samantha didn't leave one after paying for their cappuccinos in an Italian cafe in 2011, it did not go unnoticed. The PM returned to the Dolcenero cafe in Montevarchi, Tuscany, leaving a healthy tip to make amends. The waitress told reporters Mr Cameron had apologised for any fuss the incident had caused. The news doesn't stop coming during the summer holidays, and prime ministers have frequently had to cut short their trips as events intervened. David Cameron returned home from Italy in 2011 as riots broke out in London, and Gordon Brown abandoned his 2007 trip to Dorset after just a few hours to chair crisis talks over foot-and-mouth disease. Even without returning home, prime ministers have to be ready to act from their holiday homes. With stories of plotting ministers in the newspapers, Mr Cameron's former head of political press, Giles Kenningham, says Mrs May needs to find a way to "assert herself" and avoid a "vacuum" while she's away. "She needs to be visible when she's abroad," he says. The Daily Politics asked MPs how they plan to spend summer recess:

Question: It 's that time of year when politicians get a break . But where to go , what to do ? Here 's a guide to @placeholder a prime ministerial summer holiday ...


On Tuesday, it shot past $2,200 (Â£1,700), more than doubling from just two months ago. And a newer currency, Ethereum, has climbed even faster. Industry members say uncertainty surrounding the value of global currencies, including the pound, is driving demand for alternative currencies. The kind of technology that underwrites Bitcoin and newer entrants such as Ethereum, is also gaining, well, currency, as it gets put to new uses by developers and others looking to beef up cyber-security. Policy changes in Japan and elsewhere in Asia have made it easier to trade. And of course, when it comes to price, interest generates its own momentum. "It's a promising technology," says Joshua Rosenblatt, 34, a Nashville-based attorney at Frost Brown Todd, a midwestern law firm with offices in eight states. He is both an investor and works in the field. "The returns have been unreal and there's an aspect of not wanting to miss out on a bubble." Bitcoin's market capitalisation shot past $30bn this month, as the price climbed. Ethereum remains smaller at about $15bn, but it is growing too. The price spiked from less than $20 in March to about $170 today, according to CoinDesk, which tracks the two currencies. Activity is also up. The number of daily trades in Bitcoin, which is more established, has rocketed from around 40,000 at the start of 2013 to more than 330,000 today. About 2,700 participants attended an industry conference in New York this week, according to Michael Crosby, head of strategy for CoinDesk, which hosted the event. Mr Rosenblatt, one of the people in attendance, works with smaller investment firms and start-ups, navigating issues relating to coin offerings and "smart contracts", which use similar technology to enforce and verify business transactions. In the last year, the number of clients looking for that work has increased from one to about two dozen, he says. "Our firm is kind of a middle America firm, so the fact that we're seeing that sort of interest speaks to how much the industry has grown," he says. Grayscale launched its first digital currency investment trust in 2013. The New York firm now manages about $400m of investments in digital currencies, up from $60m at the end of 2015, as its client base of wealthy investors, hedge funds and other small firms has grown, and prices for Ethereum and Bitcoin have climbed. "We've seen just an absolute explosion," says Matthew Beck, an associate at the firm. Bitcoin: Is the crypto-currency doomed? 'I bought Bitcoins in 2011 - now they're worth Â£19,000' Bitcoin value tops gold for first time Mr Beck says the firm expects to continue to attract interest, as investors use digital assets to diversify. "We're seeing investors start to diversify... and carve out an allocation for digital assets," he says. At the moment Bitcoin is used for cross-border transfers, payments for online activities such as gaming and gambling - and as an investment, says Peter Smith, chief executive of Blockchain, one of the major trading platforms. The currency also made headlines as the preferred currency of the hackers behind the recent attack that crippled the National Health Service in the UK and other organisations around the world. Industry members say some companies may be buying up Bitcoin to deploy in the event of a future attack, but they maintained that broader demand is driving price gains. "There's a number of people from family offices [and] private equity firms - they're making small bets and when you add that type of liquidity to the market, that's going to drive the price up," says Mr Crosby. This year's Consensus conference drew some big corporate names, such as insurer State Farm, carmaker Toyota, and consulting firm Deloitte. Fidelity Investments, a staid, Boston-based money manager known for handling retirement accounts, was one of the presenters. It now accepts Bitcoin in its cafeteria and will soon launch a feature to allow clients to check on their digital currency holdings alongside other investments. In the scheme of global finance, a $30bn market remains "trivial", says Blockchain's Peter Smith. But interest from those players is a sign the industry is becoming more accepted. "It has truthfully gotten a lot more mainstream and that's a beautiful thing to see in many ways," he says. For 49-year-old Stuart Fraser, the climbing price has meant a tidy return on the roughly Â£15,000 worth of Bitcoin he bought in early 2014. He estimates his holdings have more than doubled, even after subtracting the Bitcoin he used to buy a virtual reality headset and make investments in the newer Ethereum. Investors say they are prepared for a boom-bust cycle as the market continues to evolve, technology changes, and regulations come into play. But Mr Fraser, the managing director of Scotland-based financial technology start-up Wallet.Services, who previously worked in cyber-security, says unless he sees a promising new competitor, he doesn't plan to cash in now. "I think [in the] long term, it's going to go up."

Question: The price of Bitcoin , a digital currency once located at the @placeholder of finance , has been rising to new records in recent months as digital assets move into the mainstream .


The delivery man arrives with a large cardboard box. Following him through Dark Side Comics in Chelmsford is the fluorescent-haired Miss Ringsell. She beckons him towards the rear of the store, where there's enough space to put the box down on the floor. The delivery man has to steal Miss Ringsell's attention away from the package to get a signature. Moments later, he's off. And she's in, slicing through tape and tearing open the box flaps. Today is Wednesday. Miss Ringsell likes weekends, but she loves Wednesdays. "Wednesdays are awesome," she says. "It's when all the new comics and merchandise come out." The scent of fresh ink, paper and cellophane wrap draws in comic lovers from across the city and beyond, eager to get their hands on the very latest output from the comic world. "There's a strong community feel on Wednesdays," says Miss Ringsell. "People will talk about what they're reading and strike up conversations." What is now Miss Ringsell's career began as a youthful pastime. "My love of comics started when I was pretty young," she says. "My dad was the one who got me into animated movies and comics. "I used to do a lot of drawing as a kid, and comics seemed a natural thing to draw from. "He would bring me home comics and I would read them and then draw from them." Her first comics were from the X-Men series before she moved on to Batman - "the coolest", says Miss Ringsell. Her first Batman comic was the 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke by comic book legend Alan Moore, whose other works include Watchmen and V for Vendetta. By the age of 14, she was hooked. But her passion for comics isn't something that others always readily accept. "I have had the odd comment here and there and people usually assume I either just work here or that I am someone's wife or daughter," she says. "I have even had telesales people phone up and say: 'gosh, a woman with a comic shop', and I am like, 'yes, a woman with a comic shop'. "It can be a male-dominated industry, but we are fighting through." And the battle hasn't simply been one of challenging the occasionally sexist attitudes of customers and callers, as Miss Ringsell explains. "The 1990s was a terrible time for female characters in comics - a lot of them ended up chopped up into bits or put in fridges," she says. "Female characters were being murdered as plot devices for male protagonists, or they were there just to be looked at. "There are some really great female characters now. Personally, my favourites are Batgirl, Squirrel Girl and Jem and the Holograms. "There are now female characters for all ages." Olivia Hicks, a doctoral research student of British and American comics at the University of Dundee, points out there is a rich history of strong female characters. As far back as the 1930s, there was Lois Lane who, when Superman failed to save the day, would set about sorting out whatever crisis needing dealing with. And in the 1940s, as well as Wonder Woman, there was Miss Fury, who would don a catsuit that gave her increased speed as she fought against Nazi agents. "She was such a fantastic character," says Ms Hicks, whose own current favourites include Mark Waid's Archie, Hawkeye and Jem and the Holograms. "There have been strong female characters in British comics too, stretching back to the first girls' comic, School Friend, and its cover stars The Silent Three - which were drawn by a woman, Evelyn Flinders - who donned robes to solve mysteries and foil bullies at their school. "Popular characters like Bella at the Bar (Tammy) and Valda (Mandy) exhibited immense courage and strength and, in the case of Valda, often refused to listen to authority figures. It was her way or the highway." Miss Ringsell believes one of the biggest shifts in contemporary comic depictions relates to body diversity. "All the women used to have the same body. It was the hourglass body only. "There are now more body types for both men and women. "I never understood why they made She-Hulk skinny because, surely, she should be enormous. "And I think it is really important that women have strong role models whether on television, in films or in comics. "If you start with someone like Batgirl or a Spider-Gwen, you have a strong female character from the off rather than women being there to be either saved or stared at." But what of diversity of tone and plot dynamics? Oxford-based comic creator Kate Brown thinks the larger publishers could be more open-minded. "I've had scenarios where I've presented ideas that have had to be drastically changed as they were considered too gentle," she says. "That is, I've focused on emotions or concepts of interpersonal drama. "I was often told to ramp up the excitement by adding action, or high-concept ideas, that kind of thing. "It's frustrating... and then it's like, do I refuse to do this? Or do I change this to something I enjoy far less so I can get a chance to work in this industry? "While action-focused or high-concept ideas certainly don't automatically equal 'brainless', it worries me that this kind of reaction from some publishers or editors means we're losing out on work from some wonderful creators, and also losing out on potential readers, too. "I love comics very much and I think comics can be, and should be, for everyone." It's a sentiment shared by Miss Ringsell, who says she has begun to notice a changing demographic in the comic book world. "I am seeing a lot of younger girls getting into comics, largely from secondary schools," she says. "A lot of women in comics are making contact with each other and creating our own communities. "We now feel we are part of a collective."

Question: If you believe superheroes are just for men and boys , Holly Ringsell would urge you to think again . The @placeholder 26 - year - old , who runs her own comic book shop , lifts the lid on what it 's like being a woman in what is traditionally a male - dominated environment .


On 28 November, 22-year-old Aarti and 19-year-old Pooja boarded a state-run bus on their way home from college. In the 40-second video of that bus ride, Pooja can be seen hitting a man with a belt while he holds Aarti down by her collar. The second man is partially hidden behind his friend. The third man is not seen and at what point he joins the duo is still unclear. The three men were arrested on charges of sexual harassment but later released on bail. They have denied the allegations against them. Local police chief Shashank Anand said it took a long time to trace witnesses as the road transport department does not keep a list of passengers. "Identifying passengers was a painstaking process, even after we traced them, only a few agreed to testify and they too requested that their identities be kept secret," he said. Pradeep Malik, the lawyer representing the accused men, showed us many signed statements saying they were from the passengers on the bus. "All these witnesses tell us the truth behind the video," he says. "They said there was no sexual harassment, and that the sisters started the fight for a seat on the bus." The statements, copies of which are with the BBC, narrate the same sequence of events. In fact, two statements are identical except for the names and signatures of the witnesses. The sisters' lawyer, Attar Singh Pawar, alleges that the statements are fabricated and the investigators are not making enough effort to verify them. "Three women who are being presented as witnesses were in their village at the time of the incident, but when other villagers came to the police to testify, their statements were not taken." At first glance, their life looks unchanged, except for the constant presence of policewomen who have been assigned to protect the sisters. Aarti and Pooja appear calm, but beneath their calm exterior, something seems different. Pooja says if faced with sexual harassment again, they won't fight back. "We will always be haunted by the crying faces of our parents. They have heard nasty remarks about us from the police and faced pressure to withdraw the case," she says. The sisters were hailed as heroines, but things changed a few days later when a second video emerged showing them attacking another man. "The Haryana state government which had announced an award to honour our bravery cancelled it later, and that has lowered our credibility," says Aarti. "Now everyone questions our character, they say we go looking for trouble and assault people for money. Their real problem is with women raising their voice." The sisters allege that during a lie-detector test that they agreed to take as part of the investigation, they were subjected to humiliating questions about their sexual history - a charge police refused to comment on. The main accused Kuldeep, 20, is soft spoken and appears too shy to meet my eyes while answering my questions. On being asked if his friends tease him for getting beaten up by women, he shakes his head to say "no". Deepak, another accused, is more forthcoming: "There is no sexual harassment in our area or on that bus route. Nothing happened that afternoon, the women just stood up and started beating Kuldeep with a belt. "The police should have done something by now, our mind is not at peace and there is constant stress, especially about our careers," he says. Kuldeep and Deepak had cleared an initial test to join the army, but after they were charged with sexual harassment, they were barred from appearing in the final exam. In two years, they will be past the maximum age limit for the exam. "Our entire village is supporting us and that's a big relief. Otherwise, these days only women's voice is being heard everywhere," says Kuldeep. A mere mention of Aarti and Pooja in the village has many men sniggering and there is consensus on who is at fault in that incident. "If girls kept beating up boys like this, all boys would be dead, then what would the girls do?" an old man asks. The women celebrate the fightback. Haryana is infamous for having the lowest sex ratio in India, and such incidents are rare. A group of middle-aged women giggle as one of them says, "I haven't seen the video, but have heard that the sisters used their leather belt like a whip. That is fantastic." It is not unfettered support though. Sexual harassment or eveteasing - as it is locally known - is considered "normal" with a certain level of "accepted" tolerance. "Why did they react? So many girls travel on buses, they don't go around beating boys," says one woman. Female students in Aarti and Pooja's college too see them as "heroines". "Who doesn't want to react? We face harassment every day, but we have to be patient. If only we knew that our parents would support us the way these sisters' parents did, we wouldn't be scared to fight back either," says a student.

Question: Six months after two Indian sisters made headlines when a video showing them fight three alleged molesters on a bus went viral , there is still no @placeholder on what happened that afternoon and there remain many unanswered questions . BBC Hindi 's Divya Arya travels to the northern town of Rohtak to investigate .


Rafael Esquivel admitted receiving bribes in connection with the sale of marketing rights to tournaments. He was among seven officials arrested at a luxury hotel in Switzerland last year. More than 40 individuals and entities have been charged under the probe. Fifa corruption crisis: Key questions answered Who are the indicted Fifa officials? Mr Esquivel - a former president of the Venezuelan Football Federation - was extradited to the US in March and had been due to stand trial with six other defendants next year. He pleaded guilty at the federal court in Brooklyn to racketeering conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud conspiracy and three counts of money laundering conspiracy. He also agreed to hand over more than $16m (Â£13m). The charges related to bribery schemes to market South American club tournament the Copa Libertadores as well as the Copa America, which features national teams. Mr Esquivel faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each charge. So far 19 people and two companies have pleaded guilty in connection with the US investigation.

Question: A Venezuelan football official has pleaded guilty to corruption charges in the US as part of the investigation into the sport 's @placeholder governing body Fifa .


Lindsey set off from Donaghadee beach in Northern Ireland at 6.30am. The 20 mile journey was expected to take her up to 14 hours, but she had to stop because of bad weather. The Blue Peter team say that Lindsey is safe and on her way back to dry land. Sport Relief said: "Lindsey's Sport Relief challenge was always going to be incredibly hard and zorbing many  miles across the Irish Channel is a huge achievement. Whilst we were, in the end, defeated by the weather, we're incredibly proud of Lindsey and her efforts, Blue Peter is all about giving it a go and getting stuck in which is exactly what she did today. We hope her amazing efforts have inspired lots of children around the UK to do their bit for Sport Relief.". Well done Lindsey, we're proud of you too!

Question: Blue Peter 's Lindsey Russell has ended her attempt to cross the @placeholder between Northern Ireland and Scotland in a giant inflatable barrel for Sport Relief .


A "massive survey" of the river found hundreds of fly-tipping hotspots and previously unknown sewage pipes. The Restore our Rivers campaign will now set about tackling the problems. Water quality in parts of the river had been classified as "poor" and "bad" by Natural Resources Wales. The Ely flows for about 24 miles (39km) from south of Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, and then through the city suburbs of Pentrebane and Caerau into Cardiff Bay, passing landmarks like the Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans and Cardiff City Stadium. An inquiry into pollution on the river was initially carried out by Cardiff council's environmental scrutiny committee after complaints from anglers that the upper reaches of the Ely were devoid of fish and wildlife. Several organisations including Natural Resources Wales, Dwr Cymru, Keep Wales Tidy, South East Wales Rivers Trust, Cardiff Rivers Group, Glamorgan Anglers and Groundwork Wales came on board. The intensive survey carried out along the Ely and its tributaries was the first of its kind on a Welsh river. Councillor Paul Mitchell, chairman of the environmental scrutiny committee, said it had highlighted the "devastating impact" litter and other forms of pollution was having. "We found hundreds of major tipping incidents and very large objects in the river, people travelling across three or four fields just to throw a trolley in the river," he explained. "We also found sewage outfalls that Dwr Cymru Welsh Water were not aware of because they inherited an antiquated Victorian system. "And further up in the catchment we saw the effects of unscrupulous builders who deliberately misconnect showers and granny flats directly into the storm drains so they don't have to pay connection fees to Dwr Cymru. "It all adds up to kill a river off and it's about time we did something to sort it out." A number of projects, involving school and the community, will now be carried out to target the issues raised in the survey. Keep Wales Tidy, which lead the work of compiling the survey, is now preparing an online resource, mapping pollution points along the river. Pam Bacon, from the charity, said the partnership approach between different organisations, the council and community "had to be the way forward". "It's a way of getting that pride and awareness back about the value of our rivers but also show what the different organisations are doing to tackle their own issues," she said. Imogen Brown, head of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water waste water networks, said the survey had provided "fantastic information". "We have 7,000km of rivers in Wales and we can't understand everything that's going on in all of them - so this survey will really help us understand if we've got misconnections going into there or problematic assets." The restoration work was launched on Tuesday with a litter pick along the banks of the river at Grangemoor Park in Grangetown - 40 bags were collected - and this will continue throughout the spring.

Question: A project to @placeholder and tackle sources of pollution on the River Ely could set a precedent for restoring other water courses across Wales , it has been claimed .


Nicky Clark gave the hosts a third-minute lead but Lawrence Shankland levelled before the break. Michael Moffat restored the Pars' advantage six minutes after the break with a low shot. And they wrapped up victory with five minutes remaining thanks to Rhys McCabe, whose 25-yard dig took a deflection on its way in. Match ends, Dunfermline Athletic 3, Morton 1. Second Half ends, Dunfermline Athletic 3, Morton 1. Foul by Kudus Oyenuga (Morton). Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt missed. Ben Armour (Morton) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner. Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Lee Ashcroft. Ricki Lamie (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Callum Smith (Dunfermline Athletic). Foul by Michael Tidser (Morton). Gavin Reilly (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Gavin Reilly replaces Michael Moffat. Goal!  Dunfermline Athletic 3, Morton 1. Rhys McCabe (Dunfermline Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Callum Smith. Substitution, Morton. Ben Armour replaces Lawrence Shankland. Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Ryan Williamson. Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Callum Smith replaces Nicky Clark. Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Rhys McCabe. Foul by Lewis Strapp (Morton). Michael Moffat (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Lee Ashcroft. Attempt blocked. Jon Scullion (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Lewis Strapp (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic). Substitution, Morton. Jon Scullion replaces Gary Oliver. Hand ball by Kallum Higginbotham (Dunfermline Athletic). Delay in match Ryan Williamson (Dunfermline Athletic) because of an injury. Substitution, Morton. Kudus Oyenuga replaces Michael Doyle. Attempt saved. Gary Oliver (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt blocked. Ryan Williamson (Dunfermline Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Jason Talbot (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Jamie McDonagh (Morton). Attempt blocked. Scott Tiffoney (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Callum Fordyce (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ricki Lamie (Morton). Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Jason Talbot. Foul by Nicky Clark (Dunfermline Athletic). Ricki Lamie (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Gary Oliver (Morton) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner. Corner,  Morton. Conceded by Ryan Williamson. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Lewis Strapp (Morton) because of an injury.

Question: Dunfermline ended their @placeholder campaign on a high with a 3 - 1 win over play - off bound Morton .


According to an index that tracks seasonal food, the price of Christmas dinner is now at its lowest since it started in 2009. A separate calculation suggests that Christmas trees, too, are getting cheaper, costing just an eighth of what they did back in 1975. One reason for falling prices may be the arrival of low-cost supermarkets. However, the increasing cost of importing food may mean that Christmas 2016 will mark the low point for prices. The Christmas dinner index - compiled by Good Housekeeping magazine - suggests that the 11 ingredients necessary are now 10.8% cheaper than they were in 2009. Buying everything from the turkey to Christmas pudding is likely to cost £2.48 a head this year, if you bought each in the cheapest supermarket. In 2009, the equivalent cost was £2.78, according to the index. Is Christmas getting cheaper? Separate research that goes back as far as 1968 comes to a similar conclusion. The figures suggest that Christmas dinner last year was the cheapest on record, at £37.37 for a family of four. Back in 1975 the same dinner cost nearly £55, after adjusting for inflation, according to the home interiors firm Hillarys, which compiled the research. Last year a Christmas tree cost an average of £24.99, compared with the equivalent of £208 in 1975, it says. The reduction in the average cost of this year's Christmas dinner is largely down to the German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. Buying all 11 ingredients to feed eight people will cost as little as £22 at Aldi, the Christmas dinner index shows. The same ingredients would cost nearly £50 at Marks and Spencer. "While five of the supermarkets have cheaper baskets this year, it's mainly thanks to the big decrease in the cost of these groceries at Aldi and Lidl that the overall basket is significantly cheaper," said Caroline Bloor, the consumer director of Good Housekeeping. "So think carefully where you shop or you could end up paying twice as much." But with widespread warnings about the increased cost of importing food, many shoppers may not find prices so cheap next year. The warnings follow the decline in the value of sterling, as a result of the European referendum in June.

Question: While many like to moan that the cost of Christmas seems to go up every year , the truth may be exactly the @placeholder .


The young star is 4,200 light-years from Earth and appears to be surrounded by a doughnut-shaped cloud of dust. That cloud slows down the hot, ionised wind that the star blasts into space, causing it to form an elongated column perpendicular to the dusty ring. The new results represent "before and after" glimpses of that column forming. They were captured by the Very Large Array, a battery of 27 antennae in the New Mexico desert, and are published in the journal Science. "The comparison is remarkable," said first author Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The compact, rounded wind indicated by data from 1996 transforms - just 18 years later in 2014 - into a "distinctly elongated outflow". The infant star is about 300 times brighter than the Sun and goes by the catchy name of W75N(B)-VLA2. Being able to observe its dramatic growing pains in real time is unique, according to Prof Huib van Langevelde from Leiden University in the Netherlands, another of the study's authors. "This object is providing us an exciting opportunity to watch the developments over the next few years, as this very young star develops the characteristic bipolar outflow morphology," said Prof van Langevelde, who also works at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). VLBI - very long baseline interferometry - is the method of comparing signals between widely-spaced antennae, effectively simulating one massive telescope. One of the major findings that has already emerged from studying W75N(B)-VLA2 relates to earlier work led by JIVE scientists, who in 2009 traced the large-scale magnetic field in that region of space and reported that the field surrounding the young star was neatly aligned with it. Now, it seems the elongated outflow that has burst forth in just 18 years is also aligned with that magnetic field - suggesting that magnetism is playing a crucial role in the star's formation. The team hopes to watch and learn more as the "protostar" continues its turbulent development. "Our understanding of how massive young stars develop is much less complete than our understanding of how Sun-like stars develop," said Dr Gabriele Surcis, another co-author from JIVE. "It's going to be really great to be able to watch one as it changes."

Question: Astronomers have witnessed a key stage in the birth of a very heavy star , using two radio telescope views of the @placeholder taken 18 years apart .


But rain restricted play at the SSE Swalec Stadium to 35.4 overs. Nick Selman put on 83 with Rudolph before falling lbw to Jeremy Lawlor for 30. Glamorgan are without Will Bragg, Graham Wagg and Timm van der Gugten through injury, ahead of the Championship season starting on 7 April. All three are fitness concerns for the trip to Northampton, though Glamorgan will have South Africa batsman Colin Ingram back after his successful One-Day Cup campaign in his native country, and are still trying to complete the signing of fast bowler Marchant de Lange. The teams observed a minute's silence before the start of play in memory of the late Glamorgan coach and player John Derrick, who died at the age of 54. Rudolph's innings came off 103 balls and included 10 boundaries, following a knock of 60 against Gloucestershire the previous day. He is aiming to recover form after a disappointing 2016 season, in which he made 659 Championship runs. Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport: "It's a pity we couldn't get back on, but it was nice to get out in the middle. I feel I've been striking them quite nicely and my partnership with Nick Selman was good. "My preparation for the last couple of months has been spot-on. I was fortunate to train outdoors in turf nets in South Africa with Craig Meschede for a month which really helped and I'm happy with where I am. "I don't think one season should put me in a position where I have to prove myself. I think I've done that over 19 years but this year my ball-striking's been pretty clean so hopefully come Northants I can continue with that. "At the moment it's a bit of a guessing game who'll be fit (for the Northants game).  As soon as Colin arrives and potentially Marchant, that will give us a better selection to choose from."

Question: Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph led the way with 63 not out as his side @placeholder 122 - 1 against Cardiff MCCU .


The Family Court case came about after five-month-old Effie Stillwell collapsed last August. As a result Effie was initially placed in foster care and her father arrested on suspicion of hurting her. In revealing the case had been stopped, Judge Karen Venables said the family had experienced "unimaginable horror". LIVE: For more Buckinghamshire stories Buckinghamshire County Council brought the family court seeking to take Effie from her parents Craig Stillwell and Carla Andrews, who live in Aylesbury, and put her into local authority care. But experts established that Effie suffered from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (EDS IV) - a condition characterised by "thin and translucent skin, easy bruising, vascular and arterial rupture". The council then withdrew its application to take Effie into care, Judge Venables said. Miss Andrew has also been diagnosed as suffering from EDS, the judge said. Details about Effie's case were made public after her parents, who are both in their 20s, requested an "open judgment" to encourage discussion of their daughter's condition.

Question: A suspected @placeholder baby case has been halted after it emerged the girl involved has a rare medical condition which causes " easy bruising " .


Media playback is not supported on this device Cheika said Cole had been "infringing the law since his career started probably, if not all of this year". But hooker Hartley told BBC Radio 5 live: "You don't stumble across 60-odd caps scrummaging illegally. "The directives we get back from the refs always say that England have a good, clean scrummage." Hartley added: "I play against Cole a couple of times a year and it's always very difficult against him. He's a rock, like every tight-head should be. "There's plenty for us to work on and we're looking for that complete scrummaging performance this weekend because this team is underpinned by a dominant set-piece and that's what we want to provide." Media playback is not supported on this device England's victory over Argentina last weekend was their 13th in a row and their 12th under head coach Eddie Jones - and a win over Australia in the final autumn international would equal their longest winning run, set across 2002 and 2003. Cheika and his former Randwick team-mate Jones have exchanged frank views this week. Jones, who led his native Australia to the 2003 World Cup final defeat by England has accused the Wallabies of "illegalities" in the set-piece, and said they "can't scrummage". Cheika claimed Jones has "always operated with a chip on his shoulder" and tarnished his legacy with comments made in the summer when England completed a 3-0 series win in Australia in June, becoming the first touring side to secure a whitewash down under since South Africa in 1971.

Question: England captain Dylan Hartley has @placeholder team - mate Dan Cole after Australia coach Michael Cheika accused the prop of scrummaging illegally .