BBC Sport takes a look at some of the main talking points from the 28 ties. After seven straight defeats in League One, the pressure was already on Barnsley boss Lee Johnson. So an FA Cup first-round tie at out-of-form National League side Altrincham was surely an ideal opportunity for the Tykes to find that long-awaited victory? It was not to be as Lee Sinnott's men, who sit 45 places below the Tykes in the league pyramid, ran out 1-0 winners thanks to Damian Reeves' early second-half strike. Media playback is not supported on this device The goal was so quick, in fact, that Sinnott missed it as he had not returned to his seat. "This club has had a rich history in this competition over the years," Sinnott said. "It's been a bit barren over the last few years so it's nice to give something back to our fans and show people that this club is alive and kicking." Elsewhere, there were also shocks as National League side Eastleigh beat League One Crewe, and National League leaders Forest Green Rovers won at League Two AFC Wimbledon. Having reached the FA Cup first round for the first time since 2009, things did not quite go to plan for Isthmian League Premier Division side Staines Town at Leyton Orient. Nicky Forster's team found themselves 3-0 down inside the opening 13 minutes before they were eventually beaten 6-1 at the Matchroom Stadium. The one bright spot for Staines saw 38-year-old centre back Darren Purse grab a goal against his former side before half-time, but it was too little too late for the Swans. If you are ever lost and need directions - you would do well to come across Wealdstone striker Jefferson Louis. The once-capped Dominica international has played for no less than 31 clubs in all corners of the country since making his debut for Risborough Rangers in the late 1990s. Media playback is not supported on this device The 36-year-old was on the scoresheet for the National League South club on Saturday with a first-half equaliser from the penalty spot against League One Colchester United. Wealdstone were briefly ahead through Bradley Hudson-Odoi, but Tony Humes' U's came from behind to run out 6-2 winners as Macauley Bonne netted four goals. Hopefully Louis' strike will have earned him a bit more time at the Ruislip-based club! The FA Cup has not been a happy hunting ground for Portsmouth since Kanu's solitary goal saw them beat Cardiff to lift the trophy in 2008. Media playback is not supported on this device But the hoodoo of no first-round win since 2010 was finally broken with a 2-1 victory over National League side Macclesfield at Fratton Park thanks to Adam McGurk's two goals. Not that Pompey boss Paul Cook was too impressed with his side's performance. "We weren't at it today - and you've seen in last night's cup tie [Salford v Notts County] what happens when you're not at it," Cook told BBC Radio Solent. "That's why teams will always continually have what people will call 'cup shocks', but the reality is they're not really shocks - we should expect them." It was a different story for 2013 winners Wigan who were thumped 4-0 at fellow League One side Bury. Meanwhile, four-time FA Cup winners Sheffield United ran out comfortable 3-0 winners over National League North side Worcester City at Bramall Lane. Oldham's Jamaican striker Ricardo Fuller declined an opportunity to meet up with his pal and sprinting legend Usain Bolt back in his homeland to play in his side's first-round match at Mansfield. However, the 36-year-old probably wishes he had returned home - he was hauled off after 56 minutes in the goalless draw at Field Mill. Before the game, Fuller told the club website: "I'm looking forward to the game. "We know it will be a good battle which is good." A penny for his thoughts after the match in a rainy Nottinghamshire?

Question: Three non-league sides beating league opponents , two clubs striking half - a- dozen goals and contrasting @placeholder for recent FA Cup winners were all part of an exhilarating Saturday afternoon of first - round action .


Velma Aiken told the BBC it was a good feeling to know that Kamiyah Mobley was "all right and looking good". Ms Mobley was abducted in July 1998 from a hospital in Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida. DNA tests confirmed her identity. The woman she thought was her mother was charged with kidnapping. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Ms Mobley appeared in good health, a "normal 18-year-old woman". The office said it had acted on 2,500 tips since the abduction and received one last year to @MissingKids that eventually broke the case. It showed the original composite images released at the time of the kidnapping, along with a photograph of Gloria Williams, 51, who was arrested on Friday morning at her home in Walterboro, South Carolina, 200 miles (300km) from Jacksonville. Ms Aiken said the family had a conversation with her granddaughter, in which they introduced themselves and Ms Mobley said she would go to see them. "All I know are tears of joy and happiness and a good feeling, knowing that she's all right and looking good," Ms Aiken said. The grandmother added that she always felt that her granddaughter was alive and that whoever she was with was taking care of her. "We just kept praying, hoping and believing," she said. The baby was only eight hours old when she was taken by a woman posing as a health care worker at the University Medical Center, now known as UF Health Jacksonville. The woman told Kamiyah's mother, Shanara, that her baby had a fever and needed to be checked. She took the baby out of the room and disappeared. The case brought significant media attention as Shanara tried to locate her child.

Question: The grandmother of a girl @placeholder more than 18 years ago as a newborn baby has described her " tears of joy " at discovering that she is alive and well .


South Gloucestershire Council is spending ?¡ê80,000 on a feasibility study for the junction off Westerleigh Road near Emersons Green. Conservative councillor James Hunt said: "It would decrease the traffic along the ring road which, especially at rush hour, is at crippling levels." Conservatives at the council have lobbied for the junction for 15 years. Campaigners say the ring road between Emersons Green and the M32 gets congested by traffic heading to the M4. If a motorway junction was created at Westerleigh Road it would offer direct access to the M4 and speed up the traffic, supporters of the plan say. Mr Hunt has said this short journey of about two miles (3.2km) can take up to an hour at peak times. "Emersons Green is a highly condensed area with business and houses and we're expecting that to grow in the next few years. "We need some investment in infrastructure to take all of the extra traffic, a lot of people will know the ring road in that area is really very, very busy in the mornings and it can take an awfully long time to reach the M4," added Mr Hunt. The council rejected a new junction in 2000 in favour of improving public transport and cycling routes. Liberal Democrat councillor Pat Hockey, who is her party's lead member on the planning and transport committee, said: "If the feasibility says it won't work and the Highways Agency puts up its hands in horror and says we can't cope with any more traffic on the motorway, then we'll have to take notice." The feasibility study is expected to take a year to complete.

Question: A campaign to get a new motorway junction at the M4 in north Bristol has @placeholder funding to explore the idea .


But Mexicans barely noticed the driving rain on Tuesday night as they gathered to watch the US election results come in. There was, initially, a feeling of celebration. A party had been organized on Facebook in the event that Mr Trump lost - thousands were ready to head to the Angel of Independence, an iconic landmark in the centre of the capital, to celebrate his exit. But instead the atmosphere turned funereal. As results started coming in, people drifted away from bars where they had gathered and went home. The feeling was one of shock and disbelief. I have asked several people how they feel and their responses have been similar. "Hijole," they say - the best translation for that really is "jeez" or "gosh". Then they pause, laugh nervously and say "Who knows?" They cannot quite get their heads around it. President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted on Wednesday morning, congratulating the US for its "electoral process". He later said in a press conference that he had congratulated Mr Trump when the two men had had a respectful conversation. He reiterated too that Mexico was ready to work together to help their bilateral relationship, emphasizing how the two countries are friends and allies. But it will hold little weight here. People are still angry that their leader invited Mr Trump to Mexico and gave a man who had been so rude to Mexicans the red carpet treatment. Mr Trump's win will do nothing for President Pena Nieto's already low approval ratings. Mexicans are fuming about the political rhetoric that has come from the Trump camp during the campaign - the references to them being criminals and rapists, the constant talk about illegal immigration. Mexicans working in the US bring back around $25bn (?¡ê20bn) a year in remittances. Mexicans believe they contribute to the US economy and are offended that Mr Trump does not value that. However the threats that the US will build a wall on its southern border and Mexico will pay for it are laughed at here. People don't really think it will happen so it's not a real worry. What does worry Mexicans is the economic pain that could come from a Trump presidency. As the results came in overnight, the peso fell by as much as 13% - the biggest drop in more than 20 years. It has since regained some of its losses but nevertheless the falling peso is a major talking point here. Whether it is the Trump effect or anger over Mr Pena Nieto's leadership, people are fed up with their purchasing power continually falling. But what happens when Mr Trump becomes president and starts implementing changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as he has promised? These are real threats that worry Mexicans. Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade and Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens held a brief press conference early on Wednesday. It was more about reassurance than anything concrete - telling the world that Mexico was financially stable enough to weather the storm. But as one commentator wrote in El Universal newspaper on Wednesday, black clouds hang over the country, especially when it comes to trade. The weather forecast is set to remain gloomy for the next five days, much like the outlook of the average Mexican.

Question: The weather here in Mexico City @placeholder most people 's mood at the moment - it is miserable , chilly and it feels like winter has arrived .


The Western Mail newspaper had asked for the total amount paid on severance packages over ¡ê30,000. The paper was told there were 127 staff members made redundant who received more than the specified amount. BBC Cymru Wales said the redundancies will save more than ¡ê146m over nine years from 2008 to 2017. A cap of ¡ê150,000 has been introduced on all future payments. The FOI request comes after controversy over BBC severance payments, including almost ¡ê1m paid to former deputy director general Mark Byford. The Western Mail had also wanted to know the job titles of the staff who received the payments - and how the redundancy amount was calculated. In a letter of response the BBC refused to disclose this information to protect the individuals involved, citing the Data Protection Act 1998. The broadcaster said the decision to reduce the workforce was taken by the BBC Executive following two licence fee settlements agreed with the UK government in 2007 and 2010. It added that savings were being made under two restructuring schemes - Continuous Improvement and Delivering Quality First. A BBC Cymru Wales spokesperson said: "Like the rest of the BBC, BBC Cymru Wales has faced significant savings targets over the last few years. "In that context, these redundancies will have delivered more than ¡ê146m of savings in the nine years from 2008 to 2017 and a cap of ¡ê150k has been introduced on all future severance payments." Matthew Sinclair, the chief executive of the campaign group TaxPayers' Alliance said "overly generous pay-offs" run the risk of undermining any savings by the BBC. "Not only do they add to the bill faced by families but they also divert resources away from where they should be focused - actual programming," he said. "It's vital that the broadcaster is as transparent as possible about payouts and redundancies, so licence fee payers can scrutinise the deals BBC bosses are agreeing to."

Question: BBC Cymru Wales has paid out ¡ê 8.35 m in redundancy packages over the past five years , a Freedom of Information ( FOI ) request has @placeholder .


In May, Selby said Warrington was "running scared" after negotiations for a summer bout broke down. "There's no way I'm ducking him - I want that fight so bad," Warrington told BBC Radio Leeds. "I just want to make sure everything goes perfect, at the end of the year would have been ideal." "The way they came back was they said I ducked the fight. After that I did cancel the wedding a couple of times, we rang the venue and said it's not going to happen because I've got boxing commitments. "But I sat down with my manager and my dad and they said 'just don't jump to his bait, it will still be there at the end of the year and if he doesn't want it then that's his problem, it's him who's ducking'." Selby's last fight was a unanimous points decision win over Eric Hunter in April, his second successful defence of the title he won in May 2015. Leeds fighter Warrington defends his WBC International featherweight belt against Patrick Hyland on 30 July. "That fight is there to be signed for November now for Lee Selby," Warrington's promoter Eddie Hearn said. "Lee is a wonderful fighter he's looking at some big fights as well and maybe we look at another champion but if we wants that fight we can make that fight."

Question: Josh Warrington has denied @placeholder a fight with IBF world champion Lee Selby and says he postponed his wedding twice to try to arrange one .


The 328ft (100m) Leah and its crew of 10 got into difficulty a mile (1.6km) north east of Stroma at about 07:45. The ship's anchors failed to hold it against the tide and it started drifting. Wick and Thurso lifeboat crews were alerted at about 08:00. The Leah's crew managed to restart the engines and resume their journey to Straumsvik in Iceland. Thurso and Wick lifeboats reached the cargo ship when it was still adrift about two miles (3km) south east of Duncansby Head. The sea conditions were challenging with 6-9ft (2-3m) swell, a force six north-westerly wind and heavy showers. The lifeboat crews were stood down at 10:30.

Question: Two lifeboats were @placeholder after a cargo ship broke down in the Pentland Firth between Caithness and Orkney .


The Bolton boxer insists fasting will not adversely affect his chances if - as has been widely speculated - he faces undefeated triple welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather in September. Khan insists on training throughout Ramadan - 30 consecutive days of fasting for 17 hours - while eating and drinking only at night. "The training has changed big time", the 28-year-old acknowledges. "After fasting all day I eat late in the evening, go to mosque for my prayers and then hit the gym at midnight to train for about an hour. "It's extremely tough but the motivation for me is that my opponents are sleeping whilst Amir Khan is training. It's not really something a sportsman should be doing but that's the sacrifices you have to make when you're a Muslim." What is Ramadan? Khan, who shot to fame as a 17-year-old by winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics, explains why he is confident of being in tip-top condition in time for what would be the biggest fight of his professional career. "Ramadan ends on 17 or 18 July - that gives me enough time to finish Ramadan and then go into hard training. I'm very confident, I think that fight could definitely happen - I'm just waiting for that phone call. "If I get the big fight with Floyd Mayweather, I'll be more than ready for it. Ramadan is not going to make a difference!" Boxing trainer Adam Booth looked after former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams, who was also a devout Muslim. "Danny used to fast during the month of Ramadan and we would change the cycle for eating, sleeping and training," he said. "It's definitely 100% possible for Amir Khan to fast during Ramadan and be ready to face Mayweather in the Autumn." Former light welterweight world champion Khan usually eats five meals a day, but during Ramadan he reduces that to only two. "I miss my morning cup of tea and my desserts when I'm fasting," he laughs, before explaining what it's like when he can finally tuck in. "Sometimes there's so much food in front of you and you think 'I just want to get stuck in' but that's the challenge - you have to make sure you eat healthily but it's very hard - I sometimes like to slide away and have a kebab or a samosa - it's not easy! "I'm a normal guy at the end of the day - but I make up for it when I go back into the training camp." Although he is now a married man and a father, Khan still cannot resist his mum's cooking. "Her food is amazing - I call it 'happy food' because it makes me so happy, it's the first thing I crave - training camp food is so plain and bland, but when I'm at home mum makes sure she feeds me lots of meaty curries¡ that's why I put on so much weight between training. "I like to add bits to my mum's cooking too - she doesn't like that - so I have to explain the health benefits of why I'm adding that extra bit of ginger, for example." Tale of the tape Rugby union sports nutritionist Matt Lovell believes fasting could prove beneficial to Khan. "It can be done," he says. "Fasting can give you mental strength and power. I can't see Ramadan affecting Amir negatively - the six weeks between the end of Ramadan and Khan's potential big fight with Floyd Mayweather is enough time for him to be ready." Khan started fasting when he was eight years old, and believes his faith goes glove-in-glove with his sport. "When I go into the boxing ring, it's a very lonely place, when I go into the gym it's a very quiet place. I'm on my own training, but it's God that gives me the strength. "My faith drives me, gives me that motivation and that push.  I see a lot of people around the world, Muslims and non-Muslim who have a lot of belief in their faith. They're the people who get far in life - if you have belief you can definitely get far."

Question: With Ramadan coinciding with the hot weather - not to mention the longest possible hours of daylight - fasting Muslims in the UK are certainly being challenged at the moment . But how do elite sportsmen like Amir Khan cope with training in the @placeholder of food and water between dawn and dusk ?


How does he convince businesses that he is on their side while at the same time hitting them up for more money to fund his deficit reduction plans? Business is feeling pretty duffed up by the chancellor after increases to the national living wage and the new apprenticeship levy. Then there's the raid on insurance companies and the time and expense of pension auto-enrolment. You can perhaps understand why business lobbies are saying "enough, already". He is unlikely to leave them alone. Pressure to hit his budget surplus holy grail by the end of the parliament while not adjusting the big three - income tax, national insurance and VAT - will see him forced to come back for another bite at business. He will be loathe to raise headline rates so he needs to broaden the base - the amount available to be taxed. So there may be limits on how much of the interest companies are paying on debt can be set against profits. This is a key part of international attempts to avoid tax by stuffing UK companies full of debt - often borrowed from their own subsidiaries in lower tax jurisdictions. However, lots of infrastructure projects (one of his favourite areas) rely on lots of debt financing so he'll have to proceed with care. He's abandoned major reform of pension taxes but there are other things he could do. The contributions employers make to pensions don't attract National Insurance - but it's a form of pay and maybe they should? Charging full whack would raise nearly ?¡ê15bn (and business would scream blue murder) but maybe a portion of it could be targeted and maybe at higher earners. It would raise serious money for the chancellor but would be very unpopular with employers. Expect more help for the North Sea. This is a no brainer because currently he is not making any tax out of oil and gas there as the companies are making losses and laying off thousands of highly paid (and taxed) staff. Big tax cuts could slow that process. If there is one big beef that businesses have it is rates. For many larger companies this has overtaken corporation tax as a cost. We will get a long promised review on rates and business will want promises of reform. However, the chancellor has already said any reform will be fiscally neutral - in other words - the same total amount will be paid so the capacity for wowing businesses is small. He could decide to change the rate at which rates go up from the hardly used Retail Prices Index currently at 1.3% to the more commonly used and usually lower Consumer Prices Index - currently at 0.3%. But business rates produce ?¡ê25bn a year and he'll be reluctant to put this golden goose on a diet. One phrase you are guaranteed to hear is "Business Tax Roadmap". He wants to make the UK competitive and corporation tax is already due to fall from 20% to 18% by the end of the parliament. By presenting a clear path of where various taxes, reliefs and business rates are headed he hopes to widen the tax base while giving business a bit of confidence they won't be ambushed by surprise moves down the line. He'll hope that his roadmap will help offset the uncertainty facing businesses as we approach the EU referendum. The rather large elephant which will be sitting in the room with him tomorrow.

Question: George Osborne has a tricky conundrum on his @placeholder .


Thomas de Maiziere has stopped short of proposing a complete ban. It is widely accepted that to totally ban the burka would violate Germany's constitution, which fiercely upholds the right to religious freedom. Nevertheless, the minister said he and his fellow conservatives completely opposed the burka or, for that matter, any other full face veil. "It doesn't fit into our open society," said Mr de Maiziere. "Showing your face is fundamental for communication, for the cohesion of our society." Germany interior minister calls for burka curbs How attacks are forcing Germany to examine civil freedoms Why do some people find the burkini offensive? In reality, it is uncommon to see women wearing the full face veil in Germany. Friday's announcement was really all about politics. Two issues will dominate next year's general election in Germany; how to integrate more than a million asylum seekers, and how to tackle the threat posed by Islamist terrorism. Both issues are already the subject of sensitive public debate and Angela Merkel's conservatives are losing votes to the right wing anti-Islam party Alternative fuer Deutschland. The party is expected to take seats in parliament for the first time next year and it's polling at 19% of the vote in Mecklenburg Vorpommen and 14% in Berlin. Both regions will hold state elections in September. It was no accident that the interior ministers of both states accompanied Mr de Maiziere as he made his announcement on Friday. This is an unashamed attempt to lure back voters. What's the difference between a hijab, a niqab and a burka? The Islamic veil across Europe The proposal is not yet draft legislation. If it gets that far, it is likely to encounter significant resistance in the German parliament. But Germany feels ill at ease. It is a country unsettled by the arrival of hundred of thousands of refugees and on edge after a recent spate of violent attacks - two of which were perpetrated by asylum seekers who are thought to have been inspired by IS. Friday's announcement is a powerful indication of just how deeply this country is changing.

Question: If Germany 's interior minister has his way , Muslim women will be banned from covering their faces in nurseries , schools and universities , in public @placeholder and courts and while driving .


With the build-up to the 2 July vote now in full swing, Peter Dutton responded to proposals by the opposition Labor party to increase annual refugee numbers from 13,750 to 27,000. "They won't be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English," he told Sky News. "These people would be taking Australian jobs, there's no question about that." At this point, it is important to point out that 26% of the population of Australia is foreign-born. That's some 5.8m people, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with a fair few voters among them. In the hours after Mr Dutton's interview, plenty of those people, their children and their supporters took to social media to respond. While many people took issue with Mr Dutton's comments about literacy levels, others spoke out about what they saw as stereotyping of migrants and refugees, and went on to highlight what some immigrants had gone on to achieve in Australia. A number of people mentioned the work of Munjed al-Muderis, a surgeon who fled Iraq after ignoring army orders to cut off the ears of deserters. He arrived in Australia by boat, and went on to become one of the country's most prominent orthopaedic surgeons, known for his work helping amputees. Another prominent refugee is Hieu Van Le, the governor of the state of South Australia, who travelled to Australia by boat in 1977 having fled his native Vietnam. A handful of people online gave their backing to Mr Dutton but they were drowned out by the voices of opposition. His fellow Liberal members of parliament also stood up for him. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended Mr Dutton, calling him an "outstanding" immigration minister. Mr Turnbull said: "People that are coming out of the war-ravaged areas, out of the Horn of Africa and other places in the world, of course they have - many of them have never been employed. Many of them have not had very much education. Many of them are illiterate in their own languages." Foreign Minister Julie Bishop later agreed with Mr Dutton over his concerns jobs would be lost to refugees. Mr Dutton's office then released statistics to back up his statement - or at least that was the intention. But, having looked in detail at Mr Dutton's comments, it was radio presenter Lewis Hobba who had the last word:

Question: When Australia 's immigration minister spoke out about the level of literacy and numeracy among migrants late on Tuesday , he was @placeholder what has become one of the hot potatoes of this election season .


Shark attacks; a plane crash; and surreal interludes that delve deep into a dog's subconscious mind - no plotline is off-limits for Australia's longest running soap. But although for devoted fans the likes of Karl Kennedy and Harold Bishop are the real stars of Ramsay Street, Neighbours has proved a steppingstone to profitable  global stardom. Although it's never been confirmed many believe Crowe based his gladiatorial Maximus Decimus Meridius, on Kenny Larkin - the mulleted, ex-con who appeared on Ramsay Street for four episodes back in 1987. Minogue's love of music can be traced back to her days spent under over a car bonnet as Erinsborough's resident mechanic. The pint-sized pop star found fame dressed in dungarees and sporting a huge perm as Charlene Mitchell in 1986. When her character married Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) in 1988, 20 million people tuned in to watch in the UK alone. We reckon Miley first set eyes on her ex when he was playing Josh Taylor back in 2007. Josh was involved in a classic soap love triangle. He fell in love with Bridget Parker, who was also being chased by Declan Napier. So, in a bid to win dear Bridget's heart he roped in Margot Robbie (more on her later) to make her jealous. Her performance in The Wolf of Wall Street saw her working with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and director Martin Scorsese. But it was as Donna Freedman that Margot Robbie made her name. Donna experimented with her sexuality, tried to track her biological father and then 'conveniently' went to study fashion in New York just before her Hollywood career took off. A 1990s pin-up, Spencer's Billy Kennedy adorned the walls of many a teenage bedroom. For six years he broke hearts and hung out with best-mate Toadie, before ditching Australia to play a young doctor alongside Hugh Lawrie in hit TV series House. Proving soap stars can not only make it to Hollywood, but have the staying power to stick around too, Guy Pearce is arguably Ramsay Street's most successful export. The Hurt Locker, LA Confidential and The King's Speech are amongst the titles in his impressive back catalogue. His training for such prestigious roles? Playing Mike Young - the son of an abusive father who went on to train as a teacher and have an affair with one of his pupils. Classic soap stuff. Holly Candy (formerly Valance) starred as Flick Scully from 1999 to 2005. Towards the end of the stint on the street she managed to rip the Scully family apart by bedding her sister's fianc??e. With their differences irreconcilable, Flick left the soap to follow in the footsteps of Kylie and pursue that well worn path to pop stardom. It didn't quite work out, with a charity single Kiss Kiss about as good as it got. Delta did manage a credible pop career. She'd already signed a record deal with Sony when she started playing Nina Tucker in 2002 and went on to achieve multi-platinum-selling status, with eight number one singles and three number one albums in Australia. She was also once engaged to Westlife's Brian McFadden, dated Nick Jonas and is now a judge on The Voice Australia. OK. So he was only in for a solitary episode, but that's good enough for us. He was by a much more regular presence in rival soap Home and Away, before swapping his floral shirts and boardies for a hammer and cape as Marvel comic's Thor. She's said in the past she's in no rush to return to the soap, so we're unlikely to see the former X Factor judge in any of the 30th anniversary celebrations. But the Torn singer was an Erinsborough resident for a couple of years back in the 90s. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Question: For 30 years the residents of Erinsborough 's premier cul - de - sac have kept us @placeholder in that awkward half - an - hour before dinner .


Toomebridge-based Creagh Concrete said 50 of the posts will be in Northern Ireland, with the rest in Edinburgh. The firm has just won a ¡ê27m contract to supply concrete containers for use in the decommissioning of Dounreay nuclear power station in Scotland. Up to 6,000 of its containers will be used to store "low grade waste". Creagh Concrete employs 650 staff and contractors in seven locations in the UK and Ireland. It recently completed apartment projects in Aberdeen. The company makes a range of pre-cast concrete products, including flooring. About 80% of its turnover relates to projects outside Northern Ireland.

Question: A County Antrim manufacturing firm has plans for 80 new jobs due to business @placeholder , including a multi-million pound contract at a nuclear power plant .


Police were searching for ecstasy pills following the deaths of three men in Suffolk and one in Shropshire. Tests showed the pills contained PMMA, which was being linked to the deaths of two men in Ipswich and possibly with the other two. Officers will be out in Ipswich this weekend highlighting the dangers. The ecstasy pills were red, triangular and embossed with the Superman "S" logo. A batch of 400 similar ecstasy pills was found in a public place off Norwich Road in Ipswich on Sunday and tests showed they contained PMMA, which police said made them more dangerous. Supt Louisa Pepper said: "Our number one priority is to prevent other people suffering the tragic consequences of this dangerous drug. "We successfully seized a large quantity of drugs, but there may still be some out there so if you do come across them please don't take them, and if possible hand them over to us." The two men who died in Ipswich have been named locally as Justas Ropas, 22, and Gediminas Kulokas, 24. The deaths of John Hocking, 20, from Rendlesham in Suffolk, and a 27-year-old from Telford, have been "potentially" linked to the drugs. Ms Pepper, from Suffolk Police, said: "We're urging anyone who has tablets matching this description not to take them or pass them on, and to hand them in to us or one of the agencies listed." A 28-year-old man has been charged with being concerned in the supply of ecstasy over the Telford death. A 19-year-old from Ipswich has been charged with being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs (ecstasy) and possession with intent to supply a Class B drug.

Question: Illegal drugs containing a @placeholder believed to be responsible for at least two deaths may still be in circulation , Suffolk Police warn .


The legal action comes as Facebook has been facing significant pressure to combat the proliferation of fake news reports on its platform. In Germany, there have been numerous instances of false allegations on social media made against migrants and refugees. Anas Modamani is one of those who has been the target of such false reports. He briefly sprung to prominence in September 2015, when Angela Merkel visited the Berlin migrant shelter where he was then living. Mr Modamani took his chance to snap a picture with the German leader. Now aged 19, he had then arrived in Germany just a month earlier, after fleeing Darayya in Syria and travelling to Berlin via Turkey, Greece and Serbia. But that selfie was to make him a target. "I was first linked to attacks when my picture was circulated as being one of the Brussels attackers due to perceived resemblances between us," he told the BBC. "When the claims started being circulated on social media, I was in Munich visiting friends. "Some friends advised that I stay at home and avoid going out in public, which I did. "Others encouraged me to go to the police and report what was being said about me. "But I kind of just hoped it would go away on its own." And for a while it did. However, another attack, on a crowded Berlin Christmas market, and the attempted murder of a homeless man in the same city by seven young migrants, once again saw Mr Modamani falsely accused. "At that time, I had disabled my Facebook account, but the lady who is hosting me in Germany brought them to my attention," Mr Modamani said. "I was fed up with this happening again, so we discussed getting a lawyer involved." Chan-jo Jun, a lawyer who in November 2016 prompted an investigation into Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives following a complaint alleging that the company had failed to remove racist posts, in contravention of German laws against hate speech, has taken on the case. "Facebook is doing a very poor job with fake news," he told the BBC. "But it is especially doing a poor job with illegal fake news. "Not all fake news is illegal, but where it amounts to slander, as I believe this does, then it should be taken down." Mr Jun has filed an injunction "seeking to prevent Facebook from publishing the slanderous image of the Syrian refugee Anas Modamani in the context of terrorist attacks". A Facebook representative said: "We received a takedown request from Mr Jun alleging that a specific item of content on our platform violates Mr Modamani's right of personality. "Access to that reported content was quickly disabled, so we do not believe there is any basis for him to seek an injunction." However, Mr Jun claims that not all of the offending content has been removed and several images falsely linking Mr Modamani to terrorist activity are still available on Facebook. The case will be heard at a court in Wurzburg on 6 February. Produced by Chris Bell and Sara Fayyad, UGC and Social News Team A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.

Question: A Syrian migrant who @placeholder for a selfie with Angela Merkel is suing Facebook after being falsely linked to terrorism in posts shared on the social media network .


The garden sits in the grounds of the crematorium, and includes specially designed plaques inscribed with the names of 149 babies. It was created as one of the recommendations in the report by Dame Elish Angiolini in January 2013. A second memorial is also proposed, in Princes Street Gardens, as some parents do not want to return to Mortonhall. Dorothy Maitland, a former operations manager for infant deaths charity Sands, said: "I think it's very important to have a memorial and I know some parents will find it very difficult to go back to Mortonhall but I'm hoping that they will change their mind when they see the garden. "Some parents are still finding it so difficult to accept what happened that right now a memorial is not of any comfort. "I really hope that in time when they heal a bit more that they will be able to visit the garden and have their baby's name added and find comfort by doing this. "It means so much to many parents to have somewhere where they can go that is nice and tranquil. It shows to everyone that each of these babies matters whether their names are on the memorial or not - it's for all babies. "Obviously there has been a lot of hurt but the council have taken what has happened very seriously and made sure all of Dame Elish's recommendations have been met. The memorial has been done in a very sensitive way which speaks volumes." Dame Sue Bruce, former Edinburgh city council chief executive, said: "This has been a very difficult process for so many people over the past three years so I want to acknowledge my personal appreciation of the support and feedback from parents in helping choose such a fitting memorial. "The design reflects their wishes for a garden that will provide a private and peaceful place for personal contemplation and reflection." Andrew Kerr, chief executive of Edinburgh city council, said: "The work of the Mortonhall Multi-Agency Working Group will continue so nothing like this can happen again. "Lessons have been learnt and the action plan produced last year has now been fully implemented so we can ensure the highest possible standards are adhered to at Mortonhall."

Question: A memorial to infants at the centre of the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal has been @placeholder in Edinburgh .


The decision comes after a report by the UN cultural agency Unesco said the area "should be off-limits to commercial logging in its entirety". The Tasmanian Wilderness covers about a fifth of the island and is one of the world's last big temperate forests. Conservation groups have welcomed the Unesco report and the logging decision. In 2014 the Australian government asked the agency to revoke the special status of the forest to open up parts of it to logging in order to boost the island's economy, where unemployment is above the national average. But the move - by the government of former PM Tony Abbott - attracted much opposition from environmental groups. The Unesco report released on Saturday said the organisation "does not consider a World Heritage property recognised for its outstanding cultural and natural values the place to experiment with commercial logging of any kind". The Tasmanian Wilderness is home to ancient forests, some of the tallest flowering plants in the world and is a stronghold for several animals that are either extinct or threatened on Australia's mainland. Both the Australian federal and the Tasmanian state government have said they will abide by that recommendation.

Question: The Australian and Tasmanian authorities are @placeholder their bid to have logging permitted in the Tasmanian Wilderness , a World Heritage site .


Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as prime minister after June's EU referendum, said he did not want to be a "distraction" for new PM Theresa May He said Mrs May had "got off to a cracking start", while she praised his "great strides" on social reform. Mr Cameron, 49, has represented Witney since 2001, becoming Conservative leader in 2005 and PM in 2010. Laura Kuenssberg: May's takeover now complete Speaking in his constituency, he said it had been a "great honour" to be an MP for the area, but said it would be difficult for him to remain on the backbenches without becoming "a big distraction and a big diversion" from the work of the new government. He denied his announcement was related to the government's moves towards allowing new grammar schools, a policy he rejected as PM. He said the timing was coincidental, adding that there were "many good things" in the proposed education reforms. "Obviously I'm going to have my own views about different issues," he said. "People would know that and that's really the point. As a former prime minister it is very difficult, I think, to sit as a backbencher and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the government is doing." By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor Friends say that David Cameron's decision has not been made in a fit of pique, he has not merely flounced out because he doesn't like what his successor is doing. But there was a "very real danger", particularly because he does not support the UK leaving the European Union, that anything he said, any comment he made could "drive a real wedge" between him and the government which could make life harder for Theresa May. It is not that surprising that the man who used to be in charge has decided to go. But his departure adds to the sense that May's Downing Street feels more like a new administration after a general election than a continuation of David Cameron's tenure - "it IS a new government", one senior Tory told me, "not everyone has understood that yet". Read more from Laura Mr Cameron said Mrs May - his former home secretary - had been "very understanding" when he told her of his decision. Asked about his legacy, and whether he would be remembered as the prime minister that took the UK out of the European Union, he said he hoped his tenure would be recalled for a strong economy and "important social reforms" and that he had transformed a Conservative Party that was "in the doldrums" into a "modernising winning force". Mr Cameron won a 25,155 majority in 2015 in Witney, which has been held by the Conservatives since 1974. He said he had not made any "firm decisions" on what to do next, adding that he wanted to continue to contribute to public life. Mrs May said: "I was proud to serve in David Cameron's government - and under his leadership we achieved great things. Not just stabilising the economy, but also making great strides in delivering serious social reform." She pledged to continue with his "one-nation government" approach. Ex-Chancellor George Osborne said he was sorry his "great friend" was stepping down. "We came into Parliament together, had a great partnership and I will miss him alongside me on the green benches over the coming years," he added. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he wished David Cameron "all the best for the future", adding he got on well with him on a "human level". Speaking at the TUC conference in Brighton, Mr Corbyn said: "We should respect people who move on to do something else with their lives. I want to wish him all the best for the future." But Labour's Angela Eagle declined to add her voice to the tributes, telling the BBC Mr Cameron had "put his whole country at risk to settle a debate in his own party" through the EU referendum. "He has now walked away leaving others to clear up the mess." Ex-Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who was deputy prime minister in coalition, said Mr Cameron had shown "great skill" in negotiating and listening to other views during their time in government. Mr Clegg's successor as Lib Dem leader Tim Farron added: "He has lots of things that he should be proud of but sadly his legacy will be one of accidentally removing us from our closest friends and neighbours in Europe." Former cabinet minister Ken Clarke told the BBC: "I'm a friend of David's, so I regret to say, I think for history his legacy will be he's the man who accidentally caused Britain to leave the European Union. "There's no getting away from the fact that that will overshadow every other feature of his premiership." Mr Cameron initially became prime minister in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, before securing an overall majority in 2015. He pressed ahead with his pledge to hold a referendum on the UK's EU membership - campaigning hard for a Remain vote and warning of the economic and security consequences of Brexit. But he finished on the losing side, announcing his resignation the day after the vote, saying outside Downing Street that "fresh leadership" was needed. At the time, he said he would continue as an MP until the next general election. The last prime minister to resign, Gordon Brown, remained in the Commons for five years after his general election defeat in 2010, while Tony Blair stood down as an MP when he resigned as PM.

Question: Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP , @placeholder a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney .


The Transition Training Fund was  launched by the Scottish government in February. The ?¡ê12m fund offers grants for individuals to acquire specialised skills or further training. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said 600 people had been approved as she opened a new Statoil headquarters in Aberdeen. Ms Sturgeon said the oil and gas industry still had a strong future in Scotland despite its current challenges. Statoil is developing the Mariner field, with production expected to start in 2018. She said:  "The expertise that Scottish oil and gas firms have built up over many decades has positioned our energy sector as a world leader and while we realise that the industry and workforce is going through a difficult time, this investment and expansion from Statoil is a vote of confidence in the North Sea's future." And the first minister confirmed: "Only halfway through the first year of our three-year Transition Training Fund, launched in February, already 600 people have had their applications for support approved."

Question: Six hundred people have been approved for a @placeholder to help people who face losing their jobs in oil and gas to gain new skills and find new work .


Assistant Chief Constable Rebekah Sutcliffe, 47, told temporary Supt Sarah Jackson she would "always just be known as the girl who had the tit job". In December, a disciplinary panel ruled the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer had breached standards of professional behaviour. But Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling ruled she could keep her job. Ms Sutcliffe told Ms Jackson - who has since transferred to Cumbria Police - her "credibility was zero", she was as a "laughing stock" and that she was "silly, vain and frivolous" for going under the knife. She is alleged to have said: "It does not matter how hard you work now, because you will always just be known as the girl who had the tit job." She then pulled down the front of her dress to expose her left breast and said: "Look at these, look at these, these are the breasts of someone who has had three children. "They are ugly, but I don't feel the need to pump myself full of silicone to get self-esteem." The panel heard Ms Sutcliffe made repeated attempts to apologise to Ms Jackson the following day and told her she "deeply regretted" it. She later said she was "frazzled" and had been drinking too much to cope with stress in her personal and professional life. The panel stated her gross misconduct had taken her to the "very" brink of dismissal, but accepted it was out of character and recommended a final written warning. The officers were attending a Senior Women In Policing conference at Manchester's Hilton Hotel when Ms Sutcliffe verbally attacked her colleague. Ms Sutcliffe, who was the most senior female GMP officer at the time, had admitted misconduct but denied gross misconduct. Her counsel, John Beggs QC, had handed the panel more than 200 pages of testimonials, with many officers speaking of Ms Sutcliffe as "inspirational", "visionary" and "a strong leader". Announcing his decision to follow the panel's recommendation, Mr Pilling said: "Despite being absolutely appalled at her behaviour and all too aware of the damage to public confidence, I do not think I can take a different view without any significant reason to do so." Following the decision, Ms Sutcliffe expressed "deep regret" about what happened and said the "responsibility for what happened is mine and mine alone". "I did not mean any of the things that I said and I am dismayed that I was so unkind and unfair," she added. "I am very grateful that I have been given the opportunity to return to work. "On my return, I will bring the very best of my abilities to serve policing and the public as well as I am able." Ian Hopkins, chief constable of GMP, said it had been "an incredibly difficult time" for the police service, where "the events in May... cast a shadow over what was an important event to recognise the contribution of women in policing". "The details in the report have clearly outlined the panel's position and legally left little alternative but to follow the panel's recommendation." He added: "ACC Sutcliffe has been given a chance to demonstrate that she is committed to serving the people of Greater Manchester. "We will now work with her to consider how she best achieves this in support of Greater Manchester Police. "

Question: A top police officer who exposed a breast and @placeholder a colleague 's " boob job " has been allowed to keep her job .


It's now widely known that many modern humans carry up to 4% Neanderthal DNA. But a new analysis of the Neanderthal Y chromosome, the package of genes passed down from fathers to sons, shows it is missing from modern populations. The team found differences in immunity genes on the Neanderthal Y chromosome that could have led to miscarriages. The results have been published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The small amount of DNA in present-day people is the legacy of breeding between the two populations 50,000 years ago - after our species Homo sapiens expanded out of its African homeland and began to colonise Eurasia. But the new analysis reveals the Neanderthal Y chromosome is distinct from any found in humans today. "We've never observed the Neanderthal Y chromosome DNA in any human sample ever tested," said co-author Prof Carlos Bustamante, from Stanford University in California. "That doesn't prove it's totally extinct, but it likely is." The researchers say it is possible that Neanderthal Y chromosomes were initially circulating in the modern human gene pool, but were then lost by chance over the millennia. Another possibility is that they included genes that were incompatible with other genes found in modern humans. Indeed, the researchers found evidence to support this idea. Several of the Y chromosome genes that differ in Neanderthals function as part of the immune system. Three are "minor histocompatibility antigens," or H-Y genes, which resemble ones that transplant surgeons check to make sure that organ donors and organ recipients have similar immune profiles. Because these Neanderthal genes are on the Y chromosome, they are specific to males. In theory, a woman's immune system might attack a male foetus carrying Neanderthal versions of these genes. If women consistently miscarried male babies carrying Neanderthal Y chromosomes, that would explain its absence in modern humans. So far this is just a hypothesis, but the immune systems of modern women are known to sometimes react to male offspring when there's genetic incompatibility. Prof Bustamante said: "The functional nature of the mutations we found suggests to us that Neanderthal Y chromosome sequences may have played a role in barriers to gene flow, but we need to do experiments to demonstrate this and are working to plan these now."

Question: Incompatibilities in the DNA of Neanderthals and modern humans may have limited the impact of interbreeding between the two @placeholder .


The verdict overturns a 1969 ruling that being a staff member at Auschwitz was not enough to secure a conviction. Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said it was the biggest change in years. Groening, 95, who was known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz", had appealed against a four-year jail term handed down for being accessory to murder. "This is a very dramatic and significant change in German prosecution policy," Mr Zuroff, the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel, told the BBC. Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) upheld the acquittal 47 years ago of an SS dentist at Auschwitz, arguing that working at the death camp or knowing about the mass murders was not sufficient proof of guilt. For decades, thousands of ex-Nazis who took part in the Holocaust escaped conviction. Monday's ruling sets a precedent for pursuing suspects, now in their nineties, accused of serving in death camps. Campaigners said the federal court's ruling also cleared the way for prosecutions of ex-members of the Nazi mobile death squads known as Einsatzgruppen, which operated in Eastern Europe.  They believe at least eight suspects could now be accused of murder because their membership of the death squads would be sufficient proof. At the original trial in Lueneburg, presiding Judge Franz Kompisch said Groening was part of the "machinery of death", helping the camp function smoothly and also collecting money stolen from the victims to help the Nazi cause. He sentenced him for being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews even though there was no evidence of involvement in a specific killing. Groening testified at that trial that he oversaw the collection of prisoners' belongings and ensured valuables and cash were separated to be sent to Berlin. The turning point came in 2011, when former Ohio car factory worker John Demjanjuk became the first person convicted in Germany for serving as a death camp guard without any evidence of being involved in a specific killing. But Demjanjuk, who always denied serving at the Sobibor camp, died in 2012 before his appeal could be heard, so the Federal Court of Justice did not at the time reverse its 1969 ruling. Prosecutors will now have to decide whether Groening is in good enough health to serve the sentence. 'Book-keeper of Auschwitz'

Question: A German federal court has upheld the conviction of Auschwitz death camp guard Oskar Groening , who admitted @placeholder murders but not taking part .


He is the star attraction at CS Lewis Square in east Belfast, where visitors line up to film his lunchtime displays. But he is not the only one in the constituency feeling the benefit of an easy ride, if we are to believe the political pundits. The Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Gavin Robinson is fighting to retain his Westminster seat without the benefit this time of a unionist pact. But many believe the decision by the Ulster Unionists to field councillor Hazel Legge has played into his hands. Though he did not want to admit it, the outgoing MP said it was clearly a two-horse race. "The choice is between me and the Alliance Party," said Mr Robinson. "I don't think the other parties are featuring much on the doorsteps - I haven't heard many other names come up. "The message we are getting is from a unionist electorate who want to keep their MP at Westminster to ensure they get the best deal possible for East Belfast." Although he held the seat for two years, the DUP man is not the bookies' favourite to win this time. That honour goes to Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, who pulled off the shock of the 2010 election when she unseated the then DUP leader and first minister Peter Robinson. She was installed as the favourite after the unionists failed to agree a pact. "I don't pay much attention to being the bookies' favourite, it is being the public's favourite that matters," said Mrs Long. "I remember when I won the seat in 2010, I was the 100-1 outsider." On the absence of a unionist deal she said her party "would have been fighting to win whether there was a pact or not". "We came very close the last time, within 2,000 votes against a five-party pact," she said. "This time we have one other unionist running but we still have a number of parties who haven't put their names on the ballot so I take nothing for granted. "We will fight the seat on our party policies, what other parties do is irrelevant." The Ulster Unionist candidate Hazel Legge feels she may surprise the doubters. She is, in her own words, "born and bred" in east Belfast. However, her power base is in Dundonald - a DUP stronghold. She insists her selection was "absolutely not" designed to give the DUP an easy run. "I am elected to the area so I already have a position on the council and I have been known in the community for some time," she said. "I'm chair of a local board of governors and have been heavily involved in the community for many years. "At the outset, when this election was called, both Jeffrey Donaldson and Gavin Robinson said they didn't need the support of the Ulster Unionists to retain the seat for unionism. Sorry, your browser cannot display this content. Enter a postcode or seat name "That's the basis on which we are standing and we'll see on 8 June what the result is from the electorate." It is going to be a close call, but Sam McBride, the News Letter's political editor, is tipping Gavin Robinson. He believes the timing of the election is crucial. "One of the fascinating things here is how unionists react to the psychological blow of losing their majority at Stormont in the March election." said Mr McBride. "One would think that would lead to a re-invigorated unionist vote especially in places like east Belfast where there is a chance unionism could lose another seat. "If it doesn't happen, I think unionist leaders will be very alarmed because if something as significant as losing their majority at Stormont doesn't mobilise unionist voters, then nothing will." The contest in east Belfast will be a political dogfight between the DUP and Alliance but the result won't rest with their voters. The outcome is likely to be decided by supporters of other parties tactically voting and that is what makes it so hard to call.

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In a BBC interview, Tim Roache urged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to do more to make the case for EU membership. It comes ahead of a speech by Mr Corbyn in which he will say workers' rights are best protected by being in the EU. But Vote Leave chairwoman and Labour MP Gisela Stuart has said workers' rights were "hard won" in the UK, not Europe. In other developments: There are just weeks to go until the UK decides on its future in the European Union, in the in-out referendum on 23 June. The Remain campaign believes that securing the support of Labour voters will be vital to winning the referendum. How working conditions and pay rates are affected by EU membership. But there are anxieties within the Remain camp that Labour voters might not turn out to vote, when the levels of turnout could be decisive. In an interview with BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Roache said his "biggest concern" was that Labour voters would "stay at home" on 23 June. "I think they won't see it as the absolutely crucial vote that it is and I also think that they see it as a bunfight in the Tory party," he said. Asked whether he thought Labour was doing enough to get its pro-Remain message across, he said it "is starting to do more". But he argued that a bigger push was needed, warning: "The reality is that the more people that stay at home the more likely it is that we will leave the EU. I don't think we can even begin to contemplate that." By Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor It's rare these days - especially as the referendum debate rages with both sides to varying degrees struggling to tell the public the truth, the whole truth, and absolutely nothing but the truth - that political figures are willing to say exactly what they think in public. But the union movement, in the recently elected boss of the GMB, Tim Roache, might just have found themselves someone who might. He's worked for the union for decades, starting as a teenager in the post room. But after years of working his way up, now he's in charge, Roache is clearly determined to change things. And in an interview with me for Radio 4's World at One programme, he didn't hold back. Read more from Laura On Jeremy Corbyn - who has been urged to make a bolder case for staying in the UK - Mr Roache said he viewed the Labour leader as "a half-hearted Remain" but urged the party to get behind him and campaign vigorously to stay in the EU. "I think he probably could do a bit more, let's hope he will," he said. The union leader's call for action comes as the Labour leader prepares to make a speech warning about the impact on workers' rights if the UK left the EU. Speaking at the Institute of Engineering Technology on Thursday, Mr Corbyn - who has been a long-standing critic of the EU and who is regarded as the most Eurosceptic Labour leader in years - will say British workers benefit from a host of rights and protections because of EU legislation. He will say the European social chapter and other EU directives have secured: "It's important to understand the benefit of these gains," he will say. "It means workers throughout Europe have decent rights at work, meaning it's harder to undercut terms and conditions across Europe." The Labour leader will accuse Tory Leave supporters of wanting to "rip up" workers' protections and say it is the Conservative government that is the real "threat" to Britain - not the EU. "Everything they have done as a government so far means we could not rely on them to protect the workplace rights that millions rely on. "A Tory Brexit negotiation would be a disaster for the majority of people in Britain," he will add. But Leave campaigners, including Vote Leave's Ms Stuart, say the EU has been "a disaster" for workers, pointing out that unemployment levels across the eurozone are "in the double digits". The Labour MP has also dismissed Remain's argument that workers' rights have been secured by Europe. "Workers' rights are not something that have been gifted to us by the EU, they have been hard won here at home and should be protected by a Parliament that is properly accountable to voters in the UK." She has said the only way to "take back control of our economy, our democracy" is to leave the EU.

Question: The Remain campaign could @placeholder the EU referendum if Labour voters do not get more engaged in the debate , the new leader of the GMB union has warned .


The Department for Transport admits these changes probably caused the increase in untaxed vehicles. The last survey was carried out in 2013 when the figure was 210,000. The RAC says the figures are "worrying and disappointing". It claims there may well be a correlation between evasion of tax and the number of people driving without insurance. The 560,000 vehicles represent about 1.4% of UK vehicles, up from 0.6%. Last year, the paper tax disc was abolished, and the authorities now use a network of cameras linked to a database to work out which vehicles are being driven illegally. "Almost 99% of all vehicles on the road are correctly taxed: that's around ¡ê6bn in vehicle tax passed to the Treasury every year," said Oliver Morley, chief executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. "We write to every registered vehicle keeper in the UK to remind them when their tax is due and we have introduced a range of measures to make vehicle tax easy to pay. At the same time we are taking action against those who are determined to break the law." But RAC chief engineer David Bizley said: "These are very worrying and disappointing statistics indeed. Sadly, the concerns we raised about the number of car tax evaders going up at the time the tax disc was consigned to history have become a reality. The loss in revenue for the government is "significant", he said, having risen from ¡ê35m in 2013 to an estimated ¡ê80m now "and, it has to be pointed out, far exceeds the forecast ¡ê10m efficiency saving". He called for the survey to be repeated in a year's time to test whether the new system was largely to blame. "We really cannot afford for this to increase again for the sake of both road safety and the country's finances. Hopefully, much of the increase in evasion is due to the system being new and these figures will reduce as motorists become more familiar with how it works."

Question: The number of vehicles without road tax - Vehicle Excise Duty ( VED ) - @placeholder to 560,000 this summer according to the Department for Transport 's survey , months after the paper tax disc was abolished in October 2014 .


The sportsman won a gold medal for Great Britain in the men's PT2 triathlon in Rio, adding to his haul of world and European titles. Lewis said: "It's amazing to be here and for everyone to come out like this." Paralympian Jack Rutter joined Lewis in the open top vintage bus procession. Rutter led Great Britain's Paralympic cerebral palsy seven-a-side football side at the Rio games. The parade went from Newerne Street via Bathurst Park Coronation Gates to the Pavilion, where a reception was held. Lewis said it was more emotional to see everyone turn out for the homecoming than crossing the finish line in Rio. "I'm so proud to be from Lydney and to be here with everyone. "This medal means so much to me but the people of Lydney contributed to this," he added. His wife, Becky Lewis, said: "I'm very proud, he's one in a million."

Question: Hundreds of people turned out to @placeholder gold medal winning Paralympian Andy Lewis in Lydney at his homecoming celebration on Saturday afternoon .


But the often fantastical narratives of Giambattista Basile, a 17th Century solider to the Doge of Venice, were not to have the fame and longevity of Shakespeare's, and his Tales would fade into obscurity. That's something Italian film director Matteo Garrone hopes to correct with his own work of gothic imagination - a film version of Tale of Tales, starring Salma Hayek, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson and Vincent Cassel. Based on Basile's narratives of more than 50 different stories featuring kings, princesses, dragons, giants and magical beasts, Garrone has picked three and interwoven them: A pair of ageing sisters who long for their youthful beauty; a queen obsessed with the idea of having her own child and a king who marries off his only daughter to an ogre. Garrone's previous works - the award-winning mafia film Gomorra and Italian TV satire Reality - have both been modern day Neapolitan stories grounded in the everyday, and he says he was delighted "to work on a fantasy film that lurches into horror". "And it's not that we had to increase the horror for the sophisticated modern audience, it was all there in Basile's work," he says. "In terms of the fantastical, he was ahead of the brothers Grimm, Tolkein, or Harry Potter. "What surprised me is that once we had chosen the Tales, we realised it involved three stories about women at different stages of life. And these tales are about contemporary obsessions: The desire for youth and beauty ends up with a horrific version of cosmetic surgery, centuries ahead of it becoming available." Mexican actress Hayek, who plays a queen who will do anything in order to have a child, agrees: "All the conflict they go through is still relevant today, even if we are dressed in Baroque costume. "In my case it's the desperation of a woman to experience motherhood, and the film takes that desperation and makes it grotesque. So a very recognisable human desire becomes something of horror, not only psychologically but visually." For example, the film shows Oscar-nominated Hayek, solemnly eating what appears to be the beating heart of a sea monster - after a sorcerer tells her character it will make her pregnant. It is, the actress agrees, a horrible sight; but as a mother and stepmother herself, she says she understands the desire for children. "The real conflict of this woman, and the cleverness of the film, lies in the fact that she puts all her desire for happiness into one thing that lies outside herself. She is impossible to satisfy and that's why she suffers such tragic consequences," she says. "Everyone in here suffers very harsh penalties for their obsessions," explains Toby Jones, who plays a king fixated by his new pet - a giant flea - and has to give his daughter's hand in marriage to a giant after losing a bet. "Folk tales tend to be very dark and all fairy tales have darkness at their root, but these are particularly strange. Terrible deals are made in order to have wishes granted, and hard lessons are learned." Jones, who recently appeared in the BBC TV series Sherlock, says he took the part in Tale of Tales "because I wanted to work with Matteo - and I like the idea of exploring a reversal between the parent and the child". "The parent suffers terrible consequences and loses what he loves - his daughter - through an act of folly. It's very funny but there's something so awful and pathetic about it." The actor's scenes involved embracing a gigantic flea, which he says "was not special effects - just this awful rubbery thing". "I suppose for me, as the father of two daughters, playing this man has only reinforced the usual pitfalls that being a parent involves. The lesson is that it's easy to be distracted and there's a price to pay if you are," he says. Although Tale of Tales was filmed in Italy, Garrone chose to make it his first English-language film with an international cast - a move he thinks now might have been a mistake. "I didn't want to betray my country and my culture but at the same time, it has a larger audience in English," he explains. "And also, in my defence, they call Basile 'the Neapolitan Shakespeare' so I thought there was that connection. It was a very hard choice and I am still not sure if it was the right decision." Despite the language issue, Tale of Tales has had widespread praise from international critics, with the Telegraph calling it "a fabulously sexy, defiantly unfashionable readymade cult item". Hayek believes the film is "unfathomable in the sense it's more than a morality tale for human pride and indulgence - it's a lot more fascinating than that". "Fairy tales are designed to change every time you re-tell it to a new generation. What makes me very pleased is that I think the spirit of the original Tales have been kept. I think Basile would be very happy." Tale of Tales is released in the UK on 17 June.

Question: He 's been called ' the Italian Shakespeare ' , and his main piece of work , The Tale of Tales , influenced modern fairy tale writers the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen , as well as @placeholder the story of Cinderella .


Passengers from Afghanistan, China, Vietnam and Russia were found inside the lorries at Harwich International Port in Essex on Thursday. The men, who were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, have been bailed until 2 July. Fifteen of those discovered hiding amid Polish washing machines were children. Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex said it was one of the "biggest single finds of clandestines coming into the UK". Mr Jenkin told the BBC the migrants had clearly been in the trucks for a long time, and many had been dehydrated and very tired. He said the individuals were questioned about whom they had paid, how much they had paid and where they had got on the lorries - but none spoke English making communication difficult. 41,000  2014/15 19,003 2013/14 11,731 2012/13 9,632 2011/12 10,916 2010/11 (Numbers of people trying to enter the UK illegally detected by the Border Force, other agencies in France and Belgium, and at UK ports) Source: Home Office Some of the most sick - including two pregnant women - had been treated at Colchester Hospital and since discharged, the Home Office said. It is believed those not seeking asylum will be sent back to their home country.

Question: Four Polish lorry drivers who were arrested after 68 suspected illegal immigrants were found @placeholder in their vehicles have been released on bail .


Christopher Routis, 26, arrives from Bradford City and can operate in defence and midfield. Defender Kenny van der Weg, 25, comes from NAC Breda, while goalkeeper Aaron McCarey, 24, moves from Wolves. Slovakian defender Erik Cikos, 27, returns to the club after playing 14 times for County in a previous spell between 2013 and 2014. Striker Michael Gardyne, meanwhile, has signed a one-year extension to his contract with the Staggies, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2018. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Question: Ross County have brought in four new players on free transfers as they look to @placeholder for next season .


Pennock has yet to win a match since taking over from Justin Edinburgh on 4 January, with Saturday's loss extending the Gills' barren run to 10 games. Gillingham dropped to 18th place, with 14 League One games remaining. "They have got to step up. They should have stepped up at the start of the season," 45-year-old Pennock said. He told BBC Radio Kent: "They haven't done that all season. They have got to do that because obviously this is a relegation battle. "The table doesn't lie so we've got to lick our wounds and move on. They are just words - they've got to do better on the pitch." Gillingham have failed to keep a single clean sheet under Pennock, with just five points coming from a possible 21 during the former Forest Green manager's tenure. The Kent club will try again to register their first win since 17 December when they take on AFC Wimbledon at Priestfield Stadium on Tuesday evening. "We can't defend to save our lives," Pennock added. "We've got to move on and look forward to Tuesday, because they are getting bigger and bigger, these games."

Question: Gillingham manager Ady Pennock has @placeholder his players after a 2 - 1 defeat by Coventry left the club just one point above the relegation zone .


Hibs have started the process of appointing a new boss after thanking Stubbs for doing "a magnificent job" over his two-year spell. Stubbs, 44, decided to return to England shortly after ending Hibs' 114-year wait to win the Scottish Cup. "They fitted in with my ambition," Stubbs said of Rotherham. The Englishman has signed a three-year deal with the Millers, who reached a settlement with Hibs over compensation for Stubbs and his assistant, John Doolan. "Alan and his staff have done a magnificent job, with the pinnacle obviously being that historic Scottish Cup win for which every Hibernian supporter is thankful," said Hibs chief executive Leeann Dempster. "We wish them every success in the future "The task now for Hibernian is to find a head coach who will lead us back into Scotland's top flight by winning the Championship this season. "We expect high calibre candidates, and while we understand there will be a lot of speculation, as ever this club will go about its business quietly and professionally and speak when there is something meaningful to say." Speaking for the first time since his appointment at New York Stadium, Stubbs admitted it was a "really difficult decision" to leave Hibs, but that moving to the Championship in England was "the next chapter" for his career. Rotherham finished one place outside the relegation zone last season but Stubbs believes he can guide the team up the table to match his own ambitions and those of chairman Tony Stewart. "I was impressed by what the chairman had to say, what his vision is for the club and the ambition," he explained. "The club's had two seasons where they've stabilised in the Championship and we're looking to take the club forward. We want to be moving up the table and ultimately we want to be a club that is around the play-offs. That has to be the aim. Media playback is not supported on this device "The plan has always been to be the best I can. I wanted to manage at the very top level. I got a great opportunity at Hibernian, they've been fantastic with me, I really enjoyed my two years there. "I'm glad I've been able to leave on the back of a successful end to the season but now it's a new chapter and one that's very exciting for me." Stewart insisted that, despite lengthy talks with Hibs over compensation - and Stubbs and Doolan ultimately resigning from their posts - relations between the two clubs were fine. And he confirmed that compensation will be paid to the Easter Road club. "Alan had another year on his contract, so we did the protocol with Hibs," Stewart said. "My CEO had discussions with them to talk to Alan and that led to the appointment. We agreed a settlement with Hibs and we move forward now freely. "We've followed Alan's career. He was on the radar months ago, the timing was right and we took the opportunity. I like the drive, the leadership. "Football is about moving around. Hibs have been fantastic, Alan's told me how good they've been up there and it's sad they've lost a manager and Rotherham gained him. We look forward now to getting ready for next season."

Question: Alan Stubbs says leaving Hibernian for Rotherham United was a " calculated @placeholder " but " the right decision at the right time " .


"I've been up for it three times, I got three knockbacks," Dyer said during the recording of ITV's Jonathan Ross Show. Fellow guest Dame Diana Rigg - who plays Lady Olenna Tyrell in the HBO fantasy drama - blamed Dyer's voice. "I'll put in a word for you as long as you lose the cockney accent." Dyer told Ross he went for several roles. "One was Pyper. Is it Pyper?" Pyper is played by London-born Josef Altin, and Dyer said other Londoners had managed to get parts. "There's a couple of cockneys knocking about. There's a couple of chimney sweeps too. I've seen them." A range of British accents can be heard on the show - including Sean Bean's Yorkshire delivery. Dyer - who plays Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in the BBC One soap - has recently spoken about bringing a "cockney" flavour to roles made famous by "posh" actors. "I think that I could play Sherlock... if I did it my way. Benedict [Cumberbatch] is brilliant and the lines roll off his tongue, but that role is about being highly intelligent rather than posh. "I think I could do Doctor Who as well. The star, who grew up in Canning Town, east London, also told Ross he changes his EastEnders' scripts - adding more cockney rhyming slang. "I made the job hard for myself really because I thought when I come in it, I want to bring back a bit of the East End. They're good writers there but they're quite middle class people so I'm constantly changing the dialogue and I'm freaking their nut out and they have meetings over the word 'boat race'." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Question: It 's @placeholder with British acting talent , but EastEnders star Danny Dyer repeatedly auditioned for a part in the hit series TV Game of Thrones ... and failed every time .


Soldiers and riot police are manning the entrance of the building. It follows last week's court ruling that NFF president Amaju Pinnick lost his post to Chris Giwa in elections in September 2014. Giwa and his team had said they would occupy and take over the NFF offices to start work on Monday. The NFF has appealed against the court ruling, insisting that Pinnick is still the head of the federation. And staff of the Fifa-recognised NFF, including the general secretary Mohammed Sanusi, are currently working in the building. Giwa's faction and all other non-NFF staff have been denied access into the football house by police, who have been in attendance since Sunday. "We got here this morning and the police requested our identity cards, then we were let into our offices," an NFF staff member told BBC Sport. "Only those without any proof of NFF identifications are prevented from coming to the building." The ongoing power struggle means Nigeria face the prospect of a Fifa ban, which could put their World Cup qualification hopes in jeopardy.

Question: Security forces are controlling who @placeholder the main office of the crisis-hit Nigerian Football Federation in the capital Abjua , BBC Sport has learned .


The news spread around social media like wildfire. Within minutes the website you could get the new product from was crashing, unable to cope with the demand. Was it a new gadget or game? No, it was the first episode of series two of Serial - a podcast. And that is very good news for anyone who worries about whether radio has a future. Serial, I should explain for anyone who does not follow these matters, was a huge and somewhat surprising hit when its first series appeared last year. Coming out of the same stable as NPR's  This American Life, it was a long, meandering but compelling investigation into a real-life murder story. As listeners tried to work out whether or not Adnan Syed was guilty the audience kept growing, and in all a hundred million people downloaded the podcast. The second series will tell the story of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier held captive by the Taliban and charged with desertion. It looks likely to gain an even bigger audience than the first series - and prove far more lucrative. Before the first launch the makers of Serial struck an advertising deal with an email marketing firm called Mailchimp, assuming the audience would be far smaller than was eventually achieved. The clever ads, with people mispronouncing the name as "Mailkimp" went viral, gaining the brand a far bigger bang for its buck than it can ever have imagined. Two other advertisers also enjoyed the exposure and they, along with some new brands, have all signed up for the second season. What this means is that podcasting, which has long struggled to prove its commercial viability, suddenly looks an attractive destination for advertisers - and investors. Gimlet Media, the firm behind the podcast Startup - which documents its own progress as a business  - has just raised $6m at a valuation of $30m. There are countless podcasts that are very cheap to make and consist of little more than random, unedited conversations, but they struggle to attract much of an audience. What Gimlet has found is that a carefully crafted piece of radio with high production values attracts far more listeners - and while that is expensive to make,  it is a far more attractive commercial proposition. Early attempts to persuade listeners to pay for podcasts proved pretty unsuccessful on both sides of the Atlantic, so the business model is going to depend, like commercial radio, on  various forms of advertising. Yet in the UK and elsewhere radio companies have found that even very simple speech programmes are more expensive to make than music output, and less easy to fund via advertising. Brian Jenkins, a consultant who's worked in the commercial radio industry for 30 years, tells me that it is "the Cinderella medium" for advertisers even though it still offers the second biggest audiences after television. Now though, advertisers in the United States are finding that audio can be a smart way to connect with audiences, either through straightforward ad spots and sponsorship or via the fashionable new method of "branded content." So will highly crafted speech radio, in the form of podcasts,  now enjoy a revival? Perhaps - but only if it tells a compelling story which appeals to a global audience. And that, as anyone in the radio business will tell you, is not an easy trick to pull off.

Question: The podcast Serial is back for its second series . Will its @placeholder give radio another chance to shine ?


Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 50 Kamaz lorries and 25 Ural armoured lorries were flown to Latakia last week, along with other equipment. They will be used to help transport chemicals to the Mediterranean port, from where they will be shipped abroad. Syria agreed to abandon its chemical arsenal to avert potential US military action after a sarin attack in August. Under a deal brokered by the US and Russia, the complete elimination of all chemical weapons material and equipment must be completed by the first half of 2014. The "most critical" chemicals, including around 20 tons of the blister agent sulphur mustard, must be shipped out by 31 December. Last week, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) outlined its plan for their destruction outside Syria. US satellites and Chinese surveillance cameras will track the progress of the Russian lorries as they carry the chemicals from 12 storage sites in Syria to Latakia. Danish and Norwegian vessels will take the chemicals from there to a port in Italy. They will then be loaded on to a US Navy ship and taken out into international waters before being destroyed in a specially created titanium tank on board. The other Russian equipment flown to Syria included water tanks, military field kitchen units and tents, which were needed to "service" the foreign contingent involved in the operation, the Interfax news agency reported.

Question: Russia has sent 75 @placeholder to Syria to assist the international operation to destroy or remove its chemical weapons .


Dominic Colella was called out on 9 March 2013 when the 85-year-old man collapsed in a queue at a London branch of the store. A colleague told a disciplinary hearing Mr Colella had returned to the ambulance with two "full bags of shopping" after 20 minutes. He did not attend the hearing. Giving evidence to the Health and Care Professionals Council, fellow paramedic Yvonne Purves said the elderly man had passed out in M&S and then regained consciousness before being moved into Mr Colella's ambulance. She told the panel she had wondered where her colleague had gone after waiting for some time in the ambulance. "The wife was understandably anxious about what had happened to her husband and was wondering why we weren't leaving to go to hospital," she said. "He then came back with two full bags of shopping and loaded them in to the front of the ambulance and flippantly said 'do you want to go to hospital then?'. "Obviously, I wanted to go to hospital some time ago. I waited 20 minutes for Mr Colella while alone in the ambulance," she added. On another occasion, Mr Colella is alleged to have got a hair cut instead of taking a head injury patient to hospital. The panel heard Mr Colella, who faces two counts of misconduct, did not turn up at the hearing because he was working. He has since resigned from the London Ambulance Service. The hearing continues.

Question: A paramedic shopped in Marks and Spencer while an elderly patient with severe blood poisoning waited in an ambulance , a @placeholder panel has heard .


An estimated 500 tonnes of wood caught fire at ABC Demolitions in Mill Road, Colmworth at about 13:00 BST on Tuesday. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was now "under control" and it was letting the fire "burn down". An investigation will take place when it has been extinguished, a spokesman said. "Because of the nature of the fire and the size of the wood pile, it is likely this will be a protracted incident that could last for days," he said. People in adjacent properties were evacuated. The service could not confirm how many residents had been affected but said there were only a couple of properties next to the site. Thermal imaging cameras are being used to ensure any radiant heat does not affect adjacent buildings.

Question: A fire burning in a large pile of @placeholder wood in Bedfordshire " could last for days " , the fire service said .


Think-tank Reform Scotland said the route had been left with limited potential for expansion. It said the Edinburgh to Tweedbank line had shown thinking was "too small" and planning "too short-term". The Scottish government said the railway had proved a huge success and expected more investment in future. Reform Scotland released written evidence it had sent to Transport Scotland's rail infrastructure strategy consultation. It has been submitted on its behalf by advisory board member Tom Harris, a former Labour transport minister in the UK government. He makes a range of suggestions including the need for "bigger thinking" in the long-term vision for Scotland's railways. Mr Harris singled out the Borders Railway for criticism with the construction of bridges to accommodate only single-track width as an example of limits placed on future expansion. He said: "We are in danger of missing the bigger picture when it comes to discussing rail in Scotland. "We talk in very narrow terms about ScotRail and its operation, but what we actually need is an injection of some creative, strategic thinking so that we can give the Scottish people a rail system built for the future and one to be proud of. " He called for the creation of a Scottish Rail Infrastructure Commission to examine what "ambitious transformational projects and new railway lines" were needed to boost the Scottish economy and "transform our connectivity as a nation". "The Borders Railway showed us that there is an appetite for new railways in Scotland, but it also showed us that our thinking is too small and our planning too short-term," he said. "That ship has now sailed, but we must learn the lessons from it, think big, and plan long, and that is why the need for a commission is now critical." A Scottish government spokesman said it welcomed Reform Scotland's comments. "The think-tank has raised issues about structure and vision," he said. "Whilst there will be different views on structures to realise the vision for Scotland's railways it is clear that the ambitions for our railway to be a driver of economic growth and a positive, integral part of our social fabric is an ambition that is shared right across Scotland." He said the reopening of the Borders Railway had been a "cause for celebration" in the Borders and Midlothian. "We were always confident that, in time, it would deliver major economic opportunities and attract new investment, so it is pleasing to see strong evidence that visits and spending are up significantly as a direct result of the new railway," he said. "With over 1.2m passenger journeys in its first year alone, additional seats on peak time services and more improvements and initiatives in the pipeline, we look forward to seeing even more investment and interest in the area in the months and years ahead."

Question: The Scottish government has defended the Borders Railway after claims the infrastructure vision for the project was " short - @placeholder " .


After a year-long investigation, the Cycling Independent Reform Commission published its 227-page report into doping on Monday. Here, the principal characters involved, among them former International Cycling Union (UCI) presidents Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid, current president Brian Cookson and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, give their verdicts on the findings. The Englishman set up the three-man panel that drew up the report after he defeated McQuaid in a bitter and controversial 2013 election for the UCI presidency. Media playback is not supported on this device "It's a very important day, a very significant day. The report has some very uncomfortable reading in it, but it also gives us hope for the future if we follow the recommendations. "In 1999, Lance Armstrong had a positive test for cortisone, which was covered up by the UCI. That was a wrong judgement. It demonstrated that the UCI was going to prioritise the image of the sport, the business of the sport, over the integrity and honesty of the sport. If we hadn't had that decision, we'd have a very different landscape in our sport at this moment. "I'll be writing to Hein Verbruggen in the light of what we've seen in the report and I'll be asking him to consider his position." McQuaid, UCI president from 2006-13, was cleared of outright corruption by Circ, which said the Irishman bent the rules to allow Lance Armstrong to make his comeback to the sport at the 2009 Tour Down Under. "I made myself available to the commission on three occasions. When you consider the commission had access to all of my emails - received, sent, personal, internal, business - over a 10-year period and found nothing untoward says a lot. "I'm happy that it reports that there was no corruption and no complicity in relation to doping. That, for me, is very important. "If I had not put a lot of my time and energy into the fight against doping, as the report recognises, maybe I would have had more time to spend on governance and management which the report finds criticism with." In the report, Verbruggen, UCI president from 1991-2005, and McQuaid are blamed for interfering in anti-doping work, letting their enthusiasm for Armstrong's reflected glory cloud their judgements. "I am delighted these stories of cover-ups and bribes have been dismissed, but it is clear they needed something else so they went after me. "I have won quite a few elections in my time in sport, but if you were to read this report you would wonder how I won any at all. "Then you look at who they talked to... there are five people who hate my guts. That is not fair. If they had told me they were speaking to them I could have given them 50 more names who would have said the opposite. "The report says my approach to anti-doping was inadequate. I disagree. "Cookson was in the general assembly for years and then in the UCI's management committee for eight years under McQuaid. I didn't hear any criticism then. I only heard applause. "His suggestion that I should resign my honorary position is a joke." The 43-year-old American, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, was spoken to twice by the body which compiled the report. "I am deeply sorry for many things I have done. However, it is my hope that revealing the truth will lead to a bright, dope-free future for the sport I love. I hope that all riders who competed and doped can feel free to come forward and help the tonic of truth heal this great sport." Usada has banned Armstrong for life and, in a report published in 2012, labelled the Texan a "serial" cheat. "A stunning example of deceit found by the Circ is that the UCI, under the explicit direction of Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid, commissioned a supposedly 'independent' investigation of Armstrong's positive samples from the Tour de France. "According to the Circ, the UCI then conspired to allow what was sold to the public as an 'independent' report to be rewritten by Armstrong's own lawyer and sports agent in order to conceal Armstrong's doping. "The report confirms that, for more than a decade, UCI leaders treated riders and teams unequally, allowing some to be above the rules. "Sadly, the report confirms that greed, power, and profit - not truth - motivated UCI leaders and allowed the 'EPO' and 'blood doping' era to ride rampant. This is a tragic loss for all cyclists who sought to compete clean during that era, and their loss can never be forgotten." The former British road race champion, who retired as a professional cyclist in 2014, served a two-year doping ban from 2004 after admitting  taking performance-enhancing drugs. "What the report has missed completely is the state of modern cycling. They don't seem to focus at all on what is happening right now. There are very few interviews with people who are on the ground racing now, young riders and relevant team owners. "It's a ¡ê3m year-long investigation into the state of professional cycling, yet they haven't touched at all on what professional cycling is like now."

Question: It is a report which lays bare cycling 's sins in forensic @placeholder . It has surprised and appalled some but been described as a " character assassination " by others .


The actress was widely rumoured to be leaving her role as Clara Oswald after a cliffhanger in the series eight finale, Death In Heaven. Moffat confirmed to Doctor Who magazine she had asked to be written out. "That was her last episode," he said. "Then she asked me if she could be in [the] Christmas [episode]. So I said, 'OK, I'll write you out in Christmas.'" "She came to the read through and did the 'write out' version - and again changed her mind." "But the truth is I never wanted her to go. And with Last Christmas, I'd already written the alternative version where she stayed, and I preferred that version. "Frankly, I didn't want to lose her. She's an amazing actress, and she never stops working to make Clara better. "I was very happy to go the extra mile to make sure we could keep her." Coleman, who began her career in ITV soap Emmerdale, will now return for a third series as the Doctor's companion. It makes her the longest-serving assistant of the show's modern era, ahead of Karen Gillan and Billie Piper. Confirming she would return to the show last December, the 28-year-old, from Blackpool, said:  "I couldn't walk away with the story being unresolved. "The arrival of the 12th Doctor has just kind of dropped this whole bombshell and allowed the dynamic to totally change, so I think just when Clara was feeling more comfortable in the relationship, it has suddenly thrown something new up." Peter Capaldi, who plays the titular Time Lord said: "I'm thrilled. Jenna has just been fantastic and such a pleasure to work with." The show is due to return to the BBC this autumn.

Question: Jenna Coleman @placeholder to quit Doctor Who last year , the show 's chief writer Steven Moffat has said .