The chief ministers of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man said the islands had a "direct interest" in the UK's withdrawal because it would affect their trade arrangements with the EU. People in the Crown dependencies were not eligible to vote in the referendum. Mr Cameron told the House of Commons on Monday the islands would be consulted. In the open letter published on Tuesday the leaders of the Crown dependencies said they wished to "retain the status quo" regarding their relationship with the EU, in particular concerning their Protocol 3 deal. Protocol 3 - the section of the UK Treaty of Accession relating to the Crown dependencies - currently allows the islands to have free trade of goods with the EU but will be nullified when the UK formally leaves the union. Decisions concerning rights for EU nationals were also "of particular relevance" to the Crown dependencies because they "are home to a significant number of non-British EU nationals and residents that have EU rights through their connection to the UK", the letter said. The leaders asked the prime minister to confirm that the islands would be "kept informed on matters of interest to us" and to be allowed to contribute to negotiations "where appropriate". However, the chief ministers stressed their "closest relationship is with the UK" and they understood that Brexit would not prevent free trade and free movement of people between their jurisdictions. The BBC has approached the prime minister's office for comment.

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Urie, who played the part of "Big Bob" in the soap, aims to complete a top 10 of everyday things that he could not do before. Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Kaye Adams programme, Urie described his struggles with depression and anxiety. The actor, who had gastric bypass surgery last year, said the weight loss meant he could now claim his life back. He said: "For the last 15 years, there was a decline, everything was a struggle. "Getting up out of a chair was a struggle, getting in and out of the bath was a struggle, walking anywhere, talking to people because I was out of breath all the time. I was frightened to leave the house because someone might say something. "There was just a whole big catalogue of possible hazards that my brain went through before I could think of doing anything". As well as undergoing surgery, Urie was given medication to help his battles with mental health, which he believes proved crucial in changing his situation. He said: "The solution for me started in my head. Nobody ends up in that position voluntarily, in the state I was in, nobody wants to be there. I'm not saying I wasn't responsible, but nobody wants to be there. "So I had to look at the reasons why I eat, I had to look at the reasons why I didn't want anything other than playing 'Candy Crush Saga' and phoning pizzas. "I needed to find out what was wrong with me and what the problem was. Once that started getting sorted out, the other options started coming in." The Paisley-born actor, who is also a musician, said the compliments he had received from people following his transformation had encouraged him. He said: "That is what's keeping me going. When you're in the position I was in, self-esteem was a terrible thing. I've still got the same brain and the same feelings. "People will get tired of talking about it once it settles down but at the moment, it is my main focus and I'm just concentrating on getting healthy again. "That is what this bucket list is sort of about really. It's about claiming life and getting life, because I just sat in my house for so long and I won't get tired of the positivity. How can you get tired of that?" Part of the list includes a wish to help others in a similar position who are afraid to leave the house because of their situation. He explained: "There's maybe someone listening to this now who is where I was, crippled with it, mentally and physically. I don't know how to help but I want to, that's on my list". Another ambition is to book a photo shoot, something Urie says he would not have had the confidence to take part in previously. He said: "That's the self-indulgent one. All the way through this journey, I've been posting before and after pictures on Facebook and it's for me to remind myself because I need to remember what I came from. "I need to remember what it was like.  I don't want to forget because it could come back. This surgery isn't a miracle, it could happen again. "So I'd just like to do a big, fancy photo-shoot and try to look handsome in it, and compare it to my worst photo of the past. It's a self-indulgent thing but it's also a self-esteem thing, because I never, ever would have done that as I wouldn't have felt good enough".

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Ministers will consider whether to allow cage-trapping and killing by injection of infected badgers found on affected farms. Individual action plans will be developed for farms with long-term bovine TB issues. Other measures involve deeper and more sensitive testing of herds. But Wales' chief vet stressed there would be no "large scale, indiscriminate cull of badgers" - and any infected badgers found would be dealt with humanely. On Tuesday, the Welsh Government unveiled new plans which include dividing up Wales into different areas with low, intermediate and high incidence of the disease. Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and counties alongside the border with England will be classed as "high", while north west Wales is classified as "low". A tailored approach will be developed to reflect the varying disease conditions and risks. The aim is to try and avoid the disease from spreading to north west Wales and to work towards eradicating it in areas of high prevalence. During a 12-week consultation, the Welsh Government will seek views on the measures that should be applied to each area. For farms where there are persistent breakdowns, individual action plans will be developed in partnership with farmers, vets and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. These would involve investigating farming practices. Where it can be shown that badgers are part of the problem, Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths said she would consider allowing cage-trapping them with infected animals being humanely killed. Similar measures were recently piloted in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile in England, licensed marksmen have been culling badgers in parts of Cornwall, Herefordshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset. Farming unions had been calling for a badger cull to be included in the Welsh Government's new plans, a move fiercely opposed by wildlife groups. Speaking in the Senedd, Ms Griffiths said it was "time to take stock" and "consider a refreshed approach". "Since we introduced the eradication programme in 2012 we have seen a decrease in the number of new cases of bovine TB in cattle herds in Wales, with the latest figures showing the number of new TB incidents is down by 19%," she added. "I am keen to build on this success and speed up progress, which is why I am looking to introduce enhanced, evidence-based measures." Ms Griffiths said vaccination still had a role to play in the approach to TB eradication but added it was "too soon to think" about using it in the future when it was unknown when the supply would be restored. Chief veterinary officer for Wales Prof Christianne Glossop told BBC Wales it was possible that deeper and earlier testing could mean the number of cattle slaughtered would rise in the short term. "As we find cattle at an earlier stage we're likely to find more infected cattle. But it's really important we find them as soon a possible and remove them from the farm," she said. Prof Glossop said they were determined to tackle "chronic" TB in herds at 60 farms, which in the longest 10 cases, had been going on for up to a decade. Where infected badgers were found on farms, they would most probably consider euthanizing the animals - using a lethal injection - as opposed to shooting. "We're not proposing a large scale, indiscriminate cull of badgers across large swathes of countryside - we're talking about looking for infected groups of badgers and removing those in an appropriate and humane way," said Prof Glossop. She said large scale culling was not appropriate or necessary in Wales and a "minimal damage approach" should be tried. Gwyndaf Thomas, who farms in Meidrim, Carmarthenshire, has been told 85 of his cows are to be slaughtered next week. He said, aside from the effect on his business, it could be distressing. "I hope they won't want to shoot animals on the farm," he said. The Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)  called it a "small step in the right direction" but said many farmers would be concerned at the implications of splitting Wales into TB zones. "Targeting infected badgers would be a welcome move, but it is disappointing that it has taken so many years to move back towards common sense after the original comprehensive plan to tackle the disease in wildlife was abandoned by the previous Welsh Government," said FUW president Glyn Roberts. NFU Cymru president, Stephen James said there was "welcome recognition" of the link between cattle and wildlife in disease transmission "but we are concerned at the time it may take for this issue to be adequately addressed." Conservative rural affairs spokesman Paul Davies AM welcomed the  consultation but believed it was a case of "too little, too late". He added: "It is imperative we see more decisive action from the Welsh Government as this disease is having a devastating impact on rural communities and Welsh farming."

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The book was part of a sale of more than 50 items, which included sketches and letters and raised ¡ê101,952. Most of them were amassed by John Cawood from the Lake District, with which Potter had a long association. Memorabilia was being auctioned to mark 150 years since the author's birth. Mr Cawood started his collection in 1972 and set out to achieve a complete set of first editions of Potter's books. Beatrix Potter did not stop at writing tales that would last for more than a century. In 1903 Peter Rabbit became the first literary character in the world to be licensed and turned into a doll. It was all the author's idea too. She went on to invent a Peter Rabbit board game a year later and came up with further spin-offs, such as painting books, featuring her characters. Beatrix Potter's legacy is a huge money-spinner for the Lake District, not only from the buildings and land she left to the National Trust but in the thousands of people who visit from all over the world, including Japan, where Peter Rabbit and other characters have acted as mascots for banks. 100 million copies of "little books" sold globally 35 languages 4,000 acres of land, and 15 farms, bequeathed to the National Trust 100,000 visitors a year to Beatrix Potter's former home, Hill Top, Cumbria 15,000 Japanese visitors a year to The World of Beatrix Potter An illustration for The Story of Miss Moppet featured instructions from the author on how it was to be shrunk to fit the title-page A first edition of the book also featured in the sale. A handwritten letter dated February 1924, from Beatrix Heelis - the author's married name -  was estimated to fetch up to ¡ê1,200, but sold for ¡ê2,700. Clive Moss, an auctioneer at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions in London, said of the sale: "Bids were received briskly from within the auction room, online and on the telephone from a world-wide audience." Stamps depicting Beatrix Potter's creations, such as Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, have also been released to mark her 150th birthday.

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The vacancy on the Supreme Court presents more immediate concerns, however. The court is in the middle of its term, and it is in the process of reviewing a number of high-profile cases on subjects like immigration reform, union dues, healthcare reform and abortion. It seems increasingly likely that the battle over Scalia's successor will drag on for months. President Barack Obama has announced that he will select a nominee, but Republicans in the Senate, which must confirm any appointment, appear committed to blocking any candidate until a new (Republican, they hope) president takes office in January 2017. In other words, the court could be left with eight justices for 11 months or more. If the vote on a case under consideration ends in a four-to-four tie, the court is effectively silent. The lower-court decision being reviewed continues to stand - but only in the particular court's jurisdiction. It has no binding effect on the rest of the nation. This presents an unusual situation where the benefits of such ties vary greatly depending on the disposition of the case at question. How a circuit court or state supreme court ruled becomes of the utmost importance - at least until the uncertainty in the high court is settled. Although most court cases don't result in votes that are so sharply divided, several this term appear headed in that direction. Here are four key cases that could end up in a tie - and who would benefit from such a stalemate. Immigration reform - A group of 26 states, led by Texas, sued the US government challenging the legality of President Barack Obama's unilateral executive action in 2014 which suspended the deportation of the families of US citizens and permanent residents. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reviewed the case and halted implementation of Mr Obama's policy pending full consideration of the merits of the case. The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to expedite consideration of the case, and the justices agreed. If it's a tie: The Fifth Circuit suspension would stay in effect until a district court trial could be conducted. Mr Obama's high-profile decision to bypass Congress in implementing reform of US immigration law would likely languish past the end of his administration in January. Who wins? Conservatives have vociferously objected to what they call Mr Obama's dictatorial actions. For them a tie here is as good as a win. Union dues - Public-sector employees are not required to join a union, but the Supreme Court held in 1977 that unions can charge non-participating employees a fee to cover certain expenses incurred while operating on their behalf. Ten schoolteachers, with the assistance of a Christian educational group, sued the California Teachers Association, charging that paying such fees violated their constitutional right to free speech. The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled in favour of the union. If it's a tie: The Ninth Circuit opinion, which deferred to the 1977 Supreme Court decision, would prevail and public-sector unions across the US would continue to be able to collect fees. Who wins? If the public-sector unions make it through this case with their fee-collecting ability intact, it will almost certainly be because of Scalia's death. Just a year ago Justice Samuel Alito wrote an opinion in a related case, joined by Scalia and the three other conservative justices, that all but telegraphed that changes were coming. That's all been thrown in doubt now. Abortion - In 2013 Texas passed a law that required abortion clinics in the state to meet the same medical standards as outpatient surgical centres and any abortion-performing physicians to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their practice. Critics said the law would make it prohibitively expensive for many abortion clinics to operate and effectively close those that are in rural areas far from hospitals. A group of women's health clinics and physicians filed suit against the state, arguing that the law placed an undue burden on a woman's right to an abortion, but the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the law was constitutional. If it's a tie: The Fifth Circuit ruling upholding the Texas law would stand. It would only have effect in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, however. Who wins? Abortion foes would end up celebrating the outcome, as it would allow the Texas law to go into effect. With Scalia on the court, however, there may have been five votes to uphold the new abortion restrictions, paving the way for more states to follow suit and ending the legal challenges already working their way through other jurisdictions. Healthcare reform - Another year, another challenge to Mr Obama's signature healthcare reform plan. At issue this time is a requirement in the law that all insurance plans must provide free-of-charge coverage for birth-control drugs. Because of objections from religious non-profit groups that said they were being forced to pay for certain types of contraception that they viewed as immoral, the Obama administration implemented a work-around that moved the cost of coverage onto the government. Religious groups sued the government in a number of different courts to strike down the requirement that they notify the government that they were exercising their moral objection, which would make it easier for the government to implement an alternative coverage. The Supreme Court consolidated seven of these cases and agreed to consider them all at one time. If it's a tie: All seven cases in question go back to the lower courts from which they arrived. Most of them have upheld the legality of the Obama administration's provision in varying degrees. Who wins? Nobody! Or maybe everybody. In many jurisdictions the government's rules would go into effect. In the Eighth Circuit, covering seven states in the central US, the rules would be suspended pending further legal action. All in all it would create an enormous headache for government bureaucrats in charge of implementing and enforcing the healthcare law.

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For a few moments, the whole process of sifting, mixing and baking helps take her mind off her personal plight. Not only has she lost a well-paid and enjoyable job because of a life-threatening illness, she is also one of about a million Dutch people who suddenly find themselves in negative equity. Maureen needs to move to sheltered accommodation as soon as possible. Yet she has only had one offer for her flat, way short of the 200,000 euros that she paid just two years ago. But this is not just a story of over-optimistic lenders who tempted the Dutch to pile into property in the mistaken assumption that it would continue to rise in value. The housing dam has broken. Holland is sitting on some 650bn euros in mortgage loans,  with many properties worth 25% less than they were before the financial crisis. No other EU consumers are as deeply in debt. The bursting of the Netherlands real estate bubble is now on a scale only previously seen in the United States and Spain. Worst of all, it is endangering banks and jobs - stalling the longed-for recovery that is starting to emerge in neighbouring north European countries. And all this in a country that until recently was seen as an exemplary economy - one that was quick to criticise others in Europe for not living within their means. The irony is not lost on Dutch citizens. What remains one of the most open and competitive countries in the eurozone finds itself busting EU deficit limits and having to rapidly impose painful state austerity measures on its people against the clock. For Maureen Wachtels, it is a surprising turn of events because she thought she was being frugal. When she was in the market to buy, she borrowed some 200,000 euros, but was told she could borrow almost 500,000 euros - and many did just that. "We were all forced to buy because at the time there didn't seem to be any property to rent. Now we are stuck with houses we can't sell," she says. "I never expected that in just two years my asking price would come down from over 200,000 euros to 179,000. "All I have is an offer for 153,000 euros which I have sent to the bank - but they have not responded." She has advised her children to decline their inheritance on her death - because otherwise they could be stuck with her unexpected debts which will total some 35,000 euros. The estate agent handling the sale, Dennis Stello, principal of Match Makelaars in Rotterdam, says the price falls are a good thing - not least because a return to affordability has revived the previously moribund rental market. Despite this, he feels desperately sorry for clients like Maureen Wachtels who have been caught up in financial events. Mr Stello believes the origins of the crisis lie in botched economic policy of the previous government. For instance, until recently tax breaks for mortgage borrowers in the Netherlands were so generous that they inflated the market to the point where most people could no longer afford to buy. He suggests the fault lies with politicians looking for votes who failed to act on warnings and correct the state's unsustainable generosity; the mortgage tax breaks were costing taxpayers an estimated 14bn euros a year. Finally, the system was changed but by then the market was falling. "The price drop began in 2008 and it won't stop. In my opinion prices will keep coming down 2 or 3% a year until they end up around half of what they were," says Mr Stello. "They could fall even more as and when the European Central Bank raises interest rates." For some, the Dutch experience provides an economic lesson of the risks for a prosperous economy caught up in a post-bubble crunch when it has ceded control of its monetary policy, interest rates and currency. One man who has closely followed the Dutch housing market is Maarten van Wijk, an economic specialist for the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper. "If you have a house worth 150,000 euros, but it has a mortgage of 200,000 this has a large psychological effect. You can't move, you just have to struggle to pay down the mortgage as fast as possible. "That is money you can't spend in the economy. It has also come as a surprise to most people. "If you went to a dinner party before the crisis and told people you were renting a house, people would probably consider you financially backward. "It was received wisdom that house prices would always go up." So far forced sales are relatively low - estimated at only 3,000 or so since the crisis began. Banks are offering various relief measures to try and keep people in their homes - not least because the lenders themselves want to avoid writing down their home loans. One possible future escape route for some stressed homebuyers might be tapping into their accrued personal pension funds - if they have any. It is an idea under active consideration in a country now exploring any possible avenue to escape a debt crisis of its own making.

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There are questions over whether the event can continue to attract top talent and retain its position as one of the movie world's leading festivals. Alberto Barbera said a major new cinema complex would be built despite being abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funds. He said: "We cannot host a modern event and attract film-makers without it." He added: "So yes, it has to happen. It was one of the conditions for me taking the role. "We know we have this reputation for quality. It's our greatest asset, and it's a privileged position." Barbera has cut the number of films being screened and has faced criticism over the number of stars attending this year. Venice has come under increasing competition from the Toronto Film Festival, which overlaps with its Italian rival. Since the economic crash of 2008, Hollywood studios and celebrities have often preferred to show their movies there. A new, state of the art cinema complex was due to open in Venice in 2012, but work was shelved last year when asbestos was discovered. That left a 100ft crater next to the Palazzo Del Cinema. But Barbera promised the new buildings would be finished by 2015. "It's a deal, it is signed and sealed," he told BBC News. "We will start work either later on in the year or in 2013." Local authorities, including the city of Venice, will now fund the renovations, he added. The film festival is the oldest in the world, and will show more than 60 world premieres over the next 10 days, including Wednesday's screening of Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, starring Kate Hudson and British actor Riz Ahmed. Barbera, who used to head Italy's Museum of Cinema at Turin, also said he had other plans to change the event, including introducing a five-day film market starting this year, and giving a first time film-making prize, which would involve the festival funding three movies by new directors. The Observer film critic Jason Solomons blamed the exodus of top films and stars on the high cost of conducting press interviews in the city and accommodating film talent. "A few years ago, Joe Wright's Atonement had its world premiere at Venice," he said. "Now he's made Anna Karenina, again starring Keira Knightley. It's a period film all about decadence and decay, and it belongs in Venice. It should be here. But they can't afford to launch it here now." Another problem, according to Solomons, was the recent closure of the Hotel Des Bains on the Lido island - the setting for the 1971 film Death in Venice. The hotel is being turned into luxury flats. "Death in Venice says it all," Solomons continues. "By closing the Des Bains, the stars have nowhere to stay." Critics, though, still say they rate the festival highly. As well as The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the event will also show Tree of Life director Terence Malick's To The Wonder and Robert Redford's The Company You Keep. Meanwhile, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix will star in The Master, the story of a religious cult during World War Two, directed by Magnolia's Paul Thomas Anderson. "They've actually gone against the grain by reducing, not increasing, the amount of films on offer, and that's brave," suggested The Independent's Kaleem Aftab. "It looks like less will be more from now on in order for Venice to overcome the impression that this is a festival on the wane. But on paper, it's delivered some big names this year." The Venice Film Festival runs until 8 September.

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Lee Irving, 24, was found dead near a footpath in Fawdon, Newcastle, in 2015. Two men are accused of murdering him at a house nearby, while two women are accused of causing or allowing his death. They all deny the charges. One of the women, Nicole Lawrence, 22, must have known he had been injured, Newcastle Crown Court was told. It is alleged Mr Irving, who had learning difficulties, had been sedated rather than taken for medical treatment by the defendants, who were all living at a house in Kenton Bar at the time of Mr Irving's death in June of last year. The court heard how Mr Irving's body was found about half a mile from the house with 27 rib fractures and a broken nose and jaw. The prosecution alleges that Miss Lawrence's boyfriend James Wheatley, 29, and Barry Imray, 35, beat Mr Irving over a 10-day period at the house. Mr Imray is said to have used a pushchair to move the body to where it was found. The prosecution said an account given by Miss Lawrence to her sister after Mr Irving's death also proved she knew he had needed medical assistance. Robert Smith QC, prosecuting, said: 'It's clear from her internet searches that she knew Lee Irving had suffered from a further life-threatening event which could only be another violent assault. "She and the other defendants did nothing whatsoever to obtain help for him. "Every one of them knew that he had been beaten, punched and kicked in that property, that he had been sedated with drugs and if he died there would be a police investigation into the conduct of all of them." The court was also told the four defendants conspired to remove evidence by cleaning bloodstains from the house and hiding mobile phones. The fourth defendant is Mr Wheatley's mother Julie Mills, 51, who is accused of causing or allowing Mr Irving's death, a charge also faced - and denied - by Mr Wheatley and Mr Imray. Both women also deny perverting the course of justice, a charge admitted by both of the other two defendants. The trial continues.

Question: A woman on trial over the death of a man searched for information about @placeholder haemorrhages in the hours before his body was found , a court has heard .


Pint or cigarette (sometimes both) in hand, the UK Independence Party leader attacks today's politicians for being mechanical and overly on-message. Like regulars throughout the nation's boozers, he states his opinions without much recourse to political correctness. He inspires affection and respect among those who agree with him on cutting immigration and leaving the European Union. But, true to his image as an outspoken saloon bar philosopher, he gets into plenty of fights. The latest - a televised debate with Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg - was not of his making. Mr Clegg, positioning himself as the spiritual head of Britain's Europhiles, dared Mr Farage to slug things out. He accepted, gladly. As UKIP regularly out-polls the Lib Dems and continues to record strong showings in Westminster by-elections, he is keen to go further. He wants to win the most UK seats in May's European elections and then go on to gain the party's first MPs at Westminster at the 2015 general election. These ambitions show UKIP has come a long way under Mr Farage. Profile: Nick Clegg But what is his story? Nigel Paul Farage was born on 3 April 1964 in Kent. His stockbroker father, Guy Oscar Justus Farage, an alcoholic, walked out on the family when Nigel was five-years-old. Yet this seemed to do little to damage his conventional upper-middle-class upbringing. Nigel attended fee-paying Dulwich College, where he developed a love of cricket, rugby and political debate. He decided at the age of 18 not to go to university, entering the City instead. With his gregarious, laddish ways he proved popular among his clients and fellow traders on the metals exchange. Mr Farage, who started work just before the "big bang" in the City, earned a more than comfortable living, but he had another calling - politics. He joined the Conservatives but became disillusioned with the way the party was going under John Major. Like many on the Eurosceptic wing, he was furious when the prime minister signed the Maastricht Treaty, stipulating an "ever-closer union" between European nations. Mr Farage decided to break away, becoming one of the founder members of the UK Independence Party, at that time known as the Anti-Federalist League. In his early 20s, he had the first of several brushes with death, when he was run over by a car in Orpington, Kent, after a night in the pub. He sustained severe injuries and doctors feared he would lose a leg.  Grainne Hayes, his nurse, became his first wife. He had two sons with Ms Hayes, both now grown up, and two daughters with his current wife, Kirsten Mehr, a German national he married in 1999. Months after recovering from his road accident, Mr Farage was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He made a full recovery, but he says the experience changed him, making him even more determined to make the most of life. The young Farage might have had energy and enthusiasm to spare - but his early electoral forays with UKIP proved frustrating. At the 1997 general election, it was overshadowed by the Referendum Party, backed by multimillionaire businessman Sir James Goldsmith. But as the Referendum Party faded, UKIP started to take up some of its hardcore anti-EU support. In 1999, it saw its first electoral breakthrough - thanks to the introduction of proportional representation for European elections, which made it easier for smaller parties to gain seats. Mr Farage was one of three UKIP members voted in to the European Parliament, representing the south-east of England. The decision to take up seats in Brussels sparked one of many splits in the UKIP ranks - they were proving to be a rancorous bunch. Mr Farage scored a publicity coup by recruiting former TV presenter and ex-Labour MP Robert Kilroy-Silk to be a candidate in the 2004 European elections, but the plan backfired when Mr Kilroy-Silk attempted to take the party over. It was a turbulent time for UKIP but in that year's elections it had increased its number of MEPs to 12. In 2006 Mr Farage was elected as leader, replacing the less flamboyant Roger Knapman. He was already a fierce critic of Conservative leader David Cameron, who earlier that year had described UKIP members as "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists". Mr Farage told the press that "nine out of 10" Tories agreed with his party's views on Europe. Asked if UKIP was declaring war on the Conservatives, he said: "It is a war between UKIP and entire political establishment." At the 2009 European elections, with Mr Farage becoming a regular fixture on TV discussion programmes, UKIP got more votes than Labour and the Lib Dems and increased its number of MEPs to 13. But the party knew it could do little to bring about its goal of getting Britain out of the EU from Brussels and Strasbourg - and it had always performed poorly in UK domestic elections. In an effort to change this, Mr Farage resigned as leader in 2009 to contest the Buckingham seat held by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow. He gained widespread publicity in March 2010 - two months before the election - when he launched an attack in the European Parliament on the President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, accusing him of having "the charisma of a damp rag" and "the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk". It raised Mr Farage's profile, going viral on the internet, but made little difference to his Westminster ambitions. He came third, behind Mr Bercow and an independent candidate, Mr Farage's chosen successor as leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, was not suited to the cut and thrust of modern political debate and presentation, and UKIP polled just 3.1% nationally. But there was a far greater personal disaster. On the day of the election an aeroplane carrying Mr Farage crashed after a UKIP-supporting banner became entangled in the tail fin. He was dragged from the wreckage with serious injuries. After recovering in hospital, he told the London Evening Standard the experience had changed him: "I think it's made me more 'me' than I was before, to be honest. Even more fatalistic. "Even more convinced it's not a dress rehearsal. Even more driven than I was before. And I am driven." Mr Farage decided he wanted to become leader again and was easily voted back after Lord Pearson resigned. Europe, and particularly migration to the UK from EU countries, has been a growing political issue since the enlargement of 2004. Mr Farage has increased UKIP's focus on the immigration impact of being in the EU. In doing so he wants to be seen as tribune for the disenfranchised, not just the older, comfortably off middle classes alienated by rapid social change caused by mass immigration, but working-class voters left behind in the hunt for jobs and seemingly ignored by the increasingly professionalised "political class". At last year's local elections in England UKIP won more than 140 seats and averaged 25% of the vote in the wards where it was standing. It has come second in parliamentary by-elections in Eastleigh and in Wythenshawe and Sale East. Under pressure from many in his own party - some fearful of UKIP's rise - to address the EU issue, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has promised an in-out referendum on the membership if his party wins the next election. But Mr Cameron, Labour leader Ed Miliband and, of course, Nick Clegg have all said they would prefer to remain "in" rather than "out". Mr Farage stands four-square against this. UKIP is aiming to win the most votes, and seats, at the European elections. From polling just 0.3% at the 1997 general election, it would represent amazing progress. Mr Farage, who professes a love of all things European, except the European Union, and other "homogenising" projects, would certainly raise a glass or two to that.

Question: Nigel Farage revels in being " the man in the pub " , the political outsider who , to adopt an old beer - advertising slogan , " reaches the @placeholder other politicians can not reach " .


David Sterling has done so because of the failure to pass a budget for the new financial year. Mr Sterling will use emergency powers to release cash and resources to departments until a new budget is in place. He said that while the procedures can keep cash flowing to public services it is "not a substitute for a budget agreed by an executive". He has written to all Stormont departments setting out their spending limits for the next four months. Mr Sterling now controls a sum of money equivalent to 75% of this year's budget. Section 59 of the Northern Ireland Act allows him to use that money "for such services and purposes" as he directs. However, he cannot start funding new policies and has limited flexibility to respond to unforeseen events. If no budget is in place by the end of July, Mr Sterling will then have the right to spend an amount equivalent to 95% of this year's budget across the whole of the financial year. That will effectively mean in-year cuts of least 5% across the public service. However, officials think it is improbable that the emergency situation will continue for that length of time. When a budget is eventually passed, departments will have access to the full level of funding available. Mr Sterling has also sought to reassure community and voluntary bodies who feared losing funding. He said departments are writing to groups to "confirm interim funding designed to maintain the ongoing integrity of the key services they provide until an agreed budget is in place". Meanwhile, it is understood that the Department of Finance has received legal advice that it can spend so-called "accruing resources" as part of emergency budget procedures. This is money that comes to departments from sources other than the block grant and includes things like planning fees and EU farm subsidies. There had been doubt about whether officials had the legal authority to spend that money.

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Government figures revealed Dorset Police had the worst figures in the UK for carrying out Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on time. In nine out of 12 months in 2015 the force failed to complete the target of 100% of checks in 60 days. It caused delays for residents applying for certain jobs, particularly work with children or vulnerable adults. The force said it was now achieving above the targets and had reduced the backlog of applications by almost 90%. Dorset's police and crime commissioner, Martyn Underhill, said: "I was shocked to find out about the delays, we had a really unacceptable backlog. "The volume is huge as we have 600 applications a week - we didn't have enough staff, we let it slip but we have turned it round." Figures showed the force only processed a quarter within the 60-day target in May, making it the worst out of 50 forces across a 10-month range. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are required for anyone working or volunteering with children and vulnerable adults.

Question: A police force @placeholder for taking too long to process criminal record checks said it has made " improvements " .


Wa state is one of the most secretive places on earth. Search for it on Google Maps and you won't find it. Ask for a visa and you'll be denied. "We thought everyone who wanted to visit were spies," one Wa official said. But times in Myanmar, and in Wa state, are changing. So for reasons that are still not entirely clear, the BBC was among a small group of international and local journalists invited for a first ever guided tour. Our entry was via a border post not far from Myanmar's north-eastern border with China. Having been thoroughly checked out by Burmese soldiers, we cross no-man's land and are warmly embraced by our minders from the local TV station, Wa TV. "Welcome to Wa state," they beam at us as we are ushered into the back of waiting pickups. It is like a long awaited first date, and given the history of the Wa people we are just a little bit nervous. Back in British colonial times they were known as the "Wild Wa", famous for fighting ferociously and chopping the heads of their enemies off, before displaying them on poles. Awkward jokes about head-hunting out of the way, we travel south into rebel territory. Wa state is about the size of Wales, with a population of about half-a-million. It is really a state within a state, hugging the Chinese border. Its autonomous status dates back to a peace deal Wa rebels struck with central government in 1989. In return for stopping fighting, the rebels were given land to manage as they wished. So the Wa grew the most lucrative crop they could get their hands on - poppies. Over the next decade, Wa state and the Golden Triangle cemented its reputation as one of the world's leading producers of opium and heroin. The point of our carefully organised trip appears, at least in part, to show that the Wa have kicked their drug habit. So in our first few days we're taken to see some of the crops that have replaced the poppies. Tea, coffee and rubber. In Mong Mao, Wa's second town, a Taiwanese businessman comes to speak to us at the immaculately manicured oolong tea plantation he owns. He tells us that in common with almost everything that is made in Wa state, all his tea is sold to China. In fact, Wa state feels more like China than Myanmar. The money used is the Chinese yuan, the main language Mandarin, and infrastructure, like electricity and mobile phone networks, comes over the border from Chinese companies. "I don't know what we get from being part of Myanmar", Construction Minister Yeng Gar tells us with a loud laugh. "But we don't want independence, we do want to be part of Myanmar." It is a strategy that's worked well. The Wa have spent the last two decades astutely playing their two large neighbours off against each other. A well equipped rebel army keeps the Burmese military at arm's length, while close business ties with China have allowed the Wa to build infrastructure and prosper. We are shown roads and schools that would be the envy of other, more "loyal" Burmese states. But drugs are still a major issue. From what we can see, large-scale opium production has ceased, but the drug habit may have simply gone indoors. United Nations and US State Department reports accuse the Wa of becoming major manufacturers of methamphetamine pills, known locally as "yaba". Disappointingly, meth factories don't feature on our itinerary. But we do persuade our minders to let us speak to Justice Secretary Li San Lu. He is surprisingly candid, telling us that meth production is a huge problem, with two tonnes of pills having been seized this year alone. The blame, he says, lies with outsiders. "We locals don't know how to make yaba," he says somewhat implausibly. "The ingredients are all being brought in from China, India and Thailand and then manufactured here. We're the victims." Before we could press him any further our minders stepped in and informed us that our reporting was over for the day. That night, feeling mutinous, we skipped the karaoke, side-stepped the minders and headed out for an unguided look around Panghsan, the state capital. It was soon clear that the Wa's taste for the illicit isn't limited to drugs. On almost every street was a shop selling the parts of endangered animals. Tiger teeth and skulls, elephant tusks and pangolin skins were all openly on sale. The women behind the counter tell us that most of their customers are Chinese and that delivery across the border can easily be arranged. Myanmar's most famous wildlife market, Mong La, is just 100km (62 miles) away, but what is striking about Panghsan is how organised and high-end it is. These shops are not market stalls, but supermarkets of endangered animals' parts. A previously undocumented gateway into the lucrative Chinese market. We film the shops discreetly with our mobile phones before showing the footage to Nick Cox from the World Wildlife Fund when we return to Yangon. "It shows that there are more markets than we were previously aware of," he says. "To see a market with such high-end stores selling highly finished products of critically endangered species show this problem isn't going anywhere. "There is still a massive demand and people have a lot of money to spend on these products." The Wa, for their part, do not see stopping the trade in animal parts as their problem. "We don't have those sort of animals here, we cut down all our jungle for rubber plantations," Foreign Minister Zhao Guo An says. "This is just free trade." And that, to a certain extent sums up the Wa. Detached from both national and international laws, they do exactly as they please. And they do not want to change. Efforts to pull them into plans for a new more federal Myanmar have to date been a complete failure. Having been forced by the Chinese to attend talks, the Wa delegation walked out in a huff on day one, when they were given the wrong accreditation badges. The message was clear. The Wa are happy with the status quo and the freedom that comes with it.

Question: The remote Wa @placeholder of Shan state in Myanmar 's east is a place few outsiders have seen . The people who live in this unofficial , effectively autonomous state within Myanmar used to be called the Wild Wa , and as the BBC 's Jonah Fisher found , drugs , money and the wildlife trade are flourishing .


February footfall saw a 2.3% drop compared to 12 months earlier; Scotland and Northern Ireland saw an increase of 1.2% and 1.3% respectively. The UK average saw a 0.8% drop. Greater London and Wales saw the biggest decline. Sara Jones from the Welsh Retail Consortium said the figures will be of "continued concern for retailers". Despite a twelfth successive month of falling shoppers, there was some recovery from the January slump. Diane Wehrle, of Springboard, which compiled the data, said the Welsh figures "must be put into the context of a much greater drop of 8.8% in February last year and 4.6% fall in January". Ms Jones said the WRC will work with partners, including the Welsh government, to look at how regeneration strategies can help boost shopper numbers.

Question: Wales has seen the largest drop in the number of shoppers in UK nations and @placeholder , according to new figures .


Nathan Broadhead, Regan Poole and Jack Evans had shots saved by France goalkeeper Dimitry Bertaud. But Wales were indebted to their own keeper Luke Pilling, who had to pull off three good late saves from Jeremy Livolant. Following Tuesday's Group B opener, Wales face Bahrain on 2 June and then Ivory Coast on 5 June. Wales: Pilling, Coxe, Abbruzzese, Harries, Rodon (c), Poole, J. Evans, Thomas, James, Broadhead, Harris. Subs: L. Thomas, Mepham, Lewis, Dasilva, K. Evans, Humphries, Ovenden, Cullen, Roberts.

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The roads in question are located in one of the city's roughest and most deprived areas - the Tenderloin neighbourhood. Located in downtown San Francisco, Tenderloin has long had many of the city's highest crime rates, with violent street offences and drug dealing being particular problems. The name Tenderloin started to appear on maps of San Francisco in the 1930s. While there are numerous theories as to how it got its name, one of the most widely believed is the suggestion that policemen in the early 20th Century had to be paid more to patrol there, thereby enabling them to afford more expensive cuts of meat when they went to a steakhouse. Fast forward to 2014 and Tenderloin is not the type of place you would expect to see a successful high-tech firm like Zendesk base itself. Yet led by its Danish chief executive Mikkel Svane, Zendesk is enthusiastically leading efforts to help improve the area and the lives of its 25,000 residents. "I don't want to make us sound more idealistic than necessary," says Mr Svane, 43. "It's just important to be part of the neighbourhood and community." Founded in Denmark in 2007 by Mr Svane and two colleagues, Zendesk makes customer service software. Now worth $1.3bn, its clients include household names such as Disney, L'Oreal, Vodafone, Ikea and 20th Century Fox. The business relocated its main base from Copenhagen to California in 2009 to be closer to Silicon Valley venture capitalists and other start-up technology firms with global ambitions. Zendesk first moved into Tenderloin in 2011, where it recently opened a swanky new 73,000sq ft (6,800sq m) headquarters. The first technology business to base itself in the neighbourhood with the lowest commercial occupancy rates in the city, Zendesk did so after being given a financial incentive by the City and County of San Francisco. The local authority had long been keen to attract such growing technology firms to Tenderloin, to help boost the area's economy and aid its wider regeneration. And so the City and County of San Francisco introduced community benefit agreements (CBAs) for Tenderloin. Under the terms of Zendesk's CBA it got a six-year tax break on staff wages in return for pledging to carry out a certain level of community outreach work. So in addition to picking up litter, Zendesk staff do everything from helping to serve meals to the homeless, and teaching local people computer skills. Zendesk also donates money to local charities, and has space on its ground floor that people in the local community can hire out for free. While cynics may say that the company is only doing such things because it has to under the terms of its CBA, both the local government and community leaders in Tenderloin agree that, led by Mr Svane, Zendesk continues to do far more than is required. The amiable and outgoing Mr Svane certainly appears to relish taking a lead with the community work, be it the litter picking, giving public talks, or joining his staff in giving Tenderloin residents computer lessons. "It's interesting to see our continued investment in the neighbourhood and be a part of the future of the Tenderloin," he says. "It's something that we all enjoy very much." Other technology firms such as Twitter, Spotify and Microsoft have since followed Zendesk into Tenderloin under similar CBA deals, but local historian Deleano Seymour, 67, says Mr Svane and his staff lead the way when it comes to the level of community work they undertake. "There is no-one even close to doing the civic work that Zendesk is doing," he says. "Zendesk goes way beyond the requirement of the payback on the CBAs tech companies have with the city." So far this year Zendesk says employees at its headquarters have logged 1,676 hours of volunteer time in Tenderloin. Bevan Duffy, who helps lead the City and County of San Francisco's efforts to reduce homelessness, agrees that Zendesk has "set the standard" when it comes to community work. "Zendesk has meaningfully involved their employees directly in making meals and in assisting people," he says. "And in humanising the experience that many individuals and families have living in the Tenderloin, which is challenging. "I wish Zendesk didn't stand apart as much as they do." When not doing community work Mr Svane continues to lead Zendesk's expansion. Despite the company's success, he says he doesn't consider himself to be a "traditional entrepreneur". Instead he says he simply enjoys working with computers. "I've always been working with computers, and I'm fascinated by what you can build and produce and what technology can enable you to do," he says. Born in Copenhagen, Mr Svane got into computer programming from the age of 11. After gaining a degree in economics, he went into the software industry in his 20s, and co-founded Zendesk when he was in his mid-30s, along with his friends Alexander Aghassipour and Morten Primdahl. Mr Svane says they saw a gap in the market for a simple-to-use system that enables firms to manage their interaction with customers, such as organising and responding to emails, or live internet help chats. After initially funding the business themselves, external investment soon followed, both before and after the move to the US. The company now has more than 600 staff worldwide, with offices in Copenhagen, London and Melbourne, and Mr Svane says he is focusing his efforts on securing more large customers. "We are still in the very early days of this company," he says. "This is the most amazing thing I've done in my life and I can't imagine doing anything else."

Question: The morning after technology company Zendesk @placeholder $ 98 m ( ?¡ê56 m ) in a share sale in May , its boss led all 360 staff at its San Francisco headquarters out on to the local streets to pick up litter .


Your face is your most expressive feature; it tells the world what you are feeling, who you are and where you come from.  Although no two faces are exactly the same, they share a number of common characteristics; a couple of eyes, a nose, a mouth and a philtrum. The philtrum is the groove on your top lip that lies just beneath your nose. You see it every day in the mirror so you probably never think about it It has no obvious function. Instead it is an accident of our origins, a clue to our fishy past and how our faces first formed. Your face is formed in the womb in the first couple of months of life, from when you were the size of a grain of rice to when you were the size of a kidney bean. The video (above) of a growing human face shows how this process happens. It has been created from high quality scans of human embryos at early stages of development, provided by universities and hospitals. This unique time-lapse video shows the face developing from a one-month-old embryo to an age of 10 weeks. If you watch it closely, you will see that the human face is actually formed of three main sections which rotate and come together in an unborn foetus. The way this happens only really makes sense when you realise that, strange though it may sound, we are actually descended from fish. The early human embryo looks very similar to the embryo of any other mammal, bird or amphibian - all of which have evolved from fish. Your eyes start out on the sides of your head, but then move to the middle. The top lip along with the jaw and palate started life as gill-like structures on your neck. Your nostrils and the middle part of your lip come down from the top of your head. There is no trace of a scar; the plates of tissue and muscle fuse seamlessly. But there is, however, a little remnant of all this activity in the middle of your top lip - your philtrum. This whole process, the bits coming together of the various elements to produce a recognisable human face, requires great precision. To fuse correctly the three sections must grow and meet at precisely the right time in the womb. If the timing is out, by as little as an hour, the baby may grow up with a cleft lip or cleft lip and palate, which can be extremely disfiguring.  Around the world one in 700 babies are born with clefts. There are other odd things about human anatomy that can only really be explained by our fishy ancestry. For example, if you were to cut up a shark you would discover that its gonads are lodged up in its chest, behind its liver. Like the shark our gonads also start life high up, near the liver. But unlike the shark they need to descend. In a woman they descend and become the ovaries, located conveniently near the uterus and the fallopian tubes In men, they become the testes; but to get down and fill the scrotum they have to make a far longer and more tortuous journey south. One consequence of this journey is the creation of a weakening in the abdominal wall. And as a result, men are far more prone than women to what are known as inguinal hernias. An inguinal hernia can appear as a lump in the groin area and may be painful; the lump normally disappears if you lie down. The lump is actually the contents of your gut protruding through that weakness in the muscle wall left behind by the descent of the testes. Inguinal hernias often require surgery, and if you are unfortunate enough to get one, blame it on fish. An American called Charles Osborne has the dubious honour of holding a record for the longest recorded bout of hiccups -  68 years worth, from 1922 to 1990. It seems that again it is our fishy ancestors who are partly to blame. A hiccup is caused by a spasm of the diaphragm, a big muscle in the chest, followed by an involuntary gulp. Both these actions have watery roots. In fish the nerves that activate breathing take a short journey from an ancient part of the brain, the brain stem, to the throat and gills. In us, it is more complicated. Explore evolution on the Open University Tree of Life BBC Nature: History of LIfe on Earth To breathe properly, our brain stem has to send messages not just to the throat, but down to the chest and diaphragm. This complex arrangement means that the nerves are prone to spasm, which can initiate hiccups. Once a hiccup has started, it is kept going by a simple motor reflex that we seem to have inherited from an amphibian ancestor. For the ancient tadpole, the nerve controlling this reflex served a useful purpose, allowing the entrance to the lung to remain open when breathing air but closing it off when gulping water - which would then be directed only to the gills. For humans and other mammals who hiccup, it has no value but does provide another bit of evidence of our common ancestry. Dr Michael Mosley presents Inside the Human Body, Thursdays, 9pm, from 5 May on BBC 1.

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Their enduring music, fashion and legend have spawned festivals that are reversing the demoralising effects of drought and economic decline. The most glittering takes place this week in Parkes, a farming community 350km (217 miles) west of Sydney, named after Sir Henry Parkes, one of the founding fathers of modern Australia, who was born half a world away in Coventry. Parkes is being transformed by more than 20,000 Elvis loyalists in a motley collection of flared jumpsuits, a galaxy of sequins, jet-black wigs and sideburns, along with cockpit aviator sunglasses. There is a legion of buskers, look-a-like contests, a street parade, displays of Elvis artefacts and an Elvis-themed Gospel Service, which has become so popular it has outgrown its previous home in a supermarket car park and now takes place in a local park. The headline acts are international tribute artists Pete Storm from the UK and the American entertainer Jake Rowley. The real King - who would have celebrated his 82nd birthday last week- may never have travelled to Australia, but 40 years after his death, his appeal remains as magnetic as ever. "I remember when he died the world just went crazy. It was a pretty devastating time," said Sheridan Woodcroft from Melbourne, as she boarded the Elvis Express, a special train service from Sydney to Parkes. "He just had the X-factor. He was so charismatic, he was gorgeous." Australia's biggest Elvis festival was borne out of economic necessity. Back in the early 1990s, mid-summer trade in baking-hot Parkes was sluggish but Bob Steel, 75, and his wife Anne, owners of the Gracelands restaurant, had a plan. "It was a pretty slack time. I went to a hoteliers' meeting and they were all having their grizzle about quiet times. I said, well, Elvis's birthday is in January and we could have a birthday party," Mr Steel told the BBC. And they did. In January 1993, 190 people attended the inaugural event in the Steels' restaurant. From simple beginnings, the festival now generates about A$13m (US$9.7m, ?¡ê7.9m) each year. "It's a tremendous economic benefit and it has really revived a town that was struggling. [Parkes] is now a place that people have heard about, they stop there when they are travelling through," said John Connell from the University of Sydney, who has written a book about the festival. His co-author Chris Gibson, a professor of geography at the University of Wollongong, explained that they had researched how various carnivals - from those celebrating scones and pumpkins to music and art - can benefit small country towns in Australia. "There's a spirit of quirky eclecticism and larrikin [boisterous or maverick] humour in country Australia that comes out at these sorts of festivals. They can reinvent the story of a place, really," said Professor Gibson, dressed in a purple Elvis costume at Sydney's Central Station. "Although there are still jobs in agriculture, it is a fading industry, whereas the future is really about tourism, music, creativity and culture," he added. Kandos, in the Mudgee winemaking district of New South Wales, hosts a Bob Marley festival, while since 2012 fans of ABBA have headed to the town of Trundle for its annual homage to Sweden's finest. Elsewhere the tasty Food (Food of Orange District) jamboree draws large crowds, while the Tamworth Country Music Festival is arguably one of Australia's premier music events. So is Parkes worried it could lose its lustre because of the competition in other parts of New South Wales and beyond? Ken Keith, who is his ninth year as mayor and probably the only public official in Australia who turns up for work in a blue jumpsuit, is not concerned. "Why other people haven't been able to replicate it or steal the concept from us is just the friendly nature of the town, where people are made to feel welcome," he explained. This week Parkes is turning on not only a warm reception, but one that is roasting hot, with temperatures expected to climb to the high 30s Celsius. Also celebrating a quarter of a century as an Elvis tribute singer is John Collins, who, as a marriage celebrant, officiates at Elvis-themed weddings all over Australia. "The Parkes Elvis festival is something everyone has to put on their bucket list. You've got to go at least once. One of the entertainers last year nearly cried when he had to go home. He didn't want it to finish," he said. As the Elvis Express prepared to roll out of Sydney - on what is quite likely to be Australia's most high-spirited rail journey - Simone Collison from Menangle had gathered with her friends for the trip. They all wore matching black and white spotted outfits with pink tops and  sunglasses. Asked why a singer who died so long ago still had so many devoted fans, she said simply: "Everyone still loves him. That will never die."

Question: They are unlikely saviours but Elvis Presley , ABBA and Bob Marley are helping to revive the @placeholder of small outback towns in Australia .


Former Colchester loanee Pyke, 19, scored twice for Vale in a pre-season friendly win over non-league neighbours Kidsgrove on Saturday. Pyke failed to score in 12 outings for Colchester last season after joining the Essex club on loan during the January transfer window. Vale have signed two other strikers Tom Pope and Tyrone Barnett this summer. Boss Michael Brown has also made six other close-season signings, winger Cristian Montano, goalkeepers Rob Lainton and Sam Hornby, and defenders Joe Davis, Graham Kelly and Antony Kay. They are also expected to sign experienced full-back Lawrie Wilson following his release from promoted Championship side Bolton Wanderers. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

Question: Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke has joined @placeholder League Two club Port Vale on a season - long loan .


The Oscar-winning director, who is currently working on a film in Krakow, served 42 days for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old before fleeing the country. Polish prosecutors have confirmed they will question the 81-year-old, who has both Polish and French passports. Polanski said he had "confidence in Poland's justice system". "I will submit myself to the procedure and we will see," he told a TV news channel, "I hope everything will be alright". Poland generally does not allow extradition of its citizens, but has an extradition agreement with the US who filed a request at the beginning of January. Polanski was arrested in 2009 by Swiss authorities after travelling to Zurich to attend a film festival, but avoided extradition. His movements are restricted by a warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he has avoided extradition by travelling between France, Poland and Switzerland. The director is working on a new film, An Officer and A Spy, about a 19th Century French scandal dubbed "the Dreyfus affair". He won an Oscar in 2003 for directing The Pianist, a harrowing story set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw that mirrored his own childhood experiences.

Question: Roman Polanski has said he will @placeholder with Polish authorities over an extradition request to the US , where he is wanted for a 1977 sex case .


The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash and was taken to hospital for a check-up. The crash happened at a roundabout on Daniels Road, Norwich, at about 11:30 GMT. Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said all the turkeys were accounted for and the RSPCA was helping get them a "safe place". Traffic was "snarled up" as a result of the crash, a BBC reporter at the scene said The BBC understands the Bernard Matthews turkeys were heading from a farm to a factory. Norfolk Police said diesel had spilt and entered drains in the road, close to Notcutts garden centre. Scott Norman, from the fire service, said the turkeys looked "fine" and the RSPCA was helping to ensure they were "removed to a safe place". "There's a lot of diesel gone on the floor and there's some livestock in the lorry, so we're ensuring its welfare," Mr Norman said. A Bernard Matthews spokesman said: "The driver has been taken to hospital for a precautionary measure but we understand they have escaped relatively unscathed." The RSPCA said an inspector had assessed the site and was happy the "turkeys' welfare is not in any further immediate danger". BBC Radio Norfolk reporter Bob Carter said the lorry's windscreen was smashed in the crash, in which the vehicle hit a lamppost. He said traffic was "very, very snarled up". Norfolk Police said officers were diverting traffic on to Ipswich Road.

Question: Six hundred turkeys have been saved after a lorry thought to be taking them to slaughter @placeholder .


The members say they'll continue as a four-piece after Zayn Malik announced he was leaving the group last week to "live like a normal 22-year-old". His departure was followed by rumours on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook that One Direction was about to break up. But Liam Payne thanked fans for sticking with the band and for "not thinking it's finished". He tweeted: "I can see a lot of people thanking us for staying but your the real Heros here thanks for not thinking it's finished." The band continued their On the Road Again tour and have been playing concerts in South Africa. They start the European leg of the tour by playing Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 5 and 6 June. Zayn Malik quit the group last week after flying back to the UK, having been "signed off with stress". It was after reports that he'd cheated on his 21-year-old fiancee, Perrie Edwards. He told The Sun that he was "upset" for the group's fans and he said there was no bad blood between him and his former bandmates, who he said had been "really supportive". It's thought he's working on a solo album with producer Naughty Boy, who's worked on tracks for Emeli Sande, Cheryl Cole and Leona Lewis. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Question: One Direction is not on the verge of @placeholder up , despite rumours started on social media .


Former leader Nick Paget-Brown resigned on 30 June following continued criticism of the council's handling of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Local politicians have warned that the new leader must come from outside the "contaminated" administration. Councillor Daniel Moylan said the ruling Conservative group has to "show a complete break with the past". Mr Moyland, the Conservative former deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, said "any idea of a continuity candidate would be a very bad idea". "We have to be able to go to the people of North Kensington and to the victims of the fire with a real sense of acknowledging how badly they have been let down, a real sense of shame if you like," he told BBC London Radio. Kensington and Chelsea Conservatives will hold a regular group meeting on Monday evening. It is expected during this meeting they will vote on replacements for Mr Paget-Brown and former deputy council leader Rock Feilding-Mellen, who also resigned. The chosen candidates must then gain approval by a vote in full council, a formality given the Conservative group control 40 out of 50 seats on Kensington and Chelsea Council. Judith Blakeman, a Labour councillor in the ward which houses Grenfell Tower, said "it can't possibly be one of the cabinet members" as they had voted to endorse the former leadership. "They are all contaminated. No member of the current cabinet would have any credibility with the residents of North Kensington," she added. Sadiq Khan has called for commissioners to take over the running of Kensington and Chelsea Council. The Mayor of London said the government had "no option" but to appoint "untainted" commissioners.

Question: The new leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council will be @placeholder later , the BBC understands .


In recent years, countries like Mongolia and Uganda have been praised for making great strides in improving palliative care, which focuses on managing pain and discomfort caused by serious illnesses like cancer, HIV and strokes. In India, however, the situation is dismal. Most Indians who need palliative care simply don't get it and die in excruciating pain. Home to 1.3 billion people, India ranked 67 out of 80 countries in a study released last year comparing end-of-life care. The report considered the United Kingdom as the best place in the world to die. India faces major shortages in specialists, awareness and facilities. But the southern state of Kerala is an exception. It has more palliative care centres than the rest of the country put together and its extensive programme is bolstered by thousands of volunteers who give up their time to tend to those who are incurably ill, bedridden or nearing the end of their lives. Every week, people like Radha Upasarna assist specially trained physicians and nurses treating patients at home. They check for bedsores, deliver food, and often just listen and chat. Mrs Upasarna says what she does is not only a service to her community, but a way to overcome bouts of loneliness she has experienced after her husband's death in 2014. "It doesn't feel like work," she said. "It's just something I want to do." Care-givers say also what makes a huge difference is that morphine is available in Kerala's hospitals and at homes for patients who need it. Despite being the gold standard to treat severe pain, access to the opium-based drug has been highly restricted in India over fears of addiction and misuse. That means although India is the leading global producer of legal opium, almost all of it is exported to the West. In 2014, in what was seen as a major step forward, the parliament amended national law to simplify procedures for doctors to prescribe morphine, but it has so far had little impact on the ground, experts say. In Kerala, access is vastly better because the state changed its narcotic regulations almost 20 years ago. Zubair, 55, had a series of amputations to his right leg as treatment for a bone tumour. Due to the agonising pain he continues to suffer even after being cured, he has been taking morphine since 1994. MR Rajagopal, the doctor who first prescribed the painkiller to him, says he's an example of what morphine can do to a person even when a disease is not terminal. Dr Rajagopal estimates that 99% of Indians who need morphine don't get it and "their lives are destroyed and they [often] take their own lives". But for Zubair, who lives in the city of Kozhikode (formerly Calicut), "morphine restored me back to life". Although other states in India have largely failed to provide access to effective painkillers and palliative care, particularly in rural swathes, initiatives are slowly emerging outside of Kerala. Nadia district in the eastern state of West Bengal, for example, started a home-care programme in 2014 to assist hundreds of needy villagers. Called Sanjeevani (which means life giving in Sanskrit), the programme has benefitted patients like Dayal Durlav, who is battling oral cancer. The 62-year-old's family refuses to look after him, believing that his illness is contagious because the same type of cancer claimed his brother's life. Dispelling such myths is a part of what the programme's volunteers, nurses and doctors have been trained to do. "I'm grateful they come to see me," Mr Dayal said. "I'm old and I need their help." This report was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Follow Atish on Twitter @atishpatel

Question: Demand for good quality end - of - life care has grown globally as more people live longer with chronic @placeholder .


Andrejs Borodins was in charge of the 1,300 tonne cargo ship Frifjord when a pilot from Dundee harbour found him staggering and incoherent. The 53-year-old Latvian had planned to sail the 250ft ship from Perth to Norway in July. Borodins was jailed for four months at Dundee Sheriff Court. The captain's drunken state was discovered when pilot Barry Nisbet came aboard at Balmerino to help steer the vessel past the road and rail bridges on the Tay. He sent Borodins to his bunk to sleep off his intoxication, with the first mate taking the wheel as the ship docked in Dundee. Police attended and arrested Borodins, who failed a breath test. He pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003. Defence solicitor John Kydd said Borodins had been working at sea for 25 years, having previously done his national service in the Russian military. He said: "It is lucky for him that the pilot did what he did otherwise there could have been a disaster - there could have been an accident. "He was exhausted from doing back to back six hour shifts and that was his reason for drinking. "He says he doesn't normally drink much -  this was abnormal for him." Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed Borodins for four months, reduced from six months for his early guilty plea. He said: "This charge is not equivalent to drink driving. "You put yourself in a condition where you were unable to discharge your responsibilities as master of the vessel. "I regard that as very serious - it is a gross breach of your duty."

Question: A drunken sea captain @placeholder sailing a cargo ship up the River Tay while almost four times the legal alcohol limit has been jailed .


It tells the story of the game between the two counties on 1 September 1939 - the day Germany invaded Poland. "I have always been fascinated by cricket and history," said playwright Colin Philpott. "It must have been very surreal to have been there that day." No first-class cricket was played on English soil during World War Two. The play centres on cricketer Hedley Verity, who played for Yorkshire from 1930 until 1939 and appeared in 40 Test matches for England. He joined the Green Howards regiment and died in 1943 from wounds sustained during the Allied invasion of Sicily. "Despite the fact that other county games elsewhere were called off, the cricketers of Sussex and Yorkshire decided to carry on - mainly because it was the benefit match of one of the Sussex players," said documentary maker Mr Philpott. "It turned out to be a fairly remarkable day of cricket as well. "Hedley Verity turned in some astonishing figures of seven [wickets] for nine [runs], Sussex were bowled out for 33 and Yorkshire won." The play, which has been funded by the Arts Council England, is being performed at Newhaven Fort in East Sussex. On Saturday it will be at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove, and on 1 September at Yorkshire's ground at Headingley. "The main reason we are doing it at Newhaven Fort is that there is a Romney hut there which looks quite 1930s, so that seemed a really great venue to do it," said Mr Philpott. "But, of course, the county ground is the iconic venue that is relevant to this story so we are looking forward to doing it there."

Question: A play commemorating the last first - class game of cricket to be played before the outbreak of World War Two is @placeholder Yorkshire and Sussex .


The FT analysed 3.5 million children's exam results for the six years to 2011. In 2011 London pupils did better in five GCSEs including maths and English than pupils from any other region. FT education correspondent Chris Cook said that when the figures were adjusted to account for poverty London's performance was even stronger. Analysis of the data from the National Pupil Database showed that results improved during the six-year period. In 2004 London's exam results were just fourth best out of nine English regions. During the period the performance gap between richer and poorer pupils narrowed in London - a change that was not mirrored elsewhere in England, suggests the analysis. The FT says that by 2011 pupils in some of the poorest areas of the capital were outperforming children in more affluent areas. For example the FT says: "A London child can expect to achieve one better grade in three subjects than a similar child from a similar neighbourhood in the south-eastern counties". At their most extreme the figures suggest a child from the top-performing borough, Westminster, would outperform a similar child from a similar neighbourhood in Hull by two grades in every subject. Commenting on the findings, Chris Husbands, director of London University's Institute of Education said the improvement in London results made the capital "not only the national but in many ways the international school success story in the last 10 years." Professor Husbands also praised the targeted interventions that had helped improve teaching and management in many London schools. The FT also quotes Lord Adonis, a former schools minister under Labour: "For 15 years London has been the pathfinder for school reform." Lord Adonis particularly praised the Teach First scheme which encourages top graduates into teaching and which began in the capital. He also said the academy programme and the London Challenge which ran for eight years until 2011 were effective in turning around poorly-performing schools. A DfE spokeswoman said: "London's schools have made great strides in recent years and should be congratulated on their improvement. "Great leadership, high-quality teaching, the success of academies and strong partnerships, where strong schools support weaker ones, have driven this progress in London. We would like all schools across England to match this success, raising standards for all our children."

Question: London @placeholder schools have undergone a " startling turnaround and are now the best in England " according to a study by the Financial Times newspaper .


There are four major islands, as well as many smaller ones, in the country: Grande Comore; Moheli; Anjouan; and Mayotte. Mayotte, however, voted against impendence and is still governed by France. To add to the country's troubles, two of the four major islands, Anjouan and Moheli, declared unilateral independence in a violent conflict in 1997. The descendants of Arab traders, Malay immigrants and African peoples contribute to the islands' complex ethnic mix. Natural resources are in short supply and the islands' chief exports - vanilla, cloves and perfume essence - are prone to price fluctuations. Money sent home by Comorans living abroad is an important source of income. Population 773,000 Area 1,862 sq km (719 sq miles) Major languages Arabic, French, Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) Major religion Islam Life expectancy 60 years (men), 63 years (women) Currency  Comoran franc President: Azali Assoumani Former coup leader Azali Assoumani was declared winner of the May 2016 presidential election after violence and vote irregularities forced a partial re-run of the poll. He succeeds outgoing President Ikililou Dhoinine after narrowly beating ruling party candidate Vice-President Mohamed Ali Soilihi by 41% of the vote to 39%. A former army officer, Mr Assoumani first came to power in 1999, after ousting acting president Tadjiddine Ben Said Massonde in a military coup. He won the election three years later, stepping down in 2006 at the end of his term to democratically hand over power to Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. The presidency of the union rotates between three islands. The Comoros authorities have a tight hold on the media in the country. Journalists risk arrest and detention, and newspapers have been suspended and radio stations put off the air over reports deemed offensive to the government. Radio is the dominant medium. The national state-run network competes with regional services and private stations. There are also private newspaper papers. Most publish weekly; a feeble advertising market, poverty and poor distribution inhibit circulation. Some key dates in the history of the Comoros: 1886 - Comoros become a French protectorate. 1974 - Three of the islands making up the Comoros vote for independence, but a fourth island, Mayotte, votes to stay with France. A year later, Comoros unilaterally declares independence, with Ahmed Abdallah as president. The same year, however, Abdallah is overthrown, ushering in decades of political unrest punctuated by coups. 1997 - The islands of Anjouan and Moheli declare independence from the Comoros. Troops from the island of Grande Comore land in Anjouan to try to prevent its secession, but are routed. The conflict lasts until 2001 when voters agree on a new constitution that will keep the three islands as one country, but will grant each greater autonomy. Tensions linger, however. 2003 - Leaders of semi-autonomous islands reach a power-sharing deal, paving the way for elections 2007 - The African Union sends troops to help keep the peace in June's elections after Anjouan president Mohamed Bacar refuses to stand down. The crisis escalates when Anjouan holds local elections in defiance of the federal government and the African Union. Mohamed Bacar is inaugurated as Anjouan's president. The African Union starts a navy blockade around the island. The following year, the separatists are defeated. 2009 - The island of Mayotte votes to fully integrate with France. The Comoros government, which lays claim to the island, terms the referendum null and void. 2009 - Yemenia Airways plane crashes off Comoros, killing all but one of 153 people on board. Comoran expatriates demonstrate in France after suggestions plane may have been faulty. 2013 - Comoros comes out on top in a survey of women's rights in 21 Arab League states. The poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation surveyed 336 gender experts.

Question: After more than 20 coups or attempted coups , the archipelago of islands that make up Comoros are trying to consolidate political stability and use their picture - perfect @placeholder to climb out of poverty .


After a drab first half at Elland Road, Wood looped a header home from Charlie Taylor's cross to put the hosts ahead. Anthony Knockaert and Glenn Murray were both thwarted by Rob Green as the Seagulls were frustrated. And Wood smashed in his 24th league goal of the season from the spot after Souleymane Doukara was tripped. Victory for Garry Monk's side lifted them to fourth in the table, eight points behind the second-placed Seagulls, and perhaps more pertinently, given them an eight-point cushion to Fulham just outside the top six. After Newcastle could only draw at Birmingham earlier on Saturday, Chris Hughton's side knew they would lead the Championship if they won in West Yorkshire. They came closest in a dull first half, but it came inadvertently from a Leeds player, when Rob Green made a superb reflex save when the ball looped off defender Liam Cooper. The first shot on target in the match came after 55 minutes, but soon after Leeds had the lead thanks to a textbook goal from the New Zealand international, who has now scored against 18 teams in the second tier this season. Brighton had chances, when Murray shot wide and straight at Green, while Knockaert found the palms of the keeper when he could have laid the ball off to a team-mate. But the hosts secured the three points after a clumsy challenge in the penalty from Fikayo Tomori, making his full league debut for the Seagulls in place of injured captain Bruno. Match ends, Leeds United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Attempt missed. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert with a cross following a corner. Corner,  Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Charlie Taylor. Substitution, Leeds United. Eunan O'Kane replaces Pablo Hern¨¢ndez. Goal!  Leeds United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chris Wood (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal. Penalty Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by Fikayo Tomori (Brighton and Hove Albion) after a foul in the penalty area. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood replaces Beram Kayal because of an injury. Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Gaetano Berardi with a cross. Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion). Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart Dallas replaces Hadi Sacko. Foul by Liam Bridcutt (Leeds United). Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt blocked. Beram Kayal (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Attempt saved. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert. Foul by Liam Cooper (Leeds United). Chuba Akpom (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing. Corner,  Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Liam Bridcutt. Substitution, Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara replaces Alfonso. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Chuba Akpom replaces Sam Baldock. Attempt blocked. Alfonso (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Attempt saved. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Beram Kayal. Foul by Chris Wood (Leeds United). Uwe H¨¹nemeier (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jiri Skalak. Corner,  Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Robert Green. Corner,  Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gaetano Berardi. Attempt missed. Alfonso (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Alfonso (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion). Attempt missed. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Knockaert with a cross following a corner. Corner,  Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alfonso. Attempt blocked. Fikayo Tomori (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Attempt blocked. Sam Baldock (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Glenn Murray. Goal!  Leeds United 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chris Wood (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Charlie Taylor with a cross. Attempt blocked. Pablo Hern¨¢ndez (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Taylor.

Question: A Chris Wood double gave Leeds United victory over fellow @placeholder hopefuls Brighton , who failed to return to the top of the Championship .


Col Steve Warren told reporters that IS was "on the defensive", and had "not gained one inch in Iraq since May". It had also been driven out of 20% of its territory in Syria, he added. Despite the losses, IS has continued to launch counter-offensives - including several near the western Iraqi city of Haditha in the past 48 hours. Col Warren said coalition air strikes had helped Iraqi government forces repel an assault on Monday by about 200 militants, and that more than 100 had been killed. He did not give a figure for casualties on the government side, but a Sunni tribal commander told AFP news agency that they had lost more than 25 fighters. Haditha Mayor Mabrouk Hamid said the IS counter-offensive had involved more than 40 armoured vehicles, some of them filled with explosives. Col Warren said IS had shifted its focus to Haditha, situated near a key dam in the north of Anbar province, after losing control of the provincial capital Ramadi the government last week. The coalition spokesman also denied claims by IS that it had captured the towns of Barwana and Sakran, near Haditha. He insisted it had not gained any territory in Iraq since May, when Ramadi was overrun in an embarrassing defeat for the army. In June 2014, IS seized large parts of northern and western Iraq, and proclaimed the creation of a caliphate stretching across the border with Syria. Iraqi government and Kurdish Peshmerga forces - supported by Iranian-backed Shia militiamen, Sunni tribesmen and coalition air strikes - have since regained more than 20,000 sq km (about 8.000 sq miles), according to the coalition. IS militants have also been driven out of the city of Tikrit in the past year, but they continue to control Mosul, the largest city in the north. In Syria, the jihadists have been losing ground to President Bashar al-Assad's forces, rebel groups, and Kurdish militia fighters. But they have also been able to capture new territory of strategic value, including the ancient city of Palmyra.

Question: Islamic State ( IS ) has lost 40 % of the territory it once controlled in Iraq , a spokesman for the US - led coalition @placeholder the jihadist group says .