The star only changed costume twice, letting her music do the talking in a 12-minute, hit-laden set. She opened with Woody Guthrie's civil rights anthem This Land Is Your Land, a gentle but pointed rebuke to the Trump administration; which she reinforced by performing Born This Way - her hymn to acceptance and inclusion. "No matter black, white or beige... I was born to be brave," she sang to an expected US TV audience of 110 million. But Gaga refrained from overt sermonising, simply saying: "We're here to make you feel good" (and, later on, "hello mum"). Ahead of the Super Bowl, the star said her show would be "inclusive" and celebrate "the spirit of equality". Sponsors Pepsi simply said it would be "uniquely Gaga". And, while she didn't hatch from an egg (as at the 2011 Grammy Awards) or smear herself in blood (2009's Monster Ball tour), it was certainly spectacular. Gaga first appeared 79 metres above the crowd, as a swarm of drones hovered behind her; twinkling in the sky before adopting the colours of the stars and stripes during Woody Guthrie's left-wing anthem. "One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," said the star, who promptly did a swan-dive from the roof, landing on a towering, torch-like structure several storeys below. There, she launched into a dizzying medley of hit singles including Poker Face, Just Dance and Telephone, backed by an army of dancers. Her vocals were strong and resonant throughout - although the intricate choreography left her out of breath for the set's sole ballad, Million Reasons. Fans who flooded the pitch were given torches that flashed in time to the music, spelling out lyrics and making elaborate, co-ordinated patterns. BBC Sport presenter Mark Chapman revealed that the entire stadium - including his commentary booth and the public toilets - had been plunged into darkness to make the visuals work on television. Gaga ended the set with Bad Romance, backed by 40 dancers, dressed in blinding white costumes inspired by American Football uniforms. Finishing the show atop a staircase, Gaga shouted "Super Bowl 51," dropped her microphone and jumped into the crowd holding a glittery silver football. "This is for you Monsters," the star tweeted to her fanbase. "I love you." The last time the Super Bowl was held in Houston the half time performer was Janet Jackson, whose infamous "wardrobe malfunction" made the NFL wary of hiring young, edgy pop stars for several years. Gaga posed no such problems, taming her worst excesses to deliver a streamlined, spectacular show that reminded many fans why they love her. And while her performance lacked the political punch of Beyonce last year; or even a gif-able meme like Katy Perry's "left shark", there wasn't a single mis-step or misfiring moment. The star was invited to play the half time show after singing the National Anthem at the 50th Super Bowl in California last year. She said she had studied the greats (name-checking Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Bruce Springsteen) before beginning work on her show in September. "I want every guy's girlfriend in his arms; I want every husband and wife kissing; every kid laughing," she told Radio Disney last year. "In my mind they're having this really powerful family experience watching the Super Bowl." According to CNN, the drone light show required special permission from the Federal Aviation Authority - which had established a 34.5-mile-radius "no-drone zone" around the stadium during the game for safety and security reasons. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Question: She jumped off the roof of Houston 's NRG stadium and bathed in the light of hundreds of drones - but Lady Gaga 's Super Bowl show was fairly restrained ... by her @placeholder .


Stanley May, 74, died two days after hitting his head on the floor in the Truro branch of the supermarket in July 2015. Truro Crown Court heard the chiller had been faulty for 44 hours but customers could still enter the wet area. The Co-op previously pleaded guilty to a Health and Safety offence of failing to protect customers. More on Co-op death and other Cornwall and Devon stories Engineers had tried to fix the chiller two days earlier, but it had continued to leak on to the vinyl floor. A yellow "wet floor" sign had been used, but the affected area extended beyond it. Judge Simon Carr said what happened was "so easily avoidable". He added: "The company tried to address the problem but did so inadequately." Mr May had three children and six grandchildren and was described as "an exceptional man in good health" by the judge. The former chairman of St Enoder Parish Council, he was a member of the Co-op and used to visit their shops most days. Speaking outside the court, Mr May's daughter Victoria Parsons said: "We'd just like everybody to learn that this was so easily avoided; if they had kept an eye on that water my dad would still be alive today." The defence read a statement from Christopher Whitfield, retail and logistics director at the Co-operative Group, in which he said: "He (Mr May) should have been kept safe while walking in our store. "It is a matter of utmost regret that he was not." The court awarded ?¡ê50,000 in costs to Cornwall Council which brought the prosecution.

Question: The Co -op has been fined ? ¡ê 400,000 over the death of a man who @placeholder on water leaking from a faulty sandwich chiller .


The big change affects 4.5 million people with Defined Contribution (DC) schemes. With this type of scheme your monthly pension savings go into a big pot, which will eventually be used to buy an income for your retirement. You can now access that pot freely from the age of 55 (57 from 2028), taking out as much as you like, subject to tax. Some people with Defined Benefit (DB) pensions - which promise a particular annual income - will be able to swap them for DC schemes. You can take 25% of your pension pot as a tax-free lump sum. Or you can take out smaller amounts, of which the first 25% will be tax free on each occasion. But you will have to pay income tax on the amount you withdraw over and above the 25% tax-free allowance. If that amount, added to the rest of your income, exceeds ¡ê42,386 (2015-16), for example, you will pay tax at 40% or more. If the amount exceeds ¡ê100,000, you will begin to lose your personal allowance, resulting in an even higher tax charge. If you buy an annuity (an income for life), or you take income drawdown (leaving your pension pot invested), you will only pay tax on the income. Anyone with total income below ¡ê10,600 in 2015-16 will not pay anything. The new rules make it easier. If you die before the age of 75, the pension pot can be passed on tax free. If you die after 75, and your descendants want the whole pot as a lump sum, they will have to pay 45% tax, instead of 55% previously. However, the government is considering whether to reduce this to an individual's income tax rate - known as the marginal rate - from April 2016. Those who draw down income from an inherited pot will, in any case, pay tax at their marginal rate. State pension calculator DWP Combined state, workplace and DC calculator, from Standard Life Should I delay buying an annuity? Hargreaves Lansdown How much can I earn from a DC pot? Money Advice Service The pension changes mean that many people who would have bought an annuity, will not now do so. Income drawdown is a more flexible option for many. In fact it has not been compulsory to buy an annuity since April 2011. Nevertheless, for many people, annuities will still be the best option - or a mixture of an annuity and drawdown. In the Budget of March 2015, the chancellor said he would make this possible, and the government will now carry out a consultation. This could allow you to swap your annuity for cash, from April 2016. However, no one knows how much demand there will be for second-hand annuities. Many suspect that those selling their annuities will find it hard to get a good price. In theory you can - if your employer allows it. Transferring to a DC scheme means you could get your money out more easily, and pass it on to descendants. But again, you may not get the best value. DB schemes usually offer inflation proofing, and the ability to pass some of the income on to a spouse. They also have a particular advantage if you are getting close to the maximum amount you are allowed to have in a pension pot (see below). From 6 April 2016, the maximum you can have in a pension pot will be ¡ê1m, reduced from ¡ê1.25m. This figure will rise with inflation from April 2018. The government says the change will only affect wealthy people. But a 60 year-old spending all their ¡ê1m pension pot on an inflation-linked annuity could - according to current annuity rates - expect a maximum annual income of around ¡ê27,000. You can have a larger pension pot if you wish, but you will pay 55% tax on any withdrawals. However, anyone in a DB scheme will be treated more generously. Such schemes have a notional capital value, calculated by multiplying the annual income by 20. So if the scheme pays an income of ¡ê10,000 a year, the notional value of the pension pot is ¡ê200,000. Given that the maximum pot will now be ¡ê1m, members of DB schemes can therefore expect annual incomes of up to ¡ê50,000. The annual allowance for pensions savings remains at ¡ê40,000. Yes. From 6 April 2016. The additional state pension and part of pension credit is being abolished, to be replaced with a single-tier state pension. The rate will rise from ¡ê113 a week to around ¡ê155, but the precise amount will be set towards the end of 2015. However, most people will not qualify for the full pension, as their schemes were contracted out of the second state pension, and they paid lower National Insurance (NI) contributions as a result. To qualify for the full pension, you will now need 35 years of NI contributions, instead of 30 previously. Free guidance - not advice - is available through the Pension Wise website. Those aged 55 or above can book a telephone interview with the Pensions Advisory Service, or a face-to-face interview with Citizens Advice. The service will give general guidance, but cannot advise on specific pension policies or investments. The number to book is 030 0330 1001. Otherwise advice can be had through private providers, which will usually be chargeable.

Question: What the government calls " pension freedoms " will be in place from Easter Monday . But anyone @placeholder retirement would do well to note the drawbacks , as well as the advantages .


The woman's bones, including a skull and teeth, were discovered at Achavanich in Caithness in 1987. Known as "Ava", an abbreviation of Achavanich, she is the subject of a long-term research project managed by archaeologist Maya Hoole. Forensic artist Hew Morrison, a graduate of the University of Dundee, created the reconstruction. Ava's remains, along with other artefacts found with her, are held in the care of Caithness Horizons museum in Thurso. Unusually, the Bronze Age woman was buried in a pit dug into solid rock and her skull is an abnormal shape which some suggest was the result of deliberate binding. It is believed Ava was part of a much wider European group known as the Beaker people. Short and round skull shapes were common amongst this group, but Ms Hoole said the Achavanich specimen is exaggerated and of an abnormal, uneven shape. Mr Morrison, a graduate of Dundee's Forensic Art MSc programme, specialises in creating facial reconstructions. He used an anthropological formula to calculate the shape of Ava's missing lower jaw, and also the depth of her skin. Mr Morrison also used a chart of modern average tissue depths for reference. A specialist examination at the time of the discovery in the 1980s suggested that the skeletal remains were that of a young Caucasian woman aged 18-22. He said: "The size of the lips can be determined by measuring the enamel of the teeth and the width of the mouth from the position of the teeth." Mr Morrison created the reconstruction by rebuilding the layers of muscle and tissue over the face. He drew on a large database of high resolution images of faces to recreate the facial features. The individual features were then adjusted to fit with the anatomy of the skull based on the underlying facial muscles. The features were then "morphed together", using computer software to create the reconstructed face. Mr Morrison said: "Normally, when working on a live, unidentified person's case not so much detail would be given to skin tone, eye or hair colour and hair style as none of these elements can be determined from the anatomy of the skull. "So, creating a facial reconstruction based on archaeological remains is somewhat different in that a greater amount of artistic licence can be allowed." He added: "I have really appreciated the chance to recreate the face of someone from ancient Britain. "Being able to look at the faces of individuals from the past can give us a great opportunity to identify with our own ancient ancestors." Ms Hoole said: "When I started this project I had no idea what path it would take, but I have been approached by so many enthusiastic and talented individuals - like Hew - who are making the research a reality. "I'm very grateful to everyone who has invested in the project and I hope we can continue to reveal more about her life."

Question: A facial reconstruction has been made of a young woman who @placeholder more than 3,700 years ago .


Yet the sophisticated image of the Grand National is far removed from the images in newspapers the day after of women falling over, or with underwear showing after being caught by gusts of wind. It is something that Liverpool women academics, stylists and commentators are tired of, and the fight back has begun. Liverpool fashion student Hannah Ramsay, who now lives in London, said that people there regard her accent as something "hysterically funny". She wrote a paper on the north-south fashion divide as part of her degree course. "I think the gap is closing between the north and the south in terms of fashion," she said. "There are always going to be people who want to do Liverpool down and resort to stereotypes no matter what we do, there are people who want to rip it to shreds." She said she will not go to Ladies' Day as she does not want to judge other people subconsciously. "People in Liverpool do want to look good and not adhere to the norm," she added. Gemma Ahearne, a sociology and criminology lecturer and PhD student, said the negative coverage is part of the "vilification of the working classes", who are "not regarded as being worthy of being at the races". She used Aintree as a case study when she examined how the media portrays women and she believes it targets women and defines them as "Chavs" who are held up as "defective" and to be mocked. Ms Ahearne said: "I don't go to the National as it's cruel to the horses, but I have friends who go and hate how women are treated and portrayed as caricatures," she said. She believes the media are "misogynistic and disapproving of women who are hyper-confident, and such coverage aims to regulate their behaviour". "The comments below the line on these articles are disgusting and you get a differentiation at Cheltenham and Ascot, where the language and semantics talks of fashionable fillies," she added. Jennina O'Neill, manager of the Met Quarter shopping district in Liverpool, said it was disappointing the press focus on the same stereotypes year after year. She said: "It's important to celebrate individuality, but the focus should be on style, it would be nice to see more stories showcasing some of the great looks at the races." Interestingly, she does not believe it has a major impact on the city as she said "every city has to deal with certain stereotypes." She agreed that women in Merseyside take pride in their appearance, but said there were lots of different looks in the city. "One thing we notice from our shoppers is the appetite for individuality", she added. Andy Heath, the deputy managing director of Merseyrail, said they had seen a marked change in the behaviour of racegoers - for the better - over the last four or five years. "There is a well-trodden stereotype of Ladies' Day that people turn up in their finery and stagger out at the end of the day," Mr Heath said. Merseyside Police Supt Paul Wilson said anti-social behaviour would not be tolerated and he asked people to treat the area with respect. Last year, there were just 16 arrests during the three-day festival - five on Ladies' Day. None were women, the force said. Merseyrail has introduced bylaws that prevent people who are extremely intoxicated travelling. Music is played and coffee sold in pop-up stores to create a good atmosphere. Over the three days, Mr Heath said the rail company transports 100,000 people - half on Saturday and 30,000 on Ladies' Day. Trains double in frequency to every seven minutes and 12,000 flip-flops are handed out. The flip-flop giveaway also prevents escalator accidents at Liverpool stations, Mr Heath added. While not denying that people may indulge too much, he said they were "a very small minority." "You don't get this sort of publicity at other events such as York or Ascot," he added. "It's a very jaundiced and unfair reflection on women in Liverpool."

Question: It is a day when women from Merseyside are @placeholder to dress in their finest clothes and enjoy a day at the races at Ladies ' Day .


One of the finds at Must Farm quarry in Cambridgeshire were pots with meals still inside. According to Selina Davenport, an archaeologist who helped uncover the Bronze Age dwellings, the find suggests that the pots were being used to make pottage. "Think porridge and add a few extra herby things, and if you were lucky you might have had honey to dollop in the middle. It isn't a great meal, and if someone put a bowl in front of you, you wouldn't light up," says Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. "What people mainly ate was vegetable based dishes, so the discovery of pottage isn't a great surprise, as meat was something saved for special occasions." "This site has provided evidence of things we didn't have evidence for before, like the Bronze Age people's amazing woodwork skills and knowledge of timber," says Duncan Garrow, an associate professor of archaeology at Reading University. The finds include sophisticated woodworking joints and evidence of woodland management. According to Mr Gosden they show the Bronze Age inhabitants were skilled carpenters able to construct really complex settlements in tricky environments. "We know people in the past were incredibly skilled, but this gives us a sense of the range of skills these people had and in an environment we would find very difficult to work in, they are totally at home with. The thing about wood is you need to think ahead. If you're going to build a house you need to have planted the right trees and have the right material. In these dwellings, there's evidence of a whole managed landscape and people's ability to plan and think ahead." The discovery of textiles made from plant fibres such as lime tree bark suggests those living in the Bronze Age were skilled in the use of a range of different materials. "Making things with this fabric is more technological and complicated, and is something we didn't expect," says Ms Davenport. An earlier excavation at the Must Farm quarry uncovered these "exotic" glass beads that formed part of a necklace and, according to archaeologists, "hinted at a sophistication not usually associated with the Bronze Age". Ms Davenport says the beads, which look similar to Roman beads, suggest trading between continents was further spread than initially proved. "These beads confirm a few of our suspicions. Using the signatures within the glass, we can tell they came from the Balkans. We know there were some established trading routes coming from near continents to Britain at the time, but this is spreading that territory even further," says Ms Davenport. The settlement discovered at Must Farm quarry is made up of circular wooden houses, built on stilts, and dates from about 1000-800 BC. A fire destroyed the posts, causing the houses to fall into a river where silt helped preserve the contents. Archaeologists at the site think they have found five houses but are not yet certain. "It's like a snapshot, a moment in time," says Mr Gosden. "We've known for a while that in both the Bronze and Iron Age, people burned down and abandoned their houses for physical reasons. There doesn't seem to be any physical reason as to why they had to abandon this house and go somewhere else," he says. "It was some other reason. The question is, what? The sorts of things that might be the case is the death of a significant person or a major trauma to the community - something social and cultural within the life of the community."

Question: At a quarry in Cambridgeshire , archaeologists say they have discovered Britain 's " Pompeii - a number of well - preserved dwellings dating back to the Bronze Age . The @placeholder found there reveal new details about the period between 2500 and 2000 BC and those who lived through it .


On Monday, Mr Horgan announced that he had the support of the BC Green Party to oust Ms Clark's Liberal Party. The Liberals won 43 seats in a recent election, the NDP won 41 and the Greens won three. Ms Clark said she is unlikely to survive a confidence vote, but will not resign pre-emptively. "If there is going to be a transfer of power in this province, and it certainly seems like there will be, it shouldn't happen behind closed doors," she said on Tuesday during a brief press conference. Under Canadian law, she does not have to resign, since her party won the most seats in the legislature. She said she expects the legislature will test the confidence of the government in "short order", possibly as soon as early June. If her party fails this vote of confidence, than it is up to to the province's lieutenant governor, who is appointed by the Queen, to either call another election or call on the NDP to lead. Ms Clark said she would not request another election so soon after May's election, but that it is in the hands of BC Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver said his party will support the NDP for four years in a "stable minority government". Mr Weaver was careful to stress it would not be a coalition government and the Green Party would not have any seats in cabinet. After 16 years in power, the BC Liberal Party has struggled recently amid high-profile donation scandals and a strong environmental movement in the province that vehemently opposes the oil and gas industry. Mr Weaver said the Liberals' support of the Kinder Morgan pipeline was one of the main reasons why he decided to back Mr Horgan instead of Ms Clark. He and Mr Horgan say they will use "every tool available" to stop the pipeline's expansion. The provincial Liberals are not related to the federal Liberal Party, which is led by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Question: British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she wo n't resign , even after an @placeholder takeover of power from NDP Leader John Horgan .


The Gunners had numerous chances but were unable to break down a resilient Saints side, who have now gone four games without conceding. Away keeper Fraser Forster was superb, making a string of impressive saves, including two to deny Mesut Ozil. Arsenal are now winless in four league games and drop to fourth in the table, five points behind leaders Leicester. Arsene Wenger's side are also now two points behind both second-placed Manchester City and north London rivals Tottenham, who are third and have a superior goal difference. Worryingly for the Gunners boss, who opted not to recruit another striker in the recent transfer window, his side have now gone three Premier League games without scoring. The result is further proof of the resilience Ronald Koeman has instilled in Southampton, who won 1-0 at Manchester United 10 days ago and are seventh in the table after picking up 10 points in their last four matches. On Boxing Day, Arsenal lost 4-0 at Southampton - their only truly heavy defeat of this league campaign and a result that cost them the chance to go top of the Premier League at Leicester's expense. The Foxes' victory over Liverpool on Tuesday meant that Arsenal would not have gone top even with a win over Southampton, but this will be just as frustrating a result as the one they suffered at St Mary's. Credit must go to Koeman's side for their defensive display but that does not excuse the Gunners for their pedestrian start and the chances they missed. Ozil should have scored twice in the first half but Forster was alert and nimble to block his close-range shots and in the second half a host of players had good opportunities, including Olivier Giroud, who had a shot and header tipped away, and Laurent Koscielny who headed over from six yards out. Alexis Sanchez was typically lively in his first league start since the end of November, but was also unable to find a way past the Saints keeper as the Gunners made it three games without a goal for the first time since February 2009. It is no coincidence that Southampton's recent resurgence and newfound resilience began with the recovery of Forster from injury. Prior to the England keeper's return, the Saints had lost eight of 10 games in all competitions, conceding 19 goals, but have since kept three clean sheets in winning three and drawing the other of their four matches. On the evidence of his stellar performance at the Emirates, the 27-year-old will be challenging Joe Hart for a starting spot in the England team at this summer's Euro 2016. During the course of the game he made 10 big saves and dominated his area. In front of him, Jose Fonte and Virgil van Dijk were also superb, keeping the physical Giroud at bay while Victor Wanyama and Oriol Romeu restricted the space available to Ozil, Sanchez and Joel Campbell, who was later replaced by the equally anonymous Theo Walcott. The only negative in Southampton's performance was their inability to make the most of their chances to attack, with Sadio Mane particularly wasteful in a performance that stretches his run of games without a goal to 10 in all competitions. Media playback is not supported on this device Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger: "We put the energy level in and created chances. I cannot fault the team on that front. It is not only luck. I don't believe too much in luck. We feel disappointed and guilty. In a game like that when you create chances you want to win. We had the chances to win it. But their keeper kept them in it. "You have to always think the opponent will play well and despite that still score. We had all kind of chances and it looked like it would come. But sometimes you lose these games." Media playback is not supported on this device Southampton boss Ronald Koeman: "One point away at Arsenal is a good result. To get a good result you need to be lucky and we had that on our side. We had good defending and great goalkeeper. But we needed to create more. "He is a fantastic goalkeeper. Sometimes you think you can't score because he is massive. Maybe today was his best performance. We are happy he is the keeper of Southampton." Arsenal are away at Bournemouth in the Premier League next Sunday, while Southampton host West Ham the day before.

Question: Arsenal lost further @placeholder in the Premier League title race as they were held to a goalless draw by Southampton .


The new measures, which will ensure compensation is paid to victims, are contained in the Modern Slavery Bill, which was announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday. The bill would change the maximum jail sentence from 14 years to life. The Home Office wants the bill to become law before the general election. The initial version of the bill, published last year, was criticised by a parliamentary committee for being a "cut and paste job" of existing offences. Since then that committee, led by Frank Field MP, has made a series of amendments which place a much stronger focus on victims. Under the proposed law, courts will be able to demand that offenders with assets pay compensation for the exploitation and loss of dignity that slavery victims have suffered. The bill could also enforce a statutory defence against the prosecution of victims who have been compelled to commit crimes after being trafficked or held against their will. The Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010, which established an annual anti-slavery day to raise awareness of the issue, described slavery as including: Currently victims are liable for prosecution if there is evidence to prove that they have been involved in illegal acts such as prostitution or cultivation of drugs. Modern slavery can include men, women and children who are brought into the country from overseas and forced to work in illegal brothels or immigrants who are forced to work in cannabis farms, the Home Office said. It can also include vulnerable people forced to work in any number of industries, from farms to nail bars, against their will. "Sandra", 24, was 13 when her grandmother died. She was taken to work for a woman in Uganda as a housemaid but soon found herself being regularly raped by the lady's husband. When she was 17, a friend of the couple she was living with took Sandra to England. She was told she had to sleep with men and could not return to Uganda until she had paid back the cost of bringing her to the UK. A few months later, she was taken to another house by a man who said he had paid for her. Other men would visit the house regularly and she was only allowed to leave her room to go to the toilet. The man later abandoned her on the side of the road when she fell pregnant. It was the first time she had been outdoors in the UK. She was helped by a passer-by and given help by the Salvation Army. You can listen to an interview with Sandra here. The independent think tank Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) welcomed the bill being included in the Queen's Speech. Its director Christian Guy said: "There are high hopes that this new bill will force modern slavery from the shadows and bring Britain's fight against it into the 21st Century." A Home Office spokesman echoed his sentiments and said: "We want to ensure that victims of this horrendous crime get the reparation they deserve. "The bill will also strengthen action against the criminals involved in this disgusting trade in human beings to prevent them from ruining any further lives." The new measures - which the Home Office has said will be the first of its kind in Europe - will only apply specifically to England and Wales, but ministers have previously said they wanted it to have the "broadest UK-wide effect". A consultation process on slavery and human trafficking has recently closed on 15 April in Northern Ireland, and the results are yet to be published. The UK and Scottish governments have also previously agreed to work together while ensuring Scotland's "distinctive approach" to the issue is maintained. The plans for a Modern Slavery Bill were first unveiled by Home Secretary Theresa May in August 2013 and the government want to see it enforced before the 2015 general election. The Queen's Speech is designed to outline the government's proposed policies and legislation for the forthcoming parliamentary session of 2014-15.

Question: Courts in England and Wales are to get new @placeholder to protect people who are trafficked into the UK , held against their will , and forced to work .


Backbench Tory MP Chris Davies had asked the Welsh secretary if the UK government should have the power to put the Welsh Government in special measures. The leader said it was not his policy. Dai Lloyd, a Plaid Cymru AM, suggested that devolution was under attack following the EU referendum vote. Andrew RT Davies told a news conference: "I disagree with Chris's comments, full stop. "What Chris is advocating is from the position of a backbencher in Westminster of an opinion that he hears expressed in his constituency on a regular basis. "It's not government policy, it's not Welsh Conservative policy." "Our policy is very very clear. Devolution needs to be respected. It is here. It is permanently here," he said. "We are the government in Westminster that is delivering the Wales Bill that will see a huge transfer of responsibility," he said. He added: "Of course this place shouldn't be put into special measures. Ultimately it is for the politicians who are democratically elected here to actually be accountable to the people of Wales, whether they are in government or are assembly members. Mr Davies asked Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns at the Welsh Affairs Select Committee on Monday: "Do you not wish there would be a mechanism in there to take powers back to this place to be able to sort out, just as the Welsh Assembly have the powers to put local authorities under special measures and hospitals into special measures. "Don't you think there should be an opportunity for us to do the same?" But Mr Cairns said people would be able to have their say at the assembly election over the devolved matter. Chris Davies, speaking on BBC Radio Wales, said he thinks education "should" be unravelled from devolution. He told the Good Morning Wales programme that "we have to be careful" and look at May's assembly election. "We had a party, a party I do not support, the Abolish the Welsh Assembly party, which started from nothing, from nowhere. "In just a matter of weeks, they took 4.5% of the vote," he said. "We need to be careful out there, because just before we know it there may be a massive tide, a massive swave across Wales who decide they don't want the assembly any longer." Dai Lloyd, of Plaid Cymru, called Mr Davies's suggestion that UK ministers could become involved in education in Wales a "crass idea" and a "Conservative attempt to wheel back powers from this place to London". "We're under attack from all places now, post-Brexit," he said. "We have Andrew RT Davies saying we can't cope with agriculture here, keep it up there. Now we have Chris Davies... also suggesting something equally ludicrous." "People keep saying we've got to respect the result of the referendum," Mr Lloyd said. "The corollary of that is that we need to respect the result of every referendum, particularly in the context of this place." Vale of Clwyd Conservative MP James Davies tried to widen the debate on Monday, suggesting in a tweet that the UK government should perhaps intervene in the Welsh health service as well. In reply to a tweet about Chris Davies' comments, Mr Davies said: "What about NHS performance? "I have constituents in despair most days of the week over the inequity between Wales and England."

Question: Comments suggesting UK ministers should be able to intervene on education in Wales have been @placeholder by Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies .


Her resistance and eventual escape in 2013 triggered a Metropolitan Police investigation that has now led to the conviction of cult leader Aravindan Balakrishnan. No-one knew she existed. She left the cult a 30-year-old who had been denied any kind of independent life, with limited experience of the outside world. She was, despite being highly intelligent, unable to perform basic tasks. Her name is not Fran. In fact, the name she asked the BBC to use is not the one Balakrishnan gave her at birth, or the one she used during her years in the cult. Or the one she intends to use in future. She wouldn't give us this name. But with it she is starting a new life. College, friends, a growing interest in somewhat more mainstream politics than the revolutionary communism she's grown up with. She seemed bright, despite her limited education. Someone who knows her own mind, despite the years during which Balakrishnan spent brainwashing her. Fran was born in 1983. Her mother was Sian Davies, a cult member who had a long-term relationship with the married Balakrishnan, whom members called "Comrade Bala". She has a stunning memory, perhaps due to the fact that she did so little which was memorable. Small events took on huge significance, and were recorded in her extensive diaries. She can tell you the exact date she was allowed to watch a particular film, or visit a shop. Always accompanied. But her memories are filled with unhappy moments. "My thoughts and feelings were mainly of fear," she told the BBC, "because I saw other people in the house being quite violently treated. Lots of shouting - and I myself was beaten up as well." She was taught to venerate Balakrishnan, whom the cult treated as a deity. "My mother used to say he is god and he is the star of our lives so we have to worship him." The cult told Fran her birth parents were deceased. Her father was said to have been a Peruvian revolutionary who died in combat and her mother an Englishwoman who died in childbirth. "This story was what I was meant to tell other people," she remembers. "I didn't know exactly who I was. The feeling was like I was a waif or on the wayside being picked up by Bala and now he's my mum and dad." During his trial, Balakrishnan justified this deceit by saying he wanted Fran to grow up without the concept of a traditional family. "The collective was literally the opposite of a nuclear family," he said. The collective was founded in the 1970s and its initial creed was a form of puritanical communism based on the thoughts of China's Chairman Mao. But the group's beliefs became ever more bizarre, taking in supernatural elements, eventually placing Balakrishnan at the centre of world history. Fran says: "It was how he was going to rule the world and this was like a 'pilot unit' to test whether that will work." Balakrishnan came to believe there was a "mind-control machine" called Jackie that had the power of life and death over cult members. "He said that Jackie would help him to rule the world." Jackie was "capable of doing whatever his master, which is Bala, wanted it to do, so all the earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, all the natural disasters were because of him, as well as terrorist attacks". "I used to think 'my God how am I ever going to escape'," Fran said. "'If the whole world is like this place, how am I ever going to escape?' And the only way to escape was to die, so I used to feel like killing myself. "I remember when I was aged six I wanted to be run down by the Tube." Cult members were encouraged to spy on each other and listen only to Bala. Until 2013, Fran had only been out alone once in 30 years. Sometimes over a year would pass between tightly controlled trips outside. "I remember being told that I'd be struck down by lightning or spontaneously combust if I went out on my own." She never saw a doctor, went to school, or played with other children: "I wasn't allowed to mix with them," she says. "I was even told not to look out of windows because it was bad to look out of windows, but sometimes I did and I used to see other children playing." In one property she remembers: "The neighbour had a party for the little boy and there were balloons and slides in the garden. I was told not to look at that. But I did look and I used to feel that I'm missing out." She was educated at home by her father and other cult members. "I was taught to write all about him. What I first learnt to write was I love beloved Comrade Bala. That's what my mum got me to write." Her education also consisted of diaries criticising herself for failing to live up to Bala's ideals. Her mother oversaw the writing of the diaries and they played a role in Bala's trial, providing a record of beatings and indoctrination. Her mother Sian died in 1997 after falling from a window at a house the cult then occupied. Fran also remembers another member, Oh Kareng, dying in mysterious circumstances in 2004. Three other members left and eventually only six people remained. Fran eventually saw through her father's lies. "Once I saw the light I couldn't un-see the light," she says. She longed for freedom, but did not escape until 2013. She was in need of medical attention and convinced another member, Josephine Herival, to contact a charity and the police. When finally taken to a doctor she was found to be suffering from severe diabetes. The first people she met when she left the cult were Gerard Stocks and Yvonne Hall of the Palm Cove Society, who have supported her ever since. They describe her progress as "outstanding." But adjusting to the world has been hard. Fran describes the feeling as being "like a goldfish bowl effect where I feel there's an invisible barrier between me and everybody else because nobody can understand what I feel like." Fran is now studying at college and is leading an ever fuller life. She wants to "show love to other people in the way that love was not shown to me". Of Balakrishnan, the man who imprisoned her, Fran says: "I forgive him." "I would like to reconcile with him in the future, if he wants that. Because hatred does no good to anyone." She abhors violence and conflict, having experienced so much of it herself, and refuses to be hateful. "If I leave the place with anger and hatred and bitterness then I'm still in prison - and I don't want to be in prison that way."

Question: She is the woman who refused to be hidden . For three decades Fran was imprisoned in a cult , led by her father , that sought to mould her @placeholder to his radical views .


The UK network suggests the move will particularly benefit people who fail to get a connection or experience dropped calls in their homes and offices. Other firms already offer a similar service via apps, but EE says its scheme is "seamless" as users are not required to do anything to switch between 3G/4G and wi-fi. However, there are potential pitfalls. EE said its Wi-fi Calling facility would initially be limited to pay monthly subscribers using Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S5 phones and Microsoft's new Lumia 640, although the BBC understands the iPhone 5S and newer Apple handsets will also be supported. Since it requires specific mobile data components to be built into the devices, it cannot be extended to other older models. However, EE said it would soon offer a compatible own-brand budget smartphone. To join the service, users send the firm a single text message. "We have worked more than a year to make sure that everything works like a normal phone connection," Olaf Swantee, EE's chief executive, told the BBC. "So, the ringtone, the voicemail, the quality of the conversation - all of that is exactly the same with our solution. "I think that's essential as customers don't have the time to figure out whether they should be using an app. "They want to simply know the network will switch from one technology to the other without customer intervention." He added that he expected five million people would be able to use the service, which also supports text messages, by the summer. Even if a personal wi-fi network is used, the phone's owner will still be billed as if they had made the call in a normal manner. Furthermore, they cannot use it to make cheaper calls from abroad. But one industry watcher said the scheme still had appeal. "One of the complained about factors with mobile phones is just making a voice call, and perhaps an approach of getting the fundamentals of connectivity right can act as a differentiator for the firm," said Kester Mann from the telecoms consultancy CCS Insight. "Vodafone will also be launching a similar wi-fi calling service in the summer." The UK's other two leading networks, O2 and Three, offer apps instead: Tu Go and Three inTouch. Third-party services, including Skype, Whatsapp, Viber and Apple's iMessage, also provide ways to make voice calls over wi-fi. One of the limitations of EE's Wi-fi Calling is that it cannot switch from one service to another mid-call. So, if someone walks out of a wi-fi covered zone into an area where there is 4G coverage, or vice versa, they still face their call suddenly ending. EE is marketing the service as a way to make calls in the home or office, where it believes this is unlikely to be a common problem. It also boasts that it will make it easy for people to make and receive calls on London Underground platforms, and other wi-fi enabled places without network coverage. However, it acknowledges that users many need to manage their experience. Because phones will automatically switch to wi-fi where it is available, if users log into a congested hotspot they could face poor call quality. They would then need to go into their settings menu to temporarily turn off the wi-fi connection or Wi-fi Calling facility to opt back into 3G/4G. "It's going to depend on the quality of the public wi-fi, and if that's a poor quality service in a coffee shop, shopping centre or wherever, that will be a challenge," said Mr Mann. "It's very much tailored to the private wi-fi that people have in the basements of flats, rural homes and other places with poor mobile coverage." EE recently beat other networks in terms of average 4G download speeds and the number of UK premises with coverage, in a study carried out by the regulator Ofcom. The company - which is currently owned by Deutsche Telekom and Orange - is in the process of being taken over by BT, which plans to let customers boost reception within buildings via a separate technique involving additional radio spectrum that it owns. There is, however, opposition to the acquisition. Consumer rights advocate Which? has written to Ofcom highlighting that the two firms have fared poorly in customer satisfaction surveys, and suggested that the merger could exacerbate the situation. However, Mr Swantee insisted customers would benefit from the tie-up. "The purchase of EE for ?¡ê12.5bn is very much going to further innovation," he said. "In-market consolidation can really help to drive investment. "And when you look forward to technologies like 5G - which we will get in 2020, maybe - they require incredible investment."

Question: EE is to begin switching some of its customers to wi - fi enabled calls to help combat mobile @placeholder dead spots .


Police said a silver Peugeot 207 was driven into a furniture shop on Cowley Road shortly after 07:00 BST. There have been no reports of any injuries. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said the impact had made the shop's structure unsafe. A road closure was put in place on Cowley Road close to the junction with Chapel Street. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue said crews used metal props to support the roof and prevent it from falling in on the shop while the vehicle was removed. Station manager Simon Belcher said it showed the "varied nature" of crews' work. Cowley Road has since reopened and a cordon remains around the shop. Thames Valley Police are working to establish who was driving the vehicle.

Question: A man and woman made off on foot when the car they were in ploughed into the @placeholder of a shop in Oxford .


The MPs are members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has roots in political Islam. Last month, Turkey lifted the headscarf ban in a number of state institutions. The ban was one of the most contentious laws in Turkey, pitting backers of the secular constitution against those who favour Islamic rights. "I will no longer take off my headscarf," Gonul Bekin Sahkulubey, one of the four MPs, was quoted as saying by Turkey's Milliyet newspaper. "I expect everyone to respect my decision." A number of fellow MPs gathered around their colleague to take pictures. Supporters of the women said their move was yet another step towards normalising the wearing of headscarves. But the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) accused the governing party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of undermining the country's secular traditions. The CHP also said the move was an election gimmick ahead of municipal polls next March. This is the first time MPs have worn the headscarf in parliament since an abortive attempt in 1999. Back then, lawmaker Merve Kavakci arrived in the assembly in a headscarf for her swearing-in ceremony - only to be booed out of the building. The reversal of the ban was part of major political reforms - including new Kurdish rights - announced last month by Mr Erdogan. He described the move as "a historic moment". However, the headscarf ban remains for judges, prosecutors, police officers and members of the armed forces.

Question: Four Turkish women lawmakers have @placeholder in parliament in Ankara wearing headscarves - for the first time since 1999 .


The blast, which took place in a busy area in the capital Imphal on Friday night, reportedly targeted migrant labourers from another state. No group has so far said it was behind the attack. The region near the Burmese border is home to many militant groups and has seen decades of separatist violence. The area is ethnically and culturally remote from Delhi, correspondents say. Locals accuse politicians of ignoring the state, saying it has not received the investment and development given to the rest of the country. Police officials said the "high-intensity bomb" was planted in a makeshift tent occupied by non-Manipuri construction workers who had all worked for the same company. The government condemned the attack as an act of cowardice. Labourers are frequently brought in from Assam, Bengal and other states to work on government projects. The remote state has long been affected by insurgent violence, with separatist rebels viewing India as a colonial power.

Question: At least nine people have been killed and more than 20 @placeholder in a bomb explosion in the north - eastern Indian state of Manipur , police say .


After its sharp fall two years ago, the barrel price has been swilling around the $50 mark - on raised, then lowered, expectations that OPEC will cut a deal on reducing supply to raise the price. The exporters' cartel meets in Vienna on September 26th. With a Gulf Arab nod here, an Iraqi wink there, a gnomic comment from a Russian official and an update on the state of America's oil stocks, the price gyrates a dollar or two, or three. In the past week, it's been to the downside, most recently spotted below $47. Longer term, the consensus is on a recovery in price, partly as demand is expected to pick up, and also because low levels of exploration inevitably mean a low level of replacement reserves. In Stavanger last week, as the offshore industry gathered for biennual Nordic bash, there was talk of exploration being as low as it's been. It's the easy bit of a budget to chop. (Aberdeen's Offshore Europe event alternates with Offshore Norway in Stavanger - I've just checked next September, and hotel rooms start at ¡ê200 a night, with several establishments not taking bookings. Get planning!) But because a big slump in exploration activity drives down the price of exploration, with rigs at bargain basement prices (unless they've run aground on the Isle of Lewis), those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk can get spudding the seabed with drilling bits. (Spudding, in case you're wondering, is the act of breaking through the seabed.) Statoil is such a player. It told the industry last week that it is eyeing up prospects for the Barents Sea, in inhospitable waters to Norway's north. It becomes more attractive as seabed compression technologies replace platforms, and as drilling is now done at much lower prices, and in only half the time it was taking in 2013. Analysis by the Edinburgh-based energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie points to a whopping $50bn of offshore investment put on ice by Norwegian developers since the price tanked two years ago. It suggests companies should take the advantage of development prices bottoming out in the middle of 2017 before prices begin to pick up again. By the middle of next decade, we could see much higher costs as the price for going with the cyclical downturn we're seeing just now. Some development still goes ahead.  The Johann Sverdrup field is a giant, discovered amid extensively-developed areas of the Norwegian sector and not far from UK waters. It is a huge investment programme, but with the driving down of contractor costs, the scale of the field is such that costs are now down to $25 per barrel. Britain's exploration is in a worse position. The UK government has been urged to provide tax breaks for exploratory drilling. It hasn't chosen to offer a targeted allowance, but it has found ¡ê40m over the past two years to fund seismic surveying. That can now be sourced at very low prices. It's a technology that involves ships trawling up and down a section of sea like a ploughing tractor, blasting air bubbles at the seabed and using long lines of floating sensors to pick up the reflected marine wave patterns, mapping the seabed and rock formations below it. Much of the money is being targeted at new surveying of areas east of Shetland and around south-west England. But some is being used to look again at areas that were previously surveyed. Being under water, such data can get a lot of noisy distortion. So it's worth spending a bit on cleaning it. That's why ¡ê2.5m was contracted last week by the Oil and Gas Authority in Aberdeen, to spend on taking oldish data, and applying new techniques to it. It is then made available to the industry for next-to-nothing. That includes seismic mapping from the early 1990s in the Minches and Firth of Clyde. Other existing data getting another look is around Cornwall, Devon and the Bristol Channel, Cardigan Bay in west Wales and Celtic Sea, Morecambe Bay and the east Irish Sea and also the seabed platform east of Shetland, which has more recently been the subject of big investments on the Mariner heavy oil field. If the inland waters around Scotland are to see further drilling, it will be for the Scottish government to decide if it can happen. Much is made of the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, as the key indicator in the energy market.  Gas can sometimes be overlooked. But there are interesting moves afoot in that market.  Wholesale prices have fallen significantly, such that gas-fired power stations have become a different economic proposition in comparison with the high price that would be guaranteed for new nuclear capacity at Hinkley Point. That could be part of the calculations - both financial and political - being weighed up in Downing Street on whether to go ahead with the giant plant. Energy experts reckon that, due to maintenance on both storage and on the links from Norway to continental Europe, exports from the UK through the gas pipeline to Belgium could hit a record level this week.

Question: It 's a brave commodities trader or government finance minister who bets the farm on the future @placeholder of the price of Brent crude oil .


The small community is based in woodland earmarked for housing, and eviction notices have been served. They call themselves Diggers, after a group of land activists who occupied St George's Hill in 1649. Photographer Daniella Zalcman stumbled upon the group in February this year, and, after a few phone calls, began to visit every week or so. Zalcman was made welcome very quickly. "I was lucky to get to know most of the villagers before they were served an eviction notice at the end of March, when local journalists began to descend on the place en masse," she says. "I've slept there, I've eaten there, I've helped to do the dishes and take out the garbage. So I think my access and my relationship with the group is a little different and a little more intimate." That is something that really comes across in the work. Zalcman's pictures invite the viewer into the community. The soft, shallow depth of field produced by the Yashica D TLR she uses for much of her work helps in that respect. "It's been pretty amazing to watch the forest transition from winter to summer," she says. "In April, the entire hill was coated in bluebells. Now, the terraced permaculture space in the centre of the village is full of vegetables and greens." The community consists of those who have been on site for a number of years and others who drift in and out. Magna Carta outlined some basic human rights, including a fair trial and limits on taxation - the principle being that no-one was above the law, including the King, and it is seen as the birth of our modern democracy. Ieuan Davies, a resident from the beginning of the community, says: "I'm unemployed, and I've reached a point in my life where I need a sabbatical from everything. "I worked for 20 years as a violin restorer, but I want something different now. "I want to live with fresh air, and I want to be free. "I'm doing this because I can. "We just want fairness and freedom. "People want us living in boxes, working jobs, paying taxes. "We're not doing any of that. We'll be here for the celebration of Magna Carta, freedom under law. That's ironic, isn't it? "I don't use money much. I eat food that's been thrown out [in supermarket bins], and I can survive for weeks without money. I've achieved a stress-free life." The date for the court hearing to settle eviction is set for 15 June at Guildford County Court., the same day that the Queen and other dignitaries will be celebrating the anniversary of Magna Carta, a short distance from the village. Here are a selection of Zalcman's pictures from her series entitled To Make a Wasteland Grow. You can see more of Daniella Zalcman's work on her website or her pictures of Sunday Soldiers that I published last year.

Question: The 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede , on the banks of the Thames , is on Monday , 15 June . Today , the site , between Windsor and Staines , is part of the National Trust - but @placeholder it , a group have set up what they call Runnymede Eco - Village .


Officials have confirmed that of the 184 inmates that escaped, 70 have been captured, leaving 114 still at large. Among those on the run is Brayan Bremer, who posted pictures of himself on the run on social media. About 100 federal officers have been sent to Amazonas to boost the search. Amazonas governor Jose Melo requested the help of the federal government on Sunday, saying Amazonas were "at their physical and psychological limit". The prisoners escaped from the Anisio Jobim jail in Manaus and the neighbouring Antonio Trindad prison as a deadly riot was under way in the former. Brazil prison riots: What's the cause? The director of the Anisio Jobim jail, Jose Carvalho da Silva, has since been suspended over allegations he took money from the Familia do Norte gang in exchange for turning a blind eye to drugs and weapons beings smuggled into the jail. Investigators say the Familia do Norte instigated the riot and specifically targeted members of rival gang First Capital Command (PCC). Mr Silva is also accused of allowing inmates to flee the prison in exchange for money. He had been put in charge of the jail on 28 December in an interim capacity, after serving as deputy head. Two inmates made the allegations against him in separate letters sent to the authorities three weeks before the riot. In the letters, the inmates say that Mr Silva had threatened to move them from a secure area of the jail into a "general population" area, even though they had received death threats and a judge had ordered they be kept separate from the general prison population. The two were among the 56 inmates killed during the riot on 1 January.

Question: Police in Brazil are @placeholder up their search for more than 100 prisoners who are still on the run after escaping from adjoining prisons in the northern state of Amazonas on 1 January .


The Baggies turned down four bids from Tottenham for the 22-year-old striker, including two on 1 September. He went on Twitter to indicate he would never play for Albion again but he came on against Southampton on Saturday. "The lads have given him some stick. Sometimes it's the best way because it takes away the tension," Fletcher said. "When somebody comes in and there is a little bit of banter, I'm sure he feels like one of the lads again." Scotland midfielder Fletcher, who is not on Twitter, said: "It's about emotions really. "You can do silly things and when you're on Twitter it allows you to voice your opinions. If he had sat quietly for 48 hours he wouldn't have done it."

Question: Saido Berahino has faced West Brom dressing room " banter " about his threat to go on strike on @placeholder day , says his captain Darren Fletcher .


The Lord's side only avoided relegation on the last day of the season. "Everybody's careers have highs and lows but at times we play some careless, soft, sloppy cricket," Fraser told BBC London 94.9. "There are questions being asked about a few players in our side - is there really a steely backbone to them and are they tough enough?" Middlesex won four of their opening six County Championship games of the season but then failed to win any of their remaining 10 first-class matches of the campaign. The north London club were sucked into the Division One relegation battle and only retained their top-flight status after securing draws at Somerset and Lancashire in the final two matches of the season. "There is so much talent in the dressing room and so many gifted cricketers but the frustration is when we don't get it out of them," Fraser said. "We made lots of mistakes throughout the year. We can play well for long periods of time but we spoil it with a bad session. "Our target every year is to build on what we have achieved previously and to improve on it. This year we haven't and we've gone backwards. "We need to make sure we start performing to the levels we know we're capable of and have shown in this division in previous years. "We have got to sit down and analyse everything we are doing for next season to make sure that if we do get in a rut that somehow we can find a way out of it." Meanwhile, Fraser says one of his immediate concerns is identifying a replacement for captain Chris Rogers next season. The 37-year-old batsman, who scored 1,333 Championship runs at an average of 55.54 this season, is set to be away for much of 2015 because of international commitments with Australia. Australia have a tour of West Indies next May and then come to England for an Ashes series, which will run until late August. "I can't see Chris not being selected for Australia," Fraser said. "We will undoubtedly see him back in a Middlesex shirt again in years to come. "Filling the void that he potentially leaves is something that is going to take quite a player to do. "We have got to try to do that and get more out of the players in the dressing room on a more consistent basis to fill that void."

Question: Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser has queried the @placeholder of some of his side 's players .


The visitors took a sixth-minute lead when Josh Vela's fierce right-footed shot from the corner of the box took a deflection off Stuart Sinclair to wrong-foot Rovers goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall. And it was 2-0 after 26 minutes. Tom Lockyer was penalised for a foul 25 yards out and Jay Spearing found the top corner to Mildenhall's right with a sweetly-struck free-kick. Rovers struggled to create a clear first-half chance, despite some neat approach play. But they got back in the game on 57 minutes when Lee Brown's left-footed free-kick from 20 yards was brilliantly tipped onto a post by Mark Howard, only for Ellis Harrison to fire home the rebound. Having made three attacking substitutions, two of them at half time, Rovers boss Darrell Clarke saw his team almost snatch a point on 86 minutes when Jermaine Easter fired wide from Billy Bodin's pass. But they were unable to find an equaliser as they lost at the Memorial Stadium for the first time since being beaten by Stevenage on 24 November 2015. Report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers). Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt missed. Conor Wilkinson (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the right. Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Stuart Sinclair. Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers). Attempt saved. Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine. Foul by Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers). Jermaine Easter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lewis Buxton (Bolton Wanderers). Daniel Leadbitter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers). Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers). Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers). Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card. Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Monta?o replaces Lee Brown. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Zach Clough replaces Jamie Proctor. Attempt missed. James Clarke (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Foul by Mark Davies (Bolton Wanderers). Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Liam Trotter. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers). Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers). Attempt saved. Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers). Goal!  Bristol Rovers 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Attempt saved. Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Question: Recently - @placeholder Bolton made it maximum points from their first three League One games after inflicting a first home defeat in nine months on Bristol Rovers .


England are aiming to complete a 3-0 series whitewash this weekend. "He has got a lot of knowledge, a lot he can teach people," Jones said. "We have two outstanding young number 10s in Owen Farrell and George Ford and we want them to keep learning. They'll definitely learn things [from Johns]." Australian Jones, who took England to train at his old club Randwick, added: "For those guys to have that lesson this afternoon is invaluable, they will remember it for the rest of their lives." Earlier this year Jones recruited former Wallaby flanker George Smith as a breakdown consultant, while another former Australia player, Glen Ella, is working as England's skills coach on the tour. Jones believes "100%" that rugby union players can learn from the 13-a-side game - and a more permanent role for former Australia Test half-back Johns is a possibility. "Guys like Andrew Johns touched the ball 50 or 60 times in a game, had to fix defenders, knew when to drift and be straight, how to use your eyes, where to position your hands," Jones added. "I've always admired his skills as a player, and we've been chatting for a while about the possibility of him coming in and doing a little bit of work." Only flanker James Haskell and winger Jack Nowell were unable to take part as England trained in Sydney. Haskell has a foot injury and is a major doubt to be fit for Saturday, but Jones says the Wasps forward has an "amazing capacity to absorb pain" and could yet be in contention. Winger Nowell is going through return-to-play protocols after concussion, with Jones set to name his 23-man squad on Thursday. "In terms of selection we always pick our best 23, and we will be doing that. It's the third Test of the series so we are going to need energetic, physically aggressive players." Find out how to get into rugby union with our special guide. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

Question: Australian rugby league great Andrew Johns helped England with their " attacking @placeholder " as Eddie Jones ' side trained before the third Test against the Wallabies in Sydney .


Once, there was rarely a better way for wealthy gents to subtly boast about their riches than to proclaim their status via their neckwear. Although not a common method now, having been replaced by showy watches and designer labels, in the late 19th Century it was all the rage for the well-connected and well-to-do to slip on the "gentleman's accessory of grandeur" - an ascot tie - to demonstrate their affluence. Firstly, though, is an ascot different from a cravat? An ascot - also known as a "day cravat" is the form of cravat we're familiar with today. It's a neckband with wide pointed wings, folded over, and fastened with a stickpin. The ends are typically tucked inside the collar of a shirt and although it's a bit fiddly, there are plenty of tips on how to tie one. Traditionally made from pale grey patterned silk, the ascot is now more commonly seen in bright - some might say lurid - colours. Named after the racing gala Royal Ascot, it would be easy to assume the royal enclosure is overflowing with male throats clad in silk. But the ties, they are a-changin' and since 2012, the event's dress code stipulates: "Gentlemen are kindly reminded that it is a requirement to wear either black or grey morning dress which must include a waistcoat and tie (no cravats)". According to the Academia Cravatica - a Croatian organisation dedicated to the preservation of the cravat, a cravat is merely "a scarf or piece of fabric worn around the neck". Why are the Croatians bothered? Because that's where cravats come from. Croat soldiers serving under the French army during the reign of Louis XIII wore military kit which included picturesque scarves distinctively knotted at the neck. Enlisted soldiers were likely to have a coarse cloth, while officers might swaddle their necks in fine linens and silks. The fashion spread through France and Regency dandy "Beau" Brummell - made it popular with the English. Thus the cravat became a way of displaying both sartorial elegance and wealth. By the time Victoria came to the throne they were well-established staples for the suave. The increase in influence of the industrial businessmen towards the end of the Victorian era saw middle-class men eschewing stiff neckwear and adopting a less formal form of tie. Off they went to watch the horses at Royal Ascot with their loose necktie. It became quite the thing to wear at the meeting and eventually "ascot" became its name. According to the Gentleman's Gazette, - motto "helping you look dapper and dandy" - this kind of neckwear was accessible even to the middle classes, while also allowing upper-class gentlemen to express their wealth in details, such as expensive tiepins. The further a man had climbed the social scale, the quieter and more subtle his neckwear was, whereas the lower he was placed, the brighter and more varied his neckwear became, according to the gazette. Throughout the years, fashions changed in how the tie appeared perhaps coincided with the mod and psychedelic movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Perhaps the golden years of the ascot were best portrayed by the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Pablo Picasso and David Niven, but these were sadly superseded by Terry Thomas-alike Brits abroad, lecherous men at parties and drama teachers wearing them with heavy irony. And of course, Alan Partridge. So what's a chap to do if he can't wear his ascot to Ascot? There's a bit of a resurgence. According to fashion journalist Julian Bennett, "the ascot tie, which was a symbol of wealth during the 19th Century is still heavily used in everyday fashion today and can still be seen on the catwalks from top designers around the world". If you've got just a minute, you might take a leaf from Nicholas Parsons' sartorial stylebook. He describes himself as "a dedicated wearer of the cravat". And according to the Cravat Club (yes, there is one), gentlemen should try "experimenting with their ascot, such as tucking it into a polo shirt". "Why not wear it on the outside of the shirt paired with a tailored suit, waistcoat or fitted jacket?", the club asks. Why not indeed?

Question: As Royal Ascot comes to a close and the finery and frippery of the royal enclosure is packed away , one item of clothing will not have to be replaced in the @placeholder - because it is banned . Ascot ties - once the neckwear of choice - are not allowed to be worn at Ascot . What 's the story of their rise and fall ?


Media playback is unsupported on your device 23 January 2014 Last updated at 07:28 GMT The massive yellow statue is more than six metres high and around 10 times the size of an ordinary rocking horse! The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle. Each of the years is named after an animal and this is the year of the horse. "The reason we decided to make the rocking horse is that it's something everyone has played with in their childhood," said head of Sanxing township, Huang Yang-yong. Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in Taiwan and many are decorating their homes with horse-shaped ornaments and red banners. People also celebrate by lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes. This year Chinese New Year falls on 31 January. Officials hope the horse will bring good fortune, prosperity and many smiles to the town.

Question: This giant rocking horse has been @placeholder in Taiwan to help celebrate Chinese New Year .


For just over a year when I was 14 years old, I suffered from anorexia nervosa. Weighing a tiny amount, I bought children's clothing and consumed fewer than 500 calories a day. Anorexia nervosa is far from just a battle of wills to resist eating a chocolate bar. It's a serious mental illness. A possession. As though developing a split personality?-yourself and the anorexia. In fact, that's exactly what happened to me. Prior to the illness, I'd been a happy girl and enjoyed a great relationship with my parents, but that deteriorated when anorexia embedded itself in my head. I developed techniques and deceptive ways to make it look like I'd eaten when I hadn't. I'd dispose of food in literally any way I could. I became sneaky and desperate, and I'd lie constantly, dreading any time away from school because home-time meant food time. 'I've eaten' techniques included sprinkling toaster crumbs on a plate to make it look like I'd had toast. I'd hide any food down sleeves, in pockets, in bras, in my cheeks, anything to avoid swallowing it. I'd mop up milk from my cereal with tissues. For a girl who loathed maths more than she currently hated life, I became highly adept at calorie calculation. For a girl who loathed maths more than she currently hated life, I became highly adept at calorie calculation. And I knew how much EVERYTHING provided me with. My mum was immediately on my tail when I started to get thin. I'd exercise compulsively?¡ª?literally anything to burn calories. I'd relish any chance to get away from my parents so that I could burn calories exercising. I remember running laps of the playground during Girl Guide hours in the evening because it was the only time I could run and burn calories. My patrol must have thought I was very strange. Now that I was below a healthy weight, my periods had stopped and I was attending weekly appointments at the Youth Hospital seeing a dietician and a psychologist. I was clinically depressed and spent every day being force-fed by my parents while I screamed and cried like a banshee at the threat of being fed two spoonfuls of ice cream. I could see my thighs were bigger in the mirror after eating anything calorific. That delusion to me was as real as the glass itself. The body dysmorphia was terrible. I could see my thighs were bigger in the mirror after eating anything calorific. That delusion to me was as real as the glass itself. I believe that I still suffer from this dysmorphia a little even now, over ten years later and at a much healthier weight. My recovery was largely down to my mum, whose persistence in monitoring my every move eventually forced the voice in my head to say 'I can't win this', and slowly begin to shrink back. I remember that moment vividly as though the anorexia actually admitted defeat and resigned. To this day, I can see a girl in the gym and know that she's struggling. I think it's in the arms. There's one at my gym right now. I see her working her tiny limbs like a demon on the spin bike, only she barely has any real muscle to power herself. The fight to create a more versatile fashion and beauty industry is still one which is continuing relentlessly today. ALL healthy bodies are beautiful in any shape, any size and any form. It's not about banishing sample sizes from the runways, TV and magazines, it's about creating body diversity. Young girls need to see models walk down the catwalk with healthy bodies resembling that of the average woman. They shouldn't have to be labelled as 'plus size', because they're not. They're just women. Note: BodyPositive has removed some of the more sensitive aspects of this story.  For help and advice please visit your doctor and/or one of the charities listed below.

Question: Warning : This article contains information which may be @placeholder for those with eating disorders .


The FTSE 100 closed up 1.62% at 6,032.24 points. The index had fallen 2.8% in the previous session after commodity-related shares were hit by worries over global growth prospects. However, investors shrugged off another survey suggesting China's manufacturing sector was continuing to contract. A similar survey for the eurozone indicated that activity among businesses in the bloc continued to expand this month, although at a slower rate than in August. The preliminary reading of the Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the eurozone was 53.9 in September, down from 54.3 last month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. British Airways owner IAG topped the FTSE 100 risers board, closing up 4.7% to 594p after Morgan Stanley raised its price target for the stock. The news lifted shares in Easyjet, which ended the day 3.4% higher. Energy stocks were bolstered as the price of oil steadied. Shares in BP ended the day up 1.3%. Shares in Smiths Group ended up almost 1% after the company reported full-year results and said Andrew Reynolds Smith would take over as chief executive from Friday. In the 12 months to 31 July, revenues at the engineering group dropped 2% to ¡ê2.89bn, but pre-tax profits rose 3% to ¡ê459m. Drinks giant Diageo closed higher by 0.96%. The company said that recent currency fluctuations would cut operating profits by about ¡ê150m, but added that the financial year had begun well and "performance is in line with our expectations". United Utilities shares closed the day 1.48% higher, after the water firm's latest trading update. The company said its profits would be hit by about ¡ê25m after it had to pay compensation to about 300,000 households in Lancashire following the discovery of a parasitic bug in water supplies. On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.81% against the dollar to $1.5242, and dropped 1.09% against the euro to €1.3657.

Question: ( Close ) : UK shares closed higher , recovering some @placeholder lost on Tuesday , despite further signs of weakness in China 's manufacturing sector .


She adds it to her other world record, from 2015, when she proved her great paw-eye coordination by catching 14 balls in one minute. Purin's not the only talented dog out there, so we've been looking back at some of our favourite record-breaking pooches... Purin footage from Guinness World Records Blockbusters Jiff, a Pomeranian from Los Angeles, America, won fans in 2014 for an unusual talent. Despite having four legs, Jiff prefers to get around on just two - he stands up on his back legs, or balances on his front, like a handstand. And as if that wasn't enough, he's speedy as well! He can travel 5 metres in just under 8 seconds on his front paws, and is even quicker on his hind legs, doing the same distance in less than 7 seconds. Otto skated his way into our hearts in 2015, when he skateboarded through a 'human tunnel' of 30 people. The bulldog was cheered by a huge crowd in Peru, and was given an official certificate for his achievement. It took 270 dogs to set a new world record in 2016. The dogs and their owners stretched and twisted in an hour-long 'doga' (dog yoga) session in Hong Kong, China, to be part of the biggest ever doga class. They beat the previous record of 265 dogs, set in San Diego, America, in 2015.

Question: A Japanese dog @placeholder Purin has won her second world record , by travelling 10 metres on a ball , in just 11.9 seconds .


Mr Bright can still remember the "terrible" stench of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the concentration camp where he arrived on 12 October 1944. "It was the stench of death," he says. "People had the power of life and death over you. It was hell on Earth." Mr Bright was living in Prague when he was sent to Auschwitz with his mother a fortnight after his father. He made it out. They never did. His parents were among an estimated 1.1 million people killed at the camp in Poland during World War Two. He has never forgotten their fate, and is determined that no-one else does, either. Now retired and living near Ipswich, Mr Bright still visits schools in the area to share his own terrible experiences with students. Born Frank Brichta in Berlin in 1928, he was brought up as the only child of Hermann and Toni Brichta. The Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, but it was not until 1938 that the Jewish family decided to leave. "Things started to get pretty bad. I remember a newspaper vendor on the corner had cartoons on his stand which were anti-Semitic," Mr Bright says. "The Nazi newspapers showed Jews with big noses either dressed as Russian communists or American capitalists in top hats. Either way you couldn't win; you were a menace." The family fled, but by Mr Bright's own admission, went "the wrong way". They headed east to Czechoslovakia because his father, who was born there, had a Czech passport, rather than attempting to emigrate to western Europe, the United States or Palestine. They settled in Prague when Mr Bright was 10, but the Germans were not far behind, occupying Czechoslovakia in March 1939. As Jews, the family faced restrictions on what they could do, although Mr Bright did attend a Jewish school until its closure in 1942. In July the following year, they were sent to the Jewish ghetto created in the military fort of Teresienstadt, north of Prague. By then aged 14, he was living in a separate part of the fort from his parents and working as a locksmith, although he was still allowed to meet up with them. But in October 1944, his father was put on a train to Auschwitz as the mass evacuation of the ghetto's inmates to concentration camps began. It was the last time Mr Bright saw him. A fortnight later, he and his mother made the same journey. Upon arrival, mother and son were separated. Mr Bright was declared fit for work, but he believes his mother was sent straight to the gas chambers. "My parents were murdered there: my father first and then my mother on the day she arrived there with me," he says. "I was turned to the other side for people chosen to work: not to work properly, but to be worked to death. "At the time I didn't know what was happening - we were confused, but I think my mother had an idea." A few hours later, when he spoke to fellow prisoners, he learned what the chimney fumes and smoke signified. "I remember wondering which came from my mother," he said. "As a method of mental preservation, an emotional curtain comes down - it doesn't sink in. "There were no tears at the time - you couldn't afford them if you wanted to survive. "My grieving came later in life." He left Auschwitz five days later to be put to work in a propeller factory in Friedland in modern-day Poland. "The aim of the SS was to kill us, too. The fact that they wanted to make use of us wasn't out of the goodness of their hearts." After seven months of slave labour, the 16-year-old was freed in May 1945 when Soviet troops pressed west and the Germans retreated. After making his way back to Prague into the care of the Red Cross, he eventually secured his passage to London where he was able to live with distant relatives, who he had only met once before. Eventually he was able to build a life for himself as a civil engineer in Canada before returning to the UK to work with local authorities, including Suffolk County Council. He married an English woman, Cynthia, and the couple have two daughters: Toni (named after his mother) and Miriam, who are both in their 50s. But his traumatic childhood experiences left an indelible mark. "My life was turned upside down, because it wasn't normal: you wouldn't normally spend your youth being marked as a Jew with a yellow star and you normally have an education, of which I was deprived," he says. "You aren't normally split from your parents in a ghetto where they are themselves split from one another. "You're not normally on your own after that in a slave labour camp. "When liberated, you know full well you have no parents left; you're on your own with no education and life will be very difficult." Mr Bright has no grandchildren, but for several years he has been sharing his experiences in schools. It "keeps me going," he says. The Holocaust is a compulsory part of the school curriculum. "It is extremely important that it is still taught, because it is the modern history of Europe and it can help you judge what Europe and Brexit is all about," Mr Bright says. "I'm very depressed about the current state of the world, because obviously people haven't learnt and, as some philosopher said, if people don't learn from the past, they will repeat their mistakes." Holocaust Memorial Day is on 27 January each year - marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Question: Aged 16 , Frank Bright was taken to Auschwitz . He @placeholder the gas chambers , but his mother and father did not . Now 88 , he visits schools in the UK to talk to pupils , in the hope that future generations will learn from the mistakes of the past .


Construction company Wills Bros John Paul JV had sought a way to make further use for cones damaged or surplus to its requirements. The firm is building new dual carriageway on the A9 near the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig. For several years, the park's staff have used old cones and hard hats as toys for its bears and tigers. Food can be stuffed into traffic cones for the animals to work out how to retrieve. The park near Aviemore has three polar bears called Walker, Arktos and Victoria. Work on the new dual carriageway between Kincraig and Dalraddy was commissioned by Transport Scotland and started 10 months ago. Keith Brown, secretary for economy, jobs and fair work, has welcomed the construction company's decision to put unwanted gear to new uses. He said: "The contractor should be congratulated for exploring opportunities to dispose of this material in such an innovative way."

Question: More than 50 traffic cones have been @placeholder as playthings for a zoo 's three polar bears .


Brian Parker, who represents Marsden ward, told Pendle Council he wanted to sit as an independent on Wednesday. The Lancashire councillor, who won his seat in 2006, has told the BBC he is now again representing the BNP. The BNP said it was "pleased to reassure members" that the councillor "has taken up the party whip again". In a statement, the BNP said Mr Parker "remains the most successful record-breaking BNP councillor in history". Pendle Council confirmed the development but said it was not commenting on the matter.

Question: The British National Party 's only district councillor in the United Kingdom has returned to the party - a day after he @placeholder .


The British Army regiment were thanked for their "loyalty and devotion" to the Queen and her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The monarch granted the armoured cavalry regiment a suffix, making them "The Royal Lancers - Queen Elizabeths' Own" at a ceremony at Windsor Castle. The Queen said the Lancers were a "force without match". She symbolically touched the flag known as a Guidon to signal its handover. "In the short time since I attended your amalgamation, you have established yourselves as a unified regiment and a force without match", the Queen said. "It gives me much pleasure to present to you your new Guidon. The Guidon symbolises sacred loyalty to your Sovereign, your country and to all of the officers and men with whom you serve. "Your loyalty and devotion to duty have been tested over more than 300 years and never found to be wanting." The Queen's Royal Lancers and the 9th/12th Royal (Prince of Wales's), amalgamated to become The Royal Lancers in May 2015. The 9th/12th Lancers were the last cavalry regiment in Afghanistan and The Queen's Royal Lancers the last regiment to operate Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance in Afghanistan.

Question: The Royals Lancers have been @placeholder by the Queen in tribute to their service to the Royal Family .


The 60-year-old was questioned for seven hours on Friday evening. He had been transferred to hospital for check-ups after being arrested on Tuesday. Investigations are continuing into the case, and Mr Hussain is due to report to police again in July. The police say Mr Hussain's move back from hospital to detention earlier on Friday was agreed after consultation with Wellington Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment. Thousands of his supporters have been staging a protest rally in Karachi - Pakistan's biggest city and the MQM's power base. The news of Mr Hussain's release prompted wild celebrations in in the city, reports say. The British and Pakistani authorities have in the past expressed concerns that any arrest of Altaf Hussain could lead to violent protests. Mr Hussain has lived in the UK since the early 1990s, saying his life would be at risk if he returned to Pakistan. He has since become a British citizen. Pakistan's powerful but absent politician Mr Hussain, his party, as well as some of his associates and relatives are currently the subject of a number of British investigations. One is looking into the question of whether he has incited violence in Pakistan in his televised speeches. Mr Hussain denies the accusation. Another is into whether the MQM has paid its UK taxes correctly. The most high-profile investigation followed the 2010 murder in London of senior MQM leader Imran Farooq. No-one has been formally charged with his killing. The MQM is often accused of extorting money from businesses in Karachi and shipping the money to the UK.

Question: Altaf Hussain , the @placeholder leader of Pakistan 's powerful MQM party , has been released on bail by police in London after being arrested on suspicion of money laundering .


The Electoral Commission confirmed it has now received two invoices for the monument, which listed the party's election pledges, totalling ¡ê7,830. They include ¡ê1,575 haulage costs, and ¡ê270 for a stone mason to erect it. Labour blamed an "admin error" for failing to submit the invoices before data of 2015 election spending by all the parties was revealed this week. Much of the subsequent reporting of the various parties' election campaign spending highlighted that the "Ed Stone costs" had not been revealed. Labour said there had been an "administrative error" and that it would be quickly rectified. The Electoral Commission has said it will investigate the late submission. The maximum sanction the Electoral Commission is able to impose for a breach of the rules is ¡ê20,000. Ed Miliband unveiled the 8ft stone carving on the final weekend of the 2015 General Election campaign, saying that it would be installed in the garden of Downing Street to remind the party of its duty to honour its six main election promises. The move was met with near universal derision and what happened to what became known as the "Ed Stone" has been unclear. Various unconfirmed reports have suggested it is in a warehouse in London or has been destroyed. The Electoral Commission told the BBC that it would be looking into the issue of the receipts being submitted late "in line with its policy". It was unable to confirm how long the investigation might take, saying sometimes it has to go back and ask for more information, and each incident is dealt with on a case by case basis. Spending on the stone was not included in the Electoral Commission data released on Wednesday. Labour said at the time: "Due to an administrative error these invoices were not included with other items of campaign spend. We have informed the Electoral Commission and will seek to rectify this error as soon as possible." Labour spent ¡ê12m on the campaign, the watchdog's figures show, compared with ¡ê15.5m spent by the Conservatives. In total, ¡ê39m was spent by the UK's six largest parties on the campaign, an increase on the ¡ê34.4m spent in 2010 but lower than the record ¡ê42m spent in 2005. Although comfortably outspending Labour over the regulated period - between 23 May 2014 and 7 May 2015 - the Conservatives spent less than in 2010, when their budget was ¡ê16.6m. In contrast, Labour spent more than in 2010, when their total outlay was ¡ê8m. A breakdown of the figures show the Conservatives spent 27.7% of their budget on "unsolicited material", such as flyers, and 23.2% on advertising while Labour spent 61% of their budget on "unsolicited material" and 7.6% on advertising. Unsolicited material: ¡ê15.04m Market research and canvassing: ¡ê7.61m Advertising: ¡ê6.86m Rallies and other events: ¡ê2.49m Overheads and general admin: ¡ê2.02m Transport: ¡ê1.67m Campaign broadcasts: ¡ê866,000 Media: ¡ê329,713 Manifestos: ¡ê318,880 Source: Electoral Commission Spending on rallies accounted for 13% of Labour's total expenditure compared with the Conservatives' 5% while the Conservatives spent 30.1% of their budget on market research and canvassing, against Labour's 7.7% outlay. The Conservatives spent ¡ê1.2m on advertising on Facebook in the year before the poll while Labour spent just over ¡ê16,000. The figures do not cover some administrative spending, for instance on staff, while spending by individual candidates is reported separately. The SNP reported the biggest rise in spending compared with 2010, when their expenditure totalled ¡ê316,000. In contrast, the Lib Dems' spending fell from ¡ê4.7m in 2010 to ¡ê3.5m last year. The UK Independence Party spent ¡ê2.8m while the Greens spent ¡ê1.1m. UKIP spent the least per vote gained while the SNP spent least per MP won.

Question: The Labour Party is to be investigated for being late in submitting receipts for its widely - @placeholder " Ed Stone " .


The 2017 Sunday Times Rich List reveals that their collective fortunes have increased by 9% in the past year. Its compilers say the list "shatters the myth" that Scotland's economy runs on oil alone. And it reveals that the Grant-Gordon whisky family is the richest in Scotland, with a fortune of ¡ê2.37bn, up ¡ê210m since last year. The Banffshire whisky distiller posted record profits in 2015 amid booming overseas demand for premium spirits and surging sales of the flagship Glenfiddich single malt and Hendrick's gin, the rich list said. The rich list highlights the wealth of billionaires living in Scotland, or with substantial business interests north of the border. Second on the Scottish list is former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed and family, who own an estate in Scotland and whose fortune has held steady at ¡ê1.7bn. Mahdi al-Tajir, who owns Highland Spring, saw his wealth fall by ¡ê65m in the past year, but he sits in third place on the list with an overall fortune of ¡ê1.67bn. Fourth on the Scottish list is Trond Mohn, the founder of a Norwegian pump firm, and his sister Marit Mohn Westlake, who are worth ¡ê1.62bn. Others in the Scottish top 10 include oil industry leader Sir Ian Wood and family with wealth of ¡ê1.6bn, and the Thomson family, owners of publisher DC Thomson, who are worth ¡ê1.285bn. With the largest increase in wealth this year, John Shaw and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have now entered the realm of the billionaires as a result of their Bangalore-based biopharmaceutical firm Biocon. They boast ¡ê1.15bn to their names, earning a wealth increase of ¡ê530m in the last 12 months alone, largely off the back of the surging value of Biocon, and rank joint seventh position in Scotland alongside retail chief Philip Day, who owns Langholm-based Edinburgh Woollen Mill. The Clark family, of the Arnold Clark car dealership, and Jim McColl, of Clyde Blowers, take ninth and 10th spot, with fortunes of ¡ê1.1bn and ¡ê1.07bn respectively. Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List 2017, said: "This year's larger-than-ever rich list lays bare how the fortunes of Britain's 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families have fared amid the astonishing events of the past 12 months. "Our Scottish list of 10 billionaires shatters the myth this country's economy runs on oil alone. Scotland is a place where 10-figure fortunes can be built from whisky, car dealing or even bottled water. "This reflects the changing nature of wealth in 21st-century Britain. "Gone are the days when the rich list would be dominated by finance, property or manufacturing. Greater diversity of entrepreneurial success is good news for the wider economy, and ultimately us all." The 160-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine reveals the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in Britain and will be published this Sunday, May 7.

Question: The 10 richest individuals or families in Scotland have a @placeholder wealth of ¡ê 14.71 bn , according to a new study .