The effort began with a conversation between two young researchers in late February, days after shocking footage emerged of Islamic State militants tearing down and smashing artworks in the Mosul Museum in northern Iraq. Chance Coughenour and Matthew Vincent are PhD students working for the Initial Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage (ITN-DCH), an EU-funded project set up to apply new technology to cultural heritage issues. "We were talking about the destruction and [Chance] suggested that we crowd-source the reconstruction of these images, using photogrammetry and images from the public," Mr Vincent told the BBC's Science in Action programme. Photogrammetry is a popular technique in modern cultural heritage projects. It uses software to turn multiple 2D photographs of a single object into 3D images. "It's an incredibly useful technology that can create 3D models just using photos from a normal digital camera," explained Mr Vincent. He and his colleague realised that if they could find enough photos of the destroyed artworks, they could salvage them in cyberspace. So they set up Project Mosul. People who have visited now-destroyed sites - beginning with the Mosul Museum - can submit their photographs. Then volunteers log on to help sort the images, and those with the know-how get stuck into the job of rebuilding the artefacts. The project has received more than 700 photos so far, including 543 showing artefacts from Mosul. A gallery on the homepage displays 15 3D reconstructions, completed by nine volunteers. "We have others who are anxious to learn how to do photogrammetry and to help out," said Mr Vincent, adding that his main hold-up at the moment is finding the time to manage and develop the platform. The nine volunteers have used their choice of software to construct the replicas, and then uploaded them via the 3D sharing platform Sketchfab. The obvious favourite in the gallery so far is a lion from the Mosul Museum. When the statue itself was still standing, it was clearly also a popular subject for visitors to photograph. Some 16 photos of the lion were received, which allows for quite a detailed reconstruction. "The more photographs you have, the more potential you have to create more 3D points and have a denser cloud," said Mr Vincent. Because more images make for better models, the project has even made available some pictures from the original ransacking footage, because they may help with the reconstruction process. The final results don't quite match what scientists could achieve if they had scanned the artefacts with specialist equipment, but they are an impressive piece of crowd-sourced digital rescue work. "These models don't have the same scientific value as if we were able to do this with calibrated cameras, laser scans, etc. But the 3D models still have the value of the visualisation - being able to see what the artefact was like. "We can recreate the experience of being in the museum, in cyberspace." And that experience brings unique insights. Mr Vincent gives the example of the imposing lion statue, which has a design that can only be fully appreciated in three dimensions. "If you look at that lion's relief, you'll notice that it has five legs. From the side, it has four legs in motion; if you look at it from the front, it's as if the lion is standing still. "That's part of the art history of Assyrian art. Likewise, if you look closely at the side of the lion's relief you can still see the cuneiform script." Sadly, we will never know exactly how precise these digital copies are - because the originals are gone. "We don't have all the parameters that we need... to be able to tell you how accurate those models are," Mr Vincent said. Prof Roger Matthews of Reading University, UK, described the work as "a terrific project", noting that a similar effort was made after the National Museum of Iraq was looted during the 2003 invasion. "Obviously it would be much better not to have to do this, but it's great that this sort of thing is being done - that people are finding the funding, and the public participation to make it possible," Prof Matthews told BBC News. He added that it was important to see the Mosul artefacts as part of a larger picture of precious - and threatened - heritage in the region. "Obviously they ransacked Mosul Museum, destroying many statues and other objects. But they've also blown up the Palace of Ashurnasipal II at Nimrud, which was the source of many of the objects in that museum." The destruction and looting of active archaeological sites like Nimrud was particularly sad, Prof Matthews, said. "A site like Nimrud has upstanding buildings that were excavated, but there were also large areas never excavated and which are being illegally looted and interfered with. We just don't know what is being taken from these sites." Last week, there were fears that IS would destroy the ancient city of Palmyra. For the moment, this threat appears to have receded, but Mr Vincent and his colleagues in many academic disciplines are fearful of further losses from the physical record of human history. Looking beyond Project Mosul, Mr Vincent is anxious that other digital preservation efforts should be undertaken more deliberately and proactively. Once a digital record has been created, it would even be possible to physically re-create precious items using 3D printing, he suggested. This could prove useful in building replicas not only of destroyed or lost artefacts, but also things that are too fragile to be put on public display - as was the case for the remarkable Chauvet cave paintings, now rebuilt above ground in France. "3D printing is really proving to be one of the most valuable assets for heritage that we have today. It's a way to bring them back to life and have a tactile experience with them, even if we can't guarantee that they're exactly as the original would have been," Mr Vincent said. "Whether it is because of conflict or natural disaster, our heritage is such a delicate and valuable resource, the only way that we can really preserve it is to take the steps to make those digital surrogates, so that we can protect the physical reality of that heritage as well." Follow Jonathan on Twitter

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Vets treating the shar pei, found in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, said they had never seen a dog abandoned in such a poor condition before. She is thought to have been used as a "breeding machine" for puppy farmers. RSPCA inspector Rachel Smith said: "Her nails had curled around three times before embedding in her pads." The emaciated dog - now called Glynis - was found lame and bleeding in Rye Road on 26 May. "This poor dog was extremely skinny, had an eye infection, unbelievably overgrown nails and a life-threatening infection in her uterus called pyometra," said Ms Smith. It is believed the animal, thought to be about 10 years old, was kept in a small crate and neglected for years resulting in a number of conditions including painfully narrowed ear canals and inward folding eyelids. Ms Smith said: "I suspect this poor shar pei had been used as a breeding machine - a commodity for an unscrupulous puppy farmer. "When she couldn't give them what they wanted anymore, she was cast aside and dumped to fend for herself." Glynis' paws have been so badly damaged by her overgrown nails she may still need to have a toe amputated. She is currently being cared for by the Rescue Remedies charity, which hopes to find her a new home.

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A thick and acrid plume of smoke drifted up from behind one of the nearby high buildings and the crowd started to realise it was another bomb blast in their city. We heard a sporadic crack of gunfire and then the sound of sirens - as ambulances headed to the scene through the city's congested streets. The huge suicide car bomb had been just the start of the attack. Al-Shabab fighters had used it to breach the front entrance of the Ambassador Hotel and had rushed in, opening fire. It's a fortified residence used by high-profile Somalis and members of parliament - two British-Somali MPs were killed along with around a dozen other people. Many others were injured. It came as a real shock to Maryan Hassan, a British-born lawyer who we were interviewing on the roof terrace when the car bomb went off and the gunfire started. It's just the second big explosion she's experienced since moving to Mogadishu permanently in January. "It's the same story as everyone else - I came to make a difference," she said, talking about the high number of Somalis, like her, returning from the diaspora from places such as Britain, Canada and America. "My parents were married in London and my brothers and I were all born and raised in the UK, but I grew up constantly knowing I was Somali," she said. "My parents were definitely at the core of why I'm so passionate about Somalia." With two degrees in law, and a specialism in arbitration, Maryan has already has become the prime minister's legal adviser, but the al-Shabab attack nearby while we talked was a clear reminder of the risks. "I don't think anyone comes back to Mogadishu and says it's going to be an easy ride," she said. "You're obviously having to come back to a society that you were not raised in, so socially there's a lot more obstacles to overcome as opposed to security." The security forces had been preparing for an attack. As UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrived the fighting at the hotel was still going on. The Somali president and prime minister came to meet him at the heavily-fortified airport rather than at their office in the city. But politics is more promising than security. This year's elections are far from fully democratic, but will be a big step towards rebuilding a new, federal state after 25 years of civil war - as long as they happen. Britain spends ¡ê200m ($289m) a year in Somalia on development and security. The foreign secretary explained why. "We're committed, we've been here for a long time, we have seen some very solid progress," Mr Hammond said. "What's happening here now is making Somalia safer, but it's also making Britain safer. "It's addressing our security concerns, it's addressing our migration concerns and having a stable and secure Somalia is good for Britain as well as Somalia." We spent time with the Somali police force and their African Union mentors just as they set up a roadblock and searched cars for explosives. "The essence of stop-and-search is for us to prevent anything untoward," said Supt Eze Therophiles, a Nigerian police commander. "In the recent past there have been incidents of vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks - that is the trend now," he said, referring to car bombs like the one which would go off on those same streets a few hours later. It was just down the hill from parliament. The local commander told us there had been previous assassination attempts on MPs and so they had to protect the building every time it was in session. "There is not so much risk these days, although the enemy al-Shabab have attacked us several times and we have pushed them back," said Lt Jimale Ahmed Ali from the Somali National Police. "We are very much ready and well armed¡ we have enough guns here, so we are not afraid." It's optimism and confidence that things are going to get better, but while Somalia has come a long way in the last few years it's still a very dangerous place. Al-Shabab may have been driven out of Mogadishu and most of the urban areas across Somalia, but they still hold sway in much of the countryside and have switched to insurgent-style attacks. With elections due in a few months, and Ramadan approaching - a time when al-Shabaab traditionally ramps up its car bombs and suicide attacks - the city is on high alert. But still the militants get through. The attack on the Ambassador Hotel killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more. Investigators are still establishing how many gunmen there were, and why after the attack appeared to be over the fighting erupted again and continued until morning. And there's an even bigger challenge facing security services across the country. The African Union's Assistance Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is under pressure. Its 22,000 troops from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are struggling to switch from the conventional warfare of driving al-Shabab out of towns and villages to coping with countering a violent insurgency. The Somali army and police are a crucial part of bringing security to fill the vacuum after the militants left, as al-Shabab often brought basic, if brutal, justice, law and order. But it's hard to establish trusted national institutions after 25 years of war and in a society still so driven by clan rivalries that the limited elections are still being run along clan lines. There will not be "one person - one vote" this year, but the 275 MPs will be elected by fewer than 14,000 people - caucuses picked by elders and divided up favouring the four biggest clans. Full representation is the target for the 2020 elections, and while not ideal, the formation of a federal state - with power devolved to the newly emerging states - is a slow and complicated process. "Somalia is emerging from one of the most violent civil wars¡ and it's still facing a potent insurgency from al-Shabab," said Michael Keating, the UN's Special Representative in Somalia. "What it's trying to do is both contain that insurgency and put in place a state - difficult enough after a civil war, but particularly difficult as Somalia is a clan-based society. "If your baseline is 10 or 20 years ago they have made extraordinary progress. The fact there is a president, four regional states - perhaps a fifth one formed this year - is a tremendous achievement." Most of those involved in the process expect the elections, scheduled for August, to be postponed by a couple of months - but they are hopeful. Somaliland in the north-west has already declared its independence, although it is not internationally recognised; Puntland in the north-east has a well established state structure; and other emerging regional power centres are forming. The whole federal nation-building project, driven by political rivalries, is on the line if elections fail to take Somalia on the next step towards stability and democracy.

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The site of the former Lafarge cement works in Eastgate had been earmarked for the multi-million pound scheme. Durham County Council was set to buy the land for ?¡ê1, and, with regional development agency One North East, spend ?¡ê1.5m to kick-start development. With the agency now abolished, the plan has been put on hold. The council said it was still working with Lafarge on the future of the site. The planned eco-village would have used hot water pumped from underneath the Weardale hills to heat homes, a hotel, and a recreated Roman spa. There were hopes it would have have created up to 250 jobs. Lafarge, which still owns the site, said in a statement: "We remain committed to the outline plans for a renewable energy village at Eastgate. "However the majority of our work has taken place during the severe economic conditions that the UK has been facing over recent years, and so far we are not able to give a more detailed update on those plans." Durham County Council said in a statement: "We are still working with Lafarge on the future of the land."

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Berlin had been genuinely shocked when David Cameron and senior Conservatives had spoken of imposing "emergency brakes", "caps" or quotas on the numbers of EU migrants moving to Britain. Such restrictions would have completely undermined the principle of freedom of movement in the German view. Angela Merkel feared that British plans contained risks for the European project and she was determined to stop them. Two weeks ago the former Prime Minister Sir John Major came to Berlin to make a speech about Britain and Europe. In it he said: "I do recognise - reluctantly - that our small island simply cannot absorb the present and projected numbers at the current speed: it is not physically or politically possible without huge public disquiet." Afterwards during questions, Sir John underlined his point by saying that at the very heart of the problem was "numbers, numbers, numbers". Listening to him was one of Angela Merkel's closest aides. Over dinner he explained the German red line - they would reject any plan that was seen to weaken freedom of movement. The Chancellery wanted that message passed to Downing Street. So began a search for a policy which might dissuade some EU migrants from coming to Britain without impinging on their right to move anywhere in the EU. Downing Street believed the key lay in reducing incentives to move to the UK. The answer, in their view, lay in restricting benefits for those who had recently begun working in the UK. For the first four years they would be unable to receive tax credits or child benefits, or be considered for social housing. Without such benefits, it was argued, some migrants might be deterred from coming to the UK because the money they earned would not be much greater than back in their home country. The German chancellor was briefed in detail by David Cameron yesterday. Her response is said to have been "warm". The Cameron plan involved "rule changes" certainly, but it did not challenge the core principles of the EU as contained in the treaties. In the writing of the plan there had been wide consultation between London and Berlin. One official said you could "see the German influence" on the speech. The German Chancellery later on Friday put out a statement pointing out that David Cameron "has acknowledged in his speech"  the importance of free movement as a central pillar of the European Union and the Common Market. The German government "is prepared to work closely with Great Britain....to address all the problems". The British saw this as a positive reaction. Some allies of Angela Merkel, however, were expressing concern at EU migrants being denied benefits received by others for a period of four years. One German MP said he felt it was discriminatory and there were bound to be legal challenges. Downing Street, too, expects legal problems, which is why today David Cameron said "these changes, taken together, will require some treaty changes". The idea of treaty change divides the German establishment. One MP said to me today: "Re-negotiating the treaties is an illusion." But others like German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble believe treaty change will be necessary to enforce discipline within the eurozone. In the end there are degrees of treaty change. It should also be pointed out that many German MPs share some of the British concerns. This year Germany has taken in nearly 400,000 migrants and refugees, more than any other EU country. Already the mayors of 24 towns have expressed concern at the pressures on local resources in dealing with migrants. So some German MPs agree that there needs to be some flexibility in interpreting freedom of movement. There was today a frequently asked question among politicians in Berlin. Is this the centre-piece of any future British re-negotiation? If Germany backs a compromise, would that be enough for David Cameron to say to the British people that he had won a major concession or would there be a long list of further requests? Almost certainly the list of  priorities  will be refined. The prime minister said his demands were not "outlandish" or "unreasonable", "...and they deserve to be heard". Nobody doubts the negotiations will be difficult but Berlin looks prepared to hear David Cameron out, without any firm commitments.

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One member of online discussion forum Reddit claimed to have paid $1,250 (?¡ê949) to secure an early copy on an online auction website. He has since published a series of videos showcasing in-game footage. The game's creator Sean Murray has asked fans to avoid reading spoilers posted by those with early copies. "We've spent years filling No Man's Sky with surprises. You've spent years waiting. Please don't spoil it for yourself," Mr Murray wrote on Twitter. "Take a break from reading about it and picking vids apart. You can experience it for yourself so soon." Following the leak, some fans have suggested that the game can be completed in around 30 hours - despite the developer's claims that it could take "hundreds" of hours to finish. Players begin the game at the edge of a universe that is said to be populated with 18.4 quintillion planets. The goal is to reach the centre of the cosmos - and what lies there has remained a closely guarded secret. One Reddit poster called Daymeeuhn suggested players could fast track their way to the core. "Contrary to what a lot of people think, I have done a lot of what the game has to offer. I actually intentionally took time out of my warp jumping... to break up the monotony of it," he said. "This does not mean I have done all of the major events, however. I am still yet to swim to the bottom of a big ocean. I am still yet to destroy a space station. I definitely still have stuff to do." In a recent interview with gaming news website Gamespot, Mr Murray said that the journey to the centre of the universe would take "hundreds of hours", even if players did nothing else. "People feel really insignificant, and that's how we want them to feel. We want them to feel vulnerable. We want them to feel like a tiny part of this universe," he said. "But, actually, as you upgrade your ship and upgrade your suit and your weapons and stuff, you can travel much further, much easier and you can take shortcuts as well. Suddenly that galactic map seems less daunting, but it's still a really significant challenge. It's hundreds of hours of gameplay." No Man's Sky is due to be released worldwide on 12 August.

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It's their way of explaining his unsteadiness on his feet, his co-ordination problems and the fact that he sometimes asks the same question over and over again. Sam is a smiley, sociable boy who goes to school and has one-to-one teaching support - but his life will become progressively more difficult. "In a year he may not be able to talk and a year after that he may not be able to walk," his mother Miriam says. Sam's parents Will and Miriam, who live in Leeds, were told the devastating news that their first-born had a rare, inherited disease called Niemann-Pick type C when he was four months old. They were also told he was unlikely to live past the age of two. "It was absolutely horrific. I couldn't say the words without falling apart." Awful though the diagnosis was, Miriam says many families wait for years and years for a diagnosis - some up to 20 years or more - and this creates its own problems. Because the disease is the result of two copies of a faulty gene being passed on to a child, any subsequent children have a one in four chance of getting the disease. Also, it means people can live for years without treatment or access to any support. Now a campaign led by the International Niemann-Pick Disease Alliance (INPDA) wants to change all that. Think Again. Think NP-C aims to cut diagnosis times by helping doctors unfamiliar with the disease to recognise its key signs and symptoms. Speeding up diagnosis, it says, will help patients and their families manage a particularly horrible disease which can cause a number of wide-ranging symptoms - from progressive physical problems to psychiatric issues and learning difficulties akin to dementia. And this is precisely what makes it so difficult to diagnose. The symptoms can also develop at any time from childhood through to adulthood and vary in severity in each individual. Symptoms of Niemann-Pick type C can include: Jim Green, president of INPDA, says there are bound to be more people out there with undiagnosed Niemann-Pick type C. "Perhaps the biggest cohort are adults, because it's a non-specific condition. "We've tried to highlight the three key symptoms and we encourage doctors to ask themselves if it could be NP-C." He explains that there are lots of ways that sufferers and their families can be supported. And although there is no cure for the disease, drugs are available to help stabilise symptoms and delay the progression of the disease. Both of Jim Green's sons were diagnosed with Niemann-Pick type C after around three years of tests. His younger son died at 18, and his elder son is now 38 and "doing extremely well", he says, despite the relentlessly progressive nature of the disease. Not being able to predict how the disease is going to progress is one of the more terrifying aspects of the condition, he admits. Children who develop neurological symptoms in early childhood are thought to have a more aggressive form of the disease and may not survive to adolescence. Others can stay free of symptoms for many years. Sam's mum Miriam says one of the most obvious symptoms is an abnormality in eye movements, which affects virtually everyone with the disease. "Sam's eyes don't move around like everyone else's when he's walking about. And if I am talk to him, he can't flick his eyes up to look at me." This is something called vertical supranuclear gaze palsy which is relatively simple to detect. At present, it is thought that one in 120,000 people have the disease, but it could be closer to one in 40,000, Miriam says. "There are definitely more people out there than we know about." The advantages of picking up these people are numerous. Patients and families can be supported, and researchers can also find out more about the disease. The trials of three drugs which could be used to treat Niemann-Pick are in the pipeline and could make a difference to many lives. And the more people with this rare disease who can be enrolled in trials, the more useful the results will be.

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The Americans, who were not identified, left the country together with Yemenis hurt in a recent funeral bombing, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. The US thanked Oman for mediating and acknowledged the "humanitarian gesture" from the rebels. Yemen has been devastated by a war between government forces and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement. More than 6,800 people have been killed since March 2015, the majority in air strikes by a Saudi-led multinational coalition that backs the president against the Houthi rebels. Speaking in Switzerland after multilateral talks on Syria, Mr Kerry welcomed the development. "This is something we've been working on for the last days," he said. The two Americans were flown to Oman alongside an unspecified number of people injured in the 8 October attack on a funeral hall in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. At least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians. The Saudi-led coalition said it had carried out the attack based on "bad information". Meanwhile, a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea may have been targeted by multiple surface-to-surface missiles fired from Houthi-controlled territory, US officials said. The USS Mason took countermeasures and was not hit, they added. If confirmed, it would be the third such incident in recent days. On Thursday, the US military launched cruise missiles against three coastal radar sites in territory controlled by the rebels in response to two previous failed missile firings against the Mason.

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It feels a long way from Berlin. And inside the quayside smokehouse, as she carefully threads sprats on to long metal skewers, fish factory worker Ines tells me she feels forgotten by Angela Merkel's government. "They just look after the big cities," she says. "But these small communities up here - no. Nothing is being done for us. Nothing gets through to us." It can be hard to make a good living here, especially in the winter. The workers in the smokehouse worry about unemployment. This is not a rich community and they feel it's time for political change. Fertile ground then for Germany's right wing, anti-Islam party Alternative for Germany (AfD). A regular poll for the national broadcaster suggests it would take 15% of the vote if the general election was held tomorrow. The party may well complicate coalition building come the autumn. Angela Merkel's CDU party still leads those polls at 37%, but her junior coalition partner, the SPD, is at 20% Roland delivers another load of slippery, silvery fish to the smokehouse. He pushes his woolly cap off and tells me AfD will be getting his vote. "The other parties avoid the real problems," he explains. "Merkel just sticks to her views, even though she sees what she's got us into - like the terror attacks. If she hadn't brought those people into the country," he insists, "the victims of the Berlin Christmas markets would still be alive." Freest is in the northern state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern. It is also home to Mrs Merkel's constituency. Last year AfD beat her Conservatives into third place in the regional election and now, they want to compound that humiliation by putting up a candidate - Leif-Erik Holm - directly against her. Mr Holm, a smartly-dressed former radio presenter who believes a large proportion of Europe's Muslims hold radical views and want to establish a global caliphate, is, in reality, unlikely to take the chancellor's seat. But it's not impossible. "We have a big problem with radical Islam and we need to talk about it," he tells me. "It's been taboo in Germany. The AfD broke that taboo and thank heavens people now talk about their fears. Just look at who's carrying out terror attacks in Europe, they're all extreme Islamists." It is AfD's vociferous anti-Islam, anti-migrant position which, critics argue, is key to its success. Certainly, support for what originally began as an anti-euro party surged during the latter part of the refugee crisis, as party leaders began to campaign against Mrs Merkel's asylum policy. But Mr Holm rejects the notion that AfD is a one issue party, seeking political gain by whipping up fear of Muslim immigrants. "During the regional election hustings we spoke with people in small towns and villages and realised fear was the most prominent theme. We don't create fear, we talk about it - the everyday fear that people have of terrorism, of uncontrolled mass immigration. "That's what we work with as politicians. We make politics for the people." AfD's anti-EU rhetoric is also growing louder as it seeks to emulate the success of the giants of Europe's far right. It recently hosted a rally of the right in the German city of Koblenz, sharing a stage - and a platform - with the French presidential candidate Marine le Pen and Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party leads the polls ahead of the Dutch general election. Both Ms Le Pen and Mr Wilders have pledged referendums on EU membership. AfD's manifesto now promises to pull Germany out if significant structural reforms are not implemented. During the rally (from which the mainstream German broadcasters and press were banned) its leader Frauke Petry likened the EU to Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union and joined Ms Le Pen and Mr Wilders in their calls for a revolution in Europe. This was a show of solidarity, a display of unity from Europe's right. Emboldened by Brexit and Donald Trump's victory, the leaders are keen to focus on the threefold message which unites them; a visceral dislike of Islam, a loathing of Mrs Merkel's refugee policy and that contempt for the EU. And they believe 2017 will be their year. It's hard to say whether they create, reflect or exploit social division, but an interesting recent German survey gave a fascinating glimpse into what might motivate AfD supporters. The poll found, for example, that despite last year's terror attack in Berlin, 73% of those polled felt safe in Germany. But when the researchers asked AfD supporters, they found that only 34% felt secure. Similarly, when asked whether life is better or worse than 50 years ago, 17% of Germans said it is worse, but this figure rises to 40% among AfD supporters. In 2017, Europe's real election battles will take place in communities like Freest, where people feel forgotten by their national governments and left behind by establishment parties. If Europe's leaders want to halt the rise of the right, they must reconnect with those voters and regain their trust. Because in this windblown harbour on the German coast, those who feel left out in the cold are warming to what Europe's right already refer to (prematurely perhaps) as the "patriotic spring". This article is part of the 100 Days season, presented by Katty Kay and Christian Fraser, Monday - Thursday at 19:00 GMT on BBC News Channel, BBC Four and BBC World News.

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The Serbian FA was fined 80,000 euros (¡ê65,000) following violence and racist abuse during Serbia's under-21 game against England in October. "I will take up the discussion with the president of Uefa," said Blatter, talking at a news conference in Tokyo. "But I don't know if he has influence on his disciplinary committee." Platini is reported to be considering an appeal to the disciplinary committee of his own confederation over the severity of the punishment, which also decreed Serbia must play their next competitive under-21 game behind closed doors. Observers have drawn a negative contrast with the 100,000 euros (¡ê80,000) fine Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner received after revealing a sponsor's logo on his underwear during a Euro 2012 game. Blatter declined to answer BBC Sport's question as to whether he believed Uefa's fine was too lenient but added: "I'm sure that we can pick up with Uefa [about] the level of governance that there should be in all football - not just with Uefa but all other confederations and national associations. "There should be very strong, harsh punishment when it comes to discrimination and racism." The Football Association has strongly condemned the level of the punishment stating it "does not believe the sanction sends a strong enough message". Elaborating on his belief that Fifa has set a strong example when confronted with cases of racism Blatter said: "Racism and discrimination comes not from football, it comes from our society. "It is a question of solidarity and a question of education, and you cannot educate everybody, to be fair. "It's so easy to say football is discipline, respect and fair play. It's easy to say but not so easy to apply." England's Thomas Ince and Steven Caulker were banned over incidents that took place during England Under-21s' win in October. Four Serbian players were banned, while two of their coaches are suspended for two years. Uefa will send both football associations its full written reasons for its decision and they will then have three days to decide whether to appeal.

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Banks Renewables said it has amended its proposals for Knockendurrick community wind farm in response to feedback during a consultation process. In its original plans, the developer wanted to build seven 132m high turbines at the site near Twynholm. Under revised proposals due to be submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council, six towers will be reduced to 115m in height. The seventh will be 100m high. Banks Renewables has also agreed to alter the position of the turbines on the site. They will sit to the east of the site, further away from the National Scenic Area. The changes mean the output of the proposed wind farm will decrease from 23.8MW to 14MW. Colin Anderson, development director at Banks Renewables, said: "A wind farm application such as the one at Knockendurrick is very much an ongoing process. "As always, as part of our development with care approach, we've listened to local people and statutory consultees and I believe we have come up with a more balanced proposal that importantly gives the communities the chance to secure an even greater stake in the project.'' "Knockendurrick community wind farm remains a unique project that can deliver a wide range of benefits for communities and businesses in the local area." The local community has also been offered the opportunity to buy up to 10% equity in the project - an increase from the original 5% offered as part of the initial planning application.

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Fr Arthur O'Reilly, was 13 and on a break from exams when he got his chance. The U-boats were moored on the banks of the River Foyle in Londonderry after their crews surrendered at the end of World War Two, 70 years ago this weekend. The German submariners were taken to an army camp in County Down and the people of Derry had a chance to explore the submarines. Fr O'Reilly scrambled through narrow compartments of the U-boat past signs bearing the warning "Achtung!" As he looked through the periscope, he was amazed at how clearly he could see people on the docks. A British naval officer showed him around the vessel. "He allowed me to look through the periscope and I could see people walking on the quay. You could identify people, I was amazed at the technology, you could see people's features," he said. He said the U-boat was small and quite confined. "I wondered how did they fit 30 personnel into the small space? "They shared the bunks (between shifts), there was a shelf between each compartment, with signs saying Achtung! "The shelf was to prevent flooding, you had to step over it, there were these apertures from one section to the next. "I saw the torpedo bays, they were deactivated at that time, I saw the navigation instruments - it was very exciting for a schoolboy to see all these things that you had read about in the papers and heard on the radio." Fr O'Reilly said: "It was very sad that there was such loss of life. It was a tragic consequence of the war and the belligerence between nations. "It was a great feeling that the war was over and that there would be no more destruction or loss of life, at least that was a consolation." Derry was once one of the command centres, close to the Atlantic's Western Approaches where so-called "wolf-packs" of the stealthy underwater machines had wrought such damage on British shipping. The city is marking the anniversary of the German surrender with a festival of film and old memorabilia. Among the artefacts are a set of dark green binoculars captured from a submarine, photographs of German sailors, an accordion and pictures of the submarines tied up in the city. It was on 14 May 1945 that the first of the U-boats made their way up the Foyle to the port of Lisahally where they were formally ordered to surrender by Admiral Sir Max Horton, commander-in-chief, Western Approaches. Margaret Edwards, from Derry and Strabane District Council's museums service, said: "For Sir Max Horton to come here to accept that surrender put Derry on the map as a place that had to be remembered for the role it played." Muriel Nevin, 91, was stationed on the outskirts of the city and working for the Women's Royal Naval Service. She said  the city was a special place where the warm welcome made the base a second home for visiting troops from England, Canada and the US. She was Liverpool-born and joined the Wrens during the Battle of Britain, lying about her age to get in. "I quickly came over to Northern Ireland and was posted with the A36 and A37 Fleet Air Squadron in Maydown. The atmosphere was great. Everybody helped everybody, no matter who you were," she said. "I remember the dances and all the lovely music. There were, of course, sad moments when you heard of people being killed and ships going down, but you had a job to do and you did it."

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Karen Hodgkinson was hit by a full beer can thrown by one of the "feral gang" outside her home in Mold, Flintshire. Seven teenagers, aged 13 to 19, admitted violent disorder and one of them, a 17-year-old who threw the can, admitted wounding. They were detained for periods ranging from six months to 12 months while the 13-year-old got a rehabilitation order at Mold Crown Court on Monday. Mrs Hodgkinson needed a metal plate inserting during surgery to repair her fractured eye socket, but lost the sight in her left eye following the attack on Halloween. Judge Geraint Walters said the gang turned up at her home, some wearing Halloween masks, in a move orchestrated by a gang of feral youths "who believe that they are beyond the reach of the law." The Hodgkinsons were subjected to abuse before they were punched and the can was thrown. "No decent people in any town centre should ever have to witness that kind of Wild West scene in which each of you played your part," said Mr Walters. The judge also made a five-year restraining order, banning them from approaching the victims or entering Elm Drive in Mold. Prosecutor David Mainstone said the family had been plagued by anti-social behaviour by youths who congregated outside the parade of shops opposite their home. He alleged the seven defendants were part of a group which had been making their lives a misery, subjecting them to verbal abuse, violence and damaging their property. Simon Killeen, for Rogers, said he was a family man who had acted out of character. Andrew Green for the 16-year-old said he was a follower rather than a leader. Philip Clemo, for Gentile, said he had not thrown any missiles or punches. The court heard the 13-year-old had shown "genuine remorse" while Dodd had not thrown anything. Mr Green, for the boy who threw the can, said he had clearly not intended such an injury and had shown remorse. The other 17-year-old wanted to stop using cannabis and cut down on how much alcohol he drank, the court heard.

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Greenwich, in south-east London, and Bristol will each host a project of their own, while Coventry and Milton Keynes will share a third. The decision was announced by the quango Innovate UK, after George Osborne's Autumn Statement. The chancellor also announced an additional ?¡ê9m in funding for the work, adding to the ?¡ê10m that had been announced in July. The businesses involved will add further funds. Bristol will host the Venturer consortium, which aims to investigate whether driverless cars can reduce congestion and make roads safer. Its members include the insurance group Axa, and much of its focus will be on the public's reaction to the tech as well as the legal and insurance implications of its introduction. Greenwich is set to run the Gateway scheme. This will be led by the Transport Research Laboratory consultancy and also involves General Motors, and the AA and RAC motoring associations. It plans to carry out tests of automated passenger shuttle vehicles as well as autonomous valet parking for adapted cars. In addition, a self-drive car simulator will make use of a photorealistic 3D model of the area to study how people react to sharing the driving of a vehicle with its computer. "The combination of TRL's independent expertise; robust, reliable testing protocols and driving simulation facilities alongside the diverse and high calibre qualities of our consortium means we can safely demonstrate automated vehicles to build acceptance and trust in this revolutionary technology," said the firm's chief executive Rob Wallis. Milton Keynes and Coventry will host the UK Autodrive programme. This involves Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and the engineering consultancy Arup among others, and will test both self-drive cars on the road as well as self-driving pods designed for pedestrianised areas. Part of this group's work will be to develop the technologies that will need to be built into roads and the surrounding infrastructure to aid vehicle navigation. "Our plan with the practical demonstration phases is to start testing with single vehicles on closed roads, and to build up to a point where all road users, as well as legislators, the police and insurance companies, are confident about how driverless pods and fully and partially autonomous cars can operate safely on UK roads," said Tim Armitage from Arup. The tests will last from between 18 to 36 months and begin on 1 January.

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The six titles include Jonathan Bate's Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life and Robert Macfarlane's Landmarks. A variety of genres, from journalism, philosophy and biography to memoir and science, feature in the shortlist. The ¡ê20,000 prize, described by organisers as the UK's most prestigious of its type, was won last year by Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk. Macdonald was a special guest at the shortlist announcement by judges Sumit Paul-Choudhury and Rana Mitter at the London's Royal Festival Hall. Her memoir, recounting how the death of her father prompted her to train a goshawk, went on to become a number one bestseller and to win last year's 2014 Costa Book of the Year Award. The award is said to illustrate how non-fiction can explore the "diverse facets of human existence in different ways". This year's shortlist was chosen by a panel chaired by Pulitzer prize-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum, with editor of Intelligent Life Emma Duncan, editor of New Scientist Sumit Paul-Choudhury, director of China Centre at Oxford University Professor Rana Mitter and head of Film 4 Tessa Ross. Applebaum said: "We didn't quite come to blows, but the shortlist meeting was truly contentious; it's hard to imagine how five people sitting in a room on a weekday morning could have disagreed more strongly." Toby Mundy, executive director of the Samuel Johnson Prize, said: "After a fiercely argued judges meeting, we now have a shortlist of terrific range and quality, proving that non-fiction publishing in this country is in rude health." The winner will be announced on 2 November.

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Greeks are getting their information about the referendum via the Interior Ministry, which set up a specific website giving all the details of the proposal from the European partners and a photo of the ballot. It also says where military personnel will go to vote, and what is being organised for special groups of voters such as prison inmates and the disabled. It will be the first referendum held since 1974, when people voted for what kind of political system they wanted as Greece changed from a monarchy to a republic. The polarisation seen in Greek city squares in the past few days is not yet blatant in the press. Most papers are sticking to neutral reporting without speculating on who will win the vote or what it means. On TV channels, however, pundits are debating whether a "No" vote would mean an immediate unilateral declaration of suspension of payments and an exit from the eurozone, and whether a "Yes" vote would protect Greek citizens' European identity and heritage. Some outlets are saying the referendum may not happen at all, and are reporting politicians questioning its constitutionality. The starting gun for campaigning has been fired, however, and the "Yes" campaign was scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday. Meanwhile, groups including the Athens Bar Association, the mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki, and the Archbishop of Athens have all come out for the "Yes" side. An op-ed in the popular centre-left daily To Vima wants the government to "cancel the referendum now". Written by the former Finance Minister, Nikos Christodoulakis, it says that "holding it can only blow up the political and economic future of the country... If the referendum goes ahead no matter what, only a resounding 'Yes' can keep the country in the eurozone and minimize the cost of this adventure." More than one commentator fears that the referendum might set off deep divisions in the country, regardless of the result. To Vima's editorial says: "If Mr Tsipras and the government want to preserve the last shred of dignity and seriousness they have left, they must cancel the referendum Sunday now," adding that they have trapped the Greek people into an "obsolete and divisive dilemma". And a writer in the conservative daily Kathimerini seems to come to the same conclusion. "The country is heading to a new tragedy and to the continuity of the impasse we're experiencing for the past five years. The crisis, political uncertainty and instability will continue with the same tension, if not more, whether there's a yes or a no majority," writes Antonis Manitakis. With an estimated 108,000 new voters who have come of age since the January elections, the outcome is far from certain. BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world.  You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

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Kent Police are set to prioritise fresh produce hit by problems in Calais, following weeks of disruption by migrant activity and French strikes. Scottish ministers said it would help protect Scotland's seafood exporters. They have been looking at ways to help Scottish firms hit by the ongoing migrant crisis in France. Earlier this week, it said the seafood industry was in need of urgent help, following talks with Scottish exporters. The Scottish government said the move by Kent Police followed representations by ministers. Scottish Food Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "The Scottish government has repeatedly called for action from the outset of this disruption, and so I welcome this move to prioritise key consignments - including fresh produce - through the Channel Tunnel and Port of Dover. "At last we are seeing common sense prevail and a recognition of the impact on food exporters. "Agreement of this protocol to prioritise a quick-to-market route is real progress and we will, of course, monitor its introduction and effectiveness." He added: "While it is by no means a solution to the wider and on-going complex situation in Calais, it will be welcomed by Scottish seafood exporters who have seen orders plummet by up to 80% in some categories in recent weeks." "With seafood exports worth five times as much in Scotland as the UK as a whole, we have been determined to find a way forward. "With no end in sight to the situation at Calais, we will continue to look at options around alternative routes which could be used by hauliers."

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A ring, a complete Roman pot and a soldier's boot sole were found near the south-west corner of Arbeia Roman Fort as part of a community project. The team, which was excavating the site as part of the WallQuest project, also unearthed a 7m (23ft) wide defensive ditch close to the fort's wall. Project manager Nick Hodgson said the finds provide "priceless information". The Arbeia pot, which is patterned with scales, is believed to have been made near Peterborough in the 3rd Century AD. Mr Hodgson said it would have been a "prized part" of a Roman dinner service until it broke and was thrown into a ditch as "rubbish" in about AD 250.

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A Premier League season that has become predictable only by its unpredictability delivered new twists as the three closest members of the chasing pack lost to leave the Foxes three points clear. Spurs missed the chance to go top by losing at West Ham United, Arsenal suffered arguably the most calamitous reverse of all at home to Swansea City, while Manchester City were comfortably beaten at Liverpool. With 10 matches remaining, who wants to claim the top prize in the best and craziest Premier League season of all? 5 live Football Daily podcast: Does anybody want to win the title? All of the top four will have a romantic tale to tell if they win the title - but a Leicester triumph would be the greatest story in Premier League history and one of the greatest in British sporting history. And are they receiving a helping hand from destiny as they attempt to complete the journey from Premier League escape artists to champions in the space of 12 months? Leicester were struggling to break down Norwich City on Saturday as they attempted to rebound from only their third league defeat of the season - until bit-part player Leonardo Ulloa's 89th-minute winner. It was followed by the initial disappointment of the 2-2 draw with West Brom - only to see their pursuers fall around their feet to leave Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri last man standing, and smiling, on Wednesday. Media playback is not supported on this device On a day when the Premier League's elite clubs were linked with a European breakaway league, the homespun and unfashionable Foxes bucked the trend again, with every neutral without a title interest willing them on in these last 10 games. Go back 12 months and what do we have? Leicester City rooted to the foot of the table after losing 2-0 at Manchester City - where they won so brilliantly this season - and after their 28th game, a goalless draw at home to Hull City, they were seven points adrift of safety on only 19. This team built on a budget, with the defensive backbone of Robert Huth and Wes Morgan, have defied every piece of logic. N'Golo Kante has been the bargain of the season at ¡ê6.5m, while the transformation in "the pinnacle of the iceberg" - as Ranieri calls potent strikeforce Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy - has been nothing short of stunning. At this stage last season, Vardy had scored just one Premier League goal and had four assists - fast forward a year and the amount of assists is the same, but the goals tally is 19. Mahrez had two goals and three assists this time last year. The improvement has been spectacular - now he has 14 goals and 11 assists. With a little help from the fates, and their stumbling rivals, Leicester City could yet write the most remarkable chapter in Premier League history. Media playback is not supported on this device The last time Spurs headed the top flight in March was in 1964 - and they must wait to repeat that feat after missing the chance to overhaul Leicester with defeat at the Boleyn Ground. They did not win a game in March 1964, and 19 days into the month they were knocked off the perch when eventual champions Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at Anfield to replace them on goal difference. 'The Mersey Sound' was top of the charts when Spurs hit those lofty heights - Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas at number one with 'Little Children'. Golden couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had just got married for the first time on 15 March. They even had another crack at marrying each other in the 70s, but Spurs still could not land a title. Spurs finished fourth in 1963-64, despite the great marksman Jimmy Greaves scoring 35 goals in 41 league games. Legendary manager Bill Nicholson was rebuilding after the Double-winning side of 1961 - but no-one at White Hart Lane would have believed they would still be without another title 55 years later, not helped by losing at home to Everton, Manchester United and Liverpool in that key month of March 1964. Media playback is not supported on this device It would please many traditionalists to see Spurs reclaim the title after so long, but there will be further tests of nerve ahead before this great old club can contemplate that new glory. Harry Kane is now the main striker with 16 league goals, but he had a rare off night as Spurs were outplayed by West Ham, Michail Antonio's goal full reward for Slaven Bilic's side. Spurs looked jaded from their recent FA Cup, Premier League and Europa League exertions, but they need to recover before Saturday lunchtime's north London derby against Arsenal at White Hart Lane. Manager Mauricio Pochettino demands much of his players physically, but they have youth on their side with the youngest average age for a starting XI across the Premier League this season at 24 years 294 days. And they are only second behind Bournemouth with kilometres in their legs this term. The Cherries have run 3,273km while their Tottenham counterparts have clocked up 3,245.4km. Spurs also have the highest number of sprints this season with 15,074. It may account for the lacklustre showing at West Ham - but they will have to be prepared to run the extra mile to end that long wait. For many of football's purists, the perfect farewell to Arsene Wenger at Arsenal would be to add one more title to his honours board. The Frenchman has won three Premier Leagues, the last with 'The Invincibles', who went 38 league games unbeaten in 2003-04. Wenger could then walk away fulfilled after years of frustration. After the week from his nightmares, there must now be the growing possibility the 66-year-old may have to consider his position after another title failure. In many respects, this was the season Arsenal have been waiting for - the season when the flaws of their rivals might just cover up the Gunners' own problems, that have always surfaced at the title pressure points. Champions Chelsea imploded under Jose Mourinho, Manchester City have stumbled to a succession of poor results while Manchester United have barely been in the reckoning. And yet Arsenal's home defeat by Swansea City, coming after the Champions League loss to Barcelona and being beaten 3-2 by a youthful and injury-hit Manchester United leaves them six points behind Leicester and at their low point of the season. Arsenal have no great track of late-season surges to give their fans cause for optimism. In the past 13 seasons, their points-per-game tally has dropped off seven times after 5 March - the crucial part of the campaign. It is a trend Wenger must hope can be reversed for his own sake as well as Arsenal's. Wenger still has the FA Cup to aim for - which would complete a hat-trick of successes in that competition - but this has arguably been his best chance to take the title since 2004, and Arsenal's nerve has failed them once more. There has been an undercurrent of criticism about Wenger's inability to mount a title challenge. If he misses out this season, when all of the Gunners' main rivals have been flawed, it may be one failure to much for the man who has put his imprint on Arsenal since September 1996. Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has the Capital One Cup in his locker this season after Sunday's shootout win over Liverpool, but will the dignified Chilean add another before he is replaced by Pep Guardiola in the summer? Many inside and outside Etihad Stadium would be happy for 'This Charming Man' - taken from the song by The Smiths for a banner brandished by City fans - to round off a successful spell at the club with his second Premier League. It looks ever more unlikely after a poor performance in the 3-0 loss at Liverpool left them 10 points off the top and now, almost inconceivably, level on points with arch-rivals Manchester United and much-lampooned manager Louis van Gaal, though the Red Devils have played a game more. City simply lose their edge too often, such as in home defeats by Leicester and Spurs. Those wanting to be champions rarely get away with losing eight games, twice as many as Pochettino's side and five more than the Foxes. Their lethargy is reflected in the statistic that reveals they have run less than any other side in the Premier League - 2,901.1km. It is not a deal breaker, but perhaps reflects a lack of physical intensity. And only West Brom have a squad with a higher average age. City's is 28 years 236 days - the Baggies' exactly a year older. The pace may need to be increased if City are to do what they have done twice in recent seasons and mount a late surge to win the title. Media playback is not supported on this device Suddenly an orderly queue is forming to threaten the top four. It may be stretching credibility to breaking point but imagine a scenario where Guardiola arrives at a Manchester City side getting ready to compete in the Europa League? Manchester United are suddenly a serious threat to the top four, despite the speculation Van Gaal is marking time until the end of the season and Jose Mourinho's arrival. And what about West Ham? Developing at a rate of knots under Bilic, roared on by Hammers fans loving the last days of the Boleyn Ground and inspired by the brilliant Dimitri Payet, they are now only one point behind City and United after beating Spurs. Where will it all end? No-one can even guess.

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The hosts were on course for the second highest chase in women's Twenty20 internationals before rain intervened. Sarah Taylor (66) top-scored in England's 156-6 but Dane van Niekerk hit 63 as South Africa reached 145-3 when the match was called off. England, who had never lost a T20 to South Africa before this match, dropped Van Nierkerk on 6 and 22. Van Nierkerk's 63 came off 43 balls, hitting seven fours and two sixes, as she put on 68 with captain Mignon du Preez. That partnership took South Africa to 98-1, but Du Preez scored 47 not out and Marizanne Kapp 21 to take South Africa home. England will rue their missed chances in the South Africa innings when a sloppy fielding performance saw them drop a number of catches, leak runs and miss run-out chances. Taylor scored 66 from 52 balls for England, with eight fours, her second half-century of the series after her unbeaten 74 in England's win in Paarl. Taylor had partnerships of 63 with Heather Knight (29) and 61 with captain Charlotte Edwards (34) but England struggled to kick on in the latter overs. Despite late hitting from Danielle Wyatt, who scored 17 not out, England lost two wickets to run-outs in the final over in which they scored just four runs. England captain Charlotte Edwards: "I thought we batted well and that should have been enough. We were undone by a brilliant innings by Van Niekerk and dropped catches cost us. "We let ourselves down a little bit, but Dane really took the attack to us. We must take our chances." South Africa captain Mignon Du Preez: "We knew that we had the firepower in the line-up, even though we had to go at eight an over. The momentum is with us so we're looking forward to a very competitive game at the Wanderers." Dane van Niekerk: "I enjoyed myself at the top of the order. I did things differently than yesterday and it came up. I'm hitting the ball well." Former England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent: "England bowled poorly and dropped catches and weren't up to standard. If they play at their best they will be fine because they have talented players such as Sarah Taylor, but they need to work on their game for the World Twenty20." Both sides travel to the Wanderers for Sunday's series decider which gets underway at 8:00 GMT. Sunday's match is both teams' last before the World Twenty20 in India which starts on 15 March, with England beginning their campaign against Bangladesh in Bangalore on 17 March.

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For many Indians, "sitting down" with their family for a meal is one of the most important activities of the day. As a country we firmly believe that the family that eats together stays together, and meal time is a strong source of family bonding, talking and sharing. An Indian meal in fact, is always meant to be shared. Everyone eats a bit of everything. This is the first article in a BBC series India on a Plate, on the diversity and vibrancy of Indian food. And we tend to get all nostalgic and fuzzy about food. Manu Chandra, one of India's leading chef entrepreneurs, claims without a doubt that the cornerstone of his decision to work in the food industry stemmed from growing up in a joint family and their general celebratory attitude towards food. His memories of "trips to the 'subzi mandi' (vegetable market) for seasonal fresh produce that defined daily menus, aunts sitting and peeling peas while watching TV with us, and karela (bitter gourd) being stuffed with a melange of spices and wrapped lovingly with thin thread before being pan seared and then unwrapped with painstaking patience to be eaten", inspire his food creations. Every community in India has its own recipes, spices and cooking techniques. Or regions and states have the same general dish - but with their own unique twist. So the baniya (trader) community (to which I belong) in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh cooks very differently to the baniyas of Rajasthan. For years India has struggled to translate this finicky food fastidiousness to restaurants. Until very recently, fine dining was confined to the hallowed portals of glitzy five star restaurants, while for everyone else, eating out largely meant street food, dhabas (highway eateries) or cliched restaurants which dished out ubiquitous black lentils and butter chicken. For those of us who grew up in small towns, social eating only took place at weddings and other celebrations. But food is not just limited to feasting. Indians stay focused on food even when fasting. Two major fasting periods in our community were Krishna Janashatmi, celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, and Navratri, a nine day period that worships the Goddess Durga. For the first festival, as children, even we joyously "fasted" with our elders as delicious fried treats - apparently made from certain ingredients that are permissible to eat even while you fast - were dished out all day. Even here "permissible" ingredients would differ from household to household, which meant that all in all, the fasting would end up becoming one long party which ended at night with some more amazing food for the entire family to sit down to. Indians also use food as a beautiful way of honouring the dead and celebrating life. When someone dies, it is tradition for a family to invite friends and neighbours on the 13th day for a meal comprising the favourite foods of the deceased. This meal, I was told, is meant to signify that the family should now stop mourning and go back to normal life. But for a country that is so fixated on food we also can be pretty ill-informed about our fellow countrymen's eating habits. As someone from north India, I firmly believed every "south Indian" was vegetarian and ate only idli, vadas and dosas (rice pancakes and fritters). When I shifted to the southern city of Bangalore years ago, I was shocked to discover that every region and every community from the four southern states had very diverse cuisines, robust with meats, including pork and beef. Similarly, my new friends considered all north Indian food to be "Punjabi" (the state of Punjab having given the universally popular Dal-Naan-Chicken Tikka Masala to the world) and were equally baffled with my cooking. Circa 2016 and we have come a long way. Regional cuisine and local flavours are crossing state boundaries and India's food scene is booming. Young chefs are innovating fabulously and after having found faithful followers in India are now taking their cuisines overseas. From mum's kitchens to restaurant kitchens across the country, food is India's biggest obsession - quirky though some of our tastes may be. Be it Desi (Indian) Chinese, the most popular foreign cuisine in the country, the British Raj influenced "continental", or Mughali food - an entire concept birthed in the kitchens of the royal Mughal Emperors, we have been influenced by many cooking styles over the ages. Yet, we are Indians and we like our food, our way. And not necessarily in small plates. Ritu Agarwal is a lifestyle journalist with over 20 years of experience with mainstream media houses

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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are preparing to embark on human trials after promising results in rabbits. Their drug reached brain cells and reduced muscle and movement problems. The Stroke Association said it was the "first significant research" suggesting that the compound could aid stroke patients. Turmeric has been used for centuries as part of traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine, and many laboratory studies suggest one of its components, curcumin, might have various beneficial properties. However, curcumin cannot pass the "blood brain barrier" which protects the brain from potentially toxic molecules. The US researchers, who reported their results to a stroke conference, modified curcumin to come up with a new version, CNB-001, which could pass the blood brain barrier. The laboratory tests  on rabbits suggested it might be effective up to three hours after a stroke in humans - about the same time window available for current "clot-busting" drugs. Chain reaction Dr Paul Lapchak, who led the study, said that the drug appeared to have an effect on "several critical mechanisms" which might keep brain cells alive after a stroke. Although strokes kill brain cells by depriving them of oxygenated blood, this triggers a chain reaction which can widen the damaged area - and increase the level of disability suffered by the patient. Dr Lapchak said that CNB-001 appeared to repair four "signalling pathways" which are known to help fuel the runaway destruction of brain cells. However, even though human trials are being planned, any new treatment could still be some time away. Dr Sharlin Ahmed, from The Stroke Association, said that turmeric was known to have health benefits. She said: "There is a great need for new treatments which can protect brain cells after a stroke and improve recovery." "This is the first significant research to show that turmeric could be beneficial to stroke patients by encouraging new cells to grow and preventing cell death after a stroke. "The results look promising, however it is still very early days and human trials need to be undertaken."

Question: A drug derived from the curry spice turmeric may be able to help the @placeholder repair some of the damage caused in the immediate aftermath of a stroke .


In the week which saw previous boss Russell Slade sacked, the seventh departure from The Valley since March 2014, Charlton started on the front-foot as Jason Pearce's header hit the bar early on. The Addicks took the lead in the 30th minute through a superb Josh Magennis header, with the Northern Ireland international finding the far corner from Morgan Fox's cross. Charlton - with caretaker boss Kevin Nugent overseeing proceedings - doubled their advantage a minute before half-time, as Fox's pass found Nicky Ajose who slotted the ball past Jak Alnwick in the Port Vale goal. The visitors, as expected, came out after the break searching for a goal back but Nathan Smith's flicked effort that evaded Declan Rudd's goal was the closest Bruno Ribeiro's side came to scoring. The win was only Charlton's fifth in League One this campaign and sees them rise to 14th in the table, while Port Vale remain without a win on the road since early October. Report supplied by Press Association. Match ends, Charlton Athletic 2, Port Vale 0. Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 2, Port Vale 0. Attempt missed. Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo replaces Ademola Lookman. Attempt missed. Nathan Smith (Port Vale) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left following a corner. Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Jason Pearce. Attempt blocked. Paulo Tavares (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt missed. Martin Paterson (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Hand ball by Kjell Knops (Port Vale). Foul by Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic). Martin Paterson (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic). Remie Streete (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Martin Paterson (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Anton Forrester (Port Vale). Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Martin Paterson (Port Vale). Substitution, Port Vale. Anton Forrester replaces Sam Kelly. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Brandon Hanlan replaces Josh Magennis. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Martin Paterson (Port Vale). Foul by Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic). Martin Paterson (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ryan Taylor (Port Vale). Attempt blocked. Alex Jones (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Foul by Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic). Martin Paterson (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic). Ryan Taylor (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing. Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Morgan Fox. Substitution, Port Vale. Quentin Pereira replaces Jerome Thomas because of an injury. Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Johnnie Jackson. Attempt blocked. Sam Kelly (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Delay in match Jerome Thomas (Port Vale) because of an injury. Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic). Alex Jones (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Sam Kelly (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Jason Pearce.

Question: Managerless Charlton secured their third @placeholder league victory in as many matches with a 2 - 0 win over play - off chasing Port Vale .


However, intriguingly, there was rather more peace in the Holyrood committee room than one might have anticipated. The advance billing was primarily of conflict. The BBC, it was said, was failing to serve Scotland. Not enough output made it to the network. Licence fee payers north of the Border got a raw deal. Plus continuing disquiet, emanating from the SNP in particular, about news coverage. To be clear, there was exceptionally close questioning directed at the BBC bosses - the Director General Tony Hall, the Managing Director for Finance Anne Bulford, and the Director Scotland Ken MacQuarrie. In that regard, the committee convener Stewart Maxwell was to the fore - but was ably supported by members such as Chic Brodie, Mary Scanlon and Liam McArthur. ¡ê323m Licence fee generated in Scotland ¡ê123m - Scottish-only output spend ¡ê82m - Scottish-made network output ¡ê132.5m - UK programmes and services available to Scotland In particular, the SNP's Gordon MacDonald - a former management accountant - plainly relished a return to his old profession, pursuing his financial inquiries with thoroughly admirable diligence, reminiscent of an indefatigable terrier. George Adam even contrived to work in a reference to his beloved Paisley. Steven Moffat - he of Dr Who and Sherlock - is apparently a Buddy (and, who knows, a buddy.) Mr Adam followed this up with sharp questioning about money and power. But still the overall tone was business-like rather than overtly adversarial. It seemed to me that the committee scented the prospect of a negotiated settlement which could be distinctly to Scotland's advantage. That impression has not lessened from subsequent conversations. That tone persisted in the evidence session with the Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. She stressed she was not seeking a fight. She wanted a deal - which would bring investment and jobs to Scotland. Things, she suggested, were moving in that direction. To the detail. Sundry MSPs parsed these numbers. What were those top-up costs? How were they justified? Why was investment per head still greater in Wales and Northern Ireland than in Scotland? In particular, those network programmes made in Scotland. How did they qualify to be Scottish? Were many of them not just "lift and shift" - that is, programmes envisioned elsewhere but transferred to Scotland? The argument flowed back and forth. It was argued forcibly that programmes with a Scottish base contribute to jobs and development here. However, Tony Hall acknowledged that it was now time to move to a new phase: with further power in Scotland allied to programmes which offered a more sustained and authentic portrait of Scotland. Further, the Director General confirmed a review of news, due to report in the Spring - which might include such familiar concepts as a Scottish Six, a TV programme encompassing Scottish, UK and global news. Ken MacQuarrie was questioned about earlier ideas such as new Scottish TV and radio channels. Those, he said, had never formed part of a formal plan.  They were notions around during the earliest stages of preparing for the Charter Review, itself due to be completed by the end of this year. Tony Hall suggested the focus now - particularly in the light of the relatively constrained licence fee settlement - might more usefully be upon programmes, rather than delivery mechanisms. On governance, he said that he favoured a unitary board for the BBC with a distinctive Scottish presence. In essence, his argument was for an enhanced BBC Scotland offer within a renewed BBC. To be clear, once more, there remains deep scepticism among the MSPs. Across parties but particularly in SNP ranks. This has by no means, by no means, been entirely assuaged. But they heard the BBC executives, led by Tony Hall, seeking to address their concerns, moving to acknowledge issues surrounding funding, commissioning and decision-making. So where now? I believe those three elements - funding, commissioning and decision-making - will form the core of the committee report. I believe further that the committee members will seek to sound a positive note, amid the scepticism, urging the BBC to act in a fashion which could generate investment and jobs for Scotland. I believe, further, that the committee report next month - unanimous if that can be achieved - might then form the subject for a full Parliamentary debate, applying pressure to the BBC to deliver.

Question: In all , the latest Holyrood hearing about the future of the BBC lasted nearly three hours . Around half the full @placeholder of the new serial , War and Peace , on BBC One . But with roughly the same degree of complexity .


Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said it would be repealed on Sunday. "I do not want to divide Romania. It can't be divided in two," Mr Grindeanu said in a televised statement. Tens of thousands of flag-waving protesters in central Bucharest cheered his announcement, which came after five consecutive days of demonstrations. The protests in the eastern European country against the decree have been the largest since the fall of communism in 1989. Mr Grindeanu said he "heard and saw many opinions", including from "the voice of the street". He said that parliament will now debate a new corruption law. He added Justice Minister Florin Iordache would take responsibility for the poor communication and confusion around the controversial measure which would have allowed many officials convicted of corruption to leave prison. The decree was meant to come into force at midnight on 10 February. It would have decriminalised abuse of power offences when sums of less than a??44,000 (?¡ê38,000; $47,500) are involved. One immediate beneficiary would have been Liviu Dragnea, who leads the ruling PSD party and faces charges of defrauding the state of a??24,000. The leftist government only returned to power in December after protests forced its last leader from power in October 2015. The EU had warned Romania against undoing its progress against corruption. The government passed the decree on Tuesday, immediately sparking protests, which involved an estimated 300,000 people on Wednesday evening. It said the changes were needed to reduce prison overcrowding and align certain laws with the constitution. But critics saw it as a way for the PSD to absolve officials convicted or accused of corruption. "The damage it will do, if it comes into force, can never be repaired," Laura Kovesi, chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate had told the BBC. One of the demonstrators, Cristian Busuioc, explained why he had come out on the streets with his 11-year-old son. "I want to explain to him ... what democracy means, and the way the ones who govern must create laws for the people and not against them or in their own interest," he told the Associated Press.

Question: The Romanian government says it will @placeholder a controversial decree that would have decriminalised some corruption offences .


It is often said that rugby union is a complicated game, but rarely down in New Zealand. When Agustin Pichot, former Pumas scrum-half and principal architect of Argentina's rise, asked Sir Graham Henry how his country might become more successful in 2012, the All Blacks' World Cup-winning coach replied: "You have to score more tries." To Henry, it really was that simple. And so, first under Santiago Phelan and then under his successor Daniel Hourcade, Argentina ripped up a philosophy and started again. Out went dour, 10-man rugby, in came a 15-man game that tapped into the Latin temperament. "This rugby that we are trying to play, that's since we entered the Rugby Championship," says Pumas scrum-half Martin Landajo, whose side have been playing in the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship since 2012. "Football in Argentina is like that. But four years ago, Argentina didn't play rugby like that. So we changed it. Us Argentinians, we're Latins, we like to be happy all the time, it's in our roots, and hopefully that shows in our rugby now." Happy is as happy does and against Argentina, Ireland were steamrollered by exuberance. And it was wonderful to watch. Making a mockery of the old adage "you have to earn the right to go wide", Argentina looked for width at every opportunity, fizzing the ball from the breakdown at pace, keeping the ball alive and demonstrating finishing so clinical it belonged in an operating theatre. Argentina's pack, every bit as imposing as in the ugly old days, provided the foundations but it was fly-half Nicolas Sanchez, playing right up on the gain-line and thus creating precious space outside him, who was the chief architect. The early tries by Matias Moroni and the prolific Juan Imhoff took the breath away, but it was Joaquin Tuculet's decisive strike with 12 minutes remaining that highlighted the difference between rugby in the two hemispheres. Despite being wrapped up in a ball of green, full-back Tuculet somehow managed to stretch an arm out and touch down in the corner. Delivering skills under intense pressure, that's what success in any elite sport comes down to. Argentina are proof that the only way you can improve at anything is by testing yourself against superior opposition. And the same applies whether you're playing pool or darts down the pub or rugby union at international level. It took until 2014 for Argentina to record their first win in the Rugby Championship, against Australia in Mendoza, but they followed that up with a first ever victory over South Africa in Durban this year. Buoyed, the Pumas gave defending champions New Zealand a real scare in their World Cup opener, were the highest scorers in the pool stages and topped the lists for offloads, metres gained, clean breaks and defenders beaten. Had Argentina not been flatly rejected by the Six Nations in 2007, things might have been very different. Like France, Argentina might have been lumbering and conservative; like Wales, they might have been too one-dimensional; like England, they might have still been trying to discover who and what they are. Instead, Argentina learned from the best teams in the world that success in international rugby stems from having an all-round game, from executing skills at pace and seeking space rather than confrontation. Argentina will only get more consistent. From 2016, they will have a franchise in Super Rugby, meaning that no longer will their best players be scattered to the winds and controlled by European clubs. Instead, they will be mixing it with the best in a club competition some northern hemisphere fans dismiss as "powder-puff" rugby. On the evidence of this World Cup, the players it produces are tough enough. Ask anyone who's been run over by Julian Savea. Spare a thought for the Irish. There must have been 50,000 crammed into the Millennium Stadium, cheering ear-splittingly for a side racked by suspensions and injury. It was difficult to remember a noise like it. But all the noise in the world won't make your team think clearer when the chips are down. "Their combination of power and pace made it very difficult," said forlorn Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt. "And they certainly have some players with great footwork." Added flanker Chris Henry: "It felt like every time you got the ball, you got the chop. I don't think we've played against a team that gets off the line and chops so hard." There you have it, from those who have had this this new Argentine recipe rammed down their throats: the Pumas are a team of power and pace who chop as hard as anyone in the world. And like all the best recipes, it comes from the heart.

Question: Stuart Lancaster take note - that was culture . Ambition , elan , ruthlessness and joy combined . Not @placeholder of headmasterly principles , but unlocked from the heart . Lancaster had four years , Argentina created a new culture in three - and , as they demonstrated against Ireland in Cardiff , their one works .


On board one of the tanks was Pham Xuan Do, who is seen in the picture above proudly wearing his uniform from the time. The picture was taken during a project led by Raul Roman, co-founder of UBELONG, and Lonnie Schlein, a former New York Times photojournalist who took a party of 14 people to Vietnam in May, with the aim of capturing the stories of those who fought for the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) or Viet Cong. Do served in the NVA as a lieutenant captain from 1965 to 1975. He said he misses some of the excitement of war, but now that time has passed feels "forgiveness". The projects aim is to see the war from the perspective of North Vietnamese veterans, and to mark 20 years since the then US President Bill Clinton normalised diplomatic relations between the two countries, on 11 July 1995. "It's really important work because the world needs to be reminded that the dark shadow of the Vietnam War still looms large in this country," says Mr Roman. "This work is really special also because it's an international civic initiative by ordinary citizens, a sort of peace mission designed to bring people together." The group conducted more than two dozen in-depth interviews with veterans, travelling to Hanoi and rural locations bombed during the war. Many of these areas were subjected to use of the toxic chemical Agent Orange, a defoliant sprayed over jungle areas to destroy enemy cover. Vietnam says several million people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children with severe birth defects. Here are a selection of the stories they uncovered. Le Ba Bon, 63, was from a family of rice farmers and withdrew from school in 1972 to join the North Vietnamese Army. He said: "Starting life after the war was terrifying to me. With my injuries, I could not continue my education or find a job. But I have let go of my hurt and pain. It's time to look into the future and begin cooperating." (Photograph by Joey Rosa) Pham An Thic (left) served in an artillery unit from 1965 to 1977 and was the only son in his family who survived the war. His mother, Dau (right), now almost blind, remembers receiving the letters from the government announcing that her other four sons had been killed. "I didn't know how they had died," she said. "I didn't know what they were doing when they died. I just knew that they were gone. Losing a child is the greatest sadness." Thic's wife (centre) waited for him for 12 years. "I did not know if he was dead or if he was alive," she said. "All I could do was to take care of my children and work hard so I could feed them. "I wasn't special. I was one of thousands of Vietnamese wives and mothers who had to survive without their husbands during the war." She recalls the day her husband returned. She was working in the rice fields when one of their neighbours gave her the news. "I ran all the way home," she said. "I was so happy to see him after so long." (Photograph by Raul Roman) Tran Thi Thon served in the North Vietnamese army from 1965 to 1975, delivering supplies from the North to the South. "The day I remember most vividly was the day we found a downed American pilot.," she said. "I saw that he had lost his shoe, so I took my shoe off and strapped it on his foot. "Then, I took my handkerchief out and wiped the blood off his face. "I felt very sympathetic because he was just another human and he didn't want to be in this war just like I didn't. "The pilot then told my crew to hide, as a rescue helicopter was on its way and they would shoot us. "But the helicopter never came and the pilot was captured by our soldiers." While making her deliveries, she saw a yellow liquid covering the jungle. It felt cool to the touch, so she and her teammates picked leaves and rubbed the substance on their skin to refresh themselves. It was Agent Orange. Now, the skin on her arms, legs, and stomach is covered in scars. She underwent several operations to repair the damage. But the worst consequence of the exposure were the birth defects of her son, who died of lung cancer at the age of 35, and her daughter, who is physically and mentally disabled. (Photograph by Lonnie Schlein) Luong Ngoc Lam was photographed at Friendship Village, a shelter for veterans and children affected by Agent Orange. He served as a field soldier for the NVA from 1966 to 1975. His proudest moment was participating in the taking of Saigon. "When the war ended, I had not seen my wife in 10 years," he said. "I returned home to learn that she had held 10 funerals during that period, including one for my younger brother. "Coming home to learn that he had been killed was devastating." (Photograph by Joey Rosa) Luong Duc Pho was a driver, transporting soldiers in his jeep as well as rebuilding and clearing roads to facilitate the transportation of weapons and food. Pho waited 15 years to recover the body of his brother killed in the war. "The young generation doesn't know anything about the hardships of war," he said. "They have never been through this. They don't know what being hungry means. "It is important that they learn more to understand what we endured and why we did it." (Photograph by Raul Roman) Tran Van Van and his wife, Pham Thi Sang, are pictured at their home in Binh Giang. Van served in the North Vietnamese Army from 1965 to 1972 and was stationed on the border of Cambodia on the Ho Chi Minh trail, tasked with protecting the road from bombers. "We were bombed so often, and so many people died on the battlefield," he said. "The badly injured were taken to the aid station, but I buried my dead friends on the battlefield. I miss them greatly." He was eventually discharged after being injured in a bombing.  He often relives that event in his nightmares. While Van was fighting, his wife worked as a rice farmer in order for the family to survive. "We were very poor and always hungry because there wasn't enough rice for me and my babies," she said. "One of the hardest moments of my life was when I had to go into the fields after my baby was born, but I had no choice. "I didn't want to tell Van so I wrote him letters of encouragement to stay and fight in the war. Our country was more important." During the seven years in the army, Van only saw his family once, for a 10-day span in 1968. During that time he and his wife conceived a child, Tran Van Tin, now 46, who was born with severe health problems which is believed to be due to Van's exposure to Agent Orange. (Photograph by John DeSanto) Vu Thanh Lan fought with the Viet Cong in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai for more than a decade. "I don't allow my grandchildren to ask about the war because I don't want to poison their views of the United States and the world," he said. (Photograph by John DeSanto) Nguyen Van Vuong  started as a soldier in the North Vietnamese Army in 1966 and ended his service in 1971 after contracting malaria. In the battle of Quang Tri, during the Tet Offensive in 1968, his unit of 100 men was devastated. He was one of 20 who survived. Later, he lost most of his hearing during a bombing raid.  Returning home after the war was not easy. "My village was destroyed and government assistance couldn't support me," he said. "My dream was to start a family, but it was not to be."  (Photograph by Lonnie Schlein) Tran Van Thinh joined up aged 19 and ended his service with a high rank and multiple medals of honour. In the battle of Quang Tri in 1968 he was hit by a bomb that blew off part of his left arm and shattered his right leg. Married for 30 years with one son and two grandchildren, he lost two brothers in the war. "I was very young. All I knew at that time was that I had to fight the Americans to reunify my country," he said. "My most disturbing memory was killing two American soldiers." (Photograph by Joey Rosa) All photographs ? UBELONG. Other pieces that might be of interest include: How photographs told the story of the Vietnam War Searching for the truth about my mother Photographs by US Rifleman Charlie Haughey who served in Vietnam from March 1968 to May the following year Guide to the Vietnam War Mai Nam, a photographer with the North Vietnamese Army For those in the UK Storyville: Last Days of Vietnam can be seen on BBC 4 at 22:00 on Monday 13 July 2015.

Question: The conflict in Vietnam ended 40 years ago , with chaotic scenes in Saigon , now Ho Chi Minh City , as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on the heart of @placeholder , its tanks ploughing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace on 30 April 1975 .


Storm Abigail will mainly impact Scotland but parts of the north and west coast of Ireland are being hit with heavy rain and strong winds. The storm is bringing colder air, so after a recent mild spell Friday is likely to be quite chilly. Abigail will move away,  but ex-hurricane Kate will hit on Saturday bringing wet, windy weather. Driving conditions are being affected by the storm conditions, and in the Republic of Ireland flights at Dublin airport have been disrupted due to the strong winds. Passengers on one flight from Rome to Dublin were kept on a holding pattern above the airport before being diverted to Shannon airport in the west of the country. One couple, George and Gwen, said: "It's caused a bit of disruption because we're from Kilkenny and can't get to our car. "But we're quite philosophical. It's a lot worse for those on connecting flights who don't know what's happening." Karen Griffin and her family from Boston in the United States were planning to stop in Dublin on their way home from a holiday in Italy. She said a lack of communication had been a problem for them. "We were on the runway for quite some time and then told buses would take us to Dublin," she said. "There's still no buses and we've been waiting over an hour. "We had hoped to sightsee in Dublin but now we think we'll just head straight to the pub."

Question: The first storm to be officially @placeholder by the Met Office is bringing gusts in excess of 60 mph to Northern Ireland .